Are You a Medium? How to Know

Are you a medium? Some definitions to help you understand the signs.

Mediums Are Becoming More Accepted

A medium is someone who can perceive the energies of those who have passed and interpret these messages for the living.

People often seek a medium’s guidance when they’re grieving and searching for understanding or closure.

Awareness of mediumship has grown through television and social media. Well-known psychic mediums have helped people recognize the healing nature of these readings.

Modern Mediums

Contemporary mediums include Tyler Henry, Lisa Williams, Theresa Caputo, and John Edward.

One particularly respected investigative medium, Allison Dubois, is known for her accuracy and for assisting law enforcement in solving crimes.

If you’re considering a reading, it helps to know what makes a good medium.

A genuine medium can share details about your loved one that no one else could know.

Many mediums say they’ve always felt “different,” often aware of this sensitivity since childhood.

How Do You Know If You’re a Medium?

You are born with the gift—it often runs through family lines.

Sometimes trauma or societal pressure causes people to suppress their gifts, leading to what’s known as an “awakened medium” later in life.

This was my experience.

Awakened Mediums

From a young age, I sensed energies around me—changes in atmosphere, the presence of unseen observers, and a general awareness that I couldn’t explain.

I assumed everyone experienced this and just didn’t talk about it.

At night, I would see a sequence of faces—like a slideshow.

My dreams were vivid and lucid; sometimes I was visited by unfamiliar beings who shared information.

One persistent figure, cloaked in dark robes, appeared beside my bed each morning. At first, it frightened me—but later, I understood this being as a Spirit Guide trying to help me.

Have You Been Visited by Loved Ones?

Perhaps you’ve felt the presence of someone who has passed. These experiences are common during grief and can take many forms:

• Seeing your loved one as a translucent figure, while awake.
• Smelling their perfume or a familiar scent, like tobacco.
• Receiving a personal sign—perhaps a butterfly in winter, a favorite animal, or a meaningful song on the radio.
• Hearing their voice softly from one side.
• A vivid memory “pops in” unprompted.
• Feeling a sudden chill and sensing they’re nearby.

Experiences like these are part of the natural process of grief; they don’t necessarily mean you’re a medium, however.

Signs You Might Be a Medium

If you are, you’ll likely know. Here are some confirming signs:

• You’re highly sensitive to the energy or atmosphere of people and places.
• Premonitions may regularly occur about illness or passing.
• You can sense when a building holds spiritual energy.
• Falling asleep or waking feels like arriving at a busy train station of visiting spirits—until you learn to manage it.
• Open-eyed visions of loved ones who’ve passed (clairvoyance).
• Receiving messages that later make perfect sense, even if others dismiss them as coincidences.
• Messages for others often “arrive” uninvited, and you feel compelled to share them, or wonder if you should.
• A guiding presence regularly appears to you—through sight, sound, thought, or emotion.
• Loved Ones sometimes visit you in dreams or visions before they pass (relatives, friends, or family members).
• When sitting with someone who is dying, you sense others gathering to help them cross over.

What to Do If You Think You’re a Medium

One of the best ways to develop your gift is to join a mediumship circle, either online or in person.

Through meditation and regular practice, you can learn to focus and work safely with different energies.

Working in a circle with an experienced teacher, you’ll also discover which kind of mediumship feels most natural to you.

And remember: there’s no obligation to pursue it professionally.

Simply understanding and accepting your gift may be enough, unless you feel called to use it in service to others.

Helping people connect with their loved ones when needed can be profoundly comforting and deeply healing for everyone involved.

I Got More Comfortable With My Gifts Through Akashic Practice

One way to get more comfortable with your mediumship gift can be to connect with your Akashic Records.

Working with your Records expands the connection to your Soul through your Higher Self (aka your intuition). You’ll also begin to connect with your Inner Circle Spirit Guides and your Gatekeeper Guide.

This helps your work as a medium.

If you are interested in an Akashic Records Reading with me, I always recommend starting with the Soul Star Reading.

This reading gives you 3 different immersive experiences of the Akashic Records: –

1. Connecting with your Divine Soul Blueprint (Soul-level gifts, talents, abilities).
2. Hearing about a Past Life that contains a karmic pattern ready for clearing (you’ll recognize this pattern in your present life).
3. Recognizing and clearing present life blocks and restrictions.

If you’d like to know about the different readings I offer on this site, start here>>

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