Spirit School

Planning to Go All In on Your Spiritual Business: Part One

I want to thank you for all of your kind words about the June Spirit Messages! It really means a lot to me because I showed up at a time when I typically would have retreated. My transparency is always met with love and I will continue to thank you for listening.

This week’s topic is something I get asked about a lot, especially in the Spirit School Collective, my monthly membership community. Many of you ask me how to create a “corporate escape plan” to leave your jobs! I will share some of the things that I did to prepare when I left my corporate career to pursue mediumship and teaching full-time. 

 

In this episode:

• I had no intention of leaving, just a knowing that I would enjoy my days more doing this work
• I began immersing myself in content and podcasts about the corporate escape
• Not everyone has the privilege and access I had to make this transition the way I did it
• I had been building my audience for years and my husband also has a full-time income
• For offline, I recommend getting involved in your community and even booking a local space
• My business started with referrals from clients and one Saturday a month
• You can build an online audience off or on social media
• On social media, choose a platform you like such as Instagram, Facebook or TikTok
• Off social media would be your newsletter, podcast or YouTube channel etc.
• Vanity metrics like the number of followers doesn’t determine if you get booked
• I have treated my online presence as a development blog, sharing my experiences
• It is important to start this now, so you have people to sell to when you make the leap
• I had a small but engaged audience of about 1500 followers when I went full-time
• There are some unattainable figures for how much savings to have to leave your job
• The amount you need to feel safe is personal and is something to figure out
• There are a lot of resistances that come up when you start considering leaving
• The external resistances were the consistency and benefits of corporate 
• Behind the layers, the root of the resistance was the fear of losing my house
• Calling out my fear out loud on my commute took the power away from it
• Doing it part-time brings clarity around what structure works for your goals
• Another tip is to apply for whatever credit you can get with your full-time employment
• Giving yourself specific timelines is exhausting and will make you feel like you’re failing
• You will know when it’s time, so be flexible and remember there is no rush
• On paper, it was not a good time when I left, but my podcast blew up and people were reaching out
• I hadn’t considered teaching online but I followed the lead of what my audience asked for

 

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June 2022 Spirit Messages

June Spirit Messages

This has been one of the most difficult years of my life. We are at the midway point and the first thing Spirit has inspired me to say is that you are doing amazing. Regardless of how things are going, you are doing amazing. Remind yourself that you are doing your very best. Too often, we are aware of what we are doing wrong but rely on external sources for support. If you haven’t listened to the last episode, Good Enough, you can go back to it for more on that as well.

I almost didn’t do these June Spirit Messages because I am experiencing my PMDD hell week. I would have been okay with that because I honour myself first. I decided to take this opportunity to experiment with a new way of doing these messages for you and allowing spirit to speak through me. Taking the time to connect deeply with Spirit at this time was a way to have my own back. This is the focus of our messages. Do you have your own back?

In this episode:

• Do you have your own back? For most of us, it’s a no
• I am no longer afraid of the unknown
• We talk ourselves out of things when our body matches a negative thought
• If you had your own back, would you show up anyways despite the discomfort?
• You have everything you need to show up for yourself the way you do for others
• The blinders that keep us from seeing our magnificence are a choice
• We pacify ourselves to avoid discomfort instead of taking incredible opportunities
• Give yourself the support you would someone else taking a leap
• Call your energy back. What does having your own back look like for you?
• Understanding how to use the mind in harmony with the body
• When triggered, the first thought is your pattern
• The second thought should be to say “I am safe in this moment”
• The third question is a gift from your soul to crack you open 
• You choose whether to change the pattern
• This month, recognize your magnificence in every corner of your life
• I felt emotional with a lot of love and mother energy 
• After this experience I am feeling light and free instead of the PMDD discomfort
• New Beginnings - moving forward without fear of the unknown
• Positive Movement Forward - riding into the sunset, hawk energy
• Universe - we are not alone, but rather connected to oneness, a mindset shift
• Transformation - it is already happening

 

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Good Enough

Today’s episode is about the phrase “good enough.” I will be exploring it from a development lens. Even if we are able to feel that the other aspects of our lives exceed what is “good enough” for us, what we offer our clients never feels like it meets that standard. This is a theme that comes up in all of my containers, so I know it’s not just me! The episode is co-created with 25 of my Spirit School Collective members who shared their responses to the phrase.

As you may have seen on Instagram, I am so excited to share that the Spirit School podcast has officially crossed 200,000 downloads! Seeing 10-15,000 downloads each week  is mind blowing to me as I was pleased when I had 5 downloads a week before I told anyone I had a podcast! Thank you all for listening to what I have to share and for supporting me on this part of my path. 

