Michelle is an author, speaker, psychic medium, and teacher and whose goal is to guide others through their spiritual growth. With the knowledge she obtained through her life-long work with children, she became passionate about helping intuitive children embrace their gifts, most notably with her new book, Spiritual Nurturing for Intuitive Children: Training Parents to Enhance Their Psychic Child's Abilities. I really appreciate Michelle coming on the show, especially knowing that I ask a lot of questions and probe/challenge so much. I say that because I can imagine psychic mediums get a lot of skepticism and challenging of what they do on a regular basis. So I appreciate her letting me ask some of the questions I've always had about the field and her being so open and willing to discuss her experience.

As you might imagine we spent a bit of time understanding what exactly it meant to be a psychic medium. I got to ask some of the questions many of us likely have like, how do they actually speak to you, what was it like when you first realized you had this ability, how was it telling your friends/family, etc.? We also talked about where science and religion fit into the picture; and if being a medium is in conflict with both of those things? What's interesting is, you can sub out "psychic medium" and replace it with so many other life styles of people I've spoken with and the root concepts are the same. It ties back to Michelle's value of "speaking your truth." It can be at differing levels for sure, but ultimately all of us struggle with trying to figure out who we are and how we can live in the world as our authentic selves. 

One of the more interesting parts of the discussion was when we talked about Michelle's own skepticism of her abilities. She noted that she never really questioned it at all because it always felt so real and authentic to her. My immediate reaction is to see that as a bad thing, because we always have to question otherwise we can't trust we are being honest with ourselves. However, Michelle's response and her value (speaking your truth) get to the core of what can make it so difficult to be authentic. If you challenge yourself too much and let doubt seep in, it can feel impossible to ever really speak your truth. Sometimes taking that leap of faith to embrace who you are, regardless of what the logic or those around you say is the best way to live. I still struggle with that concept a bit, but as I talk to more people like Michelle I do truly see the value of it.