MARCH 4th, 2016
By JOHN LILIES & LANA CARBON
[John] Hello again friends. This is the second part of our interview with Psychic Medium Chris Medina. If you haven’t read the first part yet, you can click here if you wish to start with it.
In Part One we learned about Chris’ role as a Psychic Medium, what it’s like when he ‘receives’ his information and that when people die, they don’t always become a different personality than they were in life; you aren’t always renewed or your soul isn’t always lifted. As Chris shared, “A lot of times the person that once was still remains that person.”
Join us now for Part Two… get yourself a cozy beverage and settle in for more of our interview with Psychic Medium Chris Medina of Platinum Predictions. (Part Three will be out soon!)
[Lana] What was it like for you to first identify yourself to people as a Psychic Medium? What were their reactions and has that changed over the years?
[Chris] It was a shock to me, not necessarily to the public. I’ve always been this way, so growing up giving readings to my father, giving readings to my siblings and my cousins, and even my friends growing up in high school, to me it was always advice. They would always say ‘Go to Chris; Chris is usually good’ and even they never connected the whole psychic thing. They would just say ‘If you need someone to talk to, go talk to Chris; he’s really good at talking to people’. Jay (my manager) was the one who said I should really think about putting myself out there more and being more of a public image; that I’m helping other people. I was hesitant to put out there the name Psychic Medium. I thought the people that know me would think it was weird but they all said it made total sense. They’d just never thought about it that way because they were so used to it.
At the very beginning I used to be kind of nervous about getting the information wrong or that it wouldn’t make sense to the person. My guides would just tell me to ‘tell them what it is you need to tell them and it’s up to them for it to make sense’. I’ve done a couple podcasts where I’ve done readings on air and the people would say the information doesn’t make sense or it’s about issues going on with them that they don’t want to discuss on air. Then they’ll email me after the show and apologize, saying they were sorry for making me go through that but it wasn’t something they were prepared to answer on air. So to me the nervousness comes from me. I guess I’m the one with most of the issue when everybody else thinks it makes perfect sense; that what I’m doing makes sense.
[John] That’s often the way we are just as people. We’re usually a lot more intimidated by our own selves and insecure in that way when everyone else sees us totally differently.
[Lana] What do you find are people’s biggest assumptions or most common misconceptions about what it is that you do?
John’s note: Chris’ light-heartedness appeared here and he laughed a bit through this before becoming serious again. Both Lana & I also found his answer amusing and somewhat surprising; I guess we were expecting a different answer though what, I’m not sure.
[Chris] The biggest misconception is ‘Pull up lottery numbers for me’. Yeah, ‘Read my mind for me. If you’re a psychic, read my mind for me and tell me everything.’
[John] Really?
[Chris] Yeah. I find that funny. I’ve got a sense of humour with it all. I’ll play along with them for a little bit because nine out of ten times they’re more nervous about the reading than they’re wanting to admit.
I like those kind of skeptical people when they have those misconceptions; then after they sit there and talk to me a little bit and I warm up to them to where they realize it is not what they thought it was going to be. They’re nervous. When you start describing somebody’s life to them and you’ve never ever met them before, and you start bringing up things that have gone on in their childhood or pictures that they have in the house, they’re sitting there and questioning how you know that. They start to get uncomfortable. What I always say is that you blow their mind.
[John] Yeah, I can relate to that. I think we both can.
[Lana] I’m sure it helps, too, that you’re not like the normal assumption of what a Psychic is. You don’t do the love and light stuff and you profess that right up front.
John’s note: It became evident at this point just how serious Chris is about what he does as his personal and work ethics brilliantly shone through. There were moments when Chris’ frustrations were very clear in his tone and it really sounded as though he aches for more honestly-intentioned people to work in the field.
[Chris] Yeah, there’s nothing against it, don’t get me wrong. I’m all about love but when someone’s coming to you for help and they’re seeking spiritual guidance, you have a responsibility to be as honest, as truthful and as direct as you can be.
