Kathy McCabe has the ultimate dream job. As the host of PBS’s Dream of Italy, she travels to locations all over the country, tasting, talking and taking in the culture in, as you hear before every episode, and I rightly agree, “the most fascinating country in the world.” You can find her at Andrea Bocelli’s house receiving a personal serenade, or a…

Carol Pivot, like any good hairdresser, lent her ear to her clients for over 30 years, helping them navigate life’s ups and downs. Despite having always been a seeker with a natural curiousity, she still never expected to be on the path she’s on now – healing others as a Reiki master and serving as a connection to loved ones on the other side throu…

Michael didn't want to be a rock star. Yes, it was fun. They released two albums and went on tour. But he wanted to be a teacher, and has been for over 25 years. This is the story of honoring the gift of doing what you were truly meant to do. There was also the stint on Wall Street. Michael discusses how he talked his way into that job, schmoozed h…

As the CEO of Happy Vibes LLC, Kathy Mou empowers clients to achieve wellness and vitality though science-backed and holistic practices. Uniquely qualified after her own journey with endometriosis and infertility, Kathy knows first hand what it takes to heal and achieve one’s goals. Now, as the proud mom of a little girl, and the host of the Ignite…

Sydnei Kaplan is a mom, wife, blogger, freelance writer and author of the children's book, The Heaven Phone. The Heaven Phone, beautifully illustrated by Vanessa Alexandre, is a comforting and poignant story about love and loss, and helps children forge a connection to our loved ones who have passed by using a device that can bridge the two worlds …

ORIGINALLY AIRED on IGTV on July 26, 2021 There was a time in Washington, DC in the late 80s/early 90s when author Jeannie Zokan was a girl about town reading palms at high end hotels and parties. In her second novel, Courage Without Grace, main character Josie Wales, a palm reader in DC, finds the courage to face her future, and to face a secret f…

ORIGINALLY AIRED on IGTV on June 1, 2021 In 2006, Jennifer Anton’s life changed. She went into heart failure, after giving birth to her daughter, and her beloved grandmother passed away. A series of life-altering events that set into motion a journey: Jennifer started to ask the questions she meant to ask her grandmother while she was alive and she…

ORIGINALLY AIRED on IGTV on March 7, 2021 Chatting with Debby Kruszewski (@debbykrusz), Diane Michael (@universenudge) and Sabrina Palazzo (@selfhealingwithsabs) about Surviving Death and our own experiences with signs (of course), mediums, near death experiences, end of life experiences and reincarnation. So grateful to this series for helping to …

Dr. Catherine Andrews is a practicing psychotherapist who specializes in working with families who are experiencing illness, death or other losses. She holds a doctorate from George Washington University and is a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling and the American Academy of Bereavement as well as the American Counseling A…

ORIGINALLY AIRED on IGTV on February 8, 2021 Who wouldn’t want to be trained by my cousin? She has all of the certificates and is getting more - never stops learning! - but she has something else too - she’s been there, and she is so open about it and willing to share her journey with grief and where she was even just last year at this time. She pu…

ORIGINALLY AIRED on FACEBOOK LIVE on 9/24/22. Laura Chapman is an award-winning and best-selling author of over 100 works of fiction, under both the name Laura Chapman and Kate Tilney. She is a lover of Jane Austen, cats and baking shows, and her Instagram stories always make Fern laugh! Listen to Laura tell the story of how her two boy cats found …

This episode I am so grateful to Susan Cramer Kinney for sharing her brother Chris with us. He loved Jimmy Buffet, traveling and having a good time! Susan shares stories of how the number 22 became Chris’s sign for her, certain weather incidents that were characteristically Chris, as well as other incredible signs and dream visits including one whe…

This episode, I am so grateful to Caryn Wiley for sharing her stories of signs from her dad Mark Rasweiler. Mark was a vice president at Marsh & McLennan on September 11, 2001. Hear how Caryn experienced an incredible sign while sitting in his car and hear about the dream visit she had with him while pregnant with her son. Hear too about the legacy…

Francesca DeVito’s dad, Police Lieutenant Robert Cirri, was with the Port Authority Police Department on September 11, 2001. Francesca has received countless signs from him over the years, especially in the form of numbers. He has also come through in ways that show his personality, including through electricity. Tuesday’s Children is a charity Fra…

Tillie Geidel is the author of 9/11 Through the Eyes of a Daughter. Her father Gary Geidel was a fireman at Rescue One FDNY when he answered the call on 9/11 and did not return home. Tillie shares her stories of signs from her dad, including gravity defying pennies from heaven and the story of a very timely visit from a hawk. Listen for the penny a…

