How to Connect With Spirit When Your Mind Won't Get Out of the Way

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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediumcourtneydawson/ Website: https://mediumcourtneydawson.com The Connected Spirit Membership  https://www.skool.com/theconnectedspiritschoolmember/about Mediumship Mastery Circle, ten-month structured mentorship  https://mediumshipmasterycircle.netlify.app/ 📌 Subscribe to The Connected Spirit Podcast so you never miss an episode that meets you exactly where you are on your spiritual journey. mediumship development, evidential mediumship, ethical mediumship, spirit communication, mediumship training, nervous system regulation, divine timing, spiritual mentorship, psychic medium, heart-centred practice, trust in Spirit, sitting in the power

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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediumcourtneydawson/ Website: https://mediumcourtneydawson.com The Connected Spirit Membership: doors are open, join here https://www.skool.com/theconnectedspiritschoolmember/about Join the Waitlist for the Mediumship Mastery Circle https://mediumshipmasterycircle.netlify.app/ 📌 Subscribe to The Connected Spirit Podcast so you never miss an episode that meets you where you are. ethical mediumship, evidential mediumship, mediumship development, mediumship training, mediumship mentor, spiritual growth, psychic medium, trust in Spirit, spirit communication, intuitive development, structured mediumship, sacred service

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 Connect with Courtney Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediumcourtneydawson/ Website: https://mediumcourtneydawson.com Mediumship Mastery Circle: waitlist open, circle starts September 2026 https://mediumcourtneydawson.my.canva.site/mediumshipmastery   The Connected Spirit Membership is open: lock in founding member pricing by July 10 https://www.skool.com/theconnectedspiritschoolmember/about   📌 Subscribe to The Connected Spirit Podcast so you never miss an episode that meets you exactly where you are on your spiritual journey. ethical mediumship, mediumship development, mediumship mentor, mediumship confidence, evidential mediumship, spirit communication, trust in Spirit, psychic medium, spiritual mentorship, structured mediumship, sacred service

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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediumcourtneydawson/ Website: https://mediumcourtneydawson.com 📣Join The Connected Spirit Challenge -  FREE 4 day challenge to identify & fix the gaps in your mediumship readings once and for all https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/cschallenge ⭐️ Join The Waitlist for The Connected Spirit Membership https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/cdlgq1zmnb 📌 Subscribe to The Connected Spirit Podcast so you never miss an episode that meets you exactly where you are on your spiritual journey. evidential mediumship, mediumship development, mediumship training, mediumship confidence, spirit communication, ethical mediumship, mediumship mentor, professional medium, spiritual integrity, sacred service, intuitive development, spiritual growth

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 Connect with Julie Website: Julie's website Connect with Courtney Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediumcourtneydawson/ Website: https://mediumcourtneydawson.com Join The Waitlist for The Connected Spirit Membership https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/cdlgq1zmnb 📌 Subscribe to The Connected Spirit Podcast so you never miss an episode that meets you exactly where you are on your spiritual journey. evidential mediumship, mediumship development, mediumship training, mediumship confidence, spirit communication, ethical mediumship, mediumship mentor, professional medium, spiritual integrity, sacred service, intuitive development, spiritual growth

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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediumcourtneydawson/ Website: https://mediumcourtneydawson.com Join The Waitlist for The Connected Spirit Membership https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/cdlgq1zmnb ☀️ Summer with Spirit: 12 week live training. Starts June 4, 2026 https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/g4qbpaw135 Mediumship Mastery Circle https://mediumcourtneydawson.my.canva.site/mediumshipmastery 📌 Subscribe to The Connected Spirit Podcast so you never miss an episode that meets you exactly where you are on your spiritual journey. evidential mediumship, mediumship development, mediumship training, mediumship confidence, spirit communication, ethical mediumship, mediumship mentor, professional medium, spiritual integrity, sacred service, intuitive development, spiritual growth

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 Connect with Virginia Belliveau  https://morningmoon.phonesites.com/ 📌 Subscribe to The Connected Spirit Podcast so you never miss an episode that meets you exactly where you are on your spiritual journey. Join Courtney's programs: Summer with Spirit — 12 weeks of live mediumship training. Starts June 4, 2026: https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/g4qbpaw135 The Connected Spirit Membership — join the waitlist for first access and founding member perks: https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/cdlgq1zmnb Connect with Courtney Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediumcourtneydawson/ Website: https://mediumcourtneydawson.com mediumship development, psychic medium, evidential mediumship, spirit communication, mediumship training, mediumship mentor, The Connected Spirit Podcast, Courtney Dawson, intuitive development, spirituality  

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   📌 Subscribe to The Connected Spirit Podcast so you never miss an episode that meets you exactly where you are on your spiritual journey. Join Courtney's programs: Summer with Spirit — 12 weeks of live mediumship training. Starts June 4, 2026: https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/g4qbpaw135 The Connected Spirit Membership — join the waitlist for first access and founding member perks: https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/cdlgq1zmnb Connect with Courtney Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediumcourtneydawson/ Website: https://mediumcourtneydawson.com mediumship development, psychic medium, evidential mediumship, spirit communication, mediumship training, mediumship mentor, The Connected Spirit Podcast, Courtney Dawson, intuitive development, spirituality  

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   📌 Subscribe to The Connected Spirit Podcast so you never miss an episode that meets you exactly where you are on your spiritual journey. Join Courtney's programs: Summer with Spirit — 12 weeks of live mediumship training. Starts June 4, 2026: https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/g4qbpaw135 The Connected Spirit Membership — join the waitlist for first access and founding member perks: https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/cdlgq1zmnb Connect with Courtney Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediumcourtneydawson/ Website: https://mediumcourtneydawson.com mediumship development, psychic medium, evidential mediumship, spirit communication, mediumship training, mediumship mentor, The Connected Spirit Podcast, Courtney Dawson, intuitive development, spirituality  

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.   Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askjulieryan/   Website: https://askjulieryan.com/ Join Courtney's programs: Summer with Spirit — 12 weeks of live mediumship training. Starts June 4, 2026: https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/g4qbpaw135   The Connected Spirit Membership — join the waitlist for first access and founding member perks: https://theconnectedspiritschool.myflodesk.com/cdlgq1zmnb   mediumship development, psychic medium, evidential mediumship, spirit communication, mediumship training, mediumship mentor, The Connected Spirit Podcast, Courtney Dawson, intuitive development, spirituality