18: The Getting Real with Hilary Show with Hilary Burns - Episode 1818: The Getting Real with Hilary Show with Hilary Burns - Episode 18
UK Health Radio Podcast
Award-winning author Ann Bolinger-McQuade talks with Hilary Burns about everyday oracles, intuition, life after death and feeling safer than we might think. The conversation blends personal stories, spiritual ideas and a focus on being real rather than people-pleasing.
41:34•12 Sept 2026
Everyday Oracles, Intuition and Feeling Safer Than You Think
Episode Overview
- Pay attention to repeated inner nudges that don’t fit your usual logical thinking; they may signal important guidance.
- Look at unusual events through the lens of need, delivery system and message to decode what they might be pointing to.
- Treat personal oracle experiences as unique to you; the universe "designs" messages to resonate with each individual differently.
- Consider the possibility that death is a change of "body suit" rather than an ending, which can soften fear and bring comfort.
- Speaking openly and honestly about your experiences and feelings can dissolve shame and help others feel less alone.
“We're safer than we realize. The universe is designed to respond to our needs.”
What drives someone to seek a life that feels supported, even in its toughest moments? This chat on the UK Health Radio Podcast’s "Getting Real with Hilary" show brings award-winning author Ann Bolinger-McQuade into the spotlight to talk about signs, intuition, and why she believes "we're safer than we realise." Ann shares how her family grew up treating everyday moments as messages: a cardinal appearing after her uncle’s death, feeling drawn to a certain tree, shapes in the clouds.
For her, these aren’t random quirks; they’re part of what she calls a formula behind personal oracles – "the need, the delivery system, and the message" – which she lays out in her book *Everyday Oracles*. You’ll hear Ann describe a powerful moment when her intuition insisted, "get a mammogram," even though she wasn’t worried about breast cancer.
That inner nudge led to an early diagnosis and became proof, in her words, that "the universe could click in through my intuition" to protect her when logic had no chance. She also recounts neurosurgeon Dr Alan Hamilton’s story of a dead jackrabbit and hungry buzzards, a strange roadside scene that stopped him from operating on a patient whose wife called him "my little bunny" – a choice that later proved life-saving. The conversation doesn’t shy away from death, either.
Ann talks about her late husband, a NASA engineer, and his ongoing presence, linking it to ideas of electromagnetic energy, orbs, and "body suits" as temporary gear for an immortal soul. Along the way, host Hilary Burns weaves in her own journey from "people pleasing, pleasant phony" to someone committed to being real, even when it feels risky.
If you’ve ever wondered whether that odd coincidence, sudden chill or cloud shape meant something, this episode might just have you asking a new question: what if the universe has been talking to you all along, and you’re finally ready to listen?
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