Shelia Powell - Psychic Empath

Books and other things I recommend:

Books and other things I recommend

 

Lately I have been asked to recommend books and any other thing that I have found that can help people to open up and learn to work with their own intuitive side.  As I have stated many times before we are all psychic, especially as children, and that we tend to lose some of our gifts as we grow older due to the dogma of our society.  There are many things that we can do to help open us up again and many books out there that are excellent and easy to use.  So finally I decided to start my list here.  I will add to it as I find new books or fall in love with old ones again.  I also will put in some books that I think EVERYONE should read at some point as well as maybe some CD’s or other things that have helped me on my journey.

 

The 1st book on my list will have to be a new one that I found not too long ago.  It is called “So you want to be a Medium: A Down to Earth Guide” by Rose Vanden Eynden. “So You Want to Be a Medium?” explains how to improve one’s psychic senses for working in this world and beyond. Through exercises involving meditation, breathing, dream work, symbols, and energy systems, the author teaches how to prepare one’s mind and body for spiritual communication. The book also teaches about spirit guides and elemental energies, how to get in touch with them, and how to interpret their messages. Whether you’re looking to become a professional medium or are simply interested in a closer connection to Spirit, this book enhances your spiritual life.

 

Next I would have to tell EVERYONE that you should read “The Secret by Rhonda Byrne not once or twice but again and again until it becomes like breathing!  The Secret is the self-help book on the laws of attraction that reminds us that one’s positive thoughts are powerful magnets that attract wealth, health, happiness. It is a very simplistic book that just teaches us all to be more positive.

 

Next, I would have to say that Doreen Virtue’s The Lightworker’s Way: Awakening Your Spiritual Power to Know and Heal  This is not only a book about Doreen’s life, beliefs and path but also one that shares many effective techniques that have helped me and that I feel can help others as well. Techniques taught include working on your own issues and cleansing your own energy/chakras, centering, working with angels and spirit guides, mediumship, healing others and healing the earth. It also stresses keeping your work pure and making sure you are aligned with Love and Divine Purpose. Also stressed is the importance of being aware of your own ego which can get in the way of your work as a lightworker , and ways on how to overcome the voice of that ego.

 

On the fiction side, I highly recommend Kay Hooper’s books for some fun summer (or fall, winter or spring) reading.  She writes a series about a group of “Special Agents” in the FBI which all possess a 6th sense (sometimes called “spider sense”).  The different agents all use their gifts to helps solve crimes, usually of the most heinous type!  You can start with the following trilogies: “Stealing Shadows”, “Hiding in the Shadows”, & “Out of the Shadows” as well as “Touching Evil”, “Whisper of Evil”, & “Sense of Evil”.  She has several other trilogies which use “FBI Agent Noah Bishops Special Agents”.  Fun read that can also teach you about many different gifts that some people may possess …and, be honest, we all know that the FBI has to have a unit of “gifted” agents that they use, right???

Also, lest we forget, it is always good to reread the Bible!  There is so much knowledge there to draw on.  I sincerely recommend that people read many different types of religious books, no matter what faith you are.  There is always something to that we can take from them. Remember, when you read them,  if you find something that does not resonate with you, simply lay it to the side and take what fits! 

I guess my biggest recommendation overall would be to simply READ!  There is so much out there for us to learn, so find what you love and research it, or find what you disagree with and research that, or find something that makes you laugh or cry.  Just READ!

Much more to come………….

Update on “Ghost Adventures”

Coming to Travel Channel on 10.17.08!

 

Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans, and his two-person camera crew, hit the road searching for the most evil sinister haunted locations in the United States and around the world to investigate and put themselves face-to-face with the evil spirits who have documented reports of haunting these locations. During their investigations, Zak and his crew will acquaint themselves with the local area, interviewing locals about the hauntings.

 

Catch the premiere of “Ghost Adventures,” Friday, October 17. 

 

I will actually be in the 4th episode which should run on Friday, November 7th if nothing changes.  I will keep everyone update on here…

NEWBORN’S CONVERSATION WITH GOD

I was sent this by a great friend and thought it was great for my page!

NEWBORN’S CONVERSATION WITH GOD:

 A baby asked God, “They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?” God said, “Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you.”

The child further inquired, “But tell me, here in heaven I don’t have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy.” God said, “Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you. And you will feel your angel’s love and be very happy.”

Again the child asked, “And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don’t know the language?” God said, “Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.”

“And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?” God said, “Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.”

“Who will protect me?” God said, “Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.”

“But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.” God said, “Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you.”

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, “God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel’s name.” God said, “You will simply call her, “Mom.”

The Beast that is Arnold Chiari Malformation!

My Daughter, Kelly, suffers from a “disease” for which she has had 2 brain surgeries in the past 2 years. This is a very uncommon and little known syndrome, so I wanted to talk a little bit about it!

