Psychic Su Walker -- Clairvoyant & Medical Intuitive

Missing Person Cases

2011-05-24T09:56:00.002-05:00

How do I as a psychic investigator, start to work on a case involving a missing person? Honestly, I approach it from several different angles simultaneously. I'm involved in a case here in Iowa currently and can walk you step by step through the process as it evolves.

1) I am called in on the case...usually by the family, close friends, or law enforcement involved. I always acquire the name of the investigative agency the family is working with and either let them know myself that the family has called me in on the case, or the family informs the agency. Note: If a perpetrator is still at large, if providing information to the family would potentially put any of them in harms way, I funnel ALL information I gather directly to the investigative agency and not to the family itself.

2) I take the missing person's name(s), their birth dates, and the city and state where they live. I also ask for a recent photograph. If the clothing they were last seen in is available, I take down those details as well.

3) I ask for the last date, place and time where someone new exactly where the missing person was last seen. If a vehicle is involved, I take a description of that (make, model, year, color.)

4) Holding the above information loosely, either at my home or on site, I go back in time to the last known location and psychically begin asking for information. I pay attention to detailed phrases that enter my head, compass directions, sense of distance from the starting point, and any other clues that may come while sitting still. I usually get an immediate sense of whether the person is alive or deceased.

5) Establishing the path or route - In cases where I am able to be on site, I will lock onto the missing individual. If they are deceased, they often provide me with clues as I drive from their last known location. If not, I utilize Google maps, satellite images and street views to assist me as I dowse the route.

6) Often times, if the missing individual was taken by car, or drove themselves somewhere, I will psychically put myself in the back seat of the car and look for distinctive landscape features, signs, markers, or buildings....anything that is more than just numbers of roads or highways. Remember, psychic information comes in the right brain, so shapes, colors, turns, even sometimes compass directions and estimated distance are all much easier to pick up than the number of a house or highway.

7) I keep a notebook beside me as I psychically travel the route and note any details, clues or phrases that spontaneously arise or come from the missing person. I do not edit anything because most of the time it's the strangest, weirdest phrases that turn out to be the most accurate. If it feels like the missing person is actually speaking their own words, I put quotes around the phrase and note the date and time. I also write down the exact route that I took so it can easily be retraced later.

8) I pay very close attention to what I call the "too far" feeling. For me, it feels as if I've hit a wall of thickened Jello and have to turn around and go back to the place where I feel like I'm in the right zone or area. It's not unlike the childhood game Warmer/Colder because there is a distinct feeling that comes with psychically catching a positive scent. If I have narrowed the search down to a specific area, let's say a large woods, I will circle the area first looking for warmer spots or anything distinctive that calls to me. If you tell searchers the missing person is "by a tree" that's not going to help a bit. If you instead say, "look 30 feet back from the pull in on the north side of the woods, you'll see coiled up wire or barbed wire to your right....ignore that but go left from there and watch the ground carefully for a black slip on shoe at the edge where the gravel meets the grass,"....you can see where these specifics can help searchers know they've hit the right area.

9) I still utilize plain old investigative 101 logic in conjunction with my searching. If a person went missing in the middle of the night, or if a murder is suspected and a gun was utilized, you have different search parameters than in daylight. If I can, I check out the weather from the local airport data at the time of the disappearance.

10) When I'm working a case, I will often spend several minutes before bed time each night asking for any help that can be had from individual's in the spirit realm. I specifically ask for the missing person to show me in my dreams any and all helpful detailed information.

I may add more to this blog as I work on this case and details of how I work a psychic investigation come to me.

2010-11-30T19:51:00.003-06:00

Okay...just in case folks have forgotten as we head into the cold and flu season.... This is the the usual immune system boosters reminder for when you feel you are coming down with the CRUD:
500 mg Vitamin C every 3 hours to boost the immune system. Zinc up to 100 mg per day to make it really hard for the bacteria to have babies.
Lysine - 1 capsule per day because many viruses hate lysine and because it boosts the immune system (but only keep it up for 10 days to 2 weeks.) Never take L-Lysine more than 6 months without a break!
Olive leaf extract (for it's anti-viral AND anti-bacterial AND anti-fungal properties) 3 capsules (1500 mg) every six hours like clockwork for 10 days when you feel the icky symptoms coming on. This is a really potent dosage that's used in 3rd world countries to fight HIV and malaria...yep, it's that good!

Eat foods that boost the immune system...garlic is at the top of the list. I would rank fresh pineapple for it's bromelain (strong anti inflammatory) content second and also because of it's vitamin C and fresh papaya (for it's papain anti inflammatory content) third. If you are experiencing arthritis sorts of symptoms...lots of fresh or frozen cherries and cherry juice please!)

Remember, bacteria and viruses grow in a very narrow temperature range AND pH range and anything you can do to take them out of their comfort zone will help. If it's a throat infection, put on a scarf and wear it all day. If it's a lung infection, put a heating pad on your chest. If you want to make your body more alkaline...take the dairy, carbohydrates and protein down to almost nothing in your diet and stick with the fruits and veggies. These are the things that digest as alkaline. Remember, figs and dates are the two fruits that are the ones the create a basic or alkaline environment in your system the fastest. If you don't have an issue with salt, 1/2 of a teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of water every 4 hours will help as well!

Drink a gallon of water per day (tea, coffee, bottled water...it's all good.) Flush your system! If you struggle with low thyroid, make sure your water source does not have flourine or chlorine. It's way too close to iodine on the period table and can mess us your thyroid hormones.

Take hot hot baths...remember fevers and chills are trying to take your body out of the bacteria's comfort zone...help your body out and sweat out the bacterial die off as much as you can. Baths with Epsom Salts help. Steam saunas or sweat lodges help. Just remember your electrolytes!~ I like Smart water, but you can help your body with Gatoraide or just plain ole water and a half of a banana plus a mini bag of potato chips. (Remember, our muscles when dehydrated need sodium like in salt and potassium, like in bananas or potatoes.)

If your muscles just plain ache or want to easily cramp up, remember 1500 mg of Cal/Mag daily will make you not cramp so easily. If you are a smoker or caffeine person...up it to 2000 daily (because the caffeine molecule and the nicotine molecule bind to the calcium and steal it away so you can't utilize it.) The calcium is the only element on the periodic table that allows your muscles to fully relax! However, the one exception to this is if you have ever had calcium based kidney stones. Then...take 750 magnesium but get your calcium naturally, preferably from plain yogurt.

Take 1 capsule of pro-biotic or eat one yogurt per day to keep your good bacteria in your digestive system going strong because any antibiotics you take will kill off the good guys along with the bad guys. (Yep, antibiotics are really powerful, but stupid...they slay ALL bacteria...no matter if they are helpful to us or not...thus we need to replentish!)

Don't do dairy while you have an active "mucus drainage" sort of infection or stuff up easily...dairy (from cows) is the most mucus forming, body fluid thickening stuff we digest. Stay away from milk, cheese, etc. and it will be easier for you to cough up anything you have sitting in your lungs or not make the mucus crud from your sinuses that you have to cough up )after it drains down into your lungs) in the first place.

Finally, get your sleep! Even if you have to temporarily take something to help that's natural...a couple of valerian capsules (I know it smells like dirty socks but it works) or melatonin (just 1 mg is plenty) are two excellent suggestions.

I figured all of us shared germs (viral/bacterial...whatever) with family and friends from all around the country or even the world over the American Thanksgiving holiday and that this might help because we are hitting the "post T-day" viral/bacterial sharing symptoms. Ward things off at the pass if you sense that tickle coming on. Hit all of these hard if you are experiencing active symptoms and by all means, feel better!

Hugs to all! - Su

The Bubble

2010-09-24T09:25:00.003-05:00

About 15 years ago, a gal who worked as a grounds keeper at the Woodward State Hospital in Woodward, Iowa came to me with an unusual story. It was a cloudy, overcast breezy October day in the mid 1990s and she was enjoying one of the last fall mowings of the year. Just about the end of her shift, between 3 and 4 pm she noticed something odd. What appeared to be a giant soap bubble was floating on the breeze toward her location. This bubble she described as "like the one Glenda the Good Witch came in" in the famous Wizard of Oz movie. It was larger than a basketball, but not as big as a medicine ball.

My client was curious and mildly amused, and then suddenly startled when the bubble stopped 30-40 feet in front of her tractor. She stopped the mower, but didn't shut it off and thus couldn't tell me if the bubble made any kind of noise. It hovered there, defying the breeze for 3-4 minutes somewhere between 8 and 10 feet off the ground. Then, to her amazement, it slowly floated back the way it came, moving against the wind!

I mention this now, only because on September 1, 2010, a woman in China observed what sounds like the identical phenomena! Until today, I had never heard a story even close to anything like the one my client had described and was delighted this one came with a picture.

The photo below comes from an article posted by MUFON. The story they printed was brief...ENJOY!

Hong Kong Plasma

SHA TIN-- I was outside hanging up the washing on my balcony on September 1, 2010. As I looked towards the trees, I noticed a spherical object hovering in front of the trees. It was pulsing in brightness. The object seemed to go from transparent to solid. It was very bright with no sound. It did not seem to move. It stayed in one spot, the pulsing got faster and then the object disappeared. The object was about the size of a large inflatable beach ball. I observed it for about five minutes.

Fibromyalgia? Avoid these Foods!

2010-08-23T09:31:00.002-05:00

I ran across a well written article on Web-MD this morning addressing the topic of fibromyalgia and diet. It echoed exactly what I have been telling my medical intuitive clients for years! I really liked the fact that the author mentioned that fibro sufferers often have related illnesses such as Restless Leg Syndrome, Gluten Intolerance, and Gout (a form of arthritis.) The entire article is listed here (http://www.webmd.com/fibromyalgia/guide/fibromyalgia-the-diet-connection) if you would like to read the entire piece. The quick summary is below:

Avoid these Seven Foods if you suffer from fibromyalgia:
1) Artificial sweeteners of all kinds - I honestly don't recommend any of them!
2) MSG, (all glutamates!) and nitrates - these jazz up your nervous system response and can lead to a bit of nervous system overload. Remember, there are now about 24+ different ways glutamates are listed as food additives in the ingredients list of things you purchase at the grocery store.
3) Refined sugars (white sugar, brown sugar, powdered sugar, corn syrup) and simple carbohydrates (things made with refined wheat flour) - sugar and foods that break down into sugar quickly don't by themselves cause pain, but they can increase your pain perception by a lot AND feed any yeast over abundance in your body.
4) Caffeine and chocolate - caffeine is a vaso - constrictor and while it might wake us up a bit more by causing more of an adrenaline push, it also causes less blood flow and steals away the calcium molecules so we don't get the benefit of better sleep and muscle relaxation. Remember, caffeine has a LONG half life and the coffee you drink today can still be detected in your body 8 plus days later!
5) Yeast, products raised or fermented with yeast, and gluten (wheat, rye, oats, barley) - make your grains of choice those that don't feet yeast easily (corn, rice) and shy away from those grains that contain gluten.
6) Bovine dairy products (with the exception of plain homemade yogurt.)
7) Nightshade family foods (potatoes, tomatoes, sweet peppers, hot peppers, eggplant, tobacco) - these contain solanine, a glycoalkaloid poison. It's highest concentration is found in potatoes, especially those that are older and whose eyes are beginning to show signs of sprouting as well as potatoes that have a greenish tinge under the skin.

I have personally found that fibromyalgia and vegetarian diets are a very tough mix. Fibro folks seem to do better with more B vitamin rich foods as well as a good regular iron source to help them make better hemoglobin and thus carry more oxygen in the body.

An Iowa Farmer's Close Encounter of the Third Kind

2010-06-02T08:25:00.015-05:00

With the approach this weekend of the Iowa Metaphysical Fair in Des Moines, I was sipping my coffee and thinking back about all the amazing folks I've met and the stories told to me over the years at that event.

One of the most unusual true experiences came from a long time farmer that lived close to Boone, IA, and what happened to him one bright, sunny fall day while harvesting his soybeans.

In June of 2001, a tall, silver haired, 80 plus year old gentleman sat down in the old folding chair across the table from me, his blue eyes bright and glinting with years of experience and wisdom. He was wearing faded blue jeans, a seed corn cap and a nicely pressed plaid shirt. His strong face and slightly knarled hands told me he'd spent years out working in the Iowa corn and bean fields. He extended one of those hands and introduced himself as Roy P.

I was surprised when the next words out of his mouth were, "Can I ask you something and you can tell me whether or not I really saw what I saw or if I'm going crazy? I need to know if I'm losing it." He was serious, and I could tell he was really, truly worried about whether he had symptoms that signaled the onset of dementia.

"Of course," I replied. "Tell me what happened."

The octogenarian slowly took off his seed corn cap, and he looked at me earnestly and bent in, lowering his voice.

"I was out last fall in my harvester, 'bout mid October, finishing up combining a row of beans. It was a bright sunny day, oh...about lunch time, and I noticed that some vines had caught in the front of the rig so I stopped and climbed down to pull 'em out." He paused and slowly licked his lips, glancing sideways to see if anyone else was listening before looking back up at me. I nodded for him to continue.

"It was just me there, and I didn't see anybody else or hear 'em coming up. But I don't always hear so good anymore." He pointed to the hearing aid in his left ear. "Then I turned around an' he was there."

"Who was?" I prompted.

"The tall guy," came the response. I had noticed that my elderly client himself was on the tall side, still close to 6 foot 3 inches even in his early eighties. For him to refer to someone else as "tall," made me sit up and take notice. I'd been tracking in my mind the images he was sending, as I always do when someone speaks, but this was very, very different. I wanted to confirm what I was getting.

"He was really tall wasn't he," I prompted. "Long arms, and really long legs."

The farmer nodded. "I figure close to ten feet," he said. "Maybe more." I could tell he was seeing the image in his mind's eye and was trying to be precise.

I swallowed and nodded. I could see where this was going but wanted him to tell it in his own words. "Go on."

"He was only 'bout a dozen feet from me. No clothes, kinda creamy white skin, his head was pretty big an' I didn't see any hair. He had really long skinny arms n' legs. He had them big dark eyes." The old farmer spread his thumb and index finger apart almost three inches to show me what size he meant, "An' they were almond shaped like."

Roy paused, shook his head and ran a hand through his own neatly trimmed silver hair, remembering the strange event. "Heck, I still had my hands full of vines an' I just stood there lookin' at him."

"What did you do?" I asked gently.

He shook his head again. "Well, I stared at him for a few moments and he stared back at me. I was so flabbergasted I didn't move. I wasn't scared, just kinda...well surprised. Then this tall fella, well he....." Roy's voice trailed off. He looked up at me and suddenly there was real worry in his face. "You gotta tell me if I'm crazy," he said earnestly. "Cause I watched his fella slowly turn away from me, reach out a hand like you would if you were gunna open a door, and then step forward into absolutely nothin!"

"He vanished?" I asked.

Roy nodded. "Disappeared in a single step forward and went straight into nothin'. Like he went through an invisible doorway or something. Never saw him again, never knew where he went."

"What did you do?"

"Well, I stood there for a bit to see if he was gunna come back or what. Then I got back into the combine and went home for lunch."

