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How does Spirit communicate with mediums? Courtney Dawson explores how your clairs, memories, emotions, physical sensations and personal associations can shape the way you receive and interpret information from Spirit.

Your teacher may see full scenes while you receive one quick image. Another medium may hear complete sentences while you receive a word, followed by a feeling and a sudden knowing.

If your mediumship does not look like theirs, that does not automatically mean your connection is weaker.

In this episode, Courtney explains why two mediums can connect with the same Spirit communicator and receive different information. One may recognize the person through a visual scene. Another may understand their personality, emotions or the way they expressed love.

You'll learn:

• How Spirit may communicate through your memories and personal references

• Why one quick image can contain several pieces of evidence

• How your clairs may naturally work together during a reading

• Why your fears, expectations and past experiences can affect interpretation

• How to recognize when something personal has entered the communication

• Why your unique mediumship process still needs evidence and honest feedback

Courtney also explores the role of personal development in mediumship development. When you understand your normal thoughts, emotional patterns and physical state, it may become easier to recognize when something new enters your awareness during a reading.

A personal association does not always mean you have made the information up. Instead of immediately rejecting it, remain curious. Ask what part of the memory, sensation or reference belongs to the communicator, then allow the evidence and the recipient's feedback to show you whether you understood it correctly.

Your mediumship does not need to resemble your teacher's mediumship. You need strong foundations, ethical standards and enough practice to understand how Spirit works through you.

If you want mediumship training, weekly practice circles, feedback and personalized mentorship while developing your own process, join The Connected Spirit Membership:

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If your mediumship business feels out of alignment, you may assume you need a new offer, website, price or brand. But what if the real problem sits underneath your marketing?

When you finish readings questioning whether they went well, it becomes difficult to speak confidently about your work, invite someone to book or charge appropriately for your time.

In this episode, Courtney Dawson explains how your mediumship development and business confidence affect one another. She explores why discomfort does not always mean your business is moving in the wrong direction and how to identify the specific area creating instability.

You'll examine four parts of your mediumship business:

• Whether you trust the service you are asking clients to purchase

• Whether your offer clearly explains what the client is booking

• Whether your message matches the work you can confidently deliver

• Whether your professional boundaries allow you to continue serving clients responsibly

Courtney explains how uncertainty can follow you into a mediumship reading. You may begin seeking the recipient's approval, giving information too quickly, adding psychic guidance, extending the appointment or taking responsibility for the client's entire emotional experience.

You'll also learn why a clear offer matters. A mediumship reading, psychic reading and intuitive card reading are different services. When they are combined into one vague session, you and the client may arrive with completely different expectations.

Courtney guides you through a four-part business audit to help you identify whether the real gap is within your mediumship, offer, message or boundaries. Instead of trying to repair everything at once, you'll choose the area creating the most instability and work on that first.

Your business may need stronger mediumship, a clearer offer, more direct messaging or one boundary you are finally ready to hold.

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Mediumship confidence does not always come from taking another course. If you understand the teachings but still second-guess yourself after every reading, you may be dealing with an integration gap.

You know what the clairs are. You understand blending, evidence and sitting in the power. You may have even delivered accurate evidence that helped a recipient recognize their loved one.

But once the reading ends, the questions begin.

Did I really connect with Spirit?
Did I give enough evidence?
Was the recipient only being polite?
Was the reading actually as good as I thought?

In this episode, Courtney Dawson explores the difference between learning about mediumship and being able to use that knowledge confidently during a real reading.

Short-term mediumship courses can give you valuable information, exercises and new ways of working. The difficulty begins when you collect several different methods without having enough time, repetition, observation and personalized feedback to understand how your own mediumship works.

You'll learn:

• Four signs that your confidence problem may be an integration problem

• Why repeatedly changing your method can make your connection harder to understand

• How relying on the recipient's reactions can affect your confidence

• Why advice like "trust more" or "get out of your head" is often too vague to help

• How deliberate practice and clean feedback build a process you can rely on

• A simple one-month plan for strengthening one area of your mediumship at a time

Courtney also explains why giving more readings is only helpful when your practice has a clear purpose. You'll learn how to choose one skill, observe what happens during the reading and make one useful adjustment before practising again.

Before registering for another mediumship course, ask yourself:

Do I genuinely need new information?

Or do I need more practice, observation and support with what I have already learned?

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Is it Spirit or your imagination?

If you keep second-guessing what you receive during mediumship readings, being told to "just trust it" probably hasn't helped.

You see an image, hear a name, or feel something unexpected. Before you've even said it out loud, you're wondering whether you made it up. Or you give the information, your recipient says no, and suddenly you're questioning the whole reading.

In this solo episode, I'm breaking down how I teach discernment in evidential mediumship, including the difference between receiving an impression, translating it, and adding a story that wasn't there.

Because sometimes the detail your recipient couldn't understand was an assumption you attached to the original impression. Learning to notice where that happens gives you something specific to work on.

We'll get into:

• How to separate what you received from what you interpreted or assumed.

• Four areas of discernment to help you examine your mediumship evidence: origin, independence, continuity, and verification.

• Why an impression feeling different isn't enough to establish where it came from.

• How to handle a "no" during a mediumship reading, including recognising when you've simply got something wrong.

• A five-step process for those moments when you're unsure what to say.

• A simple reading audit to spot patterns in your evidence, assumptions, and recipient feedback.

You don't have to force every detail to fit or wait until you feel completely certain before speaking. We'll explore how to communicate responsibly, stay open to feedback, and recognise when it's time to let a piece of information go.

Want support putting this into practice?

Inside The Connected Spirit Membership, you'll find weekly practice circles, live training and mentorship, a learning portal, and a community of developing mediums who understand the second-guessing. It's a place to practise what you're learning, receive feedback, and better understand your own mediumship process.

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Is mediumship evil? If you were raised to believe it was, that belief doesn't leave just because you stopped believing the rest of it.

In this solo episode Courtney takes you back to her first mediumship development circle, when her head started turning on its own and she thought a spirit had taken her over. Her teacher told the spirit to close their eyes. Then she asked them to step back, and they did.

What was actually happening was blending with Spirit. Nobody had given her that word yet, so she reached for the only word she had. Evil.

This episode is about what religious conditioning does to a developing medium, why safety in a circle doesn't cancel what you were taught at five years old, and why having language for what you're receiving is what erases the fear.

Who this is for: developing mediums carrying religious guilt alongside real spiritual experiences.

In this episode:

• Is mediumship evil, and where that belief comes from 
• What it feels like when a spirit blends with you
• Why her teacher asked the spirit to step back
• How the first seven years of childhood shape what feels dangerous
• Why language calms fear faster than willpower
• What spiritual protection means when it isn't rooted in fear Why not having all the answers stopped being a problem

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Spiritual healing, a stroke at 25, and a childhood spent inside the spiritualist tradition. In this plain spoken conversation, Ash Robinson talks with Courtney about what it looks like to live this work rather than study it from the outside.

Ash is a third generation spiritualist, ordained minister and practising medium. He serves as vice president and minister at Wimbledon Spiritualist Church and president and minister at Hackbridge Spiritualist Church in the UK. He is the author of Spirituality Simplified and hosts Being Spiritual on SPTV, bringing spiritualist mediumship and spiritual philosophy to live audiences online. Outside the church he has spent over two decades in UK public service leadership, and he is a rugby coach, community organiser and father of three.

