The Soul Unleashed With Mike Nicholas

Mike Nicholas

The Soul Unleashed podcast is a spirituality podcast for type-A, left-brained spiritual skeptics who know something else is out there beyond their highly organized lives, but they don't know how to find it! Join host Mike Nicholas, a recovering left-brainer who endured a painful spiritual awakening, as he leads fellow tightly-wound seekers on a journey of self-discovery. With abundant humor but a profound lack of exotic incense and strange flowers, Mike is on a mission to help others unleash their souls from the dogma and controlling beliefs that dominate their lives, and help them break through to inner peace and happiness. Enjoy this podcast that touches on everything from spiritual awakening to soul journeys and a discussion of age-old mind-expanding questions.

  1. Sep 5

    #209 Do You See the Light? A Medium Helps Civil War Soldiers Cross Over

    What happens to souls who don’t cross over after death? In this episode, I visit Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia, where RM, my medium friend, connected with several Civil War soldiers at their gravesites. These soldiers described confusion about time, waiting for God, memories of war, and the possibility that some souls may not understand why they have not moved forward yet.  What We Explore: • The Civil War Spirits at Mount Hebron Cemetery • What Happens to Souls Who Don’t Cross Over? • Can Souls Get Stuck After Death? • Waiting for God After Death • Angels, Heaven, and Crossing Over Timestamps: 00:00 Mount Hebron Cemetery and the Civil War Graves 02:09 Michael Grimsley, Unknown Soldier From North Carolina 10:30 John Baker, Unknown Soldier From Tennesse 18:21 "Nobody Wins at War" 20:26 William T. Osburn at Ketoctin Baptist Church Cemetery 30:51 Tell God I’m Still Here 30:49 Summary The Three Civil War Soldiers - William T. Osburn - Ketoctin Baptist Church Cemetery, a Virginia solder - Michael Grimsley - Mount Hebron Confederate Cemetery - an unknown soldier from North Carolina - John Baker - Mount Hebron Confederate Cemetery - an unknown soldier from Tennessee About Me: I’m Mike Nicholas, a former Army officer and engineer who spent most of my life trusting logic, evidence, and what could be tested. After the death of my son, I began encountering messages and experiences that challenged everything I thought I understood about death. That journey led me to create Question Death TV, a place for thoughtful, skeptical people to explore what may happen after we die without being asked to abandon reason.  If you have questions about death, this is where we explore them together. Join me at Question Death TV, where we question everything, even death. Have questions about the afterlife? Go to https://mikenicholas.com to connect with me. Valuable Resources: Book: https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Unleashed-Left-Brained-Skeptics-Afterlife/dp/B0FJ2B9NKL/

  2. Aug 17

    #208 3 Things That Happen After We Die: What Spirits Say About the Afterlife

    In this episode, I share three things I’ve been learning through spirit communication about the afterlife: the life review process, the way each soul’s crossing-over experience may be personally crafted, and the possibility of different levels or planes of existence after death. I’m not sharing this as a spiritual guru or telling you what to believe. I’m sharing what I’ve been learning through my medium friend and our conversations with souls who have passed, including my son, my mother, and other loved ones in spirit. What We Explore: • What Happens After We Die? • 3 Things After Death • Life Review or Purgatory • Who Do We Meet When We Die? • Are Afterlife Experiences the Same for Everyone? • Near-Death Experiences About Me: I’m Mike Nicholas, a former Army officer and engineer who spent most of my life trusting logic, evidence, and what could be tested. After the death of my son, I began encountering messages and experiences that challenged everything I thought I understood about death. That journey led me to create Question Death TV, a place for thoughtful, skeptical people to explore what may happen after we die without being asked to abandon reason.  If you have questions about death, this is where we explore them together. Join me at Question Death TV, where we question everything, even death. Have questions about the afterlife? Go to https://mikenicholas.com to connect with me. Valuable Resources: Book: https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Unleashed-Left-Brained-Skeptics-Afterlife/dp/B0FJ2B9NKL/

