Dedicated to my very special Team both here and above the Clouds! 

What Is It Like to Be Psychic?

Have you ever wondered what it is really like to be psychic — not just during a reading, but in everyday life?

Have you ever wondered… REALLY wondered… what it might be like to be me? It is actually VERY hard to describe. I don’t know what life is like for you. But people seem to be interested in what it is like for me. These stories are part of my everyday.

Welcome. I’d like to invite you into my world for a while. Come in and have a cuppa with me, Soul to Soul. Get comfy. Leave your judgement at the door and simply bring your Heart, your curiosity and your Soul.

This piece is dedicated to my very special Team, both here and above the clouds, and to everyone who has trusted me with a reading during my almost 38 years of doing this work.

There are so many aspects to my life as a psychic — and sometimes medium — that I hardly know where to start. So don’t be surprised if I wander around a little. This is simply an insight into what life feels like from my side of the fence.

When Caught Between Two Worlds was published, I was overwhelmed by the response. I genuinely didn’t think people would be that interested in my story. That may surprise you, but for much of my life I assumed everyone experienced things the way I did. Why would anyone want to read about my life?

Turns out… they did.

And, as it turns out, I actually love hearing about yours too.

I believe that, to some degree, we all have intuition and spiritual awareness. In Caught Between Two Worlds, I tried to show readers how these experiences have appeared in my own life and how I learned to understand them. A large part of my work has always been about taking some of the mystery and fear out of the psychic and spiritual worlds.

After all… we all have Souls.

Thoughts, Messages and Learning the Difference

Oh boy, this could still turn into a very long cuppa. I have so much I want to share with you. So first — more coffee, Smith’s Cheese and Onion chippies, water, chocolate and my Epic Celtic Cinematic music playing far too loudly!

It is actually quite hard for me to explain what life feels like inside my head because I don’t know what it feels like inside yours.

My mind never really stops. Even when I’m asleep, the action continues in my dreams. Sometimes I wish I could simply download everything onto a USB and let you see it the way I do.

When I think, I hear my own internal voice. I think about ordinary human things — my family, work, bills, travel, what I’m going to wear, and whether eating chips for breakfast is really such a terrible idea. Those thoughts can carry all the usual human emotions too: worry, stress, fear and anxiety.

But what I experience as a message feels different.

The words may still arrive internally, but they don’t feel as though I have deliberately created them. Sometimes information arrives that I would have no obvious way of knowing. Just as importantly, the feeling that accompanies it is different — calmer, clearer and often filled with a sense of reassurance and love.

Over many years I have learned to recognise what I understand as the difference between my own thoughts and the guidance I believe I receive from my Team of Guides.

Sometimes those messages relate to my own life. Sometimes they are for people I love. During readings, they may arrive as words, feelings, images or what I describe as scenes from a movie playing inside my mind.

And that distinction is important:

When I give a psychic reading, I give you what I receive — not simply what I think.

Psychic Readings for me are just like watching a movie, albeit, inside of my head. I am just the narrator of the movie.

When someone comes to me for a reading, I try to put aside everything I know about them and simply focus on what comes through. Whether the reading is by phone, video or email, my job is the same — to stay open, listen carefully and share the information as clearly as I can

I do not tell people what I think they want to hear. I simply share what I believe I am receiving, as honestly and clearly as I can.

If I receive nothing about a particular subject, I won’t make something up just to fill the silence. My integrity matters enormously to me, and I would rather say, “I’m not getting anything on that,” than pretend I am.

What I will share with you is the information I believe comes through from Spirit, my Team of Guides and, at times, your own Guides — whatever is there for you to hear, feel and understand at that time.

After all, THIS is the Life that counts. Right here. Right now!

A psychic reading is not about hearing only what you want to hear. Sometimes the messages are reassuring, sometimes thought-provoking and sometimes challenging. After almost 38 years of doing this work, I have learned how important it is to deliver what I receive with care, honesty and compassion.

Being psychic is not something I simply switch on and off. I tried once. I asked my Team to take it all away from me because, at the time, I was tired of carrying so much awareness. But when that sense of connection disappeared, I felt strangely empty. It made me realise just how deeply this part of me is woven into who I am.

