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How to Find or Create a Psychic Development Circle

2008-09-05T20:55:20Z

Being a member of a psychic development circle is an excellent way to increase your psychic abilities and skills. A psychic development circle (PDC) contains a group of people who are all interested in improving their natural psychic abilities such as clairvoyance, psychometry, telepathy, mediumship, telekinesis, energy healing, and more. If you’re interested in finding or creating a PDC, here’s what you need to know…

Be Committed
Before you develop a circle or agree to join one, make sure you’re committed. Once a group is formed it should stay the same so new energies are not constantly coming in. When that happens, everyone needs to adjust their energies and frequencies. You will get better results if your group is solid, committed, and stays the same each week. Expect to be part of a circle for at least 6 months to a year, or longer.

Group Size is Important
PDC’s should consist of between 4 and 12 members. Too few and you won’t be able to draw upon each other’s energies and talents. Too many and your meetings will take more than 2 hours.

Setting the Location and Time
It’s also vital that you set aside the same time and same place each week for your development circle; don’t rotate location and times. Once a week is a good amount to meet. Too often and people risk burning out. Pick a location where you will be uninterrupted. It’s also good to pick a location where someone can dedicate an entire room for the circle such that the door can stay closed during the time when you’re not meeting. It’s best to keep the energy in the room pure and solely for the group’s use.

Preparing the Space
You can set up your space any way you want, but here are some recommendations. Set up chairs so they form a circle, close enough so you can hold hands if necessary. In the middle of the circle, place a small table that you can use to hold items you might need during a session such as candles, pendulums, crystals, a scrying bowl, pads of paper, etc. You may consider decorating the room to represent your circle, such as with cloth drapes, candles, geodes, crystals, chimes, music, etc. Let the group make the room their own.

Raising Your Vibration
Before you enter the circle’s room, be sure to leave negativity at the door. It’s not the purpose of the PDC to be therapists. If you’d like to leave time for socializing, set aside time at the end of the meeting for people who want to talk, but do it in another room. Let the PDC room be just for that purpose. Before you enter the room, raise your vibration so you are ready to participate and help raise the vibration of other members.

Group Meditation
You should select a group leader, someone who has a lot of experience, skills, or abilities. This leader should guide the group through a meditation to increase the energy in the room and to bring everyone present.

Protection
Invite the protection of spirits, angels, God, Source, or the universe to your circle. Ask that only the highest vibrational beings attend the circle. You may sit inside an actual circle, i.e. someone can draw a chalk circle on the floor, or you can use something else symbolically. Periodically someone should sage the room to keep it clear and clean of lingering energy.

Practicing
It’s okay if people in the circle have different talents and skills. One day you may practice mediumship and perhaps only 2 out of 10 of you are mediums. That’s okay. Let the 2 mediums practice their skills on the rest of the group. The next week perhaps you’re working on psychometry. Have each person bring a personal item, pass it around the room, and have everyone write down their impressions. Then share them at the end. Decide in advance what you will work on and make sure everyone gets an opportunity to utilize their preferred psychic modality.

Closing the Circle
You should spend between 1 and 2 hours in your PDC sessions. Too much longer can be draining. When you are through for the evening the leader should close down the circle by thanking all the energies that attended the session. Blow out your candles, say a prayer, and disengage. Leave the room the way you want it to be for the next session.

Finding or Forming a Circle
If you’re friends with others who you know are interested in working on developing their psychic abilities, you can form a group with them. Be sure to select people you are totally comfortable with. Avoid people with big egos. If your friends aren’t into the PDC thing, you’ll have to find people who are. Go to metaphysical bookstores and post a notice that you’re looking to join a circle. If no one responds, form your own. Carefully select the members who will be part of your circle. It’s highly disruptive to the group to have people coming in and out.

It can take a while to find enough good people to be in your circle, but don’t give up. A psychic development circle is an excellent way to increase and practice your skills. You’re in a safe environment where you can learn (fail even) and get better. Now get out there and get circling!

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How do you recover after an emotional setback?

2008-09-02T01:21:23Z

Question: How do you raise your energy when you’ve been stepped on and emotionally trounced by another person, and your self esteem is so low that you can’t even imagine ever being happy again?

Answer: I think everyone goes through periods in their lives when they feel stepped on and emotionally crushed. Sometimes the emotional pain is worse than any physical pain you can imagine. I know, I’ve been there myself. Trying to find happiness, trying to find even a smidgeon of joy, can be difficult, especially if you have low self esteem or otherwise feel powerless.

Find positive thoughts. What has always worked for me is grasping at the positive, no matter how faint or how far off it may seem. Find one thought that makes you feel a little tiny bit better. “Well, at least I have a roof over my head.” Or, “Well, at least I still have my family.” Try not to let yourself become overwhelmed with negative feelings or they will bury you in an avalanche of despair from which it’s hard to dig yourself out. Keep grasping at thoughts that put you in a better position than you initially saw yourself. Make a list of what you still have that’s important to you or that makes you feel good, safe, or secure.

Connect with loved ones. Another way to raise your energy is to talk to someone who loves you and cares about you. Friends and family are excellent at helping you see that you are not alone, and helping you find positive thoughts. Let them know you need help, and ask them if they will listen to your problem.

Keep your perspective. It’s also important to put things into perspective. Maybe it’s not as bad as you’re imagining. Compartmentalize your problem so you don’t let it permeate your whole life. Maybe you lost your job but you have an awesome and supportive wife and 3 great kids who are the light of your life. Maybe your husband asked you for a divorce but you’ve got great friends and a fantastic career.

Help others. One of the best ways to raise your energy is to help someone else who is down, troubled, or depressed. By offering a blessing to another you will feel blessed in return to be able to help someone. It’s a win-win because the other person gets something that will help them and you begin to feel better and more powerful yourself.

Feel gratitude. Nothing raises your energy higher than offering prayers of thanks for what you have.

Learn from the situation. Your situation may really be quite horrible but what’s worse is to fall into the same trap again. If you just left an abusive relationship, learn from it and don’t get into another one. If you just got fired figure out what you really want to be doing and see it as an opportunity to find something better. If you think low self esteem got you into the situation, work on improving your self esteem.

Don’t beat yourself up. What you don’t want to do is beat yourself up after someone else has already beaten you up. That serves no purpose. If you start hearing thoughts in your head like, “I’m just a stupid-head,” or “I’m a no good rotten person who isn’t worthy of love,” or “Who is going to hire me now?” you just stop those thoughts right out of the gate! That’s fear talking. You can’t allow yourself the luxury of a negative thought. That will anchor your feet under the water and you’ll drown. Keep your chin up. If you can’t find a positive thought at least don’t let the negative ones creep in.