I had to smile at the practical farmer's response. After a moment, I asked, "Did you tell anybody else? Did you report it to anyone?"

Roy snorted. "Heck no! They'd think I was a nut case...might put me in a home or somthing. I ain't told anybody else but you. After I ate, I went back out to the field to finish up the beans...had to, rain was coming. Never saw or heard anything else at all." He leaned forward, his eyes searching mine earnestly. "So?" was all he said.

I smiled and spent the next ten minutes talking to him earnestly about various types of star-nation or extraterrestrial being sorts of encounters and at the end, I reassured him that his description was not uncommon and that he was as sane as the day he was born. I encouraged him to not be scared, to look at it was an amazing life experience and gave him the contact information for the local Iowa MUFON group.

Roy P. nodded his thanks and stood up. He shook my hand briefly, said thank you again and that was all he needed to hear. I watched the lanky farmer saunter away slowly, and I sighed, then smiled. An 80 plus year old Iowa farmer had just gifted me with a marvelous retelling of his own true close encounter of the third kind. I was blessed to be the first one to ever listen to his story.

Gods, I LOVE my job!

Iowa Metaphysical Fair

2010-06-01T07:32:00.002-05:00

This weekend coming up, (yes, June 5th from 11 to 8 and June 6th from 11 to 5) I will be at the Iowa State Fair Grounds in the 4H building doing 15 minute readings for the general public. This marks 20 years that I've been doing this fair since opening my psychic business in 1991. Wow, sure seems like a long long time ago and far, far away.

I've met some fabulous people in my travels all along the way! Married and divorced, had my youngest son, traveled the Caribbean and to Canada, from the Northwest Coast to the tip of Florida. I've taught psychic skill development classes in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas, Nebraska, and even out in Delaware. I've been on national as well as international television, and published a book. I've learned about everything from EFT to tornadoes, quantum physics to fire magic. I can honestly say I've lost count of the number of traditional Lakota sweat lodges that I've been to, can't tell you how many star quilts I've made, and truly count learning this way of life as a wonderful blessing. I even learned how to speak a little Lakota along the way.

So, what do the next 20 years bring? Will I be here in another 20? I would like to think so, but that's going to take me buckling down, working harder on my health, simplifying life a lot more, and getting organized.

I think it's a good day to start.

Happy June 1st, 2010! Hope to see you at the Metaphysical Fair!

I

AMAZING Pain Relief (from papaya of all things!)

2010-05-17T18:09:00.002-05:00

Well, you could have picked my jaw up from off the floor this week.
As a medical intuitive who knows a lot about natural pain relievers and anti inflamatories, I shouldn't have been as surprised as I was, but this sure made me a believer.

I've been limping around with sciatic pain and a bum left hip for more than a year now. Physical therapy, massage therapy, chiropractic adjustments, traditional treatments all seemed to have short lived, temporary results. I've been working on my exercises, walking more, and making sure I have the right shoes. I've been totally resisting going to the doctor for a stronger pain reliever, determined to get on top of this myself.

But I wasn't getting very far. I'd have two or three good days, then a bad flare up. Ibuprofen or naproxen just wasn't cutting the night time pain and so I would toss and turn all night, not finding any good position, even with a pillow between my knees.

Until last week. I was picking up fruit at the local grocery and stumbled upon a sale of papaya, a fruit I had spoken to my clients about for its enzyme papain, but hadn't actually eaten myself in who knew how long. They were half price so I bought one.

Papaya are green yellow on the outside when ripe, and pretty much look and taste like cantelope. They are easy to eat, pare off the skin with a knife, cut it in half the long way down the middle, scoop out the seeds, slice and eat. I ate half of one the first day, saving the other part for later.

I limped to bed, but as the night came on, my hip pain relaxed. It relaxed so much, I got the first good night's sleep in more than a month. I woke up, swung my legs round to the floor, stood up and realized suddenly that I hadn't tossed and turned all night and standing up was easy.

WOOT~!

Cautiously optimistic, I ate the other half of the papaya that evening and experienced the same result. A night of blissful, pain free sleep.

I waited several days, did a little gardening, mushroom hunting, hiking and sure enough, the hip pain returned. I went and bought 2 more papaya. This time I took ibuprofen and ate the papaya in the afternoon instead of the evening. Within 2 hours, my pain was nearly gone (ibuprofen never did that alone!) and stayed good until about midnight that night. Nearly 10 hours after eating two cups of papaya, the anti-inflammatory effects stayed with me that long.

Repeated the ibuprofen with papaya at bedtime last night. It still took a couple of hours for the full pain relieving affect to hit (guess it takes a while to get enough of the enzyme flowing through my system.)

I have another larger papaya ripening on the kitchen counter. More experimentation to come!

2012 Solar Storms

2010-02-04T08:11:00.006-06:00

Every once and a while I get a nice confirmation about a prediction. In April of 2009, I wrote a blog indicating that I psychically detected an strong upsurge in solar storm activity in March of 2012. We've been in a solar minimum, a lull in sun spot activity, that I said would turn and become a period of really strong CMEs or coronal mass ejections that would come back at us with a real wallop.

Today, The Independent Scientist ran an article saying the same thing. This quote comes from the article written by Steve Conner, the science editor there:

"Do not adjust your sets: solar storms could cause blackouts at Olympics

By Steve Connor, Science Editor

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

ESA/ASA

Solar flares erupting from the surface of the Sun fling billions of tonnes of electrically-charged matter towards the Earth in a solar storm

With terrorist threats, dire transport links and overspent budgets you'd be forgiven for thinking that the 2012 London Olympics had enough problems to worry about. But another nightmare scenario has just been added to the Olympic dream – a communications blackout caused by solar storms.

After a period of unprecedented calm within the massive nuclear furnace that powers the Sun, scientists have detected the signs of a fresh cycle of sunspots that could peak in 2012, just in time for the arrival of the Olympic torch in London.

Over the past two years, fewer sunspots have been recorded than at any time since 1913. But now scientists have detected signs that the next cycle has begun and it could peak in two or three years.

They believe that this peak in the next solar cycle could generate the eruption of vast solar explosions that could fling billions of tonnes of charged particles towards the Earth, causing intense solar storms that could jam the telecommunications satellites and internet links transmitting live Olympic coverage from London.

"The Sun is now waking up. The first significant active regions of a new solar activity cycle are forming. In the last two weeks, we have seen the first major flares of a new cycle," said Professor Richard Harrison, head of space physics at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.

"The Sun's activity has a strong influence on the Earth. Space weather can affect the whole population. The recipe is right, it's the beginning of a new cycle. The Olympics could be bang in the middle of the next solar maximum which could affect the transmissions of satellites," he added."

To see the entire article, you can visit: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/do-not-adjust-your-sets-solar-storms-could-cause-blackouts-at-olympics-1887630.html

It's nice to have the scientific community confirm one's psychic predictions.

Psychic Scam Artists

2010-01-29T10:54:00.005-06:00

I just got off the phone with a really nice gal from the Birmingham, Alabama area and am still shaking my head. Yet another new client called me, wanting to know my prices because she had been approached by a different "spiritual adviser" who quoted her some pretty out of this world rates.

Ms. Birmingham wanted to make sure she understood what I charged because a "psychic adviser" (who shall remain forever nameless) she and her sister had gone to see in their area told her in December that the two of them had old baggage hanging on from their childhood and immediately needed a $3000 spiritual cleansing! When the gal I spoke with on the phone balked at the price, the "adviser" asked if wasn't there some way she could take out a loan for the money? The "adviser" claimed that it was critical she receive the cleansing.

I suspect the only critical thing in this situation was the "adviser's" need for fast cash!

$3000! Holy smokes! $3000 for what, past family issues and baggage? Honestly I don't know anyone who doesn't have at least SOME baggage or hurt or frustration or "stuff" leftover from their growing up. If you honestly believe you need to pay $3000 for such a cleansing...I have a bridge for sale in Brooklyn you can buy as well...and I'll give you a really good deal on it too! Sheesh!

I explained to my caller that I would much rather teach her the simple techniques and ways that she can work within her own background, culture, faith and spiritual belief system to cleanse herself. She was surprised this was even possible. Of course it is! There are lots and lots of things that one can do to move forward beyond where we got stuck as kids, or even where our families got stuck emotionally, or physically or spiritually.

Time to spell out again how to spot a scam artist! All of the following examples are absolutely true, real stories my clients here in Iowa and around the country have relayed to me over the years.

Here's the top ten list of things to watch for in a metaphysical scammer:

1) If the individual is not advertising with their full, real name (first and last!) If they sport a title to make themselves appear more important, like Madam Mucky-Muck or Sister Soandso, Reverend Star Sun Moon, or even Mrs. Common Last Name.

2) If they can't quote you definite prices, keep changing or raising their rates, or have really high prices for their readings or anything else you might purchase from their business. Often the first reading is cheap...$10-20, and it keeps going up from there once the scam artist realizes the fears you have and how they can play it up to get more money from you.

3) If they make promises that no human can possibly make such as, "I promise I'll get your ex to come back to you!" One lovely little college gal who I know had her basketball star boyfriend dump her, and she paid the scammer more than $3000 over a six month period of time because she was promised that he would be coming back to her.

4) If they play on your fears..."You have negativity around you and for $ (anywhere from $100 to $10,000) I'll remove it." By the way, negativity can be substituted for dark energy, a spell, something evil that's attached to you, a curse that's been put on you, or just plain ole stuff in your aura. It can also be played up as, "Unless you do this thing that I tell you, you will lose your.... (farm, house, job, spouse, sig. other, etc.)" I talked to a farmer in the mid 90s who had a scam artist require him to pay $4000 for 4 medium sized quartz crystals, which he was to plant in the four corners of his property so he wouldn't lose his family's farm. Guess what...he lost the farm anyway.

5) If they fish for information and then feed it back to you..."Ah, you like blonds? I see a blond in your future!" This sort of line was reported at one of the local psychic fairs to the organizers as questionable tactics of psychic reader who was new to the fair. After checking the tarot readers out a bit more and hearing what she was really telling her clients, she was asked to leave the fair and not come back.

6) If they try to sell you blessed or anointed trinkets at astronomical prices.... "Yes, I know you can buy this small red bag with a piece of quartz in it for two dollars at the rock store, but this one has been anointed and blessed! That will be $800 please!" One nice local gal was really trying to find a boyfriend, and showed me just such a bag with a small tumbled piece of rose quartz, a fingerling clear quartz crystal, a teeny tiny bottle of essential oil all in a 4" drawstring red bag. Total, everything including the bag cost less than $5. She paid $800!

7) If they will ONLY take cash or a money order. Real businesses and real business people these days take debit cards or credit cards...and if they don't, it's probably because they can't (i.e., their own business credit sucks.) Remember, if you pay by cash or money order, you can't prove the transaction and have no way to get your money back. I talked to a gal just last week who had sent a $1500 money order and it was the third time she'd worked with the "adviser" who suddenly stopped taking her calls.

8) If they tell you to keep things a secret....."Don't tell anyone what I've said to you...then it (the blessing, the cleansing, the spell, the prayer, the working, etc.) won't work." This concept of secrecy I've heard several times...I suspect they only want to keep things hush hush from the IRS!

9) If they insist you keep coming back, that you need more work done on you. "You come back next week, these things take time." One poor local man was promised by the adviser that she could bring back his ex wife. He dutifully went to see her every week for 2 years paying anywhere from $20 to $200 per week (that ranges from $1040 to $10,400 per year!) He finally wised up the day he walked into her door and she shivered strongly and stated, "I'm cold! The spirit's are saying this means you need to buy me a new refrigerator!" That's what it took to make him finally wise up!

10) If they make excuses for their inaccuracy as a psychic. "Things have changed, and you need a new reading." Okay....here's where I say...If I'm wrong I'm wrong, I'll never be 100% accurate. I never, EVER make excuses or tell folks they need another reading. If I blew it, I'll admit it. In 20 years of doing this, I've often told folks, "Let me know sometime in a month or so how you're doing!" That's a far cry from, "You must come see me more! You must pay me more!"

Sigh...bottom line, don't get taken by those who just want to pray on you emotionally, physically and spiritually!

Call if you need clarification on any of these things. If you have your own story of how you got scammed, I'd love to hear it!

Remember, if in doubt, call the better business bureau in your area. For FREE you can see if your "adviser" has ever been reported as a phoney or a fraud!

When Klingons Attack

2010-01-06T09:29:00.005-06:00

I'm sure many folks will read the title above and think that I'm going to write today about character's out of the series, Star Trek. So sorry, but I'm going to disappoint you if that's your expectation.

No, what I really wanted to chat with you about today is the concept of getting rid of little bits of memory, other people's energy, and big or little stuff that clings on to you and builds up over time. I call these little "hanger-on-ers" Klingons.

How do you know if you have Klingons? (Wow, I make that sound like it's some sort of social disease, yikes) Well, honestly it's difficult to spot them on your own. The best description I can give you is if you find that some place, some thing, some one caused a negative shift in you and it just won't go away. I know that's pretty vague so perhaps some examples are in order here.

Let's say you have a fairly decent amount of empathic skill...that you easily pick up on the energy and emotions of people, places or things. Let's also say that I introduce you to Bob Smith. Right away you notice that Bob is on the unusual side...he doesn't look you in the eye easily but when he does he stares hard. He can't sit still and is figeting constantly. You ask him one simple question and it set's him off. He gets up and paces in circles trying to figure out, while talking out loud to himself, how to respond to your query of, "How are you?" After being in the room with Bob for less than 10 minutes, you begin to feel drained, like it's suddenly been a very long day and you've had to emotionally put up with a whole lot!

You excuse yourself from Bob and head to your car, but still can't shake the drained feeling. Even after you drive across town and finally get home, make yourself a cup of tea, and put your feet up...you just haven't bounced back. You've unknowingly picked up a Klingon. Most of us have been there, recognize the scenario, and now have a name for it.

What have you actually picked up? What happened with Bob? Wow, great question. With his actions, Bob didn't appear to actually TRY to toss anything negative your way. It's not like he attempted to purposefully send any negative influence your way....he just had his own issues. However, there is another strong possibility.

You entrained to Bob's energy.

What's entrained? Well...we human beings attempt to adapt to our environments. If, say I put you in a rock concert near the speakers and the beat of the music is going at 140 beats per minute...guess what your heart attempts to do. That's right, it picks up speed and tries to mimic that same 140 beats. If I put you in an environment where the music is 60 beats per minute your heart slows down. It entrains to or attempts to match it's environment.

The same sort of thing happens when I take you from in doors to outdoors. Inside, most of us are surrounded by 60 hertz (the frequency of our electric appliances and wall sockets.) Outdoors...well Mom Nature's natural frequency is about 3.7 hertz. Do most of us slow down and calm down better out of doors than in...yep! That's because we naturally entrain to the slower 3.7 hertz.

So, back to our example...in Bob's presence, you entrained to his "buzziness." You picked up on Bob's agitated frequency, naturally entrained to it without realizing you did it, and carried that frequency home with you. It clung on to you...thus....a Klingon.

What do you do about Klingons? That's tomorrow's blog. Stay tuned.

