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Inconvenient Truths in Mediumship Development

Inconvenient Truths in Mediumship Development

This episode was recorded in December, and it was based on some inconvenient truths that came up when I was preparing content about being a confident lightworker. Developing confidence is not an easy path, and it takes a lot of courage to step into this work. If you are not someone who does readings or serves the public, this episode will give you some insight into how vulnerable it is to show up in this way.

Most of the inconvenient truths come back to taking action and seeing things from a higher perspective. We are here to have a human experience and that often means moving through discomfort. I hope that the truths I share provide some examples of how to build your own confidence as a lightworker, or as a human.

Feel free to share your own inconvenient truths in Spirit School, or by tagging me @squamishmedium on Instagram!

 

Spirit School Links

Spirit School Collective: https://www.squamishmedium.com/spiritschoolcollective

Join us on the new FREE Spirit School platform: https://myspiritschoolcollective.com/plans/

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Visit Spirit School at https://www.squamishmedium.com/ for all courses and upcoming programs

View full transcripts of podcast episodes at https://www.squamishmedium.com/blog

 

In this episode:

• The only way to get over fear is to walk through it
• I started the podcast to talk about how vulnerable it is to show up in mediumship
• Showing up publicly to do readings is a real legit fear
• Learning and hearing that you’re not alone helps 
• Confidence is on the other side of action
• People are always scared of doing practice readings the first week in The Initiation
• Despite the fear, Initiation students are glad they had practice readings week one
• Once you walk through the first resistance, you’re in the arena
• I don’t want to have regrets about not doing things because I didn’t feel ready
• The time is always now
• Everyone is waiting for a “signier sign” to know when it’s time to do something
• Having the inspiration is your soul offering the opportunity now
• If you have an inspiration, you should run with it 
• Things work out better when I do them before I’m ready than when I plan for perfection
• I have a team supporting me, so I can act on ideas much quicker now
• You can always see things from a higher perspective
• We can get stuck in the vortex of our difficult human experiences
• Sooner or later you will be asked to look at that situation from a higher perspective
• It may come externally through others, or through reflection on your healing journey
• I don’t want to bypass that some things happen to us out of our control
• “History is written, so now what?”
• I am able to zoom out and find the higher perspective quicker after 10 years of healing
• Someone’s true colours discouraged me from having readers under my brand in 2022
• When no one signed up for the agency, it only took me a couple days to let it go
• Spirit made me realize that there were other things that needed my attention
• When I am healing, I ask, “Can I see this from the eyes of the angels/spirit world?”
• You grow the most through discomfort
• We don’t change, and have less growth, when things are comfortable
• I ride the cycles of ebbs and flows with a higher perspective and acceptance
• I have seen the biggest expansion on the flow side of that ebb that I honored
• Memes are brilliant ways of expressing things in a synthesized way
• There is always a cringe after teaching or recording a podcast episode
• Cringe moments are here to teach us how to accept ourselves as we come
• Like intention, acceptance is another secret sauce to live a free and expansive life
• The healing couldn’t start until I came into acceptance with myself and what happened
• In the end, you truly are your own best friend, even if you have friends and coaches
• I had to get to a place where I could lead myself through every single situation
• You're actually not meant to bypass the human experience
• There is a lot of dialogue about ascending and replacing icky feelings with good ones
• I needed to experience the grief of losing Bender to grow as a medium
• I believe that our guides also evolve when we have human experiences

February 2023 Spirit Messages

Hopefully, you all had a good start to the new year and feel hopeful for 2023. What I have to say around February may bring you some inspiration and bring you hope and clarity on where the world of Spirit sees us moving our attention and energy next.

I know so many of you out there want to be able to share all the things that you know. So, I feel very much that Spirit's encouraging us to give ourselves a bit more space to figure these things out, see where we land, and really get clear on the intention of the ripple effect that we want to create in the future and for our future selves.

I hope these Spirit messages land for you today and this month. I hope to see you in Spirit School, and if not, I will see you on the next episode of Spirit School, the podcast.

