I have not always known that I had a “gift”. I did not see dead people, that I know of, when I was young. Although, I have seen one dead person that I actually had a conversation with in 2015. Of course I did not know she was deceased at the time of our conversation. Imagine trying to process that! I don’t come from a lineage of Psychics, although my mother has often said things like “I do (or more often don’t) see that happening for you” – so either moms just know stuff or maybe it is an untapped psychic lineage. I do have an upbringing filled with Edgar Cayce discussions, encounter groups, UFO discussions, many astrology readings, my mother taught yoga in the 60’s (before it was mainstream), Swami Rama visit our home and, well, the list of introductions into the “other” has been in my life seems like always. I have had countless readings from psychics, tarot card readers, astrology readings, you name it I think I’ve had it. 90% of my fortune teller readings, in the area of boyfriends, has been wrong. Just saying.
I attended college as an adult initially pursing a creative writing degree. Since I attended a catholic college, a theology course was a requirement. I would not have chosen to take a theology course otherwise. However, after my very first required class I was hooked. I dropped creative writing and combined theology courses with counseling courses and asked my advisor if I could pursue a spiritual counseling degree. He was stumped and said “we don’t offer that.” For heavens sake! (I thought) It is so main stream now, but at the time I just moved on and focused on spiritual work in hospice care. After graduation I worked in higher ed in office administration. I know right? Nothing that I went to college for!
In 2014 I moved to Florida and started blogging, becoming a spontaneous writer (I consider my blogs to have been a form of automatic writing.) I also signed up to volunteer with Hospice where they taught Reiki (free) to the volunteers. Finally putting my hospice degree to work, I worked with hospice and Reiki and blogged in Florida for 2 years when life threw me yet another curve and took me away from that life and back into office administration in Pittsburgh, PA. Which was back home for me.
Then, just for fun and because I wanted to buy a new car with some sort of inner guidance, I signed up for an “intuition” workshop. Turns out this workshop was where people do mini readings for each other. I mean, I had no idea what I got myself into. However, it was fun and I was a natural. I signed up for these intuition workshops on a monthly basis and just kept going with it, with no direction or future in mind. I just liked it.
One year later, I have a reading, and this lovely person (Vanessa Codorniu) tells me that I’m supposed to be doing these readings for the public. She laughed out loud at the look of horror on my face.
I said “I can’t do that”
She said “Yes you can”
And well, that’s how I ended up here. It has taken coaxing from other spiritual readers (like Alana Cooklin) encouraging me to get on with it. I am listening, but it’s slow going! It takes a village after all. Although some would call it a “gift” I prefer the term “ability.” We all have an ability to channel our own guides, but until you are ready to do this for yourself, I am here to help pass along the message(s). I finally see how I’m bringing my life lessons together, combining counseling, Reiki and writing to receive and deliver the messages. It’s all coming together after all. I can almost see how I ended up doing what I’m doing. Almost.
Some people have known their ability for their entire life, Me? I am constantly surprised at my life and the directions I go in. I am a continuous work in process with surprises from the Universe all along the way. I am now having the most fun I’ve ever had and every day in awe over this ability that I have been entrusted with. I take this ability very seriously and offer it with the utmost respect and am humbled by the opportunity to help others.
And now, just to add to the excitement, I’ve written a book entitled Back to Being, a Conversation with my Higher Self. I’ll be talking about this book, and future books in my blog.
xoxox
