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Daily Mail
05-08-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
I died and came back to life after a car crash - angels showed me my future husband... now I'm married to him with kids
When Jeanette Hedström was asked to make the biggest decision of her life the stakes were high—it truly was life or death. The 42-year-old was involved in a head on collision in Jönköping, Sweden, in July 2004 when a car driven by her sister was in a head-on collision. Ms Hedström's seatbelt pushed all of her internal organs up under her heart, with her intestines torn out, diaphragm ruptured, and both lungs punctured—she should have died on impact. But, as she watched her 'smashed to pieces' body being worked on by paramedics at the roadside, she found herself floating upwards, where she was greeted by two angels and the ghost of her dead godmother. Ms Hedström, from Gothenburg, recalls hearing a voice whispering, 'Let go, I've got you', as a bright beam of light transported her to a 'loving and peaceful' waiting room. She said, 'I couldn't breathe and everything hurt. I kept yelling: "I'm dying" over and over. 'All I wanted was to go home - and then I left my body. 'I saw everything unfold, like a movie scene, where I couldn't even comprehend that my physical form was still in the car and I was just a soul floating above. 'I didn't want to die - my body was fighting with every ounce of strength to survive - but then I surrendered when I heard that voice. '[In the waiting room] immediately, I decided I was going to stay there. 'It felt perfect; I had such a deep sense of belonging. 'But it was made clear very quickly that this was just a step in my path, and that I had to return to my broken body to heal it. 'It felt like I was there for an eternity.' Here, in this mysterious chamber which traversed two realities, the trio of benevolent energies showed Ms Hedström her future if she returned to Earth—including her future husband and their unborn children—and what would happen if she chose to stay dead. She said: 'I saw how I would extinguish the lights and vibrations of my children I had yet to meet and create. 'The angels showed me how important it was for life to carry on. 'The voices of everyone on Earth praying for me - my friends, mother, father and sister - all asking me to survive and fight played in my ears. 'I knew I couldn't let them down. 'I had to explore my future as the angels predicted; so I made the decision to return.' She woke up three days later in the hospital, where she had been undergoing emergency surgery to save her life. As the damage was so severe, every organ in her abdomen had been removed, and her body was filled with fluid, so they could float freely when placed back to ease pressure. Medics believed she wouldn't survive, but as she began breathing on the ventilator, they were left in disbelief. She said, 'It was called a miracle the way I healed. 'I only remained on the ventilator for three more days. 'In that time, I had my eyelids stitched back together, a titanium rod put in my arm, and three vertebrae in my back fused. 'They didn't know what the outcome would be; if I'd ever walk again or be without chronic pain. 'But all it took was one month to heal. The speed at which I recovered was beyond explanation.' Ms Hedström—who now runs a creative healing centre called Seven Lakes, deep in the Swedish woods—has no lasting injuries or complications from the incident in 2004, even though on paper she's classified as disabled. She believes the place she entered was a portal into the rebirth of her soul. And for her future? The angels were spot on. She added: 'I never saw [my husband] physically, but I felt his energy so clearly. 'It was like I recognised his soul long before we met. 'And yes - it turned out to be the right man, the one I knew deep within I was meant to meet. 'I also felt the presence of our children; I sensed them before they came. 'There were three distinct energies I connected with. 'Today, we have two beautiful children - but one is missing. 'I lost a son in pregnancy, and maybe he was the third one I felt; or maybe there's still a surprise waiting for us. 'When [my future] all began to unfold, it felt like a deep remembrance, rather than a surprise. 'It was as if life was confirming what I had already seen with my inner eye. 'I carry a completely different relationship to life now. 'I want to live, and I know it's important that I'm here. 'I experienced the death of my false self and the rebirth into my soul's path. 'It was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen - and yet, the most painful. 'Almost dying is one of my biggest gifts and taught me such valuable life lessons that I guide others with now. 'I wouldn't want to go back to how things were before - I'm no longer living out of fear, but out of love and courage. 'Death isn't something I'm afraid of anymore because I know what's waiting for me on the other side.
Bloomberg
25-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Victoria's Secret Needs a Different Kind of Angel
Among the demands of Barington Capital Group, one of two activist investors seeking to shake up Victoria's Secret & Co., is that the company bring back the 'angels' — the glamorous supermodels once synonymous with America's biggest underwear retailer. But what Victoria's Secret really needs is a different kind of angel: a buyer. Ideally, one that can offer a decent bid premium to long-suffering shareholders and enable the company to do the hard work needed to adapt to a new lingerie landscape, away from the glare of quarterly earnings. The agitators and the retailer should stop trading barbs, and instead work together to deliver value to all investors.
