I was born with my abilities, and often as a young child I struggled with the fact that I was given information from those in spirit. But I also loved interacting with my friends in spirit, my guides, my teachers. These people in spirit I named ‘My People’, I think I named them this because they were always there for me. I learned to literally trust them with my life. My People in spirit call me ‘Little One’ and they are always a source of love, comfort, support and guidance to me each and every day and I feel blessed to have them in my life.
Being born with my abilities of clairvoyance, clairaudience and clairsentience but also the ability to see and interact with those people in spirit could often be challenging as I was growing up. To receive information about people in my life and what was to happen in the future was often daunting and confusing. When I was a child I had no knowledge of the word Medium and what that entailed. I just knew I was talking to those in spirit or as I have always said the ‘dead’ people. And I mean no disrespect when calling them the ‘dead’ people. Im a very down to earth, straight to the point person and I like to just say it as it is and to be quite honest these ‘dead’ people I played and interacted with each day were often more ‘real’ to me than a lot of the living people I came into contact with.
As I aged I made sure I kept my abilities to myself, in fact many people didn’t know I had this gift apart from those in my immediate family. My mothers family were very intuitive and often spoke about interacting with the world of a spirit. My great grandmother when she was alive would often talk of those in spirit. Unfortunately I only met my great grandmother who my family called ‘Mother’ after she was dead. She would often come to me and tell me not to be afraid of my abilities and she was by my side encouraging me to be who I was born to be.
The death of my father at a young age spiralled me into a life which was unhealthy, like him I sought alcohol to dull the pain of losing him so abruptly, there were no last goodbyes. He was gone and I found it hard to cope with life without him. Often falling into a deep depression asking why did he leave me.
One day just on a spur of the moment decision I called into a place that had a psychic doing tarot readings. She was sitting in a little room, smoking a cigarette and smiled at me as I entered the room. I didn’t really know why I was there and I was extremely nervous. But I sat down and she began to read, I noticed she wasn’t using her cards. She looked at me and said “you do know he didn’t want to leave you don’t you?” I felt emotion build up and was trying not to cry. She began to describe my dad, even the way he twirled his hair when he was deep in thought. She continued to say “ it was his time to leave this world, he had no choice. He never wanted to leave you Trina.” By now I was a blubbering mess. Tears were flowing down my face and I was sobbing uncontrollably. I knew my father in spirit was constantly trying to make contact with me, but I was angry with him for leaving me. I had ignored him constantly each time he tried to contact me from the world of spirit. The reader took my hands and said “you have a great gift, that must be used Trina, but to do this you must let go of the poison that dulls your senses. Your father loves you like no other, his death will show you how to live the life you were born to live. Heal the pain and go help those in need.” Leaving the smoke filled room I was emotionally exhausted, I was somewhat in shock, but I also knew without a doubt this woman had delivered a message from my father in spirit. The tears still flowed as I whispered to my dad in spirit “I'm sorry Dad I thought you had once again let me down, I didn’t realise you had to go. I thought life had got too hard and you had given up and wanted to go.”
I sat and composed myself and knew my life had to change, it was necessary for me to gain strength in my abilities. That day, I found my life’s purpose, it was to connect the living with the dead. I knew if I was feeling such a depth of pain on the loss of my father and I could still hear and see him, then those that didn’t have my abilities would be feeling so much more pain than I could possibly imagine.
Gradually over the next few years I began teaching meditation, I had always loved the silence meditation created in my mind. I knew this discipline would also enhance my abilities and help others to discover peace in their lives. I have been teaching meditation for over thirty years now and never tire of seeing the positive affects it has on people’s lives.
While teaching meditation I also started to do readings for people and at one stage was known as the father medium because I would often be able to connect with those dads that weren’t able to say goodbye to their children before they passed to spirit. Even though I was born with my abilities I also joined a spiritual development group so I could gain more control on how I could use my abilities more effectively.
My readings were becoming increasingly popular and I was being sort after from people all over Australia and overseas. I loved being able to connect the dead with the living. I love being able to show people their loved ones don’t die, they continue to live on in spirit, watching over those they love here on earth. My mediumship proved those we love walk beside us each and every day.
Before long I realised it was important I deliver my readings in a way that sat true for me, I must deliver them in a way that’s comfortable for myself and my client. So there are times where my readings will be only about mediumship, connecting with those in spirit. There are other times when I will only be using my clairvoyant ability to predict what will happen in the future. And there are other times I will be using both my clairvoyance and my mediumship skills. What abilities I use in a reading will always be based on what my client needs. I show my client all these things through my own personality, which is one that is straight to the point, strong and independent, but one who is always quick to laugh and also compassionate.
As a child I had often sat with my grandmother looking at old photographs and each time I held a photograph lots of words, feelings and images would come to me about the people in the photograph. I began to read photographs for my clients but decided the photographs must be of the living as it was my job to describe the people in spirit. The physical description is part of proving to my client their loved one was watching over them. I always enjoy reading photographs and it’s a fantastic way to help my client understand the person in the photograph.
As time progressed people from far and wide sought me out, wanting a reading and my schedule began to get busier and busier. I began to teach spiritual development, helping those who wanted to go into my form of work to understand their own abilities and how to deal with those senses. I added to my workload retreats and workshops on meditation, connecting with spirit and self development. Each time I added something to my work I grew and became more in tune with what I and the greater community need in their lives.
After many years of working with spirit I had the opportunity to live in the Solomon Islands. This beautiful island has become my second home and taught me so many life lessons while I was living there. While living in the Solomons I began to do my readings online and also returned to my love of writing starting a blog called ‘Clairvoyant Amongst The Coconuts’ which told of my many adventures while living on the island. I still return to the Solomons each year to help build a school I began working with in Honiara called Hope School. I have also written a book on my time there called Clairvoyant Amongst The Coconuts ; My Journey Is Your Journey. It is a book that is part memoir, part workbook as My People in spirit have always taught me as I learn it is important I teach those around me what I have learned. It is important to pass on knowledge.
Since I was a child I have always loved interacting with the world of spirit and enjoy the fact my whole life revolves around spirit. I enjoy reading for people from all walks of life, helping them to discover what it is they need to feel content and joyful in their life. I am always amazed by the depth of communication spirit passes onto those that come to me for guidance and feel blessed to be able to work with spirit.
I enjoy teaching those that are going through turmoil or have lost their way in life the discipline of meditation. I get great satisfaction as I see these people change their lives for the better and gain strength.
People often think working with spirit is serious business and yes sometimes it can be hard work and draining. But there are also many times when laughter rings out in my workroom as I read for those who come to me for guidance. Those in spirit that come forward for my clients often show me their personalities and how they went about their daily lives. They talk of their human faults and of how they dealt with their own death when moving onto the world of spirit. They talk of times they have seen celebrations in the family, births , anniversaries and birthdays which held such joy. They encourage in their own way just as they did when they were alive on this earthplane and that often creates such beautiful laughter.
I have always had my abilities and always knew there was a reason I was given these gifts. But it wasn’t until I experienced the devastating pain of losing someone I loved so dearly, my father, that I knew what my life’s work would entail. What my purpose was for being born. My father gave me the greatest gift he could. It is my belief he died to allow me to discover who I was, through his death he taught me I could be who I was born to be…..me! A person that interacts with the living and also the dead. But much more than just understanding I was allowed to be me. His death taught me that it was in my responsibility to create the best version of myself. I also discovered with the help of My People in spirit I could guide those around me to also become the best version of themselves.
Now that’s a true gift and I’m blessed and so honored to work with My People in spirit and do that each and every day.
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