I Married a Psychic: 50 Essential Life and Love Lessons I Learned Being Married to a Psychic Medium

By Mary-Frances Makichen

I Married a Psychic: 50 Essential Life and Love Lessons I Learned Being Married to a Psychic Medium

What would it be like to be married to a psychic?

Mary-Frances Makichen answers this question and many others in this part self-help guide,

• Language: English
• Publisher: Go Fly A Kite Publishing
• Release date: Oct 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781737254744

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Copyright © 2021 Mary-Frances Makichen

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For Walter, who loved and taught me well.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1: Give Yourself Permission

2: I See Dead People is a Real Thing

3: You Don’t Need Anyone’s Approval to Live the Life You Want

4: Be the Authority over Your Own Life

5: Trust Yourself to Find What’s Needed

6: Let Your Subconscious Work on a Problem While You Sleep

7: Make Small Acts of Faith in Yourself Every Day

8: Guardian Angels Are a Real Thing

9: Meditation Practice Provides a Refuge

10: Everything Works Some of the Time

11: Talking Can Dilute the Energy of Something You’re Trying to Create

12: Some Words Can Never Be Unsaid, Some Lines Shouldn’t Be Crossed

13: Boundaries Are Self-Care

14: Clean and Clear the Energy of Your Living Space

15: Be Willing to Walk Away

16: Household Spirits Are Real Things

17: Consistency Is One of the Keys to Success

18: Everything Is Connected

19: Psychics Don’t Want to Read You When They Aren’t Working

20: Being Psychic is Sometimes the Problem

21: When You Decide to Make a Change, All the Reasons Not to Change Will Appear

22: Who Will You Blame When I’m Not Here?

23: Some Psychics Just Tell You What You Want to Hear

24: Knowledge Is Just Knowledge

25: Meet People Where They Are

26: In a World of Illusion, Why Quibble about Reality

27: Our Spiritual Lives Unfold in Sacred, Not Linear Time

28: Never Make Resolutions in January

29: When You’re Successful, Everyone Wants to Know Your Story

30: There’s More to Karma than You May Think

31: As Long As You’re Alive, Your Story Isn’t Over—Anything Is Possible

32: Life Only Has the Meaning You Give It

33: Psychics Have a Hard Time Seeing Their Own Future Clearly

34: If You Have a Body, You Still Have Karma

35: If You’re Honest, You Don’t Have to Broadcast It

36: Don’t Take It Personally Because Most People Aren’t Thinking about You

37: We Like to Have Friends Who Validate Our Complaints

38: Don’t Appoint Yourself as Someone’s Teacher When They Haven’t Asked for One

39: Sometimes It’s the Less Direct Route that Gets You Where You Need to Go

40: You Never Know What Someone Gets Out of a Relationship

41: Whatever You Don’t Work Out with One Partner, You’ll Have to Work Out with the Next

42: How Someone Talks about Other People Is How They’ll Talk about You

43: Watch What People Do, Not What They Say

44: Find a Partner Who Both Likes and Loves You

45: Be With Someone You’re Not Afraid to Grow Old With

46: When You Love, Love Completely

47: Honor Your Loved One’s Path

48: Relationships Go On After Death

49: Fiercely Protect Your Belief in Your Work and Yourself

50: You Are Your Own Best Teacher

About the Author

Acknowledgements

To my brother, Patrick, thank you for your encouragement and for introducing me to the Lucky Duck Shut Up and Write group. The Shut Up and Write group helped me sit down and actually write this book. Thank you to all the friends I’ve made on IG who were so enthusiastic in their support of this book. Deep gratitude to the friends who continue to truly be there for me—you know who you are.

Special thanks to my editor, Savannah Guthrie, who was wonderfully supportive.

Lastly, I am grateful and thankful for the handful of knowledgeable, ethical and kind teachers and mentors who have helped me along this journey of life.