Belief in life after death was never something Ash had to be convinced of. It was the water he grew up in. Mediumship was Tuesday nights and Sunday mornings. Healing was something you tapped into when someone you loved needed it, what his eight year old now calls the free Wi-Fi. But at 25, in the middle of a hectic career and a busy life, he had a major stroke. His family was told the damage was permanent. What happened over the following days, and how his neurologist described it afterward, changed the direction of his entire calling.

Courtney and Ash also get into what it means to teach spirituality in plain English, why he has reclaimed the word woo woo as a badge of honour, and how his eleven year old came up with the clearest definition of mediumship either of them has heard.

Together they explore:

• What growing up as a third generation spiritualist is really like 
• Why his first formal training was learning how to switch mediumship off
• How a medium brought his friend through with his personality completely intact
• The warning signs of a stroke at 25 that his family nearly missed
• Absent healing, prayer, and what his neurologist could not explain
• Why he describes the spiritual connection as free Wi-Fi anyone can log into
• Writing a book with dyslexia when reading has always been the hard part
• What a lyceum is, and why he is rebuilding one for a new generation

Connect with Ash Robinson

https://www.playatthebridge.co.uk/ash-robinson-medium

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If you're pushing to learn mediumship as fast as you possibly can so you can finally go professional, this episode is for you.

Courtney has noticed the same pattern across every level inside The Connected Spirit School. Brand new mediums, intermediate mediums, mediums about to make the leap. All of them carrying the same pressure, and that pressure is doing real damage. It affects what they retain. It stops them moving into the power and holding the link for a full reading. And it drowns out the guidance they're actually asking for.

The reason is simple. Mediumship gets filtered through the mind, but at its core it's soul to soul. When the active mind runs the show, the connection isn't there.

Courtney shares what six months away from readings after major surgery taught her about seasons and divine timing, ten years into working professionally. Then she teaches the fix she uses with her own students, including the elevator visualisation for dropping out of the head and into the heart. It takes about fifteen seconds. She can see the shift in the aura when it happens.

In this episode:

• What pressure does to retention, the link, and clear guidance
• Why the ego mind needs a leash, not an eviction
• The elevator visualisation for dropping from head to heart
• A morning practice for before your feet hit the floor
• Why she resets three times a day, not just at sunrise
• What six months away from readings taught her about divine timing

Connect with Courtney

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Website: https://mediumcourtneydawson.com

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If your mediumship development doesn't look linear or fast, and you've started to wonder whether something's wrong with you, this solo episode is for you.

Somewhere along the way, the spiritual community decided mediumship has to look a certain way: linear, fast, with obvious progress every week. Courtney names that expectation and offers the reassurance most developing mediums never get. Nothing is wrong with you.

Mediumship isn't manufactured, it's experiential. The plateaus that feel like failure are usually integration... your soul and your spirit team letting the work settle in the body, not just the mind. Drawing on 11 years of professional practice and 9 years of training mediums worldwide, Courtney makes the case that the mediums who develop aren't the most gifted in the room. They're the ones who stayed.

In this episode:

• Why mediumship development is non-linear, and how "progress every week" sets you up to feel behind
• What a plateau actually is, and why it's often the most important work you'll do
• The difference between connecting to Spirit and connecting on demand, under pressure, for a stranger
• Why knowing your own energy well enough to tell what isn't yours is a core skill
• Why longevity is a skill almost nobody teaches, and how staying in community protects it

Connect with Courtney

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If you've spent years in development still asking "is this me or is this Spirit?" with nobody around to tell you, this conversation is going to feel familiar.

In this heart-led interview, Courtney Dawson sits down with Cathy Hedderwick, a student in the advanced Mediumship Mastery Circle. Cathy came to mediumship after retiring, green as green can be, and spent her early development in a once-every-other-week lecture-style class where the questions piled up faster than she could ask them. She loved the work. She just wasn't having fun. She was sweating before every reading, lying about how great it felt, and quietly wondering if she'd ever trust a single thing she received.

Almost a year of weekly circle later, Cathy is channeling, giving clear readings, and showing up as a real anchor in the group. Together they talk about what actually shifted, and why so much of it came down to one thing she'd never had before: real feedback from a mentor who was tuning into her work in real time, validating the link so she could stop second-guessing and go deeper.

There's a moment where Cathy describes noticing Courtney in the Zoom room while she's working, knowing that if Courtney sees the same Spirit she's talking to, there's no room for doubt anymore. That's the whole thing in one sentence.

In this episode:

• Why fragmented, lecture-style training leaves so many developing mediums anxious and stuck
• What it actually feels like to not trust your abilities even when people tell you you're great
• The difference real-time mentor feedback makes when your mind starts spiralling mid-reading
• Why a "no" from a sitter doesn't have to throw you off your link
• How community and active participation accelerate growth in ways solo study can't
• The tool Cathy now uses to settle herself when panic rises, in readings and in everyday life
• Why finding the right mentor and the right circle matters more than collecting more information

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If you've had a reading where the evidence flowed, your recipient knew exactly who you were bringing through, and your confidence felt solid... and then your very next reading fell apart and left you wondering if the first one was a fluke, this episode is going to give you something to hold onto.

Courtney Dawson breaks down one of the most misunderstood problems in mediumship development: inconsistency. Not as a talent problem. Not as Spirit abandoning you. But as a connection problem, specifically, what happens when you skip the first two steps of the reading process and jump straight to the spirit communicator before you've grounded in your own energy or established your recipient's field.

This episode is for developing mediums who are tired of white-knuckling every reading and hoping today is one of the good days.

What you'll discover:

• Why mediumship inconsistency is almost always a connection problem, not an ability problem
• The three-step order that determines whether a reading flows or falls apart
• What to trace back after a reading that didn't go well (body tension, expectations, where the link actually broke down)
• Why skipping the first two steps of the Connected Spirit Method causes the most common reading failures
• How the Connected Spirit Method gives you a foundation to return to when you move out of the power, drop into a psychic link, or get a no from your recipient

Connect with Courtney

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In this heart-led and grounding conversation, Courtney sits down with Julie Reisler, TEDx speaker, master certified coach, Georgetown University faculty member, podcast host, and founder of the Intuitive Life Designer Coach Academy, to explore the foundation that most spiritual development misses entirely.

Julie spent 11 years in corporate America before a life-altering awakening pulled her in a completely different direction. Her path through addiction recovery, a marriage ending with two children under two, and a complete identity rebuild became the very thing that taught her what she now helps others find: a real, daily, practised relationship with yourself as the non-negotiable starting point for intuition, spiritual connection, and trust.

Together they explore:

• Why you can't consistently trust your intuition if you don't first know your own energy
• What Julie's recovery journey revealed about the relationship between self-abandonment and spiritual disconnect
• The one simple daily practice that begins to build the capacity to receive (no app required)
• Why the higher self isn't an abstract concept and what it actually feels like when you're in contact with it
• How highly sensitive and intuitive people lose themselves in other people's energy, and what to do about it
• Why a weekend workshop won't shift your connection to your higher self if the foundational relationship with yourself is missing
• The difference between fear-based thought and genuine intuitive guidance, and how your body already knows which is which

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If you've been using the word "evidential" but find yourself not trusting what's coming through, your recipients can't confirm the evidence, or you're asking questions and letting the sitter fill in the blanks... this episode of The Connected Spirit Podcast is going to close that gap.

