Dove Talk - Step 2 - Connecting With Spirit(Medium Or Intuitive Reading)

Linda M Hughes, Psychic Medium And Grief Coach here.

A frequent question I get asked by my beloved clients is “how can I tell when Spirit is near”?  Before I was taught how to actually connect with Spirit, I too asked this question, almost every day.  Those days were not that long ago and in thenext few videos, I want to share the things that worked.  It is my hope that these videos will either give you direct results or encourage you to experiment from the things that didn’t work for you. 

Today’s tip for immediate success is to learn how to separate yourself from the high speed, fast paced, noisy, world that we live in. 

-This will help you feel betterand improve your overall physical and mental health.

-For our purposes in these next videos and FREE MP3 download’s they will allow you to more clearly access your intuition.  And that is when and where the “magic” begins. 

If viewing this recording on YouTube, scan this QR code to access the download.

The link to the download page will be listed in the description and in the blog post after it has been shared in either Spotify or on my website. 

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As always, I wish you love, peace, hope and inspiration! 

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Time Stamps:(00:00) Why I age protect my content(00:47) Update on Step 2 Connecting With The Spirit Of A Loved One Hello, hello, hello. This is Linda M Hughes, psychic medium and grief coach here.Except For This Intro Video, All Others Will Be Listed As Mature Content For +18 Years Only, Here Is WhyI believe that those younger than that, who are experiencing the loss of a loved one, will need more sensitivity and guidance than an untended playlist or website can provide. Each family unit has their own frame of reference from which they view the subject of death. I believe that a grieving young person will need the guidance of a parent or legal guardian to see if my frame of reference is compatible with theirs. The purpose of Step 2 is to connect you with a deceased loved one in either a medium or an intuitive reading. Tune in to:-learn how a “medium” or “intuitive” reading can help you-when to have one-what to expect-how to prepare for-how to unwind from this sacred connection.Most importantly, learn how to enter into your very own “space of grace”.Coming soon: more guided meditations relating to this connection!

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(00:30) Why You Might Want A SpaceOf Grace

(01:28) What Is A Space OfGrace

(02:20) Prep/Build Your MentalSpace Of Grace

(04:02) The Meditation – LiterallyIs The Space Of Grace

(11:23) Re-cap, This Is AGreat Way To Prepare For Your Readings With Me

To make this creation process as easy as possible, I have included chapters, so you can skip right to what you need in the recording.

Chapter One:

Why Do You Need A “Space Of Grace”?

Simply put, it is a spiritual, physical, emotional and mental“timeout”.

No matter how much I have prepared you, you may find thewhole idea of connecting with your Loved One In Spirit to be mind boggling!  Please allow yourself to take this timeout.  Leave your “real life” at the door and enter into a “space of grace”. 

Then, when we begin, both you and your Loved One In Spirit willautomatically be more relaxed, making this connection so much more enjoyable.

Once learned, you can use this “space of grace” as thatquick “timeout” any time for the rest of your life.

Chapter Two:

What Is A “Space Of Grace”?

To me, a “Space Of Grace” is something that I build in mymind.  I go to this space when I need:

1.   Unconditional love for myself.

2.   Unconditional acceptance of myself at that moment in time.

3.   Unconditional respect for who I am and where I have been.

4.   And I allow myself to express healthy curiosity, so that I can ask myself the tough questions on why, what, where, when and how to move forward.

CHAPTER 3:

Prepare To Build And/Or Use Your Space Of Grace:

But before we can build or get to your “space of grace”, wehave to make sure you are safe physically and mentally.  Before you begin this session, please makesure that:

1.   If you are experiencing a physical health crisis – call 911 immediately

2.   If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, please call 988 or click on this link:  https://988lifeline.org/

3.   You are in a safe place physically, and are able to be warm or cool depending on what your personal preferences will require

4.   Have healthy snacks available

5.   Have water available

6.   You can create a comfortable place to either sit or lay down

Also try to select a time or a day of the week that willallow you to have as much privacy and quiet as is possible within your life.

