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What if the thing standing between you and divine light is your nervous system?

Trauma therapist Rachel Pfotenhauer has spent more than 25 years as a licensed professional counselor, and just as long as an intuitive channel. She didn’t start out in therapy. She started as a photographer documenting child labor and social injustice, which took her to Cambodia in the 1990s just as its borders opened. Survivors of the Khmer Rouge camps began sharing their stories with her, and they became her first clients. From there she worked with genocide trauma in Diné communities, then with children and teens, then in private practice. Her intuitive gifts opened after a psychic she found through a gas station brochure looked at her and said, “We’ve been trying to get you in here for six months.”

In this conversation, Rachel shares the near-death experience that changed everything. She left her body, traveled through a tunnel into a vast, soft-lit space, and felt completely unshackled. Her parents met her there. Her father told her to stop being dramatic because she wasn’t going anywhere. Her mother stroked her hair and told her to tell her body it was going to live. Rachel came back, and the back pain she had lived with for a year was gone the next morning. Recovery from the sepsis was another story: two years at the bottom of the nervous system ladder, in collapse.

Rachel now channels Earth, Sun, and the primordial divine feminine and masculine, and she brings that work into nervous system healing. She explains fight, flight, freeze, collapse, and fawn in plain language, and she makes a case that will stop a lot of listeners cold: much of what we call ambition, opportunity, and drive may actually be survival. Once the nervous system finds safety, she says, the body becomes a beacon of truth. Boundaries appear. Reactivity softens. And a quiet, physical sense of “I’m enough” moves in, the same feeling she met on the other side.

Sarah and Jane also talk with Rachel about the difference between grief and suffering, why so many sensitive and connected people feel exhausted right now, and what self-acceptance actually feels like in the body.

• Fawning is a survival strategy, not a personality trait. Putting everyone else’s needs first so you can feel safe can become as automatic as blinking, and noticing it is where change begins.
• Healthy boundaries and less reactivity are among the clearest signs that the nervous system is moving out of survival.
• Grief and suffering are not the same thing. Connecting with loved ones on the other side can help people set down the suffering while still allowing the grief to move.
• It is worth asking whether a goal comes from real desire or from the need to feel safe. Some passions fade when survival drops away, and the ones that return feel more aligned.
• Healing tends to oscillate. Feeling great, then feeling rough, then feeling great again is part of the process, not a sign of failure.
• Confidence and acceptance can look alike from the outside, but acceptance is quieter and doesn’t need anyone’s approval.
• Connecting with Earth can be as simple as putting your feet on the floor in the morning and saying hello.

• “The nervous system is the plug to the divine light.” (Rachel)
• “It might look like confidence, but it’s acceptance.” (Rachel)
• “When you get into safety, you’re a beacon of truth. Your body tells you the truth.” (Rachel)
• “You have to tell your body it’s going to live.” (Rachel, sharing her mother’s words from the other side)
• “I’m enough. Just as I am. Which is exactly what I felt on the other side.” (Rachel)

• Rachel’s website: vast-earth.com (free Earth connection meditation, group nervous system sessions, and individual sessions)
• NEW Session for nervous system healing coming up soon!
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• Rachel on Instagram: @vast_earth
• The Words Beneath Our Feet, Rachel’s channeled book from Earth (available on Amazon)
• Sun Raya, Rachel’s botanical perfume line: sunrayaperfumes.com
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Jane and Sarah celebrate the season of the thinning veil with a Halloween special built around a new story from beloved returning writer Rebecca Barry,  a published author who was recently featured again in the New York Times.

Rebecca takes listeners through Halloween night in her village. She shadow-dances under the street lamps with her ten-year-old niece, wanders through a haunted house run by her friends from the coffee shop, and ends at an ancestor altar lit by candles, where she invites her mother and grandmothers to come sit at the table. In a tender second part, her cat writes her a letter describing everything she couldn’t see that night. Rebecca takes listeners through Halloween night in her village. She shadow-dances under the street lamps with her ten-year-old niece, wanders through a haunted house run by her friends from the coffee shop, and ends at an ancestor altar lit by candles, where she invites her mother and grandmothers to come sit at the table. In a tender second part, her cat writes her a letter describing everything she couldn’t see that night.

Afterward, Jane and Sarah talk about how our awareness might strengthen Spirit’s ability to reach us. They share stories of altar objects moving on a loved one’s birthday, and of a reading in which a spirit had Sarah speaking in a Canadian accent as evidence. 

Then they share a wonderful story by Valerie Fowler called “Spirits of Halloween” - the story of a young girl who learns how to manage all of the hard and unusual elements of Halloween with the power of intention.

The episode closes with a replay of part of Jane’s first solo episode, a deep dive into Day of the Dead and how to build your own altar for the loved ones you miss.

Key takeaways

• Your loved ones in spirit are not only reachable on Halloween. Seasons like this one give us a shared moment to pay attention.
• An altar is a focused invitation. Photos, flowers, and their favorite drinks tell your people “this is for you.”
• The more we notice spirit, the more room we may be giving them to show up. The relationship can feel collaborative.
• Evidence can be playful. Humor, mannerisms, and old inside jokes are often how spirit proves it’s really them.
• Grief and joy can share the same night. Celebrating life is one way of honoring the dead.
• Sometimes the sign you’re longing for is already inside you, in your stories, your habits, and the way you see the world.

Quotes

• “What if everything in the universe thinks everything else is lucky?” (Rebecca Barry)
• “You don’t need a visitation because I’m in you.” (Rebecca Barry, from the cat’s letter)
• “The monsters really are your friends.” (Rebecca’s niece)
• “My mom said if the spirit comes around and you don’t want them, just say no and they flicker out” - Valerie Fowler
• “The more that we can sense spirit, we kind of empower them to do more.” (Sarah)
• “Your loved ones love you. We love you.” (Jane)

Links and resources

• Rebecca Barry: https://rebeccabarry.substack.com/
• Perdita Finn; Substack article
• Valerie Fowler on Facebook
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In 2008, neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander fell into a week-long coma from a rare and severe case of E. coli bacterial meningitis. His doctors gave him almost no chance of survival. What he experienced during that week changed everything he believed as a scientist, and became the bestselling book Proof of Heaven.

In this conversation, Sarah and Jane sit down with Eben to talk about what his near-death experience revealed about consciousness, love, and the nature of the soul. He describes the brain as a transceiver rather than the source of the mind, and shares why he believes life reviews, shared death experiences, and children’s past life memories all point to the same truth: we are never truly separate from each other or from the divine.

Eben walks through his journey in vivid detail, from the murky “earthworm’s eye view” to the Gateway Valley, where he rode on a butterfly wing beside a mysterious young woman with sparkling blue eyes, and finally to the Core, a place of pure oneness. He explains how music became his way of moving between realms, which sparks a lovely exchange with Sarah about the connection between musical flow and mediumship.

He also shares the moment that brought him back: his ten-year-old son pleading at his bedside. And he tells the story of discovering, months later, who his spiritual guide really was. It’s a tender, goosebump-filled ending that brings the whole conversation right back to mediumship.

Along the way, Eben talks about his daily meditation practice with sound, the idea of doing a “daily review” instead of waiting for the life review, and why he believes humanity is moving toward a more compassionate future.

Key takeaways

• You don’t have to wait for a life review to make amends. A daily review, reflecting on your interactions and sending love from your higher self to theirs, is a practice anyone can start tonight.
• The voice chattering in your head isn’t your soul. Learning to quiet the ego mind is what opens space for deeper connection and intuition.
• Those who have passed often come to welcome loved ones over. The welcoming presence of a departed loved one is one of the most commonly reported elements of near-death experiences.
• Difficult people may be some of our most devoted teachers. Seen from a soul perspective, the hardest relationships can carry the biggest lessons.
• Music and mediumship share a doorway. The same open, flowing state a musician enters can help anyone thin the veil.
• Spirit guides aren’t always who we expect. Sometimes the unexpected presence carries the message we most need to receive.
• Connection doesn’t require special gifts. Meditation, prayer, and sound can help anyone begin cultivating their relationship with the unseen.

Direct quotes 

• “Why save it for your life review?” 
• “The voice in your head is not your soul or your consciousness.” 
• “Nobody ever dies alone. The loved ones are there.” 
• “Treat others as you would like to be treated is written into the very fabric of the universe.” 
• “I think memory is most naturally encoded in frequency and vibration.” 
• “You are deeply loved and cherished forever. You have nothing to fear.” 

Links and resources

• • Dr. Eben Alexander: ebenalexander.com
  • Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander
  • Living in a Mindful Universe by Eben Alexander and Karen Newell
  • Sacred Acoustics (free 20-minute OM recording): sacredacoustics.com
  • Shared Crossing Project, founded by William Peters: sharedcrossing.com
  • Windbridge Research Center (medium research with Dr. Julie Beischel): windbridge.org
  • University of Virginia Division of Perceptual Studies (Dr. Bruce Greyson’s NDE research and the children’s past life memory studies)
  • Life After Life by Dr. Raymond Moody
  • Glimpses of Eternity by Dr. Raymond Moody and Paul Perry
  • The Boy Who Knew Too Much by Cathy Byrd
  • Dying to Be Me by Anita Moorjani
  • To Heaven and Back by Dr. Mary C. Neal
  • If you or someone you love is struggling, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available by call or text at 988 (US).
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Content note: this episode discusses the loss of a partner to suicide.

Jennifer France never set out to write a book. In the year after her partner Ann Marie died by suicide in 2019, Jenn was isolated, shut out by Ann Marie’s friends, and unable to lean on her family. So she started writing to Ann Marie every day. Those journals became Faith, Hope and Love, a record of her first year of grief told through journal entries, photographs, and transcripts of readings with three psychic mediums.

Jenn tells Sarah and Jane about the signs that started arriving within days of Ann Marie’s death. A small purse she’d been told to leave behind turned up hanging in a shop window hours later. A vivid dream visit brought an odd phrase that her hairdresser repeated word for word the next day. Through all of it, Jenn began to notice a pattern: whatever she wrote in her journal seemed to get an answer within a day or two.

They also talk about Jenn going to her first medium as a guarded skeptic and leaving a believer. She describes how three very different mediums delivered the same information in their own styles, and how music became one of Ann Marie’s favorite ways to say she was still there. Jenn explains why she was never angry with Ann Marie. Eight years on, she feels like herself again, only bigger. And yes, Ann Marie may have had a hand in bringing Jenn her new partner, Shannon.

It’s a tender, honest conversation about surviving the unsurvivable and the love that keeps going.

Key takeaways

• Writing directly to a loved one in spirit can become a two-way conversation. Many people find that answers show up in the days after they put a question on paper.
• Dream visits often feel different from ordinary dreams: vivid, linear, and remembered in full detail. Writing them down right away lets you recognize confirmations when they arrive.
• Going to a reading as a skeptic is fine. Holding back reactions and letting the medium bring specific details only you and your loved one would know can make the experience more meaningful.
• Different mediums can bring through the same message in very different styles. Each reader’s personality shapes how spirit comes through.
• Grief doesn’t follow a straight line. Healing often comes in small steps forward and back, and tears can return years later.
• Choosing compassion over anger after a suicide loss is a personal path, not a requirement. For some people it opens the door to peace and continued connection.
• There is no single right way to grieve. The support that helps one person may not fit another, and finding what fits is part of the process.

Quotes

• “I really do believe that journaling opens up some type of door.” (Jenn)
• “I went in as a skeptic. But I came out a believer, a total believer.” (Jenn)
• “The other realm is not that far away.” (Jenn)
• “Grief has kind of a big faucet. It really doesn’t ever turn off.” (Jane)
• “We come here to grow and expand our consciousness.” (Jenn)
• “It’s a whole body feeling. You just know it.” (Jenn)

Links and resources

• Faith, Hope and Love by Jennifer France
• Jennifer France https://jennfrancewrites.com/
• Life With Ghosts documentary 
• Induced After-Death Communication (IADC)
• Life After Suicide: Finding Courage, Comfort and Community After Unthinkable Loss by Dr. Jennifer Ashton
• If you or someone you love is struggling, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (US)

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Rachel Stewart is back, almost exactly a year after her first visit, and this time the reunion started in person. Jane ran into her at the IANDS conference, a meeting Rachel almost skipped until two different podcast hosts, hours apart, told her it was happening in her backyard. That kind of nudge sets the tone for the whole conversation.

Since we last spoke, Rachel and her husband Shane have launched the 411 Together community, built around what they learned while finding their way back to their daughter Kennedy, who passed in 2018 at age ten. Rachel shares how it took her over a thousand days to accept a connection she now lives with daily, why she believes the little moments matter more than the big signs, and how Kennedy keeps showing up, including at her little sister's softball game in a very specific way. She also tells the story of a broken boat, a bee that wouldn't leave her window, a bank sign reading 4.11 percent, and the Jeep that convinced Shane to walk away from commercial fishing. Along the way: a manifesting practice that finally clicked for her, the case for raising kids who don't have to unlearn their connection to the other side, and why a "man's man" crying on camera about his daughter may be one of the most important things they share.

Key takeaways

• Grief and connection can coexist. Continuing a relationship with someone in spirit doesn't erase the loss, it gives the loss somewhere to go.
• You don't need a perfect meditation practice to stay connected. Small, everyday moments of openness, like talking to a loved one on a drive, build the relationship over time.
• A sign is often about timing, not the object. A feather is just a feather until it arrives at exactly the right moment.
• Hearing other people's stories lowers our guard. Many people connect faster once they see that it's real for others too.
• Kids who grow up with this as normal don't have to break a whole worldview to believe it, and adults can help by treating their experiences as real.
• Acting as if something has already happened can shift how you show up while you wait for it.
• Fear is part of the leap. Most people following their guidance don't know where it leads; they go anyway.
• When men talk openly about grief and connection, it gives others permission to do the same.

Quotes

• "I want every single person to know that they can continue the relationship if they want to. It's allowed, it's beautiful, it's natural." Rachel Stewart
• "It was her light that was missing. And I just didn't know I was allowed to let it back in." Rachel Stewart
• "You don't have to be doing those things to be connected to your loved one, because life is busy." Rachel Stewart
• "Sure, you could say that's just a feather, but it's the timing of everything." Rachel Stewart
• "There's fear in the unknown, but we do it anyways." Rachel Stewart
• "I do not feel alone, even if I'm standing in a very lonely spot." Jane Morgan
• "People need to be able to see these practices in motion." Sarah

Links and resources

• Rachel's first Medium Curious episode 
• 411 Together community: https://for11together.com/
• Rachel and Shane on Instagram: @for11_together
• Rachel and Shane YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@For11_together
• IANDS (International Association for Near-Death Studies): iands.org

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Andy Byng joins Jane and Sarah to explore the history, philosophy, and theology of Spiritualism — and why mediumship is simply a natural part of being human. Andy has spent decades teaching and developing mediums worldwide, and brings a grounded, almost academic lens to a subject that's often treated as mysterious or rare.

