How Eleanor Morton Went from Viral Videos to Voicing Castle Gate

What Science Reveals About Life After Death Will Change the Way You Grieve Forever

What if the people we love never truly leave us? In Part 1 of this thought-provoking episode of the Beyond the Veil Summit 2021, Lisa sits down with physician, researcher, and author Dr. Mark Pitstick to explore the growing scientific evidence for life after death — and the surprising ways our departed loved ones may still be reaching out to us. From vivid dream visitations to astonishing research from the University of Arizona SoulPhone Project, this conversation dives into the evolving intersection of spirituality, science, and consciousness. On Monday, May 18 2026 [https://shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/ms26LB/LisaBonnice/], join Dr. Pitstick for a follow-up conversation — including an update on the Soul Phone’s progress — along with a gathering of respected mediums, teachers, and researchers who are helping to shape the future of mediumship, offering perspectives that bridge ancient understanding with modern awareness. Free Online EventThe Mediumship Summit [https://shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/ms26LB/LisaBonnice/]Monday, May 18 Mark will be among a group of leading voices in contemporary mediumship — including Suzanne Giesemann, John Holland, Susan Grau, Cheryl A. Page, Marie Manuchehri, Mark Anthony, Lauren Rainbow, Kay Reynolds, Mary-Anne Kennedy, and a number of other respected teachers and researchers. Visit Mark’s website at soulproof.com [http://soulproof.com], and the SoulPhone website at soulphone.com [http://soulphone.com]. Register for The Shift Network’s Mediumship Summit 2026 here [https://shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/ms26LB/LisaBonnice/]. Lisa Bonnice is an award-winning author, podcaster, and former stand-up comic whose work blends humor, heart, and spiritual depth. Her latest novel, Castle Gate [https://amzn.to/4oiZc8f], is a historical fiction saga rooted in ancestral trauma and the 1924 Castle Gate Mine Disaster, available in hardcover, paperback, eboo [https://amzn.to/4oiZc8f]k [https://amzn.to/4oiZc8f] and audiobook [https://castlegatebook.wordpress.com/]. Her book Fear of Our Father [https://amzn.to/47zGq5l], co-authored with Stacey M. Kananen, was recently made into a Lifetime [https://www.mylifetime.com/]movie, Monster in the Family [https://play.mylifetime.com/movies/monster-in-the-family-the-stacey-kananen-story/full-movie]. Learn more at lisabonnice.com [http://lisabonnice.com] and castlegatebook.com [http://castlegatebook.com]. This interview is part of the Beyond the Veil Summit 2021, a free online event. This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network [https://theshiftnetwork.com/], used with permission. All rights reserved. Subscribe free or paid — same content, but your support helps keep the magic flowing. Get full access to Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle at lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe [https://lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

How Eleanor Morton Went from Viral Videos to Voicing Castle Gate

What happens when a Scottish comedian gone viral narrates a historical novel about Scottish immigrants, ancestral trauma, and a mining disaster? You get a fascinating conversation with Eleanor Morton. In this episode, Lisa sits down with the comedian, actress, author, and creator of beloved sketch characters like Craig the Tour Guide [https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorMortonable]to talk about stand-up, social media, writing, performance, and the making of Eleanor’s audiobook work on Castle Gate [http://castlegatebook.com/eleanor]. Along the way, they get into the realities of being a woman in comedy, the randomness of viral success, the hidden stories of women in history, and the fine art of making accents both authentic and understandable. You’ll hear about: * How Eleanor got her start in stand-up comedy in Edinburgh * Why viral success is unpredictable, and why authenticity matters more * The story behind Life Lessons from Historical Women [https://amzn.to/3OVCrus] * What drew her to narrating Castle Gate [http://castlegatebook.com/eleanor] * The challenge of performing Scottish, American, Welsh, Yorkshire, and other accents on audio It’s funny, thoughtful, and full of behind-the-scenes insight into comedy, character, history, and storytelling. Visit Eleanor’s website here [http://eleanormortoncomedian.com]. Check out a sample of Eleanor’s narration here: Lisa Bonnice is an award-winning author, podcaster, and former stand-up comic whose work blends humor, heart, and spiritual depth. Her latest novel, Castle Gate [https://amzn.to/4oiZc8f], is a historical fiction saga rooted in ancestral trauma and the 1924 Castle Gate Mine Disaster, available in hardcover, paperback, eboo [https://amzn.to/4oiZc8f]k [https://amzn.to/4oiZc8f] and audiobook [https://castlegatebook.wordpress.com/]. Her book Fear of Our Father [https://amzn.to/47zGq5l], co-authored with Stacey M. Kananen, was recently made into a Lifetime [https://www.mylifetime.com/]movie, Monster in the Family [https://play.mylifetime.com/movies/monster-in-the-family-the-stacey-kananen-story/full-movie]. Learn more at lisabonnice.com [http://lisabonnice.com] and castlegatebook.com [http://castlegatebook.com]. Subscribe free or paid — same content, but your support helps keep the magic flowing. Get full access to Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle at lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe [https://lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

