The Psychic Explorer

It’s that time of year again! 🎃 Joolz Bailey and I are back for our annual Halloween paranormal investigation, and this year we’re heading to St Benet’s Abbey, a ruin on the Norfolk Broads with over 1,000 years of history!

On a misty, moonlit Tuesday night, with no suitcase of gadgets, we rely on our senses and trust what we feel. Along the way: an EMF meter that won’t behave, two mediums picking up the same story separately, a sigh caught on the microphone that neither of us can explain, and a candle that goes out on requ...

It's back! Jono Angelo joins me for our second annual Halloween special, and this year eight wonderful listeners and family members have sent in their spooky stories. 🎃

We've got a cloaked figure on a lonely road in France, a ghost in a Canadian basement who was just as scared as the homeowner, a haunted castle in Devon, a strange night in Lynmouth, and a Suffolk schoolhouse with a very odd doorbell.

Jono and I share what we pick up from each one, and we find that the scariest stories often have a gentler side. Plus, one...

This week I'm coming to you from the stunning Bay of Kotor in Montenegro, where Simon and I are celebrating our 20th anniversary. Between cruise ship crowds, rock-hard mattresses, and a hunt for the "perfect" photo, I found myself reflecting on something bigger: why we're all so busy chasing the shot that we forget to actually experience what's in front of us. I bring this straight back to mediumship — how sitters (and mediums) can get so fixated on a big, dramatic message that they miss the small, quiet detail that actually means everything. Plus a fish, a violin, and a...

Boy, have I got a treat for you. This month I'm joined by the wonderful Sylvester Allen — a psychic medium who's live on TikTok almost every day and reads in a way that only Sylvester can. 🕯️

We go right back to little Sylvester seeing spirit as a child in Germany, the angel who walked him across a busy road, a genuinely haunted house in Florida, and the night his father came to say goodbye. Then we get into his philosophy on mediumship: why evidence alone isn't enough, why your development is yours and yours alone, and his answer...

Late spring, my face-to-face circle came to an end. For the first time since I started developing, I found myself with nowhere to go on a Wednesday night and no one to practice with. 🕯️

So I turned to my online community. And it's wonderful. But somewhere along the way, watching how other mediums work slid into comparing myself to them, putting them on pedestals, and waiting for someone to hand me a certificate from Psychic University before I was "allowed" to read.

This solo episode is about feeling spiritually homeless, outsourcing your authority to people you a...

What does it actually take to call yourself a medium? In this episode I'm joined by Giselle Zavalza, a regular face in my online practice circles, who shares her awakening story — from the golden light at her mother's rosary to finding her first mentor on TikTok during COVID. We talk about grief as a catalyst, why sitting in the power took her seven months to master, the ego checks along the way, and why development never really finishes. If you're just starting your psychic or mediumship journey, this is your reality check: it's a slow burn, and you have to...

I've been putting this one off.

For two, maybe three months, my mediumship has felt like it's been switched off. I've spent all summer blaming the heat — and honestly, the heat has been horrendous — but I don't think that's the whole story.

So this is me thinking out loud. Why is my psychic work still ticking over while my mediumship has gone completely quiet? Is any of this seasonal? And what happens when you realize the dip arrives at the same time every year, right around the anniversary of losing your mum?

No conc...

What are the Akashic Records? If, like me, the phrase conjures up a giant library in the sky and a healthy dose of side-eye, this episode is for you.

My guest this month is Meli Guidance, a past-life psychic and Akashic Records reader from Quebec, Canada. Meli shares how she shut the door on the spirit world at five, and again at 25, before finally stepping into her gifts — and why she's never once doubted what she experienced. We dig into what the Akashic Records actually are, soul plans, spirit guides, claircognizance, and why translation (Meli's other profession) mi...

Nobody warns you about this side of it.

In this solo episode, I share what happened when a visitor to my free online practice circle turned on me — calling me evil and threatening to drag my name through the mud. This isn't a gossip session or a rehash of an argument. It's an honest look at the shadow side of the spiritual community: what happens when ego gets in the way, why being a medium doesn't automatically make someone kind, and what I learned about protecting the people in my space as a facilitator.

If yo...

This month, I'm joined by psychic medium, witch, and all-round force of nature Anthony Lightz — and what a conversation this is!

Anthony grew up in rural Illinois in a conservative household shaped by evangelical religion, and spent years quietly suppressing two enormous parts of himself: his sexuality and his gifts. In this episode, Anthony opens up about what it was like to grow up gay and psychic in a cornfield, to pray the gay away, to have his witchy books confiscated at fifteen, and to eventually find his way back to all of it.

