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You Are a Medium: Discover Your Natural Abilities to Communicate with the Other Side

✍️ Dillard, Sherrie
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📚 WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT

A practical guide to developing mediumship skills based on decades of professional experience.

Dillard structures her advice around personal anecdotes and specific spiritual challenges rather than abstract theory. She uses her background in pastoral counseling to frame mediumship as a service for healing and transformation. The text covers diverse subjects including suicide, coma, and dementia, offering perspectives on how spirits communicate during these difficult times. Readers learn to identify their unique medium type and handle negativity through the Chain Gang concept. The approach is grounded in New Thought principles and practical workshop experience.

Key Themes
channeling techniques spiritual healing mediumship development
Literary Context

This paperback from Llewellyn Publications sits within the American New Thought tradition, blending psychic practice with pastoral counseling. Dillard’s work reflects a contemporary approach to spiritualism that integrates intuition development with therapeutic insights, appealing to readers interested in practical metaphysics rather than historical occultism.

Difficulty
● Easy
Recommended For Fans Of
Doreen Virtue · James Van Praagh · Janet Condon
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Praise for this book

“Everything that Sherrie Dillard writes has the ring of authenticity that comes with great beauty and spiritual depth.”
— Joanna Macy, PhD, co-author of Active Hope
🏛 Llewellyn Publications 📅 2013 📖 288 pages 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9780738737928
Fun Fact
Sherrie Dillard's 'You Are a Medium' is a refreshingly grounded entry into the field of spiritual communication. Its greatest strength lies in demystifying mediumship, presenting it as an accessible, natural skill rather than an exclusive gift. Those seeking practical exercises and a gentle, encouraging tone will find it invaluable. However, readers looking for purely academic or skeptical viewpoints might be disappointed. It stands out for its emphasis on ethical practice and self-empowerment, making it a solid choice for anyone ready to explore their own psychic landscape with confidence and clarity.

📝 Description: You Are a Medium: Discover Your Natural Abilities to Communicate with the Other Side

Sherrie Dillard draws on over thirty years of professional experience as a psychic medium and therapist to guide readers in developing their own natural abilities. She has provided more than fifty thousand readings worldwide and holds a Master of Divinity degree in New Thought pastoral counseling. Her work includes teaching intuition development at Duke University Continuing Studies and serving as a psychic detective and medical intuitive. This volume offers a structured approach to understanding mediumship, beginning with her personal history in chapters such as The Good Dead and Spiritual Helpers, Angels and Guides. The text moves into practical application through sections detailing specific life challenges. Dillard addresses topics like addiction, heart disease, suicide, and dementia in chapters titled Addictions, Embracing Your Spirit and Alzheimer's, Dementia, Coma's, Repeating Lessons. She explores the concept of the Chain Gang as a cure for negativity and discusses breaking free from conformity. The third section focuses on skill development, helping readers discover their medium type and master abilities through techniques outlined in chapters like Discover Your Medium Type and Mastering Medium Abilities. The book concludes with a chapter on Medium Help 911 and a final reflection titled The Enlightened Medium. It suits individuals interested in channeling, psychic phenomena, and spiritual healing who seek concrete steps for self-development. Those looking for historical analysis of occult traditions or academic critiques of parapsychology may find the content too personal. Dillard’s writing carries a ring of authenticity noted by Joanna Macy, co-author of Active Hope. The volume provides a clear path for those ready to activate their sixth sense and connect with loved ones on the other side.

📑 What's inside

  1. Table of Contents 2
  2. Introduction 4
  3. Section 1 My Path to Becoming a Medium 16
  4. Chapter 1 The Good Dead: My Early Years 17
  5. Chapter 2 Spiritual Helpers, Angels and Guides 30
  6. Section 2 How You Help the Other Side- The Sessions 50
  7. Chapter 3: From Fear to Courage 51
  8. Chapter 4: Addictions, Embracing Your Spirit 67
  9. Chapter 5: Conformity and Breaking Free 83
  10. Chapter 6: Heart Disease, Call to Love 99
  11. Chapter 7: Suicide and Transformation to New Ways of Being 116
  12. Chapter 8: Stuck in Three Dimensions and Activating your Sixth Sense 134
  13. Chapter 9: The Chain Gang: Cure for Negativity 148
  14. Chapter 10: Alzheimer's, Dementia, Coma's, Repeating Lessons 164
  15. Chapter 11: Lost and Wandering, Finding the Way 181
  16. Section 3 Develop Your Natural Medium Ability 200
  17. Chapter 12: Discover Your Medium Type 201
  18. Chapter 13: Your Medium Potential 207
  19. Chapter 14: Mastering Medium Abilities 225
  20. Chapter 15: Medium Help 911 260
  21. Conclusion: The Enlightened Medium 285
  22. Continued Reading 290

