This week on Every Rom Com we’re continuing our Christmas Rom Com series with the 2006 Queen Latifah movie “Last Holiday.” We’ll talk about the hotel and spa town that served as the film’s location; explore the careers of director Wayne Wang, Queen Latifah, and L.L. Cool J; and talk about how confronting death can help us discard our fears and realize our dreams. We’re joined this episode by Jen’s brother and Luna’s husband, Ishtar, who brings the perspective of his own spiritual practices and readings to our discussion!  Ishtar has lived a rich and strange life. The main catalyst is perhaps the NDE experienced at age 13, which over the next few years contributed to a serious interest in spirituality, the adoption of various spiritual practices, and entering an ashram at age 18. While the sense of inner wholeness has been the focus,  “things rich and strange” came along for the ride in the form of precognitive seeing, telepathy, ghosts, lucid dreams, and the wild and improbable manifestation of desires. For Ishtar, synchronicity is a very real happening beyond the explanatory framework of chance. These days, Ishtar lives in Portugal with Luna, teaching meditation and providing astrological readings. To Learn More About Ishtar’s Work: Meditation website: www.ascension-meditation.com Astrology website: www.awakenedlightastrology.com To Practice Yoga With Luna: www.yogawithluna.com    Source for the Interesting Facts was mainly the special features on the “Last Holiday” DVD! Website of the Grand Hotel Pupp: https://www.pupp.cz/en/about-the-hotel  Travelogues on Karlovy Vary:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJjpGHh3Dq0  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gglQyfoM3a4