 

Spirit School Links

Spirit School Collective: https://www.squamishmedium.com/spiritschoolcollective

Join us on the new FREE Spirit School platform: https://myspiritschoolcollective.com/plans/

Trauma Informed Lightworker Waitlist: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/6398f03888aca7e15696b1fa

Visit Spirit School at https://www.squamishmedium.com/ for all courses and upcoming programs

View full transcripts of podcast episodes at https://www.squamishmedium.com/blog

 

In this episode:

• We're holding the duality of things going well and not going well and we get to choose which one we lean into
• At the end of 2022, there was sifting energy and shaking energy, trying to get the good stuff to come to the top – and there was a lot of discomfort.
• As we move into February there's a new heightened awareness about who we are and what we stand for
• Around Valentine's Day, you will have confidence and clarity around how you're choosing to spend your time and who you're choosing to spend it with
• Showing up in your own inner truth for the month of February will be lighting a path for a new way of potentially being
• I would love for people, instead of saying, 'pick your brain,' if you can present it as a knowledge exchange
• By showing up and honoring your own inner truth and worth, you’re giving other people permission to do the same.
• It’s about sifting out other people's voices and other people's beliefs and other people's analogies and phrases and terminology and really identifying your own inner truth
• If you want to go deeper into these Spirit messages sit in spiritual contemplation (suggested direction included)
• We are in a time of great divine free will and the future is still unset
• This isn’t a time to make rash decision or big pivots
• We need to reconcile our inner truth and come into a level of acceptance of it to heal it
• Start making decisions that are reflective of the future you desire, not the history and the cycles of the past
• A lot of us will start to feel a lot more contentment and start making decisions from that content place
• Spirit is celebrating us so hard; they're literally rooting us on and celebrating us

The Akashic Records with Malibu Medium

I have been seeing a lot more about The Akashic Records lately so I wanted to bring my bestie, Malibu Medium on to ask her questions I was curious about! Amber has been on the podcast before - I interview her about her Near Death Experience and experiences with Angels on an earlier episode and trust Ambers's knowledge on this topic as she has been mentoring others on how to access The Akashic Records for as long as I've known her. 

I wondered about the development journey difference between Mediumship and The Akashic Records for a while now so we get a little into that too! 

I hope you enjoy the conversation and wonder if you had the same questions as I did, or what else you would ask? Tag us on Instagram and let us know! 

 

Find Amber on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/malibumedium/ 

Want to learn to read the Akashic Records for yourself? Check out Ambers's development circle: https://www.themalibumedium.com/akashic-development-beginner 

Join the free Spirit School Community to discuss this episode and more! 

 

 

Lecture Series: Spirit School Mediumship Q+A

Lecture Series: Mediumship Q&A 

One of the benefits of being in the free Spirit School community is that I enjoy going live to connect with you. This episode is from the Mediumship Q&A I did in that space on January 14. Most of the questions were submitted ahead of time and there were some that came up live. Come join us for the next one and enjoy the other free development experiences we have to offer!

 

The Initiation 8-Week Mediumship Foundations Experience includes self study, live classes, practice readings and Q&A calls. This is a robust course for anyone in their first three years of mediumship development. 

The Initiation starts January 27: https://www.squamishmedium.com/programs-the-initiation

Spirit School Links

Spirit School Collective: https://www.squamishmedium.com/spiritschoolcollective

Join us on the new FREE Spirit School platform: https://myspiritschoolcollective.com/plans/

Trauma Informed Lightworker Waitlist: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/6398f03888aca7e15696b1fa

Visit Spirit School at https://www.squamishmedium.com/ for all courses and upcoming programs

View full transcripts of podcast episodes at https://www.squamishmedium.com/blog

Questions from the episode:

• Difference between mediumship vs channeling. Will the Initiation/Collective develop both?

• Distinguishing gender and avoiding mis-gendering - have you been able to discern non-binary souls?

• What do you do when you get stuck in a reading? My logical brain gets in the way when I ask questions to Spirit.

• Have you had any impactful sensory experiences in Indigenous ceremonies? (with elders, pipe carriers, etc.)

• How can I best apply mediumship development to working with groups and Indigenous organizations? I rarely receive messages for individuals

• How do you discern and ethically communicate to a sitter what is spirit messages versus personal/psychic insights?