Caught Between Two Worlds

The title of my first book describes my life perfectly — I really do feel Caught Between Two Worlds.

I live a very ordinary human life, complete with family, work, bills, worries and all the usual human stuff. But I also experience life through what I understand as my Soul — through intuition, feelings, guidance and a spiritual awareness that has been with me for as long as I can remember.

When I don’t understand a situation or a person, I often try to step away from all the noise in my head and look at it from that deeper Soul perspective. It doesn’t necessarily make the situation easier, but it often helps me understand it very differently.

I believe we are all at different places in our spiritual journey. Some people feel deeply connected to that part of themselves, while others may barely think about it at all — and that’s perfectly okay. I no longer try to measure or compare where somebody else is spiritually. Their journey is theirs, just as mine is mine.

And being psychic doesn’t stop when I leave a reading. I still notice people, feelings and little intuitive nudges when I’m shopping, travelling or simply going about my day.

Over the years there have been many occasions when I have felt I was in exactly the right place at exactly the right time for someone who needed a few words, some reassurance or simply a little kindness.

Those unexpected moments are still some of my favourite kinds of readings.

Sometimes I’m Simply in the Right Place at the Right Time

It was Easter 2016 and I was returning from a trip to Lakes Entrance, where I had been giving presentations and book signings. Early one morning I stopped at a petrol station in a little country town. There was no one else around apart from a lovely middle-aged woman behind the counter. We exchanged a little small talk, I paid for my fuel and walked back out to the car. But before I could leave, I felt very strongly that I needed to go back inside. I believed my Team had given me a message for her, so I wrote it inside the front of one of my books and went back in to give it to her.

When I went back inside, she looked at me as if to say, “Did you forget something?” I explained that I had a copy of my book for her and that I had written a personal message inside. She read it and immediately burst into tears. Then she looked at me and asked, “May I give you a hug?” You know me — I’ll never knock back a hug! She came around the counter and we hugged like old friends. When she pulled away, still crying, she said, “This is EXACTLY what I needed to read today. How on earth did you know?” Then her boss appeared from the back room asking what on earth was going on. What happened next surprised even me. She stood tall, took off her apron, looked him straight in the eye and said, “You can stick your job where the sun don’t shine, mate. I’m outta here!” And so was I — quietly heading back to my car with a little smile, believing once again that I had been put exactly where I needed to be that morning

Even now, I still wake up with a sense of curiosity about what the day might bring and whether my Team will place me in just the right spot for someone who needs a little reassurance, guidance or kindness.

Perfect Timing at Sydney Airport

A few years ago I was flying home from Sydney after a security scare had caused delays at the airport. The terminal was packed, with people sitting almost everywhere. Just as I was looking for somewhere to sit, two seats became available at a table. I sat beside a young man having his lunch, then invited another woman who was also looking for a seat to join us. We were complete strangers, but within minutes both began sharing very personal things with me. I felt guided to pass on messages I believed were from loved ones who had passed over. For the next half hour or so, the noise and crowds around us seemed to disappear as we talked, cried, hugged and held hands. Eventually they both looked at me and asked, almost together, “Are you psychic?” I simply raised my eyebrows and looked upwards.

We had arrived as strangers, but by the time we parted, we had shared something deeply human and heartfelt.

I hadn’t asked where she was flying, but after we passed through security I found myself standing beside her again. I asked, “Where are you flying to?” She replied, “Adelaide.” I laughed and said, “Me too. What’s your seat number?” She showed me her boarding pass — and, of course, she was sitting right next to me. The funny thing was that during the flight home, she ended up helping me with something personal I was dealing with in my own life. I have never forgotten Stella B. If you are reading this, Stella, I still send you my love and gratitude for sharing that flight with me.

They are the kinds of things that happen to me ALL the time.

They are the kinds of things that I embrace.

I have so many of these beautiful moments — enough to fill a book. Oh wait… I’ve already done that! And there are still plenty more stories left to tell.

But there are also times when I doubt myself.