Introduction

Yes, I was married to a psychic. Walter Makichen was a rather brilliant and successful one, too. Though his name might not be familiar to you, he worked for close to thirty years—mostly from referrals. He never advertised, but people always seemed to find him. If you’re uncomfortable with the word psychic, I understand. A small part of me wondered what would happen when we started to live together. Would the curtain get pulled back and I’d find out it was all a scam? Nope, that was not what happened because he was the real deal. One of the things I loved about Walter was that while he was a psychic who ran a meditation center, he was also just a guy from Philly. He was a unique mix of spiritual philosopher, psychic medium, and street-smart, die-hard Phillies fan.

People generally had a couple of different reactions to meeting my husband. Many people were really nervous around him. They worried about what he would see about them, what secrets he might dig up. They were wary. Other people were fascinated by him and wanted to know everything. I was often asked what it was like to be married to a psychic?

I’m not sure what people thought, but here’s what I think they imagined. In the mornings, we wake up gazing into each other’s eyes, staring into the depths of each other’s souls. As he reaches over and tucks a strand of hair behind my ear he says, I see you, my love, in this lifetime and all the others. Then we roll out of bed and head immediately to our meditation cushions where we face each other with arms outstretched as we touch the other’s heart chakra. He calls in the spirits all around us and gives me insight into what I can expect to encounter throughout my day. Each morning, I get a short, private mini-reading just for me about my karma and my akashic records, and then a soulful bout of deeply moving tantric sex.

I can’t tell you how much I wish Walter were still alive to read that paragraph. He’d shake his head and laugh for a while. Here’s a little dose of reality. He stayed up really late. He did that because he liked the quiet. Not just the quiet of this world at night, but he would also always say that the astral plane and world of energy in general cleared out. Everything got quiet and less crowded then. It was easier to see things clairvoyantly and work with energy. On the other hand, I’m not much of a night owl. We rarely went to bed at the same time, and I was always up at least a few hours before him. When he’d get up in the morning, the first thing he’d want was a latte. Every day, I used our little espresso maker to make him one. Every day. And yet some mornings, when the service wasn’t fast enough, he’d ask, Are you going to make me a latte today? I would roll my eyes, laugh, and say, When have I not made you one? or The service isn’t fast enough this morning, huh? It was one of our long-standing married couple conversations and I loved it. Then he would slowly wake up while I randomly read either emails or headlines to him. I’m not sure if he really liked me doing that or not, but he indulged me… and that was our morning routine.

So far, I haven’t run across another clairvoyant who is as clear or as talented as Walter was. I’m not just saying that because I was married to him. Ask anyone he ever helped with a reading or class. He was amazing at what he did. I had the privilege of knowing him for just over twenty years before he died. During most of those years, we worked side-by-side nearly 24/7. Before he got sick, he used to joke that he and I spent more time together than couples who were married twice as long. To this day, I’m so grateful for that time.

Being married to Walter was an adventure. I learned so much by watching him work, asking questions, and really listening. Despite the earlier joke about what it was like to be married to him, there were times that it might be exactly what you imagine. Because he was such a consistently open channel, our house was filled with spirits and ghosts who were attracted to his work. I distinctly remember one morning when he got up and asked me, Did the monster in the house wake you up last night? Even I was a bit taken aback. The what? I asked. He went on to explain that there’d been an unwelcome wild energy being that he’d had to throw out of the house. From his point of view, the whole thing had been noisy. He couldn’t believe I’d slept through it. So, yeah, that kind of stuff definitely happened.

For a long time, I wanted to write a book that shared all the things I learned from Walter—both the man and the psychic. But every time I tried, it became this heavy book about spiritual pathways and awareness. It just didn’t come together. Always, in the back of my mind, I’d hear a voice whisper, Write ‘I married a psychic’, and I’d smile briefly before turning to the more serious spiritual work I thought I should share. Then one day, I’m not sure what happened, but I sat down and all the topics for this book came pouring out