The Connected Spirit Podcast

When therapy, mindset work, and manifestation tools stop working — it's often because the root of what we're feeling didn't start with us. In this powerful conversation, Courtney Dawson sits down with therapist and ancestral healer Ben Eden to explore how ancestral healing helps us uncover and release inherited patterns that shape the way we love, give, and seek to be seen. Together, they dive int...

The holidays can stir so much emotion—joy, nostalgia, and the deep ache of missing someone you love. In this restorative Christmas episode of The Connected Spirit Podcast , internationally recognized psychic medium and mentor Courtney Dawson shares a deeply personal story about losing her grandfather and the difficult, unexpected grief that followed. Through honesty, vulnerability, and Spirit-led...

Have you ever noticed the same song, light, or ornament appearing again and again—and wondered if it means something? In this comforting Christmas episode of The Connected Spirit Podcast , internationally recognized psychic medium and mentor Courtney Dawson explains how Spirit communicates through symbols, signs, and synchronicities during the holidays. Courtney shares a heart-warming client story...

In this comforting and educational Christmas episode of The Connected Spirit Podcast, internationally recognized psychic medium and mentor Courtney Dawson shares how your departed loved ones visit during the holidays—and how you can recognize the subtle signs Spirit sends to remind you that love never dies. Courtney opens up about losing her dad just two months before Christmas and the extraordina...

The holidays can open your heart in unexpected ways ,joy, grief, and longing often coexist. In this soulful episode, Courtney shares how to navigate holiday grief, reconnect with loved ones in spirit, and find peace through spiritual connection and mediumship. Learn how to hold both love and loss, invite signs from Spirit, and rediscover a deeper sense of comfort this season.   Nov 22 - Bringing H...

Ever felt scared of your own spiritual gift? In this episode, I'm sharing how I moved from doubting my connection to fully trusting spirit. You'll learn what it really takes to stop second-guessing your messages, release fear, and lean into faith as an ethical medium. ✨ You'll hear: How fear shows up in your mediumship The moment I almost walked away from my gift The shift that helped me trust sp...

What happens when you grow up healing strangers in church pews… but are told your gifts are from the devil? In this soul-shaking conversation, spiritual teacher and intuitive healer Tammi Morrison joins me to talk about reclaiming spiritual gifts after religious trauma, healing the mother wound, and learning to trust divine timing—especially when life pulls you into the void. We explore the sacred...

When "divine union" becomes manipulation, it's time to talk. Psychic medium Alexa English joins Courtney for a raw, no-fluff conversation about the Twin Flames Universe—and how spiritual seekers are being targeted by high-control, unethical groups. We get into: The red flags of Twin Flames and spiritual cults How to spot manipulative mentorship and fake "healers" Why discernment is your deepest pr...

It started with a whisper—Tamarin Martin, eyes soft but steady, tuning in live on Instagram. A name. A detail. A presence. Then the moment: "He says he's sorry. He couldn't see clearly when he was alive, and he's taking ownership now." You could feel the shift—grief stretching into something softer. This week's episode isn't theory. It's not talk about mediumship—it is mediumship. Courtney sits do...

A dime fell through her dining room table—and everything she thought she knew unraveled. In this deeply human, beautifully unpolished conversation, psychic medium Virginia Belliveau shares the raw, true story of her awakening. From growing up Mormon and hiding her gifts, to the moment Spirit showed up so undeniably it couldn't be explained away, Virginia walks us through the long road from self-do...

What does it look like to follow Spirit—when you're not ready, not healed, and not sure who you are anymore? In this episode of The Connected Spirit , Courtney sits down with Erica Barretto , a psychic medium and retired NYC law enforcement officer, for a profound conversation on spiritual awakening, illness, and identity. Erica's journey began in the rigidity of a law enforcement career, shaped b...

She never set out to be a psychic—or a forensic consultant working with the FBI. She just knew, deep in her bones: if I don't teach people how to connect, I'll die inside. In this episode, I sit down with Reverend Sheila Marie—a world-recognized forensic medium, spiritual teacher, and former law enforcement officer. From Sunday school teacher to solving cold cases through spirit-led dreams, Sheila...

