In this section, I just wanted to quickly go over the difference between a good psychic and a bad psychic. Because unfortunately, there are still con artists out there that don't have the best intentions. And usually they all have the same kind of warning signs, so to speak, especially when you are, you know, just diving in and wanting to get a psychic read from somebody. So, a good psychic is someone who just has really great energy, they're positive, they're healing, they're friendly. They're humble, and they approach readings with compassion and kindness. They don't force you into, you know, any sort of reading.
They just, they're humble about it. They don't push you into a reading saying that you're going to you know, that there's a curse on you and that you have to pay me a certain amount like no good psychics, don't do that. You know, you leave this session in a better place than when you came, you don't go, you don't walk out of the reading or you know, the time that you spend with your reader, you know, feeling worried or sad, or, you know, concerned about anything and, you know, their rates are reasonable and they have a good reputation. Word of mouth is like the number one thing, especially when it comes to psychic reading, so, if someone refers you to someone, definitely, you know, use that as a good place to start and someone who invests in their development and their business because, you know, at the end of the day, whatever sort of reading that they're doing, whether it be you know, intuitive readings, mediumship readings, this does require a level of development and a level of expertise.
It's not, you know, yes, maybe you weren't gifted, you know, you know, maybe you were like this, from a young age, maybe you were always able to connect with Spirit but you know when we are developing and you know, whether it be personal or spiritual there's always a level of education that should come with this kind of stuff. So you know someone who you know invest in their their own development is someone who takes it seriously and knows, you know the importance of of just healing and investing in yourself. So some telltale signs of a bad kick is someone who's just cold and unwelcoming and kind of rude and you know, someone who claims that they know it all because that's not the case. You know, someone who claims that they know everything and that they can foresee the future. You can't do that. That's just you can't do that.
I'm sorry. Like there's so many things that come especially when we're talking about future events that there's so many others. aspects that you have to consider whether it be you know, the vibration of the person or you know if it's about a relationship the vibrations between both the people and someone who drops bombs like there are psychics out there and I've had my own experience with you know, psychics reading for me where they drop bombs that don't need to be needed like you did not have to drop that bomb on me like I did not need to know about that like, you know talking about people around me's relationships and you know things that aren't any of my business like people that do that like where's your conscious you know where's your conscious have some self you know, have some respect and have some humility and someone who approaches you on social media is huge.
Is like a big big No, no, I had someone No, I can't even like make this up. I had someone reach out to me via Instagram, say that she'll give me a 15 minute reading and I, I just wanted to see what what it was all about. And then after the 15 minute reading and this was while I was already a psychic medium doing readings myself and going to develop in circles and, and and all of that, after the free 15 minutes was done, she told me I had a curse, and that it was all my chakras are blocked. And, you know, she said that she can fix that for $200. So, you know, just be very cautious of people who approach you on social media. And anyone who claims that there's a thin you know, your family has a curse or an evil eye against you.
Usually, that just, that's just a huge No, no, I mean, that's just don't trust your own intuition. This is like the biggest thing is like, when when you are going to you know, looking for us, you know, a psychic or a medium or a spiritual whatever an entity would have, use your own intuition. Use your own intuition who, whose energy feels good to you, who do you think can give you the most, you know, for your time and your energy because, you know, at the end of the day, every single one of us has intuition and every single one of us can strengthen it and listen to it, if we want to. And that's really what it comes down to. So another thing that I really want to talk about is just the power of meditation and mindfulness, especially when you are developing your spiritual gifts and your spiritual connection.
This meditation a daily meditation practice is the most important thing in your toolbox. Okay, you can have all the crystals in the world you can you know, do all the psychic development exercises you can you know, have all the essential oils you can have all the divination but at the end The day, it's about training your monkey mind to quiet in order to allow Spirit to come through you. And how we do that is through the art of mindfulness and meditation. And not only does it help with your spiritual toolbox, it reduces stress and anxiety and it helps process emotions. It also allows your intuition and psychic abilities to blossom on their own. And it helps you detach from all those beliefs and stories and ideas that we tell ourselves that we're not enough that we're not psychic that we're not intuitive, because we all are.
And the American meditation society says that the most beneficial practice is two times a day for 20 minutes. Each time, I say 15 minutes a day is just fine because I know that we live in really hectic really crazy times where we don't even have five minutes to ourselves. But if you can take 15 minutes out of your busy schedule to just sit and focus on your breathing. I can tell you that it's going to work wonders for you and your development.