How Do I Find Dates of Upcoming Events?

2010-01-05T09:52:00.006-06:00

When I first began my business, I found a lot of other psychics had a big problem with telling when a future event would happen. They might be able to predict the year, maybe even a season, but not get even close to a specific date. That just didn't seem good enough for me.

So, I created my own method of finding dates of future events psychically. Many of you who have come to see me in person have watched me use this method over and over.

First, I start with a question. Perhaps the question from my client is, "I have my house on the market, when will it sell?" With this, I will often write down the specific address of the house, and my client's question on the sketch pad in front of me. Then, below that I'll write the year. Just below that, I'll begin writing the first letter of each month in order, keeping the question in my head the whole time. I'm gently looking for a change in feel regarding the question and watching my pen and writing for any changes.

So, my sketch pad might look like this:
Shane Smith has his house at 409 Adams St.,
Cambridge, Iowa on the market.
When will it sell?

2010 <-Year
J F M A M J J A <-Months

When I get to, in this case, writing A for the month of August and something won't let me write S for September, I know I've gotten close to finding my target date. Just in case I overshot my month...I'll go back several months from the one that I got stopped at and move forward again, this time week by week.

2010 <-Year
J1F1M1A1M1J1J1A <-Months
.2.2.2.2.2.2.2
.3.3.3.3.3.3.3 <-Weeks
.4.4.4.4.4.4

In my example above as I slowly wrote down the numbers for the weeks of each month, again I held the question in my head and was looking for any kind of feeling of change. Something in this case stopped me as I wrote the 3 for the third week of July of 2010. I just couldn't write the 4 for the 4th week. Again, this tells me I'm getting closer and now I can go back to the first of July and actually go day by day.

2010 <-Year
J1F1M1A1M1J1J1A <-Months
.2.2.2.2.2.2.2
.3.3.3.3.3.3.3 <-Weeks
.4.4.4.4.4.4
12345678910 <-Days
11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22
23........

Even though I was stopped at the third week of July of 2010, I still wanted to make sure I hadn't overshot my mark again, so I went back and began writing the days from the first of July. When I reached July 23, 2010....my pen literally trailed off and something wouldn't let me write the 24th. I usually repeat this day by day part again to make sure I get the same reaction a second or even third time. As I did this confirmation, I received the same answer, that Shane's house would sell on or about July 23, 2010. Over the years I've found that this can get me within about 48 hours of an event, so I often tell folks to look 2 days before to two days after whatever date I give them. Thus, I told Shane to look for the house to have an offer put on it that will be accepted between July 21 and 25, 2010.

Mercury retrogrades for 2010

2010-01-02T11:26:00.002-06:00

On December 26th, we entered into another Mercury retrograde time period until January 15th of this year. Remember to double check all communication, and don't sign legal paperwork or have surgery unless it's absolutely necessary! Here are the other retrograde times for the remainder of 2010.

Mercury turns retrograde April 18 and goes direct again on
May 11 at 2 Taurus

Mercury turns retrograde August 20 at 19 Virgo and
turns direct September 12 at 5 Virgo

Mercury turns retrograde December 10 at 5 Capricorn
and turns direct December 30 at 19 Sagittarius

Do I need to send a photo?

2009-09-02T10:17:00.002-05:00

When people call to make an appointment with me, I give them a list of what they will need to do before we talk. I let them know I need to be able to write down the full name, birth date, and city and state location of anyone they wish to ask about. I also request that they take the time to sit down and make up a list of questions before they call and put those in order from what ever is most important to whatever is least important to them at the time.

Many people ask, "Do I need to send you a photo of the person I'm asking about?"

My honest answer is that if it's easy to do so, yes please, DO send the photo. The more recent the better and the less people in the photo the better.

But, you might ask, "You're clairvoyant, why do you need a photo? Can't you see the person anyway?"

Well the answer is two fold. No, I can not always immediately see the person like you might in a photograph. I have done it, and often the dozens of images about things surrounding an individual does include a description or visual image of them...but many times I am looking at everything else about that person and not so concerned with their appearance.

But secondly, you know the phrase, "a picture is worth a thousand words?" Well, for a clairvoyant, a picture is often the trigger that brings dozens if not hundreds of additional images. The photo acts as a leaping off place for me to quickly and easily retrieve information. It's a springboard to many, many more details about that individual...so many details that often come simultaneously that I have to take a moment to sort them all out.

So, for those who ask, should I send a photo to you....yes please! It will help me access more information in a quick and efficient fashion for you!

Just say NO to mandatory H1N1 vaccinations!

2009-09-01T14:27:00.002-05:00

This information came to me in an email forwarded from my friend Carolyn Walker who is part of the Prevention and Healing Clinic in Urbandale, IA. I concur whole heartedly with her on the idea of NO MANDATORY VACCINATIONS! Please read, it's important! - Su

H1N1 Flu Vaccine Facts:

Make an informed choice for the health and safety of you and your family.

* As there is NOT adequate time to test these risky vaccines, Drug Companies successfully lobbied Congress to pass the PREP Act, granting them immunity from all legal and financial liabilities for vaccine related injuries and deaths.

* Drug Companies provide false and misleading information to the CDC and State Health Departments. This [mis]information is then used by the State Governors and Legislators to make policy decisions. In 1976, they declared, “The virus will kill 1 million Americans”. It didn’t! But hundreds were permanently injured and dozens died from the vaccine!

* Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius stated the H1N1 vaccines will contain mercury, a potent neurotoxin. The World Health Organization is now recommending that pregnant women and children receive multiple vaccinations, while manufacturers’ inserts recommend against mercury-containing vaccines for pregnant women.

* Squalene has been purchased for use as an adjuvant (additive) in some of these vaccines. Squalene is implicated in severe autoimmune disorders and Gulf War Syndrome.

* MedImmune’s Nasal Spray “mist” vaccine contains live virus that pose the serious risk of both infecting the recipient AND spreading the virus to others. Imagine the hazard this creates at the Shopping Mart on “Spray Day”!

* The Federal Government has appropriated more than $ 8.5 billion of YOUR money on this massive and dangerous experiment. Multiple studies published in highly reputable publications have documented that flu shots are ineffective in all age groups!

It is frightening to think that the State Governors will mandate us to submit to this unproven vaccine. Yet, this is a very real possibility. “A decision will be made soon as to whether or not every American should be vaccinated against this H1N1 Virus this fall. I included sufficient funds…to purchase that vaccine if public health experts deem it necessary to do so.” - Sen. Tom Harkin, Aug. 27, 2009. Ask Senator Harkin why the billions of dollars for the Drug Industry?

A letter has been delivered to Iowa Governor Chet Culver requesting formation of a Citizens’ Pandemic Flu Advisory and Advocacy Group for communication with the State Government. Further, the request has been made to Governor Culver that he NOT force these experimental and uninsurable vaccines upon Iowans. Please ask Governor Culver and your State Legislator to support the Advocacy Group.

Action Steps:

Forward this email to the Governor and your State and Federal Legislators. The “Iowa Citizens H1N1 Letter to Governor Culver” is at this site (http://iowansforinformedconsent.org/h1n1.html ), along with contact links to your Legislators.

Forward this e-mail to all your local officials, county supervisors, city council, school board and superintendent, doctors, nurses, teachers – and all your friends and relatives. CALL them! Tell them: NO MANDATORY VACCINES!

Preparing for the Fall Equinox

2009-09-01T10:49:00.004-05:00

09-22-2009 at 16:18 CDT

That's the exact date and time of this year's fall Equinox. So what's the big deal, why is it so important?

Several things both astrological and astronomical happen. First, the length of daylight and length of night time are exactly equal, 12 hours of each. Since the beginning of spring (the Spring Equinox) we've been enjoying days that are longer than nights. The length of hours of sunlight grows a bit each day until we reach the longest day of the year at the Summer Solstice in June. From then until the Fall Equinox, the days slowly, little by little, shorten. After September 22 this year, the days will continued to be shorter than the nights with our longest night occuring on the Winter Solstice in December.

The Fall Equinox is also known as the second harvest festival, harvest home or Mabon. There are three harvest fests, the first being the beginning of August which is also known as Lammas or the Green Corn Harvest Festival. Here in Iowa, I would prefer to call it the Sweet Corn Harvest Festival and this year's corn was especially sweet (I've already frozen many quart bags to enjoy this winter! For all your folks in other parts of the country, you have my sympathy in eating the regular old canned or frozen corn you buy at the store...there is NO comparison!)

The fall festival, because of days and nights being equal, is also a time to prepare to get things back into balance again, readying for the long winter.

How do I do that specifically? First, I make sure that the pantry and freezers are stocked for winter with all my favorite goodies from the wonders of summer here in Iowa...sweet corn, raspberries, good Iowa beef, and catfish I caught myself are among all the things that I make sure I have stored away.
This is a photo of me a after one particularly decent fall catch I got in about a 3 hour period of time from Beaver Lake just north of Dexter, Iowa.

Secondly, I check to make sure my family has the clothing it needs to prepare for the oncoming cooling in Fall and deep cold of Winter. The heavier wool winter blankets get put back on the beds. Hats and scarves, winter coats and boots all come back out of storage. Mismatched gloves and mittens are accounted for and warm wool socks need to have their mates. Above are some of the baby socks I've been knitting this week for my granddaughter Inara. She's going to be a year old in December.

Emotionally and spiritually, it's the time where I look back on the past nine and a half months to see if there's anything I wanted to accomplish this year that didn't get done. Now's the time to make sure that I wrap up this year in a good way. I go through my mental list of hopes and dreams for this year and see what still hasn't been finished, and look to see what's truly important to still fit in before winter hits.

I also sit back and evaluate my pace of life right about now. Am I rushing things, or lagging way behind. Am I in physical balance health wise and what needs to change or shift? Do I need to simplify more things to be able put my emphasis on myself, friends and family in a gentler way? Am I working too hard, or not as efficiently as I should? What am I doing to keep my own personal balance going each day or each week. How will that shift as fall begins the slow but steady trod toward the cold chill of winter.

So, now is the time of evaluation and seeking balance for me, planning and appreciating everything that I've been given, shown or taught this past year and determining how I want to draw 2009 to a wonderful and balanced close.

Cell Phones and Honey Bees

2009-08-31T13:09:00.007-05:00

Few people know a lot about my personal background (which is wide and varied to say the least) but once upon a time, I used to keep bees. I enjoyed very much learning to care for the hives, harvest honey and bees wax and enjoyed the connection with these amazing little wonders of nature.

I ran across an article about bees that gave me a big psychic "uh-oh!" instantly this morning. Sometimes that happens when I scan headlines and check out little bits of news from around the world. This one happened to come from Korea, but the problem is a universal one...one concerning the huge boom of cell phone tower building.

It had to do with the work of an environmentalist, Dr. Sainudeen Pattazhy and his study of bees and beehives. Basically, the report says that mobile phone towers are posing a threat to the honey bee population with the electromagnetic radiation they utilize. The threat is to worker bees who go out to collect nectar from flowers near the towers. Pattazhy noticed that the honey bee population and pollination in areas around the towers was being affected. This puzzled him and he went on to do further research. He placed a cell phone near a beehive (turned on but not in active use.) The entire colony collapsed within 5-10 days because the worker bees failed to return to their home, leaving only the queens, eggs and hive bound immature bees to fend for themselves and thus starve.

While many studies have been done on the language of the "dance of bees" in instructing them how to get from hive to flowers, I don't know if we as human beings totally understand the nature of what guides bees back to their hives. Something here bears quick investigation. With no bees, we have to crops that are pollinated by them. Less pollination ultimately means less food with which to feed everyone.

Does this mean that if you have your cell phone on your person you'll be less bothered by bees? Hmmm, dunno the answer to that one, but it also seems to be worth someones study.

Psychic Sensing of Upcoming Changes

2009-08-23T07:24:00.004-05:00

Every once and a while, when you're ready to make a big change in your life, turn a new corner so to speak, it's nice to do something on the outside that helps mirror or remind you of what you are changing on the inside.

This year, with very little fanfare, I turned 50. I had originally wanted to have a BIG party, but instead just gathered with my kids for dinner and had a bit of cake with other friends who had May birthdays.

But, more than just hitting the five decade mark, I have known and felt on the wind other internal changes coming, emotionally, creatively, physically and psychically. Something was building up and about ready to break the surface. I wasn't sure exactly what, but I knew something was about to shift.

In anticipation of this nameless, shapeless, approaching apparition of personal change, in mid July, I looked in the mirror and realized it was time to radically change my outward self to start the process of getting ready for the inner upcoming event(s).

So, after growing out my hair past my shoulders, (the wonderful long deep red stuff with the wild blond streak) I looked at the emerging gray and made a command decision. It was time to cut the red all off and let the silver feathers strut their stuff.

I went to see one of my long time trusted stylists, told her what I was looking for and let her cut it really short (and cute!) When she was done, just a smidge of the old red tipped some of the top while the silver and grey shone elsewhere. I took one look in the mirror and realized I was the spitting image of my aunt Irlavere from Ontario, Canada. I haven't found anyone to take a photo yet of the new do, but will asap.

That was the beginning. Since then, I've been to the doctor, begun taking my vitamins in earnest again, made a promise to myself to consume a LOT more water, and am determined to lose 45 pounds before the end of the year, picking up more exercise a little each day.

Now, that's the physical part....the psychic part that's changing...my sense is that comes after the physical is half way done or so. I'm not sure what's going to show up, but we'll find out soon enough. Stay tuned.

Remote Viewing Music

2009-08-20T07:10:00.006-05:00

A friend of mine called yesterday and when I asked what he was up to, he replied he was on his way to the bookstore to try to find some kind of music suitable for remote viewing to. He asked if I had any suggestions, and my first response was to tell him to find something that didn't have words, and that helped drop him into an alpha state quickly. After I got off the phone with him, I had to stop and think about what I do when I remote view and what sounds or music drops me down into that state.

After pondering a bit, my first reaction was to say....well, listening to nature does that for me. That's why I go fishing in the evenings. I get a chance to have Mom Nature dim the lights, I watch the reflection of the sky in the lake's mirror surface, and I listen to the repetitive sounds of cicadas, crickets, and bull frogs.

What...what else has worked really well for me in the past to put me into that deeply receptive alpha state. The best cd's I've found come from www.brainsync.com. I met Kelly Howell, the founder of Brain Sync on a cruise back in the mid 90s and was very, very impressed with her research and how quickly and effectively her hemisphonic recordings put me into a deep alpha/theta state. In particular I recommend one called Deep Meditation and another named Deep Insight.

So, if you're looking for music to do excellent psychic work and remote viewing by (and you don't have a beautiful warm summer's evening handy to sit by the lake and give ear to the bull frogs) check out www.brainsync.com. Great products that really work well, at very reasonable prices.

Performing at upcoming Farmstasia

2009-08-19T13:43:00.003-05:00

October 31st, my palmist friend, Corianne Westvold and I will be heading to the Des Moines area to entertain everyone at Living History Farm's Farmstasia fundraising event. From 6 to 9 pm, we will set up shop inside the old brick Flynn Mansion and help make it a night of fun and spooky merrymaking as we raise money to help support Living History Farms.