Take care of yourself. Take some time to do something joyful. See a movie, take a walk, call a good friend, get a spa treatment, dine at your favorite restaurant. Indulge yourself a little. Don’t do something destructive like eat 10 bowls of ice cream, but do something to show yourself that you still care.

Sometimes bad things happen. How you handle it determines the course of your life. Will you pull through or allow it to bury you? Find strength in what you still have going for you. Sometimes life throws us into the raging river. Whether we sink or swim is up to us. Keep your chin up and your head above water so you can find your way back to the shore. Look for help along the way. It can come from many places.

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Understanding Your Life Purpose

2008-08-28T21:29:30Z

When I do intuitive readings people often ask me about their life purpose. I think this is one of the best reasons to get a reading. Discovering your life purpose isn’t always easy, and getting some insight as to your purpose can certainly help you get some focus and clarity on your path. Let’s talk about what a life purpose is and isn’t, however, since when I do readings there is often confusion about this.

Your life purpose is not to be an accountant, a writer, a coach, or an airline pilot. No. Those are mediums with which you can express your life purpose. Your life purpose is more about who you are at your core and what you are here to learn and give than it is about what you do for a living. So first let’s disconnect life purpose from career path. You may use your career path to express your life’s purpose, but rarely do I see an actual career being your life purpose. So when people ask me their life purpose and are expecting to hear accountant, writer, coach, airline pilot, they will be disappointed.

After doing more than a thousand readings where nearly everyone has asked about their life purpose, I’ve seen some generalities develop. People fall into one of two categories: 1) They are here to have a personal growth experience, to learn, grow, and understand more about life, relationships, and oneness so they can evolve and become more conscious, or 2) They have incarnated to have an impact on the planet, to change something for all of humanity, to make a difference and change the course of many lives, to share a profound wisdom of which they are already aware, that will benefit everyone.

People in the first category (here to have a personal growth experience) will still impact the people in their lives. And people in the second category (here to have an impact) will still have a personal growth experience. But their primary life purpose is one or the other. On rare occasions I’ve seen people here to have a personal growth experience who are also here to have an impact on the planet, but only after that personal growth is achieved to a certain extent where it would then benefit the planet as a whole.

When I read for people who are here to have a personal growth experience, I usually get a certain energy around them like healer, teacher, humanitarian, entrepreneur, communicator, etc. Healers, for example, are here to help alleviate the physical and emotional suffering of others and are well suited for careers in the medical field, psychology, energy healing, etc. People with teacher energy are often drawn to teaching, writing, speaking, or coaching. And on it goes. So when people in the personal growth category ask their guides for their life purpose, they will probably hear their category (healer, teacher, communicator, etc.) and then get some suggestions for career paths that are closely aligned with their path. It’s up to you to decide what works best for you. There is no spiritual imperative for you to be any particular profession. As long as you are in alignment with your higher energy, you will do just fine. You can have a personal growth experience being homeless, being a pole dancer, or even a prostitute.

Now when I read for people who incarnated to have an impact on the planet, I usually pick up on something very specific. Example: “You came here to have a major impact in the field of physics, specifically in the area of DNA and how it relates to consciousness.” Another example, “You came here to teach people compassion, specifically in the area of domestic violence by teaching women to have higher self esteem, and by educating parents on how to keep their sons from being abusive.” Usually people in this category totally resonate with what their guides are telling them, much like when Luke Skywalker told Princess Leia she was his twin sister to which she replies, “I know. Somehow, I’ve always known.” That’s the reaction I usually get when people’s area of impact is revealed. It’s like it’s been encoded in their DNA and I’m just reawakening the memory.

I often find Lightworkers in this second category of people who are here to impact the planet. It’s practically the only way to get a Lightworker to re-incarnate here on Earth. ;) Part of the reason I incarnated was to remind people where we come from and to help people remember we are all one. The idea that I might someday succeed at this is what got me out of my cozy ethereal bed. Part of Steve’s impact is to teach people to live consciously.

Why are you here? What is your primary reason for being? How do you know what it is? In my personal experience doing all these readings, I find that the people who are here to have an impact already somehow know what they’re supposed to be doing, so a reading with me provides validation and confirmation, a sort of activation of their programming.

People in the first category, here to have a personal growth experience, tend to have more flexibility in what they do while incarnated, because they can have their growth experiences in any job they choose to have. They may not even find growth in their chosen career. Perhaps someone is a really good accountant, but has most of their growth experiences on evenings and weekends being the coach of a little league team or going skiing with friends. Nothing wrong with that. Not everyone is here to save the planet. Some people are here to save themselves and a few others caught in their personal growth crossfire.

So how do you know which category you’re in? I find most people are not surprised when their guides tell them what category they’re in. So you can find out in a reading with me. Or you can ask your guides yourself. Or you probably already know on some level and just need to remember.

Does everyone have a life purpose? I believe so, yes. Everyone has a reason for incarnating here. You may not be a Jesus, Gandhi, or Abraham Lincoln, but you’ll get just as much out of your time here if you are a Karen Smith, Joe Johnson, or Susan Jones. So make the most of it.

And remember, we’re all here to help each other learn, grow, understand, and live consciously. So plug into your purpose and get busy making the most out of your life.

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How do I protect myself and my room when I astral project?

2008-08-25T17:14:47Z

Question: I have read that when you astral project you protect your room so that low vibrational negative beings can’t get in. Can you tell me how you do that, and can I use the same technique for my house?

Answer: I will tell you how I did it, but my method is not the only method out there.

First of all the need to protect yourself, your body, and your space while you’re astral projecting is not necessarily critical. It all depends on your current default vibrational state and whether you are already attracting negative beings to you. When I first got into astral projection I was vibrating at a pretty low frequency: fear and anxiety. So when I went astral I became a magnet for beings at the lower vibrations. I was easy prey as it were. Then, when I decided to go on the offensive, my need to protect my body kicked into high gear. When you’re out there attacking the bad guys they have a tendency to send their guys after you to neutralize you. So it became critical for me to avoid retaliation. This is not something I suggest anyone does. Very dangerous, silly, and unnecessary. But I was a teenager and wanted to be an action star so that’s what I did.

If you’re already vibrating at a default frequency of love, compassion, kindness, gratitude, etc., then you probably don’t need to go through the rigamorale of setting up protection. There’s a default protection in place when you’re at that frequency. If, however, you’re fearful, anxious, ashamed, guilty, angry, or sad then for one, you shouldn’t be trying to leave your body, but if you are, then you need protection.