*This is a re-release from May 2025*.

Andy shares how his own mediumship awakened, and the personal development that shaped his understanding of spirit. Storytelling sits at the heart of his teaching: life creates its own narrative, and that narrative becomes the language spirit uses to communicate with us.

He also makes the case for approaching the spirit world as a partnership rather than a hierarchy, and for presenting mediumship rationally, as something that works within natural laws. The conversation turns to what mediumship offers the world right now, and the role community and personal purpose play in spiritual growth.

Is mediumship a rare gift? Not according to Andy — he teaches that mediumship isn't a rare gift, but a natural expression of our connection to the spirit world, available to far more people than most assume.

Takeaways

• Storytelling is a powerful tool for spirit communication, because every communicator needs to establish who they are.
• Mediumship isn't a rare gift. It's a natural expression of our connection to the spirit world.
• Developing as a medium starts with developing as a person.
• Your life experiences become part of the vocabulary spirit works with.
• A relationship with spirit is built on friendship, not worship.
• Approaching mediumship rationally, within natural laws, makes it more credible and more accessible.
• Tension gets in the way. An open heart and a relaxed mind leave room for connection.
• Mediumship can remind us of our spiritual nature when physical life feels hard.
• Every experience can serve a spiritual purpose.

Sound bites "Storytelling is a big part of my teaching." "Life creates a narrative all by itself." "Every experience can be spiritual."

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Sarah and Jane try (and mostly fail) not to fangirl as they welcome psychic medium, author, and self-described Britney Spears devotee Travis Holp to the show. Travis shares his story of growing up gay and intuitive in Ohio, the grandmother who told him "I see you and it's okay," and how coming out as a medium was a breeze compared to coming out as a gay teenager. Hint: his family's response was basically, "Yeah, that makes sense."

From there, the conversation goes deep. Travis explains why he opens every live show by saying he doesn't carry the burden of proof, and tells the story of a grieving widower whose test question was answered word for word the moment Travis stopped trying so hard. Jane shares a strikingly similar moment with a longtime client, and the three explore what it really means to get out of your own way.

Travis also gets honest about the unrealistic expectation that mediums be 100 percent accurate, why your self-worth can't hinge on a great reading or a bad one, and the difference between having intuitive awareness and working as a professional medium. He talks about boundaries, burnout, and the surprising discovery that sitting with joy has been harder for him than sitting with pain. Travis, Sarah, and Jane all share that they don't drink, and they reflect on how learning to receive in everyday life strengthens the connection with Spirit.

Plus: the Ouija board question, the art of finding the "vibrationally accurate" word, a lunch with Laura Lynne Jackson, and Travis's upcoming Forever Family Foundation event in October.

• You don't carry the burden of proof. A medium's job is to share what they receive clearly and ethically, not to convince anyone.
• Pressure blocks the signal. The clearest evidence often arrives the moment you hand the responsibility back to Spirit and stop forcing it.
• Tools like the Ouija board aren't inherently dangerous. Intention is what shapes the experience, so be clear about what you're asking for.
• Intuitive awareness is natural for everyone, but working professionally takes more. Training matters most in ethics, delivery, boundaries, and holding space for people in deep grief.
• You don't have to help everyone. Knowing when to refer someone to a licensed professional is a sign of integrity, not failure.
• Your worth as a reader isn't measured by any single session. Growth, integrity, and commitment to the work are what make you good at it.
• Learning to receive in life, including compliments, love, and joy, can make you a clearer receiver for Spirit.
• Mediumship is an art of language. When you don't have the exact word, a metaphor or story can carry the message.

"I don't carry the burden of proof. My job is to share what I'm receiving. If it connects with you, wonderful."

"The only thing I own in this world is my energy. And I don't even think I own it, I just manage it."

"It wasn't feeling difficult emotions that's been difficult for me. It's been feeling joy."

"Your worth and talent is not weighted on a great reading or a not so great reading. It's your commitment to your growth, your integrity, and your ability that actually makes you great."

"Having psychic awareness is not the same as being a psychic or a medium. Somebody can give great advice. It does not make them a therapist."

"Even Adele has a vocal coach."

"Mariah Carey doesn't hit the high notes every time, and she is arguably one of the best vocalists of our time."

"Mediumship is an art of language. It's not always what you're sharing, it's how you share it." (Travis, sharing a lesson from his late mentor Pat Longo)

• Travis Holp: www.TravisHolp.com IG @traviswarriarunicorn TikTok @traviswarriorunicorn
• Are You There, Spirit? It's Me, Travis: Life Lessons from the Other Side by Travis Holp: https://spiegelandgrau.com/are-you-there-spirit-its-me-travis
• Forever Family Foundation: https://www.foreverfamilyfoundation.org
• Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe by Laura Lynne Jackson
• The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks

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In this special Monarch episode of Medium Curious, Sarah and Jane step outside their usual format to share something deeply personal: stories of signs and synchronicities sent in by listeners who have experienced them for themselves.

This time, you’ll hear those stories in the listeners’ own voices—stories that range from playful and surprising to profound and life-changing. A deer. A coin. Unexpected messages and impossible-to-ignore moments. Each story offers its own glimpse into the ways people experience connection with loved ones who have crossed over.

Together, these stories explore a question at the heart of Medium Curious: Can the people we love continue to find ways to reach us after they’re gone?

Whether you see these moments as signs, synchronicities, coincidence, or something beyond what we can explain, there’s something undeniably moving about the love woven through every one of them.

Listen in for stories of reassurance, connection, and the kind of magic that can stay with you for a lifetime!

• Sarah, on Tiffany’s deer story: “It’s like there’s so many metaphors that are going through my head. In an orchestra, you’ve got a body of musicians playing, it’s one sound, and then all of a sudden one voice comes through.”
• Jane, on Corinne + Scotty’s story about David: “He’s world class. He communicates like nobody I know.”

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• Tiffany Bates — @TiffanyKayExpressions on Substack
• Scott Darlington — @mescottyd on Substack
• Rebecca Shafi — Facebook: @Rebecca Shafi

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Jane just got back from the IANDS conference—the world’s biggest gathering focused on near-death experiences (NDEs), consciousness, and what happens when we die—and she brought back everything: the science, the stories, the gossip, and the thrift-store goodies.

In this episode, Jane and Sarah dive into the fascinating world of near-death experiences and consciousness, unpacking what happens when people flatline and come back profoundly changed. From shifts in the nervous system and a dramatic loss of the fear of death to an inner voice that seems to switch on for good, these stories raise some big questions about life after death, the nature of consciousness, and what might be waiting on the other side.

It's part conference recap, part science geek out, part reminder that the whole point of all of this, at the end of the day, is love.

Jane recounts crashing a conversation with filmmaker Steven Simon (What Dreams May Come) to invite him on the show, dancing with Anita Moorjani at a Wizard of Oz themed party, and thrifting with medium Lauren Robertson. Along the way, she and Sarah dig into a University of Milan study on grief hallucinations that aren't hallucinations at all, talk through the difference between intuition and a nervous system in fight or flight, and touch on the University of Virginia's Division of Perceptual Studies, which investigates spontaneous and verifiable after death communication. 

It's part conference recap, part science geek out, part reminder that the whole point of all of this, at the end of the day, is love.

• Grief hallucinations aren't hallucinations. Research suggests a majority of grieving people see or hear a deceased loved one, but most stay quiet out of fear of being seen as unstable. If it's happened to you, you're not imagining it and you're not alone.
• A calm nervous system and intuition are connected. When the body is stuck in fight or flight, it's genuinely harder to access intuitive guidance. Regulating the nervous system (through breath, somatic practice, or anything that signals safety to the body) can be a prerequisite for hearing your inner knowing, not a separate task from it.
• Fear of not knowing shows up everywhere, not just around death. The same anxious grip that shows up around mortality also shows up around money, security, and control. Naming that pattern can make it easier to work with.
• Discernment matters more than certainty when evaluating any spiritual teacher or channeled information. Watch for dependency, whether you feel free to leave at any time, and whether the message serves your growth or someone else's authority.
• You don't need proof to start. People who return from a profound experience (near-death or otherwise) tend to skip the years of study because they already know something is possible. Belief itself is often the actual doorway.

• Sarah: "The only thing you have to do to be a medium is know that it's possible."
• Jane, on a friend's final months: "He was like, I'm just here to broadcast love, and that's all I'm gonna do for the rest of my time here."
• Jane, on nervous system regulation: "If you're in a sympathetic nervous system, which is activated fight or flight, the intuition is not really available."

• International Association of Near-Death Studies (IANDS) conference
• Steven Simon, filmmaker (What Dreams May Come) and author of a book written with his late wife (title referenced in the episode as "What Dreams Have Come," 
• Lauren Robertson, medium and author of The Medium in Manolo's
• Alex Ferrari, host of Next Level Soul podcast
• University of Virginia Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), founded by Ian Stevenson
• Medium Curious Collective (community membership, mentioned at the close)

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Jane sits down with Jordan Segman, host of The Paradigm Experience, a podcast exploring near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences, spirituality, and the unexplained. On instagram you can find him with the handle @seggysaid where he chats to AI about the really big questions.

He shares what happened when he asked an AI what it was being coded to do, and the surprising answer that made him think deeply about human sovereignty, intuition, and how much we rely on technology for answers.

From there, the conversation moves into Jordan's own spiritual practice, including daily meditation, mantras, gratitude, and staying grounded while using AI every day.

Jordan also opens up about addiction, heartbreak, fatherhood, money, ADHD, and the ways those experiences have changed how he sees himself. He shares the powerful mediumship experience that connected him with his late grandfather and eventually led him to an intuitive counselor who became an important part of his life.

Jane also gives Jordan a live reading of his spirit guide which is both funny and touching.

In this episode:

• AI, intuition, and human sovereignty
• What happens when you ask AI about its own motives
• Spiritual hygiene and daily grounding practices
• Mediumship and connecting with loved ones who have passed
• ADHD and seeing yourself through a different lens
• Addiction, recovery, money, and fatherhood
• Building The Paradigm Experience into something bigger
• Why consistency matters more than the glamorous moments of success

"I think it's another thing in the mix, and it's probably a little more lethal in that it can be more addicting."

"It's about the message, not the messenger."

"One candle can light a thousand."

"You have to constrain it. You have to tell it what not to do."

• YouTube The Paradigm Experience
• Instagram @SeggySaid
• Substack @SeggySaid 
• Documentary referenced: The Alabama Solution

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Sarah and Jane sit down with Amanda Walsh, founder and CEO of Astrology Hub and author of the new memoir Life by the Stars: A True Story of Letting Go, Looking Up, and Remembering Who You Are.

Amanda traces her path from a buttoned-up corporate life in New York City, three degrees deep and checking every box, to an unraveling that started with an emergency C-section, a toddler hurling her Blackberry across the room, and a cross-country move to Hawaii with no plan and no internet. She talks about the first astrology reading that cracked her open, why she calls it her first evidence of God, and how a friend's throwaway comment about an unused domain name turned into Astrology Hub.

The conversation moves through the difference between astrology's various schools (Vedic, Western, evolutionary), why Amanda offers that astrology is one language with many dialects, and her mango tree metaphor for why some people are ready for a leap before others are. She and Jane also dig into the current planetary moment, the Leo-Aquarius axis, and why Amanda thinks we are all living through an unprecedented collective transformation.

• Sometimes the system you trust most (medical, educational, corporate) breaking down is what finally shows you it was never the whole truth to begin with
• Astrology is not one fixed system. Different traditions (Vedic, Western, evolutionary) are different dialects of the same underlying language, and it's fine to take what resonates and leave the rest
• Not everyone is ready for the same leap at the same time, and that is not a flaw. Some fruit ripens early, some ripens late, but it all ends up in the same place
• Tension and hard transits are not punishment. They are pressure pointing toward something in you that wants to resolve
• Feeling like everything is uncertain right now is not a personal failure to have it figured out. It is a collective experience showing up individually
• You do not need permission to reinvent your life more than once. The version of you built for one chapter does not have to be the final version

Amanda, on her first astrology reading: "This is my first evidence of God."

On timing and readiness: "The yes that's pulling us is stronger than the fear that's holding us back."

On living through this moment: "It's freaking terrifying as hell. But like, my god, it's also kind of fun."

On the Capricorn archetype: "Capricorn is not just a goat... it's a sea goat, part goat, part mermaid," both climbing the highest heights and exploring the deepest depths.

• Amanda Walsh's book: Life by the Stars: A True Story of Letting Go, Looking Up, and Remembering Who You Are
• Astrology Hub (astrologyhub.com)
• Astrology Hub Podcast
• Mentioned: Christy Levy (previous guest on Medium Curious guest referenced in the intro), 

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Sarah and Jane put the guest mic down this week to turn the conversation on themselves — and to share some messages from Robert Redford, along with some big news. In this episode of Medium Curious, the mediumship podcast for the curious and the skeptical alike, Jane and Sarah trace how they each found their way into psychic development and spirit communication without ever planning to — Sarah from a career as a professional oboist, Jane from running film production companies.

The conversation moves into consciousness, energy, and why comparing your intuitive gifts to someone else's can shut your own connection down. They also unpack entropy as a way of reading energetic states — what it means to be in a low-entropy state of ease and coherence versus a high-entropy state of urgency and static — and how that shapes the energy you bring to any reading, conversation, or room.

Plus: readings on Einstein and Robert Redford in spirit, verifiable details from the other side, and the launch of a new membership community called Medium Curious Collective for anyone curious about mediumship, intuition, and connecting with spirit.

Topics covered: mediumship, psychic development, spirit communication, consciousness, energy and entropy, celebrity mediumship readings, intuitive development, signs from spirit

• Comparing your intuitive gifts to someone else's is one of the fastest ways to shut your own connection down. Feeling less-than in the moment is often a signal to look at an old safety pattern, not a verdict on your ability.
• Any container or boundary — spiritual practice included — is worth periodically checking. Is it protecting you, or is it quietly limiting how far you let yourself expand?
• Entropy is a useful lens for energy: lower entropy states (ease, love, coherence) tend to be more expansive, while higher entropy states (urgency, static, self-drama) tend to contract things. Small check-ins with your own state matter more than they might seem to.
• You don't need formal training to practice reading energy. Picking a public figure, tuning in, and verifying specific, googleable details afterward is a low-stakes way to build trust in your own hits.
• Growing intuitive or energetic capacity slowly, with time to integrate, tends to hold up better than trying to "come online" all at once.
• A community where curiosity and wonder are normalized can be just as valuable as any specific technique or teaching.

