SPEAKING TO MY SPIRIT GUIDE

My earliest memory of Spirit communication is around age 7 when I remember speaking to my Spirit Guide with my younger brother Greg who was age 5 in our bedroom at night.

(Check out the cute photo below of my brother Greg and me waiting for someone to turn on the TV in front of us. Hmmm, I wonder if the TV show Bewitched was coming on? I sure hope so. I loved that program!)

At dinner, my brother Greg would ask me, "Gayle, are we going to see Mr. Frog tonight?" My reply was, "I don't know. We'll see."


After dinner, we would sit in the dark on the floor of our bedroom and wait for Mr. Frog to come. (Mr. Frog was the name I gave to my Spirit Guide. Hey, what do you expect? I was only 7-years-old.)

When I felt the presence of Mr. Frog in the room, I would tell my brother that Mr. Frog was here. Greg would ask me, "Gayle, what is Mr. Frog saying?"

I would consciously channel messages from Mr. Frog, my Spirit Guide.

To be honest, when I give psychic readings today, a lot of what I share with people comes from Spirit Guides, their Higher Self/Soul, and the Universe in the same way as it did when I was 7-years-old. The guidance I receive is consciously channeled from Spirit based on the questions my clients ask. It's positive, loving, empowering, natural, and not scary at all.

Before we go any further about some of my psychic, mediumship, and channeling experiences growing up and how my gifts unfolded, let first me tell you more about myself so you can get to know me and see that I'm just a normal person from a normal upbringing.

I'm probably very similar to you in many ways. My story may be unique, but we're more alike than different as you'll soon find out.

We all have psychic abilities to varying degrees. Yes, you are psychic! With education, awareness, willingness, and practice, you can develop your psychic abilities further. How cool is that?!

LIFE IN OHIO

I am the oldest of four children. I grew up in Perrysburg, Ohio a small, rural, middle-class suburb of Toledo.

My father was a corporate executive and my mother was a stay at home housewife. I was a very playful, bright, dreamy, deep thinking, imaginative, artistic, creative, empathic, and psychically sensitive child. I had a normal, happy childhood and very loving, attentive parents, friendly neighbors, and caring teachers.

Perrysburg, Ohio was a great place to grow up. It was safe, friendly, and clean. There were farm fields around us. When we weren't in school, summers were spent on our bikes, at the town pool, enjoying cookouts, and sitting on the porch or on a swing. Winters were spent on sleds, ice skating, shoveling snow, drinking hot chocolate, and making snow angels.

In Perrysburg, when I was growing up during the 1960's, few people were divorced and teachers were also usually your parents' friends or neighbors down the street. Your friends in kindergarten were still your classmates senior year. In Perrysburg, in the 1960's, you really could borrow some sugar from your next door neighbor or stop by their house anytime to chat about anything or nothing over a cup of coffee.


In the 1960's, when I lived in Perrysburg, Ohio, you knew the paper boy's name, man had just walked on the moon for the first time, and the Carol Burnett Show was on TV.

There were block parties, sleepovers, Boy Scout pancake breakfasts, backyard carnivals, garage sales, street parades with miniature red Shriner cars with adult men doing figure 8's in the road (our dentist was one of them) and clowns on stilts with big noses throwing candy to little kids sitting on the street curb during the Memorial Day town parade. There was very little sunscreen and everybody loved high fructose corn syrup.

I know it wasn't always perfect, but sometimes, I miss those growing up years in Perrysburg, Ohio. It was a different time, a slower pace. It was truly an idyllic life in many ways. It was the 1960's. I can't believe how long ago that was and yet it seems like only yesterday and the crazy thing is time just keeps going by faster and faster the older I get. Is that true for you too?


Every generation will reminisce and have their version of the good ole' days. Don't get me wrong; I'm enjoying today also. I love spandex, Starbucks, Oprah, and my new Honda Civic. I guess I'm just feeling a little nostalgic as I'm talking with you about my youth. (Sigh!) Thanks for listening.

MY FAMILY & MESSAGES FROM HEAVEN

My parents raised us to live a life with honesty, kindness, compassion, integrity, good morals, and personal values. (Check out the fun family photo below circa 1966!) I grew up Methodist, but we didn't go to church much as it was difficult to get 4 kids ready on a Sunday morning. More often, we opted for watching Davey and Goliath on TV which was a program that taught children lessons and values. Now let me briefly tell you about my parents and how I first got interested in life after death because of my family.

My dad was valedictorian of his high school and graduated magna cum laude in college. My grandfather, whom we called, Pop Pop, was a transitman for an electric company. He passed into the world of Spirit when I was 13-years-old. We were close and I have had numerous connections with him from the Other Side. My dad's family was very bright, focused on higher education, and from the east coast. They were very logical, grounded, intellectual, well travelled, and well-read, family-oriented people who appreciated and enjoyed some of the finer things in life. My dad's parents enjoyed going into New York City to watch Broadway shows from time to time and often drove out to Ohio to see us.

Unfortunately, my dad's younger brother and only sibling, Jim, died in a tragic car accident at 19 years of age. My Uncle Jim was a freshman in college. He had just been home for a visit and was heading back to college with a friend on a rainy night when a semi-trailer truck collided with them. He died instantly. Naturally, my dad's mom, who we called Mama Lou, was profoundly hurt by his passing. I was 1-year-old at the time.

My Uncle Jim loved being an uncle. In a Psychic Mediumship Reading I got as an adult, he came through saying he wanted to thank me for being one of the few people who didn't feel bad whenever I thought of him. I learned our loved ones in Heaven know how we feel more than we may realize. I have had other messages from my Uncle Jim letting my father know his younger brother is well, he's with him, and offering my dad guidance regarding his life and retirement. It brings us comfort to know Uncle Jim, who died so tragically, is at peace.


My dad is very funny, likes playing and watching all kinds of sports, and is a loving, loyal provider for our family. He was very involved as a father and did many activities with us. One of the things I appreciated about him the most was his patience. When I was little, I remember asking him, "Dad, why is the sky blue?" and he gave me his most honest, thoughtful answer. I was never afraid to ask questions as I grew up because of his support.

My mom was beauty queen her senior year in high school. My mom's older brother drove her around sitting on top of his convertible waving and looking pretty in the football homecoming parade. My mother's family were very spiritually focused, church-goers from the mid-west. My great uncle and great-grandfather were both preachers, along with a few other relatives further back in the family line. They were very charismatic inspirational speakers in the church. They were also farmers and very hard working laborers who loved family. Both sides of the family were very caring, supportive, had a keen sense of humor, and enjoyed music, animals, and nature.

My mom loves being a wife and mother. She is always concerned about family and does whatever she can to try to help us. My mom likes to stay busy so she enjoys tennis, golf, playing bridge, cooking, entertaining, spending time with dad, and keeping up with the children, grandchildren, and her friends. My mother is a compassionate person who genuinely cares about the well-being of others. She is always trying to help and uplift in whatever way she can.


