Today we’d like to introduce you to Pauleen.
Hi Pauleen, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
When I was a child, I used to daydream about flying in the air like a bird, I wished that I had magic powers and I also fantasized about being a psychic. I was obsessed with shows like Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie. But, according to me, I was just an average ordinary girl growing up in the suburbs of Minnesota. I had no idea the extent of my psychic abilities as a child.
Growing up, my friends always relied on me for advice and support. They told me my advice was life changing and I somehow seemed to give them some magic courage–for they always ended up taking actions and making changes they never thought they were capable of!
Little did I know, these were my psychic abilities in action. I thought it was just something everybody could do… it wasn’t special. I had no idea that what I was doing was energy-clearing, healing work, and psychic readings!
Fast-forward to my twenties. I had graduated from college with Bachelors in Education. I loved teaching people but didn’t love the school politics and the daily drain. I privately tutored and was a substitute teacher. I finally decided that teaching in a school setting wasn’t for me so I got my first 9-5 desk job.
I also didn’t love the 9-5 lifestyle. Sitting in a desk and crunching numbers drove me up the wall. I loved being around so many people in the office and I always ended up having coworkers drawn to me. They would tell me their problems or confide in me. So, in between helping coworkers hash out and resolve life stuff; I crunched the numbers and did my job. I loved coworker counseling but my managers were not a fan of how chatty I was. I was always getting in trouble and was the team outcast with my “weird” personality!
I learned a lot of lessons about life, work politics, corporate culture, about managers, self-esteem, chain of command, team building, office drama and people in general during those early career years. Some lessons were not very fun. There was often tears and frustration.
Toiling away at the desk, not sure what to do with my life, I was still wishing I could fly and have magical powers. I had become fascinated with things such as the afterlife, how the world works, human psychology, spirituality, philosophy, energy healing, and of course psychics. At this point I somewhat suspected I had some intuition but I always brushed it off as no big deal. I was always trying to find a psychic who would tell me my future! My career was always the biggest question because nothing I ever did lasted. I always gave up, got bored or felt like I didn’t belong. For the longest time, I thought I was never going to be able to have a life long career. I just kept seeking.
After about a decade in a corporate setting, I decided I was going to pursue my passion of spirituality, healing and helping people. I didn’t belong solely in an office. I felt I had finally found the career I needed to be in. I took a huge step. I quit my job. I decided to get a certification in Reiki Healing. I learned the craft, and teamed up with my sister. We rented out a small space in Uptown and practiced Reiki healing. We had clients that really loved our work. I knew I was helping people with this ability to heal, but instead of feeling exhilarated and fulfilled, I felt frustrated. It was heartbreaking. I thought I had finally found my life calling, however, I felt just as empty as I did in my other jobs. What was wrong with me?
At the time, I didn’t understand, but in retrospect, I fell into the healing business without the guidance of a mentor. I had this raw, untapped healing and psychic talent with little to no understanding of how to properly utilize it. I didn’t understand how important it was to study my abilities, the skills, and understand myself in relation to them before I jumped in to help others.
As a result of not understanding my own talents to the level they needed to be understood I felt inadequate. This was a truly distressing time for me. I felt I had given my passion a try and failed at that as too!
With a heavy heart, I gave up on the idea of ever being able to help people through Reiki and Healing. I shut the door on the idea that I could do anything fun and magical in life. I felt so disappointed and depressed with my experience that I told myself I didn’t have any healing abilities; I convinced myself that psychic healing work wasn’t real and went back to working jobs, trying to figure out what to do professionally.
Then, as I was approaching my 4th decade of life, 4 major life changing events happened to me, all within a span of a few months. Some of the greatest stressors that can happen to us humans during a lifetime: moving home, changing job, death of an immediate family member, and divorce. All happened to me within the span of a few months.
I was lost, desolate and out of my mind.
My friend suggested I get a psychic reading and I scoffed. No way! I claimed I didn’t believe in all that anymore. I still had a bad taste in my mouth from my Reiki Business. I was bitter because I had failed at trying to make my passion a career.
At my friend’s insistence coupled with being in a place of despair and loss, I decided to cave into the request and receive a psychic reading. During that reading, the psychic told me that I am Psychic. I scoffed! “Trust me I’m not psychic” I insisted. Every psychic test I took on Google, to try and guess the shape or color, I failed miserably! But she insisted: I, Pauleen, am psychic. “Trust me”, I said, “I failed in being able to run a Reiki Business. There is no talent here.” I again insisted.
She persisted. “You are an Energy Alchemist and have strong psychic abilities.”
Here this random psychic reader whom I had never met was not only insisting that I was strongly psychic, but she stated: “Let’s practice and test you out! “I thought, what the heck, why not? I was fascinated that this random person thought, I, Pauleen, had ABILITIES? Nah!!!! Couldn’t be… could it?
The next month was a whirlwind. It was a gift from God that this person had just taken an interest in me and insisting on “testing my abilities”. She would then begin to send me questions/stories everyday about people in her life and would test me to see if I got any accurate readings or impressions—insights that would resonate. To my disbelief, she would respond with “That’s 95% correct! That’s 100% correct!” My jaw dropped. She asked more questions, I continued answering- I could not believe I was quite accurately reading for people I didn’t know.
I couldn’t comprehend what was happening yet as I was answering these questions she sent out, I realized… “Wait a second this is the SAME feeling I get when I’m counseling my friends or coworkers on their problems. I relayed this sentiment to the psychic reader and she informed me that everything I described about how I receive messages actually well describes how one uses their psychic senses. She added to that…stating that throughout my life, as I’ve been chatting/counseling friends or coworkers, I was using my 6th sense, my psychic sense. And that I just had not understood it.