The first time you hear or watch this recording, treat it as a guided meditation.  Then, after that, review the recording toactually “do” the steps recommended.  Once you have learned how to build your own “space of grace”, you will no longer need the recording.  Also, youwill no longer have to go through the elaborate physical preparation we have gone through today.  As it becomes more comfortable through repetition, you will be able to go into and out of it quickly, smoothly and anywhere.

CHAPTER 4 – The Meditation:

CHAPTER 5:

You have now created your first “space of grace”, you now know what it feels like, so you can recreate it when needed.

This will be very important in the future, because it won’t always be practical to spend this much time calling it up.  But with practice, you will teach yourself how to quickly slip into it, how to benefit from time spent there and then how to release it with the reverence due to yourself.

I will ask you to enter your “space of grace” before we begin “Step 2 - Connecting With Your Loved One In Spirit”.

Until then, I send you love, peace, hope and inspiration.

Remember these 2 things:

If you are experiencing a physical health crisis – call 911immediately

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, please call988 or click on this link:  https://988lifeline.org/

In this episode, I would like to share what to do beforeand after a medium reading with me, Linda M Hughes, psychic medium and griefcoach.

First, let’s talk about what to do “before” the reading.

Financial and legal responsibilities of losing a Loved Onetake time to sort out and deal with.  Please allow yourself this time.

As discussed earlier, the time for a reading can be scheduled earlier, but wait at least 90 days or longer after the death of your loved one to participate within one.

Please consider scheduling time with a grief counselor orgrief coach, such as myself.

Our reading will not be a substitute for either of these,however it does provide the spiritual healing you may need and want.

When you have worked your way through all of those morepractical steps and when we have agreed on a specific date, please do the following:

1.   Makea list of all of the different things that you do or would do that completely relaxesyou.  These could be things like walking,running, napping, meditation or other artistic endeavors like writing, reading, painting, sketching, knitting, crocheting, weaving or wood shopping.  Consider any activity that will allow your mind an escape from noisy, negative internal.

2.   Then, for the week in advance of our session, spend at least an hour a day doing one of these things, or experiment with all of them to find the perfect fit.

3.   Although this is a way to allow yourself to deeply relax for our reading, please continue to use this afterwards!

 When you know the date of our reading together, take some time to layout a plan for the day/night before, the day/night of and the next day.

Put in the same effort to plan this , as if you were going to take a 2 day trip somewhere.  Only this time, you won’t be leaving home, you will be prepping to meet your loved one in spirit in the comfort of your own home, in front of your laptop.

Plan healthy meals and snacks, shop for them, prepare them if required, and have them ready to go at the appointed time.

Hydrate properly, but don’t overdo it.  Make sure you have a preferred, non-alcoholic drinks available for these two days.

Prepare your sleeping environment so that you will be assured of having deep, healing sleep for those 2 days.  Make sure you calculate and plan for the appropriate amount of sleep for each, set the alarms to start and to wake up if necessary.

If you need to, plan on taking a nap before the reading.

And then, 1 ½ hours before the reading, do the mind relaxing exercise that you have been practicing.

During the reading:

Prepare a light, easily digestible snack and have it ready if you need it.

Have your choice of non-alcoholic beverage available.

Set your space up for maximum comfort for yourself.

Adjust lighting in your space so that it will give you maximum calm.

Remove or turn down the things that will create loud noises that would disrupt your session. Don’t wear tight, restrictive clothing, select soft fabrics, cool in summer or warm inwinter.

This is the time to pamper yourself to the maximum.

During our session:

If you need a break, please allow yourself to ask for it. Your loved one in spirit will definitely be ok with this.  And it is my goal to make sure you are the most relaxed you can be the whole time we are together.

After the reading:

If you feel like sleeping, turn everything off, curl up with your pillow and close your eyes.

On the other hand, if you are suddenly filled with exuberant energy, go for a walk or do something wildly energetic and new.