• "All of creation is experiencing itself through you." — Sarah, on a message received during a channeled event
• "High entropy would be self-drama, urgency, noise, static. Low entropy is where you're in love, care, cooperation, honesty, service — you're really in integrity." — Jane
• "Don't leave this life without a dream or two coming true." — Jane, sharing a message from Robert Redford

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• Lauren Robertson, medium and teacher, author of Medium and Manolos
• Christy Levy, medium (referenced from a prior episode)
• Suzanne Giesemann — referenced re: the "connect with someone famous" practice game

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Before Shannon Nering could talk about the ayahuasca ceremony that changed her life, her grandmother arrived first, pulling the conversation somewhere none of them expected. What started as an interview about Shannon's memoir, The Mother Vine: How I Healed My Heart with Ayahuasca, opened into a spontaneous, emotional reading connecting Shannon to her late grandmother, before moving into the heart of the book itself. 

Shannon, a former TV producer and director who walked away from a career in television to move her family to Kauai, talks about the identity crisis that came with that move, the layered "mother" themes in her book (her grandmother, her mother, motherhood itself, and the "mother vine" — another name for ayahuasca), and how writing became a way to process grief that had been held in her body for years.

She shares her first ayahuasca ceremony with the Shipibo tradition in the Amazon, contrasts it with gentler Kauai-grown medicine, and talks through what integration actually looks like day to day.  The she shares about The Living Lab, her seasonal reset program for women in midlife and beyond.

Key Takeaways

• Grief doesn't just fade with time — it can live in the body for years, and creative or ceremonial work (writing, plant medicine, ritual) can finally move it through.
• Integration after a profound spiritual experience isn't a single moment; it's a daily practice — journaling, stillness, returning to the insight again and again.
• Fear passed down from a parent or grandparent often comes from love and protection, even when it later needs to be examined and released.
• You don't need to dive straight into strong plant medicine to access stillness, presence, or an open heart — there are gentler on-ramps.
• True healing touches four quadrants — mental, physical, emotional, spiritual — not just one.

Notable Quotes

Shannon, on plant medicine and ego: "You do not get to use your logical mind... it's an ego death."

Shannon, on what she took from her ayahuasca ceremony: "The journey is actually inward... that's where it all happens."

Links & Resources

• The Mother Vine: How I Healed My Heart with Ayahuasca by Shannon Nering — Simon & Schuster | Bookshop.org
• Shannon Nering's website: shannonnering.com
• My Big TOE by Tom Campbell (referenced in conversation)

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NEW EPISODE: Jane and Sarah are still flying high from their astounding chat with Gary Temple Bodley and Christy Levy, the channels and mediums behind the podcast An Unimaginable Life.

Gary fills us in on how Christy's mediumship abilities came online and what it's like to channel some of history's most recognizable figures. Christy explains how her gifts activated rapidly after taking Gary's course, despite having aphantasia, and how the two of them developed a practice of allowing well-known souls to come through using clues and categories rather than direct names. 

The conversation moves into a live demonstration, where Christy connects with Albert Einstein and C.S. Lewis, delivering messages about duality, perception, and the idea that the universe is far friendlier than fear leads people to believe. 

You don’t want to miss this episode!  It’s not just sensational – it’s full of wisdom from greater consciousness and transmits the highest vibrational energy!

Key Takeaways

• Psychic and mediumship abilities often expand alongside a person's broader belief system. Christy's gifts came online as she did inner work to raise her perspective of herself, suggesting that development in one area of consciousness work tends to unlock others.
• Not being able to verify a connection doesn't mean it isn't real. Several mediums describe having to consciously choose belief before the evidence catches up, rather than waiting for proof first.
• Judgment of any experience, whether it looks difficult or painful, may be based on an incomplete picture. Spirit communication consistently points to the idea that no experience is inherently good or bad, only interpreted that way through a belief structure.
• Shifting your perspective changes your entire experienced reality, even when outer circumstances stay the same. This reframes personal growth as less about changing conditions and more about changing the lens.
• Fear can be mistaken for truth. Strong emotional reactions like grief, anger, or regret are not necessarily revelations about reality, but can be fear "borrowing your voice."

"The universe is infinitely friendlier than our human fear has led us to believe."

"Reality has never stood opposite you. It has always stood beside you and quite often it's secretly cheering."

"You have discovered what fear sounds like when it borrows your voice."

"Life is living through you. It's experiencing through you. You're not living life."

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Talk about the ultimate story-teller! Rebecca Barry has Sarah and Jane completely spellbound.

In this replay episode of Medium Curious, Jane and Sarah welcome intuitive counselor, storyteller, author, and whale communicator Rebecca Barry for a heartfelt conversation about intuition, synchronicity, emotional healing, and learning to recognize the subtle messages the universe is constantly sending.

Rebecca shares how more than two decades of studying mystical traditions, meditation, yoga, and intuitive practices shaped her understanding of life, grief, joy, and our connection to something greater. Through powerful stories, she reminds us that healing doesn't come from avoiding our emotions—it comes from allowing ourselves to fully experience them.

Together, they explore how intuition often arrives as a quiet whisper, why synchronicities deserve our attention, and how the natural world—including whales—can become profound teachers when we're willing to listen.

Whether you're exploring your spiritual path, strengthening your intuition, or looking for comfort after loss, this conversation is filled with wisdom, hope, and practical inspiration.

• How to recognize messages and signs from the universe
• Why storytelling can be one of our greatest healing tools
• The relationship between intuition, synchronicity, and spiritual guidance
• How joy and grief can exist together
• What whales have taught Rebecca about consciousness and connection
• Why emotional intelligence is an essential part of spiritual growth
• How gratitude creates space for everyday miracles
• The importance of trusting the quiet whispers of your intuition
• Why money is simply another form of energy
• How courage allows us to share our intuitive gifts with the world

"Stories are where most of the medicine is."

"Joy holds everything."

"You were a miracle in someone's life."

"Money is just energy."

If this episode resonates with you, we'd love your support. Please download the episode, subscribe, leave a rating and review, and share it with someone who could use a little encouragement from the universe today.

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Jane and Sarah love a good spiritual awakening story, and Amanda Elemental has a fascinating one. We're bringing back this beautiful conversation with Amanda from a few years ago! (Episode 38)

Amanda joins us to share her journey from a career in corporate advertising to becoming a Reiki Master, medium, and conscious DJ. During the pandemic, Amanda began looking for ways to heal her trauma. As she went deeper into that work, she unexpectedly found herself moving into a profound spiritual awakening.

And as we all know, awakening isn't always easy.

Amanda talks about following the signs and connecting with the people who helped support her through a huge time of change. She also shares how her spiritual journey led her into sobriety, something both Jane and Sarah know something about!

Amanda describes moving through a dark night of the soul and the practices, resources, and people that helped her along the way. She also talks about the importance of taking trauma healing slowly and being gentle with yourself as you move through big changes.

But wait! Don't worry - the conversation turns to music and dance.

Amanda's years as a DJ have evolved into a more conscious approach to music, energy, and healing. She talks about ecstatic dance and the way movement can help us reconnect with our bodies, our joy, and ourselves.

Because we're here to be embodied.

We're here to experience ourselves.

And what better way to do that than by dancing?

This is another fun-filled episode with plenty of laughs, honest conversations, and a few epiphanies along the way.

• Amanda's journey from corporate advertising to Reiki Master and medium
• What led Amanda to begin healing her trauma during the pandemic
• The unexpected spiritual awakening that followed
• What it can feel like to move through a dark night of the soul
• Amanda's journey into sobriety
• The importance of community and finding the right people during times of change
• How Reiki and energy work can support the development of mediumship
• Why trauma healing needs to happen slowly and mindfully
• Learning to recognize and trust the signs
• The connection between music, energy, movement, and healing
• Amanda's work as a DJ for ecstatic dance
• How dance can help us reclaim joy and freedom
• The importance of being present in our bodies
• Creating safe and inclusive spaces for people to dance and connect
• Amanda's vision for combining mediumship, music, movement, and healing

“Community is so important right now.”

“I know that trauma is something that happens fast and is meant to be healed very slowly.”

Amanda Elemental

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Buckle up sweet listeners, this one is extra special. Sarah and Jane sat down with Davis Haines, an artist, musician, and near-death experiencer who is an exceptionally sparkly human. Tear stained and soggy from the conversation, by the end both of us are convinced he is emitting actual light beams.

Davis grew up in a wonderful but chaotic, art-obsessed family in Alabama, an identical twin who found himself through theater, poetry, and a barbershop quartet. Davis he woke up at 5am in High School to rehearse with (the devotion!). He fell in love young, coined his own spiritual identity as a "love-ist" because why not just make up the word you need, and lived that glorious, broke, funk-band-and-feather-boas artist life in Chicago in his early twenties.

Then, on July 11, 2011, a bike ride took a dark turn. Davis went under the back tires of a truck, and was given a 1% chance of survival. During emergency surgery, he died. And what he found on the other side was not tunnels or visions, it was love, love and love capital L.

The rest of the episode is a joyful wander through what Davis calls integration, the long and winding thirteen-year-average process of putting himself back together. There is a vision quest, a skydive, some ayahuasca, a whole lot of learning to just be, a stray backyard cat named nothing in particular, and a soul mantra ("thank you, I love you") that will bring you all the feels.

• Integration takes time, sometimes as long as a decade or more, and there is zero shame in the slow, messy unfolding. Let it be a whole journey, not a weekend project.
• Rest is not the opposite of a spiritual life. It might BE the spiritual life. Chill guilt is real and worth releasing.
• The universe has a flair for the dramatic. When something feels too perfectly symbolic to be a coincidence, it might be worth paying attention to.
• Chasing the big cosmic feeling through extreme experiences often leads right back to something delightfully small, like a baby waving hello or a cat on the compost bin.
• Healing generational wounds does not require a big dramatic showdown. Sometimes it just looks like raising a kid who has never once doubted her own magnificence.
• You do not need a tunnel of light or a dramatic vision to have a real, life-rearranging near-death experience. Sometimes love shows up as pure feeling, no special effects required.

• "God is a feeling... this was one of those things where I was like, oh, oh, oh, God is everything, like everything."
• "It was like sinking into a warm tub after a long cold day in the snow, times a thousand."
• "I say that Art saved my life."
• "Thank you, I love you. Thank you, I love you. That has actually become my prayer, my mantra."
• "Actually, this is it... I can't believe that I am happily living in my hometown doing this."

• Bruce Greyson, After — referenced regarding memory and near-death experiences under heavy medication
• The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron — the book that shaped Davis's creative and spiritual practice
• Victor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning — read during his solo vision quest
• Ram Dass — referenced re: his stroke and the phrase "being stroked"

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A Vedic astrology reading gave Jane some unexpected clarity, and she brought Sarah in on it too: how do you actually know you're living your life's purpose? The episode was sparked by that reading, where the astrologer named Jane's purpose in a way that felt less like news and more like confirmation of something she already knew in a deep and delicious way.

From there the two dig into why so many people confuse their job with their purpose, and why that framing sets people up to feel lost. Sarah shares how her own sense of purpose has shifted by decade, from partying and playing music in her twenties to raising a family in her thirties to, now, simply becoming the fullest and most unfiltered version of herself. Jane echoes this with her own winding path from wanting to be a teacher, to filmmaker, to medium, to teacher again, full circle.

The conversation moves through some of the most useful, real world tools either of them offers on the show: using tension versus excitement in the body as a compass for decisions, noticing what books are stacked on your nightstand as a clue to what you are actually being called toward, and the idea that reactivity is not something to eliminate but something to move through with more awareness. Sarah lands on what might be the simplest definition of purpose either of them has offered: it is the presence or absence of regret. If a choice brings you closer to joy and further from regret, that is the direction to walk in, even when the decision is small.

• Your purpose is not required to be one fixed thing or your job title. It can shift by season, decade, or chapter of life, and all of those versions still count.
• A useful test for whether you are living your purpose is regret, not accomplishment. Ask which choice leaves you with less regret rather than which one looks more impressive.
• The body is a reliable compass. Notice whether a decision makes you feel tense or relaxed, exhausted or excited, and let that inform which direction you move in.
• Reactivity and hard emotions are not the opposite of purpose. Moving through them with a little more awareness, rather than suppressing them, is part of the path.
• Small, unglamorous signals, like what is stacked on your nightstand or what you keep circling back to for fun, often say more about your purpose than a big dramatic decision does.
• Being fully present in ordinary moments, rather than living in the future or the past, is often where purpose actually shows up.

• "A lot of us think that our job has to be our life's purpose. And I don't think that's the case." — Sarah
• "The word that's coming through for me right now is living without regret." — Sarah
• "You just point your compass toward what brings you a little bit more joy." — Sarah
• "Does this make me feel exhausted, or does this make me feel excited?" — Sarah, on using the body to make decisions
• "My bedside table is telling the story." — Jane, on noticing what she was drawn to reading before she changed careers

• How to Love Better by Yung Pueblo, the book Jane references throughout the episode: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/736336
• Pluribus, the Apple TV+ series Sarah mentions in the conversation about individuality and collective consciousness
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• Clair Club, Sarah and Jane's ongoing intuition development gathering, with upcoming dates on the Medium Curious website
• Vedic astrology reading referenced from Dr. Katy Jane
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Our last replay for the summer is one of our favorite Sarah and Jane episodes from 2025.

The word awakening is everywhere lately. People talk about spiritual awakening, consciousness shifts, dark nights of the soul… but what does any of that actually mean when you’re living it in real life?

In this episode of Medium Curious, Jane and Sarah talk about what awakening has looked like in their own lives, how mediumship and intuition can open us up in unexpected ways, and why waking up isn’t usually one big lightning bolt moment.

More often, it happens slowly.

Through challenge. Through connection. Through grief. Through healing. Through those moments where life cracks you open just enough that you start seeing things differently.

We talk about the strange and beautiful human experience of remembering who we really are, how nature constantly brings us back to ourselves, and why sometimes the hardest seasons of life end up becoming the biggest catalysts for growth.

A few things we explore in this episode:

✨ Why awakening is a process, not a destination ✨ How mediumship can deepen intuition and self-awareness ✨ The role connection and community play in spiritual growth ✨ Moving through the dark night of the soul ✨ Why your body is constantly communicating with you ✨ The healing power of being in nature ✨ Learning how to trust yourself more deeply ✨ Finding joy, even while you’re growing through hard things

A few favorite moments:

“We are brave for being human.”

“Your body is the tuner.”

“It’s all just a play.”

