Step-Ins on Ghost Whisperer

I finally started watching Ghost Whisperer and I love it! It’s like a haunted version of Touched by an Angel. In a recent episode, Melinda (played by Jennifer Love Hewitt) sees the ghost of her husband enter into a new body. On the show, they call this a “step-in,” where one soul replaces another soul whose time is up and has departed for the light.

I have heard of “step-ins” before, only the term I heard used was “walk-in.” A walk-in is typically considered to be a more evolved soul that takes over an adult body to complete tasks on the planet. This often happens after a traumatic event in which the old soul is unable to maintain the life force to keep the body alive. Many have speculated that self-help guru Byron Katie is a walk-in, because of her miraculous transformation during a period of deep depression and complete split with her previous personality.