Show Notes
You all know I love welcoming guests to the show when I’ve been lucky enough to have been there for some of the chapters of their yay and today’s is someone I’ve had on the list for a very long time. When you hear that we both actually started our professional lives in corporate law, there’s many things you could assume about what came next but the pivot he ended up taking is possibly the very last direction you’d ever imagine a criminal prosecutor and counter-terrorism analyst would take.
I’m talking of course about the incomparable David The Medium and his extraordinary gift for connecting with people who are no longer with us. What makes his story even more fascinating for me is that this wasn't something he grew up knowing he could do - it came much later in life in adulthood and changed the course of his life.
I've always been endlessly fascinated by the world of things we can’t see or grasp - including mediumship - and having known David for so long, I've been dying to get into the nitty gritty of his craft. How does it actually work? What does it feel like? And what does he say to the sceptics?
What I love about him so much is that he so patiently and eloquently answers these without actually being bothered about what sceptics think - his mission is not to convert the non-believer, but to channel his talent for those who need no convincing. Which is an incredible, broader life lesson on the futility of working to impress your doubters instead of focusing on your supporters.
And there are plenty of those with David embarking on his sell out The Way Back Home Tour with 8,500+ attendees across 8 cities in 2 countries - and it all sold out within 45 minutes! Which has kept him so busy he’s paused his 1:1 readings, but i was so lucky to score a bonus one during our recording which absolutely blew my mind.
I will share that as part two of this episode as we got carried away and went for quite a while which you can imagine given the ENDLESS questions I had to ask him.
What I also love about David is that even if you don’t believe in mediumship, there is so much in this conversation about life, purpose and connection that anybody can benefit from.It left me and will hopefully leave you with plenty to think about - what a privilege to have spent this time with him before he jetted off!! Ladies and gents, David the Medium.
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