Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
On this episode, I sit down with Joya LaRock-Swofford to discuss her life, her near-death experiences, her UFO encounters, and her passion to highlight the aging process as a vital method for spiritual development.
She is a social gerontologist, writer, and the creator of "The Second Half" Method. Her work explores how near-death experiences, UAP encounters, and other transpersonal experiences can illuminate the nature of consciousness and human development.
She has undergone two distinct near-death experiences, and witnessed other anomalous events. Her second NDE helped her with vastly improved health and left her with psychic capacities that continue to unfold.
In this interview, she describes what those experiences were like, what she saw, and what she’s learned about the nature of reality, and herself.
She also describes her work to restore aging to its proper role in human life as a natural method of spiritual development: "The Second-Half Method," as mentioned above.
LaRock-Swofford also has a Substack, which can be found here:
substack.com/@thereluctantmystic
To learn more:
joyalarockswofford.com
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On this episode, I sit down with Joya LaRock-Swofford to discuss her life, her near-death experiences, her UFO encounters, and her passion to highlight the aging process as a vital method for spiritual development.
She is a social gerontologist, writer, and the creator of "The Second Half" Method. Her work explores how near-death experiences, UAP encounters, and other transpersonal experiences can illuminate the nature of consciousness and human development.
She has undergone two distinct near-death experiences, and witnessed other anomalous events. Her second NDE helped her with vastly improved health and left her with psychic capacities that continue to unfold.
In this interview, she describes what those experiences were like, what she saw, and what she’s learned about the nature of reality, and herself.
She also describes her work to restore aging to its proper role in human life as a natural method of spiritual development: "The Second-Half Method," as mentioned above.
LaRock-Swofford also has a Substack, which can be found here:
substack.com/@thereluctantmystic
To learn more:
joyalarockswofford.com
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Special thanks to Paul France for developing our new “subscribe” video!!
Music Credits:
Music: Cinematic Logo 04 by TaigaSoundProd
Free download: filmmusic.io/song/8221-cinematic-logo-04
Licensed under CC BY 4.0: filmmusic.io/standard-license
Music: Technology Calm Logo 01 by TaigaSoundProd
Free download: filmmusic.io/song/6660-technology-calm-logo-01
Licensed under CC BY 4.0: filmmusic.io/standard-license
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Please don’t forget to like and subscribe.
On X:
@jfrickingfaulk
