Show Notes
After a motorcycle accident put him in a coma for three weeks, guest Stephen Weber didn't just have one life review during his near-death experience — he had several. Author of The Place Between Here and There: A True and Beautiful Near Death Experience, Steve joins Johnny to unpack what surprised him most: it wasn't the highlight-reel moments, it was the painful ones. How repeated life reviews raised his awareness each timeWhy mistakes — not victories — turned out to be his greatest teachers...
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