After some very unusual and emotionally harrowing events in early 2022, it became apparent that I was supposed to step into my role as a full-blown psychic. I went to a psychic medium in Florida who told me that I am a “very powerful psychic medium” and that I had traveled to the spirit world and back. I knew this already. I had gone to her to simply get confirmation that I wasn’t losing my mind.
Since then, I am happy to say that I have indeed stepped further into my power as a psychic. The biggest step was actually trusting myself and owning my abilities. Before, I would shy away from being called an intuitive, scared that I wasn’t good enough to truly use my powers and abilities to help people yet. But I can now proudly say that I always had those abilities and the only thing that ever stood in my way was my confidence in them.
If you’re on a similar path, you may find this struggle to be familiar. I want to tell you that it’s mainly your trust in yourself that needs work and not so much your actual abilities. Those have probably always been there for you.
However, there are a few concerns I’ve recently had as I developed in my career as a psychic. Some new things have come to light. Now that I see the path more clearly, I see that there are new choices to be made. There are new dilemmas. Sometimes, being a professional psychic isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
I will describe three reasons I am hesitant to do this work. My hesitation is real. It doesn’t mean that I won’t do it — but it means that I have to be discerning and careful about how I approach it.
I am primarily here to help people understand their soul journeys and to elevate themselves out of low vibrations. I want to help the collective consciousness heal. So, when I take on psychic work that isn’t aligned with this goal, I have to take a step back and wonder if I am using my abilities for the right reasons. Am I actually helping people? This idea is constantly being challenged lately for me.
People have petty concerns sometimes.
I won’t sugarcoat this. One of my biggest hesitations in my tarot readings is when people ask very surface-level questions about their petty problems. They want to know about the behavior of other people in their lives and about their business dealings, but I try to bring them back to the over-arching spiritual significance of their struggles. I want them to learn how to weather their stressful situations with self-love instead of giving into the worrisome situation every time, going down with the ship.
I want them to understand the karmic cycles they’re moving through, but a lot of people prefer to remain slaves to the ego. I still do these kinds of readings sometimes, but I warn people that my readings are about the soul journey and not totally about their physical reality.
Ironically, I am very good at reading the cards — even for surface-level questions. I am almost always right. At least, this is what my clients tell me. The problem is, I don’t want to ask the cards these questions anymore.
The Tarot itself is about the soul journey. It’s spiritual in nature. I hate to use my sacred deck of cards to channel such one-dimensional messages. It lowers the incredibly valuable significance of the spiritual reading to just use it to find out if your boyfriend is going to come back or if you will be a billionaire.
This life is temporary. You can’t take your money, body, or surface-level relationships with you. All you can take is what you’ve learned and whatever energy you’ve exchanged with others along the way. My readings focus on what’s real.
Talking to dead people isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Over the past few years, I have become very selective about who I share energy with. I try to preserve a calm environment and I talk to people who are interested in my soul’s liberation. Dealing with living people is sometimes stressful, as we all know.
So, as I raise my own vibration and filter out the energy I don’t want in my life, I realize that being a psychic means I have to understand that all “people” are not visible. If I talk to a dead person’s spirit, I also want them to be interested in my soul’s liberation. I want them to be able to teach me something. I don’t want any low vibrations in my life.
In the same way I am selective of the living people I associate with, I want to be selective about the dead people I talk to. So, I am not sure I want to just channel anyone’s dead aunt — you know what I mean?
Psychic advice isn’t often followed.
One of the worst feelings is to care deeply about someone, give them advice, and watch them destroy themselves slowly anyway. When I do a reading, I am channeling divine messages. I am talking to the universe. I am getting intuitive advice from spirit guides.
This is no small thing. It’s not a joke.
If my work doesn’t actually change lives and inspire people to do something differently, then why am I doing it? People have to actually be willing to change. And yet, often, they don’t seem ready. They don’t want to put in the work. People want quick fixes and band-aids.
So, I think deeply about these issues now. I want to have clients who are interested in their soul journey, healing, getting better, and making better choices. I want to use my energy and talents where they are most helpful.
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