2015
Documented live speaking
Rimbey Review documented Lorri speaking at a grief seminar in February 2015.
Read The Event CoverageAuthor · Speaker · Near-Death Survivor
Speaking about life after profound change.
Lorri Brewer brings a near-death experience in 2010, nearly three decades of business responsibility, published work and more than fifteen years of hindsight to live conversations about consciousness, intuition, grief, identity, mortality and difficult decisions.
Speaking Credibility
The work behind the talks.
Lorri's speaking is grounded in firsthand experience, nearly three decades of professional responsibility, published work, live speaking and a documented record of public conversation.
29 Years
Business and real-estate experience
Lorri spent nearly three decades in Alberta real estate, brokerage ownership and business, working inside negotiations, financial pressure and consequential decisions.
Read Lorri's BackgroundPublished Work
Heaven Time
Lorri wrote Heaven Time about her 2010 near-death experience and the difficult period that followed. The book received a Living Now Book Awards Silver Medal and was a Best Book Awards finalist.
Explore The BooksPublic Conversation
National media and long-form interviews
Lorri's public record includes CBC National News and a current archive of long-form interviews across near-death experience, consciousness, intuition, identity, work and life after major change.
Review Media HistoryEndorsement
Jeffrey Long, MD
Jeffrey Long, MD, founder of the Near Death Experience Research Foundation, wrote of Heaven Time: “Of the 3,000 near-death experiences that I have studied, Lorri's stands out as exceptional.”
See The EndorsementHear Lorri
Hear Lorri carry the conversation.
These are long-form interviews, not stage footage. Together they show Lorri in a specialist near-death conversation and a broader discussion about identity, work and rebuilding after change.
Invite Lorri To SpeakLet's Talk Near Death
Life After Near Death with Lorri Brewer
Kirsty Salisbury's long-running show is devoted to first-hand near-death and end-of-life experiences, with particular attention to what follows the event.
Salisbury keeps the interview on reintegration: feeling changed, returning to a familiar life and discovering that the experience did not end when the medical emergency ended.
The hour moves through identity, meaning and intuition, including the slow work of learning how to live again after the dramatic part of the story was over.
- Reintegration after an NDE
- Identity and meaning
- Intuition after profound change
- Life after returning
FailCraft
Life After Near-Death: Rebuilding Identity in the Void
Hosted by Ezekiel Iferia, FailCraft examines what people rebuild after setbacks, failed plans and major disruptions.
That frame shifts Lorri's story away from afterlife questions and into the pressure to bounce back, the loss of an old identity and the uncomfortable gap before a new life has taken shape.
Work, relationships, taxes, spirituality and changing definitions of success all enter the conversation. The NDE becomes a story about rebuilding a life under ordinary responsibility.
- Identity loss and rebuilding
- The myth of bouncing back
- Grounded spirituality
- Redefining success
Speaking Topics
Three speaking directions, shaped to the audience.
Each direction can be adapted to the event theme, audience and role the session needs to play.
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Life After the Life-Changing Event
Lorri's near-death experience happened in 2010. The longer story is what followed: returning to work, relationships and ordinary responsibility while her understanding of death, consciousness and identity had changed.
- Best fit: conferences, associations, grief and community programs
- Reintegration after the dramatic event is over
- Identity, relationships and responsibility after major change
- What changes slowly when ordinary life continues
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Intuition Under Pressure
Lorri takes intuition seriously without treating it as certainty. Nearly three decades in business and brokerage give this conversation a practical counterweight in evidence, assumptions, risk and consequence.
- Best fit: leadership, business and professional audiences
- Intuition versus fear, urgency and wishful thinking
- When evidence should overrule a strong feeling
- Deciding when certainty is unavailable
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What Mortality Changes
A close encounter with death changed the questions Lorri asks about time, priorities and fear. Later experiences of grief added further complexity to how she thinks about memory, meaning and continuing life.
- Best fit: wellbeing, grief, community, consciousness and spirituality audiences
- How proximity to death changes priorities
- Grief, memory and continuing connection
- Meaning without pretending there is one universal answer
Live Formats
Keynotes and live-event conversations.
Lorri is available for paid, in-person engagements. The format and talk direction are shaped to the audience, program and role the session needs to play.
Keynote
Main-stage talk
A focused keynote built around one clear speaking direction and the event's central theme.
Discuss This FormatFeatured Talk
Standalone session
A dedicated talk within a conference, association meeting, community event or other in-person program.
Discuss This FormatModerated Conversation
Live stage interview
A moderated conversation that uses live questions to explore Lorri's story, ideas and relevant audience themes.
Discuss This FormatConference Session
Program or panel contribution
A focused session or panel contribution where Lorri's experience and subject matter fit a larger program.
Discuss This FormatBooker Resources
Everything needed to brief your team.
Use these supporting pages for internal review, program copy and event preparation.
Press Resources
Approved bios, Lorri Brewer logos, the 2026 brand guidelines and current press materials.
Open Press ResourcesAbout Lorri
The fuller account of Lorri's 2010 medical crisis, professional life, writing and the years that followed.
Read Lorri's StoryMedia & Interviews
Prior interviews and broadcast appearances that show Lorri carrying long-form conversations across her core subjects.
Review Media HistoryBooking Process
From event brief to confirmed engagement.
A complete talk title is not required before reaching out. Start with the event, audience and question you want the session to address.
01
Share the event
Send the organization, audience, location, timing, live format and the subject or question you are considering.
02
Confirm fit and scope
Lorri's team reviews audience fit, availability and the role Lorri would play, then aligns the talk direction and format with the event.
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Finalize the engagement
Speaking fee, travel, logistics and preparation are confirmed from the actual event details, with approved bio and press resources available for the event team.