What It’s Actually Like Communicating With the Other Side

What is it really like communicating with the other side?

In this episode of Psychic Whispers, Mesina shares a grounded and honest look at what mediumship actually feels like from the inside. Moving beyond the dramatic portrayals we often see in films and television, she explores the quieter and more subtle reality of communication with the other side.

Mesina talks about how these moments are experienced, why groundedness and ethics matter deeply in this work, and the responsibility of working with people in vulnerable and emotional spaces.

With warmth, humour and thoughtful reflection, she also shares what years of communication with the other side has taught her about love, grief, connection, and the relationships that continue beyond physical life.

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Hello and welcome to the Psychic Whispers Podcast. Hello, beautiful soul, and welcome back to Psychic Whispers. Today I thought we might talk about something people are often really curious about when they find out what I do. What is it actually like communicating with the other side? Because people's imaginations tend to go in all sorts of directions when they hear that phrase. You know, films haven't helped. Television certainly hasn't helped. Some people imagine mediums walking around constantly seeing figures drifting around the house or standing dramatically at the end of the bed. I'm really happy to report that it's usually nothing like that. Which is great because honestly, I would never get any sleep. You know, the truth is communication with the other side is usually much different and sometimes more subtle than people imagine. It's not always dramatic. You know, once in a while, but most of the time it arrives as impressions, maybe a memory or a feeling, an image, or just a sudden piece of information that lands very clearly in your awareness. It's not quite like having somebody physically standing next to you having a conversation. It's closer to receiving fragments of information that gradually form a picture. Imagine it's like playing charades. Except it's just you and this connection and not a room full of people to participate with. And part of the learning of mediumship is learning to trust those impressions and allowing them to unfold naturally. I get asked a lot if it's like someone speaking directly into your ear. And I always smile when I hear that because I really wish it was. And if that were the case, most mediums would probably need a really long holiday. I don't know what it would be like if I had somebody just constantly talking in my ear. That would probably drive me crazy. The reality, it's a little bit more like intuition becoming amplified. You might receive an image, maybe then a feeling that it's connected to. Then maybe there's a memory or there's a word. Again, like charades, gradually those pieces begin to connect. And what begins as something sometimes quite subtle becomes much clearer. It's a process of interpretation rather than a running commentary. You know, another thing that people sometimes find really surprising is that good mediumship actually requires you to be very grounded. It really is not about drifting around in a mystical state. Honestly, absolutely not. If anything, it requires the opposite. You know, you need clarity and emotional steadiness. Because very often, you know, you're working with people who are experiencing grief, hope, or deep curiosity about someone they love. And in those moments, your role is not to perform, it's to hold space, to listen carefully, and to communicate what you're receiving with an awful lot of integrity. You need to act thoughtfully, responsibly, and with real care for the person sitting in front of you. Because when someone comes to a medium, they're often in a very vulnerable place. And that kind of work should always be approached with respect. So let's talk about a little radio analogy. A really helpful way to understand what it is like as a psychic medium is to think of it a little bit like tuning into a radio. When you're working as a medium, you intentionally tune in your awareness like that as a radio frequency. You create space for communication with the other side. And then when you're not working, you return to normal life, essentially. I mean, and sure, sometimes that little radio gets turned on whether we want it to or not. And there are times when even when I'm not working, I have been called to or in a situation where that little radio has switched on and here comes the download. I mean, that does happen. I think I'd be lying if I said, I get to turn it on and turn it off and it stays off when I want it to. Obviously. Um, you know, but if I walked around permanently open to everything all the time, my life would be quite chaotic. Thankfully, most of my experiences at the supermarket checkout buying my groceries is pretty dramaticless. I don't, I don't always stand there uh and get to read for everybody that's around me. I think thankfully I get some time downtime, at least doing my grocery shopping like everybody else. Otherwise, you know, my grocery shopping would become a very long experience. And I usually walk away unscathed. So we're good. I'm winning. So here it goes. What does it feel like emotionally? You know, the one thing that people rarely ask me about is what the communication with the other side actually feels like emotionally. And interestingly, for me, that is the most powerful part. And actually the trickiest part to navigate. Being able to channel in this way and not become so emotionally invested and take on, if it were, the emotions that are coming through from either the channel of the person I'm speaking to or the person I'm reading for is not the easiest thing. When I'm connecting with the other side, there is a whole host of emotional energy that often comes through. No matter how long that person has been there. And of course, for the person I'm reading for, there is a lot of emotional investment. We can't, you know, we can't escape that. But becoming suddenly aware and very much consumed with someone else's emotions and understanding from my own experiences what those things feel like because they trigger my own pasts or memories or feelings, comfort, discomfort, happy, joy, fear. Those things are coming through at the same time. I'm supposed to be really grounded and connected for that person. And it's learning how to navigate that without compromising in so many ways the reading and being level-headed. That took me a long time to master. I'm not gonna lie. Sometimes it's like recognizing someone you haven't seen for a very long time, except that I don't know this person. I don't, I've not met them. You know, sometimes it's really warm and it feels really great. Other times it can hit you like a ton of bricks. You know, there's a lot to unpack. Relationships have been tricky or they've been hard. And being able to deliver what the person wants to say and then articulate that without getting caught up in that emotion, yeah, that's hard. That actually took me a lot of years to master being able to stay connected to all of those emotions that were coming through, and then almost put them to one side during the process of reading, to be able to feel and experience them and then relay that and bring messages, and then help the person work through it because that triggers their emotions, and there's another set of emotions coming through. It's a lot to engage with. And if you're not equipped for that, I mean it shows really quickly. But over the years, you know, I began to recognize those emotional signatures. And it's one of the ways that you learn the difference between imagination and genuine communication. I definitely know that when that host of emotions comes through, that's the real deal. You can't fake that stuff. And that is the most meaningful part of this work. It's really never the phenomenon itself. It's not how the process works in itself that is the meaningful bit. It's the moment that something really lands for someone when this work heals them in some way, or lets them have a little piece of the moment that they believed that they were denied or didn't get to have. When they recognize something personal, or how just a piece of information connects in a way that brings comfort. When the grief just softens just a even a little bit. And those moments are really powerful. And I've always felt so privileged to be a part of it. You know, I've said it before, but over time, doing this work really changes how you look at life. You begin to realize that love is far more resilient than we tend to think. You know, you recognize that connections between people don't simply vanish just because someone is no longer physically there. And I've always taken this work as a real comfort. It has validated so much for me about my beliefs, of course, and the afterlife and even in reincarnation. But to have sat with so many people and brought their loved ones through and had this incredible experience, getting to do that, it's changed me in the most powerful ways, honestly. And you know what? Maybe one of the most interesting ways that communication with the other side teaches you is changing the way you look at both life and death. It definitely reminds you that relationships are bigger than the physical moment we happen to be sharing. And maybe it gently encourages us all to appreciate the people we love while we have the chance, you know, to say the things we mean, to show the love that we feel. Not someday, but right now. Now, before you go, if today's episode sparked your curiosity or gave you something to reflect on, then you can find more of my work at psychic whispers.com. And if you'd like to explore these conversations more deeply, you're always welcome on my Patreon, Psychic Whispers, where we can continue them together. All the links are in the show notes. Now, until next time, trust your path, honor your truth, and always keep listening.