Unfortunately, my mother's father, Wes, died in a horrible gun accident when she was just 5-years-old. It was very difficult for her family as you can well imagine. When my mom's mother had to go to work, her mother's sister (my Great Aunt Delores) and her mother's mother, (my Great Grandma Youmans) helped raise my mom and her three older brothers, in addition to helping raise Great Aunt Delores' two children who had also lost their father due to an illness. It was also just after the Great Depression so things were especially tight financially. It was really tough times, but they survived. They pulled together and their very strong faith and trust in God/Source/Higher Power helped pull them through.

My mom told me that when her mother (who we called Grandma Brooks) was passing at 97-years-old, her mother told my mom, "Wes (Grandma Brooks' husband), wants me to come, but I don't know how to get there. Delores (her sister who had passed many years earlier) is calling me." My mom tearfully replied, "It's okay, Mother. You'll see them soon." Shortly thereafter, Grandma Brooks joined her husband (Wes) and her sister (Delores) in Heaven. I know they are all still with us and we will be with them again one day.

I actually knew my mother's mother's mother (my Great Grandma Youmans). She lived to be 93-years-old. She made me "hot cakes" (pancakes) in the morning when I'd spend the night with her as a little girl. We'd feed the neighbor cat when he came to visit during our breakfast. Great Grandma Youmans' husband's name was Herschel. Herschel had polio before he died. He couldn't walk.


Before my Great Grandma Youmans died in the hospital, my Grandma Brooks heard her mother saying, "Herschel! I didn't know you could walk, Herschel. Where are you going? Oh, you're going to tell the others I'm coming."

When my mother shared that story with me at 13-years-old, I said very joyfully, "Mom, do you know what that means?" She said, "No, what?" I said, "It means WE DON'T DIE!"

That experience and the passing of my dad's dad (Pop Pop), also at age 13, began my desire to find out more about the after life and where my relatives had gone.


Where were Great Grandma and Grandpa Youmans, Grandma Brooks, Great Aunt Delores, Uncle Jim, and Pop Pop now that they had passed if they were still communicating with us? Where was I going when it was my time to pass? What was it like there? I had to know more and so began my unending quest and thirst for spiritual knowledge and first-hand experience of the after life.

On an upbeat, fun note, on my father's side of the family, if you go back 14 generations (not much, right?) we found out we are related to the first European to build a residential house in Canada, Governor Pierre Chauvin, Sieur de Tonnetuit of France.

Governor Chauvin was a naval and military captain in the French Royal Navy under King Henri IV, a powerful merchant, and owner of 4 ships of his own. He had turned to commercial interests after a long military career and sailed up the St. Lawrence River looking for trading posts. In 1602, he explored the St. Lawrence and established a little colony at Tadoussac, in Quebec, Canada, where the Saint Lawrence and Saguenay rivers joined. There he built a house which became a trading post. It was France's first trading post on the mainland of New France. It is the oldest site of continuous European settlement in Quebec and in Canada. In 1603, Samuel de Champlain drew this house on one of his maps and identified it as, "dwelling place of Captain Chauvin from the year 1600." Pretty cool, eh?!

Governor Chauvin's French Canadian relatives, Joseph Mcolas and Louis Chauvin, later went on to explore further and ultimately settled in the Tchoupitoulas district above New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. They are identified with the earliest history of exploration of Louisiana and took part in a sailing expedition to find the mouth of the Mississippi River and in the exploration of the Mississippi River.

I think it's interesting that, even before we knew this information about my past relatives, my brother, Greg, who was also in the Navy like Governor Chauvin, ended up living in Mississippi like our relatives of 14 generations ago did. It's funny the similarity between generations and how history repeats itself. Maybe my brother Greg was one of these early explorers in his past life and he wanted to go back to that region in this life? Who knows, but it's fun to think about.



Have you ever done a Past Life Regression? If not, I highly recommend it. It can be very interesting, healing, and revealing.

I've done several Past Life Regressions and have learned some interesting things about myself by doing so. I have also been trained in Past Life Regression and have helped others see into their past lives. Now, I focus more on offering psychic guidance and messages from loved ones in Heaven.

That's just a brief history of my family. I hope it helps you to know me better and understand what started my interest in metaphysics.



Sometimes, people wonder what religion I am so I will answer it this way. I consider myself to be spiritual, rather than religious. I respect each person's right to choose their own pathway to God/Source/Higher Power.

I have a deep, personal relationship with God/Source/Higher Power and my spiritual views draw from several beliefs. I think of us all as children of God and I want us to treat one another with love and respect, as we would like to be treated, no matter what gender, race, religion, sexuality, or creed we are.

Okay, let's move on to more psychic, mediumship, and channeling stuff. I know you want to hear about the times I used the Ouija Board, when I worked on a cruise line, when I met Donny Osmond, Davy Jones, David Cassidy, Shirley Jones, Florence Henderson, Phyllis Diller, and Robert Goulet, and my experiences channeling Spirit. Are you ready? Here we go!

I SEE YOU!

I remember my mom tucking me into bed at night after I brushed my teeth and said my prayers. When I was around 5 to 8 years of age, no sooner than she had left me to fall asleep, I'd be up with a request for a night light, a glass of water, a question, or a story I wanted to share. I would have all kinds of excuses to leave my bedroom because I couldn't settle down.

The reason I couldn't relax is because I was highly sensitive and sensed the presence of Spirit around me. I just knew clairscentiently and intuitively that Spirit people were looking at me and watching me ever since I was a little child. I would pull my blankets up past my nose trying to hide, but I still sensed the presence of Spirit in my bedroom. I'm no longer afraid now that I know what is happening and now that I understand my Spirit Guides just want to offer me their love, support, and wisdom.


I have always wanted to fly. I believe our Spirit remembers being free in this way which is why so many of us want to experience flying again in physical form. As a little child, I used to run around the yard and tell myself that if I ran really, really fast and jumped really, really high, while flapping my arms like a bird, I might be able to actually lift off the ground and fly a little bit. It never worked, but I kept trying.

As an adult, I have experienced flying dreams and I have also astral traveled (while wide awake with my eyes open as well as closed) both spontaneously and on purpose. I have even traveled to other galaxies in deep meditation. They are wonderful experiences. Because I always wanted to fly and because I like to travel so much and meet new people and experience different cultures, I thought I would like being a flight attendant. Instead, I ended up working on a cruise line which was great fun, but more about that later.

TV - THE GREAT ESCAPE

Growing up, I loved television and still do. If you're discerning about what you watch, I think it's a great form of entertainment, relaxation, education, and inspiration.

When I was young, my favorite TV program was Bewitched. I would cry if I wasn't allowed to stay up an extra 1/2 hour to watch it. My mom would make me promise that I wouldn't be tired the next day if she let me stay up late. I would sit with my brother Greg on the carpeted floor about 4 feet away from the TV and stare at Samantha Stevens' nose to try and figure out how she twitched it to make magic. (See photo of Greg and me at the beginning of this article.) I truly believed in the magic I was seeing on television. I knew magical things were real, but when I tried to twitch my own nose, nothing happened.

