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What if the thing you regret most isn’t what you did, but rather the moments you missed?

Longtime radio and TV personality Tommy Sablan opens up about addiction, nearly 19 years of sobriety, faith, loss, and the lessons that changed how he sees what matters most in life. From confronting his own addiction to losing the people closest to him, Tommy shares an honest reminder to be present while we still have the opportunity.

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CONNECT WITH TOMMY SABLAN
Follow Tommy on social media: @TommySablan

WATCH TOMMY’S NEW SHOW, SOBER
Catch SOBER on KUSI and stream episodes through the FOX 5 San Diego / KUSI app:

Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fox-5-san-diego-kusi-news/id586932831
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tribtv.kswb2&hl=en_US
FOX 5 San Diego Apps: https://fox5sandiego.com/apps/

Also available on Roku and Apple TV through the FOX 5 KUSI Now App

00:00 Tommy Sablan on Regret & What Really Matters
01:20 Meet Tommy Sablan: San Diego Radio & TV Personality
03:43 Losing His Family & Coping With Grief
07:53 Tommy Sablan’s Radio Career & National Radio Hall of Fame
12:08 9/11 & the San Diego Human Flag Story
17:00 Growing Up Around Heroin Addiction
20:20 His Brother Ray’s Heroin Addiction & Recovery
24:03 How God Helped His Brother Get Sober
25:17 “I Thought I Was the Good Son”/ Facing His Own Addiction
27:42 The Night Tommy Sablan Chose Sobriety
30:13 “My Name Is Tommy and I’m an Addict”
31:29 Nearly 19 Years Sober: “Who’s Going to Know?”
32:22 Faith, God & Sobriety
34:42 Chelsea King, Amber Dubois & a Spiritual Encounter
37:41 Recognizing Signs From God & Loved Ones
40:41 Tommy’s New Show SOBER on KUSI
43:33 What Sobriety Gave Him
45:38 What He Would Tell His Younger Self
47:36 The Life Regret That Changed His Perspective
49:34 “You’ve Got to Be There” / What Really Matters
50:18 How to Connect With Tommy Sablan

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What happens when you ask Jesus, “I don’t want to just be taught about You. I want YOU to teach me”?

Bianca Van Staden did exactly that, and what followed was a journey into a deeper relationship with Jesus and a way of understanding prayer, our union with Christ, the spiritual realm, and the deeper things of God that may be very different from what many of us have been taught.

Bianca shares the encounter that changed the direction of her life and what began to unfold when she asked Jesus to teach her for Himself.

We explore prayer, hearing God, the spiritual realm, our union with Christ, and some deeper ideas about faith that we don’t often hear discussed this way. This conversation goes into places that may make you see your relationship with God differently.

Bianca’s teachings have truly awakened something in me, and my hope is that this conversation encourages you to seek God more deeply for yourself.

➡️ CONNECT WITH BIANCA VAN STADEN:

👉 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/BiancavanStaden
👉 Wells of Mem on YouTube: @TheWellsofMem

00:00 Coming Up
00:38 Welcome to the Peaceful Presence Podcast
01:24 Meet Bianca Van Staden
04:22 Bianca’s Early Relationship With God
06:29 Why She Stepped Away From Religion
08:10 The Day She Audibly Heard God
10:06 “Jesus, I Want YOU to Teach Me”
12:19 How Do You Know When God Is Speaking?
15:11 “If It Comes From God, It Has to Bear Life”
16:31 Are We at a Spiritual Threshold?
19:58 What Does Spiritual Governance Mean?
26:07 Understanding “Archy”
28:48 Energy, Aura & the Spiritual Realm
39:49 The Power of Words and Energy
45:42 What Are You Allowing to Take Form in You?
48:10 Embodying Heaven on Earth
51:11 Are We Defending What Feels Safe?
54:17 Is Grace Given—or Revealed?
59:43 Have We Overcomplicated Prayer?
1:03:25 Has Prayer Evolved?
1:09:11 Praying From Heaven’s Perspective
1:11:25 Olivia’s Personal Journey With Prayer
1:15:26 A Story of Intercession & Healing
1:19:47 Prayer as Agreement With Heaven
1:21:47 Can Prayer Force an Outcome?
1:23:36 The Tree of Life vs. Tree of Knowledge
1:25:34 Are We Living From an Illusion?
1:27:29 Is God Good Only When Life Goes Our Way?
1:29:51 Choosing What Brings Life
1:32:30 “If It’s Not in Heaven, Should It Be on Earth?”
1:39:06 Olivia Shares a Personal Revelation
1:40:37 “It Is All a Great Math Equation”
1:43:31 Taking the “Lie” Out of Believing
1:49:17 Bianca’s Final Message of Hope
1:51:12 How to Follow Bianca

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After a horrific accident changed everything, Jeff Olsen experienced a near-death experience that would completely reshape his understanding of life, death, God, love, and loss.

