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I'm your host, Nicole Bigley, and you are listening to a listener series on A Psychic
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Hi everyone. If this is your first episode of a psychic story, welcome. If you've been
here before, welcome back. This is the second listener episode of the podcast where we share
the stories you submitted, whether they be by the form on a psychicstory.com forward
slash story dash submission, email or the 1-800 number, which is 1-800-880-1881. And
we have Dr. Scott Garren back as well. Hi, Scott. How are you? Are you ready to dive
in?
Yeah, hi, Nicole. Ready to jump in. But before we get into that, just wanted to share our
story related to the book as the listeners know, we're finishing up, we're going into
production. And I've been struggling on this one chapter and it's just a psychological
viewpoints of angels and gets into a little bit, not too in depth, but how we perceive
reality. And I go through the, you know, that we get inputs from our five senses and we
have cognitive abilities and memory, this type of thing.
And I wasn't really happy with the way it was flowing. And for a couple of weeks now,
I was trying to think like, what is the missing piece? And there's something missing and I
don't know. And you sent me an Instagram post of a fellow who just briefly reviews some
parapsychology research on random number generators, distance healing and precognition. And they
all speak to about how our minds can impact our physical world around us and even look
into the future a little bit. So when I read that, like a light went off my head like,
this is it in the missing piece of the puzzle. And I was able to just finish that. It was
perfect. So that's a synchronicity that's happened along the lines with this book. That's
also happened in other areas as well. But certainly appreciate that.
Yeah, no, I you got a love and that happens. And I am going to put you on the spot a little
bit here. So what were they about? Do you remember?
Well, the research that was briefly discovered, reviewed and I expanded a little bit more
on on the manuscript was just how the power of intention can manipulate physical objects.
So random number generators are the second generation of physical objects that have been
tested over the years. They first started with dice, rolls of dice, and that they had the
participant concentrating on a number to see if that number would come up. And then subsequently
on the electronic side, you have computers that spit out random numbers that equal chance
of yes or no. And then you have people who are putting out the intention to do a yes,
or to a do a no. And to see if just by the power of intention can change the mathematical
history of how the machine is operating. And on both those studies, over millions of tries,
it really is shown to be true that the power of the mind can impact our physical world.
The second one was on distance healing, where there's certainly 150 years of prayer studies
that have been conducted. And although there's a lot of positive results and outstanding
results, there are also some results that don't show much efficacy. But again, it's in the
prayer studies and intention is tough to measure because there's so many confounding variables.
You have the any doubts in the person giving the intention, the severity of the disease,
that type of thing. And even, you know, as some people would say the will of God, I think
we mentioned in the past episode that sometimes perfect healing is not our path. You know,
so in a case, that was the second one. And the third one was precognition, where people
were tested to see if they could anticipate an image coming up on a card. And it showed
some promise, again, mixed results, but still enough positive responses to say, you know,
there's something here, there's something about that. And my point in bringing up, even
though it's not directly related to angels, it shows that our minds are capable of things
that we're not quite sure how they work. You know, yeah, we can say we can impact physical
objects. But how does that work? There's no energy identified to do that. So that can
kind of leaves the door open to say, this is why someone can be in a room and one person
sees an angel or hears the voice and another person doesn't. So it just kind of addresses
that area of science that says we're not quite done yet.
Yes. And what was so cool to me about that is the fact, well, all of it, right? But is
the power of intention? We talk about it so much and focus and what does it mean? And
the fact that there's actually studies and data and science behind, you know, other people
that are a lot smarter than me when it comes to tracking that stuff, they can say, here's
what's going on and here's how it's happening and facing just the surreal and the spiritual.
And then you mentioned it's not really tied to angels, but it is. So another tease with
book read the book to find out more. But yes, to me, our psychic abilities and our intention
are exactly how we connect with our angels and our spirit team. So with that, we have
some stories coming up here that we want to share with you. So I think Scott, you are
first up, correct? Yep. Okay. So the first story we have is from a woman who was greatly
missing her mother after she passed away. And while in the process of grieving, her mother's
spirit guide visited her and in doing so brought along an unexpected visitor. Let's take a listen.
Hi, my name is Steph. I'm from Pennsylvania and I'm so new to the psychic story podcast,
but I love it. I'm addicted. So I wanted to share one of my instances with, I don't know
if we'll be considered an angel. The individual introduced herself to me as my mother's spirit
guide. My mother passed away May 1st, 2008, unexpectedly after a fight, after staying a
hospital for three months, she fought and she ultimately lost her life. But she was 57
years old, still young, but I had cracked for my mother for years and years and I asked
the guys and I asked, please let me know that she's okay. I didn't know, you know, I just
want to know she was okay. If she was worried about us, if she, you know, she was cold. I
mean, all these crazy thoughts of just, just concern for my mother because I love her so
much. I'm going to still do. But three years after my mom's passing, I was at her home
with my dad and I was just kind of staying the night over, just keeping an eye on that
after mom passed. And I don't believe I was asleep because I never felt sleep, but I was
standing in my parents living room and there was a woman who looked older, but she was
beautiful black woman, was very, very long grade. She was in like a moon move style,
long, great white cloth. And then there was purple with gold surrounding it around her
neck, almost like, I don't know what they call those when the kids graduate, but it was
gold, purple and gold, gold line and purple. And she, like I said, she was beautiful. She
looked older, but her features were just so clear, so beautiful. And she sat here and
she said, I'm your mother's dear guy. She didn't say a name, but she said, I brought
her here to visit you for 72 hours. Well, that's where I got to see how time was so
different because it was more like 7.2 seconds. And my mom was kind of just standing there
and she looked how she looked, but she just looked confused to me like she just didn't
know what was going on, but she didn't look afraid or anything. She just didn't know.
