For the past few years, Emily has been on hiatus taking care of her beloved husband and partner, Jim. Starting in January 2025, she has resumed speaking to live and online audiences.
Emily’s Events
CCAC Nursing End-of-Life Symposium
Allegheny Campus, Pittsburgh, PA – Live presentation
May 28, 2026 – 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
“Living While Dying”
Emily draws from her life’s experiences and current research to discuss the ways death anxiety can affect the way we live and the way we die. Having been present at the time of many deaths, she has witnessed both beautiful and tortured ones. She recommends that each person confront their own feelings about death. Doing so can deepen joy, increase adventures and achievements while living, and alleviate anxiety while dying.
Baldwin Borough Library
Pittsburgh, Pa – Live presentation
May 7, 2026
Sharing her own near-death and mystical experiences, Emily talks about how she has used these events to shift from existing in fear to living in love. She addresses the major obstacles that block us from realizing our inborn purpose and power, including programming by family, friends, and culture, and provides strategies for alleviating fear, delving within to know ourselves and creating an enlightened world view.
Your Spiritual Journey Podcast – October, 2025 (Available on YouTube)
Emily talks to Dr. Bob Dove about her life–altering spiritual journey, which began with a paralyzing fear of death after a childhood trauma, overcome at age 18 by a profound near death experience (NDE). Discussing themes of forgiveness and the role of synchronicities, she emphasizes how mystical interludes expand one’s reality and reveal that we are so much more than we think we are.
January 2025 podcast
Emily talks to Sandra Champlain about the importance of mystical interludes. You can listen to the podcast here – We Don’t Die with host Sondra Champlain and Emily Rodavich.
Inner Light Soulful Shop Presentation – April 2025
Emily talks about the programming that influences our thoughts and actions, and the many opportunities for expanding our consciousness and developing richer self-awareness that are offered by our individual mystical interludes.
Healing Hearts Spirit Fair – Visions Reiki and Soul Spa – July 26, 2025
Emily introduces the MIDG community to attendees, and offers informal conversations about the mystical interludes in life, inviting curiosity and questions.
Energy Fitness Podcast – July 28, 2025 (Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts)
Emily talks about her journey from an acute fear of death to her near-death experience, and founding the Mystical Interludes community.
Past Events
Starting with the 2016 publication of Mystical Interludes, Emily has shared her extraordinary experiences and message of love and forgiveness with audiences near and far. Those activities ended when her husband was hospitalized with a serious illness in 2020 which has required years of rehabilitation.
Her talks have engaged audiences in venues from from small and intimate to online podcasts and an international conference. A sampling:
- Podcasts and radio programs, such as Suzanne Giesemann’s Messages of Hope Radio, Sandra Champlain’s We Don’t Die Radio, Whitley Streiber’s “Dreamland” Podcast, Caroline Chang’s AwaketoOneness Radio, Uplift Your Life Radio, Spirit Sisters Podcast aired in Australia, IANDS Visiting Author Book Club Online, Na A’lehu Library, in Hawaii
- Local libraries, yoga studios, women’s organizations, organizations like The OMA Center of Mind, Body and Spirit, and the First Spiritualist Church of Pittsburgh.
- 2019 International Conference of IANDS (The International Association for Near Death Studies) Philadelphia, PA
Invite Emily to speak to your club, or event, or podcast!
Emily’s mission is to share her extraordinary stories, She is devoted to expanding public conversation toward a new horizon in human awareness. Her books, Mystical Interludes and Mystical Interludes II, are just the starting point for her talks, which engage and inspire all in attendance.
To book her for a speaking engagement for your public or private venue, please contact us.