Ghosts. You’ve seen the movies, nervously giggled and gasped over the stories at slumber parties, or like me, cowered in your sleeping bag in the other room to avoid hearing about it. Maybe you’ve even had an encounter with something you’d call a ghost. According to a 2009 Pew Research Study, 18% of Americans say they’ve seen a ghost and 29% believe they’ve been in touch with the dead. That’s pretty significant, so I'm gonna dig in and explore what all this might mean.

Guests:

Elaine Chan-Scherer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, artist, and spiritual seeker in San Francisco. She works in private practice at 4614 California, a community of therapists committed to integrating psychotherapy with spirituality.

Kay Fahlstrom is a psychic medium in both Marin, CA and the peninsula. She is also a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and EMDR practitioner. Kay became a psychic medium after a near death experience, which she chronicles in her book Reborn a Medium: A True Story of Dying, Returning, and Serving Spirit and You.​

Melanie Kay Mitchell is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, specializing in sandplay therapy and somatic therapies for children and adults. She also practices what she calls Intuitive Somatic Body Work. In addition, Melanie is a performer and artist. 

Credits

Producer: Lily Sloane
Editorial Support: Jesse Rhodes 
Field Support: Katy Bullick

Theme song: Topher M. Lewis (remixed by Lily Sloane)
Closing song: Stacey McGuirl
Additional Music & Sound Design: Lily Sloane

Episode Image: "Ghosts" by Noah Paessel

Special thanks to Abby Volk and everyone else who listened to me ramble on about ghosts. And as always, thank you so much to the strangers who opened up about their thoughts, feelings, and experiences.