Here’s what you should do.

Before you go to sleep ask your spirit guides to keep you safe. Ask the angels to protect your soul. Imagine a white and/or golden light coming down from the heavens and enveloping you in protective warmth. Try to raise your vibration to one of happiness, joy, peace. If you are religious, call upon your Source for protection as well.

Then you also want to imagine a beautiful white light enveloping your bed, or wherever you’ll be projecting from. You can extend this to your whole house but it probably isn’t necessary. If you have kids sleeping in another room, I would extend the protection to them as well.

When you go astral chances are good you won’t encounter anything negative. But if you do, it will bounce off the protection light you’ve set up for yourself. You can also mentally/energetically create a guard dog to keep you safe, or put a real dog at the end of your bed since he or she can probably detect energies and scare off anything with ill intent.

I mentioned other methods of protection. These include using crystals, burning incense, putting a pyramid above your head, casting a spell of protection, using shamanic tools, prayer, and more. I don’t use these methods so I can’t really comment on them. But continue in your search for protection elements.

In summary, if you’re going to go astral projecting be at a high vibration before you start. If you feel fear, don’t do it, or get past the fear. Set up protective white light around you and your bed. Call upon higher energy beings to keep you safe. And don’t piss off the ookie spookies or they might put an astral hit out on you.

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Astral Projection and Dreaming

2008-08-21T01:52:08Z

A question that often comes through my inbox is how to tell the difference between an astral projection and a really vivid or lucid dream. My short answer is, if you have to ask, you’re not astral. Now let me go into more detail.

There are three conditions that come up. In the first, you dream that you are in an astral state. In the second, you have a lucid dream that you are astral. And in the third condition, you are actually astral. Let’s go over all three in detail so you can see the difference.

Dreaming that you are in an astral state
Because there came a point where I was astral projecting many times per week (back in my teens) I became very used to the sensations involved in astral projection. So, often, I would dream that I was having an astral projection. In this case, I did not wake up in my bed, initiate the astral separation, and go on about my merry astral way. No, instead I was having a dream that I was astral projecting. How do I know it was a dream? Because I was in the dream state, the dream plane, and I never woke to initiate the astral separation which for me involved tingling, a high pitched buzzing sound, and separating out of my body in my bedroom. In the dreaming-you-are-astral state, you are simply having a dream about being out of body. You won’t be that aware of it either, like any regular non-lucid dream. You’ll wake up and say, “Oh what an interesting dream I was having” and that’s about it.

Lucid dreaming about being in an astral state
In this next scenario you become totally conscious during some regular dream and think, “Oh cool, I’m totally lucid, I’m going to go astral” and you go from the dream plane into what you think is your astral vehicle. However, you will find you are still on the dream plane, able to affect dream characters, sure, but still in your own mind. You are not astral when you have a lucid dream that you are astral. You’re just having a cool lucid dream experience and you’re still inside the dream construct. It’s fun, it’s cool, it’s a good place to practice techniques, but you are not astral.

You’re actually astral projecting
In all of my true astral projection experiences, I woke up in bed first. I was completely aware that I was in bed, and if someone said, “Hey, Erin, you awake?” I would know with certainty that I was. It is in this state that the astral separation is initiated. If you’re astral projecting, the first place you will see is your bedroom, or the place where you are sleeping. You won’t be in a dream construct.

Chances are good that if you’re dreaming that you’re astral projecting, you’ve done some astral projecting in real life so you know what to bring into your dream construct. But if you’re having a dream that you’re just flying, that’s not it. When you are actually astral projecting you feel as conscious and aware as you do when you are awake. There are no dream characters or constructs. You can’t just snap your fingers and change the landscape. It’s like being in this plane in between life and death. There’s a strange, unearthly quiet about it (if you’re lucky!) and you feel more like a ghost than anything. But your entire consciousness is in your astral body or vehicle.

Lucid dreaming is an excellent place to practice waking your mind up while keeping your body asleep, so if you’re wanting to learn astral projection then lucid dreaming is a good place to start. As human beings we don’t ever need to experience astral projection to have a good and normal proper life. However, the benefits of having a true astral experience are wonderful. It gives you a sense of certainty that your soul can exist without your body. That means a lot to a lot of people, I know.

So experiment, but learn to discern the difference between your states of consciousness. I’ve had lots of dreams that I was astral only to wake up and realize it was just a dream. Those don’t count.

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Have you ever had contact with a deceased celebrity?

2008-08-18T20:33:32Z

Question: Have you ever channeled a deceased celebrity like Elvis or Marilyn Monroe? If so, what did they tell you?

Answer: Isn’t Elvis still alive? ;) But seriously, I have had some limited contact with celebrities who died but it doesn’t happen often at all. The first was Nicole Brown Simpson, O.J.’s wife. It was a very quick communication. She simply came to me in a dream and said, “OJ killed me.” That was it. Now at the time, I wasn’t a medium, or didn’t know I was anyway. And it’s not like anyone believed anything but that OJ killed Nicole. I didn’t think much of it really.

The contact with a deceased celebrity that stands out for me though was Anna Nicole Smith. When she died I was a practicing medium. One night she came to me in a dream and sat down at a table across from me. I said, “Wait, aren’t you Anna Nicole Smith? And aren’t you dead?” She looked really sad and nodded. She said, “I need to tell you something, please listen.” She wove a tale for me that stunned me. Here is what she told me.

First she told me that Larry Birkhead was the father of her baby. (This happened at a time when the court case to determine paternity was going on). She told me that it would eventually come to light and that when it did, the rest of her tale should also be taken as true.

She told me that Howard K. Stern orchestrated her death. She said he murdered her. I replied that she overdosed on drugs, and she shook her head emphatically in denial. In this dream contact she told me that Howard wanted her money desperately and, after her son “conveniently” died while visiting her and Howard in the Bahamas, realized that as the legally named father of her daughter Dannielynn, he would have control of all her money if she and her son Daniel were both dead. She told me Howard encouraged her to take drugs and mix drugs and alcohol, knowing it would eventually kill her. It was the perfect crime. Just wait and see, make it very public that Anna Nicole was “messed up” and doing it to herself, and no one could tie him to any sort of premeditated plot. It’s one thing to stab someone, but quite another to faciliate their self-destruction.

Getting paternal control of the child was integral to his plan, and getting her out of the country where the laws would be different was also integral to his plan, she told me. I was stunned by what she said. I was never particularly into Anna Nicole Smith but I was aware of what was happening between Howard and Larry after her death, and I knew there was a great deal of money at stake. According to Anna Nicole, Howard had complete and total control over her and encouraged her to take drugs so he could inherit her fortune.

