Discernment After Death: A Modern-Day Lazarus Testimony feat. Melanie Pritchard

“It’s that balance of trying to put things down and simplify and silence the world so that I can pay attention to these beautiful people in front of me.”

“Live every day as if it’s your last.” We’ve all heard this platitude, and it probably sounds stale. But what if you literally died and then got to come back? Discerning your choices now would probably be a lot simpler in light of your death. What would you do differently? What would you let go of?

My guest Melanie Pritchard quite LITERALLY died. She was dead on an operating table for 45 minutes after an embryonic embolism going into labor with her daughter. She was “deader than dead” according to the nurses and her family said their goodbyes. Melanie had spent her 20’s doing the Lord’s work by speaking at Catholic conferences around the country; then, she dedicated herself to her vocation as a wife and mother in her early 30’s. However, Melanie recognized when she came back to life that she still needed to make changes in how she discerned her priorities.

If you want to live with peace and learn how to say no, this episode is for you. If you feel like you’re running around and not accomplishing enough, this episode will help you make choices that lead you to gratitude, satisfaction, and simplicity. 

Topics Discussed

• How God used a t-shirt start-up to call Melanie to becoming a speaker on national stages
• Saying no 80% of the time
• Trusting God when things go terribly wrong
• The power of prayer when things are out of our hands
• Melanie's experience of Heavenly, profound peace
• Taking a day-to-day inventory of where your peace is, and how to let the small stuff go

Resources

• Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Philippe
• The Day I Died: Finding Hope in Suffering by Melanie Pritchard