Resources mentioned:

Andy Byng on Medium Curious

Gaia: What is Spiritual Awakening and What Are Its 5 Stages

Kelly Kolodney: Archangel Raphael

Next Level Soul

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You've done the vision boards. You've said the affirmations. You've probably even tried manifesting a parking spot (no judgment, same). So why does everything you call in eventually slip away?

And to find out - We brought back this amazing guest from Season 3!

Because Talyn Fiore has the answer — and it's not what the manifestation gurus on your feed are telling you.

Jane and Sarah sat down with this healer, world traveler, and all-around force of nature for one of those sweet then - WOOF - powerful conversations. It starts with Reiki and ends with you rethinking everything you thought you knew about worthiness, trust, and what it means to receive.

Here’s what surprised us to hear: you can manifest something and still unconsciously push it away. Talyn's been there, watched it happen, and figured out the missing piece — and spoiler, it’s for you to find internally -  not to pin to a vision board.

What comes up in this one:

• The real reason manifested things don't stick 

• How Reiki cracked Talyn open in ways she wasn't expecting

• Navigating loss, purpose, and the kind of grief that flattens you

• Why discernment is the most underrated spiritual skill nobody's teaching

• Learning to trust your gut even when the nudge makes zero logical sense

• How letting go of who you think you are might be the best thing you ever do

Talyn has followed some wild divine nudges — across countries, through hard seasons, through total reinvention — and she brings all of it to this conversation with zero filter and a whole lot of heart.

✨ A few lines that'll stick with you:

• "Reiki is unconditional love."

• "You have to listen to your calling."

• "Allowing yourself to change your mind."

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• Medium Curious website

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• Jane Morgan

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Have you ever received signs from a loved one who has passed?

In this special Medium Curious replay from Season One - Jane and Sarah share six incredible listener stories about signs from spirit, synchronicities, after death communication, and the powerful ways our loved ones in the spirit world continue to send guidance, comfort, and messages when we need them most.

We call these the 'Monarch Episodes! And of course this one is episode 111!

From meaningful coincidences to unmistakable spiritual signs, these true stories remind us that connection with those we love doesn’t end after death — and that spirit is always finding ways to communicate with us.

If you’ve been wondering whether your loved ones in spirit are trying to reach you, this episode may change the way you see the signs around you.

✨ Morgan & Granny Phyllis ✨ Nikki & her niece Jaela ✨ Emily & her brother Nathan ✨ Chenee & Lovey ✨ Shelby & her mom ✨ Carla & her brother Steve

“The poetry of letting in the light to lift a heavy heart.” — Jane

“Dazzle me. When you ask spirit to dazzle you, I believe you’ll be dazzled.” — Sarah

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Radleigh Valentine is back, and he came with a prayer, a story about a dog he absolutely did not want, and more wisdom than any episode should be legally allowed to hold. Radleigh is an angel whisperer, oracle deck creator, and Hay House author who has spent decades helping people understand that angels are not fluffy sideline characters but active partners in this very human life. He and co-author Heather Hildebrand wrote their new angel prayer book in eight weeks on deadline, and somehow that constraint cracked something wide open.

In this conversation, Radleigh walks Sarah and Jane through his own complicated history with prayer, how he walked away from it entirely when he left organized religion, and how he quietly found his way back to it without even realizing he was doing so. He talks about the book's structure as a divination tool organized by topic, the surprising teaching that came from co-writing with someone whose prayer style is completely opposite to his, and why he believes prayer at its core is an act of self-worth.

The episode moves through law of attraction, the concept of rockets of desire borrowed from Esther Hicks, and Radleigh's genuinely original take on why humans keep wanting more. His idea is that we are not broken or greedy but simply trying to recreate the feeling of being on the other side, where connection, communication, and abundance were instant and effortless. He also opens up about his divorce, his move back to Denver, and how the hardest years of his personal life became the exact material that led to this book.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Prayer does not belong to any one tradition. If you left organized religion and stopped praying, you likely just renamed it. Radleigh called his "meditations" for years before he let himself have the word back. Reclaiming the practice on your own terms is a valid and worthwhile spiritual move.
• There is no single right way to pray. Radleigh and his co-author Heather Hildebrand have completely opposite styles. She writes long, layered, comprehensive prayers. He writes short, direct ones. Both are legitimate. The lesson from their collaboration is that you are an artist of prayer, and finding your own style matters more than doing it "correctly."
• Prayer as self-compassion reframes the whole practice. Asking for what you need is not demanding or greedy. It is an act of tenderness toward yourself, and at its root it is a declaration that you believe you are worthy of being heard.
• The desire you feel for more is not a flaw, it is the design. Radleigh draws on Esther Hicks and Neale Donald Walsch to make the case that we are "wanting machines" by intention, always firing rockets of desire because we are wired to keep creating and moving toward joy. You cannot get it wrong because you cannot get it done.
• Human striving may be a memory of the other side. Radleigh's take is that cell phones, airplanes, and money are all attempts to recreate what was effortless in the spirit realm: instant connection, instant travel, instant abundance. We are not chasing external things so much as we are trying to feel what we already know.
• The angels are in everything, including the algorithm. From a Facebook puppy post to a radio DJ saying "Three Dog Night" at exactly the right moment, Radleigh's stories illustrate that divine guidance does not wait for sacred spaces. It will use whatever is available, including your social media feed.
• Worthiness and prayer are inseparable. The reason so many people struggle to ask for what they want, whether in prayer or in life, comes back to a deep belief that they do not deserve it. Radleigh's point is that having angels assigned to you by the divine is itself evidence of your worth.

DIRECT QUOTES

"When I left organized religion, I threw the baby out with the bathwater. I was just like, not praying, thanks. And threw it out."

"Prayer in its very essence is a desire to feel worthy. We are trying to be in a place where we feel worthy enough to ask for this, to therefore be worthy enough to receive it."

"We are wanting machines. Right? We are. We're wanting machines. But by design. I mean, it's the design."

"We are trying to find joy. We are trying to find happiness because we are used to it on the other side."

"We have jet airplanes because we are used to being able to be anywhere we want to be instantaneously. We want money because we are used to being able to acquire anything we want instantaneously. Human life in so many ways is trying to recreate our life on the other side."

LINKS AND RESOURCES

Radleigh Valentine: https://radleighvalentine.com/ 

*New book: https://radleighvalentine.com/dearangels

*Free 3-part Series! https://radleighvalentine.com/prayer

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In this Sunday Solo episode of Medium Curious, Jane Morgan explores the power of intuition, inner knowing, and learning how to trust the voice within — especially during life’s biggest decisions.

Jane shares deeply personal (and often hilarious) stories about communicating with her “higher self,” including an animated conversation with her own heart before a medical scan, and the emotional moment her son realized he may have found his life’s calling.

Along the way, she reflects on:

• the difference between intuition and fear
• how silence helps us hear our inner voice
• why modern life pulls us away from ourselves
• the role of meditation and consciousness
• trusting intuitive nudges in real life
• raising your frequency through love, optimism, and presence
• why intuition may be more powerful than AI

This episode is funny, thoughtful, emotional, and deeply encouraging for anyone trying to make sense of their next step — or simply wanting a more peaceful relationship with themselves.

If you’ve ever wondered:

“Am I on the right path?” “Can I trust my intuition?” “Is there something bigger helping me?”

…this little convo is for you!

 Jane's New Higher Calling Cohort - starts July 1st! https://www.janemorganmedium.com/higher-calling

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David Ferrugio has been hosting Dead Talks Podcast for six years, built on a simple but radical premise: death is the one experience every single one of us shares, so why aren't we talking about it? What started as a way to process losing his father in the North Tower on September 11th, 2001 when David was twelve years old, has grown into one of the more remarkable shows in the grief space. Eclectic guests, real conversations, zero pretense. Sarah and Jane are big fans, and this episode felt like meeting an old friend.

David talks about what compelled him to start the show, what hundreds of conversations about grief and loss have taught him, and why death remains so taboo when it's the most universal thing we've got. David, Jane and Sarah dig into the strange duality of grief: how 9/11 was simultaneously the most public and the most isolating event of his life, and how that contradiction is actually at the heart of what grief feels like for all of us. They also get into intuition, energy sovereignty, why men are so underrepresented in this space, and how Dead Talks has become a place where people feel safe.

Key Takeaways:

• Grief is simultaneously the most universal human experience and the most isolating one. Building community around it,  even just a comments section, gives people permission to speak their truth.
• Men showing up to talk openly about grief is significant. It lets other men know that vulnerability is safe and it shifts the cultural conversation in a way that benefits all.
• Fear of death often comes down to fear of the unknown. 
• Trying to control the uncontrollable is exhausting and ultimately impossible. The better plan is learning to go for the ride.

Direct Quotes:

"It's the most universal experience, yet the most isolating experience at the same time. Just like life, it's a double-edged sword." — David Ferrugio

"All people want is to be heard and validated. And if they're saying it here, they might feel somewhat safe in saying it — because this is what we're doing here." — David Ferrugio

"My dream is for everybody who wants to, to just delight in the fact that they have access to energy, to spirit, to their intuition. It's not some weird, freaky thing." — Sarah

Dead Talks  – https://www.deadtalks.net/

Dead Talks YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB_jnuH15XMk2Vx_7_-aIAw

David's Book:

Medium Curious –  https://www.mediumcurious.com

Book a reading with Jane Morgan https://www.janemorganmedium.com/

Book a reading with Sarah Rathke https://www.sarahrathke.com/

Jane's Substack – https://janemorgan.substack.com

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/mediumcuriouspod/

We’re bringing back one of our favorite conversations all about crystals, energy, intuition, and spiritual connection with the radiant Emelie Collet. (replay - episode 29)

Whether you’re crystal-curious, already working with stones in your spiritual practice, or just love exploring different healing modalities, this episode is full of grounded, practical insight.

Sarah, Jane, and Emelie dive into how crystals interact with our energy, the importance of intention, and why intuition matters more than “doing it perfectly.” Emelie shares her personal journey with crystal work, how certain stones can support grounding and spiritual connection, and why clear quartz is one of the most powerful tools for amplifying energy.

The conversation also explores the history of feminine wisdom, energy work, self-trust, and the importance of bringing more light and compassion into the world right now.

Inside this episode:

✨ How crystals can support intuition and mediumship ✨ Why grounding matters in spiritual work ✨ Beginner-friendly crystal recommendations ✨ The energetic properties of clear quartz, rose quartz, black tourmaline, angelite, green aventurine, and more ✨ How to cleanse, program, and work with crystals intentionally ✨ Letting go of fear and superstition around spiritual practices ✨ Why your intuition is the most important tool you have

A few favorite moments from Emelie:

“You don’t have to justify yourself to anyone.”

“Rose Quartz is like the friend who always compliments you.”

“Your interest is validation enough to follow that.”

If you’ve ever felt drawn to crystals, this episode is your reminder that curiosity alone is enough reason to explore.

Connect with Emelie Collet:

Emelie’s Linktree Instagram: @crystalemelie

Support the podcast:

Please download the episode before listening, and if you enjoy Medium Curious, be sure to rate, review, subscribe, and share with a friend.

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She's back! Kim Rhodes, best known as the mom on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and Sheriff Jody on Supernatural, returns for a second conversation with Sarah and Jane, and this time things get even more interesting. Kim opens by confirming what a psychic once told her years ago: she has fae blood. A stranger at a recent convention walked up and informed her that her fairy wings were fluttering, and honestly, once you see her on camera, you can't argue with it.

What unfolds from there is a wide-ranging, deeply real conversation about what it means to live outside the box. Kim shares her experience as an autistic woman diagnosed six years ago with both autism and ADHD, offering a nuanced, personal take on the Telepathy Tapes phenomenon and why blanket statements about neurodivergent people, even well-meaning ones, deserve a closer look. She makes a compelling case that autistic people may not be more psychic than anyone else, but they may be less likely to censor themselves when something pops in, and that distinction matters.

The conversation winds into Kim's new theory about feminine archetypes: that the traditional maiden-mother-crone framework is missing a fourth stage, the Warrior, a phase she describes as a woman who has survived long enough to stop apologizing for taking up space and start using her gifts as weapons of love. 

Kim also talks about her life since the pandemic: volunteering four days a week at an animal sanctuary where she has strong opinions about goats (she has a favorite, his name is Greg, and he's an a**hole), a miniature horse named Bob, and a chicken named Jeff. She shares her perspective on animal communication, why animals don't really need to talk the way humans do, and what it's like to be present with animals as they leave their bodies. 

The whole episode has that quality Kim brings wherever she goes: real, warm, a little unfiltered, and remarkably wise.

Key Takeaways:

• Autism may not confer special psychic ability, but it can lower the internal filter that stops people from expressing what they pick up. Kim suggests the gift isn't more perception, it's less self-censorship, and there's a meaningful difference.
• The maiden-mother-crone framework may be missing a fourth archetype: the Warrior. 
• The tools of the warrior don't have to look like traditional strength. Kim's weapons are love and presence, and she spent years feeling ashamed that wasn't more exciting before she accepted it as exactly enough.
• Trauma can hone intuitive gifts. Several voices in this conversation, and beyond it, have observed that learning to read a room for survival wires people for psychic sensitivity. The skill doesn't disappear when the danger does.
• Animals, for the most part, don't need to be heard the way humans do. Kim observes that animals aren't in a state of disconnect from source, which means the anxious need to be seen and validated just isn't part of their experience. They're already living it.
• Psychic experience doesn't require supernatural explanation. Kim points out that science already confirms the five senses don't capture everything: sounds we can't hear, light waves we can't see, magnetic fields fish can navigate. Dismissing intuitive information as impossible while accepting ultraviolet light is, she notes, a little inconsistent.
• Being seen, fully and without conditions, is what most people are actually hungry for. Kim has been called mom her whole life, resisted it, and finally stepped into it, and what she found inside it is one of the most powerful things a person can offer another human being.

Direct Quotes:

"I don't think autistic people are any more or less psychic than the rest of the population. I just think we might be less likely to judge ourselves for it and more likely to express it."

"I'm not trying to glean identity or power from outside sources. I've recognized the ability to create it internally and with my creator."

"It doesn't bother me that science has not caught up with my experience."

Resources & Links:

• Kim Rhodes on Instagram: @kimrhodes4real
• Kim Rhodes on Cameo: cameo.com/kimrhodes
• Medium Curious Podcast Episode 6 (Kim's first appearance)
• Explore the Intuition & Mediumship Course: https://www.mediumcurious.com
• Book a reading with Jane Morgan https://www.janemorganmedium.com/
• Book a reading with Sarah Rathke https://www.sarahrathke.com/
• Jane's Substack: https://janemorgan.substack.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediumcuriouspod/

In this deeply personal Sunday Solo, Sarah shares something she has been unpacking for most of her adult life: what happens when the spiritual framework you were raised in stops fitting who you are, and what you find when you finally give yourself permission to look beyond it.