Besides Bewitched, my other favorite TV shows when I was really young were The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, I Dream of Jeannie, Lost in Space, and The Nanny and the Professor. I just loved The Nanny and the Professor theme song - "What is this magic thing about Nanny is it love or is it magic?" (See the bottom of this page for the music video of that theme song!) Thankfully, I grew up in a great time for magical TV. It just fueled my love of mystical things.


I was always very close with my grandparents and I was lucky enough to have them in my life into my teenage and adult years. Because they were always so good to me, I have a particular fondness for older people.

My mother's mother (Grandma Brooks) and I were very close. Grandma Brooks loved watching The Lawrence Welk Show. I could count on Grandma Brooks watching her favorite TV program every Saturday night. I loved watching The Lawrence Welk Show with her when we were together.

If you watched it too, then you remember the dancing team Bobby and Cissy, the "Champagne Lady" Norma Zimmer, and the wonderful married musical duo Guy and Ralna!



Well, as a fun side note, my mom took her 90-year-old mother to a Lawrence Welk concert with many of the same cast members. Grandma Brooks sat in the front row all a gush. Tom Netherton, the handsome blonde baritone, went into the audience, gently lifted Grandma out of her seat, sang to her, and then gave her a kiss on the check! She was thrilled. (Don't you just love the photo of Grandma Brooks with Tom Netherton above. Oooh la la, Grandma!)

I dedicate the music video of Tom Netherton's first appearance on The Lawrence Welk Show at the bottom of this page to my Grandma Brooks who is now in Heaven. I love you, Grandma!

OUIJA BOARD & SPIRIT GUIDES

Around age 13, my friend, Sally, found a Ouija Board in her house. For the next 15 years, we would spend many weekends speaking to Spirit Guides and loved ones in Heaven through the Ouija Board, although I now know there are better (and easier) ways to communicate with Spirit. (Here's a photo of my friend, Sally, and me goofing around with the Ouija Board at her house around age 18.)




The first Spirit Guide I ever met through the Ouija Board spelled her name, "WALDER" so that is what my friend and I called her.

We asked Walder, the Spirit Guide, where she was from and she spelled Germany. So, we pronounced her named as if it were spelled "Valder" with the "W" like a "V". Walder was a very playful Spirit Guide, as were we. Like attracts like.

When we would put our index fingers on the planchette (the small plastic piece that moves on the board) and asked, "Walder, are you here?" she would move the piece around the board, usually in circles. She always seemed to be there when we asked for her and she was always ready to play with us on the Ouija Board.



We would ask her to move the piece faster and she would. We asked her to move the piece in a circle in the opposite direction, back and forth, and side to side. She would. Walder moved the planchette any way we liked, even in a 5-pointed star and often at lightening speed, sometimes so fast our fingers would slide off the piece. It was a lot of fun for many years.

I knew Walder was not my only Spirit Guide because when I would ask questions about my future, the energy of the board would change, the planchette would slow down, and a wise group of Spirit Guides would spell things like, "BE HERE NOW." I didn't understand that my guides were lovingly trying to help me to be in the present moment and enjoy my youth. As a young teenager, all I cared about was if Tim Boggs was going to ask me to the school dance. I didn't want to, "BE HERE NOW" as the Ouija Board suggested to me.

Since then, I have met many of my Spirit Guides. Some have shown themselves to me in my meditations, others have introduced themselves to me in my lucid dreams. Other guides have made themselves known when I have trance channeled in a light, altered consciousness. All of my Spirit Guides have been loving, supportive, compassionate, wise, and trustworthy. They offer me guidance, comfort, and healing.

We all have Spirit Guides. Sincerely ask to meet your guides before you go to sleep at night or before you meditate. Eventually, when you relax enough, you will meet them. Develop that partnership with your guides. They are here to help you navigate your life. Your life is a partnership between you and Spirit (your Higher Self/Soul, the Universe, Spirit Guides, Angels, Ascended Masters, and loved ones in Heaven).

I MET DONNY OSMOND & DAVID CASSIDY!

Thirteen years old was a great year! I was allowed to get my ears pierced (by a licensed medical doctor, in his office, with my mom present).

My mother also gave me the thrill of a lifetime which was tickets to attend a LIVE DONNY OSMOND CONCERT!! (If you're too young to know who Donny Osmond is, please see the music video at the bottom of the page.)

We sat on the main floor and I brought my diary so I could get his autograph. Donny, must not have seen me that night sitting with my mother and thousands of young, SCREAMING girls. I'm sure he would have gladly given me his autograph if he had known I wanted it.

As a side note, I finally got to meet Donny Osmond about twenty years later when I was about 33-years-old and living in Chicago. Donny was starring in the play, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (which, of course, I saw) at the Chicago Theatre. I was on my lunch hour and enjoying some fresh air outside of the office building I worked in.

All of a sudden, DONNY OSMOND walked passed me! OMG! Donny Osmond, my teenage heart throb, was about 5 feet away from me!! I knew immediately who he was and quickly walked to catch up with him and join him in stride.

I looked over at him and asked quietly and respectfully, "Excuse me, but are you Donny Osmond?" He said he was. I quickly added, "I don't want to bother you, but I have loved you ever since I was 11 years old." Donny Osmond thanked me (!!) and then he asked, "Do you know where State Street Bank is?" I said I did not. He said goodbye and left.

For those of you wondering, yes, my husband knows about my crush. My husband even escorted me to a Donny Osmond concert in Boston a few years ago. I know I'm married to the better man. Thanks, honey! I love you.


During my early thirties, when I lived in Chicago in the 1980's, I also met teen idol David Cassidy of the 1970's TV show The Partridge Family.

It was a surreal experience meeting David Cassidy in person because I had watched, memorized, acted out, and sang songs from every episode of that TV series during my youth.

It was a thrill to finally meet David Cassidy. (Don't you just love the bubble captions I put into the photo on the left with David and me? Slightly embarrassing now.)

During that time, I also met Davy Jones of the 1960's TV show The Monkees. Remember when Davy Jones made a guest appearance on the TV show The Brady Bunch?


Do you remember the episode where Marcia Brady tried to get Davy Jones to be her prom date and the dreamy song he sang to her? "Girl, look what you've done to me - me and my whole world." Sigh! (See the music video at the bottom of this page to enjoy the song all over again!)

Both superstars were outside the Chicago Theatre at various times when I just happened to be there so I was lucky enough to get to see them close and in person! Growing up, I loved musical TV shows and TV variety shows. I projected myself into each one of them. I still love them!

SEANCES, LEVITATION, HUNCHES, PREMONITIONS & KNOWINGS

As a young teenager, I often wanted to conduct seances at my slumber parties. I remember one time when my 5 girlfriends, Mom, and I squeezed into the bathroom, turned off all the lights (except for the red night light) and sat on the floor asking George Washington to come. I remember getting really upset when some of them started laughing and thought is was a joke. I knew we could contact George Washington if everyone tried hard enough.

