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We all have courage, love, compassion and curiosity, but we also carry fear, confusion, isolation and chaos. These are what can equally bind and divide us. In the times where we wish we could sit at the table with our loved ones and have their wisdom, their deep knowing perspective or resolve undone things, we may need a well-trained tour guide or a facilitator who can connect us with Spirit sources and even teach us to trust & learn our own ways of connecting. Our deeper focus, our unique paths of growth, stability or healing, and our own truth that we are not alone can make the difference of feeling peaceful in a direction, or release a lasting soothing sense deep inside that no one can create for you, only guide you to authentically. If I can somehow connect you with this, this is my goal, because I know how alone, or topsy turvy life can feel. I also know that is only a small part of the story, yet it feels so big when we're in the thick of it. I hope to bring comfort and support to you, a path for next steps, and clarity to trust your own inner wisdom with content and information that makes sense to you. Collectively we are stronger and more. Compassionately we can create a more dynamic, maybe even kinder place together. ​I really believe this. I'm turning the question back to you: Why are you interested in this stuff? If you felt you could "do" this, what would be your why? For more information or to schedule with me directly: viewbeyond.us/contact

I believe that we are all spiritual beings as much as we are all intellectual, physical, emotional, etc. beings. This, then, is a language we all have access to in varying degrees! I love to cycle, but I'm not riding in the Tour de France any time soon. I can however become a much, much stronger and able cyclist than I am now with focus, desire, and good listening relationship with my body. It is important to be grounded, balanced, healthy oriented no matter what our endeavors and challenges of self are. I see some people get very superstitious and freaky deaky when they begin delving into intuitive, metaphysical, or paranormal things. It can be a most beautiful aspect of "right relationship" with ourselves, others, the world. If you are naturally empathic or sensing experiences of clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, etc. it doesn't have to happen TO you in some overwhelming way. I promise. It can be developed, understood, integrated into your being and life so that it is a joy. Why allow yourself to go bonkers about it? I hope that's received in the sweetness it was meant. There is so much hype about metaphysics, paranormal, supernatural, mystical, and so on. It is a trillion dollar industry. They are invested in keeping people coming back insatiably. It is not invested in fully empowering you to live from love not fear, to trust and develop you inner knowings as comfortable as any of your senses and thoughts. We are all made with knowings, spiritual, intuitive, emotional, chemical, biological, intellectual, physical. It's a part of our wholeness we are meant to experience in our own unique being. For more information or to schedule with me directly: viewbeyond.us/contact

I've been this way as long as I know. I can tell you stories going back to being tiny. My family is this way. Most people I've talked with have that person or people in their family that they have some language for, like: That's just Alice, she always knows, or Grandpa always had a way of knowing, Auntie had the gift, and so ons. Someone might be known for their dreams or a particular skill with something, they have an uncanny knack. It was common conversation actually, definitely in my home when I was young. Even in some of the homes in my neighborhood. It wasn't until I went to school that I learned quickly that other homes were not this way, My dad didn't get it either. He would get pretty bothered by it. We had some pretty intense interactions actually when I was very, very young. That's the way it goes sometimes. Kids know what they know. We all adapt to our families, culture, religious teachings, neighborhoods, environments and land where we will on whatever it is, balancing survival with natural being, don't you think? Who would we all be if we could find nurturing ways to be our true selves, balanced, whole, engaged? I meet many people who learned to "shut it down" because it was overwhelming or unwelcome in some way or another. It doesn't need to be that way. For more information or to schedule with me directly: viewbeyond.us/contact

101: Throw away all the Be Psychic Now type things. avoid the internet in these how-to-because- I- was - divinely -told- topics - it only feeds a million egos or even a million wallets... this is a multi billion dollar industry.. go outside. Invest yourself in Nature and Natural things. Learn Mindfulness. Become very present with your own understanding of who you are, what your fears and strengths are. Why you want to become more awake, and what is or isn't your business to get involved with. Just because you can, does it mean you should? Does it mean everyone wants or needs to know? HAHAH, it's a big responsiblitiy. Take your time. Be gentle with yourself and others. Know what's yours and what isn't. It's precious, and a privilege to witness the MORE. But it's also wonderful to just notice more everyday things, like the caterpillar crossing the driveway that you may not have seen before. Begin noticing all your senses. Take it all in. But as an observer. Your emotions are your own. Being kind is not the same thing as owning everything you experience. What I'm saying may seem like a lack of direction, but it really is the foundation. Be Still, Connect with Nature, Open your Senses, Become Aware of your Senses. Trust Yourself, Mind Your Own Business, Be Kind. Take Your Time. You may be really surprised how these things are very helpful keys to the kingdom we are all a part of. You'll find yourself without the mumbo jumbo, and this is free. Contact me for more information or for advanced guidance and classes.