Monica Iken is the founder of September's Mission, a nonprofit organization devoted to building a positive and meaningful legacy out of the events surrounding 9/11. Iken lost her husband Michael, who was a bond broker in the World Trade Center, on 9/11. She is also working on a podcast of her own to help anyone affected by sudden loss or tragedy to…

Thank you so much for listening to Signs from the Other Side with Fern Ronay! Here's to 50 episodes! I hope you enjoy this look back at some of the chill-inducing moments - the good kind of chills - from some past episodes. If you haven't already joined the Facebook group, just search Believers in Signs on Facebook (be sure to answer the three memb…

Dominic Flores is a film and television actor who has worked alongside Sandra Bullock and Susan Sarandon and appeared on some of the most popular television shows including Hawaii Five-0 and Law & Order True Crime. He is a father of four, married to producer Kristin Ridgeway Flores and a walking example of how there are no coincidences, which you w…

Corie Skolnick is the author of Orfan, the story of Jimmy Deane a resilient adoptee, and America’s Most Eligible, the story of an ambitious young writer trying to uncover what’s true in pretentious Southern California. She is also a licensed marriage and family therapist and, forty years ago, she was going through a divorce and was not a believer i…

When Sabrina Quiroga lost her dad, within a month of losing her father in law, all she wanted was to speak to him again. After a conversation with her aunt, who has the ability to feel Sabrina’s dad coming through, she told Sabrina her dad would be sending her “something” because he knew how hard she was taking the losses of him and her father in l…

Victoria Shaw had it all: a PHD from Princeton; she was a published author; she had two beautiful children. It was perfect on paper but, as she describes on her website, “We often make our biggest spiritual leaps in response to extreme pressures and difficulties of life. The tipping point for me was when my children started to struggle”. Victoria e…

Silvi Martin is the author of three novels in the contemporary sweet romance genre and she is working on book 4 of her Coronado Island series. A masters in English, fluent in French, Silvi spent part of her childhood in Africa where her father was teaching Spanish. She has lived in London, Texas and now sunny California. Silvi has seen the world bu…

Jeannie Zokan grew up in Colombia, South America, as the child of missionaries. She read almost every book in the American school she attended and her love of books lead her to a degree in Library Science and then to write books of her own, including The Existence of Pity, the story of an American teenager in Colombia in the 1970s who, while discov…

Lisa Ruggiero lives for manifestation, as she says on her website, because it changed her life drastically. After a dark period, things began to change for Lisa when she stripped away the things that no longer served her. She went on to create Soul Led Boss Babe, an online community to help others step into their purpose and shift into a new realit…

When Diane Michael was ten years old, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. When she was 19, her mother passed away. And for many years, Diane avoided coming to terms with her mother’s death. In her book After Mom: An Insightful Journey to Healing After Her Death, she writes “I had wasted too much time avoiding and refusing to face the truth…

Whitney Dineen is an award winning author of eighteen books and counting, a former Ford model, the creator and baker behind Whitney’s Goodies and a wife and mother, raising children, chickens and organic vegetables in the pacific northwest. As it says in her Amazon bio, Whitney loves to play with her kids, bake stuff, eat stuff, and write books for…

Author Brett McKay lost a beloved uncle who left behind three grown children. When Brett was visited by his uncle in a dream, it came with a message that meant the world to his cousin. Brett also discusses dreaming of his grandfather on the night his grandfather passed and seeing him being helped to the other side, as well as a visit with his mothe…

Robbie Holz was fighting for her life after she contracted hepatitis C from a blood transfusion, and from the treatment for that, she developed fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and temporary brain damage. She was bedridden and fighting to survive. When traditional western medicine could no longer help, she discovered alternative medicine that…

When Mariana Cotromanes’s great-grandmother was a young woman in Greece, the local fortune teller told her something - she would move to America, she would have five children, and she would die before the age of 50. And that’s exactly what happened. Hear Mariana’s story and the story of her family and how Epigenetics helps to heal not only our own …

Samantha March describes herself as a multi passionate entrepreuner. And with good reason! She is the creator of ChickLitPlus, the author of 8 novels, the host of the Start Inspired podcast, and a successful beauty, fashion and lifestyle vlogger with over 90K subscribers on YouTube and 10.5M views. She recently launched a collaboration with Ofra Co…