Arnold-Chiari Malformation or ACM, is an uncommon structural condition affecting the cerebellum. Essentially there is extra cerebellum crowding the outlet of the brainstem/spinal cord from the skull on its way to the spinal canal. This crowding will commonly lead to severe headaches, neck pain, loss of balance, tingling in the arms and/or legs, stiffness, and less often will cause problems such as chronic coughing, difficulties with swallowing, and choking. Often the symptoms are made worse with straining.

Untreated, the chronic crowding of the brainstem and spinal cord can lead to very serious consequences including paralysis. In addition they can lead to the development of syrinxes (Cysts in the spinal cord) which may further injure the patients spinal cord and function. When the diagnosis is suspected the study of choice is an MRI scan. These malformations are very difficult to see on CT scans and impossible to see on plain x-rays.

There are many ways to treat Chiari malformations, but all require surgery. The basic operation is one of uncrowding the area at the base of the cerebellum where it is pushing against the brainstem and spinal cord. This is done by removing a portion of bone at the base of the skull deep to the neck muscles as well as often removing a part of the back of the first and occasionally additional spinal column segments.

in layman’s terms ….
The procedure involves removing a small section of skull bone at the rim of the foramen magnum (the hole in the base of your skull where your brainstem/spinal cord goes through) , and then they also (not always) will put a dural graft in the area of the Chiari malformation to allow for more room back there. Also (and again.. not always) they will remove the back section of the c1 vertebra and possibly the C2 also to give the cerebellar tonsils even more room to co-exist down in the foramen magnum with your brain stem/spinal cord. This allows for the free flow of cerebral spinal fluid (and is a great insurance policy against getting a syrinx (cyst on the spine) (or syringomyelia). If you already have syringomyelia, the new free flow of spinal fluid will often allow the syrinx to dissipate on it’s own. In some cases a shunt is installed.

Kelly has had 2 surgeries as I said earlier, but she is a fighter and most times you would never know anything was wrong with her physically. I just wanted to talk a bit about this syndrome so that more people know about it as well as in hopes that there can be more education and research out there!

Radio Show Tonight @ 11pm EST

Hey Friends….I am doing the ‘X’ Zone Radio show tonight at 11pm EST .  Rob McConnell is the host and we will be discussing many things in the psychic and paranormal realm such as Spirit Guides, Angels, Should a psychic tell you when and how you are going to die, and the differences between a psychic and a medium!  You can join in by going to ‘X’ Zone Radio.  Click on the flashing on air button and come on in.  You may call in at 1-877-528-8255.  I will be taking as many questions as I can.  The show lasts only 1 hour so you had better call in early if you want to get through!

Please join me on this fun journey!  We may all learn something new!

Love and light,

Shelia

Ghost, ghouls, rainstorms and finals!

Wow what a wonderful, crazy, busy, month this has been.  I was contacted a couple of weeks ago by Jeff Belanger asking me if I would mind being the psychic/medium on an episode of “Ghost Adventures” on the Travel Channel…WOW!  I, of course thought that he was lying and pretending to just be Jeff to “punk” me… so I played it really cool..by stammering “ummmmm let me check my schedule”. How embarrassing ! Anyway, he was SERIOUS, AND he wanted me to do it on Wednesday…he called on Monday afternoon…I was beside myself.  I had seen the show when it was on the Sci-Fi network and enjoyed it so I though…”What the heck, I’ll do it”. So I knew NOTHING except where to meet the investigative team which consists of Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, & Nick Groff.

So, I got ready on Wednesday morning, and suddenly at about the time to go, it came a THUNDERSTORM. I was supposed to be outside so imagine how worried I was about my hair..LOL.  Anyway, I went and it stopped raining and we hopped out to film (I can’t tell you anything about what we were investigating, sorry, but know it should be a good watch). We started, and the heavens OPENED UP…along with perhaps the loudest thunder and the scariest lightening ever!. Zak and I thought we were struck dead …and we RAN…fasssttt! By the way, He can run much faster that I can  !  For some reason the other guys thought this was great fun and kept right on filming…HELLO YOU-TUBE So when the rain calmed down we finished up at this location looking like drowned rats…great for TV, not so much for me…lol!
 
On Saturday, we went to the 2nd location to film and got plenty of scarrrryyy  activity. This time without quite as much fanfare from the heavens!
“Ghost Adventures”  will debut on The Travel Channel on October 17th @ 9pm and I think I will actually be on the 4th episode!  I will update you as I know more!
 
During all of this, I was trying to take my finals in my Paranormal investigation course.  All I can say is WOW…my mind is now officially in overdrive….I passed by the way!
I started my hypnotherapy classes 2 days later!!
Am I a glutton for punishment or what ?