How Do I Schedule a Reading?
Simply email me at Gail@MediumGail.com, or book through the third party with whom I am working, to find a mutually agreeable day and time. Your reading can take place online through Zoom or in person. I give in-person mediumship readings in New Jersey, Southern New York State and New York City. If you supply your phone number we can make arrangements by phone, otherwise I am happy to chat by email.
How Do I Pay for a Reading?
After you choose your day and time, you will follow the third party's protocol, or if your booking with me directly, I will give you my Paypal address then dispatch your Zoom link after I receive payment.
Cancellations/Rescheduling/Refund Policy
Cancel or reschedule your appointment by contacting me at Gail@MediumGail.com or the shop with whom you reserved. If you reserve through me directly and cancel your appointment at least 8 hours in advance, I am happy to reschedule or refund your fee. However, please know that there is no refund or rescheduling available with less than 8 hours notice. If you reserve through another party, such as a shop or wellness center, their policies apply.
How do I Prepare? What Should I Expect?
A medium acts as a communication intermediary between a client sitter and his or her loved ones in the spirit world.
Readings can be surprising. You may expect to hear from a certain person, but we can never predict the identities of the spirit or spirits who show up to speak to you. It may be a deceased parent, grandparent, spouse, child, co-worker, former neighbor, or former love interest. If you wish to hear from a specific person before you and I meet, ask your deceased loved one to show up for your appointment then, as we begin our reading, tell me their first name or their relationship to you, and I will try to connect to them.
Intent is immensely important: my intent as a medium and your intent as a sitter, so please approach your reading with positivity. Good vibes make for good readings.
Mediumship is detective work mixed with a game of charades. Who do we have? What are they trying to say? Sometimes spirits give me words and other times they send pictures, thoughts, or memories. I describe our visiting spirit's character, appearance, and suggest a possible relationship to you. Then I ask you to validate my impressions. Some spirits talk in pictures more than words. One spirit sent me the scene of the stripper's dressing room from the film "Gypsy." My sitter was a fairly conservative woman so I hesitated to pass along what I was seeing, but the moment that I did my client immediately came back with, "Oh, that would be my mother."
I will often ask you to confirm whether you understand something that I have said by asking questions like, "Does that make sense to you?" or "Can you understand that?" Please do your best to avoid commenting on my statement with too much detail. It's best to limit your feedback. Simple responses like, "Yes, I can take that," or conversely "I'm not sure" or "I don't know" are ideal. Too much talk can sever my link with spirit, pull me back into my conscious mind, and confuse me. We can chat about what made sense and what did not at the end of our reading.
Let it flow. Spirits tend to talk about their former life in generalities, what went right and what went wrong. Sometimes they talk about your childhood or your relationship when you knew them. They often offer advice about your life now. They may want to explain a misunderstanding and voice opinions about your life now, but spirits are not soothsayers. They rarely discuss the future. We want a spirit to say what they want to say, but please don't hesitate to ask me questions -- even if you are interrupting. The spirit will hear your question and normally answer it unless they're not ready to admit to something.
Rarely does a spirit show up and not want to talk. Thankfully that has only happened to me twice. Once I saw a group of well groomed, older people in my mind's eye but they stubbornly refused to say anything. Finally, one piped up, "We can't be doing this. We were taught that it was wrong," at which my client said, "Oh, I'm not surprised, my grandfather was a Presbyterian minister."
What is Zoom? How do I use it?
Unless I'm working with you in person I give my readings through Zoom, the interactive communication software that lets us see and hear each other. If we are working online, please have Zoom downloaded into your laptop, desktop, tablet, or phone before our appointment. Set up your free account through https://zoom.us. After we schedule our meeting I will send you a link to copy and paste in your browser to activate our Zoom session. Be sure to have both your audio and visual capabilities working.
I sincerely look forward to working with you!