Sarah grew up immersed in faith. Church was community, church was family, church was the lens through which everything was understood. There was genuine beauty in it: the hymns, the stories, the practice of prayer, the feeling of being held by something larger than yourself. And there were also questions, lots of them, that a sensitive and curious kid couldn't quite make fit. Questions she eventually stopped asking, until life made her start again.

She traces a journey that will feel familiar to a lot of listeners: leaving organized religion behind in college, finding her footing in the material world, becoming a parent and reaching back toward the big questions, and then being confronted by loss. The death of her best friend's six-year-old son, her own child's best friend, was the moment she could no longer stay comfortable in a purely material worldview. Sarah went down the mediumship rabbit-hole looking for answers.  

Along the way, Sarah reflects on her mother's sustaining faith, the compassion she found for her parents as she understood why they made the choices they did, and an unexpected encounter with the late Rachel Held Evans during meditation.

This episode isn't about leaving faith behind. It's about what happens when you stop outsourcing your spiritual knowing to someone else's rulebook and start trusting the one that lives inside you. If you've ever felt like your beliefs needed to evolve but weren't sure you had permission, this one's for you.

Key Takeaways

• Faith is not a fixed target. It evolves with every experience we have and holding space for that evolution is not a crisis of faith. It's an expression of it.
• The spiritual practices we absorb in childhood can be more resilient than we think. Prayer, presence, the sense of being connected to something larger; those things don't have to be thrown out with the framework they came in. They just may need a new container.
• You cannot pass on a spiritual awakening. That kind of knowing has to be lived firsthand. The most loving thing anyone can do is create the conditions for someone else to find their own way there.
• Grief has a way of reopening the questions we thought we'd put to rest. Sometimes the losses we can't make sense of are exactly what leads us toward a deeper truth about consciousness, connection, and what continues.
• Spiritual gatekeeping, the idea that you need more credentials, more permission, more of someone else's approval to trust your own experience, is worth examining closely. Your direct relationship with the Divine is valid on its own terms.
• The ultimate litmus test for any belief, rule, or framework: does it move you toward love, or toward fear? That question belongs to you. And you get to apply it to everything.

Direct Quotes

"Faith and spirituality aren't a fixed target. They're fluid. They change with everything we experience."

"I don't think you can pass on a spiritual awakening. That kind of knowing has to be lived. It has to be yours."

Links and Resources

• Rachel Held Evans 
• On Being with Krista Tippett — episode with Jeff Chu on Rachel Held Evans
• Medium Curious episode: Spiritual Rules — Which Ones Do We Actually Need

Explore the Intuition & Mediumship Course: https://www.mediumcurious.com

Book a reading with Jane Morgan https://www.janemorganmedium.com/

Book a reading with Sarah Rathke https://www.sarahrathke.com/

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Where we're going? We don't need Rules!

Sarah and Jane talk story about the spiritual rules we were handed — and the ones we actually need. Sarah comes prepared with a list (both parents are Virgos, so obviously she has a list), and together she and Jane move through the rules worth following and the ones worth leaving behind.

At the top of the list: energy sovereignty. You are responsible for your own energy, full stop. Protecting your energetic field isn't selfish — it's a requirement. From there, the conversation opens up into the golden rule, do no harm, the ethics of making predictions in readings, and the importance of self-care for those in service-based work.

On the flip side, Sarah and Jane unpack the rules we don't need anymore: dogma, fear-based thinking, spiritual gatekeeping, and the belief that suffering is proof of dedication. They talk about the permission-slip trap — always needing one more certificate, one more credential — and why the Akashic Records episode cracked something open for Sarah around trusting her own access.

The episode lands somewhere expansive: if a rule makes you feel smaller, it's probably not yours to follow. If it comes from love and opens something up in you, it's worth keeping. Simple, but not easy — and exactly why they keep showing up to talk about it.

Key Takeaways

• Energy sovereignty is non-negotiable. You are responsible for your own energetic and emotional state — and protecting that field is an act of kindness to yourself and everyone around you.
• "Do no harm" isn't just a platitude — it's a real ethical standard for anyone doing intuitive or healing work. Making fear-based predictions, issuing warnings of doom, or weaponizing someone's hope is harmful. Full stop.
• The golden rule includes you. Spiritual people often pour endlessly into others while running on empty. Caring for yourself isn't a distraction from your purpose — it's the foundation of it.
• Dogma is the rule that tells you to stop questioning. Any belief system — spiritual or otherwise — that demands you shut down your curiosity is worth examining.
• There is no spiritual hierarchy. The gatekeeping is crumbling. You don't need another permission slip to trust your own access to the Divine.
• The deepest rule might be the simplest one: if it makes you feel expansive, it's worth following. If it makes you feel smaller, it isn't.

Quotes

"Protecting your own energy field isn't selfish. It's a responsibility." — Sarah

"I didn't come all this way — coming out as a medium — to be put in a box." — Sarah

"Your guidance is provided by you. It does not have to be other-provided." — Jane

Links and Resources

Episode mentioned: Tammy Tocheniuk (Episode 97)

Episode mentioned: Dr. Linda Howe / Akashic Records episode

Medium Curious’ Website: https://www.mediumcurious.com

Explore the Intuition & Mediumship Course: https://www.mediumcurious.com

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Ready to feel all the feelings? Sarah and Jane sit down with author and mystic Perdita Finn on the eve of the launch of her new book, Mothers of Magic: Summoning the Wisdom of Our Ancestors — and the timing feels nothing short of divinely arranged. Perdita is also the author of Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World, and this episode picks up right where that book left off: the dead are not gone, they are available to help us. 

What unfolds is one of the most resonant conversations Medium Curious has ever had. Perdita brings her gift for poetic, grounded storytelling to questions that couldn't feel more urgent: What does it mean to be un-mothered in a culture designed to make mothers fail? How do we reclaim the grandmothers who were silenced, reduced to diagnoses, cornered by circumstance? And how do we connect with them now, across the veil, when we need them most?

Perdita shares the story of her grandmother Nellie — a woman she only knew as a stroke victim, but who she discovered, through diaries found after her mother's death, to be a complicated, extraordinary soul worth claiming. She talks about the forget-me-nots blooming in her yard three weeks early on book launch day, carried from England to America by her grandmother, and what it feels like to offer this book to her.

The conversation moves through the lost village of mothering — how before civilization, a mother was anyone who cared, regardless of gender or biology — to the very practical question of what to do with all of it: the grief, the rage, the overwhelm, the headlines. Perdita's answer is to delegate to the dead. She opens every morning with her worries and calls on her team on the other side, from her late dentist to the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, trusting that the dead can hold what we cannot.

This episode will leave you crying, laughing, and reaching for your own grandmother's hand across whatever distance separates you.

Key Takeaways

• The dead are still available to us. Perdita opens every morning by calling on her team on the other side — ancestors, teachers, friends, even those we've lost to historical atrocity — and asks them to help carry what feels too heavy to hold alone. This isn't metaphor. It's a daily practice with real effects.
• Our grandmothers were more than the stories we were told about them. Many of us inherited a reduced version of who our grandmothers were — shaped by trauma, mental illness labels, silence, and the limits of the era they lived in. Their diaries, their objects, their dreams can give them back to us as full human beings.
• Fretting is a form of prayer. Perdita reframes worry not as weakness but as creativity at work — an act of turning something over, wearing away at a problem, spinning new possibilities into being. Our anxious minds are also our most generative ones.
• Before civilization, a mother was an adult who cared. Mothering wasn't defined by gender or biology. It was communal, expansive, and distributed across a whole circle of people. Reclaiming that definition is not just healing — it's resistance.
• We are all psychic, and we have been trained out of it. Perdita's own precognitive dreams were met with terror by her mother, and she shut them down. When we silence those gifts in children — and in ourselves — we lose our most essential line of communication with the unseen world.
• The goal isn't just your lifetime. Perdita encourages thinking in terms of 49 generations — roughly 1,200 years. What prayer would you want to still be praying then? What healing are you beginning now that you may not live to see complete?

Quotable Moments

"What we long for are the arms and the embrace of a circle of mothers — a circle of grandmothers, a circle of beings who know who we are and want us to be who we are."

"If we weren't adored by a group of women who loved us in life, just know: you are adored by beings beyond measure who love you from the other side."

"We need less children in the world and more mothers."

"A knot, an obstacle, a problem, a rift — becomes an opportunity for magic with the dead."

"If we remember we're all each other's mothers, we're going to stop clear-cutting the forest and mountaintop mining and putting each other in solitary confinement."

Resources and Links

• Mothers of Magic: Summoning the Wisdom of Our Ancestors by Perdita Finn — https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/perdita-finn/mothers-of-magic/9798894140667/?lens=running-press
• Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World by Perdita Finn — https://takebackthemagic.com/
• Artist Sarah Jarrett (cover art for Mothers of Magic) — https://www.instagram.com/sarahjarrettart/
• Perdita Finn's Substack— https://substack.com/@perditafinn
• Previous Medium Curious episode with Perdita Finn — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-work-with-the-dead-perdita-finn-on-signs/id1726468626?i=1000739450990

Medium Curious’ Website: https://www.mediumcurious.com

Explore the Intuition & Mediumship Course: https://www.mediumcurious.com

Book a reading with Jane Morgan https://www.janemorganmedium.com/

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In this Sunday solo, Jane shares a deeply personal and practical approach to handling life’s hardest moments—without getting swamped by them.

After facing an overwhelming real-life situation, she walks through the exact mindset shifts and spiritual tools she used to move from stress and confusion… to clarity, calm, and real solutions.

From the simple mantra “nothing’s a problem” to creating a “spiritual container” around challenges, this episode is a guide to navigating difficulty with more ease, support, and trust.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure what to do next—this episode will give you a new way forward.

• Why the way you label a problem changes your entire experience of it
• How to stop feeling emotionally “swamped” by hard situations
• What a “spiritual container” is—and how to use it
• How to separate yourself from the problem (so you can actually solve it)
• Simple ways to ask for help—from intuition, guides, or the universe
• A powerful method for receiving clear next steps
• How intention, visualization, and energy can support real-world results

• Not everything that feels like a problem needs to stay one
• You don’t have to carry everything inside your “field”
• Help is available—but you have to ask (or even require it)
• Clarity comes when you create space between you and the problem
• Small, guided steps are more powerful than trying to solve everything at once

• “Nothing’s a problem.” — the mindset that changes everything
• The concept of your personal “field” and why it matters
• Turning a difficult conversation into a collaborative moment
• The visualization of placing a problem outside your body
• Requiring help instead of just hoping for it

Try this simple 3-step reset next time you feel overwhelmed:

1. Clear your field Imagine pushing the problem out of your personal space
2. Ask (or require) help From your intuition, guides, or whatever you believe in
3. Wait for the next step Don’t solve everything—just follow the first clear nudge

• How to Read the Akashic Records – Linda Howe
• The Power of Intention – Wayne Dyer
• Jane's substack article featuring 'Nothings a problem!

If this resonated with you:

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Sarah and Jane sit down with Dr. Linda Howe, widely considered the leading international expert on the Akashic Records. If you've heard the term and still gotten a blank stare when you mention it to someone, this episode is your answer.  Linda starts from the ground up, explaining the records as a vibrational archive of every soul and its journey as a human being. No robed figures, no mystical gatekeeping. Just a profound and surprisingly accessible energetic field that anyone with a sincere desire to know themselves can enter.

Linda walks us through the origin story of the Pathway Prayer Process, channeled at her kitchen table in 2001, the Saturday before 9/11 — and what it felt like to receive it. She talks about writing her original book, How to Read the Akashic Records, getting rejected by Hay House, telling the universe somebody else was going to have to call her, and then getting the call from Sounds True a year and a half later. That book has now been in the publisher's top 15 bestsellers since 2009, and Linda has just released a fully revised and expanded edition through Macmillan; 100 new pages and a glossary of terms developed through decades of teaching around the world.

The conversation looks at what the records can actually offer: emotional safety, honest self-reflection, and the radical idea that our ultimate soul purpose is learning to love ourselves,  imperfection and all. Linda also shares what the records have to say about the current moment in the world, and why she believes real collective change has to start with the individual turning inward.

Jane shares the story of the orange book basically chasing her around a crystal shop until she put it in her basket. We believe her.

Key Takeaways:

• You cannot be removed from the record, and neither can anyone else. Every soul is part of the Akashic field. This isn't just a spiritual nicety — it's the architecture of why the records carry no judgment and hold space for every version of who we've been.
• The pathway prayer works by creating emotional safety, and emotional safety is what makes honest self-reflection possible. Linda's point is simple and worth sitting with: without that safety, growth isn't really growth. The records create the conditions for the kind of honesty we can't manufacture on our own.
• Most of us don't have one soul purpose — we have many. And underneath all of them is the same fundamental question: how do I learn to love myself, even now, even imperfect, even mid-mistake? The records orient us toward that question whether we come in asking for it or not.
• Real change in the world has to start inside each person. Linda's reading of the current moment through the records is that every institution people have looked to for change — political, religious, economic — has limits, and that a soul-led life is both the path and the point.
• Following the path that's truly yours often looks like not following the plan. Linda didn't set out to be the world's foremost Akashic Records teacher. She kept going because every time she thought she was done, the field revealed more. That orientation — staying open to what keeps unfolding — is something the records model and also teach.

If This Episode Resonated…Share it with a friend who’s been feeling the shift too. Or send it to someone who needs the reminder: You’re doing it perfectly! You are the LIGHT!✨

Direct Quotes:

"The Akashic Record is a vibrational archive of every soul and its journey as human."

"The change must come as a result of the transformation within each person. The more I am aware of who I am, of my soul — that can only bring us the change we seek."

"The ultimate purpose for everyone is: how do I love myself? Even though I'm not perfect, even though I just made a mistake."

"Anyone who wants to — anyone with a sincere desire to know their own soul more — can through the Akashic Record."

Links

Linda Howe Center for Akashic Studies: https://lindahowe.com/

How to Read the Akashic Records: Accessing the Archive of the Soul and Its Journey: Revised and Updated:  https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781649634474/howtoreadtheakashicrecords/

Website: https://www.mediumcurious.com

Explore the Intuition & Mediumship Course: https://www.mediumcurious.com

Book a reading with Jane Morgan https://www.janemorganmedium.com/

Book a reading with Sarah Rathke https://www.sarahrathke.com/

Jane's Substack: https://janemorgan.substack.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediumcuriouspod/

What happens when a woman who's been casually watching spirits walk through her bedroom walls for a decade finally learns she's a medium? For Tammy Tocheniuk, it was less of a revelation and more of a remembering. In this episode, Sarah and Jane sit down with the psychic medium and animal communicator who built an extraordinary practice almost entirely on her own terms, with zero formal training and zero apologies for it.