A Reading Feels Like Watching a Movie

When I do a psychic reading, it often feels as though I am watching a movie inside my head about the person and their life. I see it scene by scene and simply narrate what I believe I am being shown. Sometimes even I am surprised by how specific those scenes can be.

Let me give you an example:

One evening, a woman came to see me for a reading. Let’s call her Sheree. When I asked what had brought her to me, she explained that she and her husband were considering three different business opportunities and wanted some guidance about which direction might be right for them.

It didn’t take long for her “movie” to start. In fact, this one felt more like a cartoon! What came through was so unusual that even I was wondering where it was going, but I simply described what I believed I was being shown.

“….Well, Sheree,  I can see hills in the country side, not big hills but still, too high to climb. I see three, no four properties! Three of them are set back against the hillside, a bit like a farm stay but the other one is off to the side. It looks like a normal house. It’s a big farmhouse, with a veranda all the way around it at the side of the driveway, but then the driveway continues to the other houses!  I think this is where you live because I really cannot see you living in any of the other houses on the property that’s for sure! It’s weird …..All I want to say is it looks like somewhere that the three little pigs live! It’s almost like a “farm stay” but it’s unfinished. Maybe when it’s finished it will be good but not as it is right now. I love the garden though. It looks to me, like each plant regardless whether, fruit, vegetable, bush or tree is edible. It looks like you can eat everything in this garden even the flowers! Oh how lovely! It has a meandering path and looks like people can learn from what you have planted in this garden. But these three houses intrigue me. It looks like a place people can stay on weekends but normally places like that all have identical transportable homes. These ones however are set back against the hill. One looks like it’s made of straw, one looks like it’s made of mud and the other one looks like it’s made of something that I can’t quite make out. Weird….And I want to keep calling this the “3 Little Pigs Retreat! How funny. Does this mean anything to you?”

To which my client replied “Oh how wonderful! That’s extraordinary! That’s exactly what my Dad has named the property! The 3 Little Pigs Retreat! You see, we’re building exactly that! A house of straw, a house of mud and a house of hemp! We’re doing this in the country and yes! They are situated right against a hill all 3 of them with the main house, our house, situated at the top of the driveway like you said, IS where we live. The garden is in actual fact a Teaching Garden. Our aim is to build a weekend retreat where people from the city who are considering living off the grid and seeking alternative housing styles, can come and stay in one of our very unique homes to help them decide which one they would choose for themselves! My Dad has named it the “3 Little Pigs Retreat and it’s actually almost finished!”

We both laughed at how closely what I had described matched what they were creating. For Sheree, the reading gave her confidence about the direction she and her husband were already considering. We also discussed the other two business opportunities, but neither had appeared in the same way during the reading.

As I’ve said, I see the reading as a story unfolding in front of me and my role is simply to narrate what I believe I am being shown. Sometimes those stories can give people the confidence to make changes they have already been considering. Craig’s reading was another example of that.

Craig contacted me one windy winter’s day and asked whether I was available to do a psychic reading for him there and then. I checked in with my Team, felt comfortable proceeding, and we arranged the reading.

When someone asks for a reading at short notice, I usually take a moment to check in with myself and with my Team before I agree. With Craig, I felt very quickly that the answer was yes. Once we were ready to begin, his “movie” started almost immediately.

“….Craig, I see you shuffling paper from one side of a desk to the other. You look miserable I must say! I see that you are not really achieving anything productive as such. There’s a calculator in the middle and a computer screen onto which you are entering data. To be honest Craig, I feel like you are in the wrong movie or I’m watching the wrong movie but I’ve checked and it IS your movie. So, if this is the wrong movie….let me find the right one for you….”  Hang on. I asked my Team to play me the movie that I could narrate to Craig. This second movie I liked much better but was actually a continuation from the other one.

The narration continued: “…. Ah this movie is better. I like this one Craig. Oh boy, you need to get out from behind that desk. Wait! I see hidden underneath all the papers on your desk, drawings of gardens. Not just any garden and not just any drawing. These were very intricate and measured drawings of gardens. Tiny courtyard gardens transformed to give the illusion of a very elaborate and interesting illusion that the garden was in fact much bigger than it actually was! Oh, Craig I love it….this is what you are meant to do….”

