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Jacob Cooper shares his childhood near-death experience and how it shaped his view of love, the soul and everyday life. The conversation ranges through past life memories, parenting sensitive children and building emotional strength in a complex modern world.
33:10•16 May 2026
Near-Death, Past Lives and Everyday Resilience with Jacob Cooper
Episode Overview
- Near-death experiences can leave lifelong memories and shifts in values, even when they happen in early childhood.
- Many people with such experiences report the core quality of the afterlife as unconditional love rather than judgement.
- Children may express past life memories or spiritual messages very matter-of-factly, and benefit from calm, non-judgemental support.
- Treating spiritual or unusual experiences as ‘gifts’ rather than curses can help people move from secrecy and shame to service and resilience.
- Overprotecting children from discomfort can increase anxiety; helping them build emotional capacity prepares them better for real life challenges.
“Epiphanies by themselves don’t change you. What you do with them has potentiality to change you and the world.”
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This conversation on UK Health Radio’s *Activate Yourself* steps into less-charted territory: near-death experiences, spiritual memory and how all of that shapes everyday life, parenting and emotional health. Host Gita Sidhu Robb chats with guest Jacob Cooper, who had a near-death experience at just three years old after losing the ability to breathe.
Jacob describes it as “the most climactical, highest euphoric moment that you had in your lifetime is like a billion,” and says the only word that fits what he met there is “love”. He contrasts that with life here, where “you’re loved minute to minute in what you do and what you don’t do”, while on the other side you’re seen for your “inner light”.
The episode speaks to anyone who’s wrestled with feeling different, sensitive or ‘too spiritual’ while trying to live a very normal human life. Jacob explains how he spent years trying to push his experience down “like a beach ball”, only for it to keep resurfacing as intuition, a shift in values, and a sense of being out of step with his peers.
Gita shares her own family story – her baby son’s resuscitation and later spontaneous channeling at school – and how she’s only just linked these events as a possible near-death experience. Their back-and-forth brings in ideas like past life memories, karma and dharma, and how these beliefs can bring comfort during tough times, including recovery from addiction or mental health struggles.
Jacob also talks about his books, his work as a therapist, and how he sees spirituality helping children and parents build real emotional muscle rather than wrapping life in cotton wool. If you’ve ever wondered whether your strongest struggles might also hold your greatest gifts, this episode might nudge you to look at your own story a little differently. What if the part of you that feels ‘too much’ is actually the part that might save you?
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