I love doing psychic work at events like this and can't wait to meet everyone and see the farms decked out for Halloween. I'm hoping they set us up in a real old fashioned parlor to work in! What a treat!

Now, to think of a good psychic "period" costume! What would they have worn at the turn of the century into the classic 1890 seance parlors? Something long and black I think. Hmmmm!

Swine Flu Vacinations linked to Nerve Disease

2009-08-18T09:45:00.002-05:00

As a psychic and medical intuitive, honestly, I'd been waiting for the scary news about severe and life threatening reactions to the swine flu vaccine to pop up for about 2 weeks.

When I read this week that the Health Protection Agency in the United Kingdom alerted over 600 neurologists there about a deadly reaction to the swine flu vaccine, I was not surprised! The HPA warned neurologists that a disease called Guillian-Barre Syndrome (GBS) seemed to be triggered by administration of the injection.

GBS attacks the protective sheath that covers the nerves. It begins with weakness, often in the extremities about three weeks after exposure and spreads, causing paralysis and inability to breathe, and can be fatal.

Just a couple of weeks prior, our own public health system was encouraging parents to have all infants and children get the swine flu vaccination! As a medical intuitive, I had an immediate negative reaction to that recommendation, and my body instantly shuddered in fear as I read. I recall scanning the article over my morning coffee. Suddenly I put the cup down on my desk with a thunk, and vehemently said out loud, "No...NO!" I remember thinking that the vaccine could and would have terrible consequences for infants and small children and affect many for the rest of their lives. It was so pronounced a premonition that I copied and pasted the article to my daughter who has an 8 month old and encouraged her to NOT get the shot for my grandbaby.

For those who are do not know, the signs and symptoms of Guillain-Barre syndrome may include:

* Prickling, "pins and needles" sensations in your fingers, toes or both
* Weakness or tingling sensations in your legs that spread to your upper body
* Unsteady walking or inability to walk
* Difficulty with eye movement, facial movement, speaking, chewing or swallowing
* Severe pain in your lower back
* Difficulty with bladder control or intestinal functions
* Very slow heart rate or low blood pressure
* Difficulty breathing

Most people with Guillain-Barre syndrome experience their most significant weakness within three weeks after symptoms begin. In some cases, signs and symptoms may progress very rapidly with complete paralysis of legs, arms and breathing muscles over the course of a few hours.

Can you imagine being the mother or father of an infant and seeing these symptoms develop in your infant or small child, who can't tell you what's going on?! The thought would terrify any parent!

I'm not a physician. I can't tell you to get the vaccination or not get it...but I DO want folks to do their reading and research before hand so that they know exactly what they are getting into!

What I am saying is that this particular psychic has a very bad feeling about the swine flu vaccine, and the worse is yet to come.

Herb Gathering in Iowa

2009-07-20T09:04:00.000-05:00

I spent a considerable amount of time from mid June to mid July gathering herbs in Iowa's rural ditches for winter. Armed with trusty shovel (for gathering roots), a pair of pruning shears (for those stubborn thicker stems) and half a dozen large black trash bags, I set out either alone or with a friend to treasure hunt for things that were on my list. What grows wild here? More useful things than you might imagine. Below are three of the herbs that I gathered.

Purple coneflower or Echinacea is an easy one to spot as it looks like a pink droopy daisy. I dig up the roots and use them as an immune system booster and a natural antibiotic.

White sage is another simple find...it looks from a distance as you come up upon it like grey grass. My Lakota friends use this herb all year long in sweat lodges and Yuwipi ceremonies.

Compass plant looks like a number of yellow daisies all hugging a single stalk, each facing the same direction. The root of this native weed is HUGE, oftentimes bigger around than an adult thigh, and takes a lot of digging just to get a good chunk. (Sometimes I'm tempted to bring an axe to help harvest this one.) I cut up and dry the root in finger sized pieces and when I have a headache, I take a lighter to burn a bit of the end of the dried root to inhale the smoke before going to lay down for half and hour. For me it works at about the same speed as asprin.

Sacred Quilt Sewing

2009-06-27T10:19:00.000-05:00

I can honestly say, I don't think I've ever made so many quilts in one year in my entire life. This has been (and probably will continue to be) one of the most fun, and most poignant sacred sewing things that I do on a regular basis.

The quilts I create are often called Lone Star Quilts, Lakota Quilts, or Star of Bethlehem quilts. It's a pattern with a single eight pointed star in the middle. To date, I think I've made about a dozen quilts, like this. The first one was created in 2006 for a friend of mine who was going on a traditional Lakota Vision Quest. I honestly had no idea what I was doing and made a number of mistakes, but learned a great deal about how to applique and about how to make sure that the center star lays rights.

This was the first quilt I did with all hand dyed fabric.

Most of the quilts have been created either solo by me, or with the help of my friend Tra. We've become quite a designing and sewing team. The red and yellow on the blue back ground below has the image of an elk in the center of the star. It was a gift to my friend Standing Elk in South Dakota.

Each quilt we design, we spend more than a little time praying about what should be on the quilt, the colors, and any additional images. Either Tra or I make a colored drawing of the final outcome as a sort of template, but allow changes or additions to come during the construction process as needed.

Above is one of two baby sized quilts that I've created. This one was given to my grandbaby Inara shortly after she was born in December.

The funny thing is, I don't own a single star quilt that I've made. Every one has been given away to someone as a gift, as an offering, or for a healing or ceremonial purpose.

The star quilt above is especially sacred. It's called The Healing Quilt. It was created from the flags that hung in the Sun Dance tree from 2008's ceremony here in Iowa. When someone comes to our local Yuwipi Man, Lester, and asks for help in healing, he will give them this quilt to use until they no longer need it. When they are done, it's laundered and given back to Lester to await the next person who needs help.

For me, the design and sewing process helps keep that creative side of me happy and flowing.

One of these days I'm going to make a quilt for me. :-)

Painting sacred buffalo skulls for ceremony

2009-06-15T13:53:00.000-05:00

Ya know, when your title is professional psychic, there's never any end to the variety of people you meet, or the places it leads you, or to the unusual things you get to do. This week was one of those weeks that had me doing creative stuff I would have never dreamed I would do 20 years ago!

Sun Dance is fast approaching and Tra and I have been working together, not on quilts this time, but instead on the last little prep things for the arena. Specifically, this week, we've been painting buffalo skulls.

Each of the four gates in the Sun Dance arbor/arena area faces the compass points of north, south, east and west. Each gate or opening is blessed with a sacred buffalo skull sitting at that entryway. The skulls are often painted with the colors associated with that direction and it's spirit nations. We also had extra skulls for use during the Sun Dance ceremony itself, and all these skulls needed first to be sealed, the primered, then painted, and then some had extra detailing added.

I arrived this week to having Lester, Tra and Jon all sitting in front of skulls on a table in Jon's garage and when I walked up, everyone looked at me expectantly. "Good, you're just in time," Lester said.

"In time for what?" I queried.

"Can you paint lightening? We want this skull to honor the Wakiyan nation, the lightning and thunder beings."

"Sure," I responded, if you have a photo or a picture you would like me to put on it.

They were all way ahead of me. Lester chose his favorite lightning photo graph and I went to work. Before this month, I had never even considered painting buffalo skulls as even a remote possibility of anything I would do this lifetime...but if it can help with doing anything to support their traditional ceremonies, I'm willing to role up my sleeves and dive into just about anything.

The basecoat had already been done and was dry when I arrived. Photo in hand, I found the most delicate paint brush I could, and took both pure white and violet acrylic paint and set to work following Lester's instruction as to where he wanted the lightning to run. This is what I came up with:

I think it turned out alright for my first ever lightning buffalo skull.

How to Prevent Swine Flu

2009-04-27T09:27:00.010-05:00

Dear Loved Ones,

If you haven't kept up with the news, the world has changed in the past four days. Swine flu is being taken as a serious and deadly pandemic threat as I write this. It has spread half way round the globe in less than a week, If you scan the headlines, you'll see that every head of state in the world is concerned and taking preventative measures today, Monday, April 27th.

This is not just a threat in Mexico where it began. The flu is on our doorstep, as cases have been reported in Kansas, Texas and California at least as of this writing. There will NOT be enough vaccine for everyone, and what vaccine does exist will be earmarked for health care professionals, the elderly, and others with special circumstances.

So, what can you do personally in terms of prevention? Well, there are a number of proactive steps you can take starting today!

* First, because this is an airborne virus, locations where many folks congregate will be prime places to pick it up...schools, airports, large office buildings, churches, etc. You may wish to consider whether or not to keep a bandana, silk scarf, or medical mask with you as you go into buildings where the air may be carrying the virus.
* Second, consciously wash your hands more often and a little more vigorously. How long is long enough to wash hands? The Mayo Clinic recommends you wash long enough to sing Row Row Row Your Boat all the way through in your head.
* Third, keep yourself well hydrated and well rested. You would be surprised what a huge help just plain water and good sleep can do to aid the body. Strive for half a gallon to a gallon of water (tea, coffee, juice, broth, etc) per day, and 7-8 hours of sleep.
* Fourth, make sure the humidity in your home is adequate. Dry air negatively affects the sinus membranes and spreads the virus more quickly. Adequate water vapor in the air has a higher chance of capturing the airborne pathogen and having gravity carry it to the floor. Keep your home as clean and sanitary as you can by wiping doorknobs, counter tops and other surfaces with antibacterial cleaners such as Lysol.
* Fifth, I suggest that everyone consider boosting their immune systems immediately!!! I'm not a doctor and can't diagnose or prescribe for anybody. However, I can tell you what I personally do for myself and my own family. To take my immune system to the highest level I can get it with vitamins and supplements I take the following:
- A complete multivitamin with iron and minerals
- Zinc lozenges - I take one 15 mg lozenge every 4 hours until I reach the maximum dose of 100 mg per day.
- 500 mg of vitamin C every 3-4 hours
- L-Lysine, one capsule daily (don't take L-lysine for more than 6 months straight without a break.)
- Olive leaf extract, 1000 mg per day as a preventative (Special note: if flu symptoms are present, I change the dosage to 1500 mg every six hours like clockwork, even if I have to set my alarm and get up in the middle of the night to take a dose.)
- Echinacea - 2 capsules per day or two to four cups of tea per day.

If you have trouble finding olive leaf extra and echinacea where you are living, try contacting the wholesale Ameriherb company in Ames, IA (800-267-6141.) These things may run off the grocery store shelves quickly in the next several days but I suspect you may be able to get it from them and have it shipped to you.

You can track the swine flu spread in real time using google maps. Just go to the main google map page and search for swine flu.

May you stay healthy, happy and strong!

Blessings,

Su

Solar Storm Premonitions

2009-04-02T08:50:00.004-05:00

On a regular daily basis, I keep track of all kinds of interesting activity both here on earth, and any thing interesting outside of our little blue marble as well. I monitor geomagnetic phenomena, earthquakes, auroras, asteroids, and all kinds of cool things.

Today, while looking at the spaceweather.com site, I had a sudden psychic "Uh-oh!" moment. Sitting here, sipping coffee, trying to wake up and plan out the day, I saw a graph of the current lack of solar activity and had a strong and sudden flash that nearly made me spill my cup.

It wasn't that the graph told me that we were in a period of high activity...it is the unprecedented lack of solar activity that suddenly woke me up. Currently we're in a time period that's called a solar minimum...translate little if any sunspot activity. That's usually a good thing as solar flares that get released in the general direction of earth can cause everything from beautiful auroras to loss of satellite communication to major power outages.

But right now, the severe lack of sunspots is record setting. The experts at NASA are calling it a "deep solar minimum." That may sound really nice unless you miss the auroras. However, my psychic concern is that when the sunspot activity begins to increase again you will see an over compensation on the sun's part for the lull we are in now.

This is the quiet before the STORMS!

And I do mean storms! A series of solar flares is coming starting between March 12-30th of 2012, some of which will hit Earth, some of which will not. One in particular will bring the beauty of auroras as far south as Austin, TX and will knock out many satellites, severely affect the internet infrastructure, and much of the electrical power grid in Europe and the North and South American regions.

The whole impact of the 2012-2013 storms hit me so hard this morning that my instinct was to immediately, right now, today, consider saving money to purchase a generator so my house could have power...or start installing wind and solar power equipment, or both.

It was a pretty big psychic whomp that came hard, fast and out of the blue. I've never, ever been a person to say the world will end in 2012...not once in all my years of doing this work. However, I AM saying we are in for one hell of a series of electrical storms that may affect anything and everything electronic in many first world countries. Look around...is there ANYTHING you do that doesn't involve electricity every few minutes?

We have 35 months to prepare.

This is one of those bolts out of the blue that I'm going to take seriously.

The year starts with ghosts!

2009-01-03T18:20:00.000-06:00

My son David (14) and I were at a friends house here in Iowa just a day or so after New Years. I was having fun chatting with the parents while David was in the basement playing tag in the dark room with the other teens. It was honestly very close to midnight (I know that sounds cliche, but it's true) when one of the other teens opened up a closet door. "This is always kinda a creepy closet...take a picture, maybe something is in there!" she joked.

David had his camera with him and snapped a flash photo in the dark. The result is the color photo at the top of this blog. You be the judge. What do YOU see?

Scorpio and Taurus this week!

2008-11-10T08:41:00.005-06:00

Another full moon is coming up this week, and this one often puts people on a particularly powerful emotional edge. For those of you who don't speak astrologese, let me see if I can put it into lay terms.

We are in Scorpio time (about October 22 to November 21st) which can be one of the most emotionally intense signs of the entire zodiac. During the four weeks that the Sun is in Scorpio, passions can and often do peak. Some of the more difficult sides or aspects of these potent feelings might include: jealousy, digging up hidden information, secret investigation, burning sexuality, zealousness, suspiciousness. I've seen all of these areas get turned up or turned on during this time of the year.

The full moon this month is in the sign of Taurus. It is officially full at 12:17 am central standard time on November 13th. Taurus often is thought of as the sign of the stubborn or bull headed individual. Taurus is also about home, family, stability and sensuality. When taken to an extreme, the desire for the delight of the senses can also cross over into addictions.

Full moons act as a catalyst...it's like suddenly adding gasoline to an already burning fire. The day before a full moon, the day of, and the day after, expect things to emotionally intensify in the areas that connect with the combination of the Sun and the Moon's energies.

So, to break it all down, what can you expect? What does this all mean? It's a good news, bad news sort of story.

The bad news first...this Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Taurus combination can have a painful side. Beginning the 12th, peaking the 13th, winding up on the 14th, look for a greater amount of conflict concerning sexuality and suspicion regarding relationships that relate to the home. I would also expect more difficulties with addictive behaviors, jealousy within the family, accusations and snooping for information. Desire for sex and for increased sensual delight will also play an part in all of this.

Can this result in couples dealing with suspicions and jealousy? Yes. I would also expect siblings to show more intense emotions of jealousy toward one another this week. It may also affect employer/employee relationships (worry about job, suspicion, feelings of being watched more closely) because ultimately the paycheck affects home and family.