TRIGGER WARNING: The topic of sexual abuse is discussed in this episode. Brianna Remus is the author of Walking with Fear: An Exploratory Guide to Conquering Your Fears and Living Your Most Fulfilled Life. She has two master's degrees and is currently a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology. Brianna discusses the root of her own fears, how they…

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Got ten minutes? Host Fern Ronay's husband Howie joins the podcast once again, back by popular demand, to interview Fern about her latest book and a little bit about Gary, the squirrel living on their balcony. To learn more about Fern Ronay, visit FernRonay.com and follow her Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.…

Almost three years ago, Susan Cross died. At the time she was a successful public relations professional married to the love of her life and with two grown and married children. She was on vacation with her husband on the remote Caribbean island of Dominica when her appendix ruptured and she received life saving surgery while in the Caribbean. This…

Danika Miller shared a photo on Twitter and said “This is one of the very few pictures I have taken with both of my parents since my brother passed away 7 years ago. And look who decided to show up for the family photo. Can we all just believe that heaven is real and angels exist?” In the photo, you see Danika’s mom, Danika, her dad, and a light sh…

Dr. Peggy DeLong is a clinical and forensic psychologist in private practice in New Jersey. She is also a public speaker and gratitude expert, holding public events and workshops on the power of gratitude. She is the creator of Peggy’s Midnight Creations, bracelets with inspirational messages for life’s transitions and challenges. And, she is an au…

Linda Spellman is a psychic medium who came by her gift after a traumatic event. For many years, she was a successful marketing VP for a number of large corporations, when an experience changed her life. While at a treatment center, she began to “see” things. Her gift was realized and there was no turning back. The Light of the Phoenix was born. Al…

If you had or are having a difficult relationship with a parent, listen to this episode. If you have ever been or are going through a betrayal or breakup, listen to this episode. If you believe, or want proof, that everything happens for a reason, listen to this episode. And read Maira Rayanne’s compilation memoir Beyond These Green Eyes. Maira Ray…

Debby Kruszewski remembers being born, as well as her baptism. She incorporated this experience in her novel, Precious and Fragile Things. She also had a very close relationship with her godfather. Before he passed, he promised he would always be there for her and has come through in many ways. Through signs and symbols, he has made his presence kn…

After Valerie Gangas's mother passed, she no longer wanted to live. In the grip of depression, she was led to Transcendental Meditation but had no expectations. After her first session, however, she was profoundly changed. After her second session, she experienced a visit with her mother. And, only a short time later, she found herself standing in …

When author Clare Johnston was 15 years old, her grandmother passed but not before telling Clare that she would be at her wedding. She made her presence known right before the wedding in a dream visit that inspired Johnston's second novel, From the Outside. Also discussed, Clare's frightening premonition involving an accident on a staircase, as wel…

Shirley Schefter is a mom, wife, grandmother, friend of the Ronay family and SUPER believer in signs! Hear how her father has come through on more than one occasion, as well as her best friend Billy, who passed on 9/11. Also discussed: going to a psychic medium you can trust and the special meaning of the number 11. Shirley's friends' grandson Jaco…

Published in 1944, Nosso Lar: Life in the Spirit World by Chico Xavier tells the story of doctor Andre Luiz and his life on the other side, and what he learned while on earth. The film based on Nosso Lar, titled Astral City: A Spiritual Journey was released in 2010. Host Fern Ronay and author Maira Rayanne discuss the movie and what stood out to th…

Jenn Taylor, author, podcaster, vlogger, blogger, public speaker, and mom of 18 children, discusses being led to the love of her life, her partner Dane, by his wife who passed a few years before they met. Hear about the significance of the day they met, as well as the dimes, speaking to her aloud, and the story of the photo album, as well as anothe…

Actor Jerod Haynes discusses a sign he received that was clear as day and also one that led him to an old email that served as confirmation he was on the right path. Also discussed: the effects of PTSD and the benefits of therapy; how he reconciled conflicting feelings about playing a police officer and how he brought his own experiences to the rol…

Host Fern Ronay and Ornella (aka @HairTherapy22) review Heal, the 2017 documentary by Kelly Noonan Gores that is now available on Netflix. Fern and Ornella discuss what resonated with them, including the story of Anita Moorjani, as well as one aspect of the documentary for which they are still seeking an answer. Learn more about Heal at HealDocumen…

Author Kathleen Gerard discusses her Yorkie Sicily, who was the inspiration for her novel The Thing Is. Sicily passed two months after the book was released and the signs started flooding in, culminating in an undeniable birthday message from the other side. Kathleen is the author of In Transit, which won "Best Romantic Fiction" at The New York Boo…