Courtney Dawson has been working professionally as a psychic medium for 11 years and training developing mediums globally for nine. In this episode, she gets honest about something she sees constantly as a mediumship teacher: the word "evidential" gets tossed around like confetti, and the different interpretations of it are costing developing mediums their confidence, their accuracy, and their sitters' trust. Evidence is the medium's job. Not the sitter's. And there's a big difference between getting hits and delivering the real thing.

What you'll discover:

• What evidential mediumship actually means in practice, and where the confusion in the industry comes from
• The difference between getting a hit and delivering real evidence
• Why evidence is always the medium's job, and what happens the moment you ask the sitter to fill in the blank
• How specific, verifiable information leaves your recipient with no doubt who is communicating from the other side
• Why holding a high evidence standard builds confidence instead of pressure
• The ethical line between protecting your sitter and gatekeeping information from them
• How consistent evidential practice inside the Connected Spirit Membership translates into the way you naturally show up in every reading

Connect with Courtney

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Mediumship development is booming — but is the reverence keeping up? In this episode, Courtney Dawson and fellow evidential medium Virginia Belliveau have the conversation the mediumship community needs to hear: what happens when spirit communication is treated as casual, trendy, or novelty?

This isn't about whether you want a professional practice. Developing mediumship to connect with your own departed loved ones, or to serve your family and close community, is a deeply valid and honourable path. The issue is approaching the work without reverence for what it actually is — a sacred bridge between the living and souls in the Spirit world.

Courtney and Virginia speak candidly about the responsibility every developing medium carries, what gets lost when that responsibility is ignored, and what it truly looks like to honour this gift.

If you're serious about mediumship development — at any level — this episode will meet you where you are.

In This Episode:

• Why mediumship is a sacred craft, not a casual pursuit

• The real impact of treating spirit communication as entertainment

• Developing with reverence outside of professional practice

• What it means to honour the souls who come through

• How to step into deeper integrity in your mediumship development

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If your mediumship development feels inconsistent no matter how many practice readings you do or how many workshops you attend, this episode of The Connected Spirit Podcast is going to hit differently.

In this solo episode, Courtney breaks down the one foundational practice that underpins every single aspect of mediumship development: Sitting in the Power. This is not a meditation. Not a visualization. Not an affirmation. It's the energetic bridge between you and the Spirit world, and most developing mediums are either skipping it entirely or doing it completely wrong.

Courtney explains what Sitting in the Power actually builds inside you, why spiritual energy works like a cell phone battery that needs recharging, and how this single practice develops your mediumship at every level, whether you had your first Spirit experience six months ago or you've been working professionally for years. She also shares exactly how she does it herself, simply and without ritual, and why simplicity is actually the point.

This episode is for developing mediums at any stage who want stronger, more consistent spirit communication and a reliable way to build and hold the link.

In this episode:

• Why journaling, pulling cards, and doing practice readings won't actually develop your mediumship without this one practice underneath them
• What Sitting in the Power actually is, and what it is not
• Why Spirit communicators come in subtle rather than dramatic, and what you need to build in order to feel them
• How to use your heart space as the anchor point for your spiritual power
• The simple, no-ritual way Courtney does this practice herself
• Why this is the one practice that applies regardless of your level, from brand new to working professionally
• How building your own energy awareness is what makes you certain when another energy enters your space

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If your mediumship feels inconsistent no matter how much you practise, and doubt keeps sneaking into your readings no matter how long you've been developing, this solo episode of The Connected Spirit Podcast is going to hit differently.

Courtney Dawson breaks down the real reason most developing mediums struggle to trust what they receive from Spirit. And it's not what most teachers will tell you. It's not a spiritual problem. It's not a sign that you don't have what it takes. It's a training gap... and it's fixable.

Most mediumship training skips a critical step. Students are taught how to connect to Spirit, how to make the link, before they're ever taught how to connect to themselves. And when you don't deeply know your own energy, your own body, your own emotional state, there will always be room for doubt to creep in. Every single time.

In this episode, Courtney walks you through The Connected Spirit Method, her four-connection framework that builds the foundation for clear, consistent, and confident mediumship. This is the concrete you pour before you put up the walls.

What you'll discover:

• Why doubt in your mediumship is almost always a training issue, not an ability issue

• The step most mediumship courses skip entirely (and why it costs you your confidence)

• The four connections you need to develop before you reach out to the spirit world

• How to recognise the difference between your own energy, your recipient's energy, and the spirit communicator's energy

• Why knowing what your body feels like is actually the foundation of evidential mediumship

• What changes in your readings when you follow this process consistently

• How The Connected Spirit Method approaches mediumship from a holistic point of view

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What actually happens when we die? Not the fear, not the religion — the real experience.

Psychic medium and medical intuitive Julie Ryan has spent over 30 years witnessing people transition from this life, and she's mapped the entire process into 12 distinct phases she calls the 12 Phases of Transition®.

In this episode, Julie walks us through what the soul actually experiences during the dying process, whether peace is present even in sudden or traumatic deaths, how to support a loved one from this side of the veil, and one simple practice to stay connected to those who've crossed over.

If you're sitting with grief, caring for someone close to passing, or simply want to understand what awaits us all — this conversation will change how you think about death and how you live.

Find Julie and her free gift for listeners at askjulieryan.com.

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Have you ever felt a presence, had a knowing that came out of nowhere, or experienced something you couldn't explain — and then spent the rest of the day convincing yourself it was just a coincidence? If that sounds familiar, this episode of The Connected Spirit Podcast is going to hit differently.

Courtney shares the story of the very first spirit message she ever gave — in a parking lot, at night, before she had a single class under her belt. A man in Spirit wouldn't leave her alone until she delivered his message to his daughter and granddaughter. She gave his physical description, how he passed, the whole thing. Both women could take all of it. And in that moment, everything changed.

If you've been quietly sitting on experiences like this and brushing them off, this episode gives you real, grounded answers.

In this episode you'll learn:

• The 5 real signs you're receiving spirit communication — not just intuition
• Why mediumship development is different from psychic work and why that distinction matters
• Why you don't have to have been aware of Spirit since childhood to be a developing medium
• What evidential mediumship actually looks like and why the evidence is always the medium's job
• Why formal mediumship training removes doubt, builds consistency, and changes everything
• The right reasons to pursue this path — and why it's sacred, not a shortcut

If after listening you find yourself nodding along thinking yeah, I've had that... that's not your imagination. That's Spirit.

Connect with Courtney:

Instagram: @mediumcourtneydawson

Website: mediumcourtneydawson.com 

Join Courtney's programs: Summer with Spirit — 12 weeks of live mediumship training. Starts June 4, 2026: https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/g4qbpaw135

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If your mediumship development feels inconsistent no matter how hard you practise, this episode of The Connected Spirit Podcast is going to hit differently.

This week I sat down with Sunny Dawn Johnston, globally recognised spiritual teacher, author, and CEO of the School of Light. With 42 years in the spiritual field and 26 years of professional experience, Sunny brings a level of grounded wisdom that is rare in this industry. She has appeared on Lifetime, Gaia, Fox, and Coast to Coast AM and has helped tens of thousands of people reconnect with their soul, their intuition, and their spiritual gifts.

And what she shared in this conversation stopped me mid-sentence.

