How I Read
If you've ever wondered what actually happens during one of my readings, here's a little look at my process.
I read cold on purpose. For both mediumship and tarot, I want to work with what comes through during the reading rather than having a bunch of information from you sitting in the back of my mind.
It's not that I don't want to hear your story. I just find that I get the cleanest reading when I don't have a lot of extra information to work around.
Mediumship
For mediumship readings, I use a combination of my clairsenses, conversation with spirit and oracle cards.
I do find that having a photo of your loved one helps me connect with them. I only need their first name and whether they were a relative or friend though. I don't need their full name or a bunch of background information. I prefer that you don't give me those details.
If you tell me that your father was a tall man who smoked cigars and loved fishing in the Great Lakes, and then those exact things come through during the reading, it's harder for me to know whether I received that information from him or whether I was influenced by what you told me.
I want those details to come from your loved one. That's what makes a reading evidential for me.
How I Connect
When I'm ready to do your reading, I get somewhere quiet where I know I won't be interrupted. I bring up your loved one's photo and talk to them out loud, calling them forward by their first name.
I'll say something along the lines of:
"Hello to this person in spirit. Would you please come forward and connect with me as your relative or friend would like a message from you."
From there, I talk with them and pay attention to how they respond.
I experience the full range of clairsenses:
Clairvoyance — seeing images, people, places or symbols
Clairaudience — hearing words, sounds, names or messages
Clairsentience — feeling emotions or physical sensations
Clairalience — smelling something that isn't physically there
Clairgustance — tasting something without actually having it there
Claircognizance — knowing something without knowing how you know it
Not every person in spirit communicates through all of them. Someone may give me a very specific smell while another person may show me an image or give me a physical sensation. Sometimes I'll get several different types of information from the same person.
As I'm talking with them, I write down what I'm getting. That includes things they show me, things I hear, smells, tastes, physical sensations, memories, personality traits and messages. My notebook is usually a complete mess by the end because I'm focused on your loved one, not whether I'm writing neatly or staying on the lines.
I write things down even when I don't understand why I'm being given them. Sometimes a detail makes sense immediately. Sometimes it doesn't make sense until later. I've had details that seemed completely random at the time make sense weeks or months later when something happens or a family member brings it up.
I don't want to leave something out just because I don't understand it yet.
Oracle Cards and Spirit Messages
I also use oracle cards during my mediumship readings. I have several different spirit communication decks and I give your loved one the option to communicate through the cards as well.
The cards aren't replacing the connection. They're another way to receive a message and can be especially helpful when I want to make sure I'm understanding what they're trying to communicate.
For my closing spirit message, I use my Spirit Messages deck. I allow your loved one to guide the energy toward the card and then we look at the message together in the context of everything else that came through during the reading.
Tarot Readings
I also prefer to read tarot cold.
If you're booking a tarot reading, please don't feel like you need to send me your entire backstory. Give me the question you're asking and let me work from there.
Extra information can create noise. If I already know exactly what happened, what your partner said, what you've decided or what you're hoping the cards will tell you, that information is sitting in the back of my mind before I even pull a card.
I'd rather start with your question and see what the cards have to say.
Once I pull the cards, I look at them in the context of your question. I don't just give you the textbook meaning of each card. I look at what that particular card is saying about your situation, how the cards work together and what advice or information is coming through.
What You Receive
Once I've finished your reading, I sit down and write it out myself.
For mediumship readings, that means taking everything I received during my conversation with your loved one and putting it together into your reading.
For tarot and oracle readings, I explain the cards in the context of your specific question and the information the cards are giving me.
Every reading is written personally by me. I don't use AI to write your reading, I don't use a template and I don't copy information from the internet about the person you're hoping to hear from.
That's also why I ask you to read cold. I want you to receive the information that comes through during your reading without a bunch of extra information getting mixed into it.
After Your Reading
Once you receive your reading, you're always welcome to reach out if you have questions or if something in the reading doesn't make sense right away.
Sometimes I'll give you a detail that means absolutely nothing to you when you first read it. That's okay. You don't have to figure everything out immediately.
If something comes up later that makes you realize what a detail meant, or you just want to talk through something that came through in your reading, I'm happy to chat with you about it.
I know these readings can mean a lot, especially when you're hearing from someone you love who has passed. I don't expect you to read it, close your inbox and be on your way. If you need a little help making sense of something, I'm here.