When did you discover you
had psychic abilities?
I have been able to
see the souls of those on the other side since I was a young child. The first I
recall was a woman with dark brown hair pulled to the back of her head. She was a simple woman that appeared to be in
her mid-thirties. Although she never
spoke, her energy was always loving and comforting so I was never fearful of
her presence around me. It was not until
several years later when I was shown a picture of my mother’s mother that I
realized who this caring woman was. My
spirit visitor was my departed grandmother, Lily Belle, who had passed before I
was born, yet it seemed only I could see her.
I was also able to
know things beyond the capability of a young child. Whether it was information
about a person, or just things in general, it was rather confusing trying to
understand how I could know such information without any prior knowledge. My grandmother Alley would refer to my
ability as ‘the knowing.’ I knew it to be a part of God.
How did you ‘hone your
craft’ so to speak in order to help others and eventually become a Spiritual
Counselor?
All throughout my
youth I searched for answers in a quest to understand my ability to speak to
departed souls when it seemed others could not.
I felt quite alone from my family and friends who could not see nor hear
what seemingly flowed to me from someplace outside of our present reality. For years I noticed how others only looked at
me with confusion, or wondered if perhaps I was delusional. But I knew I was in touch with something
greater than their ability to understand.
I connected with a
Spirit Guide at a very young age, who is still with me to this day, by the name
of Three Feathers. I now know him to be my Life Guide who entered with me from
the time I was born and will reside with me until I depart this earth
realm. He is my mentor in that he helped
me to understand my abilities and how I was to use them.
I spent most of my
adult life studying every book I could find in search of understanding what it
was that I did that made me feel so different from others. I connected with
like-minded individuals which proved to be valuable in sharing similar experiences
that helped me to feel that I wasn’t so strange after all.
I furthered my
studies and education in the field of Metaphysics and later became an ordained
Minister in the Spiritualist faith.
Would you mind explaining
what a Spiritual Counselor does and how long you’ve been helping others find
closure?
As a Spiritual
Counselor I provide guidance to those seeking to better understand their life
path. Although I do enjoy helping those who have distinct questions around
their life experiences, I find my greatest joy is in assisting others to better
understand why they are having these experiences and help them to grow through
them rather than just going through them, only to repeat these same experiences
time and again.
I feel it is so
important to understand our life lessons. We chose our life path before coming
into this particular lifetime. And with each choice we make through our own
free will we create new experiences or lessons to grow through. My psychic
ability enables me to see where their lessons lie and assist them in healing
and progressing to embrace their lessons with love and understanding.
Whether ones
experience is through the growth of making wise decisions or in healing through
the loss of a loved one, as a Spiritual Counselor I assist them with
understanding and seeing the purpose in these lessons.
I have been working
as a professional psychic medium for 38 years. I have seen my work evolve over
the years as we spiritual individuals have evolved toward a more meaningful
existence. It is a great honor to be able to assist others along their path of
learning and growth which has allowed me to grow within my own understanding of
my life purpose.
Bellésprit which I
now know means ‘beautiful spirit’ is such a lovely & healing site. When did
you first come up with the idea for the magazine?
I was first impressed
with the idea of creating a magazine in September of 2011 when I was told by
Spirit that knowledge was to be shared freely. I felt a magazine platform would
be the perfect fit in which to distribute the things I have learned throughout
my life. I shared the idea with a few of my close friends who loved it and were
anxious to come on board as contributors to assist in the idea of sharing what
they had acquired.
It took a couple of
months to come up with the name for the magazine. Spirit kept giving me the
name belle…something. I couldn’t quite make out the full name of what they were
saying. I believe that was partly because I did not want my name on the
magazine so I was rejecting their suggestion. I did not want the magazine to be
about me or have any part of ego. Still, they insisted upon belle… Finally they
stated more clearly ‘beautiful spirit.’ I loved it! So, I researched the name
and found that there was already another business using the term beautiful
spirit. Then it came to me, the belle connection Sprit was trying to make with
me; beautiful spirit – bel esprit. Spirit was giving me the French wording for
beautiful spirit, and Bellesprit was born.
I created a Facebook
Fan Page for Bellesprit and began working on a mission statement. To my amazement,
the very next morning I had 75 likes on the Fan Page and I hadn’t even begun
promoting it as it was still in the planning stages. Even more incredible was
several of my friends on Facebook contacted me asking if they could also
contribute to the magazine’s content. The concept of Bellesprit was appealing
to them and they also believed in sharing their knowledge. To date, we have 53
contributing columnists in Bellesprit. We all agreed that the magazine should
be offered as a free online magazine to continue with our goal of sharing
knowledge freely.
