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Ever since I was a little girl I loved True Crime with Ann Rule\u2019s books being my favorite. I would have a notebook next to me as I read and jot down my psychic impressions to see if what I received was \u00a0right, what I received was wrong and what I needed to improve upon. You can read more of why I started on police cases in\u00a0True Crime in my book Messenger Between Worlds: True Stories from a Psychic Medium<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When I took the plunge and decided to call my gift a gift instead of a curse I soon found myself working with police departments; first local and then word got around and I started working with law enforcement agencies around the United States and even some private investigators. I was a psychic renegade and I had intentions on saving everyone, finding all the missing people, and pointing out the criminals to police. I was using my gift for good. Except I didn\u2019t have a cape. Darnit. And I was making some really bad mistakes. Not in my impressions or the information I was given, but in the way that I was going about things. I have learned a lot since then.<\/p>\n

An astonishing 2,300 Americans are reported missing every day, including both adults and children. A day. I realized quickly that I didn\u2019t have super powers and the gift that I did have wasn\u2019t well received by everyone. I couldn\u2019t save everyone, unfortunately. It was an awakening that stung, and still does, especially when I receive more than 10 calls or emails each month asking me to assist in a missing persons case, and 9 out of 10 calls aren\u2019t from family members but total strangers asking why I can\u2019t just snap my fingers, wiggle my nose and point to the location.<\/p>\n

Through my tried and true psychic detective work I found out that I had to gather guidelines in order to stay sane and safe myself. The biggest is that I will only work if the law enforcement contacts me and is willing to work with me. Why?<\/p>\n