One of the questions I’m asked more than any other is, what happens when we die?
I’ve spoken about this many times before, but every now and again something happens that offers fresh proof — not just for the person involved, but for me as well.

A lady came to see me recently who I’ve known for many years. She’s attended my talks and lectures, but she isn’t a medium and has never wanted to be one. That said, throughout her life she has occasionally seen spirit. It’s not something she believes in easily or feels comfortable with, but it has happened to her too many times to ignore.

She told me about a close friend of hers who had been dying. For a full week before he passed, she visited him every day — and every day she saw spirit around him. Loved ones, relatives, and what she described as light beings or angels. This was completely new and unsettling for her, but she felt it was the right thing to do to tell him what she was seeing.

So she did. Each day she gently explained what was around him, not to frighten him, but to help him understand what might be coming.

After that week, he passed.

Normally, when someone dies, they remain close to the earth plane for a short time — usually around a couple of weeks — before moving on. And about two weeks after her friend passed, she suddenly felt a strong urge to come and see me. She didn’t know why, only that she had to.

This happens more often than people realise. Spirit can’t tell us what to do, but they can place thoughts in our minds. That’s how help is guided into place.

When she came to see me, I had no real idea what was going to happen. But during the session, I became aware of her friend standing right beside her. He had come for one reason — to thank her.

He explained that everything she had seen around him while he was dying was real. When he left his body, he saw exactly what she had described. Because of that, his passing wasn’t frightening or confusing. It was calm. It was easy. He understood what was happening because someone had helped prepare him.

He had spent those two weeks visiting loved ones still in the physical world, and on that day he came to thank the woman who had unknowingly helped him cross over with peace. After that, I saw him move on — leaving the earth plane completely.

For her, it was a shock. She never asked for this ability, never wanted it, but she couldn’t deny what had happened. For me, it was more confirmation of what I already know.

This sort of thing happens all the time, but moments like this remind me why it matters to talk about it.

Every person’s experience is different, but the important thing is understanding that death isn’t the end. Even having the thought that there might be life after death can make passing easier. The hardest transitions are often for those who believe there is nothing at all — because it comes as such a shock.

My purpose, for the rest of my life, is simple: to help people understand that life continues. It’s practical. It’s logical. And above all, it’s beautiful.

If we can understand it even a little before we leave this world, the journey becomes far gentler when the time comes.