Would I expect more drunk driving arrests this month? You betcha because of the tendency of Taurus toward addictions. Addictions don't have to be just alcohol (or drugs.) Would I expect more chocolate to be consumed in secrecy this week...yes! Expect any and all leftover Halloween candy or chocolate in the house to be totally gone by Friday.

Could this be a time when any type of ongoing investigation turns up something important...absolutely. It might be because folks dig a little deeper and seek and little harder. It could also be because of someones sudden (and more careless) desire to hide things at the last minute without planning or forethought that result in discovery.

While the above sounds pretty negative, there is an upside to Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Taurus!

The GOOD news...the full moon this month can be a time for the most exquisite combination of sensual and sexual energy, especially when it's combined specifically to create some incredibly memorable intimacy . If you are looking for a day (or days) to put a little more "ooooo!" into your "ooo-la-la!" sort of boudoir fun, focus your plans for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week (and have a good time!)

Mercury retrograde approaches

2008-09-17T15:55:00.005-05:00

From September 24th to October 15th, Mercury will be retrograde again, this time in the sign of Libra.

So in plain English, what exactly does that mean? Simply, that most all forms of communication can and will get a little messed up. E-mails lost in the ethers, phone calls missed, talk misunderstood, and on and on.

How can you make surviving a retrograde easier? Simple! Follow up all important communication in another fashion. If you call someone, send an e-mail to confirm what was said. If you are working with a written communication, summarize and repeat the understood details with a quick phone call. It's all in double checking.

Increase your patience during this time. Folks, including yourself, aren't trying to muck up the communication works, it's just that these things happen. Take a breath, work the problem with calm and patience.

Remember to use I statements like "If I understand you correctly and can summarize what you said, this is what I heard."

If you haven't heard from someone you are expecting to, give them the benefit of the doubt and pick up the phone or write to them. They may indeed have tried to get a hold of you and the connection just wouldn't go through.

Remember, PATIENCE! Breathe...in AND out. Repeat.

Relax and don't fight the bass ackwards communication that can happen during a Mercury retrograde...just laugh, shrug and go with the flow.

This too shall pass.

Alex and Me

2008-09-07T11:52:00.002-05:00

My dear friend, Dr. Irene Pepperberg, gave me a call last week and let me know that Alex's memoirs would be out at the end of October!

Irene and Alex, for almost 30 years, did ground breaking research in human/avian communication. Sadly, Alex passed a year ago on September 6, 2007.

I was so excited to hear that the book is about to come out! Look for Irene to be on Good Morning American on October 30th~!

Personally, I can't wait to get an autographed copy of her new book!

Starting a Psychic Business

2008-09-04T07:35:00.003-05:00

Once in a while I get a call from someone who is hugely gifted, above and beyond the average intuitive. It's not uncommon that the conversation will turn, and the caller will as me, "how did you get started doing this?"

Well, like many small businesses, the first years were touch and go financially. I have learned many valuable things about running a business over the years and am happy to share those with you.

1) In this business, your clients will be about 95% women, usually between the ages of 21 and 59. Keeping track of their names and addresses and sending out a letter or postcard to them at least every 4 months or so is a really good idea. The more personal this connection, the better.

2) In your first 3 years, at least 33% of your budget MUST go to advertising expenses. Other expenses like telephone, office rent, utilities, supplies, pay to yourself, taxes, etc., are above and beyond this one huge chunk.

3) Your own city will NOT be big enough to support you at any more than about minimum wage unless it contains more than two million people. IF your skills allow, I suggest that you offer work over the phone as well as in person. This can vastly increase your demographics from a thirty mile radius to the entire planet.

4) Here and now in 2008, unless you have a website that is well designed with good photos and a web master who knows his or her stuff in getting your website ranked highly on the search engines, you won't be found on the Internet. If you Google the word "psychic" you bring up 32 MILLION sites! A search for "clairvoyant" brings up 2.7 MILLION sites! Most people search through about 3 pages of listings before they stop. This means if your website doesn't show up in the top 60 listings, more than likely you won't be noticed. This is where 90-95% of your advertising dollar needs to go!

5) Get both a business phone and a sales tax id number before you open your doors! Most states in the United States consider "psychic" work something that is for "entertainment purposes only." Because of this, you are subject to charging sales tax and reporting it monthly or quarterly. Do NOT delay either getting your sales tax license or paying your sales tax on time every time!!!

6) To consider having a really quality professional photo taken of yourself for your business cards, stationary, or website. A picture is worth a thousand words and several thousand dollars in business if someone can look at it and automatically feel a connection with you.

7) Have a good long discussion with a CPA about your taxes and what you can and cannot claim. Consider a home office and putting advertising via magnetic signs on the doors of your vehicle. Educate yourself about business taxes and what is and is not deductible!

8) DO NOT expect your business to support you and pay your bills at any time in the first 9 months! You WILL need another income source in year one and possibly year two to start this kind of business up from ground zero.

9) Expect to work 7 days a week, and an average of 60 hours per week of actual business work or planning and even more hours "on call." At anytime you are self employed, take the call and the business whenever you can get it, even if it's 2 AM.

10) Work like each and every client is your boss. If you meet clients in your home or office, act like the boss is showing up and make sure everything looks, feels and smells wonderful! If you are working on the phone, act like the caller is your supervisor or the person who signs your paychecks and treat them with that sort of respect. Always remember, the phrase "self employed" is a bit of a misnomer. The entire world is your employer...never forget this!

The Missing Macaw

2008-09-03T10:58:00.002-05:00

The Missing Macaw

Yesterday I got a frantic call from a dear friend who owned a scarlet macaw here in Ames. She and her bird had just moved and, as she sometimes did, she took him outside for a bit of a walk around the yard.

To make a long story short, at 4:25 something spooked the bird and he took off, flying up into the dense foliage of the neighborhood trees and was no where to be found. "B" called me immediately, worried sick and not knowing where to go or what to do. Could I provide some psychic help to find her bird "Charlie."

There was a bit of a weather front on the way yesterday afternoon, with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. We had to act fast.

I focused in on Charlie and realized that everything seemed to be from a very strange and scary vantage point to him. He was used to seeing everything from the ground....not from up in the canopy. He wasn't sure where home was by sight.

"B" had been calling and calling his name, but gotten no response. Again, I honed in on the bird and suddenly realized that he would come home if he HEARD familiar sounds that he normally associated with B and the house. It was 4:38 and I hastily gave her the following instructions:

"Get your boom box and the cds you normally play at home repeatedly. Put it on top of your car in the driveway and crank up the volume. Do it quick! And get Charlie's favorite treats and have them in your pocket. Charlie will be home within the hour, don't worry. He has to hear the familiar music to guide him back to the house. He's within 2 blocks of where you are but just doesn't know visually how to get home. He will follow the music! Look for him about 5 PM."

Twenty minutes later, at 4:58 I got a wonderful relieved and thankful call. Charlie indeed picked up on the familiar boom box tunes and came right back as soon as he heard the songs associated with home for him. B spotted him at three minutes to five when he flew closer to the ground and landed in a bush in the backyard near the driveway. She enticed him over with his favorite treats and took him back into the house safe and sound.

I was really really thankful Charlie had some home and been reunited with B! But I found myself also thanking the Universe for my abilities and that I could, when push came to shove, truly make an immediate difference.

Sometimes being a psychic can be stressful, draining, and downright exhausting. It is a job with huge variety, that I'll grant you...and actually, truth be told, that part I DO really, really like.

But it's little moments like today, that make me wanna say, "I really LOVE my job!"

Shutting out Psychic Noise

2008-08-29T09:51:00.001-05:00

Dealing with Psychic Noise

How do you go about shutting out "psychic noise?" How is it possible to work within a noisy, crowded environment, the answer is simply INTENT!

Of course it's optimal when you first start out to want to control your intuitive or psychic learning environment. I myself would love it if I could do all my business sitting next to a lake on a beautiful summer's eve away from phones and electronics, cars and crowds of people. But the honest truth is you don't always have that luxury.

I remember being at the state fair once, and my then four year old son David got separated from the family late in the afternoon in a crowd of 30,000 hot sweaty irritable people. We were in the middle of the midway and I was fighting the rising feeling of panic. I knew I had to act and act quickly, but the din from the crowd and the midway was nearly overwhelming!

I stood in the middle of the throng, stopped, closed my eyes and shut out everything, everything totally and absolutely except for the voice and image of my son. I put myself into his body, and attempted to look through his eyes. I then began to slowly spread out my arms and turn 360 degrees in a circle. Onlookers must have thought I was a little on the nutty side. I didn't care!

Suddenly there was a little psychic tug, and then a stronger one. I whispered "David, it's okay...Mommy's coming to get you." Suddenly there was a tether, a line between him and myself, a psychic string to follow back to his source. I began to move, walking faster and faster through the crowd back toward the brick building we had just come from. A security guard stood near the door. I stopped and out of my mouth suddenly popped, "where is lost and found?" He directed me down the hall and around the corner and I took off following the stronger and stronger pull.

I turned the corner and David was sitting on a stool in lost and found with a cup of water in his hand, being watched over by the lost and found lady. I ran to hug him and thanked and thanked her.

When the need is truly there, the focus and clarity comes as long as you allow it. Know that it can happen!

Psychic Feng Shui

2008-08-25T10:04:00.005-05:00

Someone asked me the other day if I had any ideas on how to create a more psychic environment. The gal was specifically speaking about the area in her home she uses for meditation. But her question really got me thinking about how to "feng shui" a house so the entire thing is more conducive to multi-sensory reception.

So, in my head I began going room by room, but because it's usually the room you spend the most time in, and often gain some of the greatest intuitive or psychic in put through your dreams, I will focus this blog on the bedroom. Here's what you do to create a more psychically receptive bedroom environment:

1) Declutter and simplify, simplify, simplify! Remove, put away, organize everything until all surfaces are clean and free of clutter...this means dressers, nightstands, book shelves, the floor...the works! Leave only those things that are absolutely essential and used daily. If it can be put in a drawer or closet out of sight, make it so! Clutter creates internal confusion and chaos. It's the visual manifestation
that life is out of control and out of balance. That confusion and chaos create barriers against psychic reception. Instead, if you can create a room that when you open the door has an "Ahhhhh!" haven-like feeling, you'll be able to not only pick up more stuff intuitively, but sleep better and more than likely improve the intimacy side of your life.

2) Remember, the less electronics the better! I have a lamp and electronic clock by my bed, an overhead light, and a small lamp in the far corner that I seldom use. Please if at all possible, do without the TV in your bedroom. Frequencies (even if the appliance is turned off) affect our ability to pick up information psychically and the less interference the better for your reception! If it can't be removed, unplug what you can when you can!

3) Make your bed every day and pick up your clothes! Make keep the room in a clean/clear energy state as much as you possibly can! Nothing but nothing should be stored under your bed. Find another home for it. Symbolically, when you lay down in bed, you don't really want any clutter between you and your ability to ground to Mother Earth.

4) Dust, vacuum and change the sheets on your bed. Honestly, I also recommend polishing the wood and cleaning the windows. I know for me the clean smell most certainly has a subliminal effect of relaxation and comfort. But the more important aspect of this is symbolic action of sending a message to the Universe that you want your psychic input and reception as clean, clear and crisp as it can possibly be.

5) Go through your closets and drawers and make sure they are organized neatly. Remove items that are out of date, no longer fit, are stained or beyond mending. These areas represent your subconscious connection to the Universe. If they are a mess and chaotic, your subconscious reception will be the same.

6) Look at what you have hanging on the walls (or ceiling or mirros.) Does it relax, calm and inspire you? Sometimes these surfaces become the visual blank canvas for our visions. There is no need for the walls to be bare...but make sure that you choose carefully the last things that you see at night and the images that watch you sleep.

7) Remove any and all negative elements in the room that are both seen and unseen. Carefully go over what you have stored away in closets and drawers. This list of seen and unseen can be everything from the comforter you sleep under that is a hold over from your first marriage to the horror novel you read just before retiring. It might be a necklace given to you by that old psychotic boyfriend or the photo in the bottom drawer of the Auntie Mame who gave you the willies. You can toss it, give it away, burn it or box it up, seal the box and label it for storage elsewhere. If the energy of an object has a negative connotation to it, remove it from the room. It doesn't belong in your bedroom haven and you don't need it creating a barrier between you and the psychic input you are seeking.

8) Look at the arrangement of the room and the things on the walls. Is everything in balance? Is there free flowing space around things? This free flow and easy access within and around the room sends that same message out to the Universe that any and all input may come in with a free flow and that it has easy access to you.

9) Look at the colors in the room...are they the best choice for your haven and psychic reception? Do the colors give you that inviting feel, that "ahhh, my haven" connection when you open the bedroom door? Do the colors seem as inviting in the early morning as they do at 11:00 PM?

10) Make sure your bed as comfortable as possible! When you lay down or sit up there, does it feel right on all parts of your body? Do you need to add a padded headboard? Do you need a mattress topper? Do you just plain need a new mattress and or box spring? Ask yourself what needs to be improved so that when you lay flat on your back, or get into a position that feels best, your body has the greatest reception and intuitive connection to the Universe.

Here's my personal bedroom example:

Astrologically, I'm a Taurus (sensual) with Scorpio rising (sexual/psychic occult depth) and a moon in Cancer (deeply emotional and empathic.) I chose a warm blend of sensual and sexual energies in the things I put up on my walls, with an inviting male and female sort of balance and added a bit of extra Goddess energy to match my moon in Cancer.

So...color wise my walls are deep gold with a copper and iridescent earth tone faux finish that shimmers in candle light.

I have inexpensive sconces that are deep wood color with flickering pillar LED candles (chosen to reduce fire hazard) in several corners of the room.

The wood of my dresser and night stand is a deep cherry stain, and the curtains and headboard are covered in deep crimson fabric with a silky sheen.

I got a new bed after my divorce in 2002 and so the comforter and sheets are all new energy to me. I made sure the sheets had a high thread count (mine are 450) and chose deep crimson sheets that are almost silky to the touch. Boy does that make it wonderful to climb into! The accents pillows on the bed are are deep metallic gold and chocolate brown.

Two lovely Goddess statues, one god/goddess print grace the room with their female energy and an antique mirror near the door helps to reflect the candle light.

The hardwood floors are covered with two simple area rugs that feel good on the toes in the chill of winter.

Currently it's time to go through my closets and dresser (I continue to do so about 4 times a year as chaos happens on a continuing basis.) A few things have migrated into the room that need to get put away and tomorrow is laundry day for the sheets and comforter.

If you have changed a room in your home or have other suggestions for making a place more intuitively or psychically receptive, drop me a line!

Of Buffalo Robes and Brain Tanning

2008-04-24T07:15:00.002-05:00

What a strange month April has turned out to be for me! Starting with whirlwind decluttering and cleaning inside and out for the We-TV series that turned out not to happen, then got a call from a film student in Iowa City...could HE come film me for a documentary he's doing on psychics and mediums? So, instead of filming with a national crew Tuesday of last week, I spent 3.5 hours filming with a masters student from U of I. He'll let me know how it comes out sometime soon here.