  3. Jul 28

    #206 Where Is Jesus When We Die? A Spirit Communication Mystery

    In this episode of The Soul Unleashed, I explore one of the biggest questions I’ve been asking through repeated spirit communication and mediumship: when souls cross over, do they meet Jesus right away? As a lifelong Catholic with an engineering mindset, I’ve been asking souls what happens after death, whether they are in life review, whether they have seen Jesus, and how this connects with purgatory, heaven, paradise, and the afterlife. What keeps coming through is surprising: souls who are still in life review often say they have not yet met Jesus, while souls who have completed life review describe meeting him afterward. I also share what my son Matt described after he passed in 2020, including a powerful experience that reminded me of the Road to Emmaus, where Jesus was present before being recognized. This episode raises deeper questions about life after death, Jesus after death, purgatory, life review, spirit communication, mediumship, heaven, paradise, and what may happen to the soul after we die. What We Explore: • Where Is Jesus After Death? • Do Souls Meet Jesus When They Die? • What Spirits Say About Life Review • Purgatory, Heaven, and Paradise • My Son’s Afterlife Experience • The Road to Emmaus Connection • Spirit Communication and Mediumship • What Happens to the Soul After Death Resources Mentioned: • Download the FREE guide, The Left-Brainer’s Spiritual Pocket Guide, created for logical people trying to make sense of their own spiritual awakening: ???? https://mikenicholas.com/guide • Get The Soul Unleashed book on Amazon and follow my journey from skepticism, grief, and logic into signs, spirit, mediumship, and the afterlife. Kindle version is available for only $0.99: ???? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJ2B9NKL • Explore The Gentle Orb Experience, a grounded guide for observing and documenting possible orb signs from loved ones in spirit: ???? https://mikenicholas.com/orb-bundle-2... My podcasts target left-brained types like me, whose rigid view of life restricts us from considering things outside the tightly organized spiritual paradigm we either grew up with or built for ourselves. Follow my podcasts to discuss serious topics like grief, human suffering, prayer, religion, and spiritual practices. I also cover things that I used to consider craziness or “woo-woo” such as: meditation, manifestation, spiritualism, spiritual awakening, reincarnation, past-life regression, the channeling of spirits and aliens (seriously…), soul groups, astrology, and even Chinese fortune cookies! Mike Website: https://mikenicholas.com All Links: https://bit.ly/m/MikeNicholas-links Email: mike@mikenicholas.com

  4. Jul 22

    #205 Would You Change Your Life If Purgatory Was Real?

    Many of us wonder what really happens after death. Do we go straight to heaven, do we face judgment, is purgatory real, or is there something more personal the soul must go through before reaching paradise? I’ve wondered about those same questions, especially after my son passed away in 2020. Through repeated spirit communication and mediumship, I’ve been hearing a consistent description of what spirits say happens when we die. The Catholic Church calls it purgatory, but the spirits I’ve spoken with describe it as life review, life lessons, or life purification. In this episode of The Soul Unleashed, I explore what spirits have shared about life after death, why near-death experiences may not be the same as actual death, whether our choices follow us into the afterlife, and how heaven, hell, purgatory, life review, and paradise may fit together. And if what they are saying is true, the question is not only what happens when we die. The bigger question is: would knowing this change how we live now? What We Explore: • Would You Live Differently If Purgatory Was Real? • What Happens After Death According to Spirits • Purgatory, Life Review, Life Lessons, and Life Purification • Near-Death Experiences vs Actual Death • Do Our Choices Follow Us Into the Afterlife? • What Spirits Say About Hell, Darkness, and Lost Souls • Can Indulgences Help Souls in Purgatory? Valuable Resources: • Download the FREE guide, The Left-Brainer’s Spiritual Pocket Guide: ???? https://mikenicholas.com/guide • Get The Soul Unleashed book on Amazon: ???? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJ2B9NKL • Explore The Gentle Orb Experience: ???? https://mikenicholas.com/orb-bundle-228605 Mike Website: https://mikenicholas.com All Links: https://bit.ly/m/MikeNicholas-links Email: mike@mikenicholas.com

