Should You Tell the Reader They're Right?

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Written By Auntie Shelley

One of my email subscribers recently asked a great question:

"When you're getting a reading from someone, should I acknowledge when they've said something correctly? How much information should I share, if any?"

I am so glad someone asked this question because it's something people quietly wonder before almost every spiritual reading.

  • How much should you tell the reader?

  • Should you stay quiet?

  • Should you confirm when they're right?

  • Or are you supposed to sit there like a poker player so you don't accidentally "give too much away?"

Let's clear that up.

There seems to be this idea that psychics and mediums are omniscient—meaning we know absolutely everything.

We don't.

We can connect with Spirit, but we aren't God.

Spirit communicates through signs, symbols, feelings, memories, and impressions. To interpret those, they often work through the reader's own frame of reference—our life experience, vocabulary, and yes... the random shit we already know.

If Spirit shows me something I've never seen, heard of, or experienced before, I may struggle to interpret it correctly. That's why communication during a reading matters.

Should you tell the reader if they're right?

Absolutely.

A well-trained psychic or medium should be checking in with you throughout the session.

You'll often hear questions like:

  • "Would you understand this?"

  • "Does that make sense?"

  • "Can you place that?"

Those questions aren't necessarily a sign that the reader is fishing for information. A well-trained reader is checking to make sure the message is landing where Spirit intended.

Please don't feel like you have to sit there silently because you're afraid of "giving too much away."

It's perfectly okay to say:

  • "Yes, I understand."

  • "No, that doesn't make sense."

  • "I'm not sure."

You're there because you're looking for guidance, healing, validation, or comfort. Helping the reader understand whether the message is connecting allows them to serve you better.

How much information should you give before a reading?

That depends on the type of reading you're receiving.

If you're having a mediumship reading, I'd recommend giving very little information beforehand.

I'm perfectly comfortable with someone saying something like:

"I'd like to connect with my dad."

After that, I'd rather Spirit do the talking.

If you're having a Spirit Guide Reading, Tarot Reading, Akashic Records Reading, or another type of spiritual session, it's actually helpful to come prepared with questions.

I always encourage people to make a list before their appointment. Save the questions in your phone if that's easiest.

Here's why...

Once the reading begins, most people forget every question they planned to ask.

Trust me. It happens all the time.

If you don't come prepared, Spirit will often give you what you need instead of what you wanted.

Sometimes those are the same thing.

Sometimes they are very different.

Auntie Shelley's Two Cents

Don't spend your reading worrying about whether you're saying too much or too little.

Relax.

Be honest.

Answer the reader's questions.

If something doesn't make sense, say so.

Here's the thing...You don't get bonus points for making your reading harder.

Your job isn't to test the reader. Your job is to receive.

Let Spirit and your reader do the heavy lifting.

You just show up with an open mind and an open heart.

Have a question for Auntie Shelley?

I'd love to hear it.

Your question could become a future Ask Auntie Shelley article and help someone else who's been wondering the very same thing.

And if you're looking for a reader who will tell you the truth, explain things in plain English, and isn't afraid to let a cuss word slip now and then... well... you already know where to find me.

May you always have food on your table, light in your life and love in your heart.

Your Magical Medium,

Shelley Leggett - Spiritual Badass

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Auntie Shelley
If I Can Learn This, So Can You.

For nearly thirty years, I lived in a world where logic ruled everything. My career in software and publishing trained my brain to solve problems, look for patterns, and make sure two plus two always equaled four.

Then Spirit showed up... and nothing fit into that equation anymore.

I wasn't born talking to dead people, and I certainly wasn't the kid who always knew I was psychic. If you'd told my younger self I'd one day become a professional medium, spiritual teacher, and ordained minister, I would have laughed in your face.

Instead, I questioned everything.

I second-guessed every experience. I wanted proof. I wanted logic. I wanted someone to explain why I was sensing things I couldn't explain.

Sound familiar?

That's exactly why I teach the way I do today.

I don't believe intuition belongs to a chosen few, and I certainly don't believe Spirit wants you dependent on someone else to tell you what your own soul already knows.

My job isn't to impress you with what I can do. It's to help you recognize what you can do. Whether we're working together in a class, a mentoring session, or a reading, I want you to leave with more confidence in yourself than you had when you arrived.

In fact, I tell my students all the time that I want to work myself out of a job. That probably sounds like terrible business advice, but it's true. I don't want you to feel like you need me every time you have a question, want to connect with Spirit, or find yourself second-guessing your intuition. I want to help you build enough confidence in yourself that one day, you won't need me anymore.

Well... unless you just want to hang out and be my friend.

Real spiritual teaching isn't about creating dependence. It's about giving people the confidence to trust themselves long after the class is over, the reading has ended, or the mentoring session is complete.

And if someone as analytical, skeptical, and left-brained as me could learn to do that, I truly believe you can too.

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