My dear Lakota friends have also gone through quite a month for a different reason...and I have to admit to joining in on the unusual goings on.

Although Lester has been a practicing Medicine Man for 20+ years, he had not gone through the traditional Yuwipi ceremony that is required for the members of the Lakota Nation to recognize and sanction him as such. How can I describe the pressure of this ceremony....hmmmm. A good analogy would be someone who has been a practicing minister AND doctor for years being tested by other clergy and physicians of the church and the medical community to see if God really truly DOES indeed speak to them and through them by performing an absolutely full blown miracle on the spot! Lester is covered tied up in a sacred blanket, and Spirits must come to untie him (among other things.)

Two years ago, I created this sacred blanket for Lester for his ceremony by hand dying the fabric and sewing it to his specifications. He's been gathering sacred materials for this event for the past 3 years...including elk ivory teeth, dirt from the entrance to mole hills, choke cherry sticks, and other things that would make you and I shake our heads and go, "Huh???"

A Yuwipi ceremony involves having at least one other Yuwipi Man come to perform it on the candidate. Many of these men can trace their spiritual heritage back through generations of medicine men with very famous names you would recognize. There are only a few dozen traditional Lakota medicine men in North America and even fewer Yuwipi men alive at any one point in time. Two of the current standing Yuwipi Men were at Lester and Mindi's house this month performing Lester's first ceremony.

So, long story short, Lester went through the first of four ceremonies a couple of weeks ago and thank the Ancestors, the Spirits came and untied him. However, during the ceremony, it was made clear that he was missing two key things....1) His own buffalo robe (from a full grown male bison in winter coat, that also has the tail still attached) and 2) ropes made of deer or elk skin strips, created by tanning the leather with the brains of that animal. I believe he was instructed that he MUST have these things before June 1st and that Lester was not to seek these things or purchase them himself, but that those who he had worked with in lodge were to go find them for him.

Until 10 days ago, I had no idea what "brain tanning" was. Apparently it's a very old, very traditional method of tanning a hide that makes it very soft and very supple by the end of the process. Most leather these days is commercially tanned and easy to find. What's not so easy is finding someone who does brain tanning at all...I managed to seek out a couple of buck-skinners, and 2 native folks, who did this process, but not very many people understand or go through the effort to do this method any more. Second, even if I found someone, it's not currently deer season and I needed a full deer or elk hide (as least a 3 x 5 piece) that could be shipped to Iowa before the end of May! It took dozens of calls and e-mails to find a man in CT who was getting ready to finish up smoking a batch of four hides this weekend. Apparently, after the brain tanning these hides are pretty white and it takes hanging them over a wood fire to get them to be a nice toasty golden color. The CT Tanner said he would be happy give us our pick of the four and ship it out on Monday.

Then I made calls all over seeking a reasonably priced full size buffalo robe. Yee-gads! These robes can get costly! If you look on the internet, a full size male bison or buffalo skin can run up there well above $1000! This was not quite in our budget, so I grabbed my handy search engine and began calling members of the Iowa Bison Association. I figured if I bought locally I might have a better chance of finding something reasonably priced, and those who raised bison for their meat would likely have robes for sale from their own animals. Sure enough, had a fellow call me back within less than two hours from Harlan, Iowa (near the west edge) who owned a bison ranch. He quoted me a VERY reasonable price and I told him he had a deal. This morning I drop my son off to school and keep on trucking a couple of hours west to pick up not only the buffalo robe for Lester, but also two coolers full of frozen bison meat.

Sometimes my psychic work overlaps with my spiritual work and that can and does often take me down unusual paths!

Do You Doubt Your Psychic Abilities?

2008-03-23T10:20:00.005-05:00

For many people, listening to their intuitive or psychic side at first feels a little backwards and even silly. Sometimes they become embarrassed and filled with doubt. It doesn't always make logical left brain sense and sometimes we never understand exactly what it is we pick up or why. When we first encounter a new phenomena, we often doubt our senses...it's so different, so far outside of the realm of our day to day experience that what we're not sure that what we perceived was real.

The skeptics of the world often poo-poo the right brain input because it's illogical, not easily repeatable and not under their scientific control. It often is outside of their own realm of personal experience and I constantly hear that if it's hasn't been experienced by them personally, well then......

But are unusual first time perceptions invalid because they are different, unique or not repeatable and happen just to you and you alone? Let me give you an example...you be the judge.

Pretend you are out in the woods and you hear a lovely little bird song that is so different and so distinct that you stop, cock your head to one side, and immediately begin scanning the area around you trying to locate the source of the melody. You stand in that same spot, hoping to have the call repeated, but alas, the bird has flitted off to parts unknown and the call is not to be heard again. You never visually spot the source and you hear it only once, but it absolutely caught your attention. It was so clear that you yourself could whistle the little unique tune even years later.

Did you really hear the bird? You didn't see it! It happened only once. Did it really exist?

You're pretty sure that you heard what you heard. Your sense of hearing accurately picked up the bird's lilting call. But BECAUSE IT WASN'T SEEN WITH THE EYES, many people discount the accuracy of their other senses.

If you relayed this story to a skeptic, would they be inclined to believe you? Well, the subject is a simple little bird and the average skeptic could probably accept that you just plain don't recognize all the bird calls that are in existence and/or that it's entirely possible the foliage of the forest obscured your ability to spot the bird. Chances are the skeptic would shrug and not think much of it.

But what if you were in the woods and heard a female voice clearly say your full name out loud, but you couldn't see the speaker with your eyes. You scan the area, and no one is there. You hear it only once and, like the little bird, the source seemed to vanish. The voice was so distinct, so clear that you could pick the speaker out of a crowd, even years later.

What then? Would you believe what you heard? Would the skeptic? You have no proof! You have only your personal experience.

It's a paranormal disembodied voice for goodness sake....your left logical brain begins to reel, to question your senses. After all you didn't see anything! It makes no logical sense! Even if you tried going back to the same spot in the forest day after day, you may never hear that particular bird call (or voice) again.

You decide to keep the experience to yourself...who would believe you anyway!? They would probably think you were a little wacko and had a bit of a weirdo. Only nut jobs talk about hearing things like this or admitting they have these kinds of things happen to them, right?

Even if they don't talk about it, for many people this first time metaphysical experience prompts all kinds questions. Who or what was the voice? Why did they hear it? Why that day, that place, that time? What does it mean? Why won't it come back? Why didn't the source allow you to see it? Was it an angel, a relative, a ghost, something from another dimension?

Sometimes we are left with questions that have no answers.

Down time

2008-03-09T18:58:00.003-05:00

Well, the cold and flu virus hit really hard yesterday afternoon into early evening, so I decided to get really proactive with it and fight back. Here's how this medical intuitive boosts her own immune system when she gets sick and what traditionally has worked to get me better faster. My own personal formula just for me when I get hit with something is this:

Vitamin C - I take a 500 mg time release capsule about every 3-4 hours.
Olive Leaf Extract as directed on the bottle
L-Lysine as directed on the bottle
Multi-vitamin with iron and minerals
Zinc lozenges if I have them...I will suck on one every 4 hours or so making sure I don't get more than 100 mg in any one day from all my sources.

Depending on how tight my chest has gotten, I often will drink some kind of breathe easier tea blend that I find at my local grocery or health food store. I sometimes alternate that with a green tea for the antioxidants.

I also spend all day with a silk scarf wrapped around my throat to keep it warmer and hopefully out of a bacteria's comfort zone temperature wise. I also keep sipping on various hot beverages throughout the day for that same reason. This usually amounts to lots of broth, tea, and hot water. I make the broth myself and use lots of onions and garlic as they tend to be good immune system boosters and as stuffed up as I am, it's something I can actually taste.

When my sinuses are plugged, I start the day with a really hot bath or shower and make sure I breath in lots of steam. It's not unusual to head into the bathroom and continue 20 minute steam treatments standing in the shower every three or four hours. Also, if I have a bottle of sterile saline (Ocean or Ayr) around, I'll clean out my sinuses several times a day to help make breathing easier.

For me, I like the good tissue with lotion in it because when I get sick I tend to drip, blow and sneeze more than most folks. It's part of spending a few more pennies to pamper myself when the crud hit's me. I rest a LOT. I honestly try to only do the few things I really need to and spend lots of time on the couch sitting upright to help with the drainage.

So, here I sit and type....scarf around my throat, silk robe still on from this morning, pajamas and hand knit wool socks on, slippers at my feet and a nice warm blanket tucked up as high as it will go. As I wipe yet another drip from my nose, I think I'll head into the kitchen soon for another cup of broth.

I plan on being better by Monday and better yet by Tuesday....that's my proactive take charge of my own health kind of thinking.

I think I might head to bed early this evening as well.

Psychic training

2008-03-08T10:36:00.004-06:00

I recently was interviewed by a reporter from Parade Magazine. She asked me about my day-to-day life as a professional psychic and medical intuitive. It's always interesting to me about what folks are curious about. She wanted to know if a person could take psychokinesis training classes, or telekinesis training. I told her that there are several seminars or paranormal classes available across the country, where people could increase their psychic skills. The Internet and Google tend to be your best friends in this type of a search. Type in what you're looking for, and start surfing the Web!

When it comes to energy projection or abilities with telekinesis, I've never met anyone quite like my friend Andre, who passed through my life three years ago. I've chronicled my experiences with the amazing abilities of this spiritual guru on my website.

I've also been fielding a lot of questions about the economy lately. My advice? Hold on.. we're going for a ride. I see a continued decrease or deflation in the real estate sector, which will end up with higher foreclosure rates. The chickens from the sub-prime mortgage loans are coming home to roost.

Psychic Preditions for 2008

2007-12-30T23:59:00.000-06:00

Here are a few of my general psychic predictions for 2008 by Psychic Su Walker:

The economy

The markets will continue to remain unstable, as the value of the United States dollar continues to lose ground to the Euro.

I foresee the number of home foreclosures increase in the United States,and at least the fall or buyout of one major banking institution.

Corporate farms will once again absorb smaller family farms, as economic pressures worsen.

THE WEATHER:

I look for an major F5 Tornado between Wichita and Salina Kansas this year, and be on the ground for at least 30 miles.

South Dakota, Minnesota, and Missouri will be drier than normal, while Des Moines, Mason City, Fort Dodge, and Moline will be wetter than normal.

Politics:

Democrats win the White House, giving us our first woman President Hillary Clinton.

Technology:

Apple continues to gain market share and traction against age-old rival Microsoft.

Gas Prices:

Watch for gas prices in the Midwest to bounce between $2.75 and $3.50 per gallon until the 4th of July Holiday.

World:

A major leadership change in France in July.

A major health crisis for Vice President Dick Cheney on or around the 24th of July.

Thank You

2007-12-29T09:07:00.000-06:00

Dear Friends and Clients,

It doesn’t seem possible, but yet another year has come and gone. 2007 seemed to pass at a break-neck pace, especially for me.

I was blessed to be the feature psychic on an episode of Court TV’s Psychic Detectives which first aired on the 4th of July. I must tell you, I really appreciated all of your patience during that busy time! The interest generated by the show was overwhelming. For several weeks, my phone was ringing off the hook and my calendar was booked several weeks in advance! Even though it was super frenzied, looking back now, I can really laugh about it. It was a never-ending game of trying to keep all of my telephone batteries charged! What a hoot!

I’ve been taking a psychic look forward into the upcoming year…it’s going to be a roller coaster for the nation economically and politically, and even weather wise.

I also want to express a heart-felt THANK YOU for your trust and patronage. YOU are the reason that I do what I do, and I am honored to be your friend, confidant, and advisor.

I’m just a phone call away, if you need me.

Have a healthy, prosperous and safe 2008!

Su Walker

PS…if you are interested, you can still catch reruns of the Psychic Detectives show on Court TV if you watch the listings…the title is “Open Road.”

Intuitive vs. Psychic

2007-10-03T09:05:00.000-05:00

Lots of folks ask the difference, if there is one, between being intuitive and being psychic.

I guess I've created my own distinction here. I consider intuition as reactive, and psychic skill as proactive. Let me see if I can explain in more detail.

If we're talking about a multi-sensory awareness that you are born with, that just happens to you randomly, that you react to but it's not under your control, that's what I call intuitive. An example would be if a Jane Smith is home doing the dishes and suddenly realizes in the middle of scrubbing the last pot that her elementary schooler has just fallen down on the playground, skinned both knees and is in the nurse's office about ready to call her on the phone. While technically this would be classified as a detailed "sudden knowing" experience, because it's not under Jane's control, I would consider Jane highly intuitive.

If Jane Smith had been doing the dishes and purposefully, standing there with sudsy hands, actively been checking on family members using her clairvoyant remote viewing ability, then I would term Jane psychic. She consciously wanted information and pro-actively used her multi-sensory abilities to reach out and purposefully bring back the information she needed.

Can you be born either intuitive or psychic....technically, according to the above definition, sure you can. Just depends on if you have a handle on your skills or not and consciously know that your ability is under your own control.

Do I as a professional psychic have intuitive moments throughout the day. Of course! It's often the intuitive flashes that prompt me to pro-actively use my psychic skills to gather more detail. For me the two go hand in hand and I'm very glad for both!

Courses

2007-09-18T09:38:00.000-05:00

I love to teach just about anything along the psychic skill development line. It's a really FUN thing to see students connect with their own abilities that go beyond five senses. I've had several calls this month asking when the next classes will be held, and at least one call to be a keynote speaker at a conference.

I have some favorite courses that I've developed over the years. Here are my top five:

1) Improving Intuition Intensive -- an all day course designed to give you just about everything you need to take your intuitive abilities from reactive to proactive. When are you most intuitive, how does information come to you, how can you improve your current skill set. We run everyone in the class through their paces letting them have a go at clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, remote viewing, and even deep trace work. This is a beginner to intermediate course.

2) Whisperings from the Mother -- a 2 hour outdoor seminar designed to help you greatly expand your current receptivity and begin to truly understand the messages that come to us from nature. In this course, we boost your own antennae and help you learn to listen to and comprehend the messages coming on the wind, from the trees, and from all of nature itself. This is an intermediate to advanced course.

3) Deep Trance Oracle Work -- a 2 hour seminar based on an old Buddhist exercise that moves students from regular everyday waking state to deep trance state in under 10 minutes. We take you down to what I refer to as a "being of light" state, where your own consciousness is so connected that you literally become an oracle. This is an intermediate to advanced course.

4) Psychic Hide and Seek -- a 2 hour seminar which can be taught indoors or out, depending on the size of the group and the available area. The first half of the course we talking about "pinging," or finding another person when you want or need to psychically. We also discuss "cloaking," or how to not be spotted when you don't want to be seen. The second half, you are assigned a person to go find and turned loose to practice and see if you can hide AND seek psychically at the same time! This is an intermediate to advanced course.

5) Emergency Mojo 911 -- Two or more 3 hour seminars that provide intermediate and advanced students of energy projection with techniques to draw power through them in a stronger, more potent way than they've every done before. In the first 3 hours we begin by sitting, then standing, and finally moving forward and backward maintaining a connection with a greater and greater concentration of energy. Students then learn to mold and shape this energy as well as infuse it with various properties. In the second 3 hours, the goal is to take that energy and be able to toss it at another person in a strong enough way that the partner can describe it's properties. Finally, students attempt to draw up and throw enough energy to be able to force their opponents to move, sit in a chair or stay rooted to a specific location.