When I woke from this dream I didn’t know what to think or what to do. Later, I started seeing people testifying who thought Howard acted irresponsibly when it came to Anna Nicole and her drug use. Wasn’t there a video he shot of her being totally intoxicated while pregnant or something?

Did Anna Nicole Smith come to me and name her murderer? If Howard K. Stern really did these things how could anyone prove it? But she was one very unsettled spirit I can tell you that. Also, I don’t want to imply that “Oh wow, Anna Nicole Smith chose ME to spread her message.” I believe she was broadcasting this message and other mediums picked up on it. Like I’ve mentioned in other blog entries, being psychic is like tuning in to a radio. I just happened to be tuned in to the Anna Nicole Smith station that night, but I am certain she was broadcasting this message continuously.

If what she says happened really did happen, then there is a clever and insidious murderer walking around town right now. *legal dislcaimer: I am not accusing Howard K. Stern of anything.* But I can tell you that if he is guilty, he’ll probably get his in the end.

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I Can Do It - Readings in Tampa

2008-08-13T20:02:09Z

I will be attending the I Can Do It conference with Steve in Tampa, Florida the weekend of Oct 3-5. Like the conference in Las Vegas, I’ll be doing private in-person readings at the hotel during the conference. If you’re attending and you’d like to book a reading, please contact me before you place your order so I can find you the appointment that will work best.

The conference is going to be just wonderful, so I highly encourage you to attend if you’re interested in personal and spiritual development. So many authors, so little time.

During the conference, there will likely be a meet up for fans of both our sites. It’s a great way to meet other people who share your interests. So if you know you’re going to be there and want to hook up with other fans, contact me and we’ll keep you abreast of location and time.

Steve will be presenting ideas from his book, Personal Development for Smart People. And this time he’ll be signing books afterward, so you’ll get a chance to meet him and get an autograph, and perhaps time to ask him a question.

See ya’ll in Tampa!

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Are You Afraid to Be Rich?

2008-08-11T22:59:04Z

Many years ago I had this odd mentality about money and wealth. I thought that rich people were all greedy, and that most of them had probably sold their soul to the devil in order to attain their wealth. I assumed that rich people were conniving miscreants who took advantage of others. I assumed that corporations were evil, because it seemed to me like they always used clever marketing and subliminal advertising to coerce people into buying their products. Rich people who inherited their wealth seemed lazy to me.

The other problem I had with the wealthy is that it didn’t seem fair that while some people had so much, others had so little. I definitely fell on the side of thinking that suggests the wealthy should give all their excess money back into the system to take care of the poor and infirm. Why did rich people need 8 cars, 4 houses, and servants? I was totally disgusted by greedy rich people and wanted nothing to do with them. Suffice it to say, I had some pretty negative and limiting beliefs about wealth.

Oh sure, I’d be happy to accept a lottery win. And I reasoned that I would give at least half my money to charity and then spend the rest on my family to make their lives better.

And so it was that when I first met Steve this was my way of thinking about money. Too much money and you cross the line into greed and gluttony. But there was a major flaw in my thinking, and Steve is the one who pointed it out to me.

Steve asked me what I would do if I was rich. I told him I’d stop working and go serve others as a volunteer at some charity. I wanted to end suffering, help people feel better emotionally, feed the hungry, and also rescue cats. These were my big charity goals. When Steve got a publishing deal with Take Two with a signed contract that would guarantee us a $675,000 advance I thought we were set for life. Steve suggested that since we had all this money coming to us, why not start my charity work.

So I went to my local hospital and volunteered. I was given a blue smock and told to report to the volunteer’s room promptly Monday morning. I did so with glee. It was more of a closet than a room though. There were 15 volunteers packed in like sardines in this very small room. A lady manned the phones and, when a request would come in, she would dispatch one of us to take care of the task. The other volunteers were surprised to see me there. All, and I do mean all, of the other volunteers were either older retired people or criminals doing community service. When I told them I was there because my fiance was bringing in hundreds of thousands of dollars and I just wanted to help out somewhere, they all looked at me like I was crazy.

But volunteering at the hospital wasn’t what I expected. I spent most of the day running urine samples to the lab or transporting files and paperwork from one office to another. I really wanted to sit with patients and read to them, comfort them, or just keep them company. I especially wanted to help take care of new mothers and their babies, or maybe just rock an infant or two. When I asked about doing this I was met with a derisive snort. “That’s not what we do here. You would have to be a paid staff member to do something like that.” Steve asked me how I was enjoying myself and I had to admit that I didn’t feel like I was helping anyone, at least not the way I wanted. I craved interaction.

Our deal with Take Two fell through pretty fast. Bye bye riches, hello struggle. I went back to work full time with Steve while we searched for another deal.

At some point we talked about our feelings about money and Steve discovered quickly that I thought rich people were the scum of the earth. He asked me how I expected to handle being wealthy if I believed that I would become the scum of the earth. I admitted that I had never thought about it in those terms. I told Steve it wasn’t fair for us to have so much while others were struggling. And then he said something I remember to this day, something that changed my mind about money forever.

“How can you save someone who is drowning if you can’t swim yourself? How can you rescue someone else when you’re not on safe ground? How does you being poor help a poor person? Do you think poor people want you to pat them on the back and tell them you feel sorry for them, or do you think poor people want you to give them money and/or help? If you don’t have any money, how can you give any away?” That opened my eyes pretty fast.

Next he said, “Yes, there are a lot of people and corporations in this world who are greedy, scum-sucking, bottom-feeders who take advantage and don’t give back. Isn’t it incumbent on those of us who are compassionate, kind, and caring to make as much money as we can so that we can help those who suffer? Who would you rather see with money in this world, people like us who actually care about humanity or people like them who want to squeeze others dry for their own profit and gain?”

That made a lot of sense too. I began to see becoming wealthy as an obligation. I began to imagine the difference I could make with a million dollars, a 100 million dollars, maybe even a billion; certainly more than I could make with just my time alone or a $20/month donation to some local charity.

This new belief completely eradicated my old beliefs. I now saw the rich as being in the perfect position to enact social change. I adopted the mindset that if I was capable of generating that much money then I had an obligation to do so. That opened the road to wealth for me. I stopped blocking money from coming into my life. My wealth didn’t increase overnight by any means, but it did increase. Finding a way in which I could provide the most value to others brought me into alignment and vibrational harmony with wealth. Today I earn more than 50 times as much money as I did when I graduated college.