A friend helped me
with creating our website in which to display our magazine. So, here we are a year and a half later and
Bellesprit has blossomed into the beautiful work of others being shared with
the world.
I so appreciate the
diamond emblem on your magazine and how it signifies ‘diamond in the rough.’ At
one point in your life did you feel like you were an undiscovered gem?
Spirit is also
responsible for giving me the idea of using a diamond as our logo for the
magazine because it represents our full soul quality. Like a faceted diamond,
each facet is unique holding a beauty all its own. Each facet represents a
different characteristic of who we are as individuals, and yet when we look at
the whole diamond, with its flaws and inclusions, we see the exquisiteness of
the diamond in its entirety; the collective of the whole soul quality
demonstrating that even in its imperfections it is still seen as beautiful.
I’ve always felt I
was different from others as I was growing up. My goals in life didn’t necessarily
resonate with theirs. I especially felt this from my own family from feeling I
was different with my abilities, to what I wanted to be when I grew up. They
were always insistent on my obtaining a ‘real’ job that paid well verses
working for myself as a self-employed psychic medium. They just didn’t
understand my need to follow my path and be true to what I knew I was meant to
do in this lifetime. I felt the importance of embracing my abilities and
utilizing them in which to help others. So even though I didn’t follow their
plans for me, I am able to see the beauty in what I have chosen to do with my
life.
I read your recent
interview with actress Tera Garnett which is extremely inspirational for all
women especially those who’ve been abused. How do you come up with your
interview ideas and questions?
It was a great honour
meeting and working with Tera during her interview. The questions that were
asked just seemed to flow throughout our conversation. As she shared her many
different character roles in the movies she has been in I was able to see the
pattern she was being type-cast in. I was curious if she had also felt there
was a repeating pattern and what that meant to her. I was especially interested
in her use of empathy, which is what we know to be a psychic ability, in
developing her characters and actually feeling what the experience must be like
to have been abused. We realized from that content that this was to be the
message of her feature article for our September issue.
You’re such a light
for love and hope, what keeps you inspired and motivated each day?
Knowing that others
are enjoying Bellesprit Magazine and gaining from it what we set out to
accomplish is such a blessing to me. I have received emails from so many of our
readers who have thanked me for the magazine and express how much it has helped
them in their lives. I am so grateful for the guidance I receive from God each
day in the direction our magazine is to take. I know He speaks through our
magazine contributors in the messages they bring each month.
I am especially
grateful for my husband and children who are my greatest supporters and fans
who continue to encourage me to live my truth.
Do have any
suggestion for those wanting to tap into their undiscovered abilities and start
allowing more light & love into their lives?
Oh my, that is such a
good question. My advice would be to stay close to your own personal belief
system as a guide in your daily life. We are all blessed with abilities that
can be used to guide us throughout our life. It is a matter of listening to
that still small voice within. What I do is nothing special that isn’t already
within each of us.
Spirit offers that as
long as we can live our lives filled with love in all things and an
appreciation for our trials as a means in which to grow, we can live a life of
fulfilment. I believe we are the product of two main energies; love and fear.
Fear is merely an avenue in which we can discover areas in need of healing
where our weaknesses lie. When we can understand the fear by gaining knowledge
of it, where it comes from and why, then the healing can begin. We then come to
realize where fear once existed, forgiveness can take place and love can fill
that void.
I do offer an
intuitive development course online that runs for 8 weeks that is designed to educate
about our various abilities and where they come from. I teach students how to
connect with their abilities and recognize which is their strongest ability and
how to work with them on a daily basis. Actually, I will be offering this
course once again in October. For those who may be interested in taking part in
this course can contact me at belle@bellesalisbury.com.
Learn more about Belle and her amazing talents on
her website.
Wrapping Up
Thank you for these lovely answers, Belle! I so
appreciate what you do for others. When you mentioned how you assist others in
discovering why they’re here and help them see ways to grow instead of
repeating the same thing over again I immediately thought of EFT! Which
truthfully most things link to EFT in my mind! So many people have difficulty understanding
why they do these things again and again...get in the same seemingly dead-end relationships;
same types of low-energy jobs; continue to overeat; etc. I think it's amazing what you're doing to help others discover their own talents & beauty!
We've all been there
wondering Why and How does these things keep happening & showing up in our lives? When you first accept where you’re at
and give yourself love, compassion, kindness and acknowledgement (no matter what) it creates a
path for healing and forgiveness. This in turn allows you to develop new
healthier ways to live and start creating the kind of life you want. If you haven’t tried EFT you can discover more about it's healing abilities on
my website and also check out & subscribe to my YouTube channel. Thanks for
reading and remember to keep (or start) tapping!
