Near-death experiences suggest that our consciousness may not die when our bodies do

Thomas Verny is a clinical psychiatrist, academic, award-winning author, public speaker, poet and podcaster. He is the author of eight books, including the global bestseller The Secret Life of the Unborn Child and 2021’s The Embodied Mind: Understanding the Mysteries of Cellular Memory, Consciousness and Our Bodies.Many years ago, as a young intern at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, I was taking a routine blood-pressure reading of a patient when he suddenly stopped breathing.