The passing of Alex

2007-09-10T15:20:00.000-05:00

I received a sad e-mail today. Alex, the African Grey parrot and companion of my friend Irene Pepperberg passed away. (See http://www.alexfoundation.org.)

I've had fascinating discussions with Irene about the multi-sensory abilities and psychic abilities of animals and their apparent ability to communicate over long distances. In our talks, it seemed as if Alex was often very aware of how other human beings and parrots that he personally knew were doing.

While I do not know if Irene ever pursued scientific research in this area, I do know that her observations of Alex and Alex's comments about other people and birds at long distance locations was often right on the money.

Was Alex a psychic bird? Are all birds, or other two and four footed animals talented in the multi-sensory or psi arena? What we observed about Alex, his ability to communicate directly with Irene his thoughts and feelings was uncanny and in a word, marvelous!

I would love to see more research done on psychic ability and our non-human friends.

Until then, my heart and prayers go out to Alex and to Irene Pepperberg. Alex was an amazing individual and will be sorely missed.

UFO Impromptu Poll

2007-09-07T05:59:00.000-05:00

Ever seen a UFO? When, where, how far away, describe the incident.

Ever had an encounter with someone or something that you just weren't sure if it was from this planet/time period/dimension or not? Describe what you encountered, where were you, were you alone....what happened?

Do you feel in any way that the above incidents affected your intuitive/psychic abilities? How so?

Did you have any other physical/emotional/spiritual ongoing effects from the above encounters?

All in all, would you describe your reaction as positive/negative or neutral to what happened to you.

Would love to see your responses!

Thanks!

Su

Some days are better than others

2007-09-05T18:40:00.000-05:00

Today was a good day, although long and hard. I began the day looking at a missing person's case that turned into a murder investigation in Georgia. It was a day when specific names came easily in more than one reading. I like it like that!

Fox 17 TV in Des Moines called today. They wanted to interview me about a separate missing person case here in Iowa that I'll be working on with a couple of dozen other searchers in Woodburn, Iowa on Saturday, September 15th. If you would like to come and join the search, let me know. The terrain is VERY difficult and if you have trouble walking, I don't recommend it.

Investigative cases can range from pretty simple ("Su, I can't find my car keys/wallet/concert tickets! Where are they?!") to pretty awful (missing children who turn out to be victims of a pedophile.) I like the simple ones, but it's the harder ones that are honestly the most important.

The wonderful folks at Court TV's Psychic Detective show have asked if I can give them any other cases to film. We'll see what this case on September 15th turns up. I sure hope we can find the missing gentleman....it's been three years since his disappearance and we need to find closure for this family!

Psychic Feedback

2007-09-03T19:16:00.000-05:00

It's always really wonderful and VERY helpful when clients call or write back to provide me with feedback about my accuracy as a clairvoyant or a medical intuitive. Just like any other profession, when your job description is "psychic" you can improve faster and increase accuracy with input from those you work for or with.

This is why I encourage my students to keep a journal from the very beginning of their psychic journeying. If you make notes of perceptions that come to you from beyond five senses, later when (if) the feedback comes your way, you can look back and check the accuracy of your work.

Folks often ask me about accuracy in this kind of work. Honestly, it's really hard to measure or gauge....kind of like grading an essay test. Do most folks give me really high marks...yes. I tell my clients up front that I just won't ever be 100% accurate. I don't know anyone who can make that claim in any profession. However, I do believe that if you find a clairvoyant or medical intuitive or psychic that gives you a strong, consistent 80% plus accuracy for details most of the time, then stick with that individual, you've found someone who has a decent handle on their own skills.

So, keep the feedback coming....to me, to yourself if you are working on honing your own skills. Practice with as much feedback as you can get makes for a more skilled psychic!

Back from Uniquest

2007-08-28T13:49:00.000-05:00

It was a fabulous weekend in the SE Nebraska area at Platte River State Park. In July, the organizers of Uniquest (from the Henry Foundation in Omaha) asked if I could come give a presentation on Medical Intuition and what it's like to be a medical intuitive.

I brought a dry erase board and showed the group of close to 40 people just how I go about sketching a person and looking at them medically given only their name, birth date, and city and state location. One brave young woman, whom I had never met, acted as a volunteer and consented to have me describe her inside and out in front of the group.

I told the Uniquest bunch about how my sources provide me with names, details, images, and often tongue in cheek or punny information as they give me the scoop on the clients I ask about. It seems as if the "panel of experts" (my psychic sources) seems to change with each person I meet and read for. One gal from the Uniquest group asked if this was so because the guides of the folks I read for provide information to my own guides. Sort of like "I'll have my people talk to your people. Stick around, we'll do lunch together." I suppose that's entirely possible.

Another woman asked about present life emotional and physical problems coming from a past life source. While I can't disagree that it's possible, in my own experience, too many well meaning metaphysically minded individuals are too quick to write off their current predicaments and dis-ease (mentally, emotionally, spiritually or physically) to a past life coming forward to this lifetime. It's too easy an answer, too pat in my book to automatically reach for that as an explanation. Could it be....sure. Do I find it often? Almost never.

Sunday, after finishing the last of the personal mini readings, we packed up and headed back for Iowa. The Omaha Mystic Fest is the last weekend of September and I'll be heading back Nebraska way for that. Looking forward to seeing some now familiar faces there.

Psychic Detectives Show "Open Road"

2007-07-31T10:30:00.000-05:00

July 4th , 2007 the Court TV Psychic Detectives show entitled "Open Road" first aired here in the USA. The number of calls I received immediately after that increased dramatically and I had the wonderful opportunity to talk to more new clients in a single month than any other time I can remember.

The power of national television is amazing!

Looking back, I knew I was a little curious and a lot apprehensive about how the editing of the show would come out...but the Superfine Films folks did a fabulous job and I had no need to be scared. I would love to work with them again...it was a VERY fun week!

I want to deeply thank my Webmaster/Kung Foo Sensei for all his help with my site, with the photos on it and for lending his house to shoot part of the "Open Road" episode in. I also want to thank my family and JP for all their emotional support and positive comments. Everyone has been very patient with me as we all adjust to the new busier schedule.

Superfine Films would like to shoot me again for another episode of Court TVs Psychic Detectives show. Currently, I'm working on another missing person's case at the moment in South Central that has possibilities. The family and I all believe that he has already passed on and like the "Open Road" story, it's now become a matter of finding the missing man to help put everyone at rest.

I'll keep you posted as to the outcome.

Medical Intuitive detail and accuracy

2007-04-25T09:43:00.000-05:00

I received an interesting e-mail from a client last week. She wrote:

"CAN YOU ACCURATELY SEE REAL HEALTH PROBLEMS OR DO YOU JUST ATTRIBUTE EVERYTHING TO "CHAKRA IMBALANCES" LIKE A LOT OF OTHER WELL MEANING BUT MISGUIDED PEOPLE IN THIS FIELD. SORRY FOR MY SKEPTISM. - M"

I surely understood her skepticism and sympathize. I myself have had both psychic and medical intuitive readings that were too vague to be helpful. Do I get accurate information from my psychic sources to see real health problems...the answer would be a resounding yes! However, because I am not a doctor, I must not make claims that I can diagnose or prescribe. However, details don't seem to be a problem for me.

Very much like Edgar Cayce's style, I need to take someone's full name, birthdate and location. After that, I grab my sketch pad and with the information above at the top of a fresh page, I do an outline sketch of the body. As I draw the outline, other information comes through. Do I pick up "chakra imbalances?" Well, sure, those are easy to spot, but not always particularly helpful. I want to provide as much detail as I can for my clients, so I automatically delve deeper.

As I'm doing the basic outline, often my sources are giving me specific phrases along with the detailed images. As much as I prefer to work with my clients according to their own preferences for healing (nutrition, acupuncture, chiropractic, massage therapy, ayurvedic medicine, oriental medicine, naturopathy, etc.) sometimes my psychic panel steers me directly to traditional Western medicine and surgery. Let me give you a specific example.

Last week I was looking at a gal with lower right quadrant pain in her abdomen. My sources were stern, very direct and said, (this is the quote) "The ileo-cecal valve area (junction of the large and small intestine) is hot, presents as swollen and the appendix contains what appears to be a bacterial signature in excess (meaning lots of pus or infection.)" They went on to inform my client that this situation could turn for the worse within 4 hours, that she needed to take immediate steps (no food or water until the doctor says okay...due to probable surgery, getting ahold of someone to drive her to the hospital pronto) and go directly to the emergency room.

Often the panel of spiritual experts I get information from will make side comments about the individual I am looking at. It's not uncommon for them to give me other psychic details such as "This woman must allow others to care for her! She has been preparing meals for far too many people and must allow others to feed her" (i.e., make food, and help her emotionally as much as she helps them.) The client in question had been hosting 30 people at her home the night before and was very tired and exhausted from all the preparation and clean up.

Sometimes my sources will draw lines on the body, indicating old scars or surgery sites or dense, thickened tissue from a previous difficulty.

When Mother Nature Prunes

2007-02-26T18:31:00.000-06:00

This weekend, Mother Nature went on a rather extensive pruning spree where I live in Central Iowa. We received a rather hefty dose of ice followed by a foot of the heavy white stuff. For those of you who have wondered what sort of a place this psychic clairvoyant lady lives in, here is a quick picture of the gazebo in my back yard. Yesterday, I stood looking in this direction and the breaking of tree limbs sounded like gun shots. This morning I could stand outside and as the ice began cracking and melting off the trees, I could have sworn a thousand people at once were trying to pop ice cubes out of ice trays. Mom Nature saw fit to trim off the top of my red bud tree and take out a black walnut that I was wondering if I should cut down anyway. Guess she made the decision for me.

Lakota Sweat Lodges

2007-02-20T09:10:00.000-06:00

I was honored to have my Medicine Man friend Lester come over to the house this past week to help me with a few things. Over the past year plus, we have come to find that our friendship and respect for each other has developed into quite the unique working relationship. My medical intuitive and psychic skills, combined with his understanding and deep connection to Spirit proves to be a winning combination in helping folks with their health problems and emotional issues.

I have been impressed time and time again with how strongly and quickly a traditional Lakota Medicine Man can get things done with her or her chanupa (sacred pipe) and Sweat Lodge. It pulls together a combination of factors that I don't see in healing methodologies elsewhere.

First, in order to seek help from a Medicine Man, you must opagi him or her. Opagi is a word that means literally "an offering of smoke." The action of approaching the Chanupa carrier (or Water Pourer) with a pouch or can of tobacco to ask for a lodge to be held to help with a difficulty you are having means that you have taken the first proactive step to make a change. By choosing to ask a Shaman for help means that you recognize that the Spiritual component is an extremely necessary one. For health related issues, the Western cultural equivalent would be approaching your minister to ask him or her to pray for your health, knowing they will also be acting as your doctor.

An Opagi, or offering of smoke, means you actually go out and purchase a can of organic tobacco and gift it to the Medicine Man when you ask for their assistance. Since most of us don't have this sort of thing just laying around the house, making the effort to go out and purchase it, set up a time to meet with the Shaman and take the time to tell him or her what has happened, what you need and why sets several things into motion. First, the Universe knows you are taking the those initial baby steps toward getting help. Second, by acquiring the tobacco and visiting the Water Pourer, you are honoring him or her in a time honored, sacred, traditional way. Third, by saying out loud what has brought you to this place of unbalance or dis-ease, you are sharing your story and taking the first steps at getting the problem out into the open so it can be dealt with.

When you opagi or ask for a healing lodge for yourself, the list of stuff you have to do to get ready for that lodge to take place is not small. It consists of: providing enough wood for a 3 hour bonfire's; acquiring anywhere from dozen to two dozen or more granite rocks that are the size of a melon; getting more tobacco as gifts for the Water Pourer, Fire Tender, and Drummer; making a star quilt or purchasing a quality blanket such as a Pendleton Wool blanket; bringing a large pot of fresh soup for everyone to share after lodge; making whatever number of tobacco ties and flags the Water Pourer requires of you for that lodge; being ready and willing to complete the process of saying thank you to the Spirits and the Shaman by doing a traditional Wopila ceremony at a future time designated by them.

That's a LOT of stuff to do....especially if you are sick or emotionally don't have it in balance for whatever reason. Isn't going to a Western physician and taking a pill a lot easier? Well...maybe that's true.

But the Lakota protocol steps up the healing process in many ways that traditional Western medicine does not. There are so many things to do go get ready for a healing lodge, that a single individual really is forced to ask for help from all kinds of friends and family, even strangers, to make sure the lodge happens. I've been known to call all my friends and ask them if they have melon sized rocks on their property or in their gardens that I can have...but then I have to explain WHY I need them. Thus I am forced to retell my own story. I must explain about the rocks and the sacred fire and about this non-traditional method of seeking health and balance. It requires that to share what's going on in my life with others. It reconnects me to them and them to me, and helps me move the old stuck "stuff" that caused me to get ill in the first place out of my body! It gives others an opportunity to listen, care and offer love and support in their own way.

In making prayer ties (the Lakota word is chanli apahcha or tobacco bundle) you are asked to say a prayer for what you want when tying each of dozens of little colored cloth pouches on a piece of sinew. Again, there is nothing equivalent in our own culture that physically creates a visual representation of prayer after prayer after prayer. The string of little cloth bundles is a tangible representation that we are proactively seeking help from the Creator(s) to get unstuck in life. The repetition solidfies within ourselves and within our connection to Spirit what it is that we want and are working with God/Goddess to create. Each tobacco tie then becomes another baby step in taking back one's own health and balance.

The gift of a blanket to the Water Pourer is not one FOR him or her...but one they in turn will give away as they see fit. You are purchasing an expensive item or putting your own energy into creating one from scratch. I advocate the creation of a blanket if you can do it....I can tell you that in making the effort, each and every stitch then becomes sacred and the thousands of stitches take you forward in thousands of tiny threads that interweave you, the blanket and the Spiritual universe.

Finally, when you ask those closest to you to attend the lodge, you are really asking those friends and family members to prayer for you! You are opening up to allow the energy and love of others to heal you. The conscious asking makes it so that you don't stay an island, alone and isolated struggling with your own healing. You proactively seek love and help and let other's in on that process. You're asking them to go through this hard journey with you. They consciously choose to enter and show they are willing to suffer the tremendous heat and steam of the sweat lodge to help you heal. Only really good people with true loving and caring energy are willing to make that sacrafice!

Finally, in the minutes before the lodge takes place, the Water Pourer gets together with you and the chanupa is filled. Each pinch of red willow bark that goes into the pipe is a clear request directly from you to Spirit about what you seek for your health, happiness and rebalancing. You consciously choose to involve the Creator(s) in your healing process.

Adding it all together, this kind of healing process is a far cry from the Western model where you see the doc, get the prescription filled, and go home, take the pill with a glass of water and lie in bed alone.