For years, Jeff couldn't even speak about parts of what happened without becoming overwhelmed with emotion. In this conversation, he shares deeply personal moments from his experience, including encounters with his wife and young son, what he says God revealed to him, and an extraordinary experience involving members of his medical team.

But this episode is about so much more than what happens when we die. It’s about how we choose to live.

If you're walking through grief, questioning God, carrying guilt, or simply wondering what really matters in this life, I hope Jeff’s story brings you hope.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT JEFF OLSEN

Jeff’s newest mission, Illuminate Peace, is a peace advocacy movement encouraging us to first cultivate peace within ourselves, then carry that peace into our homes, communities, and the world.

Learn more, take the Illuminate Peace pledge, or connect with Jeff:
https://illuminatepeace.org

📖 Jeff and his son Spencer share their story in their book, Where Are You? If you’d like to order a copy, you can find it here:
https://www.amazon.com/Where-Are-You-Jeffery-Olsen/dp/B0B6XS8764
CHAPTERS

00:00 Jeff Olsen’s Near-Death Experience
03:28 Who Jeff Olsen Was Before the Accident
07:41 The Final Goodbye Before Everything Changed
11:31 One Last Look at His Wife & Children
13:52 The Car Accident That Changed Everything
16:20 His Near-Death Experience Begins
18:24 The Most Profound Goodbye
20:20 Out-of-Body Experience & the Oneness He Felt
23:19 How God Sees Us
24:57 Looking Down at His Own Body
28:17 Medical Team Says They Saw His Deceased Wife
34:58 Communicating With His Wife After Death
40:55 He Returns to the Other Side
42:00 “I Was Home and I Was Whole”
44:05 Reuniting With His Young Son
44:40 Encountering God & Experiencing No Judgment
48:24 Free Will, Grief & Letting His Family Go
50:06 God Told Him: “Life Is Not a Test. It’s a Gift”
54:11 What His NDE Taught Him About This Life
01:00:03 His Wife’s Message: “Choose Joy”
01:02:31 His Surviving Son’s Crisis of Faith
01:07:50 Finding God When You’ve Lost Someone
01:11:05 Are We Multidimensional Beings?
01:12:38 Misconceptions About God & Unconditional Love
01:15:17 His Dream About Jesus, Gandhi & Mother Teresa
01:19:47 Illuminate Peace & Jeff Olsen’s Mission

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God still performs miracles and He works through ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

Pastor and ministry leader, Cindy Teagarden, shares what she has learned through more than 30 years of praying for the sick and witnessing extraordinary healings and miracles.

Cindy shares stories of broken bones healing, tumors and sickness, a woman whose scheduled amputation was canceled after her condition dramatically improved, and the expectancy she believes every believer can begin to develop.

In this conversation, we talk about:

• What happens when you pray and don’t see the outcome you hoped for
• The difference between healing and miracles
• Praying in the spirit
• How to keep believing when healing doesn’t happen immediately
• Trusting God’s love through difficult circumstances
• How to grow in confidence that God can work through you
• Developing an expectancy for miracles
• The importance of continuing to pray, even when it's a hard situation

This conversation is an invitation to stop simply believing that miracles can happen and begin asking what might be possible when we truly trust God, listen for His leading, and are willing to step out in faith.

✨ LEARN MORE ABOUT CINDY TEAGARDEN & THE PASSION SCHOOL OF MINISTRY

Passion School of Ministry:
https://rivervalleylifecenter.com/school-of-ministry/

If this conversation encouraged you, follow the Peaceful Presence Podcast for more stories of faith, hope, healing, and miracles.

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Merci Santos was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in her 20s. As the disease progressed, she lost her eyesight at times, struggled to speak and use her arms, and found herself in and out of a wheelchair. Doctors told her it would only get worse.

But Merci refused to accept that diagnosis as the final outcome for her life. Her fire and passion for God’s Word is contagious, and you can feel the conviction behind every word she shares.

Merci talks about her remarkable healing testimony and how she learned to renew her mind, trust God's Word above what she could see or feel, and understand healing in a completely different way.

We discuss:

• The power of your words
• Renewing your mind through Romans 12:2
• Childlike faith and learning to trust God
• What spirit, soul, and body really mean
• Standing on God’s Word when your circumstances say otherwise
• The moment Merci says every symptom of MS left her

Her story is a reminder that sometimes the question isn't simply, "Do I believe in God?" but, "Do I believe what God says?"

