Psychic Speaks to the Soul

"Get a hula hoop." That is what psychic Meg Michaelson told me this morning when I interviewed her for Patch.

I replied that I have never been able to keep one airborne. "That's just it," she said, "you need to shake up your energy and bring some amusement. It will help to open your second and fifth chakras and bring more joy to the sixth.

Curious? So was I.

Meg Michaelson is the sister of local Goldi's employee, Kathleen Aragon, and did some sample readings there at this year's Shorewood's "Stop, Shop and Restore" in December.

I had the benefit of having her read me then, and again today for a few minutes after we chatted on the phone about the practice. And I'm telling you, it's nothing you don't know. Of course, you may have a situation that doesn't take a psychic to tell you what's wrong, like you have a tendency to whack the same toe over and over. I can tell you, however, you may have some unresolved issues (and you may need to allow yourself to wear a sturdier house shoe). This is deeper.

So what does it mean to have a psychic reading? In Michaelson's case, it's a chakra reading, and she moves from the first to the seventh chakras from your feet (one) stopping at each point to just over your head (seven), standing behind you, never touching you.

If it’s over the phone, same thing. She will calmly, gently, tell you where there is tension, or energy that is “stuck," and where you may need to shake things up or ask questions of yourself. This isn’t about communicating with those who have passed on, or telling you where you left your phone. It is like a health reading, a guide for you to hear and heal your body and mind.

What's different is, what she tells you will come with a solution, an idea, or a suggested way to examine what is going on, and that part you obviously haven't been doing or you would not have some stuff "stuck" in your energy.

Not all psychics are alike. Michaelson is trained in psychology and human energy systems (chakra systems). 

"I read the energy body which impacts your physical body," she said.

She also sees people from those who are curious, like me, to those who are being treated for physical issues by doctors, "who may want to get at the root of certain issues in a different way."

Michaelson sees over 300 new people a year, whether by phone or in person, for only one or two sessions.

"It's a partnership, really, and I ask my clients to learn from what I am seeing in them, to then read their own bodies," she said. "I don't create people who become dependent on me. I educate people to be aware of their own energy, and how they are interacting in the world, how things affect them … and then I give them tools to make improvements." 

She generally identifies in one hour a personalized study list for a client, item-by-item, to investigate, in order to help heal the energy of the body. And truly, you don’t need to speak. She has already got it. For example, with me, she said,  “Hm, you feel like you don’t have time to work out, because every second is claimed and you’re already behind schedule," she said.

Um, spot on so far.

“Well, you are in effect telling your body that you don’t have time for it; it’s an illusion that then becomes the norm and your lumbar feels immobilized, which glues you further."

If you decide to rise above that vicious circle and move around or do some jumping jacks for five minutes (for me she suggested hula hoop or interpretive dance, I kid you not) when you get the “no time for you” message, you will create energy flow that will start to rebuild your self-esteem and you will start to free yourself from some emotional hard feelings.”

Done! Wait, I’m still sitting here after revising this story for an hour. Oops. Old habits die hard.

She has some other examples of what she finds in her readings. She may aptly pick up on severe sciatica you didn’t mention, that could be stemming from fear of financial issues or an emotionally draining relationship that needs further examination in your second chakra.

Me, I have issues in every chakra, but the third is the body’s engine — the power house that drives the energy. As a practice, Michaelson recommends recognizing when others' issues are coming at you, and slowing them down. After talking to her the first time, I started thinking of the way Keanu Reaves dodges bullets in the Matrix, suspending the space/time continuum somehow, and I picture those bullets as people’s feelings and grief and things.

"Examine and bless those things, and send them back to them, instead of holding them inside of you," she said. "That doesn't do anyone any good."

She pointed out that this type of thing can bring us to an emotional standstill "if we let other people disempower us with their grief, negative thoughts, or harsh criticism." It affects our digestive systems, our energy levels, and our self-esteem.

All the areas of the body have a corresponding energy label, or chakra. Heart conditions, for example, are rooted in the fourth chakra, where our unconditional love of self should be, but where many hold on to hurt or betrayal.

"Strengthening the fourth chakra by showing gratitude and forgiveness can strengthen the heart," Michaelson said.

Moving on up, neck and throat pain are issues in the fifth chakra, communication. If communication is controlled, either the client feels she has no voice, or her voice is not being heard, pain in the neck or throat can ensue.

Furthermore, if a client is struggling to change another person or suffers a loss of control, chronic pain or TMJ can ensue. Michaelson describes this a relief that can come if "the client is open to having their expression not necessarily create a change in others, but to simply be, and be a creative voice that is clear and kind."

Michaelson has experience to articulate every chakra and accompanying maladies that can be caused by damaged or hurt energy that we carry around with us every day. It is really an eye-opening (and I’m talking third) experience to have yourself read in this way.

To schedule, just email meg@soulspeakhealing.com. She does groups, or could come back to Goldi with a little encouragement from you.

In the meantime, when you come back to this story from your jumping jacks, Michaelson suggests for everyone to make sure to do four things every day:

• Breathe more air

• Move more

• Eat good food

• Have gratitude every morning for yourself and something in the world

If you call her for an appointment, you'll be asked to face the challenge that is you. Go for it. We’re worth it.