Then, this professional psychic, who was running her own business, finally asked ME if I would read for HER! That was it! It sealed the deal for me. It provided me confidence. Something was happening. It scared me. And I had to explore it!
This would in time progress to a place where I was encouraged to open up my own shop and begin providing reading to the public at large. I began my own shop, not even using my real name and only charging a few dollars for psychic readings that I would send via email. I went from being terrified to exhilarated! I loved giving readings and found that it energized me. I then fully understood that this is exactly what I had been doing my whole life with people. I just hadn’t labeled it a psychic reading.
Around this same time, I found myself a wonderful mentor and started an apprenticeship with her to help me understand more about my abilities and to help me refine the raw abilities. This was the apprenticeship I wish I had had back when I had been practicing Reiki.
Eventually I began receiving referrals and started doing telephone readings. This would then lead to events, expos and I am now starting to give workshops. I help people from all walks of life. I have worked with everyone from kids, nurses, corporate management, mothers, fathers, singles, married people… you name it I’ve done it! And I love it!
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
In some ways it has been a smooth road and in some ways it hasn’t!
Emotional hardships and relationships I have gone through, have thoroughly prepared me to be empathetic and understand other people’s joy, pain, feeling of loss and love.
My experiences have prepared me to understand my client’s experiences. Those deep emotions and all the life lessons I have gone through (and continue to go through) have sharpened my psychic senses to a whole new level.
These personal experiences and my deep reflection upon them have provided me a way in which I can relate to many of my clients and their struggles. I’ve had great tragedy and pain in my own life, but it’s prepared me for this…My life Purpose… To be a healer… and to help people through the ups and downs of life by providing novel and key insights.
On the business side, it’s been a smooth flow for the most part. I contribute this partly to my attitude: I have had an attitude of “This is fun and magical” the whole time.
My business continues to grow and is heavily (primarily) referral based. I’ve not spent much in time or dollars on advertising up to this point. For me, this is my magic, my love, my joy and my special power. I am letting it unfold in its own magical way. If this turns into a full time “Job” I will be happy. If it remains a part time gig, I will also be happy. I trust the magic to unfold before me. As long as I am feeling joyful and energized in doing this, I will continue to do it as it is now integrated into the very fabric of my life!
As you know, we’re big fans of Just Pauleen. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about the brand?
I am a Psychic Consultant and I currently offer psychic consultations through email, phone calls and events.
As a Psychic Consultant I help real people solve real, everyday problems in a very practical way using the help of magical psychic abilities (inherent in all of us by the way). People come to me with specific issues, and we drill down to the root of them, addressing various layers involved – and eventually find practical, actionable steps, individualized and tailored to the client, allowing the client to move forward with confidence and clarity. I help people break free from thought patterns, explore new possibilities, gain confidence, and understand personal roadblocks, challenges, and strengths.
What separates me from the herd is that I try to approach psychic work in a realistic, scientific, and worldly sense. A lot of people hear the word psychic and tons of assumptions spring forth! Spirituality has a very mysterious veil around it and many people are either intimidated by it or think it’s a bunch of hooey.
I know many people that would never consider getting a psychic reading simply because of the stereotypes that surround spirituality and the spiritual community. Some of the practices and rituals involving spirituality may appear bizarre to someone who is new. People who aren’t already involved or interested in the spiritual community will often express discomfort in such a setting. As I am a person rooted in practical daily actions, I understand this concern.
Therefore, I aim to make my readings practical and grounded. I like to let my clients know that you don’t have to do all the stuff, rituals and whatnot, that others in the spiritual community are doing, in order to connect to yourself. Spirituality does not HAVE to look like that. That’s the beauty of it. It can be individualized. The spiritual community has created beautiful practices but that’s not the only way to be spiritual. As a matter of fact many of my clients are people who wouldn’t normally get a psychic reading.
My other strength is my ability to take new age philosophical and spiritual concepts and help explain them in a very matter-of-fact way to help a client utilize the concepts in their lives.
It’s my goal to help people understand that getting a psychic reading is not necessarily a mystical and mysterious “woo woo” type of thing, but rather a very practical and useful tool to be used to get clear and focused on problems, their origins, and most importantly their solutions.
Every psychic reader has a different style and approach, and my approach is based in practicality. Many imagine a psychic as the woman who looks into a crystal ball and divines your future. Not the case with me. When you have a reading with me it will feel like you are in a coaching session or talking to a very good friend. That is a very purposeful approach. It’s my personal talent and preference. I like to make my sessions fun, empowering, practical, focused and grounding.
What would you say have been one of the most important lessons you’ve learned?
To trust myself and believe in myself!
While I’ve received a ton of support from many people, I’ve not always received 100% support for what I do from everyone. I have been questioned and backed into a corner, being asked to defend this line of work. Some people have been uncomfortable with what I do, upset or judgmental about psychic work and what it entails. Some feel I shouldn’t be indulging in this work at all, and others make fun of me because they believe psychic work to be fraudulent or ridiculous.
It wasn’t easy to come out and announce myself a psychic consultant… to make myself vulnerable and expose my real name with face attached to the words “Psychic Consultant.” There was a whole slew of judgment thrown my way when I did. But this was an experience in itself. I had to dig deep and connect into myself to find the faith in my beliefs, myself, and this work. I learned how to trust myself, and my craft.
Through this work, I’ve learned to keep be true to myself, trust in myself, and to be practical and speak plainly to others. I love my work. And I LOVE helping people!
Contact Info:
- Email: justpauleen@gmail.com
- Website: www.justpauleen.com
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