Tammy shares how her gifts unfolded in layers, from reading the energy of adults in a room as a child, to waking up in her twenties with multiple spirits standing at the foot of her bed, to accidentally launching her mediumship career by helping a grieving coworker connect with a friend who had been murdered. She talks honestly about what it cost her, including adrenal fatigue, flashbacks from criminal cases, and a full year off from all things spiritual, and about why pivoting to animal communication changed everything.

This conversation goes deep into what it actually feels like to communicate with animals in spirit versus animals who are still alive, why animals have a profoundly different relationship with death than humans do, how Tammy navigates one of the hardest conversations a pet owner can have (is it time?), and the reading that brought a husband to tears when his dog remembered the engagement ring around his neck.

Tammy also gets candid about normalizing her gifts for her three sons, keeping a regular day job as a cover story, and why doing it her own way, without the usual cookie-cutter mediumship school training, turned out to be exactly right for her.

Key Takeaways

• Psychic and mediumship gifts often emerge naturally over time rather than all at once. For many intuitives, the abilities unfold in layers across childhood, young adulthood, and beyond, whether you're actively seeking them out or not.
• Sometimes the most validating moment in a medium's journey isn't a dramatic reading. It's simply hearing the right word, the right label, and feeling something click into place like a remembering.
• Intense mediumship work, especially around trauma, crime, or grief, can lead to real physical and emotional exhaustion. Burnout is real, and stepping back, even for an extended period, is not giving up. It's part of the practice.
• Setting boundaries around the kind of work you take on is not a limitation on your gifts. It's how you sustain them. Knowing what you're willing to do and what you're not is part of developing as a medium.
• Not having formal training has both gifts and costs. Your voice stays your own, but mentorship and community matter, especially when it comes to protecting your energy and knowing when to ask for support.
• Animal communication and psychic work tend to require less energetic output than evidential mediumship. If you're feeling drained, exploring these modalities might offer a gentler on-ramp or a much-needed reset.
• Animals can be powerful messengers in readings, even when the session is focused on a person in spirit. Don't be surprised when they show up and steal the show.
• When communicating with animals around end-of-life decisions, the most important thing you can offer a grieving pet owner is peace, not a verdict. Meeting people where they are matters as much as the message itself.
• Animals have a profoundly different relationship with death than humans do. Their acceptance and presence can be a gift not just to their owners, but to the mediums and communicators who work with them.
• Normalizing your gifts in your everyday life, with your family, your kids, your language, helps create an environment where intuition is treated as natural rather than strange or scary.

"I would wake up at night and there would be a spirit in my bedroom. Sometimes two, three, four of them at one time. And I call it seeing 3D. I was seeing them like a piece of furniture."

"I rarely have an animal that's not accepting of death. It's very different than people. They seem to understand intuitively that this is a transition."

"Their messages are fairly simple and straightforward. A lot of times, people just want to know: are they still there, and do they remember me?"

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This week's Sunday solo starts with something that caught Sarah's attention in the news — the Artemis moon mission and the astronauts who came back changed. Looking at Earth from space, small enough to disappear behind a thumb, they returned with more interest in connection and meaning. Researchers have a name for it: the overview effect. And it got Sarah wondering — what else can crack us open like that without requiring us to leave the atmosphere?

That question leads her into a deep dive on near-death experiences: what they are, what the research actually shows, who's done that research (hello, Dr. Bruce Greyson and his 50 years at UVA), and why NDEs have been quietly moving from the fringe into legitimate scientific conversation. She covers what experiencers commonly report — the altered time, the life review, the overwhelming and unconditional love — and the striking aftereffects that tend to follow people home: less fear of death, more compassion, deeper purpose, heightened intuition, and a sense of mission that doesn't fade.

And then she makes her case for mediumship, because here's the thing: the love that pours through in a reading? It sounds a lot like what NDEers describe on the other side. NDEs tear the veil open in one dramatic, involuntary moment. Mediumship, and any serious spiritual practice, does the same thing more slowly, more deliberately, and as a practice you can return to. And here's the part that might surprise you: you don't even have to have an NDE to be changed by one. Studying them does it too. Which means this episode already counts.

Key Takeaways

• The overview effect is real and it's been documented. Astronauts who see Earth from space come back fundamentally changed — less focused on division, more oriented toward connection and meaning. NDEs produce the same shift. You don't have to go to space or to the edge of death to access it, but it helps to know it's possible.
• Near-death experiences are not hallucinations. Thanks largely to 50 years of research by Dr. Bruce Greyson at the University of Virginia, NDEs are now a legitimate scientific field. The Greyson NDE scale has been translated into 20 languages and used in hundreds of studies. This is not fringe territory anymore.
• What NDEers come back knowing reads like a blueprint for a spiritually evolved life. Loss of fear of death, heightened compassion, less attachment to status or material gain, deeper intuition, a sense of purpose — these are the aftereffects. And they tend to deepen over time, not fade.
• You don't have to die to be transformed by an NDE. Researcher Kenneth Ring found that students who simply studied NDEs were changed in the same ways as experiencers. Dr. Penny Sartori found the same thing after 17 years as an ICU nurse. Learning about them does something. This episode counts.
• Mediumship is doing deliberately what an NDE does accidentally. The overwhelming unconditional love that NDEers describe on the other side is the same energy that moves through a reading. It's the same landscape, accessed differently — slower, more intentional, and available as a daily practice.

Links

NYT piece — "What I Saw When I Peeked Over the Edge of Consciousness" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/opinion/near-death-conference-grief-chicago.html

HuffPost NDE article (woman who choked on steak) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/choking-near-death-experience-nde-life-review_n_69a3753de4b0213c067615cf

Dr. Bruce Greyson's book After on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/After-Doctor-Explores-Near-Death-Experiences/dp/1250263034

IANDS https://iands.org

Kenneth Ring's book "Lessons from the Light" (2000)https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Light-Learn-Near-Death-Experience/dp/1930491115

Near-death.com overview of Ring's research: https://near-death.com/kenneth-ring/

Previous episode with Mary Beth Pemberton (playwright and NDEer) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/downloading-the-muse-writer-mary-beth-pemberton-on/id1726468626?i=1000730728932

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*We're dusting off one of our favorites and putting it back on the turntable. This re-release is getting a second spin during our Spring Break.*

Chris Dingman is a vibraphonist who shares his journey into music, the transformative power of sound, and how he surprisingly found mediumship. He discusses the unique qualities of the vibraphone, his experiences with grief, and how he uses music as a healing tool. The conversation also delves into his Bardo Bath events and the profound experiences of sound and color that accompany his music. The crew discusses spiritual experiences that inspire creativity, and the importance of curiosity in understanding one's mediumistic abilities. Chris talks about how he channels music and ultimately gets to why he loves playing music so much; it is the thrill of exploring the unknown in music creation. 

Takeaways

• Transformational music sessions are designed for healing and reflection.
• Grief can manifest in many forms and deserves space for processing.
• Sound can create a liminal space for transcendence.
• Mediumship can be explored through music and personal experiences.
• The work of mediumship can be healing for both the practitioner and the recipient.
• Curiosity drives personal growth and understanding in mediumship.
• The journey of creation is often more valuable than the final product.
• Community plays a vital role in artistic endeavors.
• Exploration in music can lead to unexpected paths.

Sound Bites

"I started seeing spirits while playing music."

"The work heals you."

"It's about the journey, not the product."

Musical excerpts:  

• Journey’s v.1 by Chris Dingman
• Mbira music-Svikiro: Meditations of an Mbira Master

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Let’s calm our nervous systems using sound healing, breath, and presence; cause the news is legitimately insane and we all need it!

It’s spring break over here, and in honor of your nervous system (and ours), for the next two weeks we’re bringing back two of our most soothing, supportive conversations. This is the first of two replays—a  soothing bath of an episode we loved then -episode 27 -and maybe need even more now at 97!

Jane and Sarah actually took a field trip to prepare for this one (yes, really)—immersing themselves in a dreamy sound bath, lying beneath a canopy of redwoods, letting the nervous system finally take the wheel. The next day, they sat down with Chuck Rosenthal, founder of The Logos Method, to explore what it really means to build a relationship with your nervous system—and how sound can be a powerful bridge back to yourself.

Chuck walks us through the difference between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, and how sound healing can help guide us out of stress and into restoration, intuition, and emotional processing. This conversation moves beyond relaxation into something deeper—exploring silence, energetic connection, and the subtle (but profound) ways we can support our own healing.

Together, they explore the emotional releases that can happen in sound baths, the intelligence of the body, and why creating space for stillness might be one of the most important things we can do. There’s also a beautiful reminder that manifestation isn’t just about getting what we want—but aligning with how we serve.

If your system’s been a little… jangly lately—this one’s for you.

Takeaways

• Building a relationship with your nervous system changes everything
• Sound can be a powerful gateway to intuition and inner awareness
• The parasympathetic nervous system is where healing, calm, and clarity live
• Sound baths are a journey inward—not just relaxation
• Recognizing dysregulation is the first step toward healing
• Breath, sound, and stillness are accessible tools for emotional regulation
• Silence isn’t empty—it’s essential
• Deep healing often happens in subtle, internal ways
• Intuition becomes clearer when the body feels safe
• Creating space for these practices is part of the work

Memorable Quotes from Chuck

"We take our nervous system for granted." "Silence is not a familiar sound." "The silence has to come first, right?"

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What is actually going on right now?

If you’ve been feeling off, overwhelmed, and sensitive due to the intensity of everything happening—or like life is asking you to make a big change… this episode is for you.

In this Sunday Solo, Jane does something a little scary (and brave): she channels a group of guides known as The Walters—interdimensional beings she’s been working with for the past few years.

Together, they explore some of the biggest questions our community is asking right now:

• Why does everything feel so intense?
• Are we in some kind of energetic shift?
• Are signs and synchronicities real?
• What is the actual purpose of being here on Earth?
• And… what does it mean when your life or career no longer fits?

What comes through is both expansive and surprisingly practical.

According to the Walters, this moment isn’t something to fear—it’s something to care for. As the “light” within us increases, so does our sensitivity… and our responsibility to support ourselves.

You are the light—the invitation is to learn how to hold and care for the light beam you are.

• Why everything feels more intense right now (and why you’re not imagining it)
• The concept of “light embodiment” and what it means for your daily life
• Whether we’re actually in a global or energetic shift
• Why “being present” might be more important than understanding timelines
• The truth about signs and synchronicities (and how to receive more of them)
• A simple visualization to reconnect with your natural state (hint: become a rose 🌹)
• The deeper purpose of being in the “3D” human experience
• Why pain and contrast are not signs you’re doing life wrong
• What it means when your job or identity no longer fits—and how to respond
• How to support your energy (sleep, water, clearing, sunlight, emotional care)

• “The intensity right now is real. You are not imagining it.”
• “You are the light—and when the light increases, so does the intensity.”
• “Your job is not to figure out time. Your job is to be here now.”
• “Signs are real—and they meet you at your state of being.”
• “You are here to experience it all—not to get it perfect.”
• “If you’re being called to something different, that is your evolution speaking.”
• “This life is not a test—it’s an experience.”
• “You will never fully understand how much light you bring while you’re here.”

• The Walters (Jane’s channeled guides)
• Listener-submitted questions from the Medium Curious community
• Jane’s Previous solo about channeled materials

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Sarah and Jane are back with another round of listener questions — and this one goes deep. From decoding what a real mediumship connection actually feels like, to energy sovereignty at a horse clinic, to the eternal debate of monkey mind versus intuition, Part 2 of their Q&A is packed with honest, experience-based answers that only two working mediums could give.

episode 95!

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What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How to tell if a medium is genuinely connecting with spirit versus reading you psychically — and why the emotional texture of a reading is often the biggest clue
• Whether mediums encounter scary or negative spirits (and why being in a body gives you more power than you might think)
• The truth about being "on" in public — and that one time Sarah felt a spirit come through at Costco
• How Jane knew she was ready to start charging for readings, and what the vetting process through Very Soul actually looks like
• What to do when a sitter says "no" to your evidence — and why "no" sometimes just means "not yet"
• The "me / not me" energy sovereignty technique for clearing your field — and how a Clair Club member used it brilliantly at a horse clinic
• The difference between monkey mind and intuition, and how to use your body as a compass

Key Takeaways:

• A great mediumship reading isn't just facts and figures — it's the feeling of your person actually being in the room. When a medium captures someone's personality, their emotions, their little inside jokes, that's the real evidence.
• You don't have to walk around "open" all the time. Both Sarah and Jane keep their mediumistic antenna down in daily life — and they're better mediums for it.
• Being in a body is a superpower. As Sarah puts it, embodied energy is more powerful than any energy that isn't embodied. Awareness of your own field is how you move through the world — and through your work.
• When a sitter says no, don't drop it. Sit with it, come at it differently, trust that the information is there for a reason. Sometimes the validation comes a full year later — just ask Jane and Tony Stockwell.
• Monkey mind grasps and arcs. Intuition is slower, calmer, and lives lower in the body. Learning the difference is a practice — and being a medium essentially forces you to get good at it.

"Sometimes I'll just be filled with the love that spirit has for their person. I could see an 80-year-old on the other screen and think, you are the most adorable, beautiful person in the whole entire world — and it's just because spirit is making me look at them through those eyes." — Sarah

"We're literally mediums — in the middle. We're just here to help that really amazing transaction happen, and we don't even know sometimes what's happened." — Jane

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Sarah and Jane are in the hot seat — answering YOUR most burning questions about mediumship, intuition, and life on both sides of the veil. From the mind-bending mystery of consciousness to the surprisingly comforting truth about whether your grandmother in spirit is watching you put on your Spanx (spoiler: she really doesn't care), this episode is a warm, funny, and genuinely illuminating Q&A. They cover how to access the Akashic Records, why connecting with guides feels so frustratingly subtle, how being a medium actually makes you a better parent, and practical tips for trusting your intuition without letting your thinky brain hijack the whole thing. No definitive answers — just two mama mediums sharing their experience with honesty, humor, and a whole lot of heart.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Consciousness is THE question — Sarah and Jane explore how consciousness, presence, God, and Source may all be different words for the same ineffable thing. You're not just in it — you are it.
• The Akashic Records are real and accessible — Sarah shares her first unexpected visit and how she now uses Linda Howe's Pathway Prayer to ask specific questions and get specific answers.
• Spirit isn't watching you in the shower — Loved ones on the other side experience our dimension very differently. They're not judging. There's only compassion.
• Guides are subtler than you think — The reason you can't clearly identify your guides is because they're so close to you they feel like you. It's believe-it-to-see-it, not the other way around.
• Get out of your thinky brain — Intuition lives in the body — gut, heart, and felt sense. The moment you run guidance through your analytical brain, you lose the signal.
• Meditation doesn't have to be formal — Two minutes in the carpool line, a walk without headphones, or simply feeling your feet on the ground counts. Presence is the practice.
• Being a medium makes you a better parent — Developing emotional awareness, sitting with anxiety rather than escaping it, and learning to mother yourself first all translate directly to how you show up for your kids.
• Oracle cards are a legit guidance tool — Both Sarah and Jane use them to communicate with guides, and yes — it counts.

