We were lucky to catch up with Erika Anderson recently and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Erika , thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear the backstory behind a risk you’ve taken – whether big or small, walk us through what it was like and how it ultimately turned out.

I was really vulnerable and it felt like a risk when I opened my own “In Person” psychic healing space. I already work at a hospital in a beautiful healing clinic for patients with cancer. I’ve devoted my whole career to healing and have been in practice for over 20 years in private and public space as an acupuncturist, a nurse and as a reiki / energy healer. I had been doing online mediumship and psychic healing work for a long time. But this year… the calling was BIG to open a new space just for the in person work with my mediumship, psychic and energy healing clients. The persistent calling was to put a face and a name and a heart behind everything I was doing, creating and saying. I was called to show up BIG, and not just as a small version of myself. It felt scary to feel that I was supposed to show up with all of my light and bells and whistles…but I listened and I did…

It has been amazing. I have loved the growth, the healing and the connection with other amazing human beings on their own spiritual journeys. There is a certain risk in mainstream society in talking openly about my mediumship and psychic abilities… There is a stigma to the work I do- for some people… And for so long I felt like I needed to protect myself from the pain of the stigma, the isolation from the stigma… But, this past year… I let that go. I realized from deep conversations with God and my highest self, that this is so important for my growth, for other peoples healing and even in my small part of the world to create an energy of expansion. I knew I needed to embrace and allow my truest self to be present in every area of my life. I am here on this earth as a medium, a channel and a healer. And joyfully, this last year I got off the anonymous online track and showed up with my heart, my face and my entire soul as all that I am in a very personal way.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

Here is a little bit of my story.

Since I was a young girl, I was always one of the sensitive ones. Emotionally and spiritually, I could feel the weight of people or places, often not knowing what was happening inside of me as I picked up energy or feelings that were not my own. As I grew older, I realized that this was a special gift or ability, called empathy- being able to feel the individual or collective energy of others or places.

As I grew older, empathy turned into a new ability—intuition. I was able to receive direct messages about other people, or myself—sometimes these messages were urgent, or powerful—and usually very accurate. This sense of intuition and understanding called to me, and though I didn’t fully understand it yet, I realized that it was my path. This path led me down the journey of becoming a healer. I became a Reiki master healer, an energy healer and ultimately a professional acupuncturist and registered nurse. I have spent two decades, 20 years as an intuitive and healer.

Again, over time these layers of being a healer deepened. And through my journey of becoming a mother, where my ability to love changed me into a whole new person; new intuitive abilities developed. A few years ago, after experiencing deep trauma and grief, something shifted inside of me. A new awareness became unveiled, and a new understanding and perception occurred. I found myself with the ability to see, hear and feel energy in a completely different way. I realized that I had the ability to communicate with loved ones who have left their physical bodies and crossed into the Spirit realm; I realized that I was a medium.

As a psychic and a medium I offer myself as a channel for healing. Each one of us is an energetic being, contained in our physical body. What I do is read energy of people: as a psychic it is reading the energy of someone in their physical body, and as a medium it is reading the energy of someone who has crossed over and no longer in their physical body. To communicate evidential messages is my purpose, to facilitate healing is my intention and to do this communication with love is my truth.

I offer readings in person, in Boulder county. I also do online readings for people all around the world. I host a podcast, called Spirit Guided, and we discuss all things in this world of metaphysics and psi phenomena. I teach classes on helping people become aware and empowered in their own abilities, and help people find their inner light if they need guidance.

If you could go back, would you choose the same profession, specialty, etc.?

I would absolutely choose this path over and over again. When I look at my life, my spiritual development path has given me more emotional freedom than I could have imagined. I feel that life is an adventure, and the hardest points in my life have taught me more expansion and growth than some of the brightest. I do readings for people in deep grief and this teaches me how important it is to truly be present in our daily moments with each other.

Other than training/knowledge, what do you think is most helpful for succeeding in your field?

The most success a person can achieve in this path is different than a lot of other career paths. In this work, success is finding your inner peace, your inner compass and allowing your soul to expand in order to be able to help others heal. How many people say that when they are talking about being successful at work?!

Contact Info:

• Website: www.spiritualmediumerika.com
• Instagram: @weareallhealers
• Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/erika-anderson-a0872839
• Youtube: @spiritguidedpodcast

Image Credits
Laura Mariani Photography