Rev Martina Schmidt's Blog

The Myth of Earth Bound Spirits If you have ever caught a glimpse of some of the new medium/ghost shows on television, you are bound to run across one of them proclaiming the idea of a spirit being "stuck" here on Earth. I have NEVER run across a "stuck" spirit in all my 15 years of doing healing & mediumship work- NEVER.  Although, this is what my teacher taught me & I believed in this idea for awhile- I could never really find proof of it.    And now, I know  the idea that a spirit can get lost on their way to the light, or can be denied entry by their own confusion is false.  What pain this idea causes those left behind!   To think not only their son may have committed suicide in an act of pain, but that he also isn't receiving relief and love because he's stuck here by the regret.  Or that dad is disappointed and hurting because we didn't take him to the doctor right away and he ended up dying. What I have run across is s...

As a psychic medium, I spend my work days hanging out on the other side a lot.  (Funny side note, my office is actually on the "other side" of my home, so I frequently say, "I'm going to hang out on the OTHER SIDE NOW", when I head over to my work. )   So, because I'm always bobbing my energy in the upper realms it's important to ground and be in my physical reality when I'm not working. Today however, I decided to go for a stroll in heaven.  When I entered the white light it began vibrating and lifting me, a favorite sensation of mine.  I immediately saw two men approaching me.  They were fuzzy but the man out front was clearest of all.  He reminded me of my Aunt Beth a little, and so when he said, "hello cookie" I knew he was my maternal grandfather.  He was dressed in blue jeans and a nice blue and white plaid shirt and he looked about 27 years old- not how he looked when he passed I'm certain. He shook my hand warmly because ...

Have you ever had a deeply spiritual and transforming experience that you couldn't wait to share with your friends, loved ones or co-workers because you just knew it was going to change their mind or life?  And did you notice that after sharing the experience you felt a little less excited or deflated in some way?  This is a common occurrence when sharing your Sacred Experiences with others. It's because spirituality is a one on one experience- it's subjective. To try and share the feelings of elation, "proof" and transformation with others is to share the experience vicariously and indirectly and it just plain ol' loses it's punch. I have had many a client run home to tell their family members about the amazing reading they had, only to meet with skepticism and hole punching enthusiasm.  It hurts but it's human nature to be skeptical. We are so afraid of being made a fool of, or being ripped off and we can't wait to point out how anothe...