🌀 Emotions as Bridges: Feeling Our Way into Spirit Communication 🌀

One of the most overlooked aspects of mediumship—and truly, of any spiritual practice—is the role of our emotions. So often we’re taught to either ignore them, push through them, or override them with logic. But in the work of connecting to Spirit, emotions aren’t distractions. They’re guides. They are bridges.

When I open myself to communicate with Spirit, I don’t just use my mind. I feel. Deeply.

Spirit doesn’t always come through in a voice or image. Sometimes they come through a wave of grief that isn’t mine, a sudden joy that lights up my chest, or a tightness in my throat that speaks louder than words ever could. Emotion is part of the language Spirit uses. It’s subtle, but it’s powerful.

We forget that mediumship is not just about receiving messages—it’s about feeling them. Letting them move through us. Emotion is energy, and energy is how Spirit speaks.

Emotions are resonance tools. The more open I am to my own emotions—the raw, messy, beautiful human stuff—the more clearly I can feel the emotions of Spirit. Not every emotion I pick up is mine. And that’s a key part of the practice: learning what belongs to me and what doesn’t. That’s where discernment, grounding, and self-awareness come in.

The irony is, the more I allow myself to be emotionally available, the clearer the channel becomes. It’s not about being emotionally “perfect”—it’s about being emotionally present.

Also, remember we must tend the vessel.

Mediumship requires us to be vessels—and that vessel is our emotional body, our nervous system, our whole being. If we’re constantly overwhelmed or dysregulated, it’s harder to hold the energetic space required for Spirit communication. That’s why doing the work to maintain emotional balance in our day-to-day lives is so important.

Balance doesn’t mean never feeling deeply. It means cultivating practices that help us return to center after being moved. It means having the inner structure to process the highs and lows—both ours and the spirits’—so we don’t get swept away.

When we tend to our emotional well-being, we become stronger containers. And the stronger the container, the more we can hold—for ourselves, for Spirit, and for the people we serve.

Emotions heal the channel. Unprocessed emotions—especially grief, shame, or fear—can cloud our ability to connect. But the healing is the path. Every layer of emotional healing clears the fog. That’s why so many mediums (myself included) have gone through deep emotional initiations. The more we tend to our emotional bodies, the more trust Spirit places in us as messengers. Because we’re not just translating messages—we’re holding space for healing.

Please keep in mind, you don’t have to be “fine” to connect. This is something I remind myself and my clients all the time. You don’t have to be in a perfect emotional state to connect to Spirit. Sometimes, the emotions you’re experiencing are the signal. Spirit will often use what’s already active in our energy to reach through. That heartbreak you’re feeling? That may be the exact resonance that allows a passed loved one to reach you. The anger you’re processing? It may open the door to ancestral healing.

Spirit meets us where we are. Not where we pretend to be.

So if you’re walking the path of mediumship—or even just learning to listen more deeply to your intuition—don’t shut down your feelings. Get curious about them. Sit with them. Honor them.

Do the work to create emotional spaciousness within. That work is your service.

Your emotional body is not in the way—it is the way.