• As a therapist, I have fear around professional reputation if I talk about my mediumship abilities. Any advice on integrating or sharing with others?

• How has your process in mediumship readings evolved after years of professional readings?

• What can I do if the sitter can’t place a spirit I’m connecting with?

• How do I not lose focus if they remember later who I was talking about? 

• If they resonate with a description but a photo they show isn't what I pictured, is it me or the sitter filling in blanks in our minds? 

• Honouring the ebbs when it feels like you’re taking steps back
• In a public setting for readings, how have you encountered and handled people challenging you?

The Art of Mediumship

The theme of duality in life has been showing up again in January. As I received the keys to the Spirit School space, I’m also experiencing vertigo and strep throat. However, I am choosing to lean into the joyful side of life and to celebrate what this new space means for Spirit School and all those who will go on to make an impact from their experiences there! 

 

In today’s episode, I am sharing a channeled class and philosophy  from the last round of The Initiation about mediumship as an art. The live classes in my intimate development experiences are in response to the questions and conversations happening in the community. Part of the reason I’ve taught this mediumship foundations program so many times is that it’s different every round! 

 

Though there is more scientific research being done and there is a basic structure, mediumship is more of a healing artform. If you think of it like a blank canvas, you get to bring your own experiences and modalities and create something new!

 

The Initiation 8-Week Mediumship Foundations Experience includes self study, live classes, practice readings and Q&A calls. This is a robust course for anyone in their first three years of mediumship development. The cart will be open until we start on Friday, January 27!

Spirit School Links

Spirit School Collective: https://www.squamishmedium.com/spiritschoolcollective

The Initiation starts January 27: https://www.squamishmedium.com/programs-the-initiation

Join us on the new FREE Spirit School platform: https://myspiritschoolcollective.com/plans/

Trauma Informed Lightworker Waitlist: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/6398f03888aca7e15696b1fa

Visit Spirit School at https://www.squamishmedium.com/ for all courses and upcoming programs

View full transcripts of podcast episodes at https://www.squamishmedium.com/blog

In this episode:

• Science is getting closer to understanding mediumship, it is still a form of art
• We can have more fun on this path if we see it as a blank canvas
• I want to remove the stigma around using other modalities and spiritual tools in mediumship
• Many people connect with spirit during Reiki or oracle card sessions when they are in flow
• I began developing mediumship before I connected with angels and oracle cards
• You can pull an oracle card for inspiration if you’re stuck in a reading
• Scribbling what comes up initially can help mediums narrow the focus to start
• You can refer to the paper if you get stuck, just like oracle cards
• Almost everything I write unfolds, even if I don’t look
• Don’t let people tell you that using tools is a crutch
• Mediumship is an art form and mentors give you a brush and paint
• You are the blank canvas and get to decide how and what to paint
• Some of you may fall into comparing colours, tools, or skills
• It took me awhile on my journey to realize that you could add layers
• Everyone’s painting turns out different with the same prompts
• Your mediumship and connection to spirit are just as unique
• You miss the creative process if you analyze instead of allowing it to unfold
• If something you learn doesn’t work, you’ll find your own technique that you can teach
• The creative process is the path that reveals what you will teach
• You can change the brush or colours anytime
• When you get a no, it provides clarity for you to tweak the “happy mistakes”
• We aren’t for everyone, so it needs to be your own taste for you to enjoy it 
• Although I’m not artistic, creating a business is the most creative thing I’ve done
• Document your experiences to look back at how far you’ve come
• You can feel the energetic difference between the words discern and analyze
• We talk about the importance of language in advancing mediumship modules
• I don’t Google spiritual philosophies until I’ve contemplated them myself
• Spiritual maturity is the ability to discern, not analyze
• Analyzing is the ability to make conclusions based on natural senses
• Discernment goes past perception and makes nuanced judgements
• Discernment is more passive like observing your thoughts
• Spirituality is meant to be experienced, not analyzed through logic
• Discernment increases in sensitivity along our journey
• No good reading identifies us and no bad reading identifies us.

Can I Develop Mediumship With No Prior Experience?