 I asked Craig if this information meant anything for him. Here’s Craig’s reply:

“…Oh Marion, thank you thank you! Yes, yes, yes…..wait, I will take a photo of the very pages you talk about, they are all buried here somewhere underneath all my accounting and taxation paperwork. You see, I work as a Tax Consultant and am sick to death of dealing with people’s personal taxes and I spend half my time designing court yard gardens. They are all themed. Here I will send you the one with the statue features that are exactly as you described them in my Reading. I am simply astounded at the detailed accuracy you gave me. I have been longing to give up my tax work for years and get into business for myself designing these gardens. You have given me confirmation today that that is exactly what I need to do. Thank you so much….”

And sure enough, within 5 minutes I had in my hand the very drawings Craig had drawn and I had seen in his “movie”.  I will certainly use Craig when I build my house on my small block of land as he really IS gifted and no doubt, no longer, a Tax Agent!!

Psychic readings can also give me insight into where someone may be on their spiritual journey — the lessons they may be working through, the patterns that keep appearing in their life and sometimes the things they are beginning to understand about themselves.

Sometimes I can also see where a person may be struggling and what might help them move forward. But I don’t believe it is my job to hand someone every answer or shortcut. Some lessons only make sense when we live through them for ourselves.

These can be some of the hardest readings, because people do not always want to hear something that challenges the way they have been seeing a situation. I can only share what I believe I am receiving. What someone chooses to do with that information is entirely up to them — their life, their choices and their journey

In my personal life, I have been called full on, unstable and weird. Years ago, those words really hurt me. These days I understand myself much better and I no longer feel the same need to explain or defend who I am. Sometimes I will connect deeply with someone and sometimes I simply won’t. Not every person is meant to understand me, and I’m finally okay with that.

Unconditional Love and Acceptance and Expectation of Others have been my biggest lessons in life and knowing when to walk away, as there’s simply nothing left that I can teach and that life itself will take care of the lessons for the Soul I am walking away from. Just like a high school teacher might stand at the front of his Year 12 class at the end of another school Year, hands on hips, shaking his head knowing that some WILL make it out there in the big wide world and some just won’t! Some may even repeat Year 12. The Year 12 teacher can only take faith that the Universe will teach them all he couldn’t!

It might be in this lifetime and it might not!

This is one of the reasons I have often found it difficult to fit comfortably into normal social situations. For a long time I wondered why I felt so different. These days I no longer try so hard to fit in. I have learned that I am much happier simply being myself, even if that means standing a little apart from the crowd.

Whether I’m ducking down to the shops in my trackie top and jarmy bottoms, sailing, sitting in a library, waiting at the doctor or getting my hair done, I don’t simply stop being psychic. I take all of me wherever I go. I love people-watching, noticing what I pick up and learning from the world around me. In many ways, everyday life has always been part of my “prac.”

I understand my “stuff.” You don’t have to — but I do. Over the years, the people closest to me have had to learn what life is like from my side of things, and I’ve had to learn who genuinely supports me and who simply wants access to what I can give them. That has taught me a lot about boundaries, energy and the importance of protecting my own space.

There have been plenty of times when I’ve felt invisible or like I simply didn’t fit in. In those moments, I’ve sometimes used the time to quietly practise and hone my intuition — noticing what I pick up about people around me, writing down impressions, names or little details and later seeing what, if anything, turned out to be accurate. Some people doodle. I “Read” people. It has always been one of the ways I learn.

And yes — sometimes the information I receive in a reading relates to people who are still very much alive. For me, a reading is not only about those who have passed over. It can also bring through insight about the people, relationships and situations that are part of your life right now.

I remember sitting at a swimming centre many years ago while my kids were having lessons. A friend mentioned to the people behind us that I was psychic, which immediately brought the inevitable, “Prove it!” I’ve never been comfortable with being treated like a party trick or asked to perform on demand. My Gift is personal, and I have always believed it should be shared when the timing feels right — not simply because someone wants a demonstration.

