We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Michele Sammons a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Michele, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Was there a moment in your career that meaningfully altered your trajectory? If so, we’d love to hear the backstory.

My path hasn’t been a straight shot. No fast-lane driving for me, going from Point A to Point B the quickest way possible. Instead, my path has been long and winding, like an old country road full of stops, starts, and stalls. For years, I resisted my true calling because I was afraid.

In my mid-thirties, I was aware of a hole in my life. For the most part, I was satisfied—a loving husband, prosperous business, exotic vacations, but I couldn’t shake the feeling something was missing I couldn’t quite name.

I began asking big questions, “What’s my purpose? Why am I here? What does it all mean?” These questions haunted me. I needed answers. I couldn’t stop myself from searching because something was calling to me.

I began with meditation. Back then, meditation wasn’t as mainstream as it is today. I snuck into this yoga studio every week because I didn’t want anyone to know I was attending a meditation class. It was just too weird to want to sit for two hours meditating in a group!

During that first class, weird stuff began happening. While meditating, I would see lights. I could feel energy. I could sense my Vibe Tribe. FREAKY! Fortunately, my meditation teacher understood I needed guidance and suggested visiting a local energy-reader to understand my experiences better.
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So, off I went to see the psychic! I felt like Dorothy going to see the wizard. During my session, the wise woman explained I was an “open channel.”

I was clueless. What?

Little did I know, she was right. And that the Universe would continue to send me messengers until I listened.

But I’m stubborn. I kept searching for something more “normal.” I attended meditation classes, retreats, workshops, coaching, and devoured countless self-help books. For years, I was in perpetual motion to find the missing piece and permanently install it in my life.

But the Universe doesn’t give up. It kept showing up to kick me in the pants with messages that what I was seeking wasn’t traditional.

During a trip to Nashville, a friend and I booked appointments with an astrologer. This stranger announced to me (in almost the exact same words as the psychic a year before), “You’re an open channel for Source energy.” He added that I should get ready for the massive energy headed my way. Again, I dismissed this talk as too crazy, too out there.

I continued searching for more normal answers, but the next message was from someone I really admired—Martha Beck, New York Times best-selling author and world-renowned life coach.

I participated in one of Martha’s first equine-coaching retreats. Ten women attended. Each was at different stages in their life. Women with normal problems seeking guidance—empty-nesters wanting to know what to do. Next, ladies seeking career changes and someone contemplating divorce.

When it was my turn to share, I blurted out that I didn’t know why I was there exactly. All I knew was that I loved spirituality, had a hole in my life, and was confused by it all.

I’ll never forget what happened.

Martha looked at me and replied, ”Well, honey, you’re a shaman. That’s why you like the things you do and feel different.” So she made me sit next to her and did this weird kinesiology test with my arm—asking me questions and testing my answers with the strength of my arm because the body doesn’t lie.

I was in shock. What’s a shaman? After a quick Google search that night back in my hotel room. I had a slight freak out. I called my husband and said, “You’re not going to believe what happened today.”

So, what’s a girl to do who finds herself as a modern-day shaman in a world that doesn’t believe in the mystical? What’s next?

Well, the Universe had an answer for me. Fast forward a year later, I was halfway around the world dining in a restaurant when a waiter approached me. He had an intent look about him that spooked me. And then he announced, “I’m like you, a spiritual seeker. I see you clearly. You’re searching outside yourself. You need to look within.”

What am I in the Twilight Zone stuff? A complete stranger sees me and easily reads my heart…Finally, I was listening!
I really listened. I took his advice and went within, got super quiet, felt for what my heart was saying, and followed that guidance.

My path eventually led me to offer my gifts to others.

It wasn’t always easy, and my way continues to be winding. It remains one of discovery and slight freak-outs, but the Universe is patient and waits for readiness and willingness.

Source doesn’t mind our fear, our confusion, our doubt. It works around it. Sending us messages and guidance in any form that will get our attention.

I am so grateful to the guides that acted as signposts along my path.

Michele, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

We all have beautiful gifts to share with each other. One of my unique gifts is the ability to sense the bigger picture. I mean the really big picture of who you are as a soul and the eternal journey you are taking. I can sense how your current human situation, needs, and desires fit into your soul journey. Ultimately, you are a soul; your beautiful human life is part of that eternal journey. Understanding the bigger picture helps put everything in perspective so that you can relax and enjoy your life more.