Most developing mediums are taught how to connect with Spirit. What almost nobody teaches is how to be present enough to actually receive what Spirit is sending. Sunny unpacks why scattered energy is the number one block to clear and consistent spirit communication, and what to do about it starting today.

This is not a conversation about doing more. It is a conversation about coming back to yourself so Spirit can actually reach you.

In this episode we cover:

• Why energetic presence is the real foundation of evidential mediumship
• How scattered energy blocks spirit communication more than ability ever could
• Why sensitive people burn out and how to build longevity as a psychic medium
• Sunny's personal five-step morning presence practice
• How to manage and maintain your energy before every reading
• The message the angels have been delivering consistently since the pandemic
• Why staying in your body is one of the most important things a developing medium can do
• The difference between spiritual escapism and genuine spirit communication

Connect with Sunny Dawn Johnston:

Website: sunnydawnjohnston.com

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Instagram: @mediumcourtneydawson

Website: mediumcourtneydawson.com 

Join Courtney's programs: Summer with Spirit — 12 weeks of live mediumship training. Starts June 4, 2026: https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/g4qbpaw135

The Remembering — 3 Day In-Person Immersion with Courtney Dawson and Nicole Newman this July: https://loveofaverykind.ca/retreat/2878-2/

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In this solo episode, Courtney Dawson explores one of the most common challenges in mediumship development: inconsistency. If you have ever had one strong, evidence-filled reading followed by another where the connection felt unclear or difficult to maintain, this episode explains why that happens.

Courtney shares why inconsistent spirit communication is often not about lack of ability, but about missing structure, technical foundation, and repeatable process. She talks about the gap in much of today's mediumship training, where developing mediums are often taught fragments of technique without learning how to consistently build, hold, and re-establish a link with the spirit world.

Drawing on her experience as a professional psychic medium, years of development circle work, and training at Arthur Findlay College, Courtney explains what supports stronger, more reliable evidential mediumship. She also shares how better training helped her move from hoping a connection would work to knowing how to work with Spirit in a clear and consistent way.

This episode is for developing and professional mediums who want stronger foundations, more confidence, and a more repeatable approach to mediumship.

• Why mediumship inconsistency is usually a training issue, not an ability issue
• What is often missing from mediumship education
• How a repeatable process supports stronger spirit communication
• What to do when you lose the link with a spirit communicator during a reading
• Why technical foundation matters in evidential mediumship
• How structured practice can support growth, confidence, and accuracy

☀️ Summer with Spirit - 12 week live training. Starts June 4,2026 Register Here

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If you've been pushing, creating, trying, and doing everything you know to do, but still not seeing your vision fully take shape, this message is for you. In this April Spiritual Forecast™, Courtney shares what Spirit is revealing about burnout, faith, and the deeper truth that your desires are not dependent on effort alone.

This episode is a reminder that your life is a collaboration with Spirit. What is meant for you is part of your soul blueprint, and it will not miss you. April invites you to release the pressure, trust divine timing, and let faith hold what force never could.

April Affirmation:
I trust that my powerful intentions, combined with my faith, are enough to allow my vision to become my reality.

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☀️ Summer with Spirit - 12 week live training. Starts June 4,2026 Register Here

📣 The Remembering - 3 Day In Person Retreat July 17-19,2026

https://loveofaverykind.ca/retreat/2878-2

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If your manifestations keep stalling no matter how hard you try, the problem isn't your practice — it's the 95% of your mind running silently in the background. Spiritual hypnotherapist Lynnsey Robinson joins Courtney Dawson to expose exactly what is blocking your goals at the subconscious level, why most affirmations are working against you, and how to finally reprogram the beliefs that have been quietly running your life since childhood. This is the conversation that changes how you see manifestation, your spiritual gifts, and your own power to create.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER:

• Why visualizing and affirming only engages 5% of your mind — and what controls the other 95%
• How your subconscious was programmed before age nine and why that blueprint is still determining what you can and cannot manifest today
• The real reason your excitement around a new goal always fades — and what is actually happening in your mind when it does
• Why half the population is doing affirmations completely wrong and how to fix yours so your subconscious actually receives them
• How spiritual hypnotherapy goes beyond habit change to access past lives, spirit guides, and genuine soul-level transformation

Connect with Lynnsey

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https://www.instagram.com/LynnseyRobinson/

High Vibin' It Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/show/1zqn1j0AIADQNMpF0KtzQq

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📣 The Remembering - 3 Day In Person Retreat July 17-19,2026

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In this sacred and thought-provoking conversation, Courtney Dawson sits down with psychic medium Nicole Newman to explore what's been quietly lost in modern mediumship — and how bringing the God-force, or divine Source, back into the work transforms everything. Together, they discuss how performance culture has overshadowed reverence, how ego subtly replaces service, and why true mediumship begins and ends with humility.

Nicole shares how reconnecting to the sacred enhances accuracy, healing, and authenticity in readings, and how mediums can anchor into divine partnership without dogma or religion.

If you've ever felt that something "holy" has gone missing in spiritual work, this episode will remind you what mediumship is really about — love, presence, and service.

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Connect with Nicole

https://loveofaverykind.com/

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Join The Waitlist for The Connected Spirit Membership https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/cdlgq1zmnb

📣 The Remembering - 3 Day In Person Retreat July 17-19,2026

https://loveofaverykind.ca/retreat/2878-2

Mediumship Mastery Circle

https://mediumcourtneydawson.my.canva.site/mediumshipmastery

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In this activating and heart-led conversation, Courtney sits down with bestselling author and evidential psychic medium Hannah MacIntyre to explore the philosophy behind Mediumship Made Simple and her mission to make spiritual and intuitive development accessible to everyone.

Hannah shares how her journey began with self-doubt, how she learned to trust her natural connection, and why ethical, grounded teaching is at the core of everything she creates.

 Together they dive into mediumship development, psychic development, intuitive confidence, and the inspiration behind her podcast Mediumship Matters, her school The Gateway, and her new spiritual community platform, Spirit Social.

This episode is perfect for anyone seeking ethical mediumship guidance, practical intuitive tools, and a supportive path for spiritual growth. Stay through the end for light-hearted personal insights and fun moments with Hannah.

Connect with Hannah

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Podcast

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The Remembering - 3 Day In Person Retreat July 17-19,2026

https://loveofaverykind.ca/retreat/2878-2

Mediumship Mastery Circle

https://mediumcourtneydawson.my.canva.site/mediumshipmastery

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In this first Monthly Spirit Forecast™, evidential psychic medium Courtney Dawson channels a message from the spirit world to support you through collective overwhelm and emotional heaviness.

Using the Sacred Destiny oracle deck by Denise Lynn, the card for March is one powerful word: Love.

If your nervous system has felt overloaded by the news, social media, or the state of the world, this episode offers grounded spiritual guidance and a heart-centered reset. As an ethical psychic medium and mentor in mediumship development, Courtney shares why consuming suffering does not equal spiritual awareness — and how to protect your energy without disconnecting from compassion.

In this channeled message, you'll receive:

• Reassurance that Spirit is handling the bigger picture
• Perspective on conscious consumption and spiritual growth
• Guidance for staying anchored in love during chaos
• A calming heart-centered exercise to restore balance

This episode includes a gentle guided meditation to help regulate your nervous system, reconnect with Source, and strengthen your trust in Spirit.

