Exploring Shared Death Experiences
Recorded: October 2023 – RECORDING AVAILABLE 10/27
Webinar Moderator:
Lara Stewart-Panko | INELDA Educator
Webinar Guest:
William Peters | MA, MEd LMFT, founder of the Shared Crossing Project
Recorded: October 2023
Our April webinar is open to all annual and tier members as part of membership benefits.
Webinar Moderator:
Lara Stewart-Panko | INELDA Educator
Webinar Guest:
William Peters | MA, MEd LMFT, founder of the Shared Crossing Project
In 2000, end-of-life therapist and founder of the Shared Crossing Project, William Peters was volunteering at the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco when he had an extraordinary experience as he was reading aloud to a patient: he suddenly felt himself floating in midair, completely out of his body. The patient, who was also aloft, looked at him and smiled. The next moment, Peters felt himself return to his body…but the patient never regained consciousness and died.
Over the past 23 years, William has researched thousands of people who have had similar experiences through his organization the Shared Crossing Project and its research initiative. Today the project offers trainings for both interested learners and health care professions, concierge medical support, and counseling. His 2022 book, At Heaven’s Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better, documented these stories across the globe.
Moderated by INELDA educator, Lara Stewart-Panko. Together they explore William’s personal experiences and those he has gathered over decades. Learn about the Shared Crossing Research Initiative (SCRI) and the work they do towards improving end-of-life experiences.
In 2000, end-of-life therapist and founder of the Shared Crossing Project, William Peters was volunteering at the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco when he had an extraordinary experience as he was reading aloud to a patient: he suddenly felt himself floating in midair, completely out of his body. The patient, who was also aloft, looked at him and smiled. The next moment, Peters felt himself return to his body…but the patient never regained consciousness and died.
Over the past 23 years, William has researched thousands of people who have had similar experiences through his organization the Shared Crossing Project and its research initiative. Today the project offers trainings for both interested learners and health care professions, concierge medical support, and counseling. His 2022 book, At Heaven’s Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better, documented these stories across the globe.
Moderated by INELDA educator, Lara Stewart-Panko. Together they explore William’s personal experiences and those he has gathered over decades. Learn about the Shared Crossing Research Initiative (SCRI) and the work they do towards improving end-of-life experiences.
Guest Speaker Bio:
William Peters, MA, MEd, LMFT, is the founder of the Shared Crossing Project whose mission is to positively transform relationships to death and dying through education and raising awareness about shared-death experiences (shared crossings) and their healing benefits.
Through the Shared Crossing Research Initiative (SCRI), William and his team collect and study thousands of extraordinary end-of-life experiences and shared crossings. As the world’s leading authority on shared-death experiences, William has developed methods to facilitate shared crossings and to assist experiencers in meaningfully integrating their experiences.
William is a licensed psychotherapist at the Family Therapy Institute in Santa Barbara, California where he specializes in end-of-life counseling as a means to psycho-spiritual evolution. His work is informed by his two near-death experiences and a variety of shared-death experiences. William served as a volunteer at Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco.
William’s work has been published broadly, including the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying. He has presented at leading academic and professional conferences, including American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine’s Annual Conference and the International Association for Near-Death Studies.
William’s book, At Heaven’s Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2022.
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