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-BE THE LIGHT-
INGRID HONKALA, Ph.D.
We Are God Energy With Dorothy Rowe
We are God Energy! This was such a beautiful conversation between Dorothy Rowe and I. Dorothy is an amazing Soul. Her kindness, love and calmness makes her the incredible healer that she is. This conversation brings us to remember that we are the Light and how healing comes from the understanding of who we truly are. Learn how perception is the key to eradicate suffering and how everyone has complete access to their pure potential
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JULY 29, 2020 - APPEARANCES, NEWS & MEDIA
Interview With Silvia Isachsen
In this conversation with Silvia Isachsen,
Ingrid shared her amazing journey filled with all the miracles, as well as, all the challenges that brought her to wake up and to become a giver of Light. Ingrid talked about pain and suffering and how all our hurdles are opportunities to grow and evolve. She also shared how calming the mind through meditation is essential, especially during these challenging times.
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JULY 27, 2020 - APPEARANCES, NEWS & MEDIA

Northern Virginia IANDS Group
On July 26th, Ingrid shared with the North Virginia IANDS Chapter her path of spiritual awakening, starting with her near-death experience at the age of nearly three. From that time, she was aware of dimensions of life different than those most people experience, including wise input from “Beings of Light.” People learned how throughout her life this wisdom speaker and author has been guided to meet and help many people on their journeys to become aware of a deeper reality and to reconnect with their own inner wisdom.
JULY 26, 2020 - APPEARANCES, NEWS & MEDIA
Interviews With Innocence
With Marla Hughe
In the second part of her conversation with Marla Hughes, Ingrid shared her NDE and spiritual transformative experiences that brought her to wake up. She also discussed the purpose of pain and suffering, and the power of connection. The BOL revealed to her that one of the purposes of her NDE was to bring back the message of the importance of connection which is essential to reuniting with our neighbors in Oneness. True connection can only be achieved through unconditional love
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JULY 23, 2020 - PODCAST & RADIO
Interviews With Innocence
With Marla Hughe
In this interview with Marla Hughes, Ingrid shared how having a near-death experience at such a young age brought many gifts but also many challenges into her life. After meeting Ingrid and reading her book, the leading expert in childhood NDEs, P.M.H. Atwater, describes Ingrid as a "poster-child" on children NDEs. Learning about the after-effects of NDEs in children is imperative for their healthy development.
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JULY 13, 2020 - PODCAST & RADIO
Conscious Business Zone
With Kathy Mason
In this interview with Kathy Mason from Conscious Business Zone, Ingrid shared how her near-death experience and her amazing connection with Beings of Light that brought her to chose her professional destiny as a Marine Scientist and an oceanographer and to bring herself in a very successful journey of sharing science and spirituality around the world with important organizations such as NASA and the Navy.
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JULY 03, 2020 - APPEARANCES, NEWS & MEDIA
Messages of Hope
With Suzanne Giesemann
Ingrid has been invited by renowned Evidential Medium, Suzanne Giesemann, host of Messages of Hope of Unity Online Radio, to share her journey with the Light and her amazing connection with Beings of Light, which started when Ingrid was just a little child. Since then the Beings of Light have shared with her incredible teachings that have brought her to live a brightly guided life.
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JUNE 18, 2020 - PODCAST & RADIO
Come Walk With Me with
Michele Claiborne
In this conversation with Michele Claiborne, Ingrid shared her amazing journey filled with all the miracles, as well as, all the challenges that brought her to wake up and to become a giver of Light.
She also shared a beautiful meditation for calming the mind, which is something essential especially during these challenging times.
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JUNE 07, 2020 - APPEARANCES, NEWS & MEDIA
Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics Journal
Published on June 02, 2020, Volume 10 Number 1, Johns Hopkins University Press Project Muse.
Ingrid submitted an article to The Johns Hopkins University Press.,
after peer review her contribution was published in the Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics (NIB) Journal. Her article is entitled: The Life-Long Aftereffects of My Childhood Near-Death Experience. They are planning to use the 18plus articles in this project and symposium to write NDE curriculum for medical schools.These experiences are real to the experiencer and must be validated as such. Training medical professionals and clergy is crucial for the experiencer’s healing.
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JUNE 02, 2020 - ARTICLE, NEWS & MEDIA
Conversations with Roland
In this conversation with Ronald Achenjang, Ingrid shared her NDE and spiritual transformative experiences that brought her to wake up. She discussed the purpose of suffering and the power of connection. The BOL revealed to her that one of the purposes of her NDE was to bring back the message of the importance of connection which is essential to reuniting with our neighbors in Oneness. True connection can only be achieved through unconditional love.
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MAY 31, 2020 - PODCAST & RADIO
Woman Heal The World With Juliana Klinkert
In this interview in Spanish (ESPAÑOL) with Juliana Klinkert, Ingrid shared her incredible journey that started with her near-death experience followed by countless spiritual transformative experiences and also by many challenges
which all together opened the path of awareness, compassion and love for her and the people around her. She also shared her journey as a successful scientist, working for important organizations such as NASA and the Navy, despite growing in a war-torn, male-dominated, class-separated society.