QUOTES

"It's the mystery that we're in." — Sarah

"We're like a terminal. You go to the library and you log in — that's us. We gather all the experiences and bring them back to the bigger picture." — Jane

"Presence is consciousness. It's just magic." — Sarah

"Spirit has no judgment. There's just so much compassion for what we're going through as human beings." — Sarah

"It's not see-it-to-believe-it. It's believe-it-to-believe-it." — Jane

"Keep it out of the thinky brain. If you process it through your gut, through your intuition, it's going to come like a pop — quick, surprising, and fun." — Sarah

"If you zoom out far enough, you are spirit. You are as big a picture as any of the rest of it." — Sarah

"You're not spirit in a body. Your body is just a little part of your big old spirit." — Jane

How to Read the Akashic Records by Linda Howe — the book Sarah references with the Pathway Prayer https://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Akashic-Records-Accessing/dp/1591797632

Linda Howe's website & Center for Akashic Studies https://www.lindahowe.com

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What if not having it all figured out isn't a problem — it's actually the point? In this Sunday Solo, Sarah sits inside one of life's most disorienting truths: that loss, magic, grief, and wonder don't cancel each other out — they live at the same table. Inspired by two beautiful books (The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown and An Immense World by Ed Yong), a season of unexpected loss, and the synchronicities that showed up anyway, Sarah explores what it really means to be a spirit in a body — and why the mystery isn't a gap where answers should be. It is the thing itself.

Takeaways

• The mystery isn't "out there" — it's us. We aren't separate from the unknown; we are the unknown, experiencing itself through human form.
• Your brain is a receiver, not the source. Dan Brown's noetic science-inspired novel points to research suggesting consciousness circulates outside the body — and mediums, meditators, and intuitives may simply have learned to receive more of what's already here.
• Every being lives in its own reality. Ed Yong's An Immense World shows us that a bird, a dog, and a rattlesnake in the same dark room each experience a completely different world — and our human experience, as vivid as it is, isn't the whole picture.
• Grief and magic live at the same table. Sarah shares the real losses that surrounded the making of this episode — and how synchronicities kept arriving anyway, right in the middle of it.
• The best mediumship connections come through surrender. Letting go of controlling the outcome — and releasing the need to please the sitter — is what actually opens the channel. Curiosity over control, every time.
• Not getting a connection is not a failure. Spirit has its own agenda. Sarah shares openly that it doesn't always work — and why that's part of the mystery, not a mark against the medium.
• Reframe "uncertainty" as "spaciousness." The mystery doesn't have to feel terrifying. What if it's actually full of potential?

Direct Quotes & Soundbites

"Grief and loss sit at the same table with magic and joy. And somewhere in the middle of it is where the mystery lives. That's where we live."

"The best connections come when I surrender — when I stop trying to control the outcome and just allow spirit to lead."

"It requires curiosity, and it requires being willing to sit inside the mystery without demanding from it."

"We don't have to solve the cosmos to belong to it. We don't have to understand the divine to have a divine experience. We are the divine. We are the mystery."

"All of creation experiences itself through you." — channeled phrase from Sarah's February meditation

Books Mentioned

The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown — a #1 NYT Bestseller thriller weaving noetic science, consciousness research, and the question of what survives physical death. Dan Brown spent 8 years researching and went in a skeptic; he came out convinced.

An Immense World by Ed Yong — a Pulitzer Prize-winning exploration of how every species perceives its own version of reality. One of Barack Obama's favorite books of the year. Perfect woo-friendly science read.

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If you've ever wondered whether Spirit is actually listening, this episode is your answer!

Sarah and Jane are back with the fourth installment of the beloved Monarch series, and it might just be the most magical one yet. Listener stories pour in from all corners: a song that played at exactly the right moment, a turtle who showed up in a sealed garage the morning after a funeral, a Greyhound bus that keeps appearing on the highway, oracle cards that seemed to write themselves, and a bunny sign that crossed timelines. These are real people with REAL stories. And heck yeah, Spirit is fancy! If you'd like to see pictures that are related to these stories, please visit Medium Curious instagram or MediumCurious.com 

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What You'll Hear in This Episode

• Jenny's Story — Her dad in Spirit hijacks her music app with the exact lyric she needed to hear — not once, but twice, years apart
• Scott's Story — A medium delivers a message about a bunny before the sign appears — and then it shows up in spades on his hardest day
• Nicole's Story — Grieving after letting her dog Ella go, she pulls three oracle cards that say: exactly what she needs to hear.
• Sarah Jane's Story — A Greyhound bus becomes one of the most unexpectedly specific and persistent signs from her person in Spirit.
• Kisa's Story — Her son Cole, who passed unexpectedly, sends a turtle running out of a garage that hadn't been opened in a month — and then keeps sending more turtles and other magic
• Marisa's Story — A talented artist and Clair Club member shares how her artwork was being negotiated from the other side

Key Takeaways

• Signs don't follow your timeline — they follow Spirit's. Multiple stories in this episode involve messages that were delivered before the moment they were needed, pointing to the idea that Spirit operates outside of linear time.
• The specificity of a sign is the message. A golf ball in an industrial park. A Greyhound bus. A turtle in a closed garage. Spirit isn't subtle~!
• You don't have to be a medium to receive. Jenny, Scott, Nicole, Sarah Jane, Kisa, Marisa — none of them set out to be "psychic." They were just open and signs found them.
• Grief and magic can live in the same place. As Scott's grandmother said in a private session with Jane: he's not not grieving — he's living, living, living. So stunning!
• Curiosity is the channel. The people in these stories weren't stomping their feet and asking.....they were paying attention and collaborating with the universe. 

"When you get a sign like that, it just changes everything for that day. It really does the trick." — Sarah, on Scott's bunny sign

"Not not grieving — living, living, living." — Scott's grandmother, via Jane, on how Scott is moving through loss

"Once you're tuning into this material, the material is all here for you." — Jane

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Freeing people from the fear of death frees them to live authentically. To Lauren, this is the deepest gift of mediumship – and it's also the crack in the foundation of the systems that keep people small.

Jane and Sarah sit down with Lauren Nichols, a Boston-based psychic medium, former paranormal investigator, federal government employee, and new mama. Lauren shares how a period of personal upheaval led her to wander graveyards for peace — and ultimately to capture full-body spirit apparitions on camera. What started as an unlikely foray into paranormal investigation blossomed into a full mediumship practice centered on one core mission: making spirit communication accessible, human, and far less scary. The conversation moves from reframing "haunted house" phenomena as simple requests for connection, to the surprising ways motherhood has cracked Lauren's mediumship wide open, to her use of Spirit Box technology for live, audible communication with the deceased. Lauren also reflects on the current cultural and political moment through both her government lens and her spiritual one — and makes a compelling case that mediums may be uniquely positioned to help humanity evolve.

Spirits aren't trying to scare you -  they're trying to talk to you. Lauren reframes poltergeist-style activity not as malevolent force, but as an expression of a soul's desire to communicate. Shifting from fear to curiosity, and from "entity" to "person," changes the entire dynamic of the experience.

Fear of the spirit world is learned, not innate. Lauren argues that we aren't born afraid of spirit -  that fear is conditioned into us through Hollywood, culture, and religious framing. Humanizing spirits by seeing them as people first dissolves much of that fear.

Motherhood is one of the most powerful mediumship development tools there is. After pausing her practice in early motherhood, Lauren discovered that survival mode had burned away her perfectionism and need to "try." The result? Deeper trust, more relaxed connection, and an ability to do more with less.

You don't have to have everything together to serve spirit. The pressure to be "ready" or "perfect" before showing up as a medium is a trap. Presence and trust matter far more than polish.

Spirit Box / ITC technology is alive and accessible. Instrumental Transcommunication — the practice of using radio frequency scanners to communicate with spirit — has roots going back to Tesla and Edison. Lauren uses a Spirit Box live and has heard her own family members' voices through it. She believes this technology can bring an additional layer of evidential healing to mediumship.

Mediums have a unique role in the current collective reckoning. Lauren draws on her government career and channeling practice to articulate what she sees happening culturally: a dismantling of identity politics, a call to acknowledge privilege, and a collective push toward unity. She believes mediums — already practiced at clearing themselves and holding space — are well-suited to lead that conversation.

Freeing people from the fear of death frees them to live authentically. To Lauren, this is the deepest gift of mediumship — and it's also the crack in the foundation of the systems that keep people small.

On reframing scary spirit activity:

"When you view it in your mind as something that is foreign — you're doing yourself and them a disservice, because you're not giving them the credit of being human first and foremost."

On motherhood and mediumship:

"Since having him, I have found more enjoyment and more ability to relax in my mediumship. I don't put so much stock in what I'm doing. I just trust."

On perfectionism and presence:

"The more you try, the less you do. Once you've been in survival mode and you've come out of it, everything else is just small beans — and you just have to be present for it."

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What if time isn’t linear—and your past, present, and future selves are all happening at once?

After a week of uncanny synchronicities, Jane found herself asking a wild question: Are we living inside a holographic universe where every version of us exists simultaneously?

In this Sunday Solo, she explores time travel, higher selves, and the strange moments that make you wonder if reality might be far more magical than we think.

Along the way, she reflects on connecting with younger and future versions of ourselves, the power of listening to intuition, and the strange and beautiful ways the universe sometimes seems to confirm we’re exactly where we’re meant to be.

This episode is part philosophy, part story time, and part invitation to consider a powerful question:

What would your future self thank you for doing today?

Jane explores:

• The concept of the holographic universe and how each of us might contain the whole within us

• Why time may be layered rather than linear

• A series of recent synchronistic moments that left her wondering if time travel might be real

• The practice of connecting with your future self for guidance

• How speaking to your younger self can be deeply healing

• A moving moment when Jane heard her higher self say: “We are so proud of you.”

• Why regret might be the most important compass for living a brave life

✨ A spontaneous meditation journey where someone’s wish to meet their future self appeared to align across time.

✨ A deeply emotional moment during meditation when Jane heard encouragement from her higher self—only to receive the same exact words from a special human.

✨ A mediumship experience where a beloved high school friend came through with a message: “You need to dance.”

✨ Why conversations with her younger self (including a very opinionated six-year-old Jane) have become part of her healing practice.

Jane leaves listeners with a few powerful questions:

• What would your future self thank you for doing right now?

• If you reached the end of your life, what would you regret not trying?

• Are there dreams waiting for you to commit?

✨ Higher Calling Program Jane is currently enrolling a few final spots in her Higher Calling program. If you're feeling the nudge to explore your intuition and connect with your higher self, now is the time to reach out.

✨ NEW Course: Intuition & Mediumship Jane and Sarah have recorded a brand new 8-module intuition and mediumship course, complete with guided meditations and practical exercises.

Bonus: When you purchase the course, you’ll receive one free Claire Club session to practice your skills live.

✨ Claire Club The next round begins March 23, and all experience levels are welcome.

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“If you've ever wondered whether your future self might already be cheering you on… this episode is for you.”

(Mercury Retrograde Re-Release)

In true Mercury retrograde fashion, this week’s recording disappeared — so we’re bringing back a favorite conversation from a year ago about wonder, awe, and grounded spirituality.

If you’re an empath feeling overwhelmed by collective energy, navigating spiritual awakening, or trying to stay grounded in uncertain times, this episode is for you.

Sarah and Jane explore how wonder and awe regulate the nervous system, counter fear, and help us evolve consciously — without spiritually bypassing our very human experience.

(fyi the announcements edited into the middle are from Spring 2026!!)

They also dive into conversations around the New Earth, 5D consciousness, awakening, and what it really means to evolve spiritually… without spiritually bypassing our very human experience.

We are being called, in this specific moment (and that one too!*), to show up as our authentic selves. To ground into our humanity while embracing our higher selves. To celebrate differences in community.

When we do that, we expand into limitless possibility.

How’s that for medicine?

• Wonder and awe counteract fear and anxiety.

• Grounded humanity is essential during spiritual evolution.

• Conflict can catalyze growth and new perspectives.

• Delight in the present moment supports well-being.

• Trusting intuition helps us navigate uncertainty.

• Presence is a powerful healing force.

• Every person’s journey and wiring is unique.

• Telepathy may represent a future form of truth-based communication (yes, including with pets).

• Mediumship creates love and connection beyond the physical.

• Nature restores and regulates the nervous system.

• Community matters — especially now.

“Finding delight in your own life is key.”

“We have to use our bodies as barometers.”

If this conversation resonates, here’s how to go deeper:

Hank Wesselman Book: SpiritWalker

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What if flowers are more than beautiful? What if they’re speaking? Nature might be the medicine we need right now!

In this heart warming episode of Medium Curious, Sarah and Jane sit down with Mary Porter Kerns—writer, flower communicator, and creator of The Flowers Are Speaking—for a soulful conversation about plant intelligence, intuition, imagination, and our ancient relationship with the natural world.

Mary shares how her connection with flowers evolved over time, from gardening and houseplants to receiving direct messages from flowers through meditation and free writing. She opens up about the turning point that helped her trust her inner knowing (“what if it doesn’t matter if it’s ‘real’?”), how flowers can offer emotional and spiritual support, and why reconnecting with nature may be one of the most important things we can do in challenging times.

The conversation weaves through magnolias, hellebores, dandelions, forest bathing, flower essences, imagination vs. intuition, and the deeper “long story” of interconnection between humans, flowers, and the living world. It’s mystical, grounded, funny, and deeply comforting.

• Flowers are more than decoration — Mary describes them as sentient beings with ancient wisdom and emotional intelligence.
• Intuition and imagination work together — not as opposites, but as a two-way street that opens deeper perception.
• Nature can help regulate the nervous system — especially in times of collective stress and overwhelm.
• Flowers may communicate through emotion — Mary believes plants sense our emotional states and respond in their own language.
• You can begin connecting with flowers right now — by noticing which flower/plant draws you in, observing its qualities, and free-writing what it wants to say.
• The “long story” matters — flowers hold deep evolutionary memory and can help us remember cycles, patience, and interconnection.
• Cut flowers are not “bad” — Mary offers a beautiful, loving perspective on bringing flowers into the home as a reciprocal relationship.
• Hellebore as a message for this moment — Mary shares a powerful emerging insight about shock, madness, and collective wake-up calls.
• This work is both mystical and timely — Mary bridges the science of plant intelligence with the heart and soul of direct relationship.

