209. Dr. Jennifer “Kim” Penberthy – Clinical & Research Psychologist, University of Virginia / Author – Exploring the ‘So What?’

We speak with Dr. Kim Penberthy today who joined us from the University of Virginia. Kim wears many hats. She is a professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. She is also a board certified clinical psychologist and conducts research, teaches, and provides clinical care at UVA in psychiatry and the cancer center. She also studies and researches after death communication. She lived on a farm in a house that witnessed Civil War strife, with her mother a nurse and her father a would-be farmer surgeon. Exposed to life and death on a farm, she began at an early age asking herself and her parents metaphysical questions – long before she became a clinician and research scientist. We hear about her life changing story at the beach and fascinating surgical table stories heard from her aging father. We learn about her pursuit in researching after death communications from those who lose loved ones and how this research may help develop more wholistic therapeutic approaches to grieving.

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Coming Up

00:01:21 Introduction

00:03:50 The Division of Perceptual Studies

00:07:45 Does Your "Soul" Exist After Death?

00:13:58 Asking "What is the purpose of life?" and "What happens after death?"

00:20:26 Seeing a Person that is Dead

00:26:01 Divine Interventions

00:32:11 After Death Communication

00:42:34 Living Mindfully Across the Lifespan

00:46:26 Government Funding for Near Death Experiences

00:57:12 Aftermath of NDE's and OBE's

Episodes to check out: Dr. Bruce Greyson (ep 69), Dr. Antonia Mills (ep 88) and Dr. Iya Whiteley (ep 185)

Kim,

• https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/dops-staff/kim-penberthy/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-kim-penberthy-79017824/
• Book w Morgan: https://www.amazon.com/Living-Mindfully-Across-Lifespan-Intergenerational-ebook/dp/B08LXJFNST/ref=sr_1_1?crid=4A42NNAPUGA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3NWBIzpE1SZHjenYF1AtZg.fOCzcGTIApPhdVhuHyTPrOIvW9O8at0lMhi9-7Gch_o&dib_tag=se&keywords=kim+penberthy+Living+Mindfully+Across+the+Lifespan%3A+An+Intergenerational+Guide&qid=1740933711&sprefix=kim+penberthy+living+mindfully+across+the+lifespan+an+intergenerational+guide%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-1

For fun, story about Meat from the Sky: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_meat_shower

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