Ever since I have been working with my guide, life is so much better and generally drives like butter. But once I get a little comfortable and complacent, he throws a wrench in for good measure. Here is an example of my early Trust Bootcamp. I had a very cushy job in Miami with my own office, great location, great pay, great bosses. He told me to quit without notice. This was professional suicide. One thing I prided myself on was my integrity and professional stability. I followed guidance (in fear) thinking I would never work in that town again. Not only did I get another job, I got another 3 jobs each better than the last, as this happened several more times. These were lessons in trust. It gets better but we won’t go into that here. My point is that when I receive guidance and it’s clear, I follow it. So 3 weeks ago, I received guidance to stop doing psychic and medium readings and to stay off Facebook. I grieved because psychic work is my passion and I really loved my FB interactions. But I understood he must know something I do not. So I declined reading requests and proceeded to deactivate FB. I had a 3 week social media fast. And then out of the blue last night, I was compelled to get back on FB. I re-friended my friends and put my photo back up. This morning, I received not one, but two messages from other psychic mediums asking where I had been as they wanted to refer clients to me. I could not contain my excitement and just said Yes! absolutely, send them all! And I knew I had to shift gears again on a dime. And I could feel the humorous alignment from my guide. The thing is, (and the whole reason for this post), when I get excited like this, I become spacey and ungrounded. It’s like re-uniting with a loved one when you thought they were lost for good. It’s traumatic. My life was changing again. So I decided to go out for a walk in the sunshine. And while I was walking, something shiny on the ground called to me. It was a tiny silver anchor. But don’t let the size fool you. It’s power is great because I am back in my body again.

Most mediums knew they were receiving spirit communication of some form long before they identified as a medium. I didn’t know I was psychic or a medium until later in life, but looking back, I can recall times in my past where I knew things or had spirits who passed communicate with me. I also received messages in my dreams from guides about impending danger or deceit. But at the time, I didn’t pay them any mind. And life gets very busy when we are young. Who has time to ponder for very long if that was really a spirit guide that I saw at the foot of my bed. Here is a list of things, from my own personal experience, that I believe are tell-tale signs that you are a medium.

1. You are hypersensitive to criticism;
2. You are empathic and cry when someone shares their sad story;
3. You prefer a night light on, even as an adult;
4. You can’t bear to witness physical and emotional pain;
5. You did not fit in socially from a very young age;
6. You feel a deep connection with animals;
7. You are extremely sensitive to energy from people and places;
8. Sometimes when walking, you keep turning around because you feel someone with you;
9. You frequently dream of loved ones or spirit guides talking to you and it felt real;
10. You receive blocks of thought that aren’t yours;
11. A word pops into your head to describe something and you didn’t know what the word meant, but when you looked it up, it was accurate.
12. You are and have always been very interested in all things spiritual.

Even though you now know you are a medium, communicating with spirits is a skill that requires development and practice. When it occurred to me that I might be a medium in 2015, I began to practice on a Facebook group and I was shocked that I was getting accurate information. But then I wasn’t and couldn’t understand why. Communicating with spirits has been going on for eons, and there is actually a natural science to it, which can be learned and developed.

If you find you do not resonate with the foregoing 12 signs of a medium, but still want to be a medium, then you are. I believe our passions are our soul’s purpose (meaning something we came here to experience and/or perfect). So if you have the passion for mediumship, then it will open up for you in perfect timing. Remember, true passions don’t fade.

When I first began working with my Guide, Sam, I was given specific assignments that were intended to increase my spiritual awareness. On one particular day, I was having discourse with Sam during my meditation and it was determined that I would go to Pet Supermarket and buy two rabbits. (There is a back story to this but it’s not relevant here). So I got dressed and headed over to the pet store to buy my rabbits. I was at the rabbit pen waiting for the sales person to bring over supplies to bring my rabbits home in when a man came over and started a conversation with me. I was very excited about my rabbits and pointed out which ones I was adopting, one which was a lop rabbit, which I didn’t know. He proceeded to give me the history of lop rabbits and also gave me information about how to care for them. Then the sales man came back and the man meandered away. While I was at the register paying, the man came back. My attention was on paying but I could feel his gaze, so I looked up and without a word, he held out a magazine on how to care for rabbits. I thanked him and he nodded and left. I didn’t think anything about him until a week later. During this time period, I was also dabbling in paranormal photography of orbs outside and I would also capture orbs and other energies in my mirrors. So about a week later, as usual I took photos of my bureau mirror and upon uploading them onto my PC, I saw a clear image of a face in the mirror. It was the man I met at the Pet Supermarket when I adopted my rabbits. And Sam confirmed in my head that it was him. In time, I learned to integrate these types of occurrences, but before then, there was a lot of confusion, mini implosions, and loss of relationships as I ignorantly tried to share these unbelievable experiences. Today, I am at peace with my truth.