 

In this episode:

• Say the phrase “good enough” and see if you feel expanded or contracted
• I feel expanded in my personal life, but contracted thinking about my work
• “Good enough” was made up and only functions to make us feel less than
• In mediumship, the equivalent is waiting 6 months for a reading
• Phrases only have meaning when we all repeat it and agree with its usage
• What individual meaning do we want to give to the phrase “good enough”?
• Where did it start in our life?
• In the Collective, comparison was a common “good enough” wound
• Seeing others do well highlights what they are not doing well
• We likely will never feel like we’re done with spiritual growth 
• We get to choose our beliefs and can choose to celebrate instead 
• We protect our egos and are often not thinking of the sitter’s experience
• Use an introduction to share what you do well, not what you don’t
• Confidence is directly related to feeling “good enough”
• Lean into acceptance that there will always be things to work on and let go
• Your inner saboteur that gives impossible expectations isn’t your true voice
• The reader remembers the misses and the sitter remembers the hits
• I choose to serve the world of spirit instead of giving my power to the human sitter 
• Spirit is never disappointed in you. You will have the opportunity to try again 
• An exercise to determine what you measuring stick of “good enough” is for readings
• Everyone is different, so mediumship can’t have a one size fits all structure  
• Declare to spirit what kind of medium you want to be and allow them to align you 
• Consider replacing the phrase good enough altogether
• Sessions that are “not good enough” do not define your practice

 

The Spirit School Collective is a beautiful community for you to grow and expand if you’re looking for a space to practice your gifts as a lightworker. We will be moving off of social media next month and the price will increase from the current rate of $111/month when we make that change. It is my dharma to increase capacity for the world of spirit, so I will be continuing to put more of my time into that space. 

 

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Lecture Series: Evolving Spiritual Philosophies IGTV

Lecture Series: Evolving Spiritual Philosophies from IGTV

This episode is from the Spirit School Lecture Series that highlights my live teachings in the areas of mediumship, spiritual and personal development, entrepreneurship and quality of life.  Today’s episode about evolving spiritual philosophies is from an IGTV video in February 2022. 

This live video was from a time when I was struggling emotionally, physically and spiritually and I feel that it will likely resonate with many of you at this time as well. I then shared about changing my spiritual beliefs through experiences. 

Some of the main points from the episode are:

• Finding mediumship when I was searching for what happens to people who were not good people in this lifetime when they pass
• At age 17, I found Sylvia Brown’s work and read all of her books, taking them as truth
• I became a paranormal investigator and that was my spirituality at the time
• Beginning my mediumship journey at 31, my experiences did not reflect her beliefs
• I had a mentor who taught us to seek answers ourselves from spirit
• My experiences with people who crossed themselves over was not the harsh reality Sylvia described
• I teach from my experiences in the current moment and they change as I grow and evolve over time
• I am also open to expanding on what I bring into my healing journey
• When we sign up for a spiritual path, we have to grow and evolve
• When some popular figures went born again Christian, my guides said that people serving out of integrity are redirected to a different way of being
• We choose our beliefs 
• You will always end up where you’re meant to be, you may just have different stories depending on your choices
• I don’t do psychic readings because it feels like taking away free will
• My public speaking coach helped me connect to my feminine energy through my authentic voice
• The colour red is has archetypal feminine energy
• I am finally starting to share my beliefs on things I’m passionate about
• You have to put yourself out there before your ready to not get stuck in fear
• I have healers to support me with energetic cleansing and cord cutting
• We all have blind spots as lightworkers
• Envy is being expanded by what someone else has
• I do not believe in triggering people intentionally and am getting certified in trauma informed practices
• Emotions get stored in our bodies and we aren’t taught to process them
• We can be multifaceted in our offerings with multiple modalities
• I am working towards finding unconditional power
• To learn about a philosophy, I put it out to spirit to direct me to answers

 

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May Spirit Messages

May 2022 Spirit Messages

I don’t know how April was for you, but for me it was the shining gem of 2022 so far! January to March was very challenging so it was refreshing to have a spacious month with very few hours of work scheduled. I’m sure you know by now that I can be a bit of a workaholic.

I have always been passionate about my work in every position I’ve held, but there is nothing that compares to what I am creating with Spirit School. People choosing me as their mentor expands me more than anything else because there are so many other options available. Every registration is an incredible honour. 

To celebrate the 2 year anniversary of Spirit School, my online school, I am offering a 50% off sale for The Language of Spirit, The Empowered Podcaster and The Angel Hour bundle with the code ANNIVERSARY50 for the month of May! This sale is to offer these courses to you before they are removed from the school to make room for the next evolution of Spirit School to come. It is going to be completely different and I can’t wait!

Some of you may know that my guides only give me a word or phrase to start with ahead of recording these spirit messages. The metaphor I use for this type of inspirational mediumship is in a spin class when you start out pedaling fast and then after a while, the flywheel takes over and your legs are just trying to keep up!  

