Helping Parents Heal: Unveiling the Spiritual Journey with Barbara Banner

 Barbara Banner, a certified medium from Los Angeles joins us today.  The discussion primarily focuses on 'Helping Parents Heal,' an international non-profit organization supporting bereaved parents. 

Barbara shares her insights and experiences working with grieving families, highlighting the organization's resources like support groups, certified mediums, and specialized programs for fathers and siblings. 

The podcast also touches on the scientific evidence of life after death, the importance of finding joy after loss, and Barbara's personal journey into mediumship. 

Listeners are provided with valuable information on how to access the support offered by 'Helping Parents Heal' and learn about Barbara’s unique experiences and contributions in helping individuals navigate through their grief.

Transcript

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 1:43

I am very excited to have Barbara Banner here, Barbara is a Los Angeles person, and I believe, very glamorous and thank you very much for coming and being on the show.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 1:56

I am so happy to be here. It's my joy and

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 1:59

Oh God. God. I wanna just tell people that this guest is a certified medium and there are a couple groups that have certified her. One is helping parents heal that we're gonna talk about a little bit today, and that also find a certified medium with Mark Ireland. And it's awesome that you've been certified and I guess that means that you know what you're doing.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 2:24

I hope that means that they don't want, they have a whole list of certified mediums that they have gone take through the ringer to

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 2:31

I say

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 2:32

to pass the test and to know that this is not a quack.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 2:36

No.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 2:36

who's proven themselves on a

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 2:38

Absolutely.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 2:39

basis.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 2:40

So I wanna start off by talking about helping parents heal, because when you and I started talking about maybe, you coming on the podcast that was a topic that came up and I just found it so interesting and so heartfelt and. And generous. And that to me, that just, that's my kind of thing is I wanna help other people and I want to do it from the bottom of my heart. And it's that's you, Barbara. That's the way you do it.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 3:10

That's, first of all, that's what we're supposed to do on this lifetime and or we are supposed to help others and be of service to others. And if you don't, you're gonna have to come back a lot of times and learn that, take that class again. So you might as well do it now.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 3:25

I hear you. I hear you. And I love it. I think that it's I was doing a little bit of checking out about helping parents heal. Now is it centered in California? Is that where the main offices are, or can you tell me about that?

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 3:40

It's an actually an international group

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 3:43

wow.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 3:44

It's, have different satellites all over the country and some Europe the owners, the people who started, they live in Arizona, I believe.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 3:54

Oh, I see. I see.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 3:56

So some of the groups across the country are close to where some people live and they can get together in person, and some of them they'll do on Zoom,

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 4:07

Okay.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 4:07

it doesn't matter there. And then they'll have a big gathering where everybody can

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 4:11

Okay. So it's a, it's an international thing. Ah, that, that's fantastic. That's great. And it's a non-profit or not-for-profit corporation. I noted that there are a lot of different, like I would call'em like subsets or associated groups that they have and like helping siblings heal

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 4:33

And helping fathers

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 4:35

fathers,

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 4:36

they have expanded it. The poor fathers, everyone's so upset for the mother, but the fathers are

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 4:42

I.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 4:42

and they're the ones who are having the problems expressing themselves. They're the ones who keep it in to keep the family together and to be, stoic. And I'm getting goosebumps right now from spirit. They need. Help as well. Everybody grieves their own way, but it's the men who really hold it in and it can be for everybody

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 5:07

For everybody. And men, certainly across the world, men often will dominate women and they won't treat them very well. They're known to be brutish in some cultures. But. As a father myself, I can say that I have, nothing but respect for women in my life and the women in general. But the thing is that we, culturally, we fathers, oh, it's a whole different thing. We're not encouraged to express ourselves at all.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 5:41

No, that's not masculine. In the in and in different cultures that would be.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 5:47

Yes.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 5:47

Unacceptable.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 5:48

Yes. And different nationalities, I think.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 5:52

customs in, in all the different countries, they all look at things differently and even grief.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 5:59

