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Free Spirited: How My Daughter Healed Me From the Afterlife
This incredible but true story proves there is an Afterlife—and that those who’ve passed on have the power to heal us. A heart-opening page-turner that will change your view of death and life forever.
When Teal Barns decided to become a healer at the age of twenty-two, the last thing she expected was that she would die.
As her mother, Suzanne, watched her die from a medically unexplainable cardiac arrest, a voice told her Teal’s death would not be in vain. Instead, it would heal Suzanne’s broken, driven, workaholic life.
And she, in turn, would lead Teal’s healing work throughout the world via books, a podcast and a Facebook group.
This is the story of how Teal’s incandescent energy has appeared in visions, dreams, whisperings, and a tingling, channeled laughter that left Suzanne uplifted, inspired. Healed.
Teal is here to heal us all in the toughest of times.
“Read this and let it open you to the fullness of life.” — Gina Ryan, The Anxiety Coaches Podcast
“Suzanne shows how our connection with those we love never ends. There is so much to learn and love from Free Spirited.” — Dr. Robert Puff, Host of the Happiness Podcast
“Suzanne intertwines vulnerability, humor and raw emotion as she walks with you through the process from profound grief to the healing transformation of love…”
— Denise Correll, Host of the Enlightened Empath Podcast
“Free Spirited enriches readers' lives with love, happiness, healing and ultimately freedom!"
– Zibby Owens, Host of Busy Women Don’t Have Time to Read Books
When Teal Barns decided to become a healer at the age of twenty-two, the last thing she expected was that she would die.
As her mother, Suzanne, watched her die from a medically unexplainable cardiac arrest, a voice told her Teal’s death would not be in vain. Instead, it would heal Suzanne’s broken, driven, workaholic life.
And she, in turn, would lead Teal’s healing work throughout the world via books, a podcast and a Facebook group.
This is the story of how Teal’s incandescent energy has appeared in visions, dreams, whisperings, and a tingling, channeled laughter that left Suzanne uplifted, inspired. Healed.
Teal is here to heal us all in the toughest of times.
“Read this and let it open you to the fullness of life.” — Gina Ryan, The Anxiety Coaches Podcast
“Suzanne shows how our connection with those we love never ends. There is so much to learn and love from Free Spirited.” — Dr. Robert Puff, Host of the Happiness Podcast
“Suzanne intertwines vulnerability, humor and raw emotion as she walks with you through the process from profound grief to the healing transformation of love…”
— Denise Correll, Host of the Enlightened Empath Podcast
“Free Spirited enriches readers' lives with love, happiness, healing and ultimately freedom!"
– Zibby Owens, Host of Busy Women Don’t Have Time to Read Books
200 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 7, 2023
About the author
Suzanne Falter
16 books131 followersSuzanne Falter is an author, speaker, blogger and podcaster who has published both fiction and non-fiction, as well as essays. She also speaks about self-care and the transformational healing of crisis, especially in her own life after the death of her daughter Teal. Her non-fiction books also include How Much Joy Can You Stand? and Surrendering to Joy . Suzanne is also the host of podcast Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women.
Suzanne’s essays have appeared in O Magazine, The New York Times, Elephant Journal, Tiny Buddha and Thrive Global among others. Her fiction titles include the Oaktown Girls series of lesbian romances, and the romantic suspense series, Transformed. Her non-fiction work, blog, podcasts and her online course, Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women, can be found at suzannefalter.com and on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Pinterest.
She lives with her wife in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Suzanne’s essays have appeared in O Magazine, The New York Times, Elephant Journal, Tiny Buddha and Thrive Global among others. Her fiction titles include the Oaktown Girls series of lesbian romances, and the romantic suspense series, Transformed. Her non-fiction work, blog, podcasts and her online course, Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women, can be found at suzannefalter.com and on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Pinterest.
She lives with her wife in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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September 5, 2023
This book is a profound and heart-opening memoir. The author shares beautiful stories of her daughter, Teal, who died unexpectedly at twenty-two from an unexplainable cardiac arrest. The author is a self-professed workaholic who describes how the birth of her first child softened her. She depicts her daughter as a big-hearted, joyful soul who was compassionate and free-spirited and how the two shared a deep connection. Because Teal had epilepsy, she was good at self-care and treating her body respectfully.
Teal's unexpected passing kicked off a series of events that defied explanation. Suzanne's world bottomed out when she had no home, no relationship, and she had closed her business. And now she had no daughter. Suzanne's evocative storytelling draws us into a world where the boundaries between life and the afterlife blur, and the soothing balm of how Teal's energy helped to mend her broken spirit. With her daughter's presence—manifested through dreams and visions—Suzanne decided to live like Teal. Suzanne rented a small room in a friend's home and spent as little money as possible, focusing on herself. This book was moving and beautifully written. The heart-opening page-turner will reshape how readers perceive life, death, and the boundless potential of the human spirit.
To listen to my interview with the author, go to my podcast at: https://www.momsdonthavetimetoreadboo...
Teal's unexpected passing kicked off a series of events that defied explanation. Suzanne's world bottomed out when she had no home, no relationship, and she had closed her business. And now she had no daughter. Suzanne's evocative storytelling draws us into a world where the boundaries between life and the afterlife blur, and the soothing balm of how Teal's energy helped to mend her broken spirit. With her daughter's presence—manifested through dreams and visions—Suzanne decided to live like Teal. Suzanne rented a small room in a friend's home and spent as little money as possible, focusing on herself. This book was moving and beautifully written. The heart-opening page-turner will reshape how readers perceive life, death, and the boundless potential of the human spirit.
To listen to my interview with the author, go to my podcast at: https://www.momsdonthavetimetoreadboo...
February 11, 2023
This book feels like sitting with Suzanne while she tells you story after story of how her daughter Teal reached out to her and helped her heal--in many ways--after her untimely death. I liked how each time she learned something, in some ways she had to learn it again. That's the truth of life.
I loved the various ways in which her daughter communicated from the afterlife. How Suzanne describes the sensation of such communication resonated deeply with me since I've had similar experiences. In fact, I'm briefly in this book because I had a spiritual event I'd talked to Suzanne about on the phone (we've never met in person but have friends in common and are connected on social media).
I was especially moved when she met a recipient of her daughter's organs. The idea that her DNA is still roaming the planet while her spirit is doing its other-wordly thing is mind-blowing--as is so much of what happens in this book. But it's told in straight-forward prose that reflects the idea in the book, that otherworldly communication is available to us all if we listen.
I loved the various ways in which her daughter communicated from the afterlife. How Suzanne describes the sensation of such communication resonated deeply with me since I've had similar experiences. In fact, I'm briefly in this book because I had a spiritual event I'd talked to Suzanne about on the phone (we've never met in person but have friends in common and are connected on social media).
I was especially moved when she met a recipient of her daughter's organs. The idea that her DNA is still roaming the planet while her spirit is doing its other-wordly thing is mind-blowing--as is so much of what happens in this book. But it's told in straight-forward prose that reflects the idea in the book, that otherworldly communication is available to us all if we listen.
May 7, 2023
Beautiful Book
This book will be helpful for those healing from profound loss through death.
The book will also be helpful for those seeking to free themselves from artifice and live more truthfully.
If you are seeking to return to a more honest and connected way of being, read Suzanne Falter’s Free Spirited.
This book will be helpful for those healing from profound loss through death.
The book will also be helpful for those seeking to free themselves from artifice and live more truthfully.
If you are seeking to return to a more honest and connected way of being, read Suzanne Falter’s Free Spirited.
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