And I just grabbed and hugged her and I could feel her. And that was so amazing. And I could
like, I could feel her skin and hug her and kiss her. And that was the most amazing 7
seconds of my life. And I just was so thankful. I just remember so much love over. I mean,
just tears were pouring. I was just laying in the front yard just going, thank you so
much for this experience. I cried. I called every cousin I could think of. Every person
that wouldn't think I was like super crazy, but it was an amazing experience. And I'm
so thankful that I got to have that because I really just needed to know my mother was
okay. And she was, she just, you know, she was still, I feel like she was adjusting or
she didn't know how I was standing there. I didn't know how she was standing there, but
it was an amazing experience. Okay. So being a sci-fi nerd that I am, there's one thing
that screams out to me on this, but I'm curious as to your thoughts on this, Nicole.
Well, I have so many thoughts, right? Well, the first is we were just talking about the
power of intentions. And we didn't really tee that up or set it up that way. But the
fact is, is that I think she said for three years, right? She had been asking for a sign
and or just to know that her mom was okay. So to have that come through and I'm getting
chills as I'm saying this to it in such a big, meaningful way for her was very important.
But also the fact that I thought it was interesting that her guide kind of stepped through and
did the introduction. And she didn't know, of course, she may have mentioned or she didn't
mention it when she left this voicemail. However, she may have had other experiences with her
spirit guide, but it seemed in this instant that that was like the first time she had
had some sort of interaction. So in my opinion, it seems like her spirit team and or guide
came through in a big way to say, Hey, you've been asking for this? This is your mom. And
also it stood out is that her mom seemed surprised. She seemed surprised. They had
this moment. And also I kind of sort of had to chuckle when she said, that was the first
time I realized that time has a wholly different experience than we do because they said 72
hours. And then she said it was like 7.2 seconds, which was interesting, 72 hours, 7.2 seconds.
And if anyone's listened to my story about how I remember coming here to earth, that
was the exact same thing. I was told time is not now, not now that you should be going
here. And by the time I turned around, it was time to go. It was instantaneous. And so
that really stuck out to me too. But I just think it's amazing that she was able to have
that beautiful experience with her mom. And yes, so from a sci-fi perspective, what stood
out to you? That right there, you know, time. I mean, I love any movie, any show that has
something new time traveled, I'm, you know, time warps, those types of things. And then
the 72 and the 7.2. And it must be hard as a being outside of time, you know, to comprehend
and work within it. So that was the one thing that I thought. And then, you know, it was
years ago that she passed. And then, you know, three years she was asking for to see her.
So in one sense, on the other side, it could be instantaneously that all this happened.
And then the other thing was that for me, it's the first time I ever heard of a God bringing
usually it's someone who passed, they come to you, you know, and for me, it's the first
time I heard of someone bringing the past loved one to them, you know, as their spirit.
I, you know, as a message to the child. So yeah, those two things were really interesting
about that one.
What also stood out to me is there was the three year mark, right? Because I've heard other
mediums. Well, I'm not really medium, but I've heard mediums and people that communicate
with spirits who have passed over, they'll say, well, don't necessarily come to me if
it's been less than a year. And I think I'd covered this on a previous episode because
I always wondered why, right? It's not as if we're bound by time that we can't communicate
with people who have passed over our souls who have passed over. But I just didn't know
if there was like a hardwool or thumb to it. And so I do think that there's what happens
is when we have people who've passed over that are close to us, we're in that moment
of grief. And so, and that emotion and that energy and that vibration in state. So in
some cases, it can be hard for us because we're so deep into that that we can't necessarily
connect.
So I do believe that there is something related to time, even though I'm not an expert, you
know, related to that as a, you know, ultimately, but that that's probably what happened in
this case.
Yeah.
Okay. Well, I love this next story because it is a perfect example of receiving a message
from a higher power and then taking that message to heart. So we are going to listen in on
this one.
Hi, Nicole and Scott. Nicole, I love your show. I listen to it all the time. My name is Beth
and I'm from Goldsboro, North Carolina. I have an angel story that I just wanted to
share when I was 31. I was in a relationship with a man who I didn't know very well, kind
of a whirlwind relationship. I was a single mom of two boys and I got pregnant and I was
engaged to this man and I started to see signs that things weren't very good, but it just
wasn't a good thing for us to be together. And there were things that I just didn't know
and it just wasn't very good, but myself, the theme was very low at the time and I think
I just kind of felt like nobody else was ever going to love me and I was just in a really
weird spot.
So anyway, we were at a concert one night. It was the Eagles concert. That was great.
