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Since 2013, Danielle Searancke, the Squamish Medium, has been doing the real work: mediumship readings, spiritual development, and building one of the most trusted communities in the field from the ground up.
As an Indigenous woman, mountain mama, and practicing medium, Danielle brings an honest and unfiltered look at what this path actually looks like. The highs. The hard lessons. The moments where spirit shows up and changes everything.
Spirit School has grown from kitchen table readings to a thriving global school for developing psychics, mediums, healers, and workers of the light. This podcast is where that teaching comes alive.
Expect real conversations, practical tools, and the kind of soul-deep reflection that reminds you why you started.
Grab a cup of tea. Spirit has something for you today
Episodes

Aug 6, 2024
Aug 6, 2024
16 min
In this episode of Spirit School, I delve into the topic of perfectionism, a challenge I've encountered throughout my journey as an Indigenous spiritual medium.
As a Virgo, a sign known for its meticulous nature, I've always been negotiating with perfectionism, which has accompanied me since I began my spiritual and mediumship development in 2013.
I share how this perfectionist tendency first manifested when I set a goal of 150 practice readings before offering paid services, highlighting the pressure I felt to ensure I was ready. Through astrology and personality assessments, I've gained insights and permission slips that have helped me embrace my Virgo nature while continuing to strive for growth and healing. I also recount the transformation of my online blog into the Spirit School podcast in 2018, a journey that involved overcoming the paralyzing grip of perfectionism.
A health crisis prompted me to take bold steps forward, leading to the creation of a podcast that has since blossomed into an online school and book. In exploring how perfectionism often masks underlying fears, I share techniques I've developed to push through, such as launching projects before they're "perfect" and learning through experience.
By looking through the lens of love and compassion, I offer a path to overcoming fear and perfectionism, encouraging others in the spiritual space to lead by example, embrace imperfection, and evolve with the freedom and accountability that 2024 brings.
See my offerings: www.squamishmedium.com

Jul 30, 2024
Jul 30, 2024
43 min
In this episode, Spirit School mentors Sharla and Payton get together for a conversation around their journeys of working full-time human jobs and integrating a spiritual path at the same time. They both share how it stretched them and changed the way they work. It also made them realize how these gifts have always been a part of their journeys, even when they didn’t have the language around what they were experiencing. Payton and Sharla also have exciting new Spirit School Mentorship offerings!
Payton's mentorship sessions are focused on people who are new to the path of spiritual awareness. He can provide guidance on unfolding your personal spiritual journey and helping make sense of it all. This mentorship could also be used to help strengthen aspects of psychic development, mediumship or using cards and other tools of divination. You may have experienced Payton's Channeling with the Divine sessions in the free Spirit School Community and he can help you learn to connect and channel messages from them. There are 3 or 6 session mentorship packages available for booking now!
https://spiritschool.as.me/payton-spiritschool
Sharla leads from the heart in all that she does, including mentorship. This guided experience is designed to provide a clear pathway for you to connect with your intuitive gifts through the clairs (clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, claircognizance, clairgustance) and colour. If you are new to this path, having clear direction for each mentorship session will be highly beneficial. Sharla will share her relationship to these tools and provide a structure to build confidence in your own readings! This Package is booked as 4 consecutive weekly sessions.
https://spiritschool.as.me/sharla-spiritschool
Free Spirit School Community: https://www.squamishmedium.com/freespiritschoolcommunity
Spirit School Collective Membership: https://www.squamishmedium.com/spiritschoolcollective
Book with Spirit School Readers: https://www.squamishmedium.com/book-a-reading

Jul 12, 2024
Jul 12, 2024
17 min
New Feature I'm doing on Youtube! Wanted to share a message here!
https://www.youtube.com/@squamishmedium

Jun 27, 2024
Jun 27, 2024
59 min
In this episode of the Spirit School Podcast, I welcome my long-time friend and fellow spiritual practitioner, Jessica Meils. This insightful conversation delves into Jessica's multifaceted journey as an international spiritual medium, intuitive healer, and death doula. They explore the serendipitous events and transformative experiences that led Jessica to her spiritual path, from her initial awakening after childbirth to her profound development under the mentorship of renowned medium Mavis Pittilla. The discussion also touches on the challenges and rewards of balancing a spiritual practice with family life, the importance of self-care in maintaining one's health while serving others, and the deep trust in spirit that guides their work. Join Danielle and Jessica as they share personal stories, spiritual wisdom, and a heartfelt exploration of what it means to live a life led by spirit.
Learn more about Jess @ https://www.jessicameils.com/ and on instagram https://www.instagram.com/peoplecallmejess/

