Spiritual Awakening, Animal Totems & Finding Home in Mediumship

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/   📣Join the Mediumship Mastery Circle - 2 Spots left in the Empow3rment 3 (Advanced) Circle. Starts September 8, 2025 Book a private session with me or one of our readers Website Instagram Facebook YouTube

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   📣Join the Mediumship Mastery Circle - 3 Spots left in the Empoewrment 3 (Advanced) Circle. Starts September 8, 2025 Website Instagram Facebook YouTube

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: 🔗 kellyfergusonreadings.com ✨ Try her free psychic quiz 📲 Follow Kelly on Instagram     📣Join the Mediumship Mastery Circle - 3 Spots left in the Empoewrment 3 (Advanced) Circle. Starts September 8, 2025 Website Instagram Facebook YouTube

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.   📣Join the Mediumship Mastery Circle - 3 Circles. Starts September 2025 Website Instagram Facebook YouTube  

Heather Bierner didn’t come to mediumship empty-handed. She brought years of spiritual seeking, a Christian upbringing she’d long outgrown, and intuitive experiences that hinted at something deeper. She even went to India in search of soul truth. But nothing prepared her for the moment when spirit asked her to let go of everything she thought she needed—and just trust. In this intimate conversation, Heather opens up about her journey inside the Mediumship Mastery Circle: from resisting the unfamiliar to becoming the very tool spirit could work through. What began with photos, structure, and “doing it right” transformed into something far more sacred—real connection, raw trust, and wild moments of evidence that cracked her open. (Yes, “just say ducks” is now a whole thing.) If you’ve ever doubted your gifts or wondered if you’re doing it “right,” this episode is your permission to drop the script, soften into your own rhythm, and trust what spirit already knows about you. You’re not behind. You’re becoming.   Follow Courtney + The Connected Spirit School   📣Join the Mediumship Mastery Circle - 3 Circles. Starts September 2025 Website Instagram Facebook YouTube   If your soul is craving a safe, supportive space to deepen your connection with Spirit, my fall Mediumship Mastery Circles are now open for enrollment.

There’s a moment in every medium’s journey when Spirit steps in so clearly, so undeniably, that you can’t go back to who you were before. For me, it was a warm June night outside a little Spiritualist church—a chance meeting with a man in Spirit that cracked my world wide open. But here’s what I learned in the years after: your mediumship doesn’t grow in a vacuum. It needs a safe, soul-aligned space to breathe. The wrong circle will leave you doubting yourself. The right one will see you first—before your evidence, before your “performance”—and hold you steady while your gifts find their rhythm. In this episode, I share the story of that first undeniable connection, the hard seasons that followed, and why the right mentor and community are the difference between burnout and deep, joyful connection with the Spirit world. If you’ve been wondering why your mediumship feels stuck—or why it flowed so effortlessly before you “tried so hard”—this one’s for you.   “Mediumship isn’t something you chase. It’s already within you—and the right community will help you remember that.” ~ Courtney Dawson   Follow Courtney + The Connected Spirit School   📣Join the Mediumship Mastery Circle - Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced.  Classes start September 2025 Website Instagram Facebook YouTube   If your soul is craving a safe, supportive space to deepen your connection with Spirit, my fall Mediumship Mastery Circles are now open for enrollment.

She didn’t grow up seeing spirits. She didn’t spend years in training. But on her very first try, Tosha Link brought through a piece of evidence so specific—a toaster—that it left no doubt spirit was speaking through her. In this heartfelt conversation, Tosha shares how she went from curious beginner to confident evidential medium in just eight months inside the Connected Spirit Circle. We explore the exact moments that shifted everything for her—why surrender matters, how mentorship and community accelerate growth, and why you don’t need years of training to bring through accurate evidence from spirit. If you’ve ever wondered if you’re “gifted enough” to be a medium, this episode will remind you that connection isn’t just for a chosen few—it’s for anyone willing to show up, practice, and trust the process.   Timestamps: [01:46] – Meet Tosha and her surprising start as a medium [04:10] – The “toaster” evidence that changed everything [07:30] – What it felt like to be thrown right in on her first night [10:21] – How mentorship and community sped up her psychic development [17:34] – The power of surrender in evidential mediumship [21:31] – How peer support builds confidence and trust in spirit [24:16] – Tosha’s encouragement to anyone starting their spiritual journey   “Even on your first try, you can connect to spirit and bring through accurate evidence—you just need the right techniques and support.”   Follow Courtney + The Connected Spirit School Website Instagram Facebook YouTube