If you're developing your sensitivity as a psychic medium, navigating heavy collective energy, or simply needing steadiness right now, this Monthly Spirit Forecast™ will help you return to center.

Peace begins with anchored hearts.

If this message resonates, share it with someone who needs reassurance today.

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The Remembering - 3 Day In Person Retreat July 17-19,2026

https://loveofaverykind.ca/retreat/2878-2

Mediumship Mastery Circle

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In this episode of The Connected Spirit Podcast™, Courtney sits down with psychic medium and spiritual guide Tamara to explore the sensitive and powerful world of missing person mediumship.

With nearly two decades of experience in evidential mediumship and intuitive development, Tamara shares how her early search for identity shaped her spiritual gifts — and how she now supports families through ethical mediumship, grounded spirit communication, and investigative intuitive work.

Together, they discuss:

• What happens behind the scenes of a missing person case
• How psychic mediums receive and interpret intuitive guidance
• The emotional reality of working between the physical and spirit world
• The importance of grounding, discernment, and spiritual responsibility

Tamara also offers guidance for developing mediums who feel called to investigative work, emphasizing integrity, evidence-based practice, and mediumship confidence.

This conversation is compassionate, educational, and deeply insightful for anyone interested in mediumship development, ethical mediumship, spirit communication, or the real-life application of Spirit-led guidance.

Connect with Tamara

www.tamarajscott.com  

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Join The Waitlist for The Connected Spirit Membership https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/cdlgq1zmnb

The Remembering - 3 Day In Person Retreat July 17-19,2026

https://loveofaverykind.ca/retreat/2878-2/

Mediumship Mastery Circle

https://mediumcourtneydawson.my.canva.site/mediumshipmastery

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What if silence isn't an absence — but a gateway to Spirit?

In this intimate and inspiring conversation, Courtney sits down with Sue Hind, a Spiritual Medium, Teacher, and Bestselling Author of Born to Hear Spirit.

Born with a severe hearing impairment, Sue discovered early on that while the world's sounds were faint, Spirit's voice was clear. Her journey is one of courage, surrender, and learning to trust a form of communication that goes beyond words.

Together, they explore how to:

• Hear and sense Spirit in nontraditional ways

• Transform perceived limitations into spiritual gifts

• Navigate grief, doubt, and faith along the medium's path

• Stay grounded while working with energy and emotion

• Embrace ethical, evidential mediumship with heart

This episode is for anyone who's ever felt "different" — or wondered how Spirit might already be speaking through their own unique sensitivities.

✨ Mentioned themes: evidential mediumship, intuitive development, spiritual growth, deafness and intuition, ethical mediumship, connection to Spirit, healing after loss, Arthur Findlay College

Connect with Sue Hind

https://www.suehind.co/

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Website

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What does it really mean to be your own Spirit guide?

In this heart-opening conversation, celebrity psychic medium Travis Holp joins Courtney Dawson to explore the stories and teachings behind his book Are You There, Spirit? It's Me, Travis.

Together, they talk about:

🌿 How Spirit first made itself known in Travis's life — and the turning points that shaped his purpose.

💫 The inspiration behind Are You There, Spirit? and what it taught him about trust, timing, and love.

🕊 How to recognize intuition as your "internal GPS."

💛 What it means to become your own Spirit guide — listening to that inner wisdom that's always been there.

✨ Living authentically and grounded in compassion, even while walking a spiritual path.

It's a conversation filled with warmth, humor, and real-world insight — a gentle reminder that Spirit's guidance has never left you.

Connect with Travis Holp

https://travisholp.com/

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/traviswarriorunicorn/

Connect with Courtney

Reiki 1 Certification for Psychic Mediums - Starts Feb 19

https://mediumcourtneydawson.my.canva.site/reikilevel1

Join The Waitlist for The Connected Spirit Membership

https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/cdlgq1zmnb

Mediumship Mastery Circle

https://mediumcourtneydawson.my.canva.site/mediumshipmastery

Website

https://mediumcourtneydawson.com/

Many psychic mediums know how to open to Spirit ,but few are ever taught how to close their energy afterward.

In this episode of The Connected Spirit Podcast™, Courtney Dawson sits down with Reiki Master Teachers Stephany Brown and Jennifer Quick to talk about the missing link in mediumship: energetic maintenance.

They explain how Usui Reiki helps psychic mediums:

✨ Identify what energy is yours, what belongs to your client, and what's from Spirit.
🌿 Use self-Reiki before and after readings to clear residual emotion and nervous-system overload.
💫 Keep the channel steady so your evidence from Spirit comes through accurately.
🕊 Set energetic boundaries that hold ,without relying on crystals or protection rituals that don't last.

You'll also hear how Reiki Level 1 for Psychic Mediums, a live four-week certification through The Connected Spirit School™, teaches mediums to stay clear, balanced, and emotionally available long-term.

This conversation will change the way you think about self-care as a medium , not as a luxury, but as part of professional integrity.

🪶 Connect with Courtney:

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📣 Reiki Level 1 for Psychic Mediums - February 19, 25, March 5, 12, 2026

Mediumship Mastery Development Circle

Developing Mediums Mini-Readings - February 26,2026 Tickets $20 CDN

In this episode of The Connected Spirit Podcast™, Courtney sits down with Dr. Lotte Valentine, creator of Kindraya™ Ancestral Healing, to explore how inherited lineage patterns shape our emotional, physical, and spiritual lives. This grounded conversation focuses on Kindraya™'s three integrated layers of awareness — cognitive, somatic, and superconscious — and how healing unfolds when the body is treated as an archive of ancestral memory.

Dr. Lotte introduces the LIGHT Mapping System™, a framework that identifies five core ancestral wounds carried across generations, helping people understand what they may be holding that isn't personally theirs. Together, they discuss why some patterns persist despite therapy or spiritual work, how ancestral healing can occur without reliving trauma, and why intuition and safety are central to this approach. The episode also explores what inspired Dr. Lotte to bring this work to The Shift Network at this moment in time.

Join Dr.Lotte's FREE online event Tuesday, February 3, Healing Inherited Patterns Through the KindrayaTM Method: Activate Superconscious Senses to Transform Ancestral Wounds

Website

https://drlotte.com/

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/dr.lottevalentin/?hl=en

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/DrLotteValentin

Science with Soul

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-lotte-science-with-soul/id1536301986

https://open.spotify.com/show/6bjMbz2AG4zaFLWvdezioS

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Reiki Level 1 for Psychic Mediums - February 19, 25, March 5, 12, 2026

Mediumship Mastery Development Circle

Developing Mediums Mini-Readings - February 26,2026 Tickets $20 CDN

In this episode of The Connected Spirit Podcast™, Courtney sits down with filmmaker Robert Lyon and internationally respected evidential mediums Philip Dykes and Kerry McLeod to explore the heart behind their new documentary, Evidence of the Afterlife.

Together, they discuss the purpose and integrity of evidential mediumship, the healing power of evidence, and how personal grief can deepen one's connection to Spirit. Phil and Kerry share openly about losing their parents while continuing to serve Spirit, offering insight into love, faith, and resilience.

The conversation also touches on the inspired creation of the song The Bridge and the spiritual message it carries. This is a nurturing, truth-filled episode for anyone exploring life after death, psychic mediumship, and the sacred evidence of Spirit in everyday life.