  5. Jul 8

    #204 Life After Death Is Real:And Purgatory Might Not Be What You Expect

    Is the afterlife real? Can spirits see us, reach us, or communicate from beyond the veil? In this episode of The Soul Unleashed, I explore life after death, spirit communication, scripture, purgatory, and what spirits have described about what happens after we die. The episode focuses on three questions: can spirits see us, can spirits reach us, and what happens after death? I also address common objections about necromancy, the Bible, the Witch of Endor, the cloud of witnesses, the Transfiguration, and Catholic teaching on purgatory. For anyone grieving, skeptical, spiritually curious, or wondering what happens to the soul after death, this episode offers a grounded look at the afterlife and why death may not end love. What We Explore: • Is Life After Death Real? • What Happens After Death? • Can Spirits See Us From the Other Side? • Can Spirits Reach Us After Death? • What Does the Bible Say About Spirit Communication? • Life Review, Life Lessons, and Life Purification • Near-Death Experiences vs Actually Passing Valuable Resources: • Download the FREE guide, The Left-Brainer’s Spiritual Pocket Guide: ???? https://mikenicholas.com/guide • Get The Soul Unleashed book on Amazon: ???? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJ2B9NKL • Explore The Gentle Orb Experience: ???? https://mikenicholas.com/orb-bundle-228605 Mike Website: https://mikenicholas.com All Links: https://bit.ly/m/MikeNicholas-links Email:mike@mikenicholas.com

  6. Jun 23

    #203 What Happens in Purgatory, and Do We Go Straight to Heaven After We Die?

    In this Part 2 episode of The Soul Unleashed, I explore the cha purgatory, or what spirits have repeatedly described as “life review” or “life purification,” and what may happen to the soul after death. This episode focuses on the 8 characteristics of life review and the 6 things that may happen after that process is complete. As a lifelong Catholic with an engineering mindset, I compare these spirit communications with traditional Christian teachings about purgatory, heaven, final purification, and the afterlife. These ideas may challenge what many of us were taught, but I’m sharing what has come through consistently from loved ones and other souls in spirit. What We Explore: • What Happens in Purgatory? • Do We Go Straight to Heaven After We Die? • What Happens to the Soul After Death? • Is Purgatory Real? • 8 Characteristics of Life Review • 6 Things That May Happen After Life Review • Why Loved Ones May Not Communicate Immediately After Death • Jesus, Angels, Guardian Angels, and Paradise 8 Characteristics of Life Review: 1. The Single-Greeter Protocol: Upon initially crossing over, a soul is strictly prohibited from seeing a grand gathering of family members or ancestral networks. They are permitted to interact with only one recognized, familiar loved one who acts as a designated greeter to take them by the hand, orient them briefly, and explain the review process before they begin.  2. Applies to Everyone / Variable Time: Every soul permanently crossing over undergoes a Life Review. However, it does not have a fixed timeline; its duration is completely proportional to the scope, complexity, and decisions of the earthly life lived.   3. The Experiential Perspective of the Other: When reviewing an event, the soul does not just look through their own past eyes. The review forces the soul to experience the actions and words from the direct perspective of the other person involved, feeling exactly what those other individuals experienced as a consequence of the reviewer's behavior. 4. Reverse-Chronological Ordering: The process moves backward through time rather than forward. As observed by a newly crossed soul, the review proceeds in exact reverse chronological order, starting from the most recent events at the end of life and moving systematically back toward childhood. 5. Active Defense of Your Choices: The review is not a passive, detached observation or mere acknowledgment of one's past. The soul must actively and morally engage with the timeline, meaning they are required to "defend their choices" and justify the things they did or said. 6. You Are Isolated: Even though many souls are going through their reviews simultaneously in the same space, the process is entirely isolated. Reviewees have no visibility into each other's paths; they cannot see what others are working on, and others cannot see theirs. 7. Communication Delay with the Living: A strict threshold principle governs mediumistic channels: a soul cannot freely communicate with or send direct, unprompted messages to their living relatives until they have progressed to a certain necessary checkpoint or completely finished their purification. 8. Divine Authority: The process is not self-administered or governed by the soul's peer group. Ultimate authority over the staging and execution of the review is macro-managed from above, summarized by family contacts with the principle that "God runs your Life Review".   6 Things That May Happen After Life Review 1. Unrestricted Ancestral & Family Reunion The post-review threshold opens full access to the broader soul group. Once the review is complete, the restrictions drop, and the soul is finally permitted to fully see, intermingle, and reunite with all of their other deceased loved ones and ancestral lines in spirit.   2. Access to the Divine / Encountering Jesus Christ While souls actively undergoing review report that they have not yet met or seen Jesus Christ , those who have completed their Life Review explicitly confirm that the encounter becomes accessible, granting them direct access to a higher power and confirming they have met Jesus.   3. Transition into Assigned Functional Roles (e.g., Becoming a Soul Greeter) Graduation from review allows souls to take up active, ongoing occupational duties on the other side. A primary documented post-review function is becoming a "Soul Greeter"—serving as that single, familiar, steady face assigned to stand at the threshold of death to catch, comfort, and guide newly crossing souls.   4. Greater Knowledge Accumulation Completed souls transition out of static earth-bound memories into an expansive state of awareness. They are able to watch over the living across spans of years, accumulating posthumous private knowledge of events that occurred long after their own biological deaths, and translating those insights into active pastoral care or guidance for the living.   5. Entry into "Paradise" / Living Your Best Life The environment shifts to a highly specific, non-conventional reality described as "paradise" or "the afterlife" rather than the traditional dogmatic concept of Heaven. Visually, this is characterized by a dimensional plane filled with brilliant pastel colors where souls report they are finally free of all earth-bound pain and are actively "living their best life".   6. Reincarnation Cycle Mobility (Acquiring a New "Husk") Completion of the review unseals the freedom to return to physical reality. The soul learns its full multi-incarnational past-life history (which is locked during review) and achieves the mobility to reincarnate by trading their old spiritual framework for a completely new physical "husk"—returning to earth in an entirely new body to begin a separate cycle of learning. Resources Mentioned: • Download the FREE guide, The Left-Brainer’s Spiritual Pocket Guide: https://mikenicholas.com/guide • Get The Soul Unleashed book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJ2B9NKL • Explore The Gentle Orb Experience: https://mikenicholas.com/orb-bundle-2... Mike Website: https://mikenicholas.com Email: mike@mikenicholas.com All Links: https://bit.ly/m/MikeNicholas-links

