Pamela I was born and raised in Norfolk, Va. Throughout my life, I was deathly afraid of the dark. Looking back, I now see I always had a sense of someone around me that I could not see. Not understanding spirits and hearing that spirits are evil, made me feel uneasy and scared. Later, I got married, had kids, and moved to Connecticut where my husband grew up. We lived with his parents in a home built in the 1910s. I continued to feel a presence. The house had two sets of stairs and all was fine going up the set from the kitchen, but the front stairs to our bedroom were different. I always walked up with my arm reached behind me because I felt someone following me. It always caused me to take the stairs a bit faster than normal. Our first son at the age of three saw an old man in his grandparents’ bedroom. He was very adamant that “grandpa” was in there, but when his grandma went to look, no one was there. We later bought a house built in 1890 and thankfully, I never felt anything there, until my 3-year-old son passed away in our home. I often felt him tap me on my shoulder, I could smell him near me, and he always sent ladybugs even to this day.STEPPING INTO THE PARANORMAL WORLDIn 2004, the television show Ghost Hunters premiered. It started my quest to understand the spirit world. I must admit, since then, I have become a paranormal junkie. I’ve watched every episode of Ghost Hunters and then later Ghost Adventurers. And yes, at this point in time, I have watched every episode of just about all the paranormal shows out there. Too many to name! I have come to understand the spirit world on a whole new level. Sitting in the dark, wanting to speak to them does not frighten me anymore. I welcome it. I want to know their stories. Their histories and stories mean something to me.MY TRAINING LED ME TO NOT FEARSo, you may ask how did I get to a place of not fearing them. I have made my life studies about understanding the world around us. Both seen and unseen. I am a very spiritual person becoming a Devine Light Reiki Practitioner and a Meditation Teacher. I am currently studying Kundalini and Yoga through the Yogamu Institute. I have come to understand the aspect of my being a highly intuitive and sensitive empath and see it as a gift. My training has further helped me to find peace with the unseen world and it drives me to help others understand it and not fear it.TAROT AND ORACLE READINGI have a tarot deck that I bought in the 1980s that I had always felt overwhelmed about learning. Thankfully, I came across a psychic medium on TikTok named Miss Molly Knows. She taught me that I can read them intuitively and it opened my senses completely. I have come to really love oracle cards because I seem to tap into my intuition more during my readings. My whole focus is to 0pen others up to the possibilities that they can change their lives for the better. MEDIUMSHIPI have not called myself a medium simply because it has not been a focus to offer services such as this but rather use my senses to help with investigations. I have learned that my mediumship abilities are clairaudience, claircognizance, clairsentience, and clairempathy. I am slowly coming into this aspect of myself to become more comfortable and accepting of this ability. I have been reading every book I can get my hands on and recently took a class with one of my favorite Mediums from the shows The Holzer Files and Dead Files, Cindy Kaza. I look forward to more classes with her.As time goes on, this will become stronger as I learn how it works for me. Recently, I sensed an elderly woman at a restaurant and she gave me the name Jaime. After researching the area, there was an automobile accident where an elderly couple died after being hit by a drunk driver named Jaime. I’m guessing she gave me that name because the names of the victims were withheld. Another encounter was at work. One of our coworkers passed away a few months before and one thing he loved doing was sneaking up behind someone and scaring them. While I was at the register he worked on doing my closing readings, I felt someone rushing up behind me. There was no one there and I felt it was him still playing around. These occurrences are exciting and I am enjoying working on my abilities. I look forward to other investigations.WHAT I OFFER DURING AN INVESTIGATIONThe history of a place I investigate is just as important as finding who still haunts the area. I want to learn what messages or stories that need to be heard with the hopes of finding peace. I use Reiki to bring divine light and peace to both the current and past residents. Bringing an understanding of the world around us while alleviating fear is a goal. And come on, we can’t forget that it is just plain fun to do!If you would like to learn more about the services I offer, please visit my website Vibrant Awakening.