The other side, #heaven, the next world, "upstairs," the afterlife, or the afterparty — what is it really like?

Carolyn has been reading for individual clients (and groups) since 2011, and one of the reasons we started Fate Check Podcast is because a lot of the cool, interesting details she sees occur in a private reading.

In part 2, we get into whether we see all of our pets again, time and the afterlife, and get into #debunkingmyths that keep people up at night, like whether they have to leave Earth for good after #40days. Did we miss anything? Please drop a comment and let us know what topics you're interested in for future episodes — and we'd love if you'd like, subscribe, or give us feedback. Thank you so, so much for tuning in. — CC & KLT

00:00 Carolyn Clapper answers afterlife FAQs (intro and recap) 01:32 Do animals and our pets go to heaven? All of them? 10:21 Does time exist in the afterlife? How does time work for spirits? 15:15 What happens when you die? Does the afterlife have an onboarding process? Do spirits not know they're dead? 21:15 If someone escapes justice on Earth, are there consequences in the afterlife? What about punishment? 27:21 How does spirit communication or afterlife communication actually work? 29:07 Do dead people regret what they did on Earth? What does that look like? 29:40 Do people in the mafia go to heaven? (AKA Christopher Moltisanti got a raw deal on The Sopranos! — KLT) 31:34 Why dead people still have work to do in the afterlife 33:07 "40 Days": Do spirits really have to stop visiting Earth permanently after 40 days? 34:33 Is it true intense grief blocks spirit communication? Why do spirits want to visit us if the afterlife is so great? Does crying or grieving push them away? 37:21 Debunking afterlife myths and why it matters 38:29 Does time exist in the afterlife? How does time work in heaven? 41:55 Is there a "waiting period" before mediums can contact your loved one? Is there a waiting period before loved ones can talk to mediums? Do you have to wait 6 months or a year? (No!) 42:34 Do spirits forget us or lose interest in us after a year? A decade? 50 years? 44:19 Can you really continue a relationship with dead people? Is it inherently unhealthy? Is it weird if I still talk to someone I lost? 47:30 What is it like to be married to a ghost? Can you have a real romantic relationship across the veil? How does THAT even work? 49:06 How do relationships and readings evolve over time between the living and the deceased? 51:48 Real Talk: Love, sex, and how it works when your partner is in the afterlife 55:25 Do dead people reincarnate as babies in our families? Why is this idea is distressing to some, comforting to others, and does it happen? 59:30 Psychics, "code words," and why they don't work the way we think they will (hint: there's no context, and you'll understand that if you've worked with a true evidential medium — KLT) 59:49 How do dead people even find psychics and mediums? Is there a beacon? Do they use Google? 01:03:56 WTF are "exit points"? 01:04:05 Is it true we all have pre-arranged exit points? Is "our time" negotiable? 01:10:06 Carolyn explains why Kim's voice glitched in the previous segment About Fate Check Podcast: Carolyn Clapper is a globally-renowned, evidential psychic medium. Kim LaCapria is a journalist and debunker. Fate Check is at the juncture of physical reality and spirit, and we're here to demystify the overly mystical and explain the supposedly unexplainable. Visit Us: fatecheckpodcast.com 🎙️ New Episodes: Weekly! Private Inquiries: fatecheckpod@gmail.com Media & PR Inquiries: fatecheckpod@gmail.com

As a #psychic medium, Carolyn Clapper routinely sees aspects of the #afterlife that we don't ... and in this episode, Kim asks her some of the most commonly asked (and often incorrectly answered) questions about the other side — or the "next world," as she calls it.

From what they do all day to whether they have houses and are capable of feeling "earthly" emotions like romantic love and anger, this is our first batch of afterlife FAQs. We only got to half of our list, and we imagine you might have questions about the answers.

What did we miss? Let us know in the comments so we can address it in part two of "Everything You Want to Know About The Afterlife (But Were Too Afraid to Ask).

Chapters: 0:00 Everything you want to know about the afterlife, part one, introduction

0:53 Continuing bonds and “only girl” widows: Kim’s disclaimer

2:00 Kim on philosophical materialism and not "believing in" the afterlife

2:22 The afterlife exists whether or not you "believe in" it

3:09 Searching for NDE and afterlife videos at 2AM

7:13 Misinformation is SO upsetting when you’re grieving

7:52 What do spirits do all day in heaven?

11:01 Are spirits “okay”? Is my loved one safe?

12:28 Earthbound spirits: Do people get “stuck,” and can talking to spirits trap them here?

15:48 WHERE is this afterlife, anyway? Is it far away?

16:25 Carolyn on how spirits show her they’re okay

17:46 Age in the afterlife and why “everyone is young” on the other side

18:53 Physical bodies and the afterlife

19:58 LDRs between heaven and earth and how Kim’s husband, Joe, still pops up out of nowhere

21:49 Arguing with the dearly departed (yes, they still have their quirks)

23:47 Afterlife intimacy and romance: Yes, spirits are still DTF

27:52 The afterlife’s onboarding process (more in part 2)

29:12 Do dead people have houses in heaven? Where do they GO and hang out?

31:18 Carolyn explains where they are and what they do with a real-life example (twist ending!)

33:37 Psychics grieve just as much as we do; no one is spared the pain of loss 💔

35:40 The secret sides of mediumship no one sees

41:54 Is there a government in the afterlife? Is there a structure? Are there rules?

43:54 Mediumship has physical limits (which is hard for Carolyn)

45:36 Spirits and loss become a part of us and that’s okay

46:00 Are there consequences in the afterlife for people who did bad things on earth? Are we held accountable for what we do here?

48:19 How do spirits see us on earth? Do they care that we age while they don’t?

50:11 Deceased loved ones can hear our thoughts (and Kim’s husband constantly tells Carolyn what Kim is thinking)

51:02 Carolyn’s example of how spirits see us

53:13 More on young widows/widowers and aging: What if my partner died young and I live to be 100?

55:14 Do dead people still have the same personality? Are they all enlightened and boring now? Do spirits feel “earthly” emotions like anger and desire? Can they get “jealous”?

57:00 Is it all love and light? Why do some mediums claim there’s no “darkness”?

59:26 Carolyn’s first experience with medical mediumship

1:04:27 The subtle signals from the other side that “push” us in a direction 1:05:49 What mediums who say everything is “love and light” are missing, and why it matters 1:07:00 It’s okay to be in a bad place and it doesn’t block access to spirits or put you in a “low vibration” 1:08:52 Can you annoy spirits by thinking about them too much? What happens when I think about a dead person — do they get a notification? 1:09:07 Is my husband hanging out with hot girls in heaven? 1:09:39 How you can “call” a deceased loved one any time, anywhere ...

Carolyn Clapper is an evidential medium, and Kim LaCapria is a professional skeptic. In this episode, we discuss Nancy Guthrie, the Theresa Jones case, testing mediums in real-world studies, Kim's husband being a trickster, and a lot more.