What I’ve witnessed going through these events and seeing different Psychics and different Mediums and intuitive people, is that what they do is they’ll coddle somebody. They’ll tell them that it’s all about having to love themselves and be open to the light, and this and that – but doing that, you’re not really doing anything for them, you’re not helping them, you’re pacifying them. If you have a message to deliver that can change their life, I believe that it is our responsibility to do that. I would feel horrible if I lied to somebody or they took what I had to say and they did something to themselves.
I’ve seen people do that. I’ve had clients come to me that were hypnotized, believing they were involved in some traumatic experience. All because that person wanted them to go back and pay the $200-$300 a session to give them these regressions when nothing really happened.
[John] That must be so infuriating for you.
[Chris] It is. It is because that’s what makes the public have this fear against us. ‘Well they’re just out to get your money. All they want is your money. They’re liars, they’re charlatans. They’re the Devil.’ No. I want to change the way the world views Psychics – people that are in the metaphysical world – because we do have abilities. You know, some of us are different; we have the ability to see into the past, present and future and talk to spirits on the other side. I can pick up on alien presences and things like that. There are other people who have the ability to heal – actually touch you and heal your body. We can do good in the world. We can change lives. We can make a difference. Not all of us are what you see on television.
[John] I appreciate the fact that you are aware of the damage that is being done and how people are discrediting what you do and who you are just because they want the money.
You’ve mentioned in other interviews that a lot of people say they were born with this ability but that you actually were and it made me curious. Do you find that often people falsely make that claim?
[Chris] Yeah. I get asked that question all the time. I get a lot of crap for that, for being honest. They ask me how I know that. This is just my opinion on it. [Long thoughtful pause here…] I believe that the people that say they have natural born, natural built-in abilities, when they really don’t are people that are being misled not only by themselves but by other people too. I’ve been in these meta-physical communities where what they do is they all stick together. They all band together. They don’t realize - no one has the heart to tell them they’re wrong.
Does that make sense? I hope that doesn’t come across as being rude. I don’t want to discredit people but again, I have a huge issue with claiming to be something that you’re not and then trying to go help people when you’re just as damaged to the person you’re reading - you’re not really doing anything. Like I had one lady tell me that she gives readings because it makes her feel good when she’s suffering from other things that are going on in her life. I said, ‘What you are doing is you’re distracting yourself by helping other people and you’re telling them things you want to hear about yourself and you’re not helping anybody. You’re giving these people false hope and then they go home and when these things don’t happen that you’re predicting for them, they’re not working, they’re not going out.’ I’ve seen it happen. The person that was hypnotized by people - she hypnotized a kid that was barely 18 years old that was not openly gay yet and had him believe that he was raped at a young age and he was suicidal afterwards.
No! I could never mislead somebody that way. Again, I would feel horrible if somebody committed suicide based on something that I said.
[John] That is tough to believe. I mean I know that it does happen – I know that there are people like that out there - and I sometimes wonder if it’s a lack of self-awareness, if it’s a lack of confidence, a lack of security; but regardless of what it is I find it unacceptable. It really gets to me when I hear stories like that. I’ve known some people who have had readings before and they’ve really thought it was so legitimate. Then they recount it to me and I think that something just doesn’t seem right about it. Again, it comes down to the money.
[Chris] You know, I have kids, I have a family to support and I do charge for my readings; but if somebody ever walked away after the reading and wasn’t satisfied with it, in all professionalism I would not be able to take their money. I guess that’s what sets me apart from someone that does it for the money but also does it under the wrong intention.
[John] You’re providing a service and that’s good customer service. If somebody is unhappy with the product or the result, you do what you can to rectify it. If you’re able to influence other people in the field, to be similar and to do the same, then you are serving a greater purpose than just with your intention of the readings themselves.
END PART 2
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This marks the end of the second part of our interview with Chris Medina. Our in-depth conversation with Chris continued, so please stay tuned for Part Three to be released very soon!
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