And so I think it's so wonderful that they have that and the idea that siblings also are. They have a different, a little bit different slant on grief than a parent. And I, and there's a group supporting them and I think it's awesome. There's one aspect of the helping parents heal, but I really liked a lot. And that's the caring listeners group.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 6:23

Yes.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 6:24

And my understanding is they have I think 35 or so people who I guess are trained. To

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 6:32

Trained or have been shining light parents in the past and wanna get involved and are there for you when you just need to talk. And believe me, people just need to talk. No matter what time it is. There'll be somebody there who can help you

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 6:49

that. Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 6:50

service.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 6:52

Grief doesn't go by a clock.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 6:54

No, it doesn't. You can wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to breathe or can't take it another second.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 7:02

yes. Especially right in the night where everything is dark and no one's else is up and you're all alone and that sort of thing.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 7:10

feel alone. Yeah.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 7:12

Yeah. Yeah. I think that is, is so great. And from what I read, that they can talk to you in person or by Zoom or by phone and that is.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 7:22

way is yes, you're not tied down to any one way. If it's

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 7:27

That.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 7:27

call or if it's Zoom or they have therapists there, they ha. The beautiful thing about helping parents heal is they can be there for you from. The day your journey starts

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 7:41

Okay.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 7:42

until the end of your life. You know what I mean? A community that knows how you feel that is bonded. It's like nobody wants to be in this club,

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 7:53

Yeah. Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 7:54

it happens, you wanna be in

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 7:56

You wanna be part of a club. Now you mentioned a term shining light parents, and what is, what's that?

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 8:03

military people, our shining light parents?

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 8:06

Okay.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 8:06

They Look at themselves as victims. A bereavement group. They don't wanna bring it down like that. These are shining light parents, and that's what they prefer to be called,

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 8:16

I see. I see. Okay. People who are cancer survivors. Some people are portray themselves as victims of cancer. And some say I prevailed, they look at

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 8:28

not a victim. Exactly.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 8:30

ways. Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 8:32

they're amazing.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 8:33

Yeah I also thought that this organization helping parents heal is really quite sophisticated in my opinion. They have looked. They have looked at the ways that people today get their information and how they, what they want to use or might want to use. So they have a documentary there called, Life to Afterlife.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 9:01

Right.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 9:01

to afterlife. Yeah. Mom, can you hear me? And it's a story of 17 parents and they talk about, about, their, what happened to them

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 9:10

happened and the signs they can get

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 9:13

yeah,

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 9:13

their different, everyone's experience is different.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 9:16

Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 9:17

are the same, but everybody. Everybody handles grief in a different way

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 9:22

Right and right. And.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 9:23

for amount of time there's no one way is right.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 9:26

No. And some grieving people want to talk to a person, but if I'm a grieving person and I'm a real solid introvert, I might rather watch a film and I still get the benefit of someone's opinion, but I don't have to be there. I don't have to talk with them. And I think that's a really strong part of it, that they taking the the person, the grieving person where they are. Because you said just like from the beginning,

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 9:53

they're,

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 9:54

right where they are.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 9:55

It can, they can just be there for you.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 9:58

Yes.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 10:00

they have support groups and everything that's gonna go on this healing journey because it is a journey. It It, it morphs, it goes into else, but it all has the thread that goes through it of. these people who lost the most important person in the world to them shouldn't have been this way. They should they say we should have gone first.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 10:25

right.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 10:26

is, because that's how people feel.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 10:29

Yes. Yes. I can't imagine what it would be like, and I've known people that have had that happen to them, but talking about it like this, about, about what does someone that has that happen to them, what do they need and in what way should it be delivered? I think it's a fantastic group and I'm so glad that when we talk. That you let me know that this is one of the, one of the ways you're certified, because I think it's a fantastic outfit there. And there's a book as well that this, the 17 parents have have written in the book. And what, from the materials, it says that they, it's not a poor me a statement in the book. It's more

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 11:08

empowering, it

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 11:10

yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 11:10

you

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 11:11

Yes.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 11:11

lifts your spirits, What I try to do in readings to lift everybody's spirit. They have lots of resources, every kind of resource they have books that they recommend, they have a yearly get together in, in a hotel and have mediums there and talks and workshops. do everything they can to you through