And I just, I was standing by myself and this breeze was blowing and I was watching him and
just thinking, I know that this isn't very good, but I just didn't know what to do and
I kind of didn't feel like I had any way out. I just sort of felt like this was what was
my destiny and I was standing there and I was by myself and the wind just blew and all
of a sudden I felt a peace come over me. And I heard a voice that was very distinct and
very calm and very firm. It was not my internal voice and it said, you don't have to marry
him. And I in my head said, I don't and really honestly, I know it sounds silly, but I had
not even entertained that I did not have to marry this man. I just had that voice in my
head before that was kind of that critical older voice that said major bed, new major
bed. I mean, you just got to go through with marrying this person and you'll make the best
of it and it'll be okay and all this other stuff. And so I heard the voice that was so
calm and just said, you don't have to marry him. And I said, I don't. And the voice very
distinctly again said, no, you do not have to marry him. And at that point, I felt more
calm than I felt probably in my entire life and the decision was made. There wasn't even
I don't know, after that there was no thoughts of going back. And it just was like it settled.
It was like I was given permission to not have to go through with this thing that would have
been very detrimental for me and for my kids. And I knew that no matter what it took and
no matter what I had to do, that I was being released from this. And so at the time, I
didn't know if it was God or if it was angel or whatever, but it was not from me and it
was profound and it changed my life. And I did not marry him and he was involved with
my son and he has grown up now and everything's good, but it was just a turning point in my
life. And it also helped me to listen more closely and see more signs, which I do all
the time now. It just got increased more. But I've really never had that voice again.
So I felt like it was very urgent. You know, it was calm and firm, but it was urgent. It
was like, it's okay. You don't have to do this. And I was very grateful.
Well, a couple things stood out to me in that story, but I'd love to hear your thoughts
first.
Yeah, the one thing and we spoke about this a few times over the weeks is the clear, you
know, the clear, which it was the first time learning about this, the clears and the
clears.
Yes. So, you know, clairvoyance, clair audience, how do you know that the voice is from you
outside of yourself, you know, spirit guides or angels? And because the thing is that,
you know, some traditional psychologist would say, Oh, well, that's just a deep seated wish
that, you know, kind of came out in a time of stress, you know, but, you know, not necessarily.
And then the way she described it, that it was clear, you know, she knew that it came
from outside of herself and gave her that guidance. So that was the one thing that I
thought this was a good example of trusting the intuition and the inputs that you get
from spirit.
Mm hmm. There's only been a few times. I'm sure people are a little bit probably surprised
in hearing this where I've had an experience like this where it's been so massive. And
when I say massive, it's exactly as she described. It's clear. It's succinct. It's part of you.
It's not part of you. It really is an exclamation point when there's a message. The best way
I could also describe it is it's almost as if our spirit team or God speaks in bullet
points, right? It's not this long, winded way of getting around to what the message
is. It's just like, this is what you need to know when you need to know it and the why
behind it, right? And so the fact that she experienced that and exactly what you said,
our voice, the when I've had these messages kind of show up, it hasn't been where I've
been able to really distinguish it. It's my own voice. It sounds familiar yet at the same
time it doesn't. It's almost as if I just know I'm tapped in. And I think that's also
spirit's way or God's way of allowing us to not only feel comfortable with the message
that's coming through, but really to truly pay attention to it. So I think there's that.
And also that she, you know, the other thing is you mentioned the psychology part of it
and everything else. She was surprised, right? It's not that she wasn't thinking about it.
It's just that it kind of seemed to sort of come out of nowhere and in a way that was
so meaningful and impactful to her where it's like you can't really make that part up, right?
But it's just again, jolting in a good way to get that impact. So that also kind of stood
out to me. The topic of trust comes up in our episode with Anna Ganon called trust and
how she just had a point in her life where she just said screw it, I'm just going to
go with it and how that changed your life. And honestly, I wish I kind of not that I
want to have experiences where I'm going to have such impactful messages that come through
that I need to in direction, right? But I do honestly want more of that. And I think that
for anyone who's experienced that this person included is to when you have that, not only
recognize how important that is to you at that time, but to get permission to have you
continue to have those experiences as well. If I had known or somebody had taught me to
say that as this happened, I think that I would be probably having a lot more of them
than I am today. So just something else to say. All right. Oh, and in addition, our study
of angel encounters. So we did a study, 800 participants, 600 believed in angels, and
of those 636% said they had an angel encounter, and there were multiple encounters reported.
So out of those 200 and some, there was almost 700 encounters. And the third most popular
encounter was the message to stop, to go in another direction, to stop what you're doing
to change. And so this fits clearly in that category and is very common.
Exactly. All right. Well, you have the next one. Yep. So this is a discussion between a
friend of mine, Larry, California. I've known Larry for over 65 years, and it's over 65
because our mothers were friends when they were pregnant with us, right? So we were...
You were birthed together, essentially. Yes. So, so any case, he's a very... he's an educated
engineer. He's been a lead engineer on multi-million dollar projects and recently retired as well,
and a pretty good golfer from what he tells me. And he had an experience that was surreal.
It was physical, and it was verified by his friends. So let's take a listen to this.
