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Episode 10 · 32 min · Mar 16, 2026

A Near-Death Experience at Three, Spirituality in Therapy, and Life After Breath

with Jacob L. Cooper, LCSW

Jacob L. Cooper, LCSW, psychotherapist and bestselling author of Life After Breath and The Wisdom of Jacob's Ladder, shares how a near-death experience at three years old profoundly shaped his life and ultimately led him to pursue a career in psychotherapy. Jacob explores the intersection of spirituality, consciousness, and clinical practice — and what regression work reveals about how people carry unresolved experience.

In this episode, you will learn:

  • How a near-death experience at age three shaped a lifelong approach to consciousness and healing
  • Why spirituality and psychotherapy are not only compatible but often mutually reinforcing
  • What regression work reveals about unresolved experience across the lifespan
  • How to integrate spiritual dimensions into secular therapeutic practice ethically
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