But the key is that I’m no longer afraid to be rich. Today I’m a vibrational match for being a millionaire which is something I couldn’t have said 10 years ago.

Are you afraid of being rich? What are your beliefs about the rich? If your beliefs are negative, do you see how it would be difficult for you to become a vibrational match for wealth? You would subconsciously sabotage your efforts to keep yourself from becoming what you hate. Reframe your beliefs to find a more empowering and vibrationally-aligned way of thinking about wealth. If you can’t find such a belief, you’re dooming yourself to poverty, lack, and impotence. If you don’t mind being poor or struggling financially then you’ve got nothing to worry about. But if you want to be wealthy and you just can’t seem to get going in that direction, check your beliefs about money, wealth, and rich people. You’ll probably find something negative in there.

Do you hold any of these beliefs about wealth?

Rich people are greedy
Rich people are selfish
If I had a ton of money I would just have to pay the IRS most of it
Rich people work 80 hours a week and never spend time with their families
Rich people step on the backs of the poor to get more money
Too much money and I wouldn’t know what to do with it, a person only needs so much
Why should I have so much when others have so little? How is that fair?
People would always be asking me for loans
Once I got used to having money I’d be afraid of losing it.
I’d probably just blow it all on shoes.

Try some of these beliefs on for size:

Rich people are empowered
Rich people are in a position to give back to their community
Rich people can provide employment for others
Rich people get to experience all that life has to offer
Rich people aren’t as stressed about their basic survival
Rich people get to travel and enjoy seeing the world
Rich people get a chance to meet people in other countries
Rich people can help others

Or find your own beliefs. Just bring yourself into vibrational harmony with what you say you want and what you actually believe about it.

Say this phrase out loud to yourself: “Sure I want to be rich…” and if you feel the urge to add a “but” at the end of the sentence then examine the limiting belief that’s about to come out of your mouth.

“Sure I want to be rich, but who wants to put in 80 hours a week to do it?” I know I don’t put in 80 hours a week.

“Sure I want to be rich, but the IRS is just going to bleed me dry. I’m not going to give them the satisfaction.” If the IRS is taking a boat load of your money, you’ve probably got more than a boat load left.

Money is a tool. It’s not evil, and it won’t buy you love. But somewhere in between love and evil you might find empowerment, security, and a way to help others. If that’s what you want.

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Are guides always wiser than us?

2008-07-30T22:30:41Z

Question: Do you feel most of your guides are at the same vibrational level to you or of a higher vibration? I ask because I have been aware of a much ‘older’ guide (spiritually) for a while, but last year I became aware of a younger guide; he comes to me as someone the same age and the same level as me and I got the feeling he was very excited to be working with me. He feels like a friend.

Answer: For the most part guides assigned to you before you incarnate are wiser and/or more experienced than you. That’s part of what makes them good guides. Sometimes your guides are beings that have had human form in the past, and sometimes they are beings who have never incarnated. But if they’re advising you, and are part of your “spirit guide council” as I will call it, then you can rest assured they’re capable of serving in this capacity, otherwise your higher self would kick them out of the club.

Now, what you’re describing, about the younger guide, is also possible. This has happened to me. A young spirit named Keith did some work with me early in 2006 while I was just developing my psychic abilities. He was assigned to help set up opportunities for me to practice my skills. He was not on my spirit guide council, per se, but was recruited to help out. It was part of his “work” on the other side. He did this with great gusto and great success. Afterward, he was given the opportunity to continue doing this work, but I still wouldn’t call him one of my guides. His job now is to nudge people who would benefit from getting a reading with me to book one. He arranges synchronicities, chance encounters, signs, and signals to make people aware of me when the time is right and if the fit between us will be right. He “scores points” for this work and is learning on the other side.

When you encounter a younger guide or an inexperienced energy it could simply be someone like my Keith. Often they do feel like a friend instead of an advisor. I send Keith a lot of my gratitude because he is part of the initial process of me doing readings. And my conduit guide, Bob, is there during the actual reading helping me connect with the guides of my sitter.

It’s wonderful that you’ve connected with your guides, and yes, you are accurately picking up his vibration as being less experienced than that of your regular guides.

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Don’t Be a Bystander

2008-07-28T13:33:53Z

In 6th grade there was a little girl in my class who I’ll call Sophie. She was very quiet and kept mostly to herself, but one thing we all noticed about Sophie was that she often wore the same clothes to school the entire week. She showed up to school dirty and unkempt, she had lice, and she smelled pretty bad. Sometimes people made fun of her, but she had a group of other girls around her who were very protective of her and would verbally fight back in her defense. You didn’t want to mess with Sophie because her friends would make your life miserable if you did.

In our P.E. class, Sophie never changed into her gym clothes. The teacher would give her unsatisfactory grades for her non-compliance, but she seemed resigned to that. I figured she had a body image issue and just didn’t want to change in front of the rest of us. One day I noticed someone had erected a sheet in the girl’s locker room and Sophie and her group of friends would go change behind the sheet. Sophie was then able to participate in P.E. But her other problems remained.

I didn’t think much of it until one day I saw something that horrified me. I’m not sure how it happened, but Sophie and I were in the locker room alone together, and the sheet fell down while she was changing. I saw her naked back. I saw a burn in the shape of an iron on her back. There was no mistaking what I saw. When Sophie realized that the sheet had dropped at an inopportune time, and that I saw the burn, she started crying. “Please don’t tell anyone. Please. I’ll get in so much trouble if anyone tells.”

I was stunned. I just said, “Uh, okay. I won’t say anything.” She was begging me, what could I do? But I was haunted beyond words. Suddenly I realized, even at the age of 12, that Sophie was the victim of horrible physical abuse. I couldn’t ignore what I saw but I wasn’t sure what to do.

Later that day a couple of her friends came up to me and told me that Sophie had told them what I saw. I asked them if they knew about it and they said yes! They told me that Sophie’s mom was abusing her all the time, and neglecting her. Often she wasn’t fed or allowed to take a bath, and sometimes her mom arbitrarily kicked her out of the house to go sleep on the street. Her friends had all banded together to give her some of their lunch each day. I asked them why they didn’t tell someone, and they said that Social Services had already been there, but Sophie’s mom covered up the abuse and then abused Sophie even more for getting her in trouble. They had determined that the best thing to do was just help Sophie cope.

I was so troubled by what I knew. I started seeing Sophie in a whole new light, that of a victim. When I offered to give her some of my clothes or food she told me she couldn’t take any clothes or her mom would find out and want to know where she got them and why they were given to her. Sophie was carrying around this secret and her friends were helping her stay out of trouble the best way they knew how. I really didn’t think this was the best way to help her, but I was afraid that Sophie would just get in trouble if I interfered, plus I wasn’t sure what to do.