The speed at which I've seen this Lakota protocol work on an individual's health has been nothing short of astonishing! Looking over the long list of traditional details and how they force us to reconnect with ourselves, others and Spirit to heal...it's no wonder the Lakota have held onto this system for thousands of years.

It simply works!

Non-Standard Psychic Divination Techniques

2006-11-25T10:04:00.000-06:00

Oreomancy: Tasty Fortunetelling

Sometime, just for fun, I step away from the traditional serious professional psychic and medical intuitive work and teach something that touches on metaphysical history as well as letting my students have fun. Several years ago, I was holding a workshop to a group of gals on traditional tea leaf reading. it was then that I also introduced them to other fun food divination tools. While I taught this manner of fortune telling or psychic divination tongue in cheek (or perhaps cookie in cheek) it was extremely gratifying to find that using Oreo cookies as a useful and accurate divinatory tool really worked.

Oreomancy is quite simple. Hand a cookie to the Questioner and have them hold it between their palms, focusing on the issue. After a moment or two, they twist the Oreo quickly clockwise to separate the top part of the cookie from the bottom. Beginning with the cookie in Questioner's left hand, the Oreomancer takes this chocolate wafer and reads first the past and or present. The cookie in the right hand of the Questioner pertains to the future.

Easy interpretation tip...just remember, the Oreo "Stuff in the Middle" is the stuff of life! To help you get started with the details, here are some classic Oreomancy interpretations after the twist has been completed:

All the Stuff is on the left cookie -- You're at a point in your life where you're leaving a great deal of stuff behind and starting with a clean slate (cookie) for your future.

All the Stuff is on the right cookie -- You have a lot of stuff to look forward to! There is a full future ahead, with lots of yummy abundance.

S shaped Stuff line -- Super Stuff! You have super things in your past or future (depending on left or right wafer.)

Ripped or jagged stuff line -- Take care of your stuff better! Your pushing and tearing things, going to fast in life and need to slow down and treat you and your stuff with more TLC.

Stuff dripping over the cookie's edge -- the stuff of life is spilling out all over. Time to declutter and get everything back where it belongs.

Smooshed and flattened Stuff -- You're forcing life too hard and trying to push to much to get things to fit life the way you want. Take is easy with your stuff! Be more gentle with how you treat the stuff of life!

Stuff flew out and landed on the ground -- Things are falling between the cracks and you aren't revering life or treating your stuff as precious. Warning, this can lead to you and your stuff of life getting seriously stepped on.

Stuff forms the profile of a face -- You have someone leaving or coming in to your life (depending on whether the face is on the past/present or the future wafer.)

I think you get the idea. Next time you enjoy a package or Oreo cookies, don't forget to try a little Oreomancy and savor the Stuff of Life!

Remembering Dreams and Dream Programming

2006-11-15T09:43:00.000-06:00

I've been asked several times lately on how to remember dreams better and what dream programming is. To help everyone, I thought I would copy some of my class notes onto my blog so folks can work on remembering and guiding their dreams at home.

It's important to place your dream journal right next to your bed with the page you want to write on open and the pen ready. You need to be able to reach this and write in it during the night without having to get up or turn the light on.

To train yourself to remember your dreams better takes several nights (this can be more than a week) of telling yourself affirmations before you go to bed. These affirmations would be statements like: "I'm going to clearly remember my dreams. Remembering my dreams is important to me. I will awake at the end of the dream long enough to remember and write down my dream. I will fall back into a deep sleep easily afterwards."

In a nutshell, dream programming is purposefully posing a question to be answered in your dreams or asking to dream about a particular subject.

One hour before you go to sleep, relax your body physically. Take a hot bath, practice stretching or gentle yoga, get a massage, have sex...do anything that will satisfy your physical senses.

Next, climb into bed and review the day's events slowly in sequence. Do this as impersonally as possible...like a reporter watching your day unfold and describing it in an emotionally neutral tone. The sequence is important.

Determine what area you want to direct your subconscious attention to or what question you need the answer to while sleeping. Then, lights out. Keep the issue in your head as along as you can without expending too much energy. Other thoughts will intrude. Allow them to float gently aside. Keep your mind on your objective without hanging on to it too tightly or becoming rigid. You may want to mumble or say aloud what you want to dream about just before you drift off.

Programming brings about varied results. Sometimes the solution to your problems will appear the very night you request help. Other times it may take a few days and nights. Sometimes you will remember the whole dream and sometimes just the solution.

Practice, practice, practice! It takes a little while to get the hang of this, but the benefits are enormous!

Filming Psychic Detectives Show for Court TV

2006-10-22T10:57:00.000-05:00

Wow, what a week it's been! I've spent the last six days filming with a wonderful four person crew that flew to Iowa from New York City to shoot an episode of the Psychic Detectives show with me for Court TV.

The good folks from Superfine Films who produce the show contacted me last year about a missing person case that I worked on a decade ago and we've spent the past week recreating it for television.

While I've done a little work in front of the camera before, this is my first time having a TV show based solely on one of my psychic investigations. This particular case involved a gentleman from Des Moines who turned up missing in 1997. His spouse called me several days after he disappeared and the search was on to find him asap because of a medical condition he had.

It was really fascinating to see how everything was set up and shot. The NYC crew had never been to the Midwest and was amazed at the good old fashioned Iowa hospitality and generosity. While it was a cold, wet, blustery October week shooting outdoors in fields and woods, the way this group gelled together was really fun to be a part of. The original deputy sheriff that I worked with on the case in 1997 (Bill B.) was kind enough to move his work schedule around to film with us much of the week. Everyone I contacted was so helpful! Special thanks to my wonderful webmaster (Matt) for the use of his home but more importantly for helping to keep me sane and grounded during this crazy but fun week!

The Psychic Detectives episode will air sometime in December. I'll keep you posted as to exactly when.

Improving Your Psychic Skills

2006-09-12T07:39:00.000-05:00

A couple of gals came over to visit last night to chat about how to develop their psychic skills. I sat down with them and went over the main points of how to begin. Here's the quick summary:

1) Practice dropping into a meditative or trance state for 20 minutes every day.
Try a variety of different methods to find the one that works best for you.
2) Keep a psychic journal of your waking and dreaming psychic moments.
3) Make the place you do your intuitive or psychic work as clean and clutter free as possible.
If need be, remove things from the area to make it "Buddhist spartan."
Turn off as many electrical devices as possible to reduce the artificial vibration and make the room quiet.
4) Practice daily reaching out for answers to questions you pose and allowing your intuition to provide you with the response.
5) The Universe will most likely connect with you strongest in the same manner as which you learned best in school....visually, auditorily, kinesthetically, or spatially.
If you learned best by seeing, you will probably most easily perceive psi input as pictures or images.
If you are an auditory learner, you will mostly likely hear your answers, etc.
6) Try out all the different sorts of psychic tools, from i-ching to rune stones to tarot cards to see if any of these work well for you. Practice using them as a leaping off place to explore your own intuitive connections.
7) Increase your awareness of synchronous events as this is often a way that the Universe communicates important information to you.
8) Be aware that as you open up to the Universe with your multi-sensory awareness, you will naturally perceive "positive" as well as the "negative" information and both ends of the Spiritual spectrum as well. For this reason, I highly recommend for the beginning psychic student to remove things from your life, home and work place that are extremely negative (horror movies, scary books, etc.)
9) Remember, when receiving psychic impressions, take the first response you get and don't edit it or add your own personal issues to it.
Try to describe the response or input with as much detail and as matter of factly as possible without adding to it or removing anything from it.
10) Work on your skills when you aren't angry, or afraid or having huge stress issues about things.
Don't try pulling information from the Universe about you or your family or close loved ones...know you already have a history and bias about them that does and will skew your perceptions.

Practicing Psychic Skills (while fishing)

2006-09-09T06:44:00.000-05:00

I'm always encouraging my students and clients to practice their psychic skills on a daily basis. If you can put yourself into a situation where you reach out with your intuition, get information, and then get immediate confirmation (or denial) that what you psychically perceive is accurate, you can improve upon the skill level you already have.

I discovered a new method of practice yesterday while I was fishing. As usual, I took two poles down to my favorite catfish hole, baited up, cast out, and set them on their makeshift stands to wait. Maybe it was the full moon effect, but I started to realize that I could look at the poles and know which one was going to have a nibble next. Then I began to realize that I was getting the signal to pick up the pole just prior to the fish striking the bait.

How is that possible? Is the fish sending a telepathic signal? Am I remote viewing seconds into the future to see which line has movement. Heck, beats me. I just noticed the fact yesterday and am still in the experimental stage with it, but with the number of nibbles I had versus catfish I caught yesterday, I'm not going to argue with what works!

Oh, for those of you who are curious, the bait was chicken livers and the largest catfish measured two and a half feet long.

Full Moon Effects

2006-09-08T08:16:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was officially the full moon, and boy could I tell!

The emotions of everyone I came in contact with were riding higher than normal. Tears flowed from just about everyone I spoek with or met yesterday, either in person or on the phone.

The emergency rooms (all of them locally) were packed to the gills! I think I saw 5 ambulances in a space of four hours where I normally might only see 3 in an entire month on average.

When I was driving, everyone seemed in more of a hurry than normal and the chances I saw drivers taking...well, as one of my friends so eloquently put it, "You can tell they've never been in an accident."

On a psychic level, I had several people I called to touch base with tell me, "I was just about to call you, you've been on my mind all day." As I sat in conversation with friends at dinner, the telepathic rapport was zinging back and forth on a regular basis. We were laughing at how much we finished each other's sentences and had the same flashes at the same time.

Why do full moons heighten our senses this way? I was musing about that over coffee this morning. Perhaps it's because early human beings as a species had to use more than their five senses to survive those full moon nights when more animals were out and on the prowl. Perhaps we as hunter/gatherers became more successful obtaining food on nights when the moon was full, and those with more honed sensory perception passed their traits onto subsequent generations. Perhaps it has to do with a change in the gravitational pull of the moon on the earth and that subtle tug prompts our bodies into higher states of awareness.

I don't know if I have the answers, but I can tell from my own personal observations that there is certainly an increase in our own reception, both five sensory and multi-sensory the day before, the day of and the day after the full moon.

It's a good time to have a really strong focus on staying safe, keeping a balanced emotional keel, and paying attention to what your multi-sensory awareness is telling you.

Quiet contemplation and psychic connection

2006-09-07T07:24:00.000-05:00

I spent yesterday afternoon at my favorite fishing hole, enjoying the later summer day and mused at how much getting out away from phones and electricity helps psychic reception. Watching the water, the local beaver swimming contentedly in the middle of the lake, listening to the breeze rustle through the trees, it all took me to a deeper, calmer place.

I think our bodies entrain automatically in some significant way to whatever environment we put them in. If we are constantly dealing with the noise of phones and the frequency of fluorescent lights, that "artificial buzz" is what our bodies try to match and beat or flow with. But if we are out in nature, as man and woman were for thousands of years before we created this world of artificial vibration, then our bodies entrain, listen to and try to match the natural world.

I believe it's this natural world that has built in lines of communication that go beyond the normally thought of five senses. After I spend a day out in nature, I find that even the drive home can be filled with more multi-sensory images and awareness than I would get from a "normal day in the office."

Maybe the more I get more "in-tune" with the Universe, the better I'm able to "tune in."
Su

Connecting with my Medicine Man

2006-09-03T20:46:00.000-05:00

I spoke with Lester and Mindy today, wishing them both a happy Labor Day weekend. Lester is my Lakota Medicine Man and Mindy is his half side. Over the past year, the three of us have become very good friends and I've been to more sweat lodges than I can count.

Lester is what I call "the real deal" as far as traditional Shaman go. Being Medicine Man is his full time work. He and Mindy both open their home to people far and wide who need help and healing. I've got to say, Spiritually this is one very connected individual! Lester truly understands how unconditional love heals and the clarity with which he receives information from Spirit is amazing.

In his healing of others, Lester's philosophy is simple. If you heal an individual's spirit and their emotions, the physcial body takes care of itself. Love and connection to Spirit are the real key.

Earlier this week, Mindy and I got together and cut out the fabric for a traditional ribbon shirt for Lester that she wants to make up. We had an evening of fun and figuring out the pattern. I can't wait to see it finished. We decided that more sewing together is definately in order.

I've learned a lot from working with and being friends with both of these marvelous people, and have received a great deal of healing myself. I'll be doing four sweat lodges in a row at the end of September. Looking forward to it!

What is a Medical Intuitive?

2006-09-03T19:28:00.000-05:00

Many times, clients will ask me what exactly is a medical intuitive. First of all, I let them know that a medical intuitive is not a doctor or nurse. I'm not an MD and cannot provide a diagnosis nor can I prescribe for them. That said, what I can do is give them a detailed psychic look at what I see as going on in their body, provide them with the information precisely the way my Sources give it to me and send them back to their own choice of health care practitioner.

Because my educational background is in the life sciences and medicine, when I take a peek inside the human body, the information comes to me in very detailed layers. I guess a good description would be that I'm kind of like a walking, talking CT scan. Muscles, bones, blood vessels, body chemistry all speak to me, but so do things on the microscropic or cellular level. Overlay on top of that a connection between which body systems are going wrong and add in a dose of understanding of the emotions behind the dis-ease and you have a better sense of what my everyday psychic work is like.

I took a big hint from the readings of Edgar Cayce in how I gather medical intuitive information about a specific person. When someone calls me, I ask their full name, birthdate and the city and state where they reside. I'm not asking because I'm doing astrology on the individual...I gather this information because I want to get details about the right person. Let's see if I can explain. If you were to ask me to look at Tom Smith, there are thousands and thousands of Tom's. If you ask me to look at Tom Smith in Chicago, Illinois, there may still be dozens. But if you ask me to look at Thomas Jackson Smith who was born on March 25, 1959 who resides in Chicago, Illinois...then there is just one and only one man who fits all those parameters.

I start with my sketch pad and put the person's info near the top of the page. Then I open up clairvoyantly and ask the Universe for any and all medical information available. I take a good pen and beginning at the head, slowly draw an outline of the body. As the sketch forms, I'm shown where the energy is something other than "normal." Sometimes old injuries pop out, sometimes upcoming ones do. Often times my psychic Sources tell me whole phrases about what's going wrong as well as what the body needs to correct the problem. After I've outlined the entire person, I slowly scan back and forth over top of the sketch seeking more details. Often, by the time I'm done, the entire page is filled with information and then some.

Because I know a great deal about alternative medicine, I'm comfortable working with folks who prefer accupuncturists, chiropractors, herbalists, nutritionists, homeopathists and those who lean toward Ayurvedic medicine. I also have a knack for helping to explain in lay persons terms what traditional Western medical doctors are doing, why they precribe certain medicines and what traditional test results mean. My goal is to help my clients understand their own bodies better. The more educated you are about your own health, the better you can make choices as to how to get healthy again.

How this intuitive process works, I have to confess I'm not entirely sure. All I know is that the accuracy seems to be quite high and the clairvoyant details very specific. When I'm done with the sketch, I simply provide this information to my clients exactly the way it has been presented to me. Again, I won't tell them what to do with it, nor prescribe anything but will encourage them to continue to work with their own health care practitioner.