People often say to me, “Oh, you should meet this person — you’ll LOVE them!” Sometimes they’re right. Sometimes, even before I meet that person, I already feel that we probably won’t be a comfortable fit. I’ve learned not to force connections just because somebody else thinks two people should get along. Not everyone belongs in the same puzzle, and that’s okay.

When You shake hands with someone, all You feel you are doing is physically shaking their hand! However, when I shake hands with someone, I automatically gain access to everything about them! You’ve heard the saying that when someone is close to passing away “their life flashes before their eyes!” Well for me, when someone talks to me about someone they know and/or want me to meet and/or I meet someone, this is EXACTLY what happens to me except “YOUR life flashes before MY eyes!”

Just for a moment, put yourself in my shoes. Think about how many people you meet, speak to, message or even think about in a single day.

Now imagine receiving strong impressions about some of those people almost automatically. It can be fascinating, but it can also be overwhelming.

I wouldn’t want it any other way, but it can be overwhelming at times. Even something as ordinary as sitting in a café, walking into an antique shop or trying on second-hand jewellery can sometimes bring up impressions or feelings for me. Over the years I’ve learned how to tune much of that out when I need to — especially when there’s a bargain involved!

You get my point. What feels ordinary to someone else can sometimes feel very different from my side of the experience.

Let me put it this way. Imagine you were a nurse at the scene of an emergency, but you were not allowed to step in and help unless someone asked you to. You could see the pain, the confusion and what might help, but you still had to keep your hands in your pockets and respect that it was not your place to interfere.

Sometimes that is what everyday life can feel like for me. I may sense that someone is struggling or feel that I could help, but I also know I cannot simply step into another person’s life uninvited. I have had to learn the difference between receiving an impression and having permission to act on it.

There have been many times when I’ve been out with friends — at lunch, dinner or shopping — and suddenly received what I believe is a message for someone in the group, sometimes even someone I have only just met. I usually write it down quietly and wait until the right moment to share it. My friends have seen this happen many times over the years.

Sometimes these impressions can come through the moment I meet someone, which is one reason I can find some social situations overwhelming. I don’t want to switch off this part of myself, because it is part of who I am. These days I no longer apologise for that. Take me as you find me. You may not always understand me — and that’s okay.

I believe these experiences can remind us that life may be far more layered than we sometimes realise. I don’t expect everyone to understand them the way I do. I can only share what has happened to me, how I have understood it, and leave you to decide what it means to you.

One funny downside of being so intuitive is that I’m rarely completely surprised by a gift. Quite often I have a strong feeling about what I’m getting before I open it. How do I know? I honestly don’t know — sometimes I just do.

I often suggest that people jot down the questions they most want answered before a psychic reading. Some people have been told they shouldn’t ask questions, but I see it differently. If something is important to you, I want to know what it is so we can make sure your priorities are not forgotten.

Imagine you’re driving along and suddenly remember you need milk. You stop at the supermarket, go inside and come back out with chips and chocolate — but no milk. Milk was the thing you actually needed. If you had written it down, you probably wouldn’t have forgotten it. That is how I think about questions before a reading.

I tell people, “If you’re coming for a psychic reading, you already know what the priorities are in your life — so jot them down and let’s talk about them.” Otherwise I might wander through all sorts of interesting areas and you could leave with the spiritual equivalent of yoghurt, cheese, avocado, dip, chips and chocolate — but still no milk! Your questions help make sure we cover what matters most to you.

Sometimes the information that comes through is not what the person expects. I remember asking one woman if the names “Winnie” and “Fred” meant anything to her. She laughed and said, “That’s one person — Winifred. She always joked she was two for the price of one!” On another occasion, I received the name Michael, but what came through related to someone who was still alive — her grandson, who was about to have an operation. Those moments are a good reminder to me not to assume where the information is going before it arrives.