So I was on a one week long mountain bike trip in Colorado, and it was like day three
or four of our trip, and I was with two friends of mine. And we got to a stopping point, and
then we picked up on it on the pace, and we were all riding together, and then my mom,
who passed away about a decade earlier, she loved aspen trees, because she's Scandinavian
and loved the way the trees turn color, and the white bark, and the birch trees, and the
aspen trees. And I found myself in this forest of aspen trees, and riding on this gravel
road in the isolated area in Colorado. And all of a sudden, I just felt myself like I
wasn't pedaling. I was just moving, and I just was taking in the beauty of the aspen trees
and the beauty, I almost thought I was in heaven. And then I felt the presence of my
mother. First time I had felt that close of the presence, and she had passed away. And
then the odd thing is, I get to finally get to a stopping point, a little turn out, and
I pulled over the way for my friends, and I waited for half an hour. And they, when
they finally caught up to me, they go, Larry, where did you go? And I said, you know, guys,
I have no idea. I felt like I wasn't even pedaling. I felt like my mother was just pushing
my bike along through this beautiful forest. And they're like, wow, because all of a sudden
you were there, and then you weren't there. And then it was amazing. Half hour had passed
by. It felt like two minutes.
Well, so I have some questions first. So he's an engineer. No, had he had, or do you know
of any other experiences that he had had before now? Or is that one where he that really opened
up his eyes to more of that spiritual or as I would call it supernatural?
Yeah, he's aware and open to spiritual interventions, in a sense, through messages. Actually, his
stepdaughter, when her father died, just when he was on his last few hours, her father
said, we need to set something up so you know, I can communicate with you. And she said,
what should it be? And he said, let's do three threes. And he has probably a dozen incidences
where there's been three threes appearing in his life and his stepdaughter's life. But
so he's open to spirituality in general. But but this is certainly a dramatic physical
movement of something, you know, and that would struck out to me. And that it at times
now, it wasn't a time in need where he was in a burning building or something like that,
a, you know, intense need. But it was just a time that happened. He was opened. And I
guess his mother was ready to show him his support through being there. And then this
movement of the bicycle down the road a half a mile or half an hour ahead of his friends
was something that is very unusual.
Yeah, it's very surreal. And there's only been one experience where I've had where like
kind of time has escaped me. I'm not going to get into really the details here because
I'm taking a long time. But ultimately, I just remember at one point feeling and knowing,
wow, time stopped, like literally stopped at that moment. And I then consciously realized
how that time had stopped. But I've never really heard a lot about the fact that it happens
with people when we're in the physical, right? You heard about the woman who we just talked
about that was quote unquote a sleep or not. And she had that experience all that. But
this is truly like you said this physical experience. Is there a lot of science behind
it? Or what do you what would you call that?
No, there's no science behind this. I can guarantee like time warps here.
Yeah, I mean, you know, if you really get into the weeds with, you know, the quantum
theories and things being able to exist in two places at once and electrons being able
to interact with other electrons in far great distances. I mean, things like that, but nothing
certainly like this.
Well, it's amazing. It's absolutely amazing. Yeah. Well, and good for him. You know, Scott,
because you met my mom for the first time a couple weeks ago, and she told me when I
asked, what is our sign? And she said she was going to hide stuff for me, which is not
very nice.
Yes, we were talking about that car keys comes to mind. Yeah. Well, it was just her
birthday too. And we were having dinner with my dad. Well, the three of us. And I said,
yeah, dad, mom said, and she passes over. She's going to hide things. He's like, what do
you mean? Anyway, so I love your friend's story a lot better than what my mom said that
she would do to me when she's here. All right. So everybody knows how much I love a good
Archangel Michael story. And this one does not disappoint us at all. So let's take a
listen here.
Hi, my name is Gwynna far. I am currently living in California. I have a story about
Archangel Michael. I have an easier time talking than emailing. So I'm making it here. When
I was in my early twenties, I basically Archangel Michael came to me and presented himself to
me. I was painting this bungalow in Utah for this woman. And I was up on a rickety old
ladder. And the ladder was really questionable. And I was really freaked out. I'm really afraid
of heights. And so while I was up there, I just started praying like Archangel Michael, please
protect me from falling off this ladder. Please protect me while I finish this bungalow. And
after was seeing it and thinking that I felt the calm, I felt this energy of love and surety.
And I finished the bungalow and I was fine. But I was thinking, where did that come from?
I grew up in a very Mormon household. And Archangel Michael was not a part of my upbringing in any
way. I denied the Mormon religion at a very young age. So I always was a believer of the fairies,
the angels, the beings around me. But Archangel Michael and Archangel were definitely not a part
of that religion at all. So as I be in my mind and I would say to myself Archangel Michael, Archangel
Michael. And one fast forward, some years, I'm living in New Mexico. And some of us decided to go to
tell New Mexico to go to some kind of a show or a concert or something, that's the goal.
And we all ended up staying in this house. This house was an interesting place. There was no furniture,
there was nothing in it at all. And there was about seven of us, I think staying in there that night.
And the only thing that was in this house was a picture of Archangel Michael in the kitchen.
And thinking, wow, you know, look at this. I don't think it registered with anyone else.
I don't think anyone else got it or cared. But in my mind, I was excited. Here he is, he's showing
himself to me. Here's this picture. The house is really interesting as well. I think some of us
were a little freaked out, stay in this house. And so maybe that's why he was presenting himself.