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 11:34

Oh, that is so awesome. I can imagine at the beginning of your journey that you are in heavy duty grieving period and,

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 11:44

many stages You never know when you're gonna get them, or you, if you're Or, say, take me instead you,

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 11:49

Yes.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 11:50

know Know exactly what you are feeling.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 11:54

Yeah. And at some point in time I would think that the person would be, I'm tired, I'm they have a statement, they have a thing in aa, which I'm a member of. I sick and tired of being sick and tired. And so I'm sure that there are people that are grieving and they're like, after a while they're like, I'm just sick. I'm. Feeling sad all the time. Do I go? Where do I go now? And this group has all the info for you. I think it's great. I appreciate you talking about it because I've I know that you don't represent that group in particular, but you're certified and you work with them. You work with them. Yeah. Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 12:29

is that our kids. They want you to be happy. want more than anything for you to have joy

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 12:39

Okay.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 12:40

And to go forward and have more kids. Whatever you need, they want you to not feel guilty for enjoying life. that's their number one purpose in the afterlife want you to. joy and laughter. People are, it's amazing. People are they're afraid to laugh or they

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 13:06

Yes. Yes.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 13:07

they're happy about something, and it's, that's not what they want. They just want. You to feel their love and know that they're there with you and that's, and that they're by your side, and that they're gonna show you and that they're gonna help you and guide you. They always tell me, they say, tell my mom that she took care of me my whole life, and now it's my time to take care of her, to help guide her. They know what you are thinking. They know what's in your head, and they want to make it. They want you to find the joy. There was one reading I did, which absolutely solidified my my passion for this group. Can I tell you

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 13:57

Oh abs, absolutely. Please do perfect timing for that.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 14:00

So somebody who was a member of the group I wasn't certified then, but she asked me if I'd come to her little group and do a group reading. And I said Absolutely. A mother there who'd lost a son around six. I, in my readings, I'll say, you can ask your son a question, but for the first question, wanna do it where I don't know what the question is. I don't want my head involved. I

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 14:29

Right.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 14:29

want spirit to just give me what it is.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 14:33

So you ask the they're supposed to ask the question, just telepathically.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 14:37

it in your head. Do not open your mouth and tell me

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 14:39

Yep. Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 14:40

And and I said, and we're gonna see what your son gives us as the answer to your question. So I said, I see your son riding on the back of a giant butterfly in heaven. It's enormous. He's holding on, he is dive bombing. He's laughing. He couldn't be having a better time. And I said. Does that make any sense to your question? And she started crying. She goes, you have no idea it does. I said, so what was the question? She said, what's my son doing? What are you doing in heaven right now? The amazing part. She said, when my son passed I wanted to say the right things to his little sister so that I could explain death. Explained his passing,

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 15:31

It's a big moment for everybody. Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 15:33

yeah. To the right way.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 15:35

Yep.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 15:35

And she said, and I bought a book and she sent me a picture of the page in the book that Read to her daughter that is a little boy

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 15:48

gosh,

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 15:49

riding on the back of a butterfly in heaven.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 15:53

that is

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 15:53

was profound for me

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 15:56

Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 15:57

for her.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 15:58

Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 15:59

anything, and the little boy's given me chills right now for any little thing in her mind that says, I don't know if, I can believe it, that he's not gone. That was something that would make her stop. He had to be here. He had to know, or tell me, put in my mind what the question was he knew that I could show her the picture the same exact thing

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 16:24

Wow. Wow.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 16:26

I said, this is a seminal moment for me.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 16:31

Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 16:31

I wanna help parents Through this. Know

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 16:34

Yes. Yeah. It locked it so solid. You were like that if I had any question about it, damn,

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 16:39

sign. The parents got,

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 16:41

Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 16:41

a sign that he's

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 16:42

Yes.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 16:43

gave me a sign.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 16:44

Yes.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 16:44

this is what you need to be doing.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 16:46