I also remember trying to levitate someone at those slumber parties. One of us girls would lie down on our back and the rest of us would stand around them with only our fore fingers and middle fingers under their body as we lifted them into the air. It worked! I also remember trying to move objects on my desk in my bedroom with the powers of my mind. That didn't work.


I was very sensitive and still am. Even as a child, I seemed to know how people felt intuitively and empathically. I sensed their emotions, thoughts, and often knew if they weren't telling the truth. It confused me because adults sometimes said one thing, but felt something different. I didn't understand.

I would also get psychic hunches or premonitions about upcoming events such as an award I would later win when I was in the 8th grade for having good grades and a car accident I was in as a passenger of a drunk driver when I was 18.

Before these things actually happened, I also psychically knew of my brother's passing, my youngest brother's divorce, the gender of my sister's second child, the birth of a friend's grandson and the sex of the child, my mother-in-law's passing, my husband's future job during a period when he was laid off, about a fire in our apartment building when everyone had to evacuate, and that I would get certain jobs when I applied for them.

I also knew when my cat Sammy (who is the reincarnation of my previous cat named Cali) was born in another state without having been told.

I also often intuitively know when someone has an addiction or those tendencies, when someone is sick and needs to see a doctor to prevent a problem, where I have misplaced something I can't find, who not to trust, and when there is a special sale at a department store I like on an item I need.


When I provide Psychic Readings, I ask my clients to have specific questions about their life prepared ahead of time. They can ask about anything they want as long as they are sincere about it and as long as their questions don't invade another person's privacy.

The question or concern has to be important to them and have an emotional quality for me to tune into. When clients ask their questions and talk with me about their concerns, I tune into them, Spirit, and the people and situations they are asking about.

As my clients briefly discuss their concerns with me, I psychically receive pictures, words, feelings, and intuitive knowings to help them. The information comes from the Universe, my Spirit Guides and their Spirit Guides, their energy/aura, our Higher Self/Soul, and from me.


The psychic guidance comes to me through intuition (knowing), clairvoyance (seeing), clairaudience (hearing), clairscentience (feeling), clairgustance (taste), and clariscentrice (scent). It's positive, empowering, and healing.

Divine Spirit and I support my clients' desires, concerns, life challenges, and transitions. We help them to have greater clarity and understanding, see potentials and possibilities, make decisions, solve problems, determine direction, obtain goals, and initiate opportunities.

Spirit and I may provide information regarding the future or outcome of a situation when asked specific questions based on the client's energy and based on how things look right now.

Divine Spirit and I support a person's soul's growth and healing. Our compassionate, loving guidance helps the client to feel heard, understood, validated, worthy, encouraged, and supported.

I am often very empathic and able to perceive the energy around a person, a place, another person (living and deceased), an animal (living and deceased), or a situation.


In addition, I am often able to see the potentials and possibilities for people based on their questions and concerns.

With discretion and sensitivity, Spirit and I often gently help my clients become aware of any resistance, blockages, beliefs, and areas in need of emotional and spiritual healing when appropriate. The information helps them to shift and expand their understanding and awareness to create positive personal transformations.

The wise guidance Spirit and I provide helps heal, free, uplift, and empower my clients to be their best and to create the lives they want to live. It assists them in moving forward with greater love, joy, peace, prosperity, health, self-worth, confidence, hope, trust, and ease.


Through Psychic Mediumship Readings, I can also help my clients reconnect with their family, friends, and pets who have passed over, if they want, with comforting and healing messages from Heaven. I provide evidence that helps my clients to know I am really connecting with those they love and miss.

It brings my clients such joy and comfort to know their departed loved ones and pets are still alive, doing well, healthy, and at peace. We really will be with them again one day. I know it!

Maybe you've had some of these same experiences or similar ones?

Maybe you would like to develop your psychic mediumship sensitivity and gifts for yourself and to help others?

If so, check out my CLASSES & EVENTS link at the top of the page.

GROWING UP

I was in Girl Scouts from Brownies in 1st grade to First Class Girl Scout in 9th grade. My troop even backpacked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon when I was 13-years-old. We took 2 buses from Ohio to Arizona with 15 moms (including my mom), 2 college students, and 35 young girls. It was terrific! During our 2-week trip, we hiked all the national parks, camped in tents outside, and we sang and danced on the bus. It was fun the whole way.

In junior high and high school, I enjoyed choir, drama, art, student counsel, softball, and making the morning announcements over the intercom system. I liked school and did well in it. I wasn't a nerd and I wasn't popular. I was somewhere in-between. Senior year, I was voted, "Most Likely to Succeed". I've thought about that word - succeed - many times since then, especially around high school reunion time.

"Success" - what is it really? Who's definition of success am I seeking to fill? Is there such a thing as a true definition for success? What would Buddha or Mohammed say? How would Jesus define success? Do they even care about it?

I now choose to think of being "successful" as living a full life, learning to love yourself, and being of service to others - no matter what others think of you or say about you.

I'm finally learning that, for the most part, other people's opinion of me is none of my business. I'm learning that the only person I am accountable to is myself and God/Source/Spirit, my husband, my cat, and my kids, if I had any - at least until they're 18 years of age.


After high school, I was selected to participate as a cast member in the international singing group "Up With People". Although Up With People was highly selective and only something like 1 in 100 people who were interviewed actually made it, I just intuitively knew I would be accepted and I was. I was overjoyed! My long-time dream had finally come true.



For one year, my Up With People cast of 100 young people from around the world traveled to Mexico, Argentina, and the USA promoting peace and understanding. We lived with host families and performed songs and dances for small groups to the tens of thousands in settings ranging from charity events, inside bull rings, football half-time shows, and on international television. (See fun music video at the bottom of this page.)

PSYCHIC READINGS & CONFIRMATION OF "WALDER" THE SPIRIT GUIDE

I had my first Psychic Mediumship Reading when I was 18-years-old from a very gifted psychic medium, named Mrs. Miller, who was about 80-years-old. Mrs. Miller said she saw music and travel all around me. (This was before I had participated in Up with People or worked on the cruise ships. Mrs. Miller was right on.)

I had my second Psychic Mediumship Reading when I was 24-years-old from a well-known, gifted psychic medium in New York City named Clifford Bias. He was about 85-years-old. Clifford told me to write a question on a piece of paper, fold it in half, and put it in my pocket without showing him what I wrote. He told me I should write down something I wanted to know. I thought a minute and wrote, "Is Walder trustworthy?" (Remember, that's my Spirit Guide I met doing the Ouija Board when I was 13-years-old).


The first thing he said to me, without any information from me, was, "WALL, WALL, Lady of the Wall. I don't know what name I'm trying to say, but it's something like that. She's your Spirit Guide. She's from the Fey or Fairie Order. She's very playful, but you can trust her."

WOW! How cool is that? This psychic medium whom I had never met before was able to confirm for me that my Spirit Guide named Walder was REAL and that she was trustworthy.

Although I had been talking to Walder on the Ouija Board ever since I was 13-years-old, it was the first time I ever had someone else confirm her identity for me. VERY COOL!