Then Sophie missed a week of school. I remember the teachers all acting like she was this horrible kid who just wasn’t smart and didn’t want to participate, but I and her friends knew she could be in real trouble. My imagination ran wild with thoughts of her being hurt by her mom, so I told her friends we had to tell an adult. They threatened me, and I honestly understood why. They thought telling someone would hurt Sophie more because they had seen that apparently adults had no power to help her so why make it worse.

Then Sophie was back in school, with her arm in a cast and sling. She let slip that her mom had dislocated her shoulder and broken her arm for accidentally dropping a dish on the floor that broke. I burst into tears. I just couldn’t imagine my mom hurting me like that, and I just couldn’t imagine someone having to live in fear that something like that could happen. I told my mom everything I knew about Sophie. But I begged my mom not to tell anyone because I really thought it would be worse for Sophie.

My mom knew better though. She called the school first to let them know what was going on, and then she called Social Services. I remember being in class one day when some “people” came to take Sophie away. She was freaking out, she didn’t want to leave her mom, her only source of “love and protection.” There was a big scene. After she was gone, her friends advanced on me like they were going to kill me. They all knew who had probably spilled the beans because they knew they hadn’t. I protested my innocence, frankly because I was afraid they’d beat me up. We had no idea what happened to Sophie and everyone blamed me. I was sick with worry myself.

But I knew in my heart I had done the right thing by telling, and I was secretly glad my mom had taken the step I wasn’t strong enough to take on my own.

And then one day, a few months later, the most wonderful thing happened. I was playing out in the yard during lunch when a car pulled up alongside the fence. A beautiful little girl got out of the car. She was wearing a pretty spring dress, her hair was beautiful, and there was a huge smile on her face. It was Sophie! I rushed to the fence to greet her as did many of her friends. She let us know that someone had indeed called Social Services on her and her mom. She was put into foster care and her mom was put in jail and convicted of child abuse. She was placed with a family who cleaned her up, gave her new clothes, and gave her food and proper care. She told us she had never been so happy in her life and she thanked “whoever” had told on her. A huge weight lifted off my shoulders that day.

That experience taught me never to stand idly by while someone was being hurt or taken advantage of. It isn’t always easy to know what to do to help someone, but ignoring them and their plight is wrong too.

We can’t just stand by when someone is being harmed. Get help, even if you can’t provide it on your own. Don’t harden your heart to the suffering of others. Take action. When we ignore the suffering of others we condone the actions of the perpetrators. As a society we must take action as well. True compassion is stepping in when injustice is present. Help others because one day you might need help. How would you feel if people turned a blind eye to your suffering?

I wonder what Sophie’s life is like today. I wonder what her life would have been like if no one had stepped in to help her. I wonder if she would have survived her childhood. I wonder how many other children, and even adults, are out there right now in the same situation, with friends who know of their suffering but who are too afraid to take action.

Don’t be a bystander.

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Is it cheating if I get a psychic reading?

2008-07-21T01:45:36Z

Question: Isn’t consulting a psychic sort of cheating? Aren’t we supposed to learn our lessons on our own? Isn’t getting a reading like getting the answers to the test? Will God be mad if I get a reading?

Answer: I’ve gotten variations on this question dozens of times. It always struck me as odd, but I realize that this is indeed what some people think. So let me answer the question for anyone and everyone who is wondering the same thing.

When we incarnate we forget where we came from. This is part of the deal. We forget so we can immerse ourselves in the illusion, like actors in a play. We are assigned a role that we must play out to the best of our ability. However, we are given a lifeline, a tether, back to Source, if we would just remember it and know it’s always there for us to call upon for help. We are always connected to our higher self and the spirit guides who have agreed to guide us. Most people don’t remember their connection to Source, their higher self, or their guides. They call out to God, and even pray for help, but few people can hear it when God answers.

That’s where intuitives and psychics come in. We do hear the answer. We hear it for ourselves, and we can hear it for others when they can’t hear it for themselves. For most people, it’s like they’re on a phone call where they cannot hear who is on the other end. They dial up God and start talking into the microphone “Dear God, please help me. Please show me a sign. I am listening, please guide me,” but they’ve got their mute button on. So when God, or your guides or higher self, are responding, you can’t hear them. Whose fault is that? How frustrated do you think the other side is with you?

So along comes Super Psychic to save the day! :) You book a reading, I tune in, and your guides breathe a sigh of relief. “Oh thank goodness, Erin’s here! Wonderful! Now our charge is finally going to get the message we’ve been trying to send her for weeks. Erin, can you please tell Mary that she is indeed ready to quit her job and become a writer? She has all the skills she needs to make it. Can you please tell her that now might be a good time for her to try mending fences with her mom again as she seems more receptive. And tell her that when she takes those sleeping pills we can’t communicate with her in her dreams and she’s missing out on good stuff.” So I relay the message. Is this cheating? No!

Think of it this way. You’re born with a post office box; everyone is entitled to one at birth. You pray, God sends you an answer, and it lands in your post office box. Only you don’t have your key so you can’t get your messages! When you consult a psychic it’s like hiring a locksmith. We come, we open, we deliver your messages. What you do with them is your business.

The other side is not going to violate the Prime Directive. You still have free will here. They won’t tell you what to do, stripping you of your choices and turning you into an automaton. They will simply help you see what you’ve forgotten, help you see where you’re going wrong, help steer you down the path of contentment and growth. They’ll remind you of what you’ve forgotten. This is not cheating. If they sent you lottery numbers, that would be cheating, but they never do so don’t worry.

God is not mad when you get a reading from someone who can deliver His messages. He’s grateful. He doesn’t want you to suffer needlessly. He doesn’t want you wandering around in a fog. We’re supposed to have help here. He knows how hard it is to be incarnated. When you disconnect from God/Source you’re only hurting yourself and adding unnecessary misery to your life.

When I do readings the guides do not tell people what they should do. They do tell people what will happen if they make certain choices, but they are not here to put a leash around our neck and walk us through our life maze with no free will. So listen to their message for you. And work on hearing those messages on your own so you don’t need to call 1-800-Super-Psychic every time you get stuck.

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Doing Readings in Carlsbad

2008-07-14T20:08:43Z

I’m going to be in the Carlsbad, CA area in early August. I have some spots available for in-person readings if you are interested. Specifically, I have spots available Sunday, August 3 and Monday, August 4.