🎥 Watch the trailer: Evidence of the Afterlife

Bonus Clips from The Film

Phil Dykes and Kerry McLeod

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Reiki Level 1 for Psychic Mediums - February 19, 25, March 5, 12, 2026

Mediumship Mastery Development Circle

Developing Mediums Mini-Readings - February 26,2026 Tickets $20 CDN

What if your body isn't betraying you — but speaking to you?

In this grounded and heart-opening episode, Courtney sits down with Katie Beecher, MS, LPC — a Licensed Professional Counselor and Medical & Emotional Intuitive with over 35 years of experience. Known for creating detailed physical, emotional, and spiritual reports (and even intuitive paintings) using just a client's name and age, Katie blends Jungian psychology, energy awareness, and intuitive healing to help people reconnect to their inner wisdom.

Together, they explore how to:

• Recognize the body's subtle intuitive language

• Tell the difference between fear, emotion, and intuition

• Work with physical symptoms as messages — not mistakes

• Set ethical boundaries when receiving intuitive or medical insights

• Build a compassionate, trustworthy relationship with your body

This conversation is for anyone on a journey of self-healing, spiritual growth, or intuitive development who wants to feel more connected, centered, and confident in their own knowing.

✨ Mentioned themes: medical intuition, ethical mediumship, nervous-system regulation, trauma healing, holistic health, self-trust, intuitive development

Connect with Katie: katiebeecher.com

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Reiki Level 1 for Psychic Mediums - February 19, 25, March 5, 12, 2026

Mediumship Mastery Development Circle

Developing Mediums Mini-Readings - February 26,2026 Tickets $20 CDN

In this episode of The Connected Spirit Podcast, Courtney Dawson explores mediumship development, spiritual burnout, and learning to trust Spirit through the body after a year of grief, illness, and forced rest.

Courtney shares how ignoring intuitive and physical signals led to burnout and health challenges, and why Spirit often communicates through the body when we're not listening in other ways. She reflects on stepping away from professional mediumship, redefining ethical mediumship boundaries, and rebuilding trust in Spirit without pushing through exhaustion.

As we move into 2026, this episode invites you to reflect on the lessons of 2025 and how to take spirit-led action with clarity, balance, and integrity. The episode closes with a channeled message from the spirit world for the collective.

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You've been feeling the nudges. You've been sensing something.
But what if the way Spirit reaches for you isn't what you think it is?

In this episode, psychic medium Karen Docherty shares the surprising truth about spirit guides and the subtle signs most people miss. She walks you through how spirit guide communication actually works, so you stop second guessing and start recognizing when guidance is real.

Karen also shares four practical tools you can use to begin sensing, recognizing, and communicating with your guides, but first you'll learn the mechanics of the connection so it finally makes sense.

Inside this conversation:

• The #1 block that keeps people from connecting with their spirit guides

• Why modern intuition requires a modern approach

• The difference between your inner voice vs true Spirit guidance

• How to know when you've made real contact

• The collective messages Karen's guides have been sharing lately

If you've ever wondered, "Is that my spirit guide… or just me?" this episode will shift the way you trust what you're already receiving.

Connect with Karen

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

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When therapy, mindset work, and manifestation tools stop working — it's often because the root of what we're feeling didn't start with us.

In this powerful conversation, Courtney Dawson sits down with therapist and ancestral healer Ben Eden to explore how ancestral healing helps us uncover and release inherited patterns that shape the way we love, give, and seek to be seen.

Together, they dive into what it means to return to self through lineage work — bridging psychology, somatics, and Spirit. Ben shares his experience creating The Sacred Return, and how healing our ancestry can repair the nervous system, restore trust in our own energy, and open the path back to wholeness.

This episode is for anyone who's ever felt unseen, stuck in repeating cycles, or tired of carrying what isn't theirs.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• What ancestral healing really is and how it works

• How generational patterns influence emotional and spiritual wellbeing

• Why traditional therapy can't always reach inherited pain

• The body's role in releasing ancestral energy

• How to find peace, purpose, and presence in your lineage

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Tag @mediumcourtneydawson and let us know what part of this episode spoke to your heart.

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The holidays can stir so much emotion—joy, nostalgia, and the deep ache of missing someone you love. In this restorative Christmas episode of The Connected Spirit Podcast, internationally recognized psychic medium and mentor Courtney Dawson shares a deeply personal story about losing her grandfather and the difficult, unexpected grief that followed.

Through honesty, vulnerability, and Spirit-led insight, Courtney reveals how grief doesn't block connection with the spirit world—it opens it. She teaches her gentle and powerful Heartspace Method™ — Acknowledge • Allow • Anchor — a three-step process that helps you heal, reconnect, and feel the presence of your loved ones in Spirit with more trust and clarity.

If you're longing for connection during the holidays, this episode will bring warmth, understanding, and hope—reminding you that love never disappears. It simply changes form.

• How grief and Spirit connection coexist — and often strengthen each other

• Why your emotions don't block Spirit but open the doorway

• The 3 steps of The Heartspace Method™:

  • Acknowledge – the truth of what hurts

  • Allow – letting emotion move and soften

  • Anchor – creating simple rituals or symbols that hold connection

• How ordinary objects (like a suitcase or umbrella) become spiritual bridges

• How to trust the subtle signs and synchronicities your loved ones send

• A gentle guided visualization to help you feel comfort, presence, and peace

"Grief doesn't block Spirit; it reveals where love still lives."

If this episode brought you comfort and you're ready to connect more deeply with your loved ones in Spirit, you can book a private mediumship reading with Courtney.

A reading is a tender, heart-centered space to receive evidential messages, healing insights, and loving reminders that your connection didn't end—only transformed.

👉 Book your session: https://mediumcourtneydawson.com/services/bookings/

👉 Join us - Christmas Connection: A Guided Spiritual Experience: Dec. 6/25

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This episode explores grief at Christmas, spirit communication, signs from loved ones, emotional healing after loss, and how to reconnect with Spirit through mediumship, intuition, and symbolic reminders. Perfect for anyone seeking comfort, understanding, and spiritual reassurance during the holidays.

Have you ever noticed the same song, light, or ornament appearing again and again—and wondered if it means something?

In this comforting Christmas episode of The Connected Spirit Podcast, internationally recognized psychic medium and mentor Courtney Dawson explains how Spirit communicates through symbols, signs, and synchronicities during the holidays.

Courtney shares a heart-warming client story about a Christmas ornament that became a bridge between worlds, then teaches her Symbol Language Framework™ (Perceive • Recall • Receive)—a simple three-part process to help you interpret and trust Spirit's messages with confidence.

If you've been curious about signs from Spirit or want to strengthen your connection to your loved ones on the other side, this episode will help you see the sacred messages woven through everyday life.

• Why the holiday season amplifies Spirit communication

• How to tell coincidence from true spiritual connection

• The 3 parts of The Symbol Language Framework™:

  • Perceive – notice the first feeling or nudge

  • Recall – link the symbol to a memory or emotion

  • Receive – allow confirmation to unfold through repetition and timing

• How to record and validate the signs you receive

• A short guided visualization to invite your own holiday symbol

"Spirit doesn't perform for proof—they blend with love."