Clifford then told me about my deceased grandfather. He said, "I'm hearing the name POP, POP. It's a man and he loves you very much." I said it was my grandfather and we called him, "Pop Pop". He was right again!

Then he said he saw me working on a cruise ship. (Yep, I was working on the cruise ships at the time of the reading.)

At the end of the reading, he said, "Writing! That's going to be your big thing. So start taking notes now." Don't you just love this stuff. I'm not making any of it up. It's all true - every single word of it!

I could go on and on and I will in my book someday. Be sure to join my newsletter at the top right of this page so you'll know when my book comes out.

CRUISE LINE & OUIJA BOARD

After earning a BS in Art Education from Ohio State University, I worked on board Norwegian Cruise Lines in the Caribbean for almost 3 years. I first worked as an Activities Coordinator with the children cruising, then as a Shore Excursions Manager, and finally as a Hostess (sort of like Julie McCoy from the TV show, "Love Boat"!) Again, although the job took over a year of regular phone calls to the hiring person to finally secure, I intuitively knew I would somehow get the job and thankfully, I did.

Besides getting to see the Caribbean Islands, one of the really fun parts of the job on board the ships was the opportunity to get to perform in the cruise staff shows for the passengers. I also got to work on board a cruise ship called the Norway which was the largest passenger cruise ship in the world at that time. Being on that ship allowed me to get to enjoy many wonderful song, dance, comedy, and Broadway-type performances by professional entertainers. Right up my alley! (Check out the photo I took below of St. John's, an island in the Caribbean, during the time I worked for the cruise line. Gorgeous, right?!)



While I was working for the cruise line, I continued to talk to Spirit in my cabin during my time off using a Ouija Board I had made out of an old pizza box lid.

I used a magic marker and wrote the alphabet on it in Ouija Board fashion and wrote yes/no/out on it as well. I also cut a small 1 inch circle from the instructions from a deck of cards which acted as a planchette.

I would spend many nights speaking to Spirit Guides and "deceased" family members with a girl who worked as a dealer in the casino on board and other shipmates.

During my time on the cruise ship, I also began to feel the physical presence of my Spirit Guides overshadowing me as is often done in trance channeling.

I could feel my Spirit Guides blending their energies more closely with mine. I encouraged the connection with little games I made up and played with Spirit.


Once while I was partying and doing the Ouija Board with friends on the cruise ship while we were docked in Nassau, Bahamas, I encountered my first truly vivid clairvoyant experience and it wasn't a good one. The Ouija Board started spelling some curse words when all of a sudden in my mind's eye I saw the face of a pirate laughing at us girls.

I quickly withdrew my hands and stopped "playing" the Ouija Board, although the pirate spirit I saw clairvoyantly followed me around for several days. In front of hundreds of people, the pirate manipulated energy so that he was able to burst the plastic cork top off a champagne bottle that was capped and tightly wrapped with wire and foil that I was handing to a passenger on stage as a gift for a game they had won.

It was my first negative experience with the psychic world. I never partied and did psychic experiments at the same time after that. I would like to add that I've only ever had about 2 negative experiences with Spirit in my whole life. Like attracts like so when you're heart is in the right place and you are healthy and balanced in mind, body, emotions, and spirit, you can feel safe doing this type of thing. You are Divine. You don't need protection, just a pure intention.

STAR STRUCK OR SHIRLEY JONES & ME!

I'm confessing that I'm a bit of a star hound, if you couldn't tell already! For those of you not into Hollywood stuff, hang in there. We'll get to more psychic, mediumship, and channeling stuff in a minute.

I first have to tell you that I met Mrs. Carol Brady. Yes, folks, I met Florence Henderson (sort of). She did a singing show on the cruise ship when I worked on it. She was very nice and didn't try and sell me any Wesson Oil. (Remember the 1980's TV commercial she was in?)

I also got to meet Phyllis Diller and Robert Goulet! (I absolutely love Robert Goulet's voice, especially the song, "Whenever I will meet you, it will be in summer, for it is in summer I never will go.") I met Phyllis Diller and Robert Goulet once backstage at Robert Goulet's concert when I was dating Robert's musical conductor (who also conducted music for the TV soap show, "The Young and Restless"). I met and subsequently dated Robert Goulet's musical conductor on the cruise ships in the disco one night after Robert Goulet gave a concert on board the ship. He invited me to Los Angeles where I got to hang out on the set of "The Young and Restless" TV show. My fun, crazy life!

I also met Mr. T. Remember him? He's the guy with the warrior hairstyle and all the gold necklaces from the 1980's TV show, "The A-Team". If you don't know him, you can look him up on Wikipedia. Mr. T. was riding in a convertible with the top down in Chicago when I happened to be crossing the street in front of his car at the time. I looked in the car as I walked past him and yelled out in surprise, "Hey, you're Mr. T.!" He replied, "Aw, shucks!" and acted shy about the whole thing. Although intimidating and scary looking, Mr. T. was very nice and humble. I liked him. He didn't seem so tough or mean after all. Remember him saying on TV, "I pity the fool! Don't give me no back talk, sucker! Don't make me mad! Quick your jibber jabber." Fun memories!


I also have tell you about the fun time when I was "on" (sat in the audience) Danny Bonaduce's TV show that he did out of Chicago in the early 1990's. (See the photo of me with The Partridge Family!!)

On the Danny Bonaduce show, Danny did an episode called, THE 25th ANNIVERSARY PARTRIDGE FAMILY REUNION!! (1970's hit TV series for those of you who weren't born then or lived under a rock.)

As a pre-teen, that was my absolute favorite TV show of all time, followed by The Mary Tyler Moore Show when I was in my teens, and later Oprah, Seinfeld, stand-up comedy, and British sitcoms as an adult. Attending The Partridge Family Reunion was Shirley Jones, Dave Madden (Reuben Kincaid), the 1st Chris, and little Tracy (now all grown-up). Susan Dey couldn't make it and called the show to say hi.


I got to speak with Shirley Jones after the show and have a photo with her, which is also a great story I will have to tell you about sometime. (Check out the photo of Shirley and me below where I have my arm around her and look like a stalker.)

During the filming of the 25th Anniversary Partridge Family Reunion Show, I told Shirley Jones that I played her part as Shirley Partridge when my girlfriends and I re-enacted The Partridge Family in my parent's basement as a young pre-teenager.

We used a tennis racquet as a guitar (complete with a domino as a guitar pick), crayon colored paper plates glued together as a tambourine, my upright desk as a piano, several black plastic handled screw drivers from my Dad's work bench as a microphones, and my little record player on full blast, while we danced and sang our hearts out to the tune, "I think I love you". By the way, this was all my idea. My two friends went along with it, but I think I enjoyed it the most.

(If you want to see an episode of The Partridge Family singing, check out the music video I posted at the bottom of the page. Enjoy TV fans!)