  7. Jun 17

    #202 My Spirit Friends Explain Purgatory: Is It Real?

    What happens after we die? Is purgatory real? These questions have fascinated believers, skeptics, theologians, and spiritual seekers for centuries. In this episode, I explore what happens after we die by comparing traditional Christian teachings about purgatory, heaven, and the afterlife with information coming through from spirit communication. After recording more than 200 episodes investigating life after death, I continue to encounter the same questions: What happens after we die? Is purgatory real? Does everyone go straight to heaven? As a lifelong Catholic with an engineering mindset, I approach these questions from both a spiritual and analytical perspective while examining whether purgatory may represent a form of final purification and spiritual growth after death. What We Explore: • Is Purgatory Real? Exploring One of Christianity's Biggest Questions • What Happens After We Die According to Spirits and Religious Teachings? • Heaven, Purgatory, and the Afterlife Explained • Catholic vs Protestant Beliefs About What Happens After Death • Can Loved Ones Communicate After Death?  • Evidence for Life After Death That Challenges Traditional Beliefs • How Faith, Spirituality, and Personal Experience Shape Our Understanding of the Afterlife Resources Mentioned: • Download the FREE guide, The Left-Brainer’s Spiritual Pocket Guide, created for logical people trying to make sense of their own spiritual awakening: ???? https://mikenicholas.com/guide • Get The Soul Unleashed book on Amazon and follow my journey from skepticism, grief, and logic into signs, spirit, mediumship, and the afterlife. Kindle version is available for only $0.99: ???? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJ2B9NKL • Explore The Gentle Orb Experience, a grounded guide for observing and documenting possible orb signs from loved ones in spirit: ???? https://mikenicholas.com/orb-bundle-2... My podcasts target left-brained types like me, whose rigid view of life restricts us from considering things outside the tightly organized spiritual paradigm we either grew up with or built for ourselves. Follow my podcasts to discuss serious topics like grief, human suffering, prayer, religion, and spiritual practices. I also cover things that I used to consider craziness or “woo-woo” such as: meditation, manifestation, spiritualism, spiritual awakening, reincarnation, past-life regression, the channeling of spirits and aliens (seriously…), soul groups, astrology, and even Chinese fortune cookies! Mike Website: https://mikenicholas.com Email: mike@mikenicholas.com All Links: https://bit.ly/m/MikeNicholas-links

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The Soul Unleashed podcast is a spirituality podcast for type-A, left-brained spiritual skeptics who know something else is out there beyond their highly organized lives, but they don't know how to find it! Join host Mike Nicholas, a recovering left-brainer who endured a painful spiritual awakening, as he leads fellow tightly-wound seekers on a journey of self-discovery. With abundant humor but a profound lack of exotic incense and strange flowers, Mike is on a mission to help others unleash their souls from the dogma and controlling beliefs that dominate their lives, and help them break through to inner peace and happiness. Enjoy this podcast that touches on everything from spiritual awakening to soul journeys and a discussion of age-old mind-expanding questions.

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