Ask questions. It's more than a flash feeling from smiles, charisma, or products that promise something, it's more like dating. There are a lot of reasons for doing this type of work, lots of ways to develop any kind of profession or skill. This is one of those fields that can be very abstract. Bad or irresponsible information can stick like a bad kiss, once it gets in, it doesn't leave you. Anyone who claims to be an "expert" or have a higher vibration, to know more than you in some way should be questioned. Trust yourself when seeking guidance. You are a beautiful expert on your Self, your circumstances, relationships, needs, and your life, even when you're feeling vulnerable and unsure. You are also spirit. Together we are here in this place. Be still enough for a minute to listen or feel what and who you need for support, food, environment, time, companionship, health, or changes - all the things we spend so much time spinning about. Pause when it feels like a lot. Ask, what do I need? What do I need to know in this moment. In this pause, you will also know who might best guide you, or not. A good reader is a guide with accountable, usable information, not relying on abstract bits of information that you are left to make fit into your life with your mind or wants and emotions or hopes. Expect a reading to be caring and clear from start to finish. Life takes courage, and rest, and action, and more. A little goes a long way. For more information or to schedule with me directly: viewbeyond.us/contact

If the reader is "real" then, yes, they are real. The session or reading should be just as good if not better than in person. The contact information and interactions you have with them prior to scheduling should ease your mind without it being salesy, and you will have a sense about authenticity and professionalism. If there is a connection with the reader's personality and services, then yes, it should be as good as as in person, maybe even better because there are less distractions and "tells" for the reader, and you are in your own environments that are more natural for you. I have had excellent services, mediocre or average services or lousy services in person and online. It has more to do with are we a good fit and do they have good skills overall. Other thoughts: The work we are doing together is the stuff of air, thoughts, skills, connection, spirit, mojo, vibration, being in synch, any or all of these terms. It doesn't matter where we are in the world, what means we use to connect. What matters is authenticity, connection, intention, skills, care. This is a different type of relationship. We are engaged in a service, an experience together. We meet for some limited, very intimate, vulnerable and hopeful time. It is important you feel it is a trustworthy match. It is one that your practitioner should know well, what their abilities and limitations are, what environments and offerings will best suit their skills and their clients needs best. We are leaning in together, you having a sense of your true needs in a meeting like this, and the practitioner have a sense of how their skills can meet you in that place. The logistics of where and through what means, are really quite irrelevant. I do not need to be with your dog to read your dog. I do not need to be in your grandparent's house to tell you about it, or in your closet to tell you what's in there, or at your workplace to describe your co-workers and relationships, or in your body to describe and guide your health needs and new medications. I do not need to be in the place of those who have passed in order to channel them for you. In the same way, we do not need to be in the same room. My adult children both live on the other side of the country, and while I miss them, we rely on technology, and I feel very connected with them. I laugh about when my daughter went away to college, I talked with more intimately and saw her more through the phone and video than I did when she lived here during the last 2 years of high school! People often are more relaxed in their own environments. There is a lot to be said for not rushing, commuting, settling in in a strange space. When people come with others, there is a waiting area, less comfortable seating. In your own environment, people can mingle, take breaks easier, have what they need readily. It's more soothing. For the reader or practitioner, there are less distractions, we can hone in on the un-seen, and get to the heart of things, while still being personable, warm, in tune with you. The phone or video distance seems to disappear as we get into our zone together. The tech is easy to guide you with if the practitioner is familiar with what they are offering. The end of the session provides an easy time to reflect, take notes, go for a walk before moving on to next things without having to be concerned with anything else. If it's a group experience, there is not awkwardness with the reader packing up and leaving, simply resume your time with your group. Please lean in. If you are hesitant, have a belief about it, trust what brought you to me to begin with. I am ready for you, shake up your beliefs and take a leap in with me. If it really doesn't work out, we'll know. You'll know, and it probably wouldn't be because it was online. Check a person's reviews. I know many of mine are from online sessions, even if they don't specify it. You have nothing to lose. While I don't guarantee specific results, if we are really not getting anywhere meaningful, of course we'll stop. I am here for you. The entire experience is a trust fall, for all of us. The proof is in the experience itself. For more information or to schedule with me directly: viewbeyond.us/contact