You ever feel like the moment you finally stand in your truth, the world hands you a storm? This episode is a raw, unfiltered look at what really happens when you decide to step into your spiritual gifts—when you stop shrinking and start shining. Together with Amy, we share the ache of betrayal, the heaviness of grief, and the inner resilience it takes to stay rooted in your purpose when others pr...

She walked into a spiritualist church at 18—and something deep in her body said, finally. It wasn't a thunderbolt. It wasn't a sign. It was a felt-sense of home. This week, I sit down with Veronica Jenkins—35-year spiritualist, evidential medium, spirit artist, educator, and author—to talk about what happens when Spirit stops being an idea and starts being your compass. We go deep on the philosoph...

Feeling blocked in your mediumship? Wondering why your spirit connection feels inconsistent, vague, or even nonexistent during readings? You're not broken—and you're definitely not alone. In this episode, I break down the real reason so many mediums feel stuck, especially after taking classes, sitting in circles, and doing practice readings. I shares my personal story of sitting in circles with se...

What if your intuition isn't broken—just buried under bad advice? In this honest, grounded episode, psychic medium and shamanic healer Kelly Ferguson shares what it really takes to trust your gifts, build your own energetic toolkit, and stay rooted in integrity. From her first spirit encounter at age 11 to blending parenting with psychic work, this conversation is packed with truth, clarity, and p...

What happens when psychic readings become a crutch? In this deeply honest conversation, returning guest Rory Walkhom—a spiritual teacher, channel, and mentor with The Medium School—shares the kind of truth that stops you mid-scroll. You'll hear us unpack a very real and often uncomfortable dynamic in the psychic and spiritual world: how repeated readings, while well-intentioned, can slowly disempo...

Heather Bierner didn't come to mediumship empty-handed. She brought years of spiritual seeking, a Christian upbringing she'd long outgrown, and intuitive experiences that hinted at something deeper. She even went to India in search of soul truth. But nothing prepared her for the moment when spirit asked her to let go of everything she thought she needed—and just trust. In this intimate conversatio...

There's a moment in every medium's journey when Spirit steps in so clearly, so undeniably, that you can't go back to who you were before. For me, it was a warm June night outside a little Spiritualist church—a chance meeting with a man in Spirit that cracked my world wide open. But here's what I learned in the years after: your mediumship doesn't grow in a vacuum. It needs a safe, soul-aligned spa...

She didn't grow up seeing spirits. She didn't spend years in training. But on her very first try, Tosha Link brought through a piece of evidence so specific—a toaster—that it left no doubt spirit was speaking through her. In this heartfelt conversation, Tosha shares how she went from curious beginner to confident evidential medium in just eight months inside the Connected Spirit Circle. We explore...

She was a nurse in the ICU, raised Baptist, mothering, wife-ing, surviving—until Spirit began whispering louder. Through grief and gut-truths, ancestral dreams and a deep church awakening, Ermi listened. And when she finally said yes, everything changed. In this raw, magnetic episode, Ermi shares her journey from a strict Christian upbringing to becoming a deeply Spirit-led psychic medium. Her sto...

There's a moment most of us don't talk about—the quiet, gritty middle of the spiritual path. The part where everything feels heavy, not magical. Where we wonder, "Am I really meant for this?" In today's episode, Courtney shares her raw experience of navigating these shadows: losing friendships, leaving the church, and questioning her path—yet always finding her way back to spirit's quiet power. If...

As a teenager, Kelly Brickell couldn't sleep. Her body was wired, her mind racing, her spirit trying to be heard. What doctors dismissed, she later recognized as the first signs of energetic sensitivity—an invitation into a world of spirit she hadn't yet named. In this soul-deep episode, Kelly opens up about how chronic insomnia cracked open her path into psychic mediumship and numerology. She sha...

It starts with a whisper—an inner knowing, a quiet tug you can't quite explain. For Connie Gable, it began in childhood with dreams that spoke truths before they happened, and a Tarot reader who came to the house long before it was "normal" to talk about these things out loud. In this episode, I sit down with Connie—nurse practitioner, empath, and one of the radiant souls inside the Mediumship Mas...

There's a moment in this episode when Rickie Avitan describes her time in palliative care—watching a soul leave the body—and everything stills. You feel it. The truth of the unseen world isn't something to be proven. It's something to be remembered. In this soul-deep conversation with psychic trance medium and spiritual healer Rickie Avitan, we explore trance as a sacred state of presence, not per...