I am a Mom. That is my greatest of all services. But I am also the steward for my two senior dogs, Ollie and Jack. Ollie is almost blind and partially deaf. He must be watched at all times because if I leave the room, he gets up to look for me. Jack has all of his faculties, but we just learned he has asthma. He is on respiratory medication and takes a ventilator daily. Buddy is our cat. He is young and healthy and so gentle. And finally we have Daisy, who is a male rabbit, and I morphed his name into Data once I found the male evidence. He loves his veggies and snacks, and when I come in the morning to clean his area, he bites my ankles until I give him something. It is my responsibility to see that all of these animals receive the best possible care that I can give them. That is my calling, and I know this. Each one of these animals came to me in such unique ways that there was never a question that they were supposed to be with me. I have always had animals and through the years, they taught me, through trial and error, how to be a better steward. It is my greatest honor to care for these pure precious creatures, even though I’ll be the first to admit they drive me nuts and it’s a lot of work. But when you know it’s your calling, it becomes a labor of love and there is no alternative.

Some people may judge you for your actions, not understanding that you answer to a higher calling, and any explanation you provide will fall on deaf ears. And so it is best to give none, and keep moving. Because the alternative is not an option. But tread lightly with minimal footprint, and don’t disturb their slumber.

My mother passed over a year ago and we were clearing house items for house sale. I found this 1984 Sony Walkman in a disposal pile. I knew I could sell it so I pulled it out and put in my pile. I was just now trying to get it to work. It wouldn’t work. I put new batteries, nothing. But I couldn’t accept that – I KNEW it worked and I was missing something. I could hear my mother saying “it works”. So I took batteries out, tested with a battery tester, and they were good. I put them back in – nothing. So I rotated them just playing with them, and the red light went on!!! I’ve been listening to the radio. And the cassette player works as well. This vintage item is trending for $75 on Ebay. Mom is still guiding me on all of the other items I have of hers, i.e., which ones to sell and which ones to keep. She even spoke to me when I was going through her stuff, and more than once I put something in the Goodwill pile and I could hear her say, “you can get a lot of money for that – don’t give that away”. One such item was a vintage loom which I did get good money for. I didn’t even know what it was, but of course she was right. Another item was a Squirrel statue that was in front of their house for 30 years. I wanted to put it in the front of my house. It was in my car while visiting my father at his new home, and my mother told me to leave it there so he could see it every day. And he was pleased about that. She’s still looking out for us from the other side.

I recently consulted with my Guide about the timing of something I truly want. As usual, my request for “timing” was brushed off, but I was given a truthful answer which felt like a dagger as soon as I heard it. He said “it’s up to you”. I had to acknowledge that I have been lacking in taking the actions required to manifest my desire. In the back of my mind, I always have two choices: do I continue with what I’m doing (and this refers to mindless activities, not important ones), or do I stop and take the action that will progress me further to my desire. If I continue to flounder without any concerted effort, I will get nowhere. So I have scheduled a daily appointment with my desire, because I don’t want to sabotoge my happiness. And it only took 4 little very powerful words.

When we trust that everything we need is within us, and actually take the time to go there, we receive insight and information that is personalized for our own soul’s path. And that is the ultimate platform from which we can begin any endeavor feeling our way in and out of scenarios.

While I trained extensively to be a medium bringing through loved ones in the spirit world, I was guided to shift my energy to bringing through metadata from the Universal Source known as the Akashic Records. During an Akashic Records reading, I am able to tune in to the Masters, Teachers, Guides and Loved Ones of the person I am reading for and bring through universal and personal truths that can help them navigate their life issues today. Frequently, a person will come with questions, and before they were ever asked, the Guides will have provided the answers in their initial summary. The reading is always tailored to the person before me, and I never know what I will be compelled to do, say or ask. I open with a 3-card Tarot reading, then we access the Akashic Records through a Prayer, and I end with a mediumship link to a loved one in spirit who chooses to come forward. It is quite a comprehensive and fulfilling reading, and I have such a feeling of gratitude and joy when I witness the person I am reading for receive new awareness and understanding. It never ceases to amaze me how things can morph into their best versions when I let go and allow things to unfold naturally.

If you truly want to meet your spirit guide, just ask. Nobody can tell you how to do that because the experience will be yours alone. The opportunities will be created by your spirit guide based on their knowledge of you and how best to reach you in the most comfortable way possible. And be okay with how they appear to you. Not all spirit guides are wizards in the forest or Native Americans. Many will appear as old men in the grocery store, or a janitor sweeping off grave stones, or some other such selfless unknown person doing menial jobs of service. If there is a book they want you to read, they will make sure it appears to you. Whatever tools they think will help you, they will see to it that they cross your path. You have everything within you that you will ever need.