Your May Spirit Messages:

• The first inspiration for May is forgiving ourselves
• Why are you so hard on yourself? And why do you continue to berate yourself?
• This may be shame around things you would do differently
• You can forgive yourself for the act without retraumatizing yourself
• Let the energy and the intention of the words “I forgive myself” drip into your heartspace
• Instead of dwelling on the past or going back to old patterns, what will you choose now?
• Repeat the mantra throughout May until you feel it and new thought patterns can begin
• Use Mercury retrograde to clean up inner dialogue and make up with yourself 
• Set up a date with yourself to start fresh
• Patience - look at your work as a lifetime, not a season
• Recognition & Reward - more from within than external payoff
• Triumph - offerings launched or applying for positions in May will likely be successful
• Success looks and feels different for every person and can be just starting
• Things started this month will create a foundation for you
• Do the thing you’ve been putting off to avoid self punishment
• I enjoy having conversations with people who are not developing spiritually
• It gets easier to have these conversations as your confidence grows 

Registration is open until May 13 for The Calling, my 12 week business program for lightworkers that starts on May 18! 

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The Calling

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Cycles and Schedules - The Birth of Goddess Week

Cycles and Schedules - The Birth of Goddess Week

I have been wanting to talk more about spiritual entrepreneurship on the podcast for the past year, but I had a lot of healing and deconditioning to do first before I could do so openly. As I mentioned in the previous episode, there are not a lot of spiritual mentors treating their practice as a business and teaching about that side of it. This episode intertwines my journey with PMDD and how I have structured my business to allow for one week off every month to honour my feminine energy. Your cycles as a lightworker are important and I even have a module for members of the collective that goes more in depth about why. 

 

Topics covered in this episode:

• Instead of being upset, my clients appreciated me showing them that it was possible to take time off in their business
• A minimum of 2 weeks off per year is not conducive to work/life balance
• I hired a coach who talked about having a week off per month because that was a goal of mine when I went full-time in my practice in 2020
• My therapist recognized that the times of extreme reaction and rage were because I was suffering with PMDD
• I was able to track my cycle with the Stardust App
• I had a thought that this rage was related to me not honouring my feminine
• My desire for a week off per month and not being able to work during my PMDD “hell week” were aligning and Goddess week was born
• Entrepreneurship is creative, not prescriptive
• Goddess week is for preservation and I learned a lot in the first two months
• In January, I was forced to rest when I got COVID and in February, I did not honour my break from social media and was triggered by a DM
• I had a peaceful week in March that allowed me to put my family first
• In April, I was able to take my family on vacation without needing to reschedule anything and my PMDD symptoms were nonexistent
• Goddess Week may be a new norm for spiritual entrepreneurship and it is an act of self love
• Think about what days and what time you enjoy doing your readings
• Track these cycles and test out different schedules to get clarity
• Boundaries are difficult but necessary for you to show up well for your clients
• A scheduling system is crucial for a clear and smooth booking process
• Be realistic about how many readings you have to do for your income goals
• I acknowledge that I made the leap to full-time from a privileged place

Registration is now open for The Calling, a 3 month experience for lightworkers serving the public, which starts on May 18! 

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The Calling

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The Transition to Charging for Spiritual Services

I haven’t covered this topic on the podcast before now, but my program The Calling is all about how to make the leap into charging for spiritual services as an entrepreneur. I had to teach myself because no one was really talking about it! My first mentor told me that I should not be considering my work as a medium to be a business, which really made the transition to paid readings a difficult one for me. A lot of shame came up around money and spirituality that I've had to walk through. 

I want to share my journey with you and also some signs that you might be ready to start charging for your spiritual services or raise your prices. I know these signs well because in addition to my own experience, many of my clients come to me when they are ready to take the leap! Almost immediately after going full-time in my practice, people were hiring me to help with creating structures for their businesses so that they could focus on the work they love. 

Some topics I cover in this episode:

• Wanting to understand my gift deeply before considering practice readings for the public
• I set a goal for myself of 150 free readings before I would begin charging
• My first paid readings were at an event held by a friend for $20 per person, then referrals
• Increasing prices as expenses for my online business increased 
• Paying for my development with the money from my readings 
• Figuring out pricing to replace my corporate salary
• The connection between pricing and how I felt about myself
• Some healing is intergenerational in the spiritual space
• The first story we carry is the belief that we shouldn’t charge for our gifts
• The second story is, “How can I charge $X for a specified amount of time?”
• The third story is worrying that people won’t be able to afford your price
• The final story is, “I am not good enough yet”
• As I develop and invest my time, the price needs to reflect that
• There is a lot of healing that comes up as a human on this path
• This is a lifetime path, so there is no rush to get to the next destination 

Teaching about entrepreneurship is a passion of mine and I can’t wait for the next round of The Calling, a 3 month experience, which starts on May 18!