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👉 Join us - Christmas Connection: A Guided Spiritual Experience: Dec. 6/25

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In this comforting and educational Christmas episode of The Connected Spirit Podcast, internationally recognized psychic medium and mentor Courtney Dawson shares how your departed loved ones visit during the holidays—and how you can recognize the subtle signs Spirit sends to remind you that love never dies.

Courtney opens up about losing her dad just two months before Christmas and the extraordinary ways he reached out from Spirit, showing that connection continues beyond the physical world.
She also teaches The Presence Pathway™—a simple three-step method that helps you identify messages, sensations, and signs from your loved ones with confidence and trust.

If you've ever wondered whether that song, that feather, or that familiar warmth was more than coincidence, this episode will help you understand exactly what Spirit is trying to say this season.

Christmas Connection - December 6,2025

https://mediumcourtneydawson.com/event/christmas-connection-a-guided-holiday-remembrance-meditation/

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The holidays can open your heart in unexpected ways ,joy, grief, and longing often coexist.

In this soulful episode, Courtney shares how to navigate holiday grief, reconnect with loved ones in spirit, and find peace through spiritual connection and mediumship.

Learn how to hold both love and loss, invite signs from Spirit, and rediscover a deeper sense of comfort this season.

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Ever felt scared of your own spiritual gift? In this episode, I'm sharing how I moved from doubting my connection to fully trusting spirit. You'll learn what it really takes to stop second-guessing your messages, release fear, and lean into faith as an ethical medium.

✨ You'll hear:

• How fear shows up in your mediumship

• The moment I almost walked away from my gift

• The shift that helped me trust spirit again

If you've ever wondered, "Can I really trust what I'm receiving?" — this one's for you.

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What happens when you grow up healing strangers in church pews… but are told your gifts are from the devil?

In this soul-shaking conversation, spiritual teacher and intuitive healer Tammi Morrison joins me to talk about reclaiming spiritual gifts after religious trauma, healing the mother wound, and learning to trust divine timing—especially when life pulls you into the void. We explore the sacred messiness of being both intuitive and human, and how the deepest healing often comes in the pause.

This episode is a remembering—for anyone who's ever questioned their path, doubted their worth, or tried to silence their soul just to belong.

"God made me this way. Why would He create me with these gifts just to send me to hell?" - Tammi Morrison  

📚 Resources & Links:
Find Tammi on Substack, YouTube, and check out her memoir Walking Away—all linked in the show notes.

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When "divine union" becomes manipulation, it's time to talk. Psychic medium Alexa English joins Courtney for a raw, no-fluff conversation about the Twin Flames Universe—and how spiritual seekers are being targeted by high-control, unethical groups.

We get into:

• The red flags of Twin Flames and spiritual cults

• How to spot manipulative mentorship and fake "healers"

• Why discernment is your deepest protection

If you've ever doubted your own intuition or felt uneasy in the spiritual space, this episode brings clarity, truth, and real-talk guidance.

"Anyone who tells you they know you better than you know yourself? That's your red flag. Trust that." - Alexa

If this episode stirred something in you, take a moment today to check in with your gut. Who are you giving your spiritual authority to? Are you still listening to your own voice? You already know. Start there.

It started with a whisper—Tamarin Martin, eyes soft but steady, tuning in live on Instagram. A name. A detail. A presence. Then the moment: "He says he's sorry. He couldn't see clearly when he was alive, and he's taking ownership now." You could feel the shift—grief stretching into something softer.

This week's episode isn't theory. It's not talk about mediumship—it is mediumship. Courtney sits down with psychic medium and Reiki master Tamarin Martin for a raw, real-time demonstration of evidential mediumship. No vague guesses. No spiritual fluff. Just spirit, truth, and healing through specific, soul-anchored messages. If you've ever wondered what it really sounds like when a loved one comes through—or how to recognize ethical, heart-led spirit communication—this is the one to hear.

Whether you're grieving, curious, or looking to deepen your connection to the unseen world, this episode will meet you right where you are.

Highlights:
– What evidential mediumship actually means
– How Tamarin senses and interprets messages from spirit
– Red flags in spiritual readings: what to avoid
– Spirit message for Angela: A male in spirit steps forward with deep apology and emotional clarity
– Spirit message for Katie: A brother's love, spaghetti memories, and a jacket left behind
– Spirit message for Lorraine: A singing mother, self-care reminders, and family lineage in names and music
– Q&A: How to begin connecting to spirit, signs, and the truth about "being born a medium"

Resources & Links:
✨ Book a session with Tamarin or Courtney: www.mediumcourtneydawson.com
✨ Follow Tamarin on Instagram 

A dime fell through her dining room table—and everything she thought she knew unraveled.

In this deeply human, beautifully unpolished conversation, psychic medium Virginia Belliveau shares the raw, true story of her awakening. From growing up Mormon and hiding her gifts, to the moment Spirit showed up so undeniably it couldn't be explained away, Virginia walks us through the long road from self-doubt to soul-trust.

This isn't about "having a gift." It's about finally letting yourself believe it's real—and learning how to live with one foot in both worlds. If you've ever wondered if your own signs meant something… listen closely.

What You'll Hear:
– The dime moment that changed her entire path
– How grief and faith deconstruction cracked her open
– The early burnout signs no one talks about
– Why your nervous system matters more than your next certification
– The real reason trusting your intuition feels so hard
– How to protect your energy without closing your heart

"The minute I hit send to get the dime back, her mom left. That was the moment I knew—I'm a medium." Virginia 

Links & Resources:
– Follow Virginia on Instagram: @morningmoonmedium
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• Book a reading with Courtney Dawson
• Join the Mediumship Mastery Circle
• Grab the Doubt Detox Training 

What does it look like to follow Spirit—when you're not ready, not healed, and not sure who you are anymore?

In this episode of The Connected Spirit, Courtney sits down with Erica Barretto, a psychic medium and retired NYC law enforcement officer, for a profound conversation on spiritual awakening, illness, and identity.

Erica's journey began in the rigidity of a law enforcement career, shaped by religious fear, cultural expectation, and emotional suppression. But when Spirit came knocking—through dreams, synchronicities, and a life-changing brain tumor diagnosis—everything began to unravel.

Together, Courtney and Erica explore:

• The early signs of mediumship (and why Erica ignored them)

• How chronic illness, grief, and anxiety became gateways to awakening

• The spiritual and emotional cost of leaving a stable career to walk a soul path

• Why healing must come before mediumship—and how both continue to evolve

• The story behind Erica's Self Discovery Oracle Deck, and how it supports her clients today

This episode holds a mirror for those in transition, those in fear, and those wondering if it's "too late" to start over.

"You don't need to be perfect to do this work. You show up as you are—and that is enough." - Erica

• Erica's Instagram: @ericabarrettopsychicmedium

• Erica's website

• Courtney's Mentorships + Readings: mediumcourtneydawson.com

She never set out to be a psychic—or a forensic consultant working with the FBI.
She just knew, deep in her bones: if I don't teach people how to connect, I'll die inside.

In this episode, I sit down with Reverend Sheila Marie—a world-recognized forensic medium, spiritual teacher, and former law enforcement officer. From Sunday school teacher to solving cold cases through spirit-led dreams, Sheila's journey is one of deep surrender, spiritual precision, and trust in a power far greater than herself.

We talk about her earliest intuitive awakenings, how a single dream led to a real-world conviction, and what it really means to walk the fine line between the seen and unseen worlds.

