My Journey as a Psychic Medium

I've been knocking around this lifetime on earth for 49 years now. I haven't wandered completely aimlessly but I've always been a free spirit quick to move, drop an entire career to pick up a new one, and aim to do the perceived impossible without much of an attachment to the outcome. My main audience and client base comes from my extensive knowledge of nutrition, a plant-based organic cafe that I owned and operated for 3 years, my health coaching services, a book I wrote that was published back in 2015, and even DJ's and attendees of parties (raves) and night club events I threw for 12 years (during my wild mid-twenties through most of my thirties).

I'm known for educating about food, nutrition, the state of our food system, sustainability, food equality, the environment, gardening, social justice, and especially, the superpowers of incorporating beans into our diet in tandem with plants and protein (in the past, sometimes rather indignantly). I'm so passionate about beans that I ran an 11-day challenge last Summer which was wildly successful - so much so that I turned it into a course (Beans for Brekkie) complete with extensive nutritional info and over a dozen custom recipes on designed, printable recipe cards.

But there's much more to my story! And I want to tell it!

I came into the world to parents who became born again Christians right before I was physically born. While I have a lot of great childhood memories and memories of my parents and brothers, I also have a lot of trauma (who doesn't?). Much of the trauma stems from organized religion, churches I attended, members of the congregation, the hypocrisy of it all. And much of it was a result of simply being a girl in this world.

My mother was a psychic medium. She was scared of it. She was unaware of what it actually was so she suppressed it...but from time to time, it would pop up in big ways that made it undeniably clear. I had the abilities too, as a child. Again this was suppressed rather than nurtured out of fear. My mom was convinced the house we lived in was haunted. In theory, she wasn't wrong. But now that I can more deeply reflect on that home, I know that Spirits were contacting both of us. I remember a lot about living there despite the fact that we moved out when I was 6 years old. In fact, I remember more about my time in that house than I do of any time after and through my 20's. I was cracked open to the Spirit world as a child. And then I was sealed shut for decades.

Fast forward to 2020. I lived in San Diego - at the end of January I got a call that my mom had been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. My partner and I moved hell and high water (and Covid madness) to pack up and get across the country to Pennsylvania. We arrived in March and it was just awful witnessing my mom get worse. Treatments weren't working. She was literally disappearing before my eyes (mentally and physically) and on September 25th, 2020 she passed away in the early morning. I was gutted.

This is my favorite photo of my beautiful momma, Lois.

There was a lot I had to do after she passed and I didn't have time to process my emotions. I was working two full time professional jobs, planning her service, and was executrix of her estate. I was suspended in grief. Bereft of hope. Still, I continued on that path through the following two and a half years. Then after 6 months of getting progressively worse from her battle with Cushing's Disease, on February 6th, 2023 my doggie Soul mate, Luna, came to the end of her physical life with me. My world officially crumbled.

And here's my sweet Luna.

Two of the most important beautiful Beings in my life were...gone...within 2 and a half years of each other. After my mom passed, I went through several months of two different therapy modalities. It helped...until it didn't. I couldn't seek out therapy again. I've found it helpful at numerous times in my life, just not this time. Then one day when I was crying it out, longing for one more cuddle with Luna, one more hug from my mom, one more...

...I heard my mom's voice clear as day say to me "Find a medium, Kirsti, the rest will fall into place." I'd later learn that this type of communication with Spirit is called "clairaudience." It's important to know that only a few people call me by that nickname and I honestly hadn't had anyone call me by it since my mom died. It's not a name that I naturally lean into or call myself. So when I heard her voice saying this to me, you bet your ass I sat straight up and took notice. "Ok, momma, I'm on it" I said. I started researching psychic mediums and the first one I found on a Google search resonated strongly with me. Despite that, I continued searching, reading reviews, scrolling through websites. But I came back to this specific medium because my intuition told me she was the one, booked a call, waited a month for the time to come. It was astounding. It changed my life.

I was finally able to dig myself out of the pit of despair.

It wasn't just that my mom wanted me to find peace though. She had more in store for me and I was there for it. Hell, I'm still here for it! She pushed me to remember my gifts. She pushed me to join a development circle. I was terrified the first time I attended. My fear of public speaking has a grip on me. But I showed up, I walked through my fear, and on the other side I was paired with a partner (who was a complete stranger) in a breakout room...and I nailed it. When the dev circle ended that night, I felt like I'd unlocked my true, real, most important calling in life. My Soul's journey. My mission, and I enthusiastically accepted it!

To help people walk WITH their grief. Become friends with their emotions. Take care of their whole self. The following day, I was thinking about the reading I did the night before and I had additional downloads come through so I contacted the person I'd worked with and asked if we could have a call, if she was open to hear more? We had a call and I told her what had come through. It was someone else that was very important in her life with evidence so specific, it was undeniable.

I continued to develop in the circle, then with a mentor (the medium that gave me my first reading), then with 2 other mentors, and another round with my first mentor. To this day, I'm still developing, still striving to be better and better, to unfold the evidence and messages even deeper. Throughout the past year and a half, I've been giving readings to friends and acquaintances (with the caveat that I wanted volunteers whom I didn't know too much about, specifically their loved ones in the Spirit world) and to complete strangers. I used the time to hone my abilities mindfully, patiently, and compassionately.

I also had the call to become Reiki certified. I answered the call and completed Reiki 1 & 2 trainings to become a Reiki practitioner. Reiki has been game-changing for me energetically. I did the same thing, practiced on loved ones, friends, and acquaintances - both in-person and by using distance healing. It's all culminated in the perfect business focus.

Healing from grief. Mind, body, and Soul.

I started 'for the love of the journey' back in 2014. I published my first book by the same name in 2015.

Ten years later...the journey is all about physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual healing. And I'll be damned if my logo, the one you see on this website (that I drew back in 2014) wasn't the perfect foreshadowing for 10 years in the future. I'm still passionate and knowledgeable about nutrition and holistic wellness. It's still important. I've simply added to the tool box...for whole, sustainable Soul : Machine Nutrition™️.

In February of 2024 I decided that I wanted to open up a physical office space and be a part of healing within my community, especially after going so long without that face-to-face connection since Covid. I signed a lease, took the month to get my office set up, then opened my doors on March 1st to a warm welcome and strong support from the community.

So here I am - running out of the closet, at mach speed - loving my journey and helping humans that are stuck in grief rise like a phoenix from the ashes so they can love theirs too!

I'll now be blogging regularly, sending out emails to my list consistently, educating, sharing, and occasionally mentioning an offer/service/digital product. I hope to see you around my website, on my booking page, in my Beans for Brekkie course, on Instagram (I'll be getting more active there too), or in person at my office! I offer all of my services online and in person - mediumship readings, psychic readings, Reiki sessions, intuitive nutrition sessions, Reiki/nutrition combo sessions, and more!

Let me know in the comments what content you'd like to see from me. Want to learn more about nutrition, intuition, how Reiki works, how I continue to communicate with my mother? I'm an open book and eager to share!

And I'd love to see you at my free monthly Nourishment Circle! ✨ Sign up for that HERE.

I can't wait to get to know y'all better! Thanks for reading! 🌻💖✨