We ta...

So, I finally did it. I pressed live on TikTok — candles lit, cards shuffled, settings researched to within an inch of their life. And then... I completely fell apart.

This episode is me being honest about what happened when I tried to step into a version of mediumship that isn't really mine. The 48-hour spiral that followed taught me more about my own practice — and my own self-doubt — than almost anything else has. It turns out the scaffolding was all in place. The house, though? Empty.

I also come clean about the daily meditation routine I prom...

What would happen if you trusted your intuition so completely, you sold everything, packed up your family, and moved across the world with no plan and nowhere to live?

That's exactly what Kelsey Anderson did. In this conversation, Kelsey shares how following her gut took her from Washington State to the Scottish Highlands, through England, Bali, and Croatia — and ultimately back home. But this isn't a travel show. It's a conversation about what it really means to stop second-guessing yourself and start actually listening.

We cover how travel expands your frame of reference as a me...

Recorded live from a Norfolk beach — bad back and all — this solo episode asks a question I've been sitting with for a while: am I a lazy psychic?

On the drive here, I was listening to someone talk about their daily spiritual practice: meditating multiple times a day, pulling cards, constant study. And I thought… I do none of that. So what does psychic development actually look like when you're just living your life?

In this honest reflection, I talk about the pressure — often self-imposed — to practice in a rigid, prescribed way, why forcing your mediumship...

I have something exciting to share — and a very special giveaway for one of you!!! 🎟️

I have a spare ticket to see David the Medium live at Birmingham Town Hall on 21st May 2026, and I want to give it to someone in this community.

In this short bonus episode, I'll tell you all about David, why I think seeing a live mediumship demonstration is one of the most extraordinary experiences you can have — and how you can enter to win.

To enter, follow me on any platform and answer this question in the comments...

In this episode of The Psychic Explorer, I sit down with developing medium Nat Lockett for an honest and moving conversation about spirit communication, grief, and what it means to be led by love.

Nat shares experiences that span a lifetime — from hearing unexplained sounds as a child, to smelling her father before learning he had passed, to being present with her mother in her final moments. These are not spooky stories. They are stories of connection, comfort, and love continuing beyond physical life.

We talk about what it's like to grow up with psychic an...

Something has shifted.

Since my last solo episode on authentic mediumship, my platform work has hit a new level — deeper evidence, stronger connections, and for the first time, a real sense of comfort in my own skin as a medium. But comfort doesn't mean that I'm finished!

In this episode I'm recording from my back garden in Norfolk on a spring evening, reflecting on the work still ahead — particularly my one-to-one readings — and why seeking mentorship is itself an act of authenticity. Plus a journal entry written almost exactly a year ago that turned out to be...

AnneMarie Pisano calls herself the "mundane medium" — no rituals, no moon water required. Just intention, meditation, and learning to trust what's already within you.

AnneMarie is a developing psychic medium and tarot reader from New Jersey whose story I keep coming back to. A lonely childhood, a spiritual life that ebbed and flowed for decades, and then COVID — which kept her indoors for eighteen months and sparked a profound psychic awakening.

We talk clairsentience, pet mediumship, the vision of a waiter that convinced her she was the real deal, and why her core message is so s...

How authentic are you — really? Not just in your mediumship, but in how you show up in every area of your life?

After months of chasing algorithms, comparing myself to other creators and losing my joy in the process, I hit reset! This episode is an honest reflection on what happens when comparison steals your joy, and what it takes to find your way back to yourself.

If you're a developing psychic medium, a spiritual seeker, or simply someone who has ever felt the pressure to be someone you're not — this one's for you.

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🔮 Channeling Spirit Guides: Kim Charlson Lets Monty Speak🔮

In this episode of The Psychic Explorer Podcast, I sit down with Kim Charlson — a semi-conscious trance channeler who works with her spirit guide, Monty.

Kim explains the key difference between channeling and evidential mediumship, why channeling can't offer the same kind of proof, but why that doesn't make it any less real. She shares how her first spontaneous channeling experience left her thinking she'd lost her mind — and how she found her way back to trusting it.

We also go live: Monty joins the conversati...

I recorded this introduction five times. Maybe six.

Things were happening in the world I found hard to sit with — and then I stumbled across a video of a London bus driver who hangs a bubble machine out of his window as he drives his route. That was it. That was what I needed.

This episode is about the kind of love that doesn't need a bouquet or a fancy restaurant. The kind that shows up in a smile, a genuine "no, really — how are you?" The kind mediumship keeps bringing me back to: empathy, apol...

What happens when grief cracks you open — and something extraordinary steps through?

