What is the difference between a Psychic and a Medium? A psychic reader and a Tarot reader? A psychic counselor and a psychic reader? You have probably heard the saying: a Psychic is not always a Medium, but a Medium is always Psychic.

This is generally true, but it needs to be clarified so that it can be better understood. A Psychic Medium is a channel that is capable of connecting two worlds — the world of the living and the world of the deceased — having the faculty or gift to channel the spirits of the departed and capture their messages or communicate directly with them.

This generally implies that a Psychic Medium can also obtain information for the living using such channels or through their guides, angels, or their higher consciousness directly.

However, not all Psychics are born with these faculties nor are they capable of developing them. It’s like saying: all bakers are cooks, but not all cooks are bakers. So yes, this is true and we understand this distinction, however — even within this basic division — there is an area where the waters become murky.

For example, it is known by some experienced Psychic Mediums that an untrained medium can also receive and interpret information and messages from the spirit through psychic intuition and psychic tools. I know this is true: for instance, when I began to open up and consciously communicate the information I was receiving from the spirit, I had to break through the barrier of denial under which I had been for years, telling me “I am not a medium, I am just psychic.” This barrier was mainly a product of my own fears.

The first time I found myself delivering messages from the spirit to my clients, it took both of us (me and my client) by surprise. Suddenly I heard the sound of my own voice saying what “such person wants you to know is blah blah blah...” At that moment I didn’t know what I was saying or why I was saying it, and immediately — almost embarrassed — I tried to pull back and apologize. But as I did, my client impulsively grabbed my wrist and, with a high-pitched cry of emotion, asked me to please continue, while her eyes filled with tears of recognition and hope.

I felt I had no choice, and encouraged by my client’s responses, I closed my eyes and asked my guides for answers and guidance, and as I did those sensations — both physical and emotional — kept pouring over me as the words, expressions, and phrases continued to flow.

By the end of the reading, my client seemed astonished, happy, and excited to confirm every detail, even down to the way her deceased husband had passed away in a military plane that had exploded in the air.

I thought I was crazy and it took a lot of courage to let go of those answers, and I was sure I would be laughed at, but to be honest, this happened when I was still practicing my readings on clients and friends for free. In fact, this took place during a seminar with a renowned Psychic Medium and my client was expecting the master to do such a reading for her. She was quite satisfied with the reading, and the only problem I had for the rest of the week was avoiding her friends and family — who accompanied her to the seminar — from requesting readings for themselves.

In any case, that was when I learned that sometimes the labels of psychic, medium, reader... are exactly that, just labels. The most important thing is to be open to the spirit and its messages, and to be able to connect with pure channels and receive honest and accurate truth while being prepared and connected to an equally “clean” source.

What does that mean? For me, it means connecting with my higher consciousness and my master guide, Jesus — whom I trust and feel is there to guide me, probably because of my faith and trust in Him —. Daily meditation, intention, and prayer, and a clear intention to HELP with the truth — whether through simply informing or especially advising, guiding, or giving comfort — is the best way to ensure a clean source and truthful information.

Another important factor, I believe, is to also be humble and honest enough not to try to communicate what I don't know, either because I didn't receive the information or because it's not a definitive outcome—which, even when it is directed toward a specific result, can change depending on the decisions or actions you take.

Reporting this possibility is important, as well as offering genuine angelic or spiritual advice on what could be done or what guidance the angels have to share about accepting or preventing an outcome, whenever possible and advisable.

Personally, I ask my higher consciousness, but also the angels, for protection and guidance during a reading, as well as my master guide for permission and my own guidance. So, should you choose a Psychic, a Medium, or both? As long as you choose an authentic, spiritual, and honest counselor, you can never go wrong!