This house had this room where only one wall in one is a room, which is all outlet. And I
don't know what this house is used for, but it was definitely, definitely a quandary.
So that was when Archangel Michael really presented himself in a like, obvious, or the picture of me.
And I started to read about him and learn a little bit more about him. And he was starting to build,
I guess, more of a relationship with him at that time. And then it really solidified when,
I think it was maybe a year later, maybe a year or two later after seeing the picture in the house,
I was moving to Hawaii. I was going to go and help the family with their birth and prenatal and
postpartum. And I knew I needed to go there. It was important. It was important work. And
so I had this car that I did not get registered again. I was going to sell it. And it also was not
insured. And I think I had a week before I was supposed to leave to go to Kauai. So I'm driving
one night and it's a rainy night. And I must have been speeding and I get pulled over. I'm thinking,
oh no, I don't know what's going to happen from this, but this probably means I'm not going to make
it to Hawaii. I'm going to miss the birth and it's going to change everything. And so I just
started praying. Archangel Michael, I need you to get me out of this. I need you to help me. I need
you to work your magic. Please get me out of this. And I sat and I waited and I'm a little bit later
the officer behind me just turned around and went the other direction with his lights on.
Probably because something more important was going on than pulling me over and got a call.
But it just really proved to me that Archangel Michael has my back. He is my guiding protector.
And so that was when I really started to tune in and tap into him, learn about him. And I've
always lived on the edge of societal rules and conditioning and all of that. I see it. I respect
it. I don't necessarily live by all of that. But this point in my life, I was very developed
relationship with Archangel Michael. And I say him because I see it as a male protector. I see him
as he's got my back. He's got this sword that can help me cut chords. And this presence that can
protect me. And I literally see this in my mind's eye. I see this brilliant light. Like he's this
big, beautiful form of light that I literally don't even know how to explain in human words or
language. But it's almost like neon, like colors I've never seen before and can't explain. And I
say to him a lot when I'm driving in his bad weather, when I feel threatened energetically. And I'll
just say a prayer. Archangel Michael, Ross, your wings will slide around me, protect me from,
if I'm driving, protect me from all eyes of the authority, protect me from all harm and danger,
remove obstacles from my past. And I always feel immediate sense of relief and gratitude and love.
When I think of Archangel Michael, I can't even express it. It's so big. It's just this knowing
that he is listening. There he is around me. He wants to show up for me. He presented himself to me.
He's on my team. And it's just a really over joyous feeling and bright and full of love and
just excitement when I think about him. I see him as being this powerful, exciting protector for all
of us. Every single person on this planet can be protected and reached by Archangel Michael and
how amazing that is. So that's my Archangel Michael story. So what did you think about that story?
Scott? Well, it's just amazing how clearly she identified as Archangel Michael in those
instances and identified with him and got that confirmation. So it's again that thing where you
ask and you have a specific ask and the spirit comes through. Maybe not all the time. That's the
thing. Maybe not all the time, but it's certainly great to hear that and know that this can happen.
And for me at least, and again, people who listen know I'm very close with Michael, but
is that the reason I love working with him so much is it's such a strong energy, right? Some of the
other Archangel's Angels have a more subtle energy when it comes to them showing up and working with
us, but he's definitely present. He shows up in such a way that we're like, you can't really
ignore that. And so again, I thought that that was beautiful the way she shared her experiences
with him and just wanted to obviously put that to the top of the list for us to share that with
the listeners is if you have not heard enough about Michael. So anyway, no, that's good. That's a
great story. Okay, so we hear about loved ones, you know, sending us signs and symbols, you know,
a bird will come or you know, butterfly in general, but this story goes way beyond that.
Coins are another one, feathers, yeah. This story goes beyond that to something so specific that
you can't rule out coincidence in my mind. Great. Well, let's take a listen. Hi, this is Gabby and
I am from Illinois just calling to share my story. So a couple years ago, kind of having like a
literal dark night of the soul, and I just kind of reached out to God and said, God, I don't know
what's going on, but I need you to help me. I can't do this alone. And I just have all of a sudden
head, what I now know is the download and I just heard your voice needs to be heard. So I had an
idea of what it was about. I actually had kind of had a rough relationship with my brother for the past
few years. And I felt like I needed to reach out to him and I needed to just say like, I'm sorry and
let's work through this. Life is too short to be upset and I stopped to myself. You know what?
And he lived out of state and I said, I'm not going to call him. I'm just going to wait until the next
time he's home. So I can say this to him in person. Just how much more meaningful would it be in person?
So about a month later, I had this random thought during the day. I remember it was a Tuesday and
I thought to myself, I need to get a nice bookmark. I read a lot and I just use random things to
mark my case like post it or a receipt or a gum wrapper. And I just thought, I'm going to get a
really beautiful bookmark. Something that just inspired me, something that's pretty to look at.
A couple hours later, I found out that my brother had passed from this earth. And obviously,
my family was completely distraught. I was at my parents' house just kind of wandering around.