Gizmodo
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
‘Dogma' Was Just One of Many Angel-Themed Millennial Movies
Kevin Smith recently spoke about wanting to make Dogma 2—and it does feel like the perfect cultural moment. Not only is the original film enjoying new recognition after 26 years, the mood in the world is once again hovering around 'another day, another apocalypse.' It's not quite the same as turn-of-the-millennium jitters, but there sure is a lot of unease in the atmosphere. That's the mood a lot of films in the late 1990s and early 2000s seized upon. Doomsday-sploitation cropped up in Stigmata, The Ninth Gate, End of Days, and others. Fallen angels and devils were also part of this: not just Dogma, but serial-killer tale Fallen, cosmic battle epic The Prophecy and its sequels, Adam Sandler's Little Nicky, and even eventual cult hit Constantine (speaking of overlooked movies that deserve sequels). But good-guy angels were also a huge commodity as Y2K approached. You can imagine moviegoers, even folks who were not particularly religious and never would've tuned into Touched by an Angel (which dispensed faith and wisdom on CBS from 1994-2003) or Christian scare movies (the first Left Behind debuted in 2000), might be grasping for hope wherever they could find it. That included the big screen, where multiple movies leaned into earnest, if not always wholesome and benevolent, depictions of celestial beings who spend time on Earth. A few of them also dig into the afterlife, bringing small shades of comfort to the ultimate uncertainty. Here are seven of the most memorable from that era. Angels in the Outfield (1994) Granted, 1994 is early to be leaning into millennial fears, but this sports comedy was so popular Disney made sequels in 1997 and 2000. This first entry, a remake of a 1951 film, imagines actual angels (led by Christopher Lloyd) step up to help the Angels baseball team after a little boy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) makes a heartfelt prayer on their behalf. The cast is equal parts famous faces and soon-to-be famous faces (Ben Johnson, Tony Danza, Matthew McConaughey, Dermot Mulroney, Adrien Brody, and more), and in the end the team wins (without supernatural interference) and the kid gets adopted by the manager (Danny Glover). The ultimate home run, in other words. Michael (1996) Nora Ephron directs John Travolta as the Archangel Michael, who attracts the attention of tabloid journalists played by Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, and Bob Hoskins. They smell a big story; they also smell cookies, because Michael smells like cookies despite looking like he should reek of nicotine. Michael has maudlin tendencies but it's all in service of a love story—plus he resurrects an adorable dog. Don't judge a book by its cover, Michael pleads: that gross dude with wings just might be your salvation. Unlikely Angel (1996) Yes, it's a made-for-TV movie—made by CBS for Christmas viewing—but it also stars Dolly Parton as Ruby Diamond, a sweet but salty singer (duh) who dies in a car wreck and learns she can only get into heaven if she completes a seemingly impossible task by December 24: smoothing over the troubles of a grieving family enduring a holiday season from hell. Roddy McDowell plays cosmic enforcer Saint Peter; Allison Mack, who'd become infamous many years later for her affiliation with the NXIVM cult, plays the angsty teen daughter. But this is the Dolly show—file it next to Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk for whenever you need a little sassy inspiration, angelic or otherwise. The Preacher's Wife (1996) Another remake! This time it's Penny Marshall directing Denzel Washington as the smooth angel once played by Cary Grant, which feels like predestined casting. As Christmas approaches, Washington's angel swoops into New York City to help a preacher (Courtney B. Vance) whose church is being threatened by that most devilish of movie villains—a greedy land developer, played here by Gregory Hines—and whose marriage to the distractingly lovely Whitney Houston has been stretched thin. Will the angel have a hard time separating his work from his feelings? Obviously! But also, everything works out in time for a happy ending on Christmas Eve. A Life Less Ordinary (1997) Speaking of directors who are making long-awaited follow-ups to earlier films, 28 Years Later helmer Danny Boyle made this tale right after Trainspotting. A Life Less Ordinary stars Trainspotting breakout Ewan McGregor and ascendant A-lister Cameron Diaz as an odd couple pushed together by a kidnap caper gone wrong—and the help of angels (Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo) who must engineer a love match or they'll get kicked out of heaven themselves. Love is definitely a theme across all of these movies, as is the idea that even angels sometimes have a hard time getting it right. What Dreams May Come (1998) Loosely inspired by the 1978 Richard Matheson book, and boasting visual effects so vivid they took home an Oscar, What Dreams May Come stars Robin Williams—the year after his own Oscar-winning turn in Good Will Hunting—as a man who dies, lingers awkwardly on Earth, then goes to heaven, then travels to hell to rescue his wife after her own death. What Dreams May Come was a notorious box-office bomb, but the journey its main character endures—ghost to angel to hell-infiltrator, back to heaven, and then eventually being reincarnated on Earth—offers meaty food for thought even in an admittedly oft-sappy context. City of Angels (1998) Wim Wenders' 1987 Wings of Desire gets a doe-eyed makeover as Nicolas Cage's soulful angel falls for Meg Ryan's initially oblivious doctor. Andre Braugher and Dennis Franz bring some dramatic heft as characters at different points along the angel-mortal continuum, but the moral of the story is 'Don't give up being an angel for love, unless your beloved understands the basic rules of bicycle safety.' And… the Goo Goo Dolls are stuck in your head now, aren't they?