Yes. It was something that you said in talking about that brought me to another question line of questioning that I have, and that is. There are groups of people all across this country and in the world that they've been raised in a certain religion and they've been taught their whole lives that this kind of medium stuff, it's bad. It's not nothing to be, stay away from it.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 17:14

That's they. It is Yeah.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 17:15

And then, there are other people, scientists, people that they've lived their whole lives doing science and interestingly enough in my podcast, in interviewing people, a lot of people that I've interviewed that are mediums and do this spiritual work have been scientists. And then they just, something happened and they just, accepted it,

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 17:37

neurosci, a neuro doctor, neurosurgeon, even Alexander he had an NDE and he never believed in this

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 17:46

being near death experience,

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 17:48

death experience

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 17:49

right?

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 17:49

back with an amazing story about meeting his sister that he never met. It turned him around. He's been a proponent of all of this. He's on podcasts. He's got books. He's, he told the scientific community, this is real. Is real. This isn't just some little glitch that they thought they're seeing something. This is real.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 18:14

I am so glad that you mentioned that.'cause I'm familiar with him, but I hadn't thought about him in this context, which is if anyone that's listening to the podcast or watching it and they're thinking, this is a bunch of hooey or whatever. Th this guy was, is, I think it was a neurosurgeon.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 18:32

Yes.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 18:32

Yeah, and his, and he had spent his whole life poo-pooing this stuff.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 18:37

ping it? A little brain

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 18:39

yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 18:39

or

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 18:40

So he dies in, I forget how heart attack, I forget what it was, but he actually died.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 18:46

quick. It was a quick something just got him

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 18:49

And when I say die I was interviewed the other day by this group of people, some of whom believed or could believe or could accept even thinking about it. And some couldn't. Very well. And this one person said, yeah, but no one's really died and come back. And I tried to explain. That's what these near death experiences are. When these people die, they're dead and,

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 19:12

physical it's, there's, their consciousness is alive and

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 19:15

right

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 19:16

body ain't working anymore.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 19:18

Not at all.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 19:19

just the body, physical body. We don't need that up there. We're just energy just moving to a different different form.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 19:26

right. And e and even Alexander talks'cause he, being a neurosurgeon and a, if you're in the operating room, you're very cognizant of if someone's alive or not, and you're monitoring it scientifically that they are or they aren't. And he, when he talks about himself. He talks about that all the scientific analysis showed that he had no brain activity. It wasn't the hallucination that he had, it wasn't anything like that. It, he was on the other side. And and thank you for bringing that out because, I just I'm not trying to tell people what to believe, but. If you're interested in hearing about things and having open mind about it, even Alexander, you could see him. Anybody who types that into the inter, into the computer. E Eban. E-B-A-N-I think it is Alexander. Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 20:19

There's also,

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 20:20

Yep.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 20:21

there's so much scientific evidence they're saying it's not even an issue if it's real or not.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 20:27

It

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 20:27

a friend of mine, mark Dr. Mark Pitek, who's one of the pioneers with this,

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 20:31

Okay.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 20:31

and is also working on the soul phone with Dr. Schwartz he has a website that has like of articles that he's put together and scientific programs and proof, of life after. Physical death and it's soul proof.com.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 20:50

Okay.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 20:51

it. And there's 40 years of information. It is available free articles, documentary, eBooks. He gives away free, he's a prolific writer as well with there's just, it's endless. All you have to do is sign up on the for the newsletter and that's free. He's got classes free. It is a wonderful one stop resource

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 21:16

the name of it again?

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 21:17

Soul proof. S-O-U-L-P-R-O-O f.com.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 21:21

Thank you so much. I had, I'm not familiar with that, but it sounds really wonderful,

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 21:27

It's In one place. You wanna know about Angels, there's an article on that you wanna know if they eat spaghetti on the other side, there'll be an article on that. It's one stop.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 21:38

I think that is so exciting to hear because I, and I'm I'm gonna pass a word about that because what I'm trying to do in part, in this podcast is to let people know that the consciousness that we are, it continues. It's immortal. Whoever we are, that's staying,