Rob Lomax lost his baby son in 1991. That loss reignited psychic abilities he'd had since childhood, and over time he came to understand that the beings guiding him weren't external at all — but other expressions of his own soul. Antemidae, Andromedan. Orlaka, Arcturian.

I recorded this one face to face at Rob's home, and I can tell you: when he channels, something visibly shifts. His speech pattern changes completely. I noticed it in the room, and again when I edited it back.

We...

Tomorrow night I'm holding my first full mediumship service — standing up in front of 30 people to deliver an opening prayer, inspired speaking, and a full evening of mediumship — and I'm terrified.

This two-part solo episode captures it all. First, the honest build-up: the nerves about the opening prayer, the inspired speaking, the notes I couldn't memorise — and finding out my skeptical partner Simon was coming to watch. Then the debrief the next morning: five spirit connections made, an argumentative father who communicated exactly as he lived, a gentleman with a love of horse racing I had no busine...

January comes with a lot of pressure to reinvent yourself. But what if the most spiritual thing you could do right now is simply slow down?

In this solo episode, I reflect on why New Year's resolutions don't work for me — and why looking back is the only honest way to move forward. I walk you through some gentle prompts to reflect on 2025 without judgement, share something personal about a family shift that taught me a lot about grace, and pull a card from the Inner Child deck that honestly stopped me in my tracks.

No...

In episode 21, psychic investigator Jono tapped into my cousin Charlie's ghost story about their family home in France. At the time, some of what he said didn't add up to me. Then I texted my Auntie Sylvia to check a date — and what she told me stopped me in my tracks. 🔮

In this bonus episode, Sylvia and I unpack the history of that 900-year-old house, the impressions Jono picked up without any prior knowledge, and why not every paranormal encounter needs to be frightening.

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What if the paranormal isn't something to fear?

In this Winter Solstice special, I share real listener ghost stories — a nun who vanished into a room with no exit, a mysterious woman on a seafront who disappeared seconds after saying goodbye, footsteps on the stairs of a 900-year-old French farmhouse, and a lottery ticket bought on the day of a father's death whose numbers stopped my listener in their tracks.

Sometimes what's on the other side just wants to say hello.

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Ever wondered what happens after a paranormal investigation? In this bonus debrief, I sit back down with experienced ghost hunter Joolz Bailey to unpack the night — and it gets fascinating. 👻

We dig into the spirit music box that kept triggering mid-conversation, the AM spirit box responses that seemed just a little too on point, and the mysterious Michael — a playful spirit who appeared to have quite a lot to say. We also get into the nuts and bolts: how dowsing rods actually work, the honest limitations of ghost hunting equipment, and why Joolz started Spirit Norwich after years o...

For this Winter Solstice special, I joined Joolz Bailey — a paranormal investigator with over 20 years of experience — for my very first ghost hunt! Under cover of darkness on Remembrance Sunday, we made our way to a 14th century Norfolk church, armed with EMF meters, a spirit music box, dowsing rods, and pendulums.

What unfolded was grounded and genuinely moving. No sensational dramatics — just patient, methodical investigation that led to real contact with a spirit called Michael, a teenage boy who once attended this very church with his family.

If you've ever wondered what paranormal investigating actual...

A year in. Over 20 episodes. And I'm still not entirely sure I know what I'm doing — but I know a lot more than I did.

To mark the first anniversary of The Psychic Explorer, I handed the mic to my previous guests and let them ask the questions. What came back was a mix of the profound, the personal, and the genuinely hilarious — covering grief, spiritual awakening, trust in mediumship, how this path changes you, ghost stories, and what dessert my mediumship would be. No, really.

Honest answer: it's a soufflé. And if you want to kn...

Can grief be the thing that opens you up to mediumship? Or does it get in the way?

It's a question that's sat with me since the very early days of this podcast. In this episode, I invite my lovely friend and fellow developing medium Hayley Cossey to share her story — because when she told me she'd first come to circle to connect with her father after his passing, I knew we needed to have this conversation.

Hayley trained as a Reiki therapist and oracle card reader and now runs Healing To Become, helping others fi...

In this special episode of The Psychic Explorer, paranormal investigator Jono Angelo is back to help me go through the ghost stories you've sent in. And they are properly good.

We hear from Sajid, who came face to face with a Victorian apparition in a care home. Kerry, whose family's converted stable house had a poltergeist with a taste for loft ladders. Charlie, with two stories — one from a London back bedroom, one from a very old house in rural France. Nicola (yes, from episode 12) with a childhood encounter involving a locked attic and a set of Sc...