While I was at the filming of the 25th Anniversary Partridge Family Reunion Show, (I just love saying that) I also told Shirley Jones that my girlfriend Kelly played the part of David Cassidy (her real-life step-son). Shirley's reply was, "Your girlfriend was David?" I guess Shirley was confused by our casting choices. I don't know why. I digress. Let's keep this story moving, folks!

Wait! Before we continue with this mini-autobiography, I first have to tell you that on the way to the TV studio to film the taping of the Partridge Family 25th Anniversary Reunion Show, my friend and I were passed on the highway by the REAL, ORIGINAL Partridge Family bus!! I honked my car horn several times very loudly as we waved our arms out the windows frantically. We were out of our minds with excitement. It was so fun! I guess you had to be there.


Now on with my life story. Sorry about that segway.

What? Oh, you want to hear about the psychic part of my life. Okay then. Enough goofing around. On with the show!

MY 20's & 30's AND OPENING UP EVEN MORE TO SPIRIT

After working on the cruise ships, I moved to Boston, MA from my hometown in Ohio, at age 25, which was gutsy considering I had never even been to Boston or New England before. I stayed in Boston for 3 years where I worked for 2 travel agencies and part-time in the evenings as a server at a comedy club where I saw a lot of the great comedians of today get their start.

I then moved to Chicago, IL where I lived for 8 years and worked for a meeting planning company and a law firm. I was married briefly and divorced there. It was a learning experience. My divorce and a challenging illness at the time helped me to begin my search for greater meaning in my life. What did I really want? Who did I want to be? How did I want to serve? What was my purpose?

Those challenging experiences were instrumental in helping me to learn how to take better care of myself and they helped put me on the spiritual path with greater awareness and intention. Although very difficult at the time, in hindsight, I am thankful for the growth those experiences provided.

After spending several years learning and recovering from my divorce and illness, I was ready to leave Chicago and try something new. At age 35, I worked hard to secure a job as District Sales Manager with Club Med which relocated me to New Jersey. I stayed for 6 months and then found a better paying job as Regional Sales Director with a travel company that moved me back to Boston where I have been ever since. Next, I worked as National Sales Director for an educational television company that produced distance learning programs for schools and later as a Sales Representative for a charter airline.

Within two months of moving back to Boston for the second time, at age 35, I met my husband, Mark. It was destiny and the time was right for both of us. We met on a whale watch and have been happily married ever since. After much thought, we chose not to have children. Instead, we nurture and devote our time to each other, family, friends, pets, careers, service, and personal growth, healing, and pursuits. We have one lovey kitty who is our pride and joy and who is adored and pampered. I love dogs too and I pet every dog I see on my morning walks. I love all animals. Fish, hamsters, gerbils, chameleons, chickens, and rabbits all found a loving place in my home growing up.

During my twenties and thirties, I began to voraciously read about psychism, mediumship, and channeling. My world was opened at 24-years-old with the book, "Out on a Limb" by Shirley MacLaine and her story of Kevin Ryerson as a trance channel. I also learned about the trance channeling of the entity Seth by Jane Roberts and of the entity Abraham by Esther Hicks whom you may have heard of through Hay House Publications which was begun by new thought leader Louise Hay.



I had my first experience really physically sensing "deceased" loved ones at age 24. My grandfather, who we called Pop Pop, came to me and I could literally feel his gentle, loving touch. Although he passed when I was 13, I know he's been watching over me and giving me his support from Heaven.

I also distinctly smelled my "deceased" grandfather Pop Pop's cigarette smoke in my car one day when the windows were up. It was after I had given a Messages from Heaven program for a large group of people. I knew my grandfather wanted to let me to know he was with me, he had seen me working, and he proud of what I was doing. It made me feel good to know he was with me and proud of me.



I also heard my "deceased" Grandma Brooks say, "He's so sweet!" as I petted my cat Sammy on the morning of her passing. I didn't know she had passed until later that day. It just confirmed for me that my grandmother was truly okay, happy, and at peace again.

My other "deceased" grandma, who we called Mama Lou, came to see me in a visitation dream a few years after she passed at age 97. She looked about 60 years old and her hair was dark again. My grandma looked young, pretty, and gave me a big smile to let me know she was okay and no longer had Alzheimer's. We gave each other a big hug full of love. I called my father to let him know his mother came to visit me and that she was doing very well.

Unfortunately, my brother Greg, who I used to talk to Mr. Frog the Spirit Guides with, passed away in 2008. I'll share more about that later. Greg has visited me several times in visitation dreams. I also sense his presence around me from time to time or receive signs from him. It's very comforting to know he's at peace and well. His two daughters have visitation dreams and other signs from him also.

My Ouija Board friend Sally's "deceased" husband, Craig, also visited me while I was balancing my checkbook about a month after he passed. It was so good to be able to tell my friend that her husband was well and happy, despite his having fought an uphill battle with cancer for two years.

When I give Psychic Mediumship Readings to people wanting to connect with their loved ones or pets in Heaven, I often can connect with one or more of the people they are hoping to hear from, although I can't promise a connection or who will come, which is true for all psychic mediums.

I even have some loved ones in Heaven connect with me before my clients have their readings because they're so anxious to reunite with their loved ones on Earth. It's very satisfying to help people here and on the Other Side reunite, have conversations, and continue sharing the love. It brings everyone a sense of peace and comfort, including me.



In my twenties and thirties, I go would see any and all affordable psychics for readings and to learn from them. I found myself asking a lot of questions. I wondered where my "deceased" grandparents were now and where I would go when I passed. I wondered, "Who am I?" and "Why I am here?" and "What's my life purpose?" I remember asking my mom when I was 10-years-old, "Mom, if God created the world, where was he when he created it?"

I asked Spirit to help me to know who God was and I questioned which religion was the right one to follow. I longed to know my purpose and I searched for a like-minded community to share things with. I wanted greater happiness and looked for the meaning in life.


Later, it made sense that I had such an inquisitive mind and a strong desire for a deeper connection with Spirit considering I am a number 7 Life Path in Numerology which is the Mystic - the seeker and sharer of truth. 7's have a clear and compelling sense of themselves as a spiritual being. We're devoted to investigations into the unknown and to finding the answers to the mysteries of life and sharing what we learn with others.

If you wish, I can also briefly include some Pythagorean Numerology in your Psychic Reading to help you to better understand the potential life path, life purpose, innate personality, gifts, talents, strengths, challenges, and possible weaknesses for yourself and for others.

To do Numerology, all I need from you is the correct birth month, date, and year. Please give me this information during the reading, not before. Birth time and place are not needed.

To be honest with you, I never used to believe in Numerology. Once I learned more about it, I realized it is an accurate and powerful tool for helping people to understand themselves and others. That is why I love using it to help people, if they are open to it. I will still allow plenty of time for you to receive psychic guidance and for your questions as well. If you are not interested in Numerology, that's fine too.

STEPPING OUT OF THE BOX AND INTO MY POWER OR LIVING AN AUTHENTIC LIFE

At age 39, I felt restless with my career. I wanted to feel more fulfilled spiritually so I nervously took the plunge to leave the corporate world, explore my metaphysical interests, develop my abilities further, and heal myself personally and with the help of others in body, mind, and spirit.

