Using her own long struggle as an example, Nancy Evans Bush explores the search for meaning after the devastation of a distressing near-death experience. For many individuals, the great challenge is reconciling foundational beliefs with knowledge conveyed by a powerful NDE, as today's common skepticism makes it difficult to find reliable information or support. Her unexpected, sometimes humorous, often synchronistic discoveries point beyond herself to challenges and reassurance for everyone. She says, "At the beginning, learning about 'all this'-the spirituality, the consciousness, the science, the psychic elements-was like finding threads of meaning, I thought, if one could only get enough of them to braid together, there would be some understanding to work with." "Reckoning" follows the threads of her discoveries about the nature of reality and the role traumatic experience can play in reshaping the way we understand the world and ourselves. Far from leaving her stranded in the terror of her NDE, the discoveries shared here have led to the serenity of her present outlook.