Connect with Merci:
📧 SapphireHealingMinistries@gmail.com

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CHAPTERS

00:00 “Jesus, I Know You’re Going to Take It Away”
00:44 Introduction
02:10 Merci’s Story Begins
05:36 The First Signs Something Was Wrong
06:04 Losing Her Vision & Paralysis
07:08 Why She Never “Owned” the Diagnosis
09:44 What Multiple Sclerosis Does to the Body
10:36 When MS Took Over Her Life
11:52 Doctors Said It Would Get Worse
15:32 “Jesus, I Know You Didn’t Do This to Me”
17:52 Meeting the Man God Had Prepared for Her
21:03 God Was Already in the Details
25:39 Healing… Then the Symptoms Returned
27:28 The Little Things We Take for Granted
27:52 “Lord, What Am I Getting Wrong?”
29:13 The Message That Changed Everything
29:31 “You’re Praying the Wrong Way”
30:32 Learning Spirit, Soul & Body
30:55 Medicine vs. Trusting God
31:14 Little by Little, the Pills Went Away
31:38 Stop Asking & Start Thanking?
34:15 The Power of Childlike Faith
35:46 Learning to Receive What God Has Given
38:03 “Only Believe”
40:51 Whose Word Are You Going to Believe?
41:08 Going Back for Medical Proof
42:15 The MRI Didn’t Show What She Expected
44:16 “You Are the Proof”
46:16 Accepting the Implanted Word
48:30 Faith When the Medical Report Says Otherwise
50:01 Intellect, Emotions & Being Led by the Spirit
54:44 What Finally Brought the Manifestation?
54:54 “The Word”
58:39 When Unbelief Creeps In
1:02:11 Why Your Words Matter
1:02:41 What God Showed Her About the Beginning of MS
1:12:24 “How Do I Give You Permission?”
1:13:11 Healing the Soul
1:18:35 What Happened When MS Entered Her Body
1:21:45 Recognizing Thoughts That Aren’t From God
1:24:26 Romans 12:2 & Renewing Your Mind
1:28:32 Blessing Instead of Cursing
1:32:36 Faith Requires Action
1:33:28 Understanding the Believer’s Authority
1:33:47 Speaking to Her Body
1:34:49 The Moment Everything Changed
1:36:13 “Every Symptom Left Me”
1:37:31 What If You Don’t Have Merci’s Boldness?
1:39:57 Merci Prays for Healing
1:41:09 Healing Spirit, Soul & Body
1:41:58 Connect With Merci
1:43:12 Why Testimonies Matter
1:44:09 “Believe”

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At just 22 years old, Lynn Arches-Rappaport nearly drowned while surfing. It was an experience that she says forever changed the way she understands life, death, and eternity.

In this conversation, she shares her near-death experience, encountering Jesus, her life review, the lessons she brought back, and why she believes we are all more connected than we realize. We also discuss time, purpose, forgiveness, compassion, and the inspiration behind her upcoming book, Entangled.

I hope this conversation encourages you.

Connect with Lynn
🌐 Website: https://www.lynnarchesauthor.com/
📖 Learn more about her upcoming book, Entangled, and join her mailing list to be notified when it's available.

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00:00 I Was Drowning
00:21 Introduction
01:10 The Surfing Accident That Changed Everything
04:23 "Dear God... Don't Take Me"
04:44 Leaving Her Body
07:25 Who Was the Shadowy Being?
09:13 Why Jesus Appeared Beside Her Father
12:01 The Life Review & Choosing Our Parents
19:35 Experiencing Multiple Realities at Once
20:26 What Time Is Really Like Beyond Earth
23:23 Why Near-Death Experiencers Return to Serve
24:36 Are We All Connected?
26:06 The Meaning Behind Entangled
29:20 Is Earth a Classroom?
33:01 What Happens After We Die?
38:02 What Animals Can Teach Us About God
41:22 Technology, Intuition & Losing Our Connection
45:44 Quantum Physics, Consciousness & Faith
48:48 "I Am that I Am" and "Time Is of the Essence"
51:17 How Writing Entangled Changed Her
53:44 Why She No Longer Fears Death
55:09 What She Wants Everyone to Know
59:11 Where to Find Lynn & Entangled

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Scott Drummond never expected anyone to hear his story. Today, more than 26 million people have.

At 28 years old, Scott left his body during what was supposed to be a routine surgery. For more than 40 years, he kept his near-death experience almost entirely to himself. Then, after finally saying yes to his first podcast interview, his story reached millions of people around the world and gave hope to countless others searching for answers about life after death.

In this conversation, Scott recounts the extraordinary near-death experience that changed his life forever...from watching doctors work on his body, to the overwhelming love he experienced, the breathtaking beauty of heaven, and the life review that transformed the way he lives.

But this interview goes beyond the story itself.

