Natalie Tobert

By Natalie Tobert - Apr 24, 2017

This article explores systematic cultural U-turns which occur globally, and it suggests we are heading towards another change regarding our understanding of consciousness and mental well-being. It also presents older assumptions around mental well-being, and newer ways of understanding and addressing human experiences.

By Natalie Tobert - Oct 15, 2022

The Smithsonian MagazineUniversity of VirginiaSoldiers and Ghosts

By Natalie Tobert - Jan 15, 2025

Spiritual Awakenings: Scientists and Academics Describe Their Experiences.

By Natalie Tobert - Jan 15, 2020

This article proposes that war and trauma have multiple side-effects. They directly damage not only soldiers, their ‘victims’ and descendants, but also the wider population indirectly as collateral. People in the general population may energetically ‘pick up’ or spontaneously access the trauma of entities who don’t know they are dead. This may cause deeply uncomfortable visionary memories, depression, or result in further acts of terror. The author provides her personal experiences when memories from beyond influenced her mind and body. She assumed that these traumatic ‘memories’ were normal, though uncomfortable and she did not pathologise them. She discusses unusual, anomalous or extreme experiences and assumes these experiences are a normal part of being human. The author explores the proposition that crisis experiences are caused both by trauma in our present incarnation and they reach us from dimensions beyond. She explores how insights may be transferable to healthcare practice.

By Natalie Tobert - Jan 15, 2016

A special problem is faced in the West, whereby people who have anomalous experiences were often assumed to have a mental health condition. However, survivors (of the mental health system) are rising up, claiming they want a more spiritual interpretation of their experiences. In the field of mental health in particular, problems result from an adherence to a dominant Western knowledge base, and its assumed ‘truth’ over cultural wisdoms. This article discusses the popular demand for a new paradigm for interpreting human experience. It explores cultural truths and presents examples of the urgent call for change in healthcare.