Julie Speetjens

My journey from corporate to cosmic began when I discovered Reiki while dealing with a perfect storm of chronic pain, grief, and trauma during my time commuting between Colorado and Manhattan for IT consulting work. It was through my Reiki studies that I became a psychic medium - one thing led to the other, honestly, and my shift from corporate to cosmic was with a bang. I had my first spontaneous mediumship experience after my grandfather passed, which led me to realize that psychic abilities are available to everyone, not just special people or sixth generation gypsies. This realization prompted me to jump into every class, every online workshop, and attend all the retreats I could. I eventually connected with Tony Stockwell, an international celebrity medium who has been my mentor for years and has influenced my development more than anybody else. I've been able to teach at prestigious places like the Lilydale Assembly in upstate New York and have attended the Arthur Findley College in England several times. But honestly, every client who comes to me and trusts me to offer them healing or to connect them with their loved ones, every ticketed participant who comes to Soul Journey Sundays and trusts me and the team I've assembled - every one of them feels like an award and an honor.

Tony Stockwell, international celebrity medium"international celebrity medium" whom I have studied with extensively.
mentions that after immersing in classes, online workshops, and retreats to develop my mediumship abilities, I eventually connected with Tony Stockwell, who became my ongoing mentor in psychic mediumship development.
This mentorship relationship appears to be significant to my professional development in the field of mediumship and psychic work.

I would say, be brave. And trust in yourself, and in your spirit team, because we've all got one - those guides and ancestors working with us. It's a bit of a trust fall every day, because not everyone's ready for it, not everyone's open to it, and so it can be lonely. My other big piece of advice is to find your community, find your people, whether that's through classes or practice circles, retreats, whatever it might be, because you do need that support. It is like coming out of the closet when you make that shift - people knew you as an IT project manager, let's say, and suddenly you're saying, hey, I'm a psychic medium, and not all of them are ready for that. Not all of them have the language or the framework. Some of them are nervous about it. So be brave, do what lights you up, and find your community, because you'll need that support and trust falls. And it is fickle, honestly. Some days you'll give an outstanding, incredible reading, and you and your recipient are both crying, and you can't say a thing wrong, and you're thinking, oh my God, I should have a TV show, I've got this down. And the very next reading might be like swimming through peanut butter. It might be really hard. You might really struggle to bring through that same level of evidence and connection and feeling. So learning to trust and power through those difficult days and leaning on the people around you who get it is vital for success.

Interference or judgment from others as a key challenge in my work as a holistic wellness practitioner and psychic medium.

Service has always been a core part of what I do. I was the program director for LifeSpark Cancer Resources, a wonderful nonprofit that offers free Reiki healing to anyone with a cancer diagnosis and their primary caregiver. It's all volunteers - Reiki Masters that volunteer their time. I was actually able to work in the hospital in Colorado, in the outpatient infusion center, so as people were there for 6, 7, 8 hours hooked up to their chemotherapy, I was able to make the rounds and offer Reiki healing to people as they were receiving their chemotherapy. The organization has been around for 30 years, and during COVID, all of the sessions had to be done remotely. One of the really fascinating things about Reiki is that it works from a distance, and it boggles the human mind a little bit. But suddenly, when you receive a diagnosis like that, people open up to things they might not have tried otherwise. Now we have providers and recipients all over the world through LifeSpark. Every client who comes to me and trusts me to offer them healing or to connect them with their loved ones feels like an award and an honor.