A Life Afterlife: Dylan Flynn, Sam Baker & Leon Creighton (Episode 7)

In this episode of A Life Afterlife, Gaby Baker is joined by Sarah Walsh, owner of The Cheesy Kiss, for an honest and heartfelt conversation about grief, mental health, resilience and finding your way forward. Sarah opens up about the heartbreaking loss of her dad, the impact it had on her mental health and how she learned to cope during some of the most difficult moments of her life. She also reflects on her first spiritual reading with Gaby at just 19 years old, sharing an experience that has stayed with her over the years. Now a business owner, Sarah talks about her journey to building The Cheesy Kiss, reflecting on how far she's come and the challenges she's faced along the way. From navigating grief to creating a business of her own, Sarah's story is a reminder that even after life's hardest moments, there is still room for hope, growth and new beginnings. 🎙️ Hosted by Gaby Baker 💙 Follow A Life Afterlife on Instagram for more inspiring stories, episode updates and behind-the-scenes content.

In this episode of A Life Afterlife Podcast, host Deborah Gabby Baker sits down with Ryan "Chaos" Curtis, professional MMA fighter and host of the Made in Chaos podcast, for a raw, wide-ranging conversation about identity, grief, and resilience. Ryan opens up about growing up in Dublin 1, the tight-knit but fading sense of community he was raised in, and the boxing legacy in his family (Champions Avenue is even named after his grandfather). He speaks candidly about the neck injury that nearly ended his life and forced him to rebuild his identity beyond fighting, the recovery process, and why he ultimately stepped back from competition. The conversation turns deeply personal as Gabby offers spontaneous spiritual readings, connecting Ryan to his late father — who died from an overdose when Ryan was ten months old — and his mother, who passed from COPD. Ryan reflects on fatherhood, becoming a dad to his daughter, survivor's guilt around friends still recovering from serious injuries, his skepticism toward traditional therapy, and the philosophy behind his own podcast, Made in Chaos. It's an honest, funny, and moving episode about turning chaos into growth. Timecodes 00:00 – Welcome & introducing guest Ryan "Chaos" Curtis 00:30 – Catching up, mutual connections (Kylie Gracie), valuing authenticity 03:04 – Ryan's background: growing up in Dublin 1 04:13 – Community, tenement history, and Henrietta Street 05:23 – How neighborhoods and community have changed over time 06:24 – Ryan's mum, Dublin identity, and changing culture 07:35 – Theories on why community has faded (money, social media, comparison) 08:43 – Ryan's mum's passing (COPD) and grief stored in the body 09:50 – Family boxing legacy — Champions Avenue named after his grandfather 10:32 – Boxing vs. MMA and brain damage discussion 11:23 – Deciding not to let fighting define his identity 13:22 – Ryan's stubbornness, star sign, and astrology chat 16:23 – Marriage, family traditions, and changing values today 17:04 – Ryan's views on masculinity and protecting family 18:18 – Religion, faith, and living a "holy" life 20:39 – Authenticity vs. seeking online validation 23:26 – How the accident shaped his mindset and outlook on life 24:16 – Life as "the best teacher" and learning from hardship 26:36 – Friendship, slagging, and staying grounded 28:31 – Ryan's neck injury — what happened and immediate aftermath 28:54 – Did he have a near-death experience? 29:40 – Becoming a father and his daughter's role in his recovery 32:05 – Life in the hospital and unexpected silver linings 33:31 – Gabby's reading: "the accident may have saved your life" 34:19 – Why he believes his path was diverted from a worse outcome 35:04 – Why he doesn't see fighting as "a sport" 36:51 – Mentality needed to compete at the highest level 38:08 – His near-UFC career and the "burnt toast theory" 40:15 – Reading: connecting with his late father's spirit 41:07 – His father's death by overdose when Ryan was 10 months old 44:35 – Grief, memory, and staying connected to lost loved ones 44:56 – Reading: his mother's miscarried baby 47:41 – Soul contracts and spiritual perspective on hardship 48:13 – Crystals, moon charging, and Gabby's spiritual practices 49:31 – Where Ryan is today in his physical recovery 50:46 – Survivor's guilt toward friends still recovering 51:04 – Why traditional therapy didn't work for him 54:11 – Confronting emotions vs. using the gym as an escape 57:09 – Introducing his podcast "Made in Chaos" and its premise 59:23 – Light-hearted wrap-up and goodbyes 1:00:01 – Outro and disclaimer