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 21:59

our

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 22:00

that's forever.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 22:01

Is the same. We make, we may they may show us how they were when they were in our lifetime and how they treated us. And, but that's just repeating their role that they played.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 22:13

That's right.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 22:13

not really them. If you've got a, somebody who was an alcoholic or, beat his wife, that, that's not his essence. He's

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 22:21

No.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 22:21

what his part was in this

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 22:23

All right.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 22:24

don't understand at the time.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 22:26

No.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 22:26

Why this is good for

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 22:27

That was him in Human. In the human Life.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 22:31

Inhuman, not we are souls in a human suit are So yeah, it just they just do it. So you could say, yeah, that's my dad

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 22:39

yes.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 22:40

that you'll know who, plus, and we don't know why we, why these lessons. Are helping us until we get to the other side. And then I always say there's a whiteboard there with, child passes what it did for you and,

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 22:55

okay.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 22:56

your soul and expanding your consciousness. We have to wait, don't jump the gun.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 23:01

No, I'll wait. I'll wait to find out what, figure out what is it that I learned by one lesson or another that was pretty painful here in this life, but was meant to teach me something. And and I also that one aspect of that I just wanna talk about briefly is that that there are people who do a lot of suffering in this life. That is something that they signed up for. And that if you look at it in that context and in the sense of, I immortality, the time on in the human body is quite short.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 23:40

Like that.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 23:41

Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 23:42

that if you're up, if you're on the other side and you're playing a game of cards, you could say, you know what? I have to go to the bathroom for a second. And by the time you come back you said, oh, I had a great life. Great life, okay, this was a no brainer.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 23:54

Oh, that.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 23:54

for them

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 23:55

Oh, that is funny.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 23:57

and you're done.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 23:57

Yes. Yes, though. That's a great, that's a great analogy there. Because yes, that's how long it takes, right? In the sense of the permanent. Yeah, very it's so nice to talk with you, Barbara, and and to be talking about this. I, I know that, I may ask you in, in your work. Specifically with the parents

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 24:20

Helping

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 24:20

Helping. Yeah. Have you had folks come talk to you that really were non-believers

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 24:29

yes,

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 24:30

non-believers in what you do? That's what I mean.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 24:33

Yes. Especially the grief starts. When somebody just passes. And by the way, I love what Edgar Casey says. They're not gone. They just went a little ahead of you. You are all gonna meet up for the party, just. Hold your horses and they're gonna help you through this. Don't worry, you are never alone and all they wanna do is put little things in your head so that you stay on the right path and you understand it's time to laugh. Helping parents heal, will help you through it, whether it's support groups or these people will become your friends.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 25:07

Yep.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 25:07

will, will be there for you no matter what. It's just such a supportive place to be for the whole journey.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 25:15

You have a lot of experience with dealing with people who are in traumatic experience situations, and so I'm sure that some of the work that you do is not really medium work, but it's. Talking to a human being

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 25:32

yes.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 25:32

In a traumatic situation, which you have worked with for years and years doing that type of work

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 25:38

volunteer things that I've done that have to do with crisis. And the Was working volunteering at the city's crisis response team

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 25:48

of Los Angeles.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 25:50

City of Los Angeles and I'd be called out to a scene where there is a deceased body and the police are there the family comes on the scene or the witness of something that was

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 26:06

Big moment.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 26:07

Big moment

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 26:08

Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 26:08

worst time in their entire life, and I'm there to just be there for them and help them get through it. Okay, because the police have things to do. They're

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 26:21

Yeah. Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 26:21

asking questions, so it was such an honor. To be able to do this, even if I had to go out at 3:00 AM to the worst part of town. It had to be done. And people ask me, did you take it home with you? Do you, does it? And I just say, with my background for so many years dealing with grief and all of this. I just compartmentalized I didn't have time or I wasn't selfish enough to say I have to deal with this. This is so sad. I just was there and did my job, and if I wanna cry, it'll be on the way home. Mean? But I really tried to put it away that I, we help somebody today.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 27:05

