Hello!

I grew up in a typical American family.  I am the oldest of four kids and grew up in the suburbs of New Jersey.  However, I was not a typical kid.  I was shy and very awkward.  I had great anxiety all the time and had trouble making and keeping friends.  Now I know that it was because I am extremely sensitive to people's energy, but, at the time, I had no idea how to manage it.

 

I have had voices in my head for as long as I can remember,  When I was young, I thought everyone had voices in their head.  I thought it was completely normal.  I was never afraid of them; they were kind, and, for the most part, pretty quiet. They would tell me things about other people and help me make better decisions.  My parents had no clue.  I never really talked about it.  But I am sure I looked pretty weird having conversations with people no one could see.  Occasionally, I would see shadows in my house of the spirits checking in on us.  I was always comfortable with it and knew they meant no harm.

 

When I grew older and went to college to be a teacher, I was terrified when I learned about schizophrenia, and truly thought I may have it for a hot second.  I mean, the voices in my head were not mine, and I could not control them no matter how hard I tried.  But, ironically, the voices in my head calmed me down and said that everything will make sense in due time.  So I went on living my life.  I got married, began working as a special education teacher and had children of my own.

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It was when I had my first child that the voices got more prominent.  I was rocking my daughter to sleep one night when my friend's grandmother came into my head demanding I get in touch with her.  My friend was getting married that weekend, and her grandmother needed me to tell her that she wanted her to carry her rosary beads in her bouquet.  I went into full on panic attack!  My heart was racing, my stomach turned to acid and I was sweating profusely.  I have never done anything like this before.  The voices in my head in the past were always informative and never asked me to engage with other people before.  There was no way this voice in my head could expect me to call my friend and tell her all this.  I could not call her and say, "Hey, I was just putting the baby to bed and your grandmother popped in my head saying you forgot all about her rosary beads. Oh, and by the way, they are in a little box in the back of you mom's top dresser drawer."  But I knew deep down inside that I had to do this, that I needed to trust this energy and do what she said.  So I called my friend.  And she did forget all about her grandmother's rosary beads.  And she and her mother cried when I told them where to look for them and there they were.  And she carried them in her bouquet that Saturday.  It was awesome.

 

That was when I knew I had something special.   I knew I needed to learn more, so I read books.  I knew I needed to look inward, so I learned how to meditate.  I knew I needed to share this, so I started The Simple Medium.  It has been an incredible journey, and I am very grateful.  

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Check out my blog where I will share more stories and all the things I have learned along the way.  Thank you for being here.