I mean, this was about two hours after we got the news that he was gone very unexpectedly. It was
just very tragic, very hard. I'm walking around their house and I'm just thinking, like, man,
what in the world is this so hard? What are we going to do? And I was walking around the
mirror computer room and I happened to just like look up at the printer and I saw that the printer
said brother. Now, I didn't know that there was any sort of like printer or electronic equipment
that was named brother. I guess it's a grand or something. And I looked up and I saw that word
brother and I just thought, yeah, I get it. Not only was he my brother, but he was also a
Catholic monk. And so they go by brother and then a name. I saw that word brother and it just hit me
and I was like, I get it, I get it, I see that sign, I see that. Then I looked down at the ground
and I saw a bank on the look. And I'm like, well, I'll just grow this in the garbage. And I thought
well, I better check that there's no money inside. So I opened the envelope and there was a bookmark
in there. It was a bookmark from the monastery that my brother belonged to. And so on that
bookmark was a picture of him. And I cannot tell you the feeling that came over me, this tingly
goose bump being wrapped in love and awe and just the most amazing, beautiful feeling.
So many amazing things have happened like that since then, but that is the one where it was like,
I know that my angels and God was they were all working to just show me that I'm supported.
They're there. It's all in God's hands and angels are forever and ever there to provide support and
comfort and love. So that is my beautiful angel story. Thank you so much for your podcast. It has been
absolutely amazing. And honestly, I'm always checking what you're doing come up with any
episodes. So thank you for your work. Amazing. Bye. Well, as we were listening to that, I heard as
soon as she said, meaningful, whatever that was, this huge noise that kind of made me look away
and pay attention because I feel like that was the spirit's way of getting us getting this to
pay attention a little bit more. But personally, I thought that that was just so amazing because,
again, like you said, there's ways that spirit tries to get our attention or even our angel team
and everything else. And the fact that she got that message intuitively about a bookmark,
that that was something that she was intentionally looking for and trying to just find. And then,
unfortunately, with the passing of her brother experiencing this, and then it was so personalized,
right, that he both religious, spiritual energetically, all of it was wrapped up into this and that it
stood out. And some people would probably say, Oh, that's just a coincidence. Oh, you were looking
for one you found it what have you, but the meaning behind it, the energy behind it and
everything else. I don't think that you can really dismiss it at all. Yeah, certainly, you know,
beyond coincidence type of thing. And the one other thing came to mind was that an ester
Hicks in the teachings of Abraham, those of you are familiar with law of attraction and as
tons of resources on that. But one thing they have said time and time again is that we navigate
through this world through our feelings, you know, and that in a sense, don't discount your
feelings because that is how we choose how we make decisions, how we validate what is correct,
and what is the right way to go. And for her, you know, she certainly had a need. And then when
this coincidence happened, she said she got the tingly feeling. It's not even a coincidence.
Yeah, I don't believe in coincidence. Yeah. So when this happens, she got the feeling that
and not only was the feeling that it was her brother, but that it was a positive thing. It
was almost like a reconciliation after he had passed that she wanted so badly. So yeah, so that's
the things that that struck out to me on this. And I also, it was just so healing because she
even said at the top part of this, you know, sharing her story or experiences that she wanted to
have an in person conversation with her brother and not to just call him. And the fact that they
didn't get that opportunity instead of her focusing on the fact, Oh, I didn't have, you know, I should
have called him, right, we should have had that conversation. We didn't have that opportunity to
have it in person. He was, in my opinion, showing up to say, I heard you. And also, maybe she got
that message because it had already happened, you know, so we don't know fully based on what she
shared here. But I thought that that was really powerful. Yeah, it was the closure that she needed.
You know, otherwise, she would have gone the rest of her life with this, you know, open-ended
issue in her life. And he provided that for her and healing in such a healing powerful way.
Okay. Well, we each have a story here that we're going to read that was submitted to us by listeners.
And I'm going to take the first one here. This is from Andrea K. So I'm going to read it here,
for Batum. Hi, I listened to your listener stories episode and was inspired to share one of my own
angel stories. I've always felt my intuition, but never had an awakening or had ever worked to
strengthen my intuitive gifts. But in June of 2021, that all changed. It was a sunny summer day,
and my three kids are playing in the backyard. My youngest, who was three years old at the time,
had decided to climb onto our patio table. She fell back onto the concrete patio and hit her head.
We immediately suspected a concussion. So we took her to urgent care, which led to a trip to the ER.
After a CT scan, it was determined that she had had a brain hematoma and a small school fracture.
She was admitted into the ICU so they could keep a close eye on her for a few days and could decide
after some time if surgery would be necessary. As a mother, this was heart-wrenching and of course,
spun me into unimaginable worry and fear. So, I began to pray. And after several hours,
when we were all settled in the ICU, I would pray even more. Just lie next to my daughter,
eyes closed, and pray. During one of these times, I felt very relaxed and the sense of peace came
over me. I then had a vision in my third eye that I was not lying next to her in her bed,
but was now sitting in a chair away from the bed just watching her.
From the right corner of the room, a bright light started to pour in towards her bed.
And suddenly, I could feel angels and see them again all in my third eye. They were huge and I
could feel their presence, their strength, their love. I could feel their thick white wings and just
knew that these were archangels. They surrounded her bed and stayed for what felt like several
minutes. They didn't speak, but they were just there to comfort, heal, and bring peace.