If you are interested in having a reading with me on either of those two days, contact me now to reserve your space (don’t sign up on the order form just yet). I’ll be doing the readings from my hotel in Carlsbad. Readings are one hour in length. I have a limited number of slots available and they usually book up fast, so if you think you’ll want a reading, let me know asap.

Looking forward to the cooler weather.

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Casting Love At People

2008-07-10T16:16:53Z

Do you ever stop and take a moment to cast love at someone? Or a group of people? Someone you are mad at? Even someone you hate? I think that casting love at someone is one of the most wonderful things you can do because it benefits you, the person or people you’re casting love towards, and it adds love energy to the world.

The other day I was in the car with my 8-year-old daughter, Emily and we had an interesting conversation. Here is roughly how it went.

Emily: Mommy, did you know my heart locket has a little jewel in it?
Me: No, I didn’t know you put anything in your heart locket.
Emily: Well I put this little jewel in there. Yesterday when I was at school I opened my locket and took out my jewel and asked Claire (her angel) to help me cast love energy at my classmates.
Me: You what?
Emily: Yeah, I wanted everyone in my class to feel loving towards each other so I asked Claire if she would help me and I made a wish on my jewel.
Me: Wow, you did that, really? That’s incredibly wonderful of you to do that.
Emily: I even told Claire to send love energy to the bad people, like the demons, so that maybe they can find their way back to the light.

I can’t tell you how my heart was swelling with pride at this point. My little muffin, consciously casting love energy at people. I said, “Where did you get the idea to do this, Emily?”

She said, “From you, Mama. You taught me that putting love into the world was better than putting hate into the world. And I just wanted everyone to feel happy and loved like I do.”

My eyes welled up with tears quite honestly. It was definitely a moment I will never forget. I didn’t realize that she had learned this from me. I have had conversations with both of my children about the difference between love and dark energy. I’ve drawn their attention to moments when I see them casting love energy at each other (”Kyle, I’ll read you a story tonight if you want”) and moments where they aren’t quite so light (”Kyle, if you take my sucker out of my bag again I’m going to bop you!”). But I can tell that they’re both getting it; they’re both aware of when they’re using love energy and when they’re using dark energy. Awareness of what kind of energy you’re casting into the world is an important first step to consciously choosing what kind of energy you will send into the world.

You can cast love energy at anyone anytime whether they are in your presence or not. Lately as I go to bed each night I’ve been feeling so grateful and wonderfully blessed. I take a moment to appreciate all that I have and all the people who tell me I’ve affected their lives for the better. Then I think of someone from my present or past, someone who I think would benefit from some love, and I just cast love energy at them. I think about them, say a little prayer for their wellbeing, send forgiveness if it’s warranted, send understanding if it’s needed, but mostly I just send unconditional love. I take a moment to recognize my cosmic connection with them and send them the love I would want someone to send me.

There is so much power and energy in this act. It raises your vibration instantly, and if you are in a state of fear there is nothing better you can do for yourself than to send unconditional love out into the world. You’ll find it comes back into your heart a hundred-fold.

Cast love at others. Open your heart and let the universe fill you with its love, and then pay it forward to someone else. I believe on some level they will feel it come into them. The more we create these tendrils of love the better our world will become. Send peace, gratitude, understanding, whatever you need to send. Open the conduit of love and keep the energy flowing.

Or get a little jewel, put it in a heart locket, and wear it around your neck like my daughter does. Then make a wish for love, peace, compassion and harmony to be in your heart and the hearts of others. Yes, even the demons… they need love too.

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Do I have to incarnate again?

2008-07-06T23:14:32Z

Question: What has to happen for me never to incarnate again? Do I have to achieve some sort of perfection? Who or what decides if I have to come back to this world? Can I avoid coming back if I don’t want to?

Answer: We are not incarnated to learn perfection, that is not possible because the definition of perfection would be different for everyone. We incarnate to learn, to have a new experience, to gain a new perspective we can’t gain without bodies. I don’t think we can ever really be done because you can always come back and try a new perspective.

Incarnating is a choice. A conscious choice. If you decide you never want to incarnate again I don’t believe you have to. However, you must know that the soul, when it’s in the ether, does not fear incarnation. To the soul, incarnation is like being on a roller coaster. Sure it can be thrilling, even dangerous, but it’s just a ride and at the end you come safely to a stop.

Have you ever been on a roller coaster and thought, “Shoot, why did I get on this crazy ride?” and you’re screaming throughout the entire ride only to say, “Let’s do that again!” when you stop safely? While you’re on the ride you might be thinking, “Why, oh why, did I agree to go on this ride?” but once you’re back safe and sound all you remember is the thrill! Were you ever truly in danger?

My suggestion is this: Don’t decide now if you will incarnate again. You’re in the middle of the ride. Wait until you’re safe and sound again, evaluate the experience of this life, and then decide if you’re up for doing it again. There are many different roller coasters to try as well. Some go upside down, some take you through total darkness, some will make you really sick, and some will take you to heights you couldn’t possibly imagine (oh what a view!). Don’t forget you’re never on the ride alone. Scream if you must, throw your hands up in the air to maximize the thrill, but always remember you are safe. And if you ever find the ride is going too fast or you’re too afraid and want to get off, don’t jump. Just raise your hand and the ride operator will bring the coaster to a safe and gentle stop.

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Las Vegas I Can Do It Conference 2008 - Review

2008-07-03T21:46:33Z

In years past Steve and I attended the I Can Do It conference as members of the audience. Hay House puts on this conference a few times per year and showcases many of their authors. It’s an amazing, high energy, high awareness conference that has positively impacted both of our lives. Last year when we were sitting in the audience I had an intuitive flash and said to Steve, “You’ll be speaking at this conference next year.” He replied, “I doubt it, I don’t even have a book deal. Even if I did it would be too soon.” But I just knew that in 2008 we would not be attendees, Steve would be one of the presenters.

This is exactly what happened. Steve got a book deal with Hay House shortly after the 2007 I Can Do It conference, and even though his book, Personal Development for Smart People, won’t be released until October 15, they asked him to speak at the Vegas 2008 conference. I knew Steve was ready.

I was excited to be attending this year as an author’s guest because I knew it would give me the opportunity to meet some of the other Hay House authors and to see what the conference is like from behind the scenes.

All of the Hay House staff were absolutely fabulous, including all of the volunteers. Steve and I were treated with great respect and endearment. Not only are the staff totally professional, they are totally friendly, competent, and authentic. I think when you have a woman like Louise Hay at the head of a company you can’t help but see a trickling down of the love. We really weren’t sure what we would see behind the scenes, but all I saw was happy people with strong messages they truly believed in. It was a real pleasure to meet everyone and get a chance to connect with their energy.

