| Depending where you live and what your social | | | | full-time Medium. I did not take them seriously for a long |
| background is money can have either a feeling of | | | | time. Although I did begin to delve further into the |
| self-satisfaction about it or it can be a necessary | | | | mechanics of mediumship, the understanding of it. The |
| commodity. In our world today there are little scruples | | | | thirst was never quenched, the questions although |
| about many things in life. The area that interests me | | | | answered, only raised further questions and so I was |
| most is Spirituality. | | | | on my Quest without even realising it. Even if you are |
| I read the press with a degree of sadness when I see | | | | a 'born' medium you are not knowledgeable in all |
| the so called Witch Doctors or White Witches that | | | | aspects of the subject and need a level of tutoring. |
| offer to cast spells to make lovers return or to | | | | My partner, who is not a Spiritualist or a medium, has |
| remove curses. Many of the things these people offer, | | | | been very supportive in my work and studies. He |
| are questionable to say the least. Not that I do not | | | | understands that I need to fulfill my desire to work to |
| agree that it is possible to be cursed or to have a | | | | the best of my ability for Spirit and he is a strong |
| curse removed, what I do disagree with is the rationale | | | | driving force in my studies. In fact it were he that finally |
| behind it and the exorbitant fee being charged for it. | | | | said, 'OK, do it, give yourself over to this work |
| The same goes for Clairvoyant and Tarot reading. I do | | | | professionally and see what happens.' |
| not feel it is wrong to charge for your time but charge | | | | I spent many sleepless nights asking Spirit were I right |
| within reason. As a life-long Clairvoyant, I spent around | | | | to charge or would I become like so many of the |
| 18 years not charging a penny for readings, doing them | | | | others with material gains as my sole desire? A very |
| because I felt my 'gift' was bestowed on me to share | | | | good friend of mine, Monika Key, who is an Intuitive |
| with others not to gain from. I carried on quite happily | | | | Life Coach gave me the final push I needed. We had |
| on this premise until a rather dramatic shift within my | | | | a 'session swap', she coached me and I read for her. |
| life occurred. I had lost my job due to the illness of a | | | | Monika and I had met through our Holistic Healing |
| family member and after a while began scouting | | | | Diploma and we knew that we were both committed |
| around for more work. I did not have a problem finding | | | | to our work through thick and thin. |
| the work but never managed to remain in a position | | | | Monika said to me, quiet patiently, 'The ability you have |
| for any length of time. There were various reasons for | | | | has not been given to you to keep for yourself, it has |
| this, either family commitments came into play, jobs | | | | been given to you by Spirit because they feel that you |
| were not what they seemed and so on. | | | | are responsible enough to use it wisely and work with |
| I decided a career change was necessary and trained | | | | it for them. If you do not use it to help others then you |
| in another industry. Again, various things happened to | | | | yourself will not be fulfilled. If you consider that charging |
| prevent me from furthering this and so it went on like | | | | for your time is what you are doing rather than |
| this. I even swapped direction again and trained in | | | | charging for your gift, you will not go far wrong.' |
| another area, feeling that perhaps I had got it wrong in | | | | From that point on I have worked professionally as a |
| my chosen career. Friends began to say that I could | | | | medium because now I realise that Spirit know I have |
| not stay in a job because it was my destiny to be a | | | | to eat. |