After this, they came in several more times over the next week or so. Even after we were home,
they would appear in her room around her little toddler bed. She didn't end up needing surgery and
made a full recovery. I didn't tell anyone this, not even my husband, about the angel experience
for several months. I just kept it to myself. But when I did start to share, I would always be
brought to tears. It was just such a powerful, overwhelming experience to feel their presence
and strength that I even get emotional talking about it now. Pure love. They say that spiritual
awakenings can sometimes happen in difficult situations such as this. And that's definitely the case with
me. They came to bring healing to my daughter and also to start me on my spiritual journey of finding
my gifts. Thank you for taking the time to listen to my angel story. And thank you for all you do to
support those of us on our own spiritual journeys by providing an amazing community with your podcast.
Heart, heart, heart. That's what she has. So what do you think about that, Scott?
Yeah, I mean, the thing that I keep going back to in many of these stories is the
going through hard times, and specifically the dark night of the soul, which is kind of a
pre-longated time of depression. Some psychologists or psychiatrists would treat it,
but at the same time, we have to be careful certainly to the extent of it. But it's during times of
low times and times of depression and kind of sadness is when our walls come down. All the things
that we bolster up to keep ourselves going and to the stories we tell ourselves that everything's
to be okay or, you know, that person really didn't mean it, whatever. All those come down,
and then you are open to receiving information and support from other areas. So that was the one
thing. And it's too bad. We have to learn that way. But I think as humans, we have a natural
tendency and certainly in our society, we have many ways to go and forget about what's really
going on in our hearts and minds, you know, with TV and cell phones and social media and all that
stuff and drugs and alcohol as well. But if we stick through those times and quiet our minds
and quiet and listen, that's when we can have very profound experiences in our lives.
Yes. And what stood out to me in particular too is that she was really praying very heavily,
right? And you mentioned, because this in my opinion wasn't necessarily a dark night of the
soul as much as it was, and I'm not saying that that's what you said here, but it was a time of
trauma where she is a mother, where she was really wanting, you know, guidance, support, protection,
healing, all of it. And as she's praying and she sat there, it was, you know, her also comfort or
her, I should say her guides and angels way of comforting her to let her know that they were
there and that everything was going to be okay and that this was coming in. And I can't underscore
this enough when people submit stories and they tell their stories. It's so powerful for each
person that they go through it when we read these, when we share these, you know, it's great. It's
amazing to hear it, but also there's some, there's a part of the energy and the emotion and everything
else about the experience that doesn't necessarily be brought to life. So I think that this was also
just showing her not only was it that happened with her daughter happened with herself and the
fact that she went through all of this, but that it was opening her up to change and to what's possible
and she even said to, you know, continue through her spiritual journey in a bigger,
again, we're meaningful and powerful way. So yeah, and the other thing that she mentioned,
she could feel the angels and see them all in my third eye. And it goes back to me, you know,
in a lot of people try to figure out like, how does the mind process that? How did that actually
happen? And then it kind of speaks to the parapsychology studies that were reviewed earlier on,
that there's a lot that our minds are capable of that we just don't understand. And that doesn't
say that it's not real, you know, until we can understand and define it and it's in a book somewhere.
No, you know, these things happen. They're real and they're life changing.
Exactly. Exactly. All right. I think you have the last one. Yes.
Yes. So this is our last listener story for this episode. And it comes to us from Debbie H.
In 2004, I was getting ready to get a divorce after 16 tough years of marriage. And I was about
ready to file. We had two children and I had enough of verbal abuse and was seeking Bible study
classes to learn more about myself and gain the confidence I needed to start a new life.
I was heavy into prayer at the time and had ongoing conversations with God. I felt very close to God
and I knew that he would help me survive a divorce. I was a runner at the time and also an
elementary school teacher. Each and every morning, I would rise to jog five miles to have some time
alone with God. And we chatted on our morning routine or at least I was the one talking.
This is the one just to intersect here that, you know, there's so many times where we just,
it's all one sided, you know, and again to the listening and to the being, you know, quiet and
getting back information. Yeah, we talked to ourselves. And or we're talking to our angel
or guides, our spirit team and then God, yeah, which is so fun. And also side note really quickly,
I found out that not everybody has that internal dialogue. Did you know that?
No, I did not know that. We yeah, we apparently there's parts of us or I should say some of us
who actually can internalize and have that narrative and conversation and others don't.
I for one do. So I think it's amazing that she could do this. Yeah, yeah. There's a meme I saw
years ago and this person's praying and God is speaking from the clouds. And he says, you know,
I'd like to help you if I could get a word in edgewise. Sounds about right. All right, we'll
continue. Okay, back to the story. I always had signs that he was listening and I always felt
connected to the source. One morning, I was irritated at the events the night before my husband saw
I went off saying, you know, God, this man I'm married to has done this and he's done that.