I can say that I'm not a kid and I have lived a lot of life and I've met a lot of people and I don't know too many. That could do what you did. Really, I mean you I considered myself pretty brave for doing legal work involving families and custody and things like that there. That was, you're at the, you're in the real life there. No. Getting away from it. And, but your work was at such a focus point of life where someone. Witnessed a horrible crime or an horrible accident or whatever.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 27:45

Was

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 27:45

wow.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 27:46

of

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 27:47

Wow. Wow. I don't,

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 27:48

to ask me it's questions.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 27:50

yeah,

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 27:51

ask me, why are you doing this? You

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 27:53

Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 27:54

go to an orphanage and play, London Bridges falling down with somebody. Instead, I said, I do it because I can.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 28:02

yes.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 28:03

And that was the answer.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 28:05

Yes.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 28:05

can do this and not everybody can on a basis.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 28:11

No. No. And I think that is so true. It's, you were given this gift of being able to do what you do. You, this is who you are in this human lifetime, and I just give my opinion. I try to shy away from talking myself about too much spiritual stuff here on the podcast but in this particular topic, you, I think were brought to this work by spirit and you were. Brought little by little to get there. And it's not an accident that you're doing this medium work with helping parents heal. It's not an accident at all. It's meant to be.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 28:51

I know I, I've had many channelers who, we swap, swap readings and They all say the same thing. been doing this for a thousand years. Okay. This is not, that's why when I started training after all these paranormal things were going on in my house, I said they're calling me. I hadn't even meditated.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 29:10

Okay.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 29:10

wonder what meditation is, but I was always interested in paranormal things and watched, and, I, I always was interested, but yeah I, that's why from the first meditation to when I like, hung a shingle and started donating readings to people and doing swapping readings, it was like seven months. It was so fast.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 29:31

Wow. Wow. That is very fast. Yes.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 29:34

so I was just, it's just, I just, they just said, okay, you, we've got you for 35 years doing all of this volunteer work where,

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 29:42

Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 29:43

had the best trainers and

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 29:45

Yes.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 29:45

counselors in the world working with you. It's you're gonna hit the ground running. I'm not taking any more time with you. So

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 29:53

Let's get on with it. Let's get going.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 29:55

on with it. This is my purpose in life, and by the way, I was told that when you find your purpose in life, you stop aging and you don't get sick. So

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 30:05

Oh

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 30:05

Okay.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 30:05

awesome. That's awesome. You, yes. You don't look a day over 89.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 30:09

Thank

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 30:10

It's really gorgeous.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 30:12

So there are some perks too, but that's those that isn't the big one.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 30:16

You know what I've I When you say that,'cause I know people that are very spiritual and I was introduced to this one who has become a friend of mine and they just turned 85. And if no one had told me that, I would've said 65 it because they just have this energy in them coming outta them and it just makes them just glow.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 30:38

It's the light. The light, which they call themselves the shining light parents because their child had that light they're in their heart.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 30:47

That's wonderful. That's wonderful. We're out, I'm out of time on this particular episode. It's flown by and I have, I wanted to get into more talking about some of your experiences as a medium, and so would you be willing to come back and do some more interview.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 31:02

I have so many interesting readings and little snippets that will make everybody smile.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 31:10

Good then. Yeah. We'll get away from all this serious talk, but I have really appreciated this conversation and I hope that everybody else will too. And

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 31:18

if anybody out there is grieving or has a child helping parents heal.org and

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 31:26

And

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 31:27

you possibly could need is right there. You

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 31:30

Yeah. Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 31:32

lift a finger.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 31:33

And find,

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 31:33

lift you.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 31:34

and finding you on the internet is banner medium.com, all one word, B-A-N-N-E-R medium.com.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 31:44

And I'm on TikTok and Facebook and all of those things too.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 31:48

And I'm enjoying you on TikTok and.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 31:51

Are you?

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 31:51

Yeah. Very much. Yeah. Yeah.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 31:54

The kind of information you can get in one of the readings.

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 31:57

Yes.

squadcaster-accc_2_12-11-2025_134234 31:57

different,

james_2_12-11-2025_164234 31:58

That's right. Alright, let's finish up for now and we'll get right back at.