I worked part-time jobs as a dog walker, manager of a new age book store, and later as an after school teacher (great training for helping you decide if you want to be a parent or not) which allowed me time to develop as a psychic medium and begin my own business. I started taking many development classes to further expand upon my natural gifts, talents, and abilities.


For over 13 years, I took lots of classes in a variety of subjects such as meditation, psychism, mediumship, trance channeling, astral travelling, past life regression, sound and color healing, spiritual healing, reiki, therapeutic touch, quantum touch, chakra balancing, medical intuition, and other classes with respected teachers and organizations. I'm still taking classes because I love learning and in this field there is always something interesting to learn, plus you can always improve your skills.

Some classes that I took lasted a few hours. Other times, a class lasted 7 days from morning until night. Sometimes, it was a weekly class that met over 9 months. Often, I would be at a retreat consisting of many classes for 17 days straight everyday from morning until night learning and practicing what I had absorbed.


If you have the chance to do a long class or retreat, I highly recommend it. Being away from the "real world" and fully immersed in the intuitive world can really help you to open up and is a great experience. Even if the class is only one afternoon or a full day, as long as it takes you away from your normal life, it can be a boost to your morale and it will open and strengthen your connection to Spirit! By the way, all of the classes I took, plus lodging, transportation, meals, and required materials, were at my own expense and it was often costly so be sure to keep in mind your personal and household budget so you don't over extend yourself.

In addition to taking classes, I also read a lot of books and went to a lot of workshops and seminars to learn from others and to watch them demonstrate their gifts. Gradually, I began offering what I was learning for my clients and I developed my own business.


Some of the places I took in-depth training and classes were in respected psychic mediums' homes, at Spiritualist Churches in Massachusetts and New York, The Arthur Findlay College in England, Lily Dale in New York, and Delphi University in Georgia. All were great training grounds for helping me to further develop my natural abilities. It was also helpful to learn from a variety of teachers and their different teaching styles. Now I teach classes. Check out the CLASSES & EVENTS link.

The main thing I learned was that I was a highly sensitive person and that my psychic and mediumship gifts were truly there all along. (Sound familiar, Dorothy?) Growing up, I was largely uneducated about metaphysical things and that was a great part of what I needed to learn and recognize.


Some of my lack of awareness was because the public was not as informed or interested in the metaphysical field when I was growing up as compared to now. Also, most of my family, relatives, teachers, and neighbors didn't understand, appreciate or believe in mystical things and possibly even feared them out of their own lack of understanding.

Because I was so firmly rooted in the "real world" due to my more traditional upbringing and conservative surroundings, I find it now helps me to explain metaphysical concepts to my students, clients, and the more left brain general public.

I am grounded and a good teacher and counselor because I know both worlds - this side and the Other Side. I have a very balanced analytical left brain and intuitive right brain. I am able to empathize with people who are more intuitive, as well as those who aren't, and talk to them in a way they can understand.


I see part of my role now as a metaphysical teacher, guide, counselor, coach, healing facilitator, writer, and speaker. I hope to help de-mystify the mystical and bring light to any unfounded fears surrounding the subject.

I guess we all begin to awaken when the time is right. There are no mistakes.

My gifts, abilities, guidance, and messages from Heaven were often confirmed by those I gave readings to. I would be encouraged and excited and then my own lack of self-confidence would cause me to doubt myself. Self-growth and personal healing is a continual process. We are here on Earth to first love and heal ourselves and then to help love and heal others.



As a life-long learner, I still enjoy taking classes and I further develop my natural gifts through intensive self-study and practice. I love learning, growing, and developing. I'm still learning to develop greater trust and belief in myself. Life is a temporary school room while we are in this physical body. We are all teachers and students alike.

CHANNELING MY SPIRIT GUIDES

Early into my development, I met several different Spirit Guides through my dreams. Some of my guides I met in my meditation. I highly suggest everyone learn who their spirit guides are and learn to communicate with them. Our time on Earth is a partnership between us and spirit. Our guides love us and want to support us if we are willing to be open, ask, and receive their guidance.

In addition to psychism, mediumship, and healing, I also studied Trance Channeling because I wanted to be as close to my guides as possible. After having read in "Out on a Limb" about trance channel Kevin Ryerson channeling his guides for Shirley MacLaine when I was about 24-years-old, I had to see if I could learn to trance channel my Spirit Guides.

I wanted to know my Spirit Guides more intimately. I wanted to share their wisdom with others and learn from them as well. When I was about 43-years-old, I studied Trance Channeling at a Spiritualist Church and on my own for several years. I was able to channel several guides. It was an exhilarating experience and still is every time I channel them whether verbally through inspirational speaking and counseling or in a light trance state or through inspirational writing.


I refer to the group of Spirit Guides who work with me as, "Divine Spirit". When I first asked them their group name, I received the words clairaudiently, "THE I AM THAT I AM."

I didn't know what that meant so I googled the phrase in quotes and learned online that "THE I AM THAT I AM" is the Divine spark within all of us. (How cool is that?!)

I told my guides that I thought it was an amazing and beautiful description, but too difficult for most people to understand and that it had too many words. I told my guides that I would refer to them as, "Divine Spirit" from then on.



Most of the time, my Spirit Guides often speak to me intuitively and clairaudiently. My Spirit Guides talk to me through channeled inspirational writing during the day, especially when I'm walking, but most often at night when I wake up, particularly if I can't fall asleep. I can always tell how good of a night sleep I've had by how many pieces of note paper I've written on during the night. If I don't write their guidance, wisdom, and inspiration down when it flows to me in my thoughts, I loose it. That's why I always carry paper and pen on me.

I never know when the inspiration from Spirit will come or what it will say until it happens and it's often so helpful, I don't want to risk loosing it. I often need to absorb what they said later so I save the notes to review at a later time. I hope to share more of their words with you someday. I'm putting together a book of my Spirit Guides' inspired words.



My Spirit Guides give me guidance about my own personal life as well as what to do for my business. The words of guidance I receive from Spirit can be inspiring and lengthy, but most of the time it comes to me as thoughts which are clear words, thoughts, and sentences that I write down in a sort of dictation-style. The subject matter can range from personal growth, spiritual development, and practical matters in life or business.

I rarely have a night when I don't write something down and it's always very helpful and often profound. Sometimes what my guides say to me is in response to things I have been wondering about or needing direction on. Other times, their words pertain to things I have never thought of myself.



Channeling my Spirit Guides through inspirational writing started when I was in 3rd grade with a poem I wrote and has grown since then. Some of the things Spirit writes through me is so loving and profound and moving, it brings me to tears. Their words are often wiser than my own and my guides are often more succinct in the way they say things. There is also a bit of a poetic quality to their wisdom.

There is a sense of knowing that comes with the words as I write them down as if the truth is being spoken. My guides' words are always loving and encouraging. There is an urging to write them down that seems to override my own thoughts and feelings temporarily. It feels good as I write for Spirit because when our energies are blended, I feel their love and peace.