She was a nurse in the ICU, raised Baptist, mothering, wife-ing, surviving—until Spirit began whispering louder. Through grief and gut-truths, ancestral dreams and a deep church awakening, Ermi listened. And when she finally said yes, everything changed. In this raw, magnetic episode, Ermi shares her journey from a strict Christian upbringing to becoming a deeply Spirit-led psychic medium. Her story weaves through unchurching, ancestral reclamation, and breaking stereotypes as a Black woman in the spiritual space. We talk about hearing Spirit in the hospital, reconciling faith with mediumship, and why representation isn't just powerful—it's necessary. This conversation is an offering for anyone trying to hold God and intuition in the same hand.   Ermi: "Whoever controls your mind, controls you."   [00:29] – Ermi's multidimensional identity: mother, nurse, medium, Leo [01:56] – Human design and the sacred art of balance [04:11] – What life looked like before Spirit became center [06:36] – A Pentecostal church visit that cracked her open [10:18] – Divine whispers, grief dreams, and spiritual awakening [18:12] – Reconciling Christian faith with intuition and gifts [24:45] – Letting go of religious fear and reclaiming God [32:52] – How Spirit trained her through practice, not classes [40:19] – Ethical mediumship and building your own vocabulary [52:26] – Why Ermi shows up as a Black medium—and what she’s reclaiming   If you're wrestling with faith, gifts, or a calling that doesn’t fit inside the old boxes—this is your permission to listen deeper. Let Spirit show you what’s possible when you stop choosing between God and your truth. You can hold both. Connect with Ermi: ermisees.com Resources & Links: Follow Courtney + The Connected Spirit School Website Instagram Facebook YouTube    

There’s a moment most of us don’t talk about—the quiet, gritty middle of the spiritual path. The part where everything feels heavy, not magical. Where we wonder, “Am I really meant for this?” In today’s episode, Courtney shares her raw experience of navigating these shadows: losing friendships, leaving the church, and questioning her path—yet always finding her way back to spirit’s quiet power. If you’ve been feeling weary, unsure, or disconnected, this conversation is your gentle reminder: the waves may feel overwhelming, but the shore is always there. You’re not losing the plot. You’re just in the middle. Timestamps: [01:17] – The glamorization of spirituality vs. real-life struggles [03:07] – Leaving old identities, belief systems, and finding your true foundation [06:01] – Spirit’s metaphor of muddy boots and walking forward [09:10] – Letting your mind rise above the heaviness [12:22] – Choosing what nourishes your soul and releasing what doesn’t “Surely you trust yourself by now, friend. Surely you trust that all of the steps of your path have been divinely ordained to bring you to where you are now.”   🔹 The Mediumship Trust Training – This mini audio experience is for developing mediums who are done second-guessing. Learn how to build body-based trust, activate your YES signal, and finally stop asking, “Was that real?” GRAB THE TRAINING HERE —all for $5.55. https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/trust 🔹 Readings Book Here. https://mediumcourtneydawson.com/services/ 🔹 Classes/Courses/Workshops https://mediumcourtneydawson.com/services/connected-spirit-school/courses/ 🔹 Online + Events In Person Events https://mediumcourtneydawson.com/events/ 🔹 Mediumship Mastery Circle – Waitlist Now Open Step into mastery, refine your readings, and build an in-demand practice. Join The Waitlist. https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/masterycircle25

As a teenager, Kelly Brickell couldn’t sleep. Her body was wired, her mind racing, her spirit trying to be heard. What doctors dismissed, she later recognized as the first signs of energetic sensitivity—an invitation into a world of spirit she hadn’t yet named. In this soul-deep episode, Kelly opens up about how chronic insomnia cracked open her path into psychic mediumship and numerology. She shares how ancestral gifts were hidden in plain sight, how numbers became her unexpected allies, and why knowing your own energy is the foundation of any true spiritual work. This isn’t a how-to—it’s a heart-level remembering. You’ll leave feeling more connected to your sensitivity, your lineage, and the codes that have been speaking to you all along. "You have to know what’s yours and what’s not. That’s the real starting point of any spiritual work." - Kelly Brickel   Connect with Kelly Website: https://kellybrickel.com/ Sacred Spiral Network https://sacredspiralnetwork.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/energeticsessions     Resources & Links 🔹 Spirit Speaks: A Demonstration of Mediumship - September 13,2025  https://mediumcourtneydawson.com/event/spirit-speaks-a-live-demonstration-of-mediumship/ 🔹 Readings Book Here. https://mediumcourtneydawson.com/services/ 🔹 Classes/Courses/Workshops https://mediumcourtneydawson.com/services/connected-spirit-school/courses/ 🔹 Online + Events In Person Events https://mediumcourtneydawson.com/events/ 🔹 Mediumship Mastery Circle – Waitlist Now Open Step into mastery, refine your readings, and build an in-demand practice. Join The Waitlist. https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/masterycircle25 Support the Podcast & Stay Connected ✔ Subscribe to the channel and turn on notifications ✔ Share this episode with someone who needs to hear it ✔ Follow me on Instagram & Facebook for more → Facebook.