Unsuccessful Readings - Rare Occurrences, Yet Possible

Saturday morning once again! The wheel of the week repeating itself and I finished an episode of my current Charmed Season 6 rewatch-a-thon.

I have a swarm of memories flooding into my mind tool from the days when I would read at psychic fairs and do restaurant readings. Specifically...memories of when I attempted to read some of the customers, but I just did not do well.

I can recall only a handful of times that this happened. I terminated those readings and had them go to other readers. As I always emphasize throughout my website, this work is like a Trade. It is not some super-human ability. It is not God-Level-Powers. There are times when the attempt to read someone falters.

To those handful of times I could not provide an adequate reading...to those customers I would not be a "psychic medium". But...that is not correct. Why is it not correct? Well! Regarding other trades and professions, there are times when the professional does not provide an adequate service...does not get the job done. Thankfully, I am not performing surgery and we either had personal experiences or can recall someone in our lives who did not have a successful surgery. Would that surgeon still be considered a surgeon if the surgery was unsuccessful? Yes.

We can recall times when we hired a contractor, a plumber, an electrician and the professional did not provide an adequate service. And yet, all of those professionals would still retain their respective titles.

It is the same thing with the trade and profession that life has led me to live.

Obviously, there are good and bad eggs. A respectable professional who acknowledges the less-than-satisfactory completion of a job would refund the customer's money or do something to provide additional assitance to make up for the soured service. Then there are those who ignores the customer's complaints and concerns and just moves on to the next gig.

I see some of those people from fairs and restaurants who were unhappy with me. I see their faces in my head. I really shouldn't be bothered by this considering I essentially refunded them, but I am sensitive and need to work through these dissapointments. Also, I probably am enveloped by these memories and their faces as this is what the Muse wants me to see so I can type this entry.

Direct Experience. I would like to think that we can all agree on the idea that those with years of Direct Experience in their field would efficiently channel their wisdom into their craft/trade/profession. A wisened professional would recognize the warning signs or acknowledge what he/she can and cannot do. What would increase the probability of a successful outcome and what would diminish the potentiality of providing a sufficient service. Something that no book would ever teach...only experience.

I learned a lot from those handful of times. It taught me the environments which are conducive for me to read successfully. It taught me about the best structure of a reading where my skills would flourish. It taught me about who my ideal clients are and who I do not want to attempt to read.

In my present-day practice, I essentially know very early on in a reading if the connection between me and my client is beneficial or hindered. I have a lot of safeguards put into place so that I would have clients schedule with me who are aligned with me, my work, and my practice. And you know, even when the 'ideal client' schedules, someone who passes through my safeguards, there is a slight possibility that I cannot read the person. We could go down a list of theories to make an assumption as to why the reading was unsuccessful, but there's no point. It is an aspect of this trade.

Throughout the last year or so, I probably terminated like three or so readings. I refunded the clients too. There was just...something off. I wasn't receiving enough "yes" responses. I really do contemplate the workings of those readings to see what I could do better next time. However, even in those readings, I still was picking up on accurrate information. I'm not just saying that to soothe myself. The "yes" responses to the information were regarding very specific details. But the overall reading just felt off to me. Why continue the reading when I, the professional, can tell that the service is not operating optimally? I don't want to waste my clients time nor my time.

To some of those fairs and restaurant events, to those I stopped attempting to read, they may say that I suck and that I'm not psychic and I'm not a medium even if those statements are not true. Those readings were just not working out well so it is what it is.

I think it is important for me to continually write about the reality of this profession so I can really pierce through the misperceptions, contortions, and misunderstandings. To dial in the workings of readings and PSI so that people are aware of how "normal" this work is while there are people on the internet and in-real-life who are exaggerating PSI and taking advantage of people. Then there are the, what is essentially, new-age-cults and all the disgusting shadow aspects of what may occur when someone who has true PSI talents...decides to become an Authority and Dominates.

For me, I really have no idea about what will happen in the reading that I'm about to sign in to Zoom to do for a client. I only know that I'll begin sensing. No control over anything. I remind myself that if the reading does not go well despite my best efforts then the reading is terminated and the client receives his/her money back. That's all I can do.

It doesn't happen often though. I don't regularly have to terminate a reading and refund the client. It is rare. I couldn't title myself as a psychic (intuitive analyst) and medium if I am regularly having to stop readings because the readings were not working optimally. It really has been only a handful of times over the years especially since I established my safeguards, healthy boundaries, and choose to read in environments best suited to support me and my skills.

If I am extremely nervous...my reading level is severely diminished. If I am extremly uncomfortable...my reading level is severely diminished. If my client is very rude, close-minded, and warped by an unhealthy logic mind...my reading level is severely diminished. I learned all of this because of my years reading people in many different environments.

Now I know how to ensure my client has the best potential for a successful reading and what I need to do to help my ability to connect with a client to read efficiently.

The Trade. The Profession. The Craft.