Eat when hungry, hydrate as needed, treat yourself in whatever way you require. Allow the experience to settle into your mind and body. Finally, review that first list of things that you have already prepared to relax your mind.  Take one of these up and fill your spare time with doing it or them. 

What To Ask Your Loved One In Spirit In Our 1st Medium Reading?

First of all, we may not have ever met , so how can you trust me with this sacred conversation?  One way you can begin to trust is to tune into these recordings.  Even better, I host a FREE one hour online session with anyone who is interested in having me conduct a medium reading between them and their loved one in spirit. You get to meet me, and I will explain:

- how you can prepare for,
- how to get the most out of,

- what will happen during the Reading and
- best ways to unwind after your sacred conversation.

 As your medium, I will make sure the top 3 questions get answered right away, these include versions of:
- are you ok now, are you no longer in pain, are you taken care of, are you safe,

-wanting to finish interrupted conversations,

-and wanting to say goodbye the way you want to now

 All of these questions and their answers will help you answer the biggest question of all and that is:

-do you still exist?

Ultimately, this is the question I wanted to have answered most of all.  Saying you believe or don’t believe in life after death is an academic, philosophical exercise.  Until you actually lose someone close to you.  Until you lose the love of your life, and also your precious child. or parent. Actually being able to cross from a debate question, to a chance to know for yourself, leaves you with an incredible sense of calm. 

 I want that for you very much.

 In this video, and during our FREE one hour online session, I will also ask you to consider other questions of importance between you and your loved one in spirit. 

 From now until your reading, keep a journal and jot down these questions.  Then, the night before, go through thejournal and highlight the most important questions you want answered.  Don’t forget to bring the journal to our medium reading, because in the heat of the moment, you will forget them.

 This is one way you will be able to get the very most out of your first reading with me.

 To sign up for your FREE online session with me, click on the link in the comments below.

I look forward to meeting you.  Until then, peace, love and understanding to you. 

When I lost my son, although I wanted to connect with him,I was too overwhelmed with his loss to do anything about it.  When I lost my husband, I just knew that the 2 of them would get together and share tips. Afterall, my husband already knew all the ways that I had tried and failed.  He knew the things that worked.  So, if they put their heads together,we could figure this out, right?

 Well not exactly.  When a friend offered to pay for a medium visit, I jumped right on it.  How soon is too soon was not aquestion I asked.  As I have shared in previous videos, his spirit was already returning home 3 days after his death,so that told me he was ready, right? 

Well not exactly.  My 1st visit with a medium was 2 weeks after my husband’s death.  Upon arrival, the medium informed me that he was not ready and it was too soon.  Sheinformed us we should have told her when he had died, because she would have asked us to wait.  It was not a wasted trip, because the medium informed us that my son was wanting to connect with us.  My daughter and I  accepted this substitution and we were finally able to make contact with him.

 If not within 2 weeks, then when? Here is what I have learned about this – first as a mom/wife in grief.  And secondly, as a student and then practicing Medium. 

The responsibility for explaining how things work is notyours to assume, it is for the Medium to explain, as the professional you hired to help you.  Grief is hard enoughwithout adding unnecessary drama to it all.

I will not try to initiate contact to set up a reading withyour Loved One in Spirit any sooner than 3 months after they have died.  There are 3 main reasons for this. 

1st - You are the 1st reason and you MUST take prioritynow.  No matter how many times you have experienced loss, no matter if you knew that it was coming or if it was asudden or shocking loss, no matter how resilient, strong, & tough you are, this loss will knock you flat on your behind. 

You may already know this, but grief is also painful, itphysically hurts.  And it doesn’t go away immediately, no matter how many Tylenol you take, or how many shots youdrink.  Please, give yourself a space of grace to feel the feels, hurt the hurts and to find healthier solutions for all of the physical reactions you will go through. 

Please consult with your physical or mental health professionals to get their help with this.  If you don’t haveone, I have included a link in the comments below where you can seek this help. 

