Where Did You Go?: A Life-Changing Journey to Connect with Those We’ve Lost

by Christina Rasmussen

“Where Did You Go? offers deep comfort to anyone who has lost a loved one and hopes to explore what frontier science is now while a heart may stop beating, consciousness never dies.”

—Lynne McTaggart, bestselling author of The Field

From Christina Rasmussen, the much beloved and acclaimed author of Second Firsts, comes a groundbreaking exploration of the afterlife that combines spirituality with cutting edge science—and reveals we all have the power to connect with our loved ones on the other side.

“Where did you go?” This was the first question Christina Rasmussen asked after the death of her husband. A young widow with two daughters, Rasmussen would go on to become an esteemed grief educator who helped countless others rebuild their lives after loss. Yet, even as she learned to thrive again, that first heartbreaking question persisted. Even as she and her clients forged new paths and discovered new joy, the same questions Are we capable of connecting to those who have passed on? What really happens after we die?

As a professional grounded in science, Christina was a skeptic who shied away from the conventional mystical, supernatural, and religious descriptions of the afterlife—so she turned to what seemed “provable” to unravel the mystery of life beyond physics. What she found was beyond anything she could have not only is there life after death, but we all have the ability to connect with loved ones who have passed on.

Sharing an inspiring message of hope, optimism, and love, Where Did You Go? is a transporting step-by-step guide to journeying to the other side, from one of our most trusted voices on life after loss. Bridging the gap between the metaphysical and the measurable, it will change the way we grieve, the way we live and how we define our potential—in this life and the hereafter.

Genres: Grief, Nonfiction, Spirituality

223 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 27, 2024

About the author

Christina Rasmussen is an acclaimed grief educator and bestselling author of Second Firsts (Hay House,
2013), Where Did You Go? (Harper One, 2018), and Invisible Loss (Sounds True, 2024). In 2010, four
years after her thirty-five-year-old spouse passed away from Stage 4 colon cancer, she created the Life
Reentry process, which launched her on a mission to bring compassion, grace, and validation to
thousands, while simultaneously establishing an exit from what she termed the Waiting Room. Christina
holds a master’s degree in guidance and counseling (University of Durham). She is currently finishing her
master of fine arts degree in painting and drawing (Academy of Art). Her grief work has been featured on
ABC News, Psychology Today, in Women’s World, the Washington Post, and the White House Blog.

Reviews

[Blythe Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

If anyone is paying attention (doubtful), I’m reading a lot of this sort of thing right now and it’s pretty obvious why. What I am finding is that everyone who writes this sort of book has the answers. Or, they say they do. What I actually think is that many have interesting ideas or pieces of them. No one has the answers, and all of them seem bizarrely hung up on terminology and their particular way of seeing things. I just don’t think we all experience mystery in the same way.

[Deb Ristow · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received this book as part of the Goodreads Giveaway program. I have always believed that our loved ones are surrounding us when they die and that death is not a finality but rather an extension of the life that we have lived.

Rasmussen shares a process to connect with loved ones upon their death. Through this process, the reader is guided in a step by step process on this journey. There were a few statements that really stuck with me in this book- ‘that our beloveds are still alive-just without their bodies’ and the following statement upon looking for her husband upon his passing- ‘I should have known to look not up but to look everywhere.’ These, in my opinion, were the two sentences that stuck with me and made such an impact on how I view death.

While I did not go through this process as I have had my own experience with passing, I found enough value in this book outside of the process itself. My only criticism is that I wish there would have been more personal testimonials included. Interesting read!

[Mia · Rating 1 out of 5]

A weird amalgamation of "here is some stuff about physics" and "now you know you can reach your dead loved ones by focusing on ...I don't even know--the spaces between particles? Energy? Projections in the hologram world?" I couldn't follow Rasmussen's loopdy-loop reasoning to any positive end.

I'm in favor of reaching out to our deceased loved ones--in speech, in journaling, in prayer, dreams, seances, you name it. I can read about near death experiences and past life regression all the livelong day, but I could not make sense of this book.

[Cathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like this book. I am open to the idea but… It is so convoluted, with lots of repetition and talking in circles. I’m not sure if the author can communicate with those on the other side, but I wish she had communicated better with those of us on this side in this particular book.

[Alexandra Jamieson · Rating 5 out of 5]

When my mom died too early of cancer, I felt lost and confused. Ours was the toughest, yet most important relationship of my life thus far. I picked up Christina's book because Second Firsts, her first book, had been so profoundly helpful.

Where Did You Go? introduced me to totally new topics, and honestly it blew my mind.

I've used her practices and insights to help me continue to heal and even enrich my relationship with my mother - I never knew that was possible.

Highly recommend for anyone still confused by loss.

[Brenda Eaves · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very interesting book. I had recently lost my youngest daughter far too soon to what was an entirely preventable condition. It was as if she chose to die rather than hang around. So I needed to read about the after-life. I was comforted by this book.

[Jennifer]

DNF. I tried to be open minded bout this material. It became impossible. I love CR but not this book.

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting concept of contact with the spirit world.

[Elaine Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Narration took away from the creditability of the information and process.

[Kristi Newcomb · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting, I see where she was going with her concept. However at the end I feel she dropped the ball in in a way made everything she write previously irrelevant.

[M. Grant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, thoroughly enjoyed it! Highly recommend to anyone open to the field of metaphysics.

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

I skimmed the last part. I didn't do the exercises; wasn't in a mind-place for that, may read the book again in the future. not what I thought it would be.

[Don · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love, love, love!