Qualities of a "good" Reader: Expect clear, accountable, usable information from start to finish, free from judgement, "shoulds", or filler information that ultimately does not help your current life. If you are coming for mediumship, animal communication, medical intuition, or psychic guidance, it's the same. Do you feel the information in your body or do you have to try to make it fit? Does it feel like they are trying to sell you some idea that is actually general or not quite right? Or is it so personal that no one could've known and makes sense to you, connects to what is most helpful now? Are you leaving the reading with a cohesive thread, with calm, clarity, a sense of love and connection, and a plan that feels possible to begin next steps? or something with a lot of fragments and bits to sift through and wait for? Filler information could be anything that is not accountable where you have to take the word of the Reader in order to make sense of it, like past lives, guides or vibrational beings, language like they have certain special abilities to retrieve your lost parts or something. We are all equal in our human form. Every reading needs to connect with you in a practical and caring manner, not your vulnerabilities. If you are interested in guides, past lives, angels, energy, perhaps instead of readings, learn more about meditation, prayer, other cultures, your ancestor's practices. I promise this will be infinitely more memorable and useful to you than someone going to your "akashic records" and poking around. Yes, that was a very direct statement. No one we are going to meet in the average day or wait for on a long waiting list and pay tons for is so enlightened or high vibration because they say so or have a bunch of reviews or wrote a book. Just like you can feel the innocence in a baby bunny or a duckling, we would all immediately sense if someone were so evolved they could mook around after our soul fragments. Think about it. Stick with what is relevant, accountable, clarifying, feels right and is grounding. Your support system that guides a reading - whether the Reader is a Psychic Medium, a Tarot Card Reader, an Astrologer or using any other tool, ultimately they are guided by a source, not the Reader. The Reader's personality, bias, experience, training, beliefs, motivations all enter in of course - we're human, right? But also, more importantly, can the reader get out of the way and allow you to be the focus, your needs, your information to come through. There's an expression: being a hollow bone, meaning it comes through them not of them. Pretty neat. Another hallmark of a dedicated reader is how do they expand their knowledge? If they are professional and developing themselves like any other career person, they are continually learning their field as well as supporting elements to their practice, invested in their client base's needs. This is different than keeping up with the latest trend or lingo. If someone is working mainly with animals for example, perhaps they may take animal nutrition courses or behavior trainings or learn more about anatomy of the animals they work with, or the psychology of grief in pet loss. It's just good sense and good professional practice. Qualities of a "good" Reading: A good reading is led by a source vaster than the reader. That source knows you and your situation intimately...more intimately than the stranger that is the reader and anything they can suppose from your demographics or what you may share with them. The content of the reading should be kind and caring, useful and easy to understand, relevant to why you came, and this time in your life. What would be the point of you leaving with a riddle or more of a burden than you came with? If this is ever the case, it is the human-ness of the reader or the miscommunication between the people getting and giving the reading. If the source supplying the reading is truly helpful, they would never provide something difficult or bizarre or vague. Love doesn't work that way. Let it be easy, kind, surprising, clarifying, and familiar. I hope you found this helpful and empowering. Trust yourself. A Reader/Reading is support, a tool toward your inner knowing and your connections, not an answer or a substitute for your inner wisdom. For more information or to schedule with me directly: viewbeyond.us/contact

Yup. Can be from a long time ago, or current - living or passed. It can be very surprising the things they talk about. Their insights are so intimate and useful. It can be about them, their physical, social or emotional needs or about you and yours. It's their perspective.