Steve will no doubt go into great detail in his review of the conference so I just want to hit my own personal highlights.

Meeting John Holland
John Holland is one of my favorite psychic mediums. I read his book, Born Knowing, when I first started developing my own psychic gifts. His book was very insightful and in many ways mirrored my own life. I attended John’s pre-conference workshop (I highly recommend the workshops because you really learn a lot and get to actually practice what’s being taught). John is so humorous and personable that it made the entire workshop just fly by. During the lunch break I saw John go into the speaker’s lounge for lunch and saw my opportunity to introduce myself and say hello.

John is just as funny and personable off stage as he is on stage. He is very passionate about his work and very happy to be working with Hay House. I didn’t get too much of a chance to chat with him as there were a lot of people coming in and out of the lounge, but we connected for a minute or two and that was fine with me.

Later, at the speaker’s dinner on Saturday night, Steve and I got the opportunity to chat at greater length with John and his guest, Vincent who is also a wonderful psychic. In fact, Vincent did a quickie reading for me and I was impressed with his accuracy and insight. He bills himself as the Psychic’s Psychic and I can see why. By the end of the evening I had gotten to know John a little better and he had gotten to know me as well. Steve and I look forward to seeing him again in Tampa.

On Sunday we watched John do live demonstrations of his mediumistic work. He was fabulous. I found John Holland to be extremely caring, compassionate, and a true being of the light. He is an inspiration to me.

David Hamilton
One of the first people we met in the speaker’s lounge on Friday was David Hamilton, PhD. He and his girlfriend, Elizabeth, are from Scotland and they’re about the same age as Steve and me, so we hit it off right away. Plus I’m a real sucker for a Scottish accent. Steve and I very much enjoyed getting to know David and his work on mind over matter. With a background in organic chemistry, David began studying the placebo effect and came to the realization that the mind has great power over the body. His book, It’s The Thought That Counts, will be very high on my list of books to read coming out of this conference. It was unfortunate that we couldn’t attend his lecture since he was speaking at the same time as Steve, but by all reports he was funny and fabulous. At the speaker’s dinner on Saturday night we sat with David and Elizabeth. I was very struck by David’s passion and zest for life. He’s a real people person. He also gifted us with a rehashing of the freedom speech from Braveheart. It was awesome! Hopefully we’ll get another chance to hang out with our new friends from Scotland.

Steve’s Presentation
A few months prior to this conference Steve asked me if I wanted to introduce him. “Sure,” I said before I could chicken out. As the day approached I was feeling just fine about my decision, but as the morning dawned I found I was feeling a bit nervous. In fact, Steve was picking up on my nervousness which was a bummer because he wasn’t nervous about his presentation at all. So I left him in the room to practice and went down to the room to check it out. 400 chairs! Eeep. The most people I’d ever spoken in front of was probably 20. So I got up on the empty stage in the empty room and belted out my introduction 5 times. That helped a lot! I was ready. Until the room started filling with people!

They gave me a hand microphone and I had my speech in hand. About two hundred people present. My toastmaster friends were there and gave me great encouragement. And members of our boards were there as well which helped bolster my confidence. Thanks to everyone who lent me some of their courage. When I actually started speaking I felt pretty good. I had some adrenalin going but I wouldn’t say I was nervous. It was more an excitement. It took all of maybe 40 seconds though it felt like 20 minutes in my mind. ;) I am so glad I did it though. I think I went up a level in courage.

Steve made a fantastic presentation. You know it’s good when it’s your own husband speaking and you get a lot of information and growth out of it yourself! I was rapt with attention. I hadn’t heard the presentation ahead of time, though I have read the book, so I had a good idea of what he was going to talk about. I felt the energy of the audience was also rapt and intrigued.

After his presentation he went out to a table in the hallway to sign journals, hand outs, and a few auras. ;) I stayed in the room to meet and greet our board members and some audience members who wanted to chat with me. After Steve’s presentation he couldn’t go 300 feet without someone stopping him to share their thoughts about his presentation. It was wonderful to connect with so many new people who are hearing Steve’s work for the first time ever.

The Radio Show
Steve was asked to be on a panel for Hay House Radio with Summer McStravick as host, and fellow guest authors Andrew Harvey and Alan Cohen. They decided to film it so Steve got some hair and make-up done in advance (so adorable). Not too many people actually watched the segment since it coincided with sessions, but that was alright because you can probably catch it on Hay House Radio at some point. With three very different perspectives on self-help and personal development, the show was intriguing and became highly energetic. It was fun for me to watch.

The Photoshoot
Steve was asked to do a photoshoot so Hay House could get a good photo for the back of his book and promotional materials as well. So Sunday in the early evening we headed over. That was a lot of fun for me to watch. They took nearly 400 photos of him, and asked me to be in a dozen or so just for fun. That was a kick. The photos came out great so hopefully we’ll see a new photo on Steve’s About Us page soon.

The Other Authors
We didn’t get a chance to meet every author but we did meet plenty. Colette Baron-Reid, Dr. Brian Weiss, Andrew Harvey, Alan Cohen, Robert Ohotto, Robert Holden, Louise Hay, Jonathan Ellerby, Loretta LaRoche, and Timothy Freke. All wonderful people. I was hoping to meet Doreen Virtue to tell her what an impact she had on me becoming a professional psychic medium, but she was speaking on stage during the speaker’s dinner, though her husband Stephen Farmer came by to say hello to everyone. I also would have liked to meet Dr. Wayne Dyer but he also was not at the dinner. The Event Director, Nancy Levin, was amazing. She and all of her assistants did a wonderful job of taking care of everything! They were a real pleasure to work with.

Exhausted
The conference was wonderfully uplifting but by the end I was exhausted. Meetings, presentations, doing readings for people, and socializing can take a toll. We had few down moments. By Monday I was ready for some rest and relaxation. Hay House gave each of their authors a free spa treatment at the Venetian Canyon Ranch Spa, so we decided to take Tuesday off and just go spa (yeah, as in the verb “to spa”). I had a Shiatsu massage and Steve got a Double Abyangha. It was blissfully relaxing.

This year’s I Can Do It conference got me thinking about my future. Perhaps a stage and a book deal are in my future as well. We’ll see. :) I’ll probably go to Tampa with Steve for the I Can Do It event there this October. I hope to see as many of you there as possible. It’s a wonderful conference. Everyone I know who has gone has come away from it with more purpose, focus, energy, and love. Don’t miss out.

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