In this episode of A Life Afterlife Podcast, Gaby the Medium sits down with paranormal investigator and fellow medium Lyndsey Forde (of TikTok) for an honest, unfiltered conversation about what it's really like to live as an empath and medium. Lindsay shares her earliest childhood memories of spirit communication — including a haunting premonition on the night her mother passed — and traces her path from a poltergeist-filled childhood home in the north of Ireland to years of public paranormal investigations across historic Irish sites. She opens up about the darker side of the gift: a terrifying encounter at a haunted mansion that named itself "Satan," a psychic attack during an early mediumship show that led to a spiral of addiction and ill health, and the hard lessons she learned about psychic protection along the way. The conversation also covers TikTok's tarot and Ouija board trends, the energetic cost of empathic work on relationships and marriage, astral projection, lucid dreaming, and how to ground and protect your energy in daily life. A raw, real, and at times funny conversation about the blessings and burdens of being "the impact." This podcast is for entertainment purposes only and is not a substitute for legal, medical, psychological, or financial advice.

In this episode, Gaby Baker sits down with two guests from Ballyfermot, Dublin, for an open and often funny conversation about identity, transformation, and the spiritual undercurrents running through their lives. Paige, 28, shares her journey as a trans woman — from recognizing her identity as a young child, through social and medical transition in her teens, to life two years post gender-reassignment surgery. She speaks candidly about resilience, self-acceptance, and why she sees her path not as something to overcome but as a source of strength and self-knowledge. Alan, known online as "Alan Loves World" (and affectionately as "Alan Loves Chicken"), talks about his years in reality TV, a Brazilian Butt Lift and its recovery, and a pivotal appearance on an American plastic-surgery TV show with Dr. Terry Dubrow that led him to reverse some cosmetic work and return to his natural red hair — a turning point he describes as central to becoming who he is today. He also identifies as non-binary and discusses fluid attraction, fame in a small community, and dealing with online trolling and tabloid attention. The conversation moves through psychic and intuitive experiences, protective "gut feeling" moments (including a frightening story about a nightclub scam in Istanbul), crystals and their spiritual associations (carnelian, rose quartz), and reflections on found family within the trans community. The episode closes with sponsor shout-outs and some lighthearted chicken-based banter throughout. Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. The host is not a legal, medical, or financial professional, and spiritual advice given is not a substitute for professional advice. Listener discretion is advised.

In this powerful episode, host Gabby Baker is joined by two truly remarkable guests — Ciara Connelly and Kenneth O'Driscoll (Coach Ken) — for an open, heartfelt conversation about life, death, and everything in between. Ciara shares her extraordinary story of surviving a cardiac arrest at just 24 years old. Clinically dead for 25 minutes, she was brought back against all odds — and came back changed. She opens up about her near-death experience: floating through a golden wheat field toward a wooden house, feeling a love beyond description, and meeting a woman's energy at a windowless pane who gave her a choice to stay or return. She also talks candidly about the aftermath — relearning to walk, read, and write, living with dilated cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure, and the profound spiritual and psychic gifts that emerged from the other side. Coach Ken, founder of the Ballyfermot and Cherry Orchard Running Clubs, shares his own journey from addiction and a troubled past to becoming a beacon of hope in his community. He recounts his own near-death experience during a hospital visit, his experimentation with DMT and the parallels he sees between that and Ciara's experience, and how running became the unexpected force that saved his life — and the lives of countless others in his community. Together with Gabby, the three explore consciousness, the spirit world, the science of DMT, retrograde amnesia, psychic ability, the meaning of goosebumps, and what it truly means to be alive. This is an episode about resilience, purpose, and the undeniable sense that there is something bigger at work. "If I can reach out to just one person and let them know there is something else — that their loved ones are not alone when they die — that's enough." — Ciara