Author Crystal Hope Reed discusses the many challenges that one might deal with when learning to live with a developing psychic, plus her book, How to Live with a Psychic: Your Guide for Maintaining a Happy Relationship when Someone You Love Gets Weird, which may be one of the only books written from this perspective. Visit BigSeance.com for more info.

 

In this episode:

• Episode Teaser :00

• Intro 1:40

• Voice Feedback from Amber 2:14

• Welcome, Crystal Hope Reed! 2:53

• Crystal's Bio 4:00

• Patrick's confession, Plus Crystal's book, How to Live with a Psychic: Your Guide for Maintaining a Happy Relationship when Someone You Love Gets Weird, which may just be the first from this perspective. 6:05

• Crystal and her husband are both psychic (HOW FUN!), but she refers to him as the "major psychic". 9:20

• Common Challenges, such as illnesses 13:37

• "Until it becomes integrated into their life, your partner might seem obsessed with the idea of the paranormal." --Crystal Hope Reed. The challenge of redirection of focus and interest 16:07

• When unexplainable things start to happen around the house. 20:15

• Opting out of the relationship, or going all in. 23:12

• When paranormal activity happens, you shouldn't be afraid, BUT… 25:50

• Patrick once again recounts the story of being grabbed by a spirit in the middle of the night. 29:09

• Developing secret hand signals or sign language for you and your partner. 31:38

• The sensitive topic of mental health and differentiating between being "psychic" and being "psychotic". 36:20

• The importance of being open to and accepting of the experience 42:35

• "The new standard is to incorporate metaphysical work into an otherwise normal life." -- Crystal Hope Reed. Getting clear about the lifestyle of modern day mystics, and considering giving up the day job for a new psychic career. 44:17

• Question from Lana and John from the Big Seance Parlor: Do you ever use your abilities while in, or to avoid, an argument? Plus, what is "thought sharing?" 29:40

• Everyone has psychic ability! 53:25

• How to find and contact Crystal 54:18

• The last of Tim Prasil's Spectral Edition on The Big Seance Podcast (Ghosts Known and Unknown). All 4 collections of Tim's Spectral Editions can be found at The Merry Ghosthunter. Thank you so much for all the stories, Tim! 55:23

• Listener Feedback! 1:02:00

• Will I see you at this year's Haunted America Conference in just a few days? 1:03:00

• Outro 1:03:59

• Outtakes 1:05:34

 

For more on Crystal Hope Reed:

CrystalHopeReed.com

Crystal Hope Reed on Facebook

@AnimalPsychic on Twitter

Amazon link to Crystal's book, How to Live with a Psychic: Your Guide for Maintaining a Happy Relationship when Someone You Love Gets Weird

 

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