I also feel my guides love and encouragement when I am giving a reading and providing guidance for my clients from Spirit or speaking inspirationally for Spirit or channeling in a lighter consciousness.

NOTE: Be sure to enjoy the Inspiring Poems and Quotes by me, by my Spirit Guides, and by others: INSPIRING POEMS & QUOTES. The writing I have channeled from my Spirit Guides will say it is "channeled" which means it's not my thoughts. Channeled writings are the thoughts, wisdom, encouragement, and inspiration of my Spirit Guides speaking to me which I write down for them.

For a description of channeling, see the article I wrote: CHANNELING.

To learn how to develop and strengthen your own connection with your Spirit Guides and to receive psychic guidance and messages from Heaven for yourself and for others, see the programs listed under the link at the top of the page called, CLASSES & EVENTS.

Be sure to also read some of the books and visit some of the websites I've recommended under the link called, RESOURCES.

I look forward to seeing you in class!

DEDICATION TO MY BROTHER GREG

Unfortunately and sadly, when I was 48-years-old, my brother Greg, who I told you I used to channel Spirit for when we were little, took his own life. It was devastating for all of us. I love you, brother. We really miss you.

Greg was 45 years old with 2 teenage daughters. His passing is something my family and I will never have words for. He is sorely missed.

I have great compassion and empathy for those of you who have known a loss of someone you love. My heart goes out to you. (Here Greg is with his two girls, Katy and Jamie.)

If any of you reading this are thinking of taking your life, please get help. Your loved ones will miss you terribly.

To everyone reading this, you matter. You are loved. Love yourself.



For those who need IMMEDIATE are with suicide or suicide prevention, please call 1-800-SUICIDE. 1-800-784-2433


My brother Greg's passing has increased my desire to help others know that there is no death. No one dies - not you - not your loved ones. Our Spirit/our personalities live on forever.

As I have mentioned, I have had visitation dreams and other signs and awareness of my brother Greg from Spirit. I am comforted by knowing he is at peace. He is with family and friends who have passed. We will all be together again one day.

I wrote an inspiring dedication which includes some of the signs Greg has given from Heaven: DEDICATION TO MY BROTHER.

If you want a reading to reunite with a loved one or pet who has passed, I am happy to help you.

READ ABOUT MY BROTHER'S PASSING, MY SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT DIARY, CHILDREN'S BOOKS & CHANNELED WRITINGS

I am writing a book about my brother's passing.

I am also writing a book about my own psychic, mediumship, channeling, and healing development. It is in diary form and covers many years of ups and downs of personal spiritual growth and healing. I hope when you read it one day, you will realize that you are not alone in your search. There are others on the path with you. I hope my spiritual diary will help you to see what is possible, what experiences you may encounter as you develop, and help you to grow, heal, and move forward on your journey.

I am writing children's books and a channeled book of inspirational writing from my Spirit Guides as well.


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NOTE: I am looking for a publisher for these books. If you are a publisher or know someone who may be interested or able to help, please contact me. Thank you.


I found my true calling helping others as a psychic, medium, healing facilitator, teacher, writer, and speaker. Looking back, I now know that Spirit had been preparing me for this field all along through a variety of people, places, and experiences. I am doing what I love and I encourage you to do whatever it is that you love. I hope you will find and share your true calling also. I believe that it is through being of service with your natural gifts, talents, and abilities that you will find true happiness, "success", and fulfillment.

HOBBIES, TRIP OF A LIFETIME, MY HUBBY & THE TURKISH KITTY

As a lifelong learner I spend a lot of time taking and teaching classes in psychic and mediumship development. I also enjoy writing, especially when it is inspired and channeled by Spirit, which is happening a lot. I also enjoy inspirational speaking. My work is fun for me and very challenging and fascinating at the same time.

I also enjoy creating art (pastels have become my new study), pen and ink sketching, tai chi, comedy, walking in nature, playing the Native American flute, animals, all bodies of water, singing, dancing, discussing philosophy and metaphysics, and watching my favorite shows on TV (of course!)

I also enjoy reading, coffee shops, shopping, making jewelry, festivals, laughing and hanging out with friends, music, spas, shopping (Oh, did I say that already?), eating out, being with my husband and cat, and travelling whether on a day trip somewhere or a learning retreat or a vacation in another country.


In September, 2010, my husband, Mark, and I went on a trip of a lifetime. (See photo of Mark and me taken around 2001. Mark's a cutie. Don't you think?!) We visited Venice, Italy for 5 days then took a deluxe 7-day cruise through the Mediterranean followed by a 5-day stay in Istanbul, Turkey.

I hadn't been on a cruise ship since I worked on board Norwegian Cruise Lines in the early 1980's. It had been over 25 years since I had been on a cruise, but this time I was a passenger and got to really enjoy myself! What fun! We sailed from Venice to Istanbul. Sounds like a romance novel, doesn't it? It was a fantastic trip! I highly recommend doing something extraordinary for yourself. It doesn't have to cost a lot to be worthwhile.

There were lots of cats living on the streets in Turkey. The Turkish people were very friendly to the kitties and to us. While eating outdoors at a restaurant late one evening, a little street kitty joined us for dinner. I generously shared my chicken kabob with the hungry cat and gave the sweet kitty my love while it snuggled up against me for warmth. The kitten was so comfortable on my lap that it curled up in a ball and fell asleep! :)


Hopefully, my cat named Sammy who is at home won't watch this cute video and get jealous!

Here's a short video of the Turkish kitty and me.

Enjoy the journey!

Love and blessings,

Gayle

© 2011 Gayle Kirk

A NOTE FROM CONNIE STALLTER: (I used to babysit for her 3 girls.)

Oh, Gayle, what fond memories you bring to mind! Good job! It really does tell your story.

It made me laugh and cry remembering many of those things you wrote about.

You've really had a wonderful life. I'm glad I've been along for the ride.

If I were to write an endorsement for you it would be this....

I have known Gayle since she was quite young. (Gayle was our children's favorite babysitter.)

I spent many hours on my front porch with Gayle asking questions like,

"What is life really about?" and "Where do we go when we die?" and "Do you think this is all there is to life?" What great questions.

Fortunately for us, from there Gayle has gone on to do what Oprah would call, "find her passion"!

It is with very real passion that Gayle shares her spiritual knowledge with us.

Thank you, Gayle, from your lifetime friend,

Connie

WHAT CAN I SAY? LADIES & GENTELMEN, DONNY OSMOND!

AND NOW, DAVY JONES! (and Marcia Brady in her poncho.)

AND NOW, THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY!

NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR!

TOM NETHERTON ON THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW!

Dedicated to my Grandma Brooks

ENJOY THIS FUN VIDEO OF "UP WITH PEOPLE".

Half-time Show from the Superbowl 16 1982 with music from the 1960's.

Let it uplift and inspire you to follow YOUR dreams!


(You don't have to watch the whole video.

I know it's pretty long, but I couldn't control myself.

What can I say? It was a great year and still brings back fond memories today!)