A Guided Journey to Heal and Bless Your Ancestors

What if ancestral healing didn’t require years of research, detailed family trees, or even knowing your lineage by name? In this deeply moving episode, Lisa invites regression therapist and author Shelley Kaehr to offer something rare and powerful: a guided experiential journey listeners can do for themselves, in real time. Shelley leads a gentle visualization designed to create a safe, loving space for connecting with ancestors, offering healing, and releasing inherited burdens—whether those ancestors are known, unknown, or long forgotten. The practice emphasizes awareness, compassion, and blessing rather than reliving trauma, allowing healing to ripple both backward and forward through the lineage. In this episode, you’ll experience: * A guided ancestral journey you can return to anytime on your own * A simple way to connect with ancestors even without genealogical records * How blessing and witnessing can release long-held ancestral pain * Why awareness alone can initiate profound energetic shifts * A lived example of spontaneous ancestral connection and release The episode closes with a powerful real-time reflection, as Lisa shares her own unexpected encounter with an ancestor who had never been documented—yet whose pain was still waiting to be witnessed. It’s a reminder that healing doesn’t always come through facts and records, but through presence, compassion, and the willingness to listen. This is an episode to return to—again and again—whenever you want to feel held, supported, and quietly accompanied by those who came before you. Visit Shelley’s author page on Amazon here [https://amzn.to/4spwKnU]. Check out Shelley’s course at The Shift Network here [https://theshiftnetwork.com/course/30SKaehr01_22?f=1]. Lisa Bonnice is an award-winning author, podcaster, and former stand-up comic whose work blends humor, heart, and spiritual depth. Her latest novel, Castle Gate [https://amzn.to/4oiZc8f], is a historical fiction saga rooted in ancestral trauma and the 1924 Castle Gate Mine Disaster, available in hardcover, paperback, eboo [https://amzn.to/4oiZc8f]k [https://amzn.to/4oiZc8f] and audiobook [https://castlegatebook.wordpress.com/]. Her book Fear of Our Father [https://amzn.to/47zGq5l], co-authored with Stacey M. Kananen, was recently made into a Lifetime [https://www.mylifetime.com/]movie, Monster in the Family [https://play.mylifetime.com/movies/monster-in-the-family-the-stacey-kananen-story/full-movie]. Learn more at lisabonnice.com [http://lisabonnice.com] and castlegatebook.com [http://castlegatebook.com]. This interview is part of the Ancestral Healing Summit 2020, a free online event. This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network [https://theshiftnetwork.com/], used with permission. All rights reserved. Subscribe free or paid — same content, but your support helps keep the magic flowing. Get full access to Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle at lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe [https://lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Do Past Lives and Ancestral Lineage Interact?

