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We are on a role here at Psychic4u !  Today we are please to include our second interview with a psychic and are glad that Melissa Becelar was able to answer a few questions.

Before I begin, I would like to say that I used to have a pet cat named Juniper.  He was 18 and died last year in the spring time.  Unfortunately he got a small cancerous tumor on his tongue and it got so bad to the point where he could not really eat any food correctly so it was not right to let him suffer anymore.  He was a