What if your life didn’t start here… and it doesn’t end here either?
In this episode of Mystical Sisterhood®, Maureen Spielman sits down with Reverend Honi Borden, an existential counselor, spiritual teacher, and near-death experiencer who has crossed the threshold between life and death, more than once.
After surviving a fatal car crash as a child, Honi began to experience reality in a way most people never do, seeing beyond the physical world, sensing energy, and knowing, deeply, that she was more than her body. Years later, after building a successful life and business, everything shifted again when her heart stopped… and she entered the afterlife.
What she experienced there reshaped everything.
This conversation explores what happens beyond death, how trauma and purpose are deeply connected, and why the version of you that feels “out of place” might actually be the most aligned version of you.
Because this isn’t about escaping your life. It’s about finally understanding it.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What a real near-death experience feels like, beyond the stories
- The difference between leaving the body and entering the afterlife
- How early trauma can awaken deeper spiritual awareness
- Why you are not your body, and what that actually means
- How unresolved trauma stays stored in the body and resurfaces later
- The connection between intuition, survival, and spiritual awakening
- What happens in the afterlife, including encounters with higher consciousness
- How identity shifts happen after major life events or awakenings
- Why success doesn’t always fill the deeper void within
- The moment everything can change, even when life looks “perfect” on the outside
- What it means to be called into a greater purpose, and why it often requires letting go first
- How spiritual gifts can feel isolating before they become integrated
- The role of embodiment, bringing higher awareness into everyday life
- Why your path isn’t about becoming someone new, but remembering who you’ve always been
We talk about:
- 00:00 The question that changes everything, what does it mean to truly live?
- 02:00 Her first near-death experience at age seven
- 05:00 The fatal car crash and leaving her body
- 07:00 Experiencing a higher form of self beyond the physical body
- 09:00 Surviving without injury and the aftermath of trauma
- 11:00 Losing memory and returning with new awareness
- 13:00 Seeing beyond reality, energy, beings, and heightened perception
- 16:00 Feeling different, navigating life as a child with spiritual awareness
- 18:30 Suppressing her gifts to fit into the world
- 21:00 Her father’s death and the emotional breaking point
- 23:00 Becoming a therapist while struggling internally
- 26:00 The moment that changed everything, her son’s healing
- 30:00 Building a successful business driven by pain and purpose
- 34:00 When success isn’t enough, the deeper void within
- 37:00 The moment she was told to shut everything down
- 40:00 Receiving divine messages she couldn’t ignore
- 42:00 Her second near-death experience and entering the afterlife
- 44:00 Meeting higher beings and reviewing her life
- 47:00 The message she was sent back to share
- 49:00 Identity shifts, purpose, and returning to Earth differently
- 51:00 What ascension really means in everyday life
- 54:00 Why embodiment, not information, is the real work
- 56:00 Navigating the space between who you were and who you’re becoming
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About the Host:
Maureen Spielman is the Founder of Mystical Sisterhood®, a podcast dedicated to bringing more joy, healing and expansion of consciousness to the world. She is a Conscious Life Coach who supports women through one-on-one coaching, tailored groups, and workshops.
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