In August 2006 I traveled to England and took an Advanced Mediumship course with Tony Stockwell. A very common thing in England is to do "stage demonstrations." This is where you stand in front of an audience and make connections for those that Spirit chooses to come through for. Part of our training was to do this...the first time was on the first day! It was the most anxiety causing part of the week long training for me. As I had only been a medium for 4 years I was still nervous to do 1-1 sessions, let along in front of groups!!!

Anyway I made it through and the feedback I received from the evaluators in the group was awesome. When I returned home I set up my first "stage demonstration" in October of 2006. 2 days before I was to go on stage - I got strep throat. I took this as a sign that I wasn't ready. It wasn't long before I lost all confidence and let the whole idea go completely.

Fast forward to January 2010. I was in Mexico and had received an email from the coordinator of the Holistic Health Fair in St Paul. A couple of her keynote speakers had backed out and was wondering if I would be interested, and if so, what would I want to speak on? I said yes and as I was typing my team of angels and guides told me to speak on, and demonstrate mediumship. I ignored them and told her I needed to spend a couple days meditating on what to speak on. After I pressed send my team told me, again, what it was going to be - again I ignored them. I took those couple days but the message from my team only got louder. Over the years I have learned that listening to my team is always the best way...so I did.

That takes me to my experience yesterday - I DID IT!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! Although for the few hours before it was my time to go on stage I was nervous and considered leaving the building so they couldn't find me! Luckily my sister Bobi had a table beside me, and told me that she had people watching me and if I tried to leave - I would be stopped. LOL (and a BIG thank you to Bobi for supporting me through my few hours of craziness before I went on stage, I know it wasn't easy)

Once I got up there it was life changing. I felt confident, I felt loved, I felt supported. I have done many speaking engagements before, but this time I was also embracing all of my gifts, my abilities, my talents. And best of all - I DID IT!!! The connections were so strong and powerful. Everyone that received a connection was moved to tears. I feel so incredibly blessed to be a part of that.

The response from some of the audience members that came to talk to me afterwards was awesome. It was like my team spoke through each of them for me. The audience members became mediums for ME!!

All the things I was worried about prior to going on stage - I received positive feedback about afterwards from someone. It was amazing. One of my concerns was that I would be boring; a couple ladies told me that they could have listened to me all night. Another concern was that I wouldn't be clear enough; a few people told me that I was so clear and easy to understand. Incredible!

It truly was a beautiful experience. I am so grateful to my team who pushed me, to my friends who supported me (in person and energetically), to the audience who loved me, and to myself for taking the steps towards becoming all I can be. As Helen Keller said, "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."  

What steps can you take today to become the best you that you can be???

Living my dream, with love,