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Can Our Loved Ones See Us from the Other Side?


Finding ways to feel connected to our loved ones is a vital part of the healing process. Seeing a psychic medium is one way to feel that connection, but is it real? How does it work? And what is it like to really work with a psychic medium?

I’m excited to introduce you to my friend and favorite psychic medium, Fleur. I first met Fleur a few years ago when I was working on my book, After This. At this point, I thought I was done seeing psychic mediums. But around this time that I was working on my book, one of my best friends died. My friend Abby was 38 years old and a mom of two small kids and we had been friends for almost twenty years. Losing her was really, really hard. We met when we were both waitresses working in NYC in our twenties—and we saw each other through a lot of big, adult moments: moving to LA together,  getting married, having babies and forging our career paths. And she got breast cancer. Saying goodbye to her and watching her family say goodbye to her was one of the hardest things I’ve been through in my life. I really ached for her family and her children.

Six weeks after she died, I got an email from her husband one morning. And he said he’d gotten an email from a mom at his children’s school. She said she’d been to a big group reading with a psychic medium named Fleur—and that Abby had come through really strongly.

I was so curious about this medium, so I booked an appointment with Fleur. And the only open spot she had available was the morning after Abby’s memorial service.

In my podcast episode below, I share why my session with Medium Fleur was life-changing and we also have a deep conversation about life on the other side. Fleur answers the questions we all have about connecting with our loved ones who have passed on and so much more in this candid interview.

I hope this serves you as much as it has for me.

Love,

Claire


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How Exploring the Afterlife Affects the Grief Process

Recent studies show that people who are either grounded in spiritual or religious practices, or the opposite - atheists, have less anxiety about death and the afterlife than people who have no firm beliefs.

I know this was the case for me. After my mother died I floundered for years to find a framework with which to understand her death. Why did she die at age 58? Would I ever see her again? Could she see me? I had no answers, and looking for them seemed even harder than not. So for a long time I just didn't believe anything.

But after my first daughter was born I was consumed with anxiety all over again. What would happen to her if I died? What would happen to me if she died? I felt compelled to search for answers. I talked to rabbis, priests, psychic mediums, shamans…you name it. I made time for anyone I thought could tell me the answer.

What I realized after a while was that I was really searching for was faith. For a way to believe in something bigger than me. Bigger than her. And each time I found glimpses of it I felt a little less anxious.

I still have yet to find a definitive answer, but what I have found is that letting myself be open about it, letting myself wonder about it, has had a profound effect on my sense of peace about the people I've lost.

When was the last time you really pondered what you think happens when we die? Have you ever? Do you have a belief about the afterlife? And if so, does it help you feel connected to your lost loved ones? If not, doing a little exploring and opening yourself up different ideas and ways you might still be connected, can bring great healing.

In my podcast interview with renowned psychic medium Fleur, we explore all of these things and so much more. It was a fascinating conversation and I hope you’ll check it out! You can listen here (it’s episode #4) on iTunes, Google Play, or Overcast.

Love,

Claire