Why do certain fears, emotional reactions, or even physical symptoms show up in our lives without a clear personal origin? In Part 2 of this thought-provoking conversation, Lisa explores that question with regression therapist and author Shelley Kaehr, diving into the fascinating intersection between past lives and ancestral lineage. Together, they unpack how emotional patterns and trauma can be carried forward through DNA and energy fields, sometimes snowballing over generations until they surface in the present moment. Shelley explains how genealogical regression works alongside past-life regression, and why working with ancestors—rather than strangers from another lifetime—can be uniquely powerful and deeply moving. In this episode, you’ll discover: * How ancestral trauma and emotional responses can be inherited and amplified over generations * Why genealogical regression often feels more immediate and emotional than past-life work * A striking case study linking family caregiving roles, migraines, and soul-level clarity * Why people sometimes become ill when visiting ancestral homelands—and how awareness can help * How soul contracts, family challenges, and “button-pushers” play a role in spiritual growth This conversation invites a broader perspective: that we are not just healing ourselves, but participating in a much larger story. By bringing awareness to both past lives and ancestral lineage, we step into the role of conscious participants—capable of transforming inherited patterns and creating ripples of healing that extend far beyond our own lives. Visit Shelley’s author page on Amazon here [https://amzn.to/4spwKnU]. Check out Shelley’s course at The Shift Network here [https://theshiftnetwork.com/course/30SKaehr01_22?f=1]. Lisa Bonnice is an award-winning author, podcaster, and former stand-up comic whose work blends humor, heart, and spiritual depth. Her latest novel, Castle Gate [https://amzn.to/4oiZc8f], is a historical fiction saga rooted in ancestral trauma and the 1924 Castle Gate Mine Disaster, available in hardcover, paperback, eboo [https://amzn.to/4oiZc8f]k [https://amzn.to/4oiZc8f] and audiobook [https://castlegatebook.wordpress.com/]. Her book Fear of Our Father [https://amzn.to/47zGq5l], co-authored with Stacey M. Kananen, was recently made into a Lifetime [https://www.mylifetime.com/]movie, Monster in the Family [https://play.mylifetime.com/movies/monster-in-the-family-the-stacey-kananen-story/full-movie]. Learn more at lisabonnice.com [http://lisabonnice.com] and castlegatebook.com [http://castlegatebook.com]. This interview is part of the Ancestral Healing Summit 2020, a free online event. This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network [https://theshiftnetwork.com/], used with permission. All rights reserved. Subscribe free or paid — same content, but your support helps keep the magic flowing. Get full access to Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle at lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe [https://lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Healing the Family Line: How Genealogical Regression Transforms Ancestral Trauma

What if the challenges you’re facing didn’t begin with you—or even with a past life—but much further up your family tree? In Part 1 of this conversation from the Ancestral Healing Summit, hypnotherapist Shelley Kaehr shares how genealogical regression emerged organically from years of past-life work and why it can be one of the most powerful healing tools available today. Drawing from her book Heal Your Ancestors, Shelley explains how unresolved trauma, loss, and hardship carried by ancestors can echo through generations—and how bringing light, compassion, and awareness to those source events can create profound shifts in the present. In this episode, you’ll learn: * How genealogical regression differs from traditional past-life regression * Why many personal struggles trace back to ancestral, not individual, experiences * What kinds of emotional, physical, and spiritual healing can emerge from this work * How imagination, guided imagery, and intuition open the door to ancestral insight * Why healing the past can ripple forward through time—transforming families across generations This is a grounded, expansive exploration of ancestral healing that bridges psychology, spirituality, and lived experience—offering a powerful reframe for anyone seeking deeper understanding and lasting change. Visit Shelley’s author page on Amazon here [https://amzn.to/4spwKnU]. Check out Shelley’s course at The Shift Network here [https://theshiftnetwork.com/course/30SKaehr01_22?f=1]. Lisa Bonnice is an award-winning author, podcaster, and former stand-up comic whose work blends humor, heart, and spiritual depth. Her latest novel, Castle Gate [https://amzn.to/4oiZc8f], is a historical fiction saga rooted in ancestral trauma and the 1924 Castle Gate Mine Disaster, available in hardcover, paperback, eboo [https://amzn.to/4oiZc8f]k [https://amzn.to/4oiZc8f] and audiobook [https://castlegatebook.wordpress.com/]. Her book Fear of Our Father [https://amzn.to/47zGq5l], co-authored with Stacey M. Kananen, was recently made into a Lifetime [https://www.mylifetime.com/]movie, Monster in the Family [https://play.mylifetime.com/movies/monster-in-the-family-the-stacey-kananen-story/full-movie]. Learn more at lisabonnice.com [http://lisabonnice.com] and castlegatebook.com [http://castlegatebook.com]. This interview is part of the Ancestral Healing Summit 2020, a free online event. This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network [https://theshiftnetwork.com/], used with permission. All rights reserved. Subscribe free or paid — same content, but your support helps keep the magic flowing. Get full access to Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle at lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe [https://lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]