by Susan Fiandach and Connie Wake
Psychic-medium readings are often described in terms of messages, symbolism, or spiritual connection. But beneath all of that lies something even more essential — the quality of the experience itself.
A truly valued reading isn’t defined by prediction or performance. It’s shaped by the relationship created in the moment: the emotional safety, the clarity of purpose, and the openness to meaning. These elements come together in three core dimensions that support any profound intuitive work: Intention, Trust, and Belief.
Understanding these dimensions offers a fuller picture of the depth and breadth of a professional reading, and why it can be such a meaningful experience for clients.
1. Intention: Setting the Energy and Purpose
Every reading begins long before the first message comes through. It begins with intention — the quiet but powerful mindset that both the reader and the client bring into the session.
For the reader, intention includes professionalism, compassion, and a commitment to offering insight rather than certainty. For the client, it’s openness, curiosity, and the desire to understand life from a deeper perspective.
When intention is clear and aligned, the reading becomes more than information. It becomes a purposeful exchange where clarity can unfold naturally.
Intention lays the energetic foundation for what follows.
2. Trust: Creating a Safe, Supportive Container
If intention sets the stage, trust is what allows the work to truly happen.
Trust in the reader:
• their ethics
• their boundaries
• their ability to hold space without judgment
Trust in the process:
• that what comes through arrives in a way meant to support healing or understanding
• that messages land where they’re needed
• that timing and flow are honored rather than forced
Trust in oneself:
• the client’s own capacity to discern what resonates
• the freedom to take what feels meaningful and leave the rest
This kind of trust creates emotional safety — and emotional safety is what allows depth, vulnerability, and connection to emerge in a reading. Without it, the experience stays on the surface. With it, doors open.
3. Belief: The Bridge Between Receiving and Integrating
Belief is often misunderstood in intuitive work. It is not blind faith, nor is it a requirement to follow any spiritual framework.
Instead, belief is the willingness to engage with possibility.
It is:
• openness to intuitive insight
• acceptance that meaning can come in many forms
• recognition that messages serve empowerment, not dependency
Belief is also the reader’s confidence in the client’s own inner wisdom. A valued reading honors the client’s agency — their free will, their choices, and their ability to turn insight into action. Belief is the bridge between hearing a message and allowing it to support real-life understanding and growth.
Where These Dimensions Meet: The True Value of a Reading
When intention, trust, and belief come together, the reading becomes much more than a session on a schedule. It becomes:
• a moment of clarity
• a sense of connection
• a deeper understanding of patterns and possibilities
• validation of intuitive experiences
• a compassionate look at life through a meaningful lens
This framework helps clients understand that the value of a psychic-medium reading isn’t just in what is said, but in the space that is created — a space designed for insight, reflection, and empowerment.
A reading is not about telling someone who they are or what will happen next.
It’s about supporting them as they explore, heal, and recognize their own inner guidance.
Through Intention, Trust, and Belief, a reading becomes not only a service, but a partnership — a shared moment of depth, clarity, and connection.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Susan Fiandach and Connie Wake are professional psychic-mediums, teachers of psychic-medium studies and co-authors of “Everyday Conversations: The Key to the Contemporary Medium – Unlocking the Myths” and “The Student Guide to the Daily Medium – Unlocking Your 6th Sense.” Some language and structural support for this article were contributed by ChatGPT. All final content, perspectives and experiences are of Susan Fiandach and Connie Wake.
Susan and Connie can be contacted through The Purple Door, 3259 Winton Rd South, Rochester NY. 585-427-8110. Visit their website - http://www.PurpleDoorSoulSource.com