2nd - After thousands of years of evolution, I still don’tknow why we humans can’t develop a more humane system for resolving the business and financial aftermath of dying. These are usually immediate, incessant and demand all of your time for those first days. 

 And that doesn’t even take into consideration trying toidentify, wrap up and resolve plans that were actively on-going and in motion for/from/by and to your loved one. 

 #3:  Your loved one.  Whether they passed peacefully intheir sleep after long, rewarding years of life, or died suddenly from violence or something random and stupid, and all points in between, they experienced the trauma of death 1st hand.  I am not here to split hairs on what happened at death, because I won’t know til I die.   

Erring on the side of extreme tenderness, respect andloving care, I ask you to allow them the space of grace necessary to make all of their own adjustments to their new existence while you make yours. 

 If you have questions, need more clarification or wouldlike to talk about these things, please:start by commenting below or:Sign up and attend an “Our Place” Community get-together or

Schedule a private session from my website.

Much peace, love and understanding for where you are rightnow.  Thanks for your time while listening to this recording.

Hello, because you are here, it means that you have lost a Loved One, know someone who has lost a Loved One and are at least curious to learn more about what a Medium can do for you. I am Linda M Hughes Psychic Medium and I want to tell you what I can do for you.

My only goal will be to connect you to your Loved One In Spirit, supplying a bridge between you so that you can “talk”. The fancy term for how I do this is that I am a “clairaudient mental medium”. This means that I “hear” Spirit and cantranslate what I “hear” to the written word so that you can read it. That means that when we are done with our online only session, I will be able to send you a copy of everything that was asked and answered. This is great, because thenyou will be able to reread it at any time after that session.

It is not so great, because when I am focused on listening to your Loved One and writing down their questions/answers to/for you, I will be looking down as I write. So be forewarned, this may feel a bit awkward at first. As we get into the reading, we will develop a rhythm, becoming more relaxed.

Everything I will do from the minute you ask me to do a reading for you will be permission based. I will ask permission from you directly. I will then ask permission fromyour Loved One In Spirit via the Akashic Records. The privacy between the 3 of us will be my top priority. What you do afterwards is your business only.

I will add to this Step 2: Connecting To Spirit approximately every 4th week on Wednesday mornings.  In the meantime, please check into the other 3 podcasts that discuss how to Rebuild Your Inner Life After Loss. 

And we are adding another podcast this week highlighting stories from those that have “received signs from the Loved Ones that they have lost”.  Hopefully these stories will prompt you to stay alert for similar signs between you and yours.  And then you can share stories with and for others! 

One more thing!  If you got something out of this recording, please comment, like, shareand subscribe for free so that I can help others make connections with theirLoved Ones In Spirit.  Thank you inadvance.

Every recording on this podcast will be about how I do medium and/or intuitive readings between you and your deceased Loved Ones. To me, the terms “dead” and “deceased” sound so harsh and so final. They do mean final, as in your Loved Ones are no longer available to us in the physical plane. But they are very much available to usin the spiritual plane.

So, in “medium lingo”, we refer to this Loved One as “Loved One In Spirit”. And from here on out, that is how I will refer to them with you.

We Mediums come from all different kinds of backgrounds, spiritual beliefs, and may have been “born with the gift” or have learned how to do it in a formal process. For the record, I learned how to do it in a formal setting, although I and all of you are born with the basic requirements to do it too.

You could say that I was on fire to learn how to do it, so that I could connect directly to the Loved Ones In Spirit that I have lost.

I will add to this Step 2: Reconnecting To Spirit podcast approximately once a month. In the meantime, please check into the other 3 podcasts that discuss how to Rebuild Your Inner Life After Loss. And we added another playlist this week highlighting stories from those that have “received signs from the Loved Ones that they have lost”.

Hopefully these stories will prompt you to stay alert for similar signs between you and yours. And then you can share stories with and for others!

One more thing! If you got something out of this recording, please comment, like, share and subscribe for free so that I can help others make connections with their Loved Ones In Spirit. Thank you in advance.