💎 Expert review

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Esoterica Books editorial team
Occult literature desk
Dillard’s text serves as an inviting entry point for those new to mediumship, successfully stripping away esoteric jargon in favor of accessible, practical advice. Her two decades of experience shine through in her compassionate tone, making complex spiritual concepts feel manageable and grounded. However, seasoned occultists or academic researchers may find the content overly simplistic and lacking in rigorous historical or theoretical depth. It is not suited for those seeking dense metaphysical analysis or traditional ceremonial magic frameworks. Instead, it thrives as a gentle primer for personal exploration rather than scholarly study, appealing primarily to readers looking for emotional resonance and practical steps over intellectual complexity.
✓ EDITOR'S REVIEW

📖 Why choose it

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Why this book is worth reading

This book is ideal for the curious skeptic or the spiritually sensitive individual who has long felt a pull toward the unseen world but lacks the technical framework to understand it. Sherrie Dillard offers a compassionate, demystifying approach that validates your innate potential, removing the intimidation often associated with mediumship. If you desire deeper connections with loved ones who have passed or wish to explore your own psychic sensitivities without dogma, this guide provides the practical techniques and encouraging perspective necessary to begin your journey. It empowers you to view these abilities not as rare gifts, but as natural human capacities waiting to be awakened, fostering a sense of unity and understanding across the veil.

⭐ Reader reviews

The starting rating comes from the team Esoterica Books —
⭐ Esoterica editorial review Editorial rating 4.6/5
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Are you curious about your own psychic potential? Do you long to connect with loved ones who have passed? This book is for anyone seeking practical, accessible guidance to explore and develop their natural abilities to communicate with the spirit world, fostering deeper spiritual awareness.

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Esoterica Books editorial team

Dillard’s text serves as an inviting entry point for those new to mediumship, successfully stripping away esoteric jargon in favor of accessible, practical advice. Her two decades of experience shine through in her compassionate tone, making complex spiritual concepts feel manageable and grounded. However, seasoned occultists or academic researchers may find the content overly simplistic and lacking in rigorous historical or theoretical depth. It is not suited for those seeking dense metaphysical analysis or traditional ceremonial magic frameworks. Instead, it thrives as a gentle primer for personal exploration rather than scholarly study, appealing primarily to readers looking for emotional resonance and practical steps over intellectual complexity.

❓ Frequently asked questions

No, this book argues that mediumship is a natural human ability, much like intuition, and provides guidance for anyone to develop their innate capacities.
The book offers techniques and exercises to open your channels for spirit communication, which may include connecting with specific loved ones, but focuses on developing the general ability.

📖 Who should read this

Are you curious about your own psychic potential? Do you long to connect with loved ones who have passed? This book is for anyone seeking practical, accessible guidance to explore and develop their natural abilities to communicate with the spirit world, fostering deeper spiritual awareness.

🎯 Key themes and symbolism

Awakening Innate Mediumship

This book posits that mediumship is not a rare, mystical talent reserved for a select few, but a natural extension of human intuition and empathy. It guides readers through exercises and insights designed to awaken and acknowledge these inherent abilities, framing them as accessible pathways to spiritual understanding. The focus is on recognizing and nurturing one's own latent capacities for spirit communication.

Practical Spirit Communication

Dillard provides actionable strategies and techniques for establishing contact with departed loved ones and other spiritual entities. From interpreting signs and symbols to developing clairvoyant, clairaudient, and clairsentient faculties, the book offers a step-by-step approach. It emphasizes creating a safe and sacred space for communication, ensuring a grounded and respectful interaction with the spirit world.

Ethical Psychic Development

Beyond simply opening to spirit communication, the text stresses the importance of responsible and ethical practice. It delves into maintaining energetic boundaries, discerning genuine messages from personal projections, and understanding the purpose of spirit connections. Readers learn how to develop their abilities with integrity, ensuring their practice is both empowering for themselves and respectful of the spiritual realms.

📜 Historical context

Mediumship boasts a rich history, from ancient oracles and shamans to the Spiritualist movement of the 19th century. This work contributes to the contemporary understanding of psychic development, moving beyond sensationalism to frame mediumship as an accessible, natural human capacity. It sits comfortably within the modern 'Mind, Body, Spirit' tradition, offering a practical, empowering approach to an age-old spiritual pursuit.

📚 Glossary

Medium
Channeling
Psychic

📔 Questions to reflect on

  1. Reflect on a time you felt an unexplained connection or received an intuitive 'nudge.' How might that have been a whisper from the unseen?
  2. What fears or preconceived notions do you hold about communicating with spirits? How might this book challenge or affirm those beliefs?
  3. Consider how developing your mediumistic abilities could enrich your life or help others. What responsibilities come with such a gift?

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