{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"523 Victor M. Sweeney - Inspiring Words from "The Internet's Favorite Mortician"","description":"Join Sandra for a profound and surprisingly uplifting conversation with Victor M. Sweeney, who CNBC calls "the internet's favorite mortician." You may know him from his viral WIRED videos (with nearly 50 million views) where he compassionately answers questions about death. As a small-town funeral director and author of the new book "Now Departing," Victor walks in the world between the living and the dead every single day. He joins Sandra to discuss how this "privileged view" has shaped his practical, yet deeply spiritual, understanding of the afterlife. He describes himself as a natural skeptic but shares the undeniable experiences\u2014like sun breaking through the clouds at the exact moment of a burial\u2014that have convinced him "it's all real." Victor shares his powerful "origin story" of finding his best friend deceased at age three, and the more recent, devastating loss of his second best friend, Alex, to suicide. He tells a stunning  story of the sign he received from Alex immediately after the funeral\u2014a specific, goofy hat that proves, as Victor says, "there are no coincidences." This is a moving conversation that explores the sacred importance of the physical body in grieving, the separation of body and soul, and how openly facing death can help us all "see life a little more brightly." Find out more about Victor M. Sweeney, his book, his podcast "Death And\u2026", and all his social media links through his website: * Website: https:\/\/DEATHANDPODCAST.COM or https:\/\/victormsweeney.com * Find his book, "Now Departing," on Amazon: https:\/\/amzn.to\/47BWx2k * YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@victormsweeney * Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/victor.m.sweeney\/ Thanks for listening! ***Connect with Sandra Champlain: * Website (Free book by joining the 'Insiders Club, Free empowering Sunday Gatherings with medium demonstration, Mediumship Classes & more): http:\/\/wedontdie.com *Patreon (Early access, PDF of over 780 episodes & more): Visit https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/wedontdieradio  *Don't miss Sandra's #1 "Best of all things afterlife related" Podcast 'Shades of the Afterlife' at https:\/\/bit.ly\/ShadesoftheAfterlife ","author_name":"WE DON'T DIE\u00ae Radio Show with host Sandra Champlain","author_url":"http:\/\/wedontdie.com","html":"