And I continued to list the entire 16 years of things I felt he had done wrong to me. And the list
was long. It only took her one run for this 16 years. Yes. Anyway, all right. I got down the road a
while, probably two miles into my run. And all of a sudden, God started showing me images of all
the things I'd done wrong in my life. Oh, yes, this was not exactly what I wanted to see at 6 a.m.
in the morning. But my life began to flash in front of me showing me all of my wrong
doings. And I began to weep and ask for forgiveness as I knew God would forgive me. I was about a
mile away from home. And I saw a gentleman walking towards me. Usually when someone walks in front of
me, I would cross the road on the other side. As a runner, you need to be careful about your
surroundings and your use your instincts. But this morning, my instinct said, keep running on the
same side of the road. As he approached me, he turned around and said, Oh, my goodness, can I
run with you? I've been sick. And this is the first morning I got up to go outside. And you've
been inspiring me to run. May I run alongside with you? I replied, Sure, come along. I run every
morning in the same route, but I've never seen you. And he shook his head up and down and was jogging
my pace right beside me like he had been always been a runner. I felt very comfortable with him,
and we chatted about the weather for the day. We had a very short time together. And when I came
to his corner, he remarked, I need to turn here. Thank you for letting me jog with you for just a
short ways. You really made my morning. I hope to see you again, I replied, as I kept running
towards home. Then he turned to me and quietly said, Oh, one more thing, God wants you to try
forgiveness in shock. I questioned, what did you say? And this man, this angel replied, God wants
you to try for forgiveness, just like God has forgiven you. I kept running. And I never turned
around because I knew this gentleman who was an angel with a very powerful message could not have
been there. I just kept jogging. How did he know about the conversation I just had with God? I never
saw this gentleman again. It was a message I needed to hear for me to move on into my life after the
divorce. I needed to forgive and move on. I've never forgotten the special angel with this message
that I needed to hear. Forgive. I no longer hold onto grudges. I got that divorce and I'm happily
married down. My ex husband and I are now friends. And that couldn't have happened without this
powerful message of forgiveness. Yes, I believe in angels. And I still talk to God every day.
I hope someone who needed to hear this story is inspired to forgive too. What a great message, isn't
that? Many, many great messages. And I think this is just one of many examples, right, about how
our angels and or God shows up in such ways that impact us and kind of get our attention. Now,
one could argue as I was listening to that story, oh, maybe she had a conversation with him and she
was venting during her run. And she just didn't think that she shared. But I would imagine that
during that walk or that run that she probably would have mentioned it, you know, that she brought
it up. And but it was still weighing heavily on her. Maybe he picked up on it and he just intuitively,
again, this is where I think angels on earth happen. Or maybe it was truly an angel that just
appeared and came at a time in need where it was allowing her to, I don't want to say pivot,
but just to heal in that moment and then eventually stay course and on track with where she needed
to go in her life. I mean, there's so many ways that you could kind of slice and dice us and
think about it. But the fact is, and you said this before and in the episode or the discussion is,
you know, it's really what we feel and where we're feeling guided and also what kind of stands
out to us. And that's what makes us, you know, at least on our spiritual journey,
stay that course and have support and direction. Yeah. And the other thing about forgiveness is
that it can snowball, you know, over the years, I know firsthand, it can do that, you know,
and you just build up and build up. And then you may say something, the other person may say
something, and then you may do something and then they may do something and it just builds and builds.
And it's almost there's like, how can this ever change, you know, because neither one of the,
of, you know, either one of the parties are going to say like, all right, that's it. But if you are
the first person to say, you know what, I'm going to send out an olive branch. I'm going to say,
I'm sorry, and I'm going to forgive them. That's the way the tension can be broken. And sometimes,
and that didn't happen in this episode, they're in this story. But sometimes being the person to
forgive and be the first to reach out can change the course of a relationship forever.
Well, and it's also that that was again, a powerful moment that she just realized and decided,
however that information came to her, to change her perspective and her perception on something
that shifted everything else, just like what she said. And who knows what would have happened had
she done the opposite. And so even if she hadn't, you know, because we don't know what happened
afterwards, what she said, how she went about it, what all that entailed. But it was the,
you know, the foundational aspect or element of the build for the rest of it, which is just so
amazing. And again, I think that we feel oftentimes or expect oftentimes that spirit angels got
are going to show up in certain ways, coins, feathers, repeating numbers. And I'm not discounting any
of that. But when people and or real life angels come to us in these types of ways, we should
definitely be paying attention, right? Right. And you never know. And you never know.
Here is a man, you know, a regular man, no wings, no flying in, no orbs, no bright lights,
just a man jogging. And then at the very end, just slips that question in.
Yeah, I've had some, you know, side note here, well, I guess it's really not a side note sort of
related to this, but people have just come up to me and looked straight at me and said,
you're an angel, I see you. Like, what? That's a little creepy. But and again, not towards me,
but it's that we should be kind of almost the point of me sharing that is to keep an open mind
and to be looking at the people in our lives about energetically what other kind of purpose
do they serve and share with us, right? And what might that look like? I'm not saying that to be,
I'm this powerful person right here, right now on earth. It's just more about people
recognizing things and certain people because there's a meaning to it or they need something,
right? So for whatever reason, she needed to hear that, whether that again was from a person
or an actual angel or what have you, he showed up in her life at that right moment in the time
that was needed. So I think it's just super cool. Yeah, no one's ever said that to me.
Well, one day, Scott, I'm hopeful. Maybe after this book, they will say that you need to change
your title from Dr. Scott Garand to angel on earth. All right. Well, thanks again, everyone,
for listening to our second listener episode of a psychic story. And just a friendly reminder,
again, that you can submit any story. Now that doesn't have to be angel stories that could be
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