October. Spooky season. And the one-year anniversary of The Psychic Explorer! 🎃

To mark both occasions, I'm joined by Jono Angelo — paranormal investigator, psychic medium, and my very first male guest. Jono has been on close to a hundred paranormal investigations, and in this episode he takes me through the mechanics of what actually happens when you go looking for the unseen.

We get into why some spirits get stuck and don't cross over, what different types of dark and negative energies actually are, and Jono shares the story of the feeling of being physically stabbed by an...

Sometimes life gets very 'lifey'. And sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is borrow your dad's camper van, drive 460 miles north and let Scotland do its thing. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Before this trip I was feeling spiritually disconnected — and I'll be honest, that felt like something I probably shouldn't admit given I host a podcast about mediumship. But this is an honest podcast, and these things ebb and flow.

In this solo episode I take you with me through the Scottish Highlands, reflect on the pressure we put on ourselves to be "spiritual" 24/7, and pull a card at sunrise on a wi...

Words can heal. They can also devastate. I learnt that the hard way during a mediumship circle, when I blurted out the wrong word to someone I care about — and I've never forgotten it.

That experience led me to Judy Wayman, a Norfolk celebrant and founder of Moonstone Ceremonies — and someone I know personally, because Judy led my mum's funeral. She has a gift for finding the exact words that honour a life, bring a room together, and sometimes, channel something beyond herself.

In this episode, Judy and I explore the deep parallels between celebrancy and...

Recording on the day after turning 41, I'm revisiting one of the most terrifying moments of my mediumship journey — my very first platform event.

Called at almost no notice, with no time to prepare and every reason to say no, I said yes anyway. What followed was a day of near-nausea, self-doubt, and trying not to think about standing up in front of 30 strangers to channel messages from their loved ones.

In this solo episode, I share exactly what happened, what I felt, and what I took away from the experience — including the one lesson that has...

Julie Virgo has been a Reiki master and holistic therapist since 2008 — but her journey into healing began much earlier, with childhood abilities her family asked her to suppress.

In this episode, Julie demystifies Reiki and holistic therapy from the ground up — what they actually are, how they work alongside conventional medicine, and how she tailors treatments for each person. From reflexology to lymphatic drainage, crystal healing to aromatherapy, Julie explains how she listens first and lets the energy go where it needs to.

We also talk about finding your tribe when your family doesn't understand your...

Do psychics see dead people like in the movies? Can you win the lottery if you're gifted? And is there actually an on/off switch for mediumship abilities?

In this episode I tackle the questions I get asked most — and the ones I asked myself before stepping into this world. From Hollywood myths to the genuine subtlety of how psychic and mediumship work actually feels, I pull back the curtain on what it's really like to receive and interpret information from spirit.

Whether you're curious, sceptical, or somewhere on your own development journey, this one's fo...

What happens when your sexuality and your spirituality are so deeply entwined they can't be separated?

In this episode of The Psychic Explorer, I sit down with Delana Luna — spirit-led artist, tarot reader, shamanic practitioner and PhD researcher — for one of the most layered and intellectually rich conversations I've had on this podcast. Delana opens up about coming out as both queer and spiritual, what demisexuality and asexuality really mean, and how other people's comfort zones become barriers to your authenticity.

We explore the LGBTQ+ experience through a spiritual lens, the tension between fitting in and...

After missing a week due to illness, I'm back with a short check-in — and an inspired poem from listener Janice that landed at exactly the right moment.

This mini episode is about what happens when life forces you to stop. The burnout, the disconnection from spiritual practice, the readings that haven't felt quite right. And why sometimes that pause is exactly what's needed.

I also pull a card — completely randomly — and it turns out to feature a full moon. This episode happened to go out on a full moon. I'll take that.

If you're...

What exactly is a mediumship development circle — and is it really for you?

In this episode I sit down with Nicola Ghigi, spiritual medium, energy healer and founder of the Norfolk Spiritual Centre, who has been on her own spiritual journey for over 30 years. Nicola shares how her path began following the passing of her mother, and what she's learned about psychic and mediumship development in the decades since.

We cover what a development circle actually is, the difference between open and closed circles, who they're for, and what to realistically expect if you're thinking ab...

This bonus episode is a guided meditation designed to help you gently explore and strengthen your intuitive senses — your clairvoyance, clairsentience and clairaudience.

Over around 30 minutes, I'll take you on a journey through a house created entirely by your own mind — engaging every sense along the way, and leading you to a room where someone who loves you may be waiting.

You don't need to be psychic to do this. You just need somewhere quiet and half an hour to yourself.

Not one for the commute — save this one for when you can really...