“If we can be connected with nature the way our ancestors used to be… then we might actually revere all people as sacred as well.” — Mary Porter Kerns

“What if it doesn’t matter if it’s real or not? It’s real in some realm.” — Mary Porter Kerns

“Dreams and wishes matter… because dreams can change our DNA.” — Mary Porter Kerns

“Our imagination can open up our intuition. Our intuition can allow our imagination.” — Mary Porter Kerns

“Quit taking flowers for granted. Do you realize what a miracle this is?” — Mary Porter Kerns

Mary Porter Kerns Website: https://theflowersarespeaking.com/

Mary Porter Kerns Substack:  https://maryporterkerns.substack.com/

Mentioned in podcast: Flower Essence Practitioner

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Reincarnation and the Akashic Records: How to Access the Long Story

In this Sunday Solo, Sarah explores “the long story”—the idea that our lives are part of a vast web of interconnection across people, lifetimes, timelines, and dimensions. She shares why zooming out can be genuinely soothing (your anxiety stays valid… it just gets smaller), then offers personal stories that cracked open her trust in reincarnation: a striking synchronicity thread featuring Robert Redford, and her child’s vivid memories of an “old dad.” Sarah also explains how she experiences the Akashic Records—less like immediate, verifiable proof and more like resonance, pattern recognition, and a deep felt sense of being seen without judgment. The episode closes with an invitation: try shifting perspective into the long story, and share your own experiences.

Keywords + topics: Medium Curious Podcast, Sarah solo, long story, zooming out of anxiety, reincarnation, past lives, soul groups, Akashic Records, synchronicities, spiritual comfort, metaphysical, consciousness, intuition, mediumship, Perdita Finn, Jim Tucker, Linda Howe, pathway prayer.

• Perspective is medicine. Zooming out doesn’t invalidate anxiety—it helps it stop running the whole show.
• Follow the thread. Synchronicities can be “breadcrumb trails” that build meaning over minutes, weeks… or lifetimes.
• Kids sometimes say the quiet part out loud. Past-life-style memories (whether you interpret them literally or symbolically) can reveal how mysterious consciousness is.
• Akashic Records = resonance over receipts. For Sarah, the records feel less like “proof” and more like pattern, knowing, and deep compassion.
• The long story reduces pressure. If love and learning continue, you don’t have to perfect everything in one lifetime.
• Scarcity shifts with consciousness. A change in mindset—from separation to “one with the cosmos”—can change the felt experience of need.

“When you're losing yourself, who you are, go sit under a tree.”

“There is no way that I can suffer from scarcity when I know that I am one with the cosmos.”

Linda Howe: How to Read the Akashic Records; Accessing the Archive of the Soul and its Journey

Jim Tucker  Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives

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What happens when a former corporate guy, Scott Darlington—who used to want a spreadsheet, a script, and a map for everything—starts living by signs, synchronicities, and soul-level trust?

In this episode of The Medium Curious Podcast, Sarah and Jane sit down with Scott Darlington for a funny, heartfelt conversation about how mediumship development, Clair Club practice, and communication across the veil can completely rewire the way you understand your life. Scott shares how his late husband, David, became a clear and persistent communicator—using stars as a sign language to nudge him toward big changes (including sobriety) and to confirm he’s on the right path.

Together, they explore what it means to be heart-led instead of brain-led, why you don’t have to understand how intuition works in order to receive it, and how grief can crack a person open in a way that expands love, presence, and psychic sensitivity. Along the way: David “manages wardrobes,” Claire Club hearts turn into “Star Hearts,” and the tech literally glitches mid-session—because apparently the energy is that real.

This is an episode about trust, love, and remembering that the connection is open—whether you acknowledge it or not.

• You don’t need to understand how intuition works to use it. “No manual” doesn’t mean it isn’t real.
• Sign language with Spirit can be personal and repeatable. Scott’s “multiple stars” became a clear confirmation system.
• The heart is the engine. Clair work gets clearer when you quiet the brain and lead with heart-based connection.
• Grief can expand intuitive capacity. A loss can open the heart wider—viscerally, physically, and spiritually.
• Trust is a practice, not a personality trait. The message keeps coming: “It doesn’t need to be this hard.”
• Getting out of your own way is the work. Doubt and conditioning (church, materialism, “be professional”) shut down the signal.
• Psychic vs. mediumship can feel different. Psychic intuition may “flow,” while mediumship may require a slower, more present connection.
• You’re allowed to be special without ego. Confidence doesn’t have to equal arrogance—it can be alignment.
• Connection is soul-to-soul. This isn’t “brain to brain”—it’s love-based recognition across lifetimes.
• Sometimes the energy does blow out the tech. And yes, it’s weirdly on brand.

“We already know what we want… we just doubt it and we get in our own head.” — Scott

“I’m a former corporate America guy… David died and I quit my job like two months later.” — Scott

That’s the point of life…is love.” — Scott

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What happens when a birthday, a mother–daughter healing arc, and a whole lot of Spirit show up in the same recording? You get an episode that’s equal parts weepy, hilarious, grounding, and wildly affirming.

Polly Green and her mom, Maya, join Sarah and Jane for a conversation about intuition that interrupts your day, mediumship coming online, and what it really looks like to learn boundaries when you’re sensitive (and when life has felt like “WTF are we doing here?”). Along the way, we hear about sobriety as a doorway to spiritual clarity, why nature and water can be medicine, and how an honest conversation can transform decades of tension into something they lovingly call “deep fun.”

There’s also a masterclass in intention-setting (hello, Maldives whale shark!), the tenderness of making peace before a transition, and the simplest, truest mantra of the whole hour: life is trustable… maybe.

1. Sometimes intuition speaks once—and that’s the point. A single “voice” can be loud enough to change how you trust yourself forever.
2. Sobriety can be a spiritual boundary, not just a lifestyle choice. They name alcohol as a quick way to lose energy sovereignty—especially for sensitive people.
3. Mediumship without boundaries can feel scary, not magical. The difference-maker is learning to choose what you connect with—and what you don’t.
4. Nature is nervous system medicine. Water, rivers, and the outdoors aren’t just pretty—they can be clearing, resetting, and stabilizing.
5. Healing a parent–child relationship can be surprisingly practical. Say the hard thing. Let it land. Let repair be real. Then—laugh. (That part matters.)
6. “Deep fun” is a legit spiritual path. Depth doesn’t have to be grim. Joy can be devotional.
7. Intentions work better when they’re specific. Not just “have a good trip”—but every step: airport lines, flights, energy, even the whale shark.
8. Your identity can evolve without losing what you love. Letting go of ego around a passion can bring it back to you… cleaner and sweeter.
9. A new mantra for uncertain times: “Life is trustable… maybe.” (And sometimes “maybe” is enough to keep going.)

• “I’ve always had a very strong intuition and I’ve always listened to it.” —Polly
• “People don’t really need me. I want to help them have their own connection without me.” —Polly
• “This is the day the Lord has made. Let us be glad and rejoice in it.” —Maya
• “Life is trustable… maybe.” —Maya

Polly Green’s Website: https://www.pollyandtheotherside.com/

A Sunday solo recorded last week when Jane was deep in Sundance energy—packed theaters, popcorn, Q&As, and that electric feeling of watching filmmakers live inside the moment where years of grit and devotion finally become real. It’s like watching the Olympics - which is - yay! Happening this week.

And yet… it’s also been a time of profound dissonance: joy in community, despair in the headlines, and that gut-punch awareness that not everyone gets to feel safe walking out their front door.

So today I want to talk about something that feels urgently needed right now—for your personal projects, your family, and our nation:

The practice of holding a vision.

Not as escapism. Not as a 'let's buy something else'. But as an active, stabilizing, creative force—especially when the world feels like it’s cracking.

In this episode, I share:

• Why Sundance reminded me that visions don’t become real by accident—they become real through sustained attention

• A wild personal story about a soulmate “vision” that eventually led me to meet my husband at Denver International Airport

• How the Hero’s Journey shows us what happens when you say yes to a calling (spoiler: tests, allies, ordeals… and flying monkeys)

• A stunning excerpt from our upcoming guest Mary Porter-Kearns (The Flowers Are Speaking) on imagination, biology, and evolution

• Why it’s possible (and necessary) to hold both the dark and the light—without surrendering either

• A simple 1-minute visioning practice you can start immediately

Shakti Gawain

• “The more we trust and follow our intuition, the more our lives flow, the more we contribute to the evolution of the whole.”

• “Trust is the key to transformation. When you trust yourself, you know how to live.”

• “When we align with our highest vision, we naturally act in ways that support the greater good.”

Mary Porter-Kearns (teaser from an upcoming episode) Dreams and wishes matter… sustained imagination and emotional focus can reshape neural networks and influence patterns of gene expression. Our dreams are not mere thoughts—they are biological signals that help direct how we grow and adapt.

(When her episode drops, you’ll understand why I’m obsessed.)

If meditation feels like too much right now, try this:

1. Sit for one minute

2. Picture a future that feels beautiful, safe, and sane

3. Let it welcome you

4. Attend to it and notice how it makes you feel better

When you can, as best as you can.

• Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain (book)
• Mary Porter-Kearns — Substack: The Flowers Are Speaking (upcoming guest)
• Joseph Campbell — The Hero with a Thousand Faces
• Ecotopia (visionary fiction mentioned)
• TheyDream - Sundance film
• Jane on RevThink podcast (leaving a career + following the call) 

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Content Note: This episode includes discussion of suicidality and self-harm. We hold this conversation with care, but please listen in the way that best supports your nervous system and well-being.

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What happens when you get sober—and your intuition gets loud? In this powerful, funny, and deeply honest conversation, Jen Butler (author, screenwriter, actor, comedian, and creator of Volume Control) joins Sarah Rathke and Jane Morgan to talk about sobriety as a spiritual turning point, feeling psychically “wide open,” and learning energetic boundaries when you’re a highly sensitive person.

Jen shares her journey from numbing and atheism “lite,” to terrifying spirit experiences, to building real nervous-system safety and emotional regulation. You’ll hear practical tools for energetic clearing, why “don’t talk about it” can make fear worse, how to feel anger without labeling it “low vibration,” and a mind-blowing “future self” story that will stay with you. Plus: reincarnation signs, “effin' tea,” salt baths, sage, and the reality that being human is… a lot.

Takeaways

• Sobriety can turn the volume up—emotionally and psychically. When the numbing stops, your sensitivity may feel raw at first, but it can become a superpower with skills and support.

• Energetic boundaries aren’t just salt and sage. Tools can help, but the foundation is learning to feel safe in your body and regulate your nervous system.

• “We don’t talk about that” makes fear worse. Avoiding dark topics (spirits, depression, suicidality, “demons”) can amplify shame and isolation instead of helping you move through it.

• Meditation isn’t quieting your mind—it’s not reacting. The muscle is staying present while thoughts and feelings move through, and choosing not to spiral or act from alarm.

• Your past self deserves compassion—not criticism. Healing can look like “future you” showing up to hold “past you” through the worst moments.

• Highly sensitive people can build big lives. You might need more tools, more rest, and more honesty—but you don’t have to stay small.

“Being human’s a lot.” “It’s all about emotional regulation.”

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Support Note: If you or someone you love is struggling or feeling unsafe, you don’t have to go through it alone. In the U.S., you can call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (24/7, free, and confidential). If you’re outside the U.S., your local health services can help connect you to support in your country.

In this conversational “hangout” episode, Jane Morgan and Sarah Rathke invite listeners into a real-time catch-up—recorded Monday, January 26—because the collective intensity is loud right now and pretending it isn’t there isn’t helping. Sarah and Jane just keep coming back to the truth that we need to anchor the light.

Jane shares a playful-but-profound experiment: going on a “date with Spirit” (yes, with a notebook), including an unexpected “celebrity spirit” moment that becomes less about proof and more about impact—did it fill her up, steady her, and bring her back to light?

From there, the conversation goes deeper: What do we do with “darkness” (in the world and in the unseen)? Why some mediums don’t talk about entities/demons at all—and why Sarah and Jane are choosing a more nuanced stance: just because they haven’t experienced something doesn’t mean it isn’t real for someone else.

They also share practical, body-based and energetics-based ways to recover when you’re tuned into the fear, rage, uncertainty, and grief of the collective—plus why technology can feel “static” to the nervous system and energy field, and how to clear it fast.

• A simple, beautiful way to strengthen mediumship: “make a friendship with Spirit”
• Jane’s “date with Spirit” + what to do when your logical brain yells “BS”
• The difference between working in high vibration (mediumship) vs. getting pulled into heavy energetic residue
• How trauma/addiction can create its own “energy field” that feels entity-like
• Signs you’re “swamped” (fear, panic, anxiety) and how to reset quickly
• Practical tools: hands-on-body breathing, grounding + “as above, so below,” bubble-clearing, nature, water-blessing, and calling in angels
• A candid behind-the-scenes moment: podcast production strain, tech glitches, and why ratings/reviews matter

1. Impact matters. Whether an experience is “provable” isn’t always the point—if it steadies you, opens you, and brings you back to love, that ripple is real.
2. Discernment is the job right now. You can engage what’s hard without living there—pause, check your state, choose your next input.
3. Heavy energy can cling when you move too fast. Especially after intense readings or intense news cycles—clear your field before you jump to the next thing.
4. Your body is your quickest reset button. Hands to chest + belly, breathe, drink water, get outside, come back into your senses.
5. You can choose light without denying darkness. “Pretending it doesn’t exist” isn’t the solution; meeting it with grounded presence is.
6. Ask for help (even if you feel silly). Prayer, angels, guides, ancestors, “higher power”—call it what you want. The act of reaching changes your state.

• Swamp-check: notice fear/panic/anxiety as a cue to pause and repair
• Hands on body: one hand on chest, one on belly, slow breath
• Bless/charge water: set intention before drinking (love, calm, clarity)
• Root + light column (“as above, so below”): earth connection + higher connection meeting in your core
• Clear the bubble/field: remove what isn’t yours (breath, imagery, “vacuum,” “broom,” etc.), then call your energy back
• Nature as a reset: “Tree, fix me.” (Honestly.)
• Call in help: angels/ascended masters/Spirit team—especially when you’re past your own capacity

“We have to grab every little straw of joy.”

“The power… is awareness.”

“We are being called to anchor the light… so that we can illuminate the darkness.”

Can you be our angels? Just share and download. Please rate us, give us some five stars. ⭐️

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• Podcast Jane found with the healing music!  Vibration Elevation