We explore the deeper lessons that unfolded over the decades that followed:

➡️ What Scott means by "Don't Look Back"
➡️ How his near-death experience changed his marriage
➡️ Why he believes every person has a purpose
➡️ The importance of following God's promptings
➡️ The gifts he believes he brought back from heaven
➡️ The upcoming feature film based on his story
➡️ The mission behind the Gracie Scott Foundation

If you've already watched Scott's interview that reached more than 26 million people, you'll hear the story you know, but you'll also discover deeper reflections, new insights, and lessons he now shared. If this is your first time hearing Scott's testimony, my prayer is that it leaves you with a renewed sense of hope, peace, and trust in God's love.

If the Peaceful Presence Podcast has encouraged you, would you take a moment to subscribe? It truly helps us reach more people with conversations that inspire faith, hope, and a deeper relationship with God.

Follow Scott Drummond

🌐 Gracie Scott Foundation
Supporting children with special needs through camps, activities, and Christ-centered outreach.
https://graciescott.org

📘Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/scott.drummond.775
🎬 Follow Scott for updates on the upcoming movie, “Life is Precious”

*After recording this episode, there was a change made to the upcoming movie title from “Don’t Look Back” to “Life is Precious.”

📷 Instagram
@scott.drummond.775

📖 Book - What Dying Taught Me About Living
https://www.amazon.com/What-Dying-Taught-About-Living/dp/B0CN3VFMHT

🎥 Scott's original interview:
https://youtu.be/a8jcNBVWJyE?si=K0_zOCYTnLDdKNgj


00:00 Introduction & A Story That Reached Millions
01:49 My Story Has Never Changed
02:39 Who Scott Was Before His Near-Death Experience
05:00 The Routine Surgery That Changed Everything
09:24 Watching His Own Body From Above
13:40 The Beauty of Heaven & Perfect Love
15:30 "Don't Look Back"
23:03 The Life Review That Changed Everything
28:41 The Hand Reaching Through the Cloud
32:42 "It Is Not Yet Your Time"
33:28 How Heaven Changed the Way He Lives
34:23 Learning to Recognize God's Promptings
36:06 The Gifts He Brought Back
39:53 Why He Stayed Silent for 40 Years
44:34 The Interview That Reached Millions, His Book & Upcoming Movie
53:07 The Mission Behind the Gracie Scott Foundation
55:24 Why Following God's Promptings Matters
59:13 Seeing God in Nature
1:05:03 The Gift of Seeing a Seed's Future
1:07:02 A Simple Way to Pray
1:10:37 God's Design for Men and Women
1:14:00 Raising Families in a Distracted World
1:18:30 Why We Don't Need to Fear Death
1:20:30 A Final Message of Hope

Thank you for listening and being part of the Peaceful Presence Podcast Community!

The Peaceful Presence Podcast exists to help people grow closer to God through honest conversations, life-changing testimonies, miracles, healing, and stories that reveal His faithfulness in every season.

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What is Jesus really like? Is heaven real? Can you actually hear God's voice?

After sharing his near-death experience with millions, Mike McKinsey returns to the Peaceful Presence Podcast to share the part of his story he kept private for more than 20 years. Mike describes what happened after he returned from heaven, when he says Jesus came to his hospital room, sat beside his bed for three hours, and changed the course of his life.

In this conversation, Mike shares what Jesus taught him during those three hours and how it changed the way he prays, hears God's voice, trusts God through difficult seasons, and sees heaven.

▶️ Watch Part 1: Hear Mike's complete near-death experience, his journey to heaven, and the events that led to this conversation. https://youtu.be/ydoB2mYTLwM

In this episode:

➡️ Why Mike waited 20 years to tell this part of his story
➡️ What he says Jesus was really like
➡️ Why Jesus told him, "I had to get you flat on your back so you could hear Me."
➡️ Why prayer is a dialogue, not a monologue
➡️ How Mike recognizes God's voice
➡️ The prayer God answered 40 years later
➡️ Why Mike no longer fears death


00:00 Heaven Is Real
01:20 The Story Mike Was Afraid to Tell
06:20 Jesus Sat Beside His Hospital Bed
07:24 "I Had to Get You Flat on My Back"
11:28 The Promise Jesus Made That Took 20 Years to Understand
17:02 "Tell the Whole Story"
22:21 What Jesus Is Really Like
26:13 Prayer Isn't a Monologue
28:27 Can You Actually Hear God's Voice?
31:34 Why Most People Miss God's Voice
33:22 Why Following Jesus Can Feel Harder
40:20 The Prayer God Answered 40 Years Later
44:27 Why Mike No Longer Fears Death
47:10 Angels, Demons & Spiritual Warfare
55:10 If You Want to Know Jesus, Start Here
59:07 Mike's Final Message


Connect with Mike McKinsey
🌐 Website (books, podcast & more)
https://www.mikemckinsey.com/

📖 I Held the Hand of Jesus in Heaven
Available on His Website and Amazon
https://a.co/d/0c4ApvWH

🎙️ After Heaven Podcast
@MikeMcKinseyNDE


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