Sometimes I feel I am “way off the mark” and do not understand why the messages that come through can be hurtful to the person I am Reading for. Not hurtful as such, but it can be interpreted that way at the time, but always seem to work out nonetheless. I’d like to give the example of Steve and Caitlin: Steve came to me for a Reading one day. He’d already had a few but this time, his questions were more specific. Steve was in love and wanted to propose to his girlfriend. However, I saw different and believe I upset Steve when I didn’t give him the news he desperately wanted! Steve was 26 years old at the time.

When a Reading Says Something You Don’t Want to Hear

“….Steve, I see that you will not get married to your girlfriend! I see instead that you will break up 6 weeks before your 27^th birthday!” Steve was shocked and just didn’t believe it. But I continued nonetheless “….Steve, I see that you will break up with your girlfriend 6 weeks before your 27^th birthday BUT you WILL meet a very special girl, one that you may indeed marry. You will meet her just 2 weeks after your 27^th birthday! However, she will be pregnant (but not to you Steve). I am also totally mesmerised by her incredibly blue eyes! I have never seen eyes like hers before. They look like they could be coloured contact lenses but they’re not, they are very significant features though. You will know her when you see her….!)

Steve was understandably shocked and didn’t believe what I had told him. He was disappointed with the reading and said he was still going to ask his girlfriend to marry him. I could completely understand why — what I had described was not the future he wanted to hear about.

After Steve left, I doubted myself. The information had been so specific, but it also seemed so unlikely. I went back over the reading in my mind and checked in with my Team again, because I needed to know whether I had misunderstood what I believed I was receiving.

About ten months to a year later, Steve rang me one Sunday evening while I was preparing dinner. At first, he sounded serious enough that I wondered whether something had gone terribly wrong. Then he began to tell me what had happened since his reading.

“Steve began by reminding me how disappointed he had been with the reading. For a moment I thought he was ringing to complain — and then he said, “But…it was also PERFECT!”

“…Steve explained that six weeks before his 27th birthday, his girlfriend had ended their relationship. Then, exactly two weeks after his birthday, he met Caitlin — a woman with striking blue eyes who was pregnant to her former partner. He told me they had fallen deeply in love and were now engaged. What had sounded impossible to him during the reading had unfolded almost exactly as I had described it.”

Steve later sent me a photo of Caitlin. Her striking blue eyes were exactly what had stood out to me during the reading. When I eventually met them together at the Adelaide Psychic Expo, I was delighted to see how happy they were.

Sometimes, You Ask for a Miracle

One day, while I was towing my caravan north towards the Whitsundays, I was having one of those moments where I was wondering whether I was doing the right thing.

So I asked Opa for a miracle.

“A miracle,” I said. “Right now, while I’m driving.”

About ten minutes later, I looked across to a paddock on the driver’s side of the road and saw a white shipping container sitting in the field.

Written across the side of it in large blue letters was one word:

MIRACLE

I actually took a photo because even I could hardly believe what I was seeing.

Was it coincidence? Maybe.

Was it exactly what I had asked for, at exactly the moment I needed reassurance? To me, yes. And perhaps that is the point.

Sometimes the things that restore our faith do not arrive with thunderbolts or flashing lights. Sometimes they are sitting quietly in a paddock beside the road, waiting for us to notice them.

This is what happened to me. This is how I understood it. You decide what it means to you

And if there is one thing I hope you take from all of these stories, it is this:

Leave a little room in your life for miracles

Moments like that remind me why I have continued doing this work for so many years.

I could go on and on — there are still so many stories I could tell you. Hopefully by now, though, you have a little more insight into what life can feel like from my side of things.

If there is something you would like me to write about, please tell me. I still love sharing the stories, lessons and experiences that have shaped my life and my work. These days you can also explore more of my writing, books, videos and Practical Spirituality articles here on my website.

One of the hardest things is not having someone to share my stories with in my personal life anymore…so,  I would like to thank you for letting me share with you a very small insight into what life is like for me so that maybe when you wake up tomorrow morning, you will be grateful to be YOU! I know I do!

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Psychic & Spiritual Readings — learn how I work with my Team of Guides, how information comes through and what you can expect during a reading.

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Caught Between Two Worlds — discover more about my first book and the experiences that helped shape my understanding of the psychic and spiritual worlds.