This week we meet Father Nathan Castle, O.P., a Dominican Catholic priest who has spent the last 30 years helping “stuck souls” cross over. Father Castle has helped over 600 souls who died suddenly or traumatically find peace, healing, and forward movement.

We talk about:

• What is a "stuck soul" and how Father Castle helps them

• How trauma can impact a soul’s journey beyond death

• The metaphysics of consciousness and “stuckness”

• Why truth is essential to healing in this life and the next)

This conversation might shift the way you think about death, healing, and the stories we tell ourselves.

Father Castle is the author of the Afterlife Interrupted series and host of The Joyful Friar podcast. Learn more at: nathan-castle.com

Want to go deeper?

Here are a few questions to reflect on or discuss with friends after listening. Think of it like a podcast book club.

• 1. Have you ever felt stuck in a belief, story, or emotion?
     What helped you move forward—or what still holds you in that loop?
  2. What is your current belief about what happens after we die? Has that belief shifted over time? How does it influence the way you live now?
  3. If God, however you define that, is truly everywhere, including inside you, how does that change the way you relate to yourself? Can you think of a moment where you felt that truth?
  4. Father Castle talks about truth as something independent from opinion or tribe. In a time when so much discourse feels polarized or performative, how can you show up with more openness, curiosity, and critical thinking in conversations, relationships, or your inner dialogue?