If you've ever wondered how mediumship can serve truth, justice, and healing in the real world—this episode will stay with you.

Highlights from this episode:

– The "light in the bathroom" that changed everything
– When a calling hits overnight—and you can't turn it off
– Navigating judgment and living a "double life" as a medium
– Her first big case: Babe Ruth's piano and an unexpected breakthrough
– The dream that solved a cold case and put a man away for life
– How to build trust with your spirit team—and why you must                                                           – Tips for intuitive beginners + reclaiming your inner light
– Why we're never stuck, even when it feels like it

Resources & Links:
– Connect with Rev. Sheial Marie: https://sheilamariemedium.com/
– Learn with Courtney: mediumcourtneydawson.com
– Join Courtney's Mediumship Mastery Circle

You ever feel like the moment you finally stand in your truth, the world hands you a storm?

This episode is a raw, unfiltered look at what really happens when you decide to step into your spiritual gifts—when you stop shrinking and start shining. Together with Amy, we share the ache of betrayal, the heaviness of grief, and the inner resilience it takes to stay rooted in your purpose when others project their unhealed wounds onto you.

If you've ever felt blindsided by jealousy, shamed for your success, or emotionally exiled by those you once called sisters, this one's for you. It's about grief. Boundaries. Misplaced loyalty. And the hard truth that not everyone can come with you when you rise.

This episode won't sugarcoat what it means to be a lightworker in a shadow-filled world—but it will remind you that you're not crazy, not alone, and not wrong for wanting more.

Timestamps:
[03:10] – Therapy, grief, and the unexpected layers of healing
[15:42] – What it really means to own your spiritual gifts
[26:55] – Jealousy, projections, and betrayal in spiritual spaces
[41:00] – Letting go of the pedestal others put you on
[56:30] – Discerning toxic energy vs. aligned soul family
[1:11:47] – The risk (and necessity) of visibility in your soul work
[1:23:00] – Why intention and self-responsibility matter more than ever

Pull Quote:
"I gave them the permission to put me on a pedestal—and the moment I crumbled, they couldn't handle my humanity." - Amy Blackhurst

Resources & Links:
– Connect with Amy Blackhurst: amyblackhurst.com
– Learn with Courtney: mediumcourtneydawson.com
– Join Courtney's Mediumship Mastery Circle
– Amy's upcoming Dragon Quest Healing Retreat (22 spots)

If this episode cracked something open for you, take a quiet moment today and ask yourself: Where have I been holding back to make others comfortable? Then let your next step be yours—unapologetically.

She walked into a spiritualist church at 18—and something deep in her body said, finally.

It wasn't a thunderbolt. It wasn't a sign. It was a felt-sense of home.

This week, I sit down with Veronica Jenkins—35-year spiritualist, evidential medium, spirit artist, educator, and author—to talk about what happens when Spirit stops being an idea and starts being your compass.

We go deep on the philosophy of spiritualism, the unseen labor of serving a church community, and how animal totems can become sacred mirrors for who you are and who you're becoming.

She's not here to teach quick tricks. She's here to tell the truth: Mediumship isn't about collecting certificates. It's about becoming someone Spirit can trust.

If you've been craving real-talk about spiritual awakening, animal spirit guides, and what it really means to walk the path of mediumship, this one's for you.

[00:02] – Veronica's early questioning of traditional religion and discovering spiritualism

[07:40] – Her first experiences in development circle and redefining her relationship with God

[14:10] – Serving in spiritualist churches and the unseen work of spiritual communities 

[21:00] – From "doing" mediumship to being it—a lifestyle, not a label

[26:35] – How spiritualism became a lifeline through personal crisis

[33:20] – Awakening vs. mediumship—what most people miss

[40:05] – Introducing animal totems as energetic archetypes

[48:00] – The phoenix moment: what depression taught Veronica about Spirit

[55:12] – The vibrational memory we do take with us

[1:01:33] – How to begin working with animal totems (no checklist required)

"Just because someone else has a different way of living their life doesn't mean it's wrong. It's right for them. This human journey is yours. Nobody else's." - Veronica Jenkins

Resources & Links:

Veronica Jenkin's Website: www.findmeamedium.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/findmeamedium/

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Feeling blocked in your mediumship? Wondering why your spirit connection feels inconsistent, vague, or even nonexistent during readings? You're not broken—and you're definitely not alone.

In this episode, I break down the real reason so many mediums feel stuck, especially after taking classes, sitting in circles, and doing practice readings.

I shares my personal story of sitting in circles with seasoned mediums while silently struggling to deliver even one accurate message—and how I went from insecure and overwhelmed to confident and clear.

You'll learn why....

👉Most mediumship training skips critical foundations

👉 Your ability to connect with Spirit isn't about natural talent

👉How mastering your own energy first is the key to real, reliable mediumship development.

I also share details about my Connected Spirit Method and how it's transforming the way modern mediums are trained.

Whether you're just starting out or have years of experience but still feel shaky in your link, this episode will show you exactly what needs to shift—and how to do it.

"There's nothing wrong with your mediumship. It's the training you've had." - Courtney

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What if your intuition isn't broken—just buried under bad advice? In this honest, grounded episode, psychic medium and shamanic healer Kelly Ferguson shares what it really takes to trust your gifts, build your own energetic toolkit, and stay rooted in integrity. From her first spirit encounter at age 11 to blending parenting with psychic work, this conversation is packed with truth, clarity, and practical wisdom for anyone walking a spiritual path.

Topics we cover:

• Kelly's first spirit encounter (and why it didn't scare her)

• Why spiritual development isn't one-size-fits-all

• The tools in Kelly's intuitive toolkit—and how to build your own

• What ethical psychic work actually looks like

• Advice for new intuitives: curiosity > consistency

Resources & Links:
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What happens when psychic readings become a crutch?

In this deeply honest conversation, returning guest Rory Walkhom—a spiritual teacher, channel, and mentor with The Medium School—shares the kind of truth that stops you mid-scroll. You'll hear us unpack a very real and often uncomfortable dynamic in the psychic and spiritual world: how repeated readings, while well-intentioned, can slowly disempower the very people they aim to help.

Together, we name what's not working, but more importantly, we talk about how to do it better. For clients, for practitioners, and for the integrity of the sacred work.

This episode isn't about calling people out. It's about calling us all in—to a way of showing up in this work that actually roots us deeper into our own soul wisdom.

You'll hear Rory talk about:

• What a psychic reading is truly meant for

• Why discomfort in the unknown doesn't need immediate fixing

• How to reconnect with your own inner expansion

• What ethical boundaries look like—for both the reader and the client

• How to choose a practitioner from a place of alignment, not panic

Whether you're a practicing intuitive or someone who turns to readings when life feels uncertain, this one will meet you right where you are.

"If we're doing readings again and again for people, we are disempowering them from connecting to their own intuition. That's not healing. That's dependency."- Rory Walkhom

Resources & Links:

• Rory Welcome: @themediumschool on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook

• Rory's book: 11 Lessons from My Dead Dad — available worldwide on Amazon

• Free 3-part intuition video training: themediumschool.com

• Mediumship Certification Training (starting September, application only)

• Free Masterclass: From Self-Doubt to Surrender (August 27)

If this conversation stirred something in you, take a quiet moment. Breathe into your body. Ask, "What feels expansive for me right now?" And trust what rises.

You're your own best reader.

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