Jun 21, 2024
Jun 21, 2024
56 min
On National Indigenous People's Day, I proudly bring you an interview with the most sacred of humans, Asha Frost.
Asha Frost is a traditional healer, Indigenous medicine woman, best-selling author of the book You Are The Medicine and creator of two oracle decks Sacred Medicine Oracle and the Upcoming Animal Elders Oracle Decks.
Asha hails from the Crane Clan and resides on her traditional Anishinaabe territories. Asha is also the mother of two sons, and a leading voice of advocacy on behalf of indigenous people facing stereotyping, microaggressions and racism on Turtle Island and beyond.
In this episode we discuss the Indigenous Reconnection Journey, Social Activism, Cultural Appropriation, Motherhood, Healing and so much more
Website: https://www.ashafrost.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashafrost/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AshaFrostHealing
Sacred Medicine Oracle Deck: https://ashafrost.com/the-sacred-medicine-oracle/
Pre-order her new oracle deck, The Animal Elders Oracle: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/760310/the-animal-elders-oracle-by-asha-frost/
Watch this interview on Youtube

Jun 4, 2024
Jun 4, 2024
27 min
In this episode of Spirit School, we dive into the "Back to Basics" series, focusing on reconnecting with your inner light and raising your vibrations. Drawing from over 11 years of spiritual and mediumship development, I share personal stories and powerful insights on the importance of simplicity in sustaining our spiritual paths. Learn about foundational practices like "sitting in the power," tuning into your inner light, and the transformative power of affirmations. Join me for a guided affirmations exercise designed to uplift and inspire, helping you reconnect with your true essence and embrace your spiritual journey with renewed clarity and confidence.

May 28, 2024
May 28, 2024
1 hr 15 min
Instagram: www.instagram.com/maxinefriend

May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024
23 min
Today’s episode is brought to you by one of our Spirit School Mentors, Payton Scroggins. He was inspired by recent conversations in the Spirit School Collective and the previous Spirit School episode to share how he was experiencing similar feelings of spiritual melancholy and loneliness. After a recent trip to Greece, Payton was inspired to share a new perspective he was given as a tool to help support managing these feelings. He hopes by sharing it will help bring light to others in a similar space.
Connect with Payton in the free Spirit School Community on Sunday, May 26 for his session, "Channeling with the Divine" or in the Collective for a monthly practice circle!
Connect with Payton
Free Spirit School Community: https://www.squamishmedium.com/freespiritschoolcommunity
Join the Spirit School Collective today to be part of a community of developing healers! https://www.squamishmedium.com/spiritschoolcollective
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blueheronmedium/
Bookings: https://www.squamishmedium.com/book-a-reading/#payton-scroggins

May 15, 2024
May 15, 2024
49 min
"I feel pretty lonely on this path these days - most of my friends don't understand me it seems, and lots of my previous friendships are changing and I even had one ghost me... I feel amazing when I'm in my work, but my human self feels quite lonely in the day to day and I'm super lucky to have a very supportive partner. What is your experience?
This was a comment left in the chat of the Spirit School Collective Chat last week and this episode can hopefully serve as a resource for anyone who feels lonely on the spiritual development path.
Join the Spirit School Collective today to be part of a community of developing healers! https://www.squamishmedium.com/spiritschoolcollective

Apr 10, 2024
Apr 10, 2024
1 hr 49 min
"Having a non-spiritual Life Partner deepened my connection to my Inner Spiritual World"
This is what I wrote on my recent Reel that landed with so many of you!
So many questions were asked about how I manage life being married to a non-spiritual, non-believer of all things spiritual!
You asked, and I answered, almost 2 hours of sharing the dynamics, the growth, the coping, the lessons, the gratitude I have for my husband holding so much love for me while I went on my own Spiritual Quest, grounding us in constant reality while I chased the stars in my quest for a mystical life. Loving me and sticking by me throughout.
More details here: https://www.squamishmedium.com/masterminds
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