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What Dying Taught Her About Living: COVID Survivor Holly Porter on Her Near-Death Experience

  1. What Dying Taught Her About Living: COVID Survivor Holly Porter on Her Near-Death Experience Stephanie Wautier 55:21

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Episode Description

What happens when someone survives the impossible and comes back with a new mission?

In this episode of Conversations with a Chiropractor, Dr. Stephanie Wautier sits down with Dr. Holly Porter, a transformational leader, 17-time best-selling author, founder of multiple companies, and near-death experience survivor.

After contracting COVID-19 in 2021, Holly spent 70 days in the hospital, was placed on a ventilator twice, received a trachea, battled sepsis and other infections, and faced moments where her survival was deeply uncertain. During that time, she says she experienced multiple out-of-body experiences, a powerful near-death experience, and a spiritual encounter that changed the direction of her life.

Holly shares what she remembers from what she calls the “stadium of light,” the music, the life review, the message she received, and the moment she felt called to start the Adventure Bucket Wish Foundation. She also talks about the long and painful healing process after leaving the hospital, including what she describes as two years of emotional, spiritual, and physical recovery.

Stephanie and Holly explore faith, prayer, Grief, purpose, spiritual transformation, obedience, surrender, and the question so many people ask after a life-altering event: “Why am I still here?”

Holly also shares the message behind her book, Near Death Shift: What Dying Taught Me About Life, Business and Purpose, and her SHIFT framework: surrender, hope, intuition, faith, and transformation.

This episode is emotional, spiritual, and deeply human. It is a conversation about surviving, listening, healing, and learning how to live with greater purpose after everything changes.

This episode includes discussion of COVID-19, hospitalization, ventilator care, near-death experiences, spiritual experiences, grief, and recovery. It is meant to inform, encourage, and inspire reflection, not replace medical, psychological, spiritual, or Mental Health support. If you are struggling with Trauma, grief, illness, Depression, or recovery after a serious medical event, please reach out to qualified professionals and trusted support systems.

In This Episode, Discover

  • Holly Porter’s 70-day hospitalization with COVID-19
  • What led to her being placed on a ventilator twice
  • What she remembers from being in a coma and heavily sedated
  • The difference between vivid dreams, out-of-body experiences, spiritual experiences, and near-death experiences
  • Holly’s description of the “stadium of light”
  • The music, light, and life review she experienced
  • The message she says she received during her near-death experience
  • Why she was warned not to partner with a specific business group
  • How the name Adventure Bucket Wish came to her
  • The spiritual experience where her mother, brother, ancestors, Family, and loved ones encouraged her to fight
  • Why prayer became something Holly could see and feel in a tangible way
  • The meaning behind the word “kidnap” after she came back
  • Holly’s hypnosis session and what she calls “the rest of the story”
  • The message: “I’m showing you the good because that’s what matters”
  • Why “Love them where they’re at” became a major part of her healing
  • The SHIFT framework: surrender, hope, intuition, faith, and transformation
  • Why Holly believes you do not have to almost die to truly live
  • The purpose behind her book, Near Death Shift
  • How people can begin listening for purpose, peace, and divine guidance in everyday life

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Learn More About Dr. Holly Porter: Near Death Shift: https://neardeathshift.com/

Find Holly’s book, links, events, and resources through her website: https://neardeathshift.com/

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Credits

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Conversations with a Chiropractor 00:53 Meet Dr. Holly Porter 01:58 Holly’s COVID Journey Begins 04:09 Rushing to the ER and Entering the ICU 07:17 What Holly Remembers From the Hospital 08:52 Out-of-Body Experiences, Spiritual Experiences, and NDEs 12:42 Holly’s Near-Death Experience 14:08 The Hallway, the Beds, and the Stadium of Light 16:25 Music, Light, and the Life Review 19:15 Messages From the Near-Death Experience 20:35 Being Sent Back 22:15 Returning to Her Body and Spelling “Kidnap” 24:32 A Spiritual Experience and the Call to Fight 27:16 Ancestors, Loved Ones, and the Power of Prayer 31:21 The Meaning Behind “Kidnap” 33:18 The In-Between and the Fight for Her Light 36:10 Symbols, the Tree, and the Hearts 38:46 The Message: “That’s What Matters” 39:15 Love Them Where They’re At 40:10 You Don’t Have to Almost Die to Truly Live 42:12 Faith, Purgatory, and Spiritual Questions 45:10 Listening, Discernment, and Finding Peace 47:07 Holly’s Book, Near Death Shift 49:59 The SHIFT Framework 51:30 How to Find Holly Porter 52:26 Final Reflections

Stephanie Wautier Dr. Stephanie, BSN, RN, DC

I am a wife and mother and began my professional career as a Registered Nurse. I went back to school to become a Chiropractor at age 30 and that is where my heart has been. I have the gift of co-owning a MedSpa and I get to use my nursing background as an injector in this arena. I started my podcast, Conversations with a Chiropractor, because I had been listening to my patients tell me stories of their lives for 20 years and due to HIPPA I could never tell anyone these tales. I thought, "but wait, my patients can tell their own stories! In their own voices!" And that is how my podcast began, I wanted to honor and document the living history among us. My podcast has morphed into a place where people can share their triumphs, their healing journeys or other healers can share a different perspective on what it means to be healthy and give us options to make ourselves healthier!