What is the first psychic experience you can recall?
My first strong memory of seeing spirit was at the age of eight when I was on a school trip away from home. We were walking through woods and came upon a small cottage, which we entered. Inside I clearly saw a little girl looking at me. She was in very different clothing to our own, with a long dress, apron and pigtails. I have since experienced a great many different encounters with spirit and psychic events but this vision was so clear I have never forgotten it.
Could I be psychic?
I think everyone has psychic ability to some extent because we all experience intuition, hunches, gut feelings. Being psychic is a knowing beyond your usual senses. It can be in the form of picking up energies from people or places. Have you ever had the phone ring and knew who it was going to be? You may know what the person is about to say. Being strongly psychic is being able to read a persons energy (their aura) and tell them many things about themselves without having any prior knowledge. It may also take the form of knowing who had lived in a place and details of its history. Psychometry is a psychic practice which entails the holding of an object, a piece of jewellery, for example, and receiving impressions through it which allow you to relay facts about its owner or the place it came from. There are so many expressions of psychic phenomena. Another is remote viewing, which I have done on many occasions, where I link into a place I have not visited physically and can ‘look around’ seeing what is there, getting impressions from the place, or a person in the vicinity and receiving information about their surroundings.
Do you see spirit or just hear them?
For me, it is a combination of seeing, knowing, feeling and hearing all at different moments during a reading, or sometimes pretty much all at once. I will see spirit clairvoyantly; be aware of their features, the colour of their hair, etc. I may also become aware of a feeling of someone next to me. I may hear them clairaudiently (which is like a thought appearing in my head, yet different to my normal thinking processes). I can be aware of impressions that are communicated to me, relaying details and information. I can, for instance, be aware of a physical discomfort in a particular area of my body which will provide me with information about the communicator – perhaps about the way they passed. I may also be shown a symbol which is relevant.
How long does someone have to have passed over to be able to communicate?
In my experience a person who has passed to spirit can communicate very quickly. It can be either straight away, several days, weeks, or even longer. I believe that it sometimes depends on the person’s beliefs and their acceptance that they have passed. I often find people who have displayed strong personalities and been good communicators in life, are still good at communicating from the side of spirit to us in the physical. However, that’s not to say that someone who was a quiet person cannot communicate. It is also worth remembering that mediums cannot make demands or guarantee who will communicate and they may not necessarily be able to connect at a particular time with the person you are hoping to hear from. There can be many reasons for this but the process involved in communication is quite complex and mediums can only offer themselves to be a pure and open channel and leave the rest to those in spirit.
Do you meditate?
I do mediate, to relax, de-stress and strengthen my connection to spirit. Meditation allows us to go inwards and let go of everything, to bring balance and a centeredness to our lives. There are many ways to approach meditation; through the use of peaceful music, a lighted candle, or sitting amongst nature, perhaps in your garden. You should always ensure you are not going to be disturbed. Take time for yourself, even 15mins or so a day will bring benefit. It is good practice to meditate regularly and the more you meditate the easier it becomes for you to let go and be in that quiet space.
Could you contact my pet?
I have so often been aware of people’s pets coming forward in a sitting. These have been cats, dogs, horses, birds, any manner of animals. They do not need our language to communicate because spirit communication is about the consciousness of the animal or person conveying thought, which the mind of the medium converts to language. I find that the animals will convey images and thoughts to me of how their relationship with their owner was in their lifetime. For example, a dog may show the places they and their owner lived, games they played, a favourite toy perhaps, even, sometimes, their name. However, the same applies to pets as to human souls, a medium cannot guarantee contact. It should never be forgotten though that it is the bonds of love that can have a great impact on successful connections.
How can grandparents, for example, come through when I've never actually met them?
When you have a reading and your parents, for example, are on the physical side of life, their parents (your grandparents) are able to come through with information and talk about what is happening in your life even though you have not met them. This is because when you are with your family those that are in spirit come around you and through the consciousness of all become aware of what is going on in all of your lives to some degree. For instance, they will come to know young children in the family they never met in life, but whom they become aware of through the connections with family around them. Their awareness is also greater than those here on the earth plane, which is why they can advise you and guide in so many of life’s situations.
Do you have ghosts in your house?
I prefer the term spirit as opposed to ghosts, as this denotes something weird and ‘spooky’. Yes, I will often be aware of spirit around me, but because I control my channeling I can get on with everyday life without always being bombarded by energies who might wish to communicate. It never bothers me by being aware of spirit since I consider it a normal ability.