Born in a small village in Alaska in 1950 into a family of 15 children, Stephanie Patel, who was named Dorothy after her mother at the time, was number 9. At the age of 3, Stephanie had a NDE after freezing in the Alaskan wilderness. When her mother caught her talking to Jesus and about heaven, she scolded her saying she was talking to the devil. So Stephanie decided not to speak with spirit again until her college years when she had another NDE at 20, after a suicide attempt.

Stephanie went on to become an attorney. She had many unusual experiences over the years, juggling life as a busy attorney, and mostly as a single parent. Her primary desire was to figure out how to blend the “two worlds”– the lawyer/single mother dealing with life issues, and the deep and powerful spiritual side.