As a professional intuitive, I have a dirty little secret.

I used to be a skeptic.

I used to believe that psychics were scam artists who used body language and cold reading to separate people from their money, and that they were scum.

At the same time I was busy being a skeptic and hating on the psychics, I was having lots of intuitive experiences of my own. I’d know what was going to happen before it happened.

I’d look at someone’s picture and know quite a bit about who they are and what their belief systems were. I could also tell how they would show up in relationships, and why.

My friends thought I was good at “reading” people, but of course they didn’t believe in psychics, either. I was simply talented at reading body language, expressions, and understanding people.

The picture showed who they were in the moment the picture was taken, but it certainly didn’t explain the depth of the knowledge that I seemed to get.

I really didn’t understand how the intuition worked. I bought into the lie that being psychic meant that someone was omniscient. If someone has access to all knowledge, or the other side, then wouldn’t they also be able to get specific information whenever they wanted? Like a cosmic google?

I’d imagine a psychic doing whatever psychics did to connect and asking, “Hey, universe! How can we cure cancer?” and the universe answering, “Oh! Great question! You simply do X, Y, Z, and have your geneticists research A, B, C and your cancer problem will be gone!”

That’s not how it works. While the process is as simple as tune in, ask a question, get an answer, the answers that are given are not always direct. In my experience, the gift of the psychic is the gift of interpretation.

Earlier this week I did a psychic reading for someone and I got the image of a cartoon cornstalk walking down the dirt road holding a bucket and a book. I had asked what was most important for him to know about his life right now, and I’m pretty sure if I had said, “It’s best for you to know that you are a cartoon cornstalk with a bucket and a book” things wouldn’t have gone over so well.

Furthermore, since there IS another side, having specific problems on THIS side serves a purpose. It’s a way to explore and grow.

I’m not diminishing the difficulties of illness, either. I have a chronic health condition, and let me tell you, it’s no walk in the park. That doesn’t mean that it serves no purpose. I’ve grown tons simply by having this chronic condition, and I know others who have illnesses who have grown because of them, as well.

And isn’t that the point of life? To learn and to grow?

I believe it is.

Being a professional psychic isn’t any different than being a professional in any other field. You tell me you’re an astrophysicist, and I’m going to give you a blank and intimidated stare, wondering if you’re going to start talking about the Boson equation.

So, why is it so hard to admit that I’m a psychic?

Judgment

I’m scared to death that people are going to hear that I’m a psychic, and immediately decide I’m a fraud, delusional, or evil. Once they’ve made that decision, how can I show them who I really am?

How can I get them to like and respect me if they believe that psychics are frauds?

It’s simple. I hold back.

I don’t tell them I’m psychic.

Instead I say, “I’m an intuition development coach.” The people who believe psychics are evil tend to believe that intuition is just fine and dandy, and the people who don’t believe in psychic phenomena are generally in the same boat.

So, I avoid all the ickiness of their judgment, but at the cost of my own authenticity.

The truth is that there is no difference between intuitive information and psychic information.

The truth is that I’m tired of watering down the language of what I do and how I help people so I can avoid a possible negative judgment.

The truth is that I’m comin’ out of the broom closet and proudly proclaiming,

“YES! I’m psychic. No, that does not make me evil, delusional or a scam artist. I have a natural talent and ability that I have trained and honed, and I use it to help people live the lives they are destined to live. And I love it.”

And it’s liberating.

If you’re a psychic or intuitive, I invite you to come out of the broom closet, too! Proclaim who and what you are with pride and KNOW you are valuable to the world.

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