How to Get a Good Reading from a Psychic Medium: Get the Most Out of Your Contact with the Other Side [Paperback]

Carole Lynne (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2003

How To Get A Good Reading From A Psychic Medium was born from Carole Lynne's desire to help her own potential clients, plus the thousands of people interested in contacting those who have gone to live in the world of spirit, know what to expect from a reading with a medium. For the grieving, the curious, the skeptical but desperate, Lynne offers straightforward, plain talk about what mediums can and can't do, and how to prepare to get the most out of an encounter with the world of spirit.

Chapters on "The great and not such great reasons to see a medium," "Where to find a good medium," and "How long is a reading and what does it cost" explain the very practical elements of dealing with a spirit communicator. "This is not a scientific book," writes Lynne. "I'm not going to try to prove anything to you." But she does dispense invaluable advice about getting the most out of working with a mediu. Whta questions should you ask? When should you listen? When should you talk? What can you do with the information you get? Answers to all these questions, and so many more.

There is no other palce where readers will find such useful advice about how to evaluate a reading and what to do with the evidence and advice they might receive. Unlike many, Lynne doesn't set herself up as a guru and advises against treating any reading from any medium that way. Her wise counsel: Trust yourself. You are the one who knows best what this reading means in your life.

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About the Author

Carole Lynne is a voice and public speaking coath, and a professional jazz singer. She is also a licensed minister and certified medium with the American Federation of Spiritualist Churches. She recognized her psychic ability when she was a child and has spent the past ten years developing her ability co communicate with those who have passed over. Carole Lynne is listed on BestPsychicMediums.com, an indpendently urn website. More information about her can be found there and she can be booked for individual and group events through the site. She is the author of Heart & Sound: Discover Your Soul Voice, Red Wheel 2001.

Product Details

• Paperback: 121 pages
• Publisher: Weiser Books (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578632919
• ISBN-13: 978-1578632916
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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More About the Author

Carole Lynne is the author and composer of

"Consult Your Inner Psychic" (book and enclosed CD)

"How to Get a Good Reading from a Psychic Medium"

"Heart and Sound" (book and enclosed CD)

"Consult Your Inner Psychic" has won the 2006 CORV award in the How To category. Nat Hefferman has been a co-composer on both of the CD's that are enclosed in her books.

Carole Lynne is one of the tested and featured mediums on www.bestpsychicmediums.com. Bob Olsen, founder of this website as well as www.ofspirit.com has written the forward of Carole Lynne's award winning book "Consult Your Inner Psychic."

Carole Lynne was born in Los Angeles California, but also spent her teenage years in New York. She has lived in the Boston area for the past 26 years. She is married, has two grown children, and four grand children.

Ms. Lynne has had many psychic experiences thorugh out her life, but it was not until she reached her forties that she stated seeing visions of people who had passed on to eternal life.

When Carole Lynne started having these visions she began studying both in the United States and in Europe to try to understand her gift and to learn how to use her mediumistic talents to help others.

She studied with the American Federation of Spiritualist Churches and with the Spiritualist National Union of Great Britain.

Before Carole Lynne realized she was a psychic medium, she worked full time as a musician and vocal coach, as well as a public speaking coach. She is the founder of "Singing for the Soul" and "Quality Performance Coaching." While her recorded singing lessons are still on sale at www.singingforthesoul.com, she does not teach voice or public speaking any longer, as she now devotes her time to working as a psychic medium, Spiritualist minister and writer/composer.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a must read if you need to know how to do this, July 13, 2004

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Tasha Halpert (Grafton, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Get a Good Reading from a Psychic Medium: Get the Most Out of Your Contact with the Other Side (Paperback)

If you want to get a reading with a medium and are wondering how to go about it, this is the book for you. The subtitle is Get the Most out of Your Contact with the Other side. Carole Lynne, herself a psychic and medium tries hard to help you do this. She tells it like it is, and her information is presented in a readable, comprehensive manner. Perhaps this is because she is also a voice coach and has done a lot of teaching as well.

A nuts and bolts book with much practical information on the subject, How to Get a Good Reading answers a number of questions you might have and even some you might not have thought of. Because it is written by a Spiritualist who was originally a skeptic this book is especially useful for those seeking to communicate with loved ones who have passed on. She is quite explicit about what a medium can and can't do for you.

She explains the terminology around spiritual communication. She also goes into the reasons to seek a reading--both good ones and bad ones. She also has a chapter on the difference between a medium, an astrologer and a psychic. My only negative comment is that the author has some strong opinions about her subject and is quite outspoken about them. However, she also emphasizes the importance of relying on your own judgement and intuition and states that she sees herself as a coach, not an authority.

One of her best pieces of advice is, "Always evaluate advice given to you in a reading before following it--no matter where it comes from." I feel this is vitally important. There are unscrupulous readers who try to take advantage of innocent clients by scaring them into giving them money. I've had some experience with people who have had this happen to them, and it is important to be wary of anyone who would try to do this.

The author trained with the American federation of Spiritualist Churches, a reliable, middle-of-the-road system. Her book would answer many questions a person might have about the various kinds of mediumship available and how to find a good medium. I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone seeking advice from "beyond" this world, most especially if this were the first book they were reading on the subject.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, even for people who have been to readings already, July 5, 2006

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Neal Rzepkowski (Lily Dale, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Get a Good Reading from a Psychic Medium: Get the Most Out of Your Contact with the Other Side (Paperback)

I've known many who have inaccurate views of what a "reading" should be and end up at the wrong type of reader. This book will help both the beginner and even those still searching for the type of reading they really want. Instructions on what you should and shouldn't say before the your reading are are a useful part of this book, and will add to your experience.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Do you really need a medium?, April 9, 2008

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June P. Ahern "Author, The Skye in June" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Get a Good Reading from a Psychic Medium: Get the Most Out of Your Contact with the Other Side (Paperback)

In this book you learn how the medium can connect you and a loved one who has passed in an easy to understand way. It is not unusual to wish to contact those who have died and the author gives the reader a sense of "it's okay" to want this and then to follow through. Although as a medium myself, I know and tell this to my clients, one does not need a medium to contact the dead but truth be told, a trained medium has a greater ability to clearly, without emotions in the mix, contact the dead for a more valid message. That message is usually nothing profound but can be very insightful as well as comforting. I agree to be aware of those who take advantage of grieving people and therefore personal recommendations are my suggestion.