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APRIL 27, 2020 - APPEARANCES, NEWS & MEDIA
Helping Parents Heal
Hosted by Elizabeth Boisson
Ingrid was invited by Elizabeth Boisson,
President and Co-Founder of Helping Parents Heal, to share her journey with the Light. Ingrid shared how during her NDE, she saw her mom who was about 10 min away from the place where she was drowning, and then a connection between her and her mom was established to the point that her mom was able to find her and save her. Ingrid is the only documented NDEr who has come back from the other realm to confirm that this type of connection between parents and children is absolutely real.
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APRIL 20, 2020 - APPEARANCES, NEWS & MEDIA
Spiritual Cafe With
Laura Wooster
In this LIVE interview with Laura Wooster,
Ingrid shared how since she was very little her parents discovered that her learning abilities were astonishing but that was not all. Later they also discovered that she could see and hear things that no one else could. All this seemed to be tied up with the aftermath of a near-death experience (NDE) where she drowned at the age of two. Not long after, she started to communicate with Beings of Light who have guided her through a journey of miracles.
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APRIL 15, 2020 - APPEARANCES, NEWS & MEDIA
Paranormal Road Radio With David Hensley
Ingrid was invited by David Hensley, host of Paranormal Road Radio talk show on Odysy1.com and iheart radio to share her journey with the Light, starting with her near-death experience a the age of two and her connection with the Beings of Light. She shared some of her amazing spiritual transformative experiences and teachings that brought her to waking up.
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MARCH 15, 2020 - PODCAST & RADIO
Arizona IANDS Speaker Series 2020.
At the age of nearly 3 in her native Bogota, Colombia, Ingrid Honkala drowned in a tank of cold water. From that time, she was aware of dimensions of life different than those most people experience, including wise input from “Beings of Light.” On Feb 14, 15 & 16, Ingrid was invited to speak and to do a workshop where she shared how throughout her life this wisdom speaker and author has been guided to meet and help many people on their journeys to become aware of a deeper reality and to reconnect with their own inner wisdom.
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FEBRUARY 14-16, 2020 - APPEARANCES, NEWS & MEDIA
Living Healed Summit With Wendy Falcon
Ingrid was invited by Wendy Falcon to be part of her Living Healed Interview Series - Being Beyond Your Story: Happy and Free to Live the Life You Want. Ingrid shared her near-death experience, her connection with Beings of Light and how to go beyond the story to become a more self-realized and self-actualized being. In this interview she brings us to see how to use our challenges as a door to awakening.
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JANUARY 11-21, 2020 - PODCAST & RADIO
Unity of New Orleans Spiritual Center
Ingrid was invited by Rev. Mary Beth Ellis and Bob Tucker to share her journey with the Light with the Wellness Forum at the Unity of New Orleans Spiritual Center. She talked about her near-death experience, the spiritual transformative experiences and teachings that opened for her the path of Awareness, Love and Oneness. She shared how meditation is a door to awareness and how it can help you elevating your vibrational frequency and reconnecting with your inner-guidance.
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JANUARY 05, 2020 - APPEARANCES
Death Tracks With
Bodhi B.
Susan Ward, Lisa Jones and Ingrid Honkala were interviewed by Bodhi B on Death Tracks - KAKU 88.5 The Voice of Maui. They talked about the purpose and mission of IANDS Maui Chapter (International Association for Near-Death Studies) and the new support group of Helping Parents Heal in Maui. Ingrid shared her near-death experience, her connection with Beings of Light and how to use these experiences to become a more self-realized and self-actualized being. The segment starts at the one hour mark on the video.
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DECEMBER 13, 2019 - PODCAST & RADIO
Maui IANDS Group - Hosted by Lisa Jones & Susan Ward
On December 3rd, Ingrid shared with the IANDS Chapter in Maui, Hawaii her path of spiritual awakening, starting with her near-death experience at the age of nearly three. People learned how throughout her life this wisdom speaker and author has been guided to meet and help many people on their journeys to become aware of a deeper reality and to reconnect with their own inner wisdom.
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DECEMBER 03, 2019 - APPEARANCES
Holistic Learning Center of Maui, LLC
Ingrid was invited by Susan Varsames of Holistic Learning Center of Maui, LLC to share her path of awakening and the practices she uses and recommends to reconnect and deepening our connection with our Higher Self. It was an interactive evening of open dialog and questions and answers.
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DECEMBER 02, 2019 - APPEARANCES
The Past Lives Podcast with Simon Bown
In this interview with Simon Bown, Ingrid talked about her unique journey which bought her to write her autobiography titled: "A Brightly Guided Life." She shared about how she was guided through an amazing journey of unimaginable challenges, awakenings and miracles where along the way she became aware of her own shadows and became the vehicle to help others.
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OCTOBER 13, 2019 - PODCAST & RADIO
Charlotte IANDS Group - Hosted by Tamara Caulder Richardson
On October 12, Ingrid shared with the IANDS Chapter in Charlotte, NC (IANDS Charlotte) her path of spiritual awakening, starting with her near-death experience at the age of nearly three. People learned how throughout her life this wisdom speaker and author has been guided to meet and help many people on their journeys to become aware of a deeper reality and to reconnect with their own inner wisdom.
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OCTOBER 12, 2019 - APPEARANCES
Anthony Chene - Filmmaker
In this video documentary filmed and produced by French Filmmaker
Anthony Chene, Ingrid shared her life journey starting with her near-death experience at the age of two, which opened the doors that allow her to communicate with Beings of Light. Since then a myriad of experiences that many could call as mystical and perhaps impossible have crossed her path with the purpose of guiding her and others to re-discover their True Nature.