https://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/ is a site recognized by many of my colleagues. I have not used their services or interacted with them myself, but you can explore it and see what you think. It did come highly recommended by colleagues I personally know and respect and I think some of their offerings are reasonably priced and packaged. Send me an email if you use them, to let me know your experience first hand. I would love that. I would also ask you, what do you believe hypnosis will do for you? As a hypnotherapist, I often hear I have tried so many things, this might be the thing that finally helps me to ... Let's have a conversation. I may have some alternative helpful ideas for you. Hypnosis is not a magic wand, but it is a very effective tool. If you are feeling like you've tried everything, the fact that you're looking for more options tells me you know you haven't, but you are looking for something different. I may be able to help. For more information or to schedule with me directly: viewbeyond.us/contact

There's no such thing as too soon. It's very different for every situation. It has more to do with grief, and how ready or healthy will it be for you to meet with them. It's more about Love. Is it a loving and helfpul time? I have never had a time where someone didn't come through. If for some reason a person someone was hoping for did not come through, someone else does and it is very, very clear why their other person did not. People are not "stuck" ,"trapped", " suffering" in some way as some may be worried about. This is not my experience, regardless of how a person may have passed and it becomes very clear during our time together. Love is love, and those that care for you work together for the best and most healthy, useful outcome for the timing of our meeting.

When you have a video or phone session, build in some buffer time before and after the reading as part of the time you set aside. This helps you to focus, settle in before and process or digest after. Shifting gears before rushing off to the next thing keeps our nervous systems in good order also. We are sometimes so busy from one thing to the next, that we forget to build in a transition space between our doings, and our sense of being can get frazzled. You do not need to bring photos, jeelry, animals, etc. to your reading space. You are enough as you are. If you have a focus or intention, great. If you feel itis time, but you're unsure what to focus on, we'll lean in and trust the process. It will become helpful and clear. Take notes if you want. Some people do, other's don't. We won't talk about future predictions, so in that way, there won't be oddball things to have to keep track of. Have a cup of something cozy with you. Be comfotable and choose a time and place free from sitracctions and interruptions. *your dog or kitty can bark or wander around - think of them as your helpers. They know stuff.) For more information or to schedule with me directly: viewbeyond.us/contact

YES. I love this. It's a whole different vibe than the intimacy of sessions. I also speak on panels and offer trainings. I do this primarily as my new legal name, Dr. Birdi Sinclair. Simply contact me with your ideas and we'll discuss the details, then make a plan. You can contact me here through the contact page or via email on my site connect@birdisinclair.com For more information or to schedule with me directly: viewbeyond.us/contact

You betcha! Call or email me any customization like a name or special message, and you will receive an attractive pdf to print with clear instructions for your person to use it easily. We can manage payment via Square, Venmo, PayPal or another agreed method. Tah Dah! Your person can schedule a phone or video session at their convenience. Some of you are not so tech savvy, so for you, I can take payment by phone or even check! and I can email you a pdf or snail mail you something if you like. ALSO, you can go directly to my sister-site as my changed, legal name, Birdi Sinclair and purchase a customized e-gift card to use on sessions, readings, classes, products. You can have it emailed to you or to your person. (think of my name change as someone who gets married, only I changed my first, middle, and last names - same person, same services and more! ) For more information or to schedule with me directly: viewbeyond.us/contact Kindly, Here is an example. They may change in appearance for the season or other updates:

Phone, online, video services allow for comfortable, creative options to suit your needs. Wonderful to be so connected with the world this way! I've met with people for 30 years via phone and video options. Most people who were unsure about it found they were very surprised that they were more relaxed and comfortable than in an office and that the reading was accurate, warm, useful. If you have a preference, like Zoom, Google Meets, Facetime, Phone, let me know and that's what we'll do. You will see that tech will seem to disappear and it will quickly feel as if we are right there together, wherever you are. This is a very effective, personable, more affordable option for your personal group readings or class also. For more information or to schedule with me directly: viewbeyond.us/contact *Aside from my Keene office, in person is by special agreements, primarily serving New England, especially areas of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine. Even Connecticut and parts of Albany area of New York. (I know, NY is not part of New England, but within 2 hours of me nonetheless.) Mostly for events, panels, large groups, classes, etc. by arrangement. Sometimes I will get invited to fly off someplace. Fun!