Unlike other intuitive coaches, I sense into the mystery. I receive energetic information from super high frequencies, which provide you with the perspective of your soul and put you in touch with your soul’s wishes, desires, and possibilities. When you understand your ancient, eternal self, it is extremely calming and reassuring. You naturally begin to live on purpose and joyfully.

I easily see other dimensions, parallel lives, souls’ journeys, souls, energy beings, and timeline potentials. I often work with my Vibe Tribe, receiving information on how things work energetically– “the behind the scenes information.” And my body acts as a conduit for energy—sometimes it’s gentle healing energy, and other times it’s a type of activation energy this occurs automatically, and I hold this sacred place for you to receive the energy.

I’m also super practical. Yes, I can sense realms, soul journeys, vibe tribes, and more, but it’s important to know why that matters to you in your human life. I love to bring these big ideas down to earth and present them in bite-size digestible nuggets for you to savor and enjoy.

My passion is encouraging you to embrace your mystical life. To make it real in your life. During a mentoring session, DIY program, books or videos, I will offer you lots of ways to nurture your soul.

I teach you how to reunite with your soul-self and learn what I call your soul’s “love language” —how your soul-self prefers to communicate with you. Receiving your soul’s guidance is easy and natural once you open the lines of communication.

When you realize that your soul-self wants to be active in your life, you naturally crave more soul Time. Together, we’ll develop a spiritual practice that allows you to align (hang out) with your soul-self so you can nurture this sacred relationship. This sacred relationship is vital because it is the source of your intuitive guidance – effervescent and never-ending.

I teach you to practice what I call joyful intuitive inquiry, which offers a way for you to see a world (physical and non-physical) that’s working for you instead of against you. This process reminds you that everything is connected and encourages you to create and live with awareness.

What makes my approach different than others is that

1. I believe spirituality can be light and fun.
I believe spirituality is sacred and fun. It is deep and light. Spirituality is incredibly sacred and delightfully fun. Unlike problem-solving, which can feel hard and frustrating, intuition works best when it feels fun and light.

2. I help you blend your soul-self into your everyday life.
I understand the responsibilities of everyday living, earning, and working can squeeze out the gentle whisper from your soul to connect. But there is a way to live in a material world as a spiritual being and infuse spirituality into your life.

3. I talk like a real person and make spirituality feel accessible.
I don’t talk about the moon’s phases, crystals, or alters. I explain really big concepts in easy-to-understand ways. I offer practical ways to give your life a spiritual boost.

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

Many professional mystics are familiar with their intuition. They easily help others as a professional intuitive or energy reader, but sometimes listening to and trusting YOUR OWN intuition can be really challenging.

Ever noticed how reading someone else’s energy is so much easier than reading your own? It’s because we’ve got all this stuff in the way. You’ve got your own human thoughts, ideas, and paradigms. It’s a lot easier to get super neutral and be able to read someone else’s energy because you’re not attached to the message. You’re just the deliverer.

We relax when we learn to trust our intuition to deliver guidance at the speed of love. When we trust that everything is coming to us at just the right time in just the right way we stop wanting to immediately make sense of our intuitive flashes, and understand the bigger picture hasn’t necessarily been filled in yet. And, that when it is time for us to know and act we will trust the guidance completely.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

I work with a lot of high-functioning women who are great at multi-tasking and getting stuff done. They find it difficult to slow down and nurture their spirit because there is too much on their to-do list, and they put a lot of pressure on themselves.

I hear it all the time from clients, friends, and family—“I want to be more spiritual, but my life gets in the way.” It’s easy to let our lives take over—going to work, running errands, picking up the kids from their latest activity, making time for exercise, taking care of a household, and doing our best to spend time with friends and family. It’s a lot. And, sometimes, we let our spirituality fade into the background, thinking, “I can get to that later,” “I meant to meditate,” or “I’ll do better tomorrow.” Then we feel guilty for ignoring this vital part of ourselves. You often let your soul time gets put on the back burner.

A deeply nourishing spiritual life doesn’t have to be complicated. It can be simple, delightful, and easy. I’ve found that consistency is the key. A little bit of time and space every day devoted to our soul provides the fuel to live a peaceful, purposeful life.

So, it’s not about getting knocked down and having the resiliency to get back up again. That’s hard and super draining of your energy. It’s more about noticing the small little ways we get off balance and then shifting to find recenter. Over and over.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.michelesammons.com
• Instagram: @michele.sammons
• Facebook: Michele Sammons Intuitive Seer
• Twitter: @michele_sammons
• Youtube: @michelesammons4277

Image Credits
Smith Artisian Photography