 

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The Calling

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April Spirit Messages

Hello Spirit School Listeners! I’m so happy to be back with the April Spirit Messages. If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I had to step away from my business and my practice for three weeks in March due to a family emergency. It feels like yesterday that I recorded the last spirit messages and I feel like I’m not the only one who felt personally attacked by March!

I am starting a 12 month series of masterclasses that will begin in April with Discover Your Personal Session style. It is for anyone - whether you’re already serving the public or you’re aspiring to do so one day! No matter what your modality, you will learn about what your magic is that sets you apart. This course will be free for anyone in the Spirit School Collective and there will be a 90 minute Q&A in the community as well! You can also choose to just attend the masterclass.

April will be an exciting month in the collective as we have a few more classes and events!  Our guest mentor Lynn Tucknies is my Emotion Code practitioner and her sessions have been life changing for my family. We will also have classes on Chakras 101, Manifesting with Synchronicity and Clearing Low Vibrational Energies by members of the collective.

We are going to be moving to a new platform this summer and I am so excited for the expansion and changes I have planned for the Spirit School Collective!

Highlights from the April Spirit Messages

• In March, I learned that in times of chaos, we learn a lot about ourselves and our priorities
• I learned that I am a family first person even though I love working
• Some of you may be the opposite, shifting your energy from being all about your family to find what lights you up 
• When we aren’t making necessary shifts, chaos comes and we are fundamentally changed on the other side of it
• We are surrounded with multiple conflicting truths at once and we get to choose ours
• As a person with a positive bias, I am able to see beauty in the darker experiences
• We have it backwards when we try to control things we can’t and are apathetic to the things we can
• A lot of people feel stuck in jobs and situations that they could choose to change
• Confidence comes from knowing who you are first, not validation
• The other side of mediumship development is the human part that shows up  

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Lecture Series: Inspiration & Worthiness IGTV

This episode is from the Spirit School Lecture Series that highlights my live teachings in the areas of mediumship, spiritual and personal development, entrepreneurship and quality of life. 

 

In this episode, I share how I surround myself with people who inspire me by embodying the qualities that I admire. What we see as possible helps us to expand and dream bigger. I also talk about how important mindset and self-talk are to your overall health and quality of life. Worthiness is not something we can receive elsewhere, but rather something that we need to claim for ourselves.

Some of the main points from the episode are:

- Staying small because we aren’t inspired

- I am always inspired and seeing what is possible so dreaming big is easy

- Find people who have qualities that you admire

- I share my struggles to show what is on the other side of fear

- Looking to others from a place of inspiration instead of comparison

- You can go back to what you’re comfortable doing after taking a leap

- Shifting from a mindset of negativity or worry to seeing more positivity

- Your quality of life starts with how you look at the world

- History repeats itself and there is beauty even in difficult times

- It is important that my children learn to receive love and compliments

- Self talk impacts our physical well-being

- Worthiness is not given, it’s claimed

 

I love my Instagram audience and our live conversations! If you want to get in on the conversation next time, follow me @squamishmedium on Instagram.

 

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Lecture Series: Personal Power & Your Dream Life from IGTV

This episode is from the Spirit School Lecture Series that highlights my live teachings in the areas of mediumship, spiritual and personal development, entrepreneurship and quality of life.  Today’s episode is about manifesting your dream life and cultivating personal power. It is from a few IGTV videos and I hope it inspires you to call in the schedule and life you love. 

 

Recently, I decided to outsource my weekly laundry and that made me feel so abundant! Time freedom has always been a focus for my dream life and I love finding more ways to manifest it.

 

In this episode, I share how I called in my dream weekly schedule as an entrepreneur by allowing myself to dream big. I share about the shift from staying small to expanding so that I can inspire others by shining brightly. Have a journal handy to follow along with my exercise to manifest your dream week!

 

Some of the main points from the episode are:

• My love for the creativity of entrepreneurship
• Women pursuing their dreams despite limiting beliefs
• Being clear and specific with our words when manifesting
• The uncertainty when you take the leap as an entrepreneur
• Speak from the heart and show up authentically
• Realizing your power inspires others so there is no need to dim your light
• Doing what scares you offers invaluable growth
• Having boundaries around your cycles and time
• How to manifest your dream week
• Manifesting from feelings and emotions
• Devotion and following your intuition leads to downloads
• Learning how to find balance in your routines to optimize your own energy
• Cultivating self love and personal power without external validation

I love my Instagram audience and our live conversations! If you want to get in on the conversation next time, follow me @squamishmedium on Instagram.

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