The Initiation: https://www.squamishmedium.com/programs-the-initiation 

Spirit School: www.myspiritschool.com

 

January 2023 Spirit Messages

I’ve been ready for 2023 to come and I’m excited to bring you the January spirit messages! I say that these are collective messages with a disclaimer that I am not intending to speak on the behalf of 8 billion people on this planet. This is Spirit's way, and my spirit's way, of bringing forward information that I feel will resonate with a lot of people who are regular listeners and who will be drawn to listen to this. I believe Spirit will attract you as a listener to different episodes at different times, and you will hear something that will resonate with you when you need it. 

 

I couldn't wait to record this episode because all month it's just been coming in so, so clear that when we feel into the energy of January, we are being asked to start looking to our future selves. This is very powerful because I know from being in the intuitive mediumship and spiritual development journey, that there's so much healing that has to take place to be able to step fully and confidently into our paths as lightworkers.

 

This episode ends with a Confident Future Self visualization and I encourage you to journal what you envision for yourself in 2023! 

 

The doors are now open for the eighth round of The Initiation! This Mediumship Foundations Experience includes self study, live classes, practice readings and Q&A calls. This is a robust course for anyone in their first three years of mediumship development. There will be an alumni rate, and I will run the first cohort of The Initiation 2.0 for Advancing Mediumship after this round for anyone looking to continue their studies! I will be offering an annual membership for $1111 USD for the Spirit School Collective for 2023! It will include The Initiation ($888 USD value) for FREE! The cart for this will be open until we start on January 15, so there is time to decide if this feels aligned for you.

Spirit School Links

Spirit School Collective: https://www.squamishmedium.com/spiritschoolcollective

The Initiation: https://www.squamishmedium.com/programs-the-initiation

Join us on the new FREE Spirit School platform: https://myspiritschoolcollective.com/plans/

Trauma Informed Lightworker Waitlist: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/6398f03888aca7e15696b1fa

Visit Spirit School at https://www.squamishmedium.com/ for all courses and upcoming programs

View full transcripts of podcast episodes at https://www.squamishmedium.com/blog

Spirit Messages:

• All of December, Spirit has been saying it’s time to start looking to our future selves
• A lot of healing takes place to be able to step confidently into our paths as lightworkers.
• There is a focus on the past, but it’s an important time to make decisions for the future
• We are more aware of repeating cycles and patterns than a few generations ago
• Cycles are broken by choosing again and making decisions based on future benefits
• Even for diet and exercise, are you choosing for your 90-year-old self?
• If you’re the only one in your circle to break the cycle, the effects will ripple
• Spirit is asking us to take leaps and see how it feels
• Have a note to ask, how will this affect my future self?
• It’s now or never for society to not revert back to comfortable ways
• We are creating a new foundation for our generations moving forward
• In January, we are getting clear on what and who we stand for
• Who needs your voice? A lot of you will be ready to share your wisdom
• You will be surprised with how much people need to hear what you have to say
• Throat chakra tightness will loosen as you express yourself
• The spaces we are usually quiet need us to step forward
• There is a lot of divine free will at play, so our future depends on every choice 
• Choose based on being a good ancestor for your lineage
• We have had chaos before, but this time we have exposure to all parts of the world
• As a spirit here at this time, can you see how valuable you are to the future?
• The 2019 messages to get our mindset right were preparing us for 2020 forward
• Another repetitive message from the past year was being comfortable with discomfort
• Spirit is bringing up how we avoid and pacify discomfort to prepare us for 2023
• Beyond August will be dependent on our words and actions
• Discomfort is an energy of change which is necessary
• Starting in January, we have to be a lot more selective about our energy
• Spirit revisited a previous message about healing on the go
• You don’t need to be fully healed before moving forward into your future
• There will be a lot of determination in 2023 to walk through obstacles
• People doubting you won’t stop you from continuing
• The people you choose to surround you will continue when you need rest
• It makes sense that I didn’t feel like pulling 12 cards now that I couldn’t see the fall
• 8 Accelerated Motion card aligns with us moving forward, not back
• The Light card indicates spiritual experiences if we listen to the January messages
• We will realize that our light never diminishes, even in the dark times
• The Increased Intuition card reflects confidence we’re building in our intuition
• Even systems like medical and law enforcement will use intuitive language
• Coming out with intuitive gifts will be safer than before
• Development will be a natural byproduct of living intuitively with boundaries
• Life is always hard and beautiful, and we get to choose how to show up
• Future Self Visualization

2022 - WTH?! 2023 - Bring it on!

I was asked by a few people for some personal updates, so I decided to record an episode to talk about the major events and challenges in 2022. I’m giving it a 3.5 star review - WHAT the hell was that?! I haven’t recorded the spirit messages yet, but I want to share what Spirit has been inspiring me with for 2023 as well. I now have some clarity on what the focus will be looking towards the future.

 

I would love to hear your top 3 things from 2022 and your top 3 for heading into 2023! You’re welcome to share them on the post for this episode in Spirit School. I enjoy getting to know you there. The move off of social media was one of my main goals for 2022, and this is one of the benefits! I hope you enjoy hearing my recap and I appreciate you taking the time to listen, and your acceptance of the emotions that come along with it.

 

For the first time, I will be offering an annual membership for $1111 USD and it will include The Initiation (a $888 USD value) for FREE! The cart for this will be open until we start on January 31st, so there is time to decide if this feels aligned for you.

Spirit School Links

Trauma Informed Lightworker Waitlist: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/6398f03888aca7e15696b1fa

Join the Spirit School Collective: https://www.squamishmedium.com/spiritschoolcollective

More about The Initiation: https://www.squamishmedium.com/programs-the-initiation

Join us on the new FREE Spirit School platform: https://myspiritschoolcollective.com/plans/

Visit Spirit School at https://www.squamishmedium.com/ for all courses and upcoming programs

View full transcripts of podcast episodes at https://www.squamishmedium.com/blog

In this episode: 

• I’ve got a bit more clarity on what the focus will be for 2023
• While last January feels like lifetimes ago, I also don’t know where the time has gone
• 2022 started with the obsession with getting Spirit School off of social media 
• I have benefitted from this shady system of social media, particularly Instagram
• Stories of me crying had 1000 views, but talking about The Initiation had 150 max
• Meta platforms made it so that you have to pay for ads for promotions to be seen
• There was a hearing about the intentional harm in Meta’s algorithms
• I felt a mismatch in values having Spirit School on their platforms
• Another issue is that there are always 3-5 scam accounts impersonating me
• I had to hire someone to help manage my DMs, and it took the fun out of being there
• Reels are being pushed and I don’t want to be a content creator
• TikTok builds up creators then takes away their exposure, creating unequal exchange
• My IG growth is slow because I don’t play games and I block suspicious followers
• Moving my programs off of Meta and onto Mighty Networks was a sovereign move
• Mighty is an all-in-one platform with opportunities for growth 
• My team moved all of my historical content to Mighty over 5 months
• We launched successfully with The Calling, then moved the Collective 
• I’m off of Facebook but will not leave Instagram because of my audience
• Off social media, I have Mighty, my podcast and mailing list for sovereign growth
• I will be able to buy it out as my own platform, and I get to just show up and speak
• I’ve focused on getting trauma informed from a financial place as a BIPOC woman
• I kept finding myself in relationship with people who worship money
• I don’t think about it that much, but I wondered if I was supposed to
• Being around people who talked about money a lot made me feel not enough
• I had a friend literally choose the pursuit of wealth over genuine friendship 
• I have named my money wounds and have come a long way in my healing
• I became trauma informed certified for entrepreneurship
• In January, I will be certified through the Trauma of Money and will be a facilitator
• I’m passionate about this because money stuff comes up for lightworkers 
• I had resistances to helping clients with pricing because of my own wounds
• I’ve learned so much and I’ll have the tools to help people when money comes up
• I was trauma-informed before because I worked with Indigenous residential school survivors and youth
• Just because you’re trauma informed doesn’t mean you won’t traumatize someone
• It’s about being prepared and having the skillset to repair
• All lightworkers, especially mediums, could benefit because we work with grief
• I’ve made changes to my business like removing penalties for payment plans
• Clarity is kindness, so I created a detailed syllabus for The Initiation
• It was a successful year in terms of money, but I value connection
• This was the hardest year of my life in a lot of ways
• WIthin a week, my dad was diagnosed with cancer and my brother was in a coma
• I had just recorded a reel to my younger self to love on my brother 
• The hardest part was when I had to say goodbye to him
• I took a month off to be by his side every day while he recovered
• Having opportunities for exposure fall through showed I’ll be self made
• It dissolved the illusion of exposure and I realized it’s an ad to be featured
• I’ve created Spirit School from my bedroom, but I started looking for a space
• Everything unfolded for me to get one of three waterfront spaces in Squamish
• I got funding from an Indigenous capital organization to build the space
• My first retreat is going to be focused on deep spiritual experiences
• I will run the first Initiation 2.0 to focus on psychic, group readings and business
• I’ve already had some plans stripped away, so this could change

Sitting With Spirit and a Guided Visualization

This week, I am talking about “sitting with spirit” as part of my personal development practice. I talked about this in the episode about making time for your development, but this episode will be more in depth. I am going to lead you through a guided visualization experience as an example of one way I sit with spirit. Even though I was aware of mediumship for most of my life, my development path didn’t start until my first mediumship connection. Sitting in the power is a foundational part of the Spiritualist tradition and teachings, but as I’ve mentioned before, it wasn’t sustainable for me. I need more flexibility in my practice, which is how I started sitting with spirit.

 

This is also why I teach The Initiation, my 8-Week Mediumship Foundations Experience, the way that I do. I provide a variety of learning formats such as live classes, self-paced lessons, Q+A opportunities, community and practice readings. I want this path to be accessible to as many people as possible! Many alumni from this experience go on to join my monthly membership, the Spirit School Collective, so I have a special deal for 2023. For the first time, I will be offering an annual membership for $1111 USD and it will include The Initiation (a $888 USD value) for FREE! The cart for this will be open until we start on January 31st, so there is time to decide if this feels aligned for you.

 

I hope that what I share in this episode helps you to find a spiritual practice that fits your needs so that you can continue to expand on your path.

Spirit School Links

Initiation Waitlist: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/636318632d6246fc1453ca16

Join us on the new FREE Spirit School platform: https://myspiritschoolcollective.com/plans/

Join the Spirit School Collective: https://www.squamishmedium.com/spiritschoolcollective

Visit Spirit School at https://www.squamishmedium.com/ for all courses and upcoming programs

View full transcripts of podcast episodes at https://www.squamishmedium.com/blog

In this episode:

• A sitting in the power practice will improve your mediumship and connection with yourself
• Meditation and slowing down can be hard for some people 
• It can feel unsafe and cause discomfort to be present in the body
• Spirit School is all about development that honours your humanity
• I dedicated 30 minutes a day to my spiritual growth and sitting with spirit 
• I chose between meditation, oracle cards, and tuning into clients for upcoming sessions
• I had a profound experience with Skylar that introduced me to connecting through pendulums
• I would sometimes use my sitting with spirit time to listen to mediumship lectures 
• One of my claircognizant exercises is to journal things that can be validated tomorrow
• I keep all of my development journals and can see the accuracy of the lists increasing
• No matter which practice I chose, I always dedicated 30 minutes a day to sitting with spirit
• When you care about it, you will make space for development
• My goal is to make spiritual development accessible, so choose what resonates with you
• It is a great act of self love to have space to tune into yourself, even for 30 minutes
• Your sensitivity and connection to yourself and your intuition will increase
• The world of spirit watches us and helps align things that match our intentions and actions
• Wild spiritual experiences have followed after dedicated to sitting with spirit
• Even when things get busy, I yearn for that connection and spend time sitting with spirit
• This helps us to open our awareness back up to spirit when it feels like it’s closed up
• Music can help busy minds to stay present when sitting in the power

• Sitting with Spirit Visualization with music

 

Spirit Speaks with Medium Michael Mayo

This week, I am having a conversation with my dear friend Michael Mayo. He is a medium, the founder of the Oakbridge Institute, and the author of a new book, Spirit Speaks. Michael shares that he wanted his book to have everything someone needs to begin their mediumship development journey. He talked about how mediumship is more about allowing yourself to receive than technique, and shared his thoughts on the differences between UK and US mediumship standards. One of the things that came out of this conversation was a shared agreement that we need more genuine sharing and accessibility for mediumship because it can benefit everyone.

 

I said more than once in the episode how energizing it was to have this conversation about mediumship! This is one of the benefits of being in community while doing this work. 

 

The next round of The Initiation starts on January 31! Join the waitlist for a special bundle and pricing. (Hint: This will be especially exciting if you’ve been thinking about joining my monthly membership!)
https://view.flodesk.com/pages/636318632d6246fc1453ca16

Michael Mayo Links

 

If you purchase his book, Spirit Speaks, before December 15 and send a screenshot to support@oakbridgeinstitute.org you will receive a free sitting in the power meditation!

 

Get the Spirit Speaks

Llewellyn: https://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738773438

Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Speaks-Step-Step-Evidence-Based-ebook/dp/B09RK5VM2S

Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/Spirit-Speaks-Step-Step-Evidence-Based/dp/0738773433/

 

Website: https://www.oakbridgeinstitute.org/

 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediummichaelmayo/

Spirit School Links

Initiation Waitlist: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/636318632d6246fc1453ca16

Join us on the new FREE Spirit School platform: https://myspiritschoolcollective.com/plans/

Join the Spirit School Collective: https://www.squamishmedium.com/spiritschoolcollective

Visit Spirit School at https://www.squamishmedium.com/ for all courses and upcoming programs

View full transcripts of podcast episodes at https://www.squamishmedium.com/blog

In this episode:

• It is surreal to have people reading his new book and reflecting back how impactful it is
• Someone from Llewellyn publishing saw his interview on Shift Network and offered a book deal
• He wrote his new book, Spirit Speaks, in a focused month of writing
• Michael saw a need for his type of teaching that is not technique based
• He wanted his book to have everything someone needs to begin their mediumship journey
• If you teach a technique, it’s not going to work for everyone
• Teach the bigger principles of surrender, allowing, trust, letting go of tension
• Pioneers of spiritualism didn’t have techniques, they sat in presence and communed with Spirit
• Spiritualists in the US and UK had to overcome religious extremism 
• In Indigenous cultures, it was accepted as a role you were born into without barriers
• Spiritualists asked religious questions, like does Jesus say this is okay?
• Indigenous cultures talk to animal and plant people as equals on this planet
• Michael notes that today’s battle is scientific in addition to being religious 
• In a materialistic society, it’s hard to imagine not having to prove something
• We can’t bypass the human experience and need for some validation 
• In the end, we want to honour the world of spirit and their messages
• Focus on the phenomena of mediumship makes spirit a tool for performance
• I imagine that my Nana would demand my attention as a medium
• TV mediums created new expectations of what a sitting is like
• While it normalized mediumship, but it also lowered the standards in some ways
• The UK has kept it sacred, while it’s about entertainment and persona in the US
• It’s not about systems and structures, it’s innate and about spiritual experiences
• Religious context makes Spiritualism less accessible to people with religious trauma
• Everyone loses someone, so can benefit from mediumship
• We need people from all different walks of life to make it accessible
• Mediums we admire are grounded and don’t need to prove themselves
• Pinnacle mediums like Helen Hughes have shown what’s possible
• She learned how to speak in front of people because of the responsibility
• Though used offensively in literature, “ignorance” may mean more free to channel
• Being a clear channel has more to do with surrender and confidence than intelligence
• The title “evidential medium” has been used as a way to present as superior
• It goes without saying that mediumship should be evidential so titles aren’t that crucial
• There are people that will prefer facts, and others who prefer shared memories
• We are all natural mediums because it’s how we connect to our spiritual self
• CHildren have abilities before their prefrontal cortex is developed
• Even a natural medium needs to develop and learn, just like a pianist
• Michael has a troubleshooting section in the book of common issues
• He reads excerpts are about having a heart of service and trusting yourself
• One change in mediumship is it is a staple in research of evidential proof of survival
• We are also moving away from showmanship and into the bigger picture and meaning
• We will be discerning what is genuine and what is harmful on platforms like TikTok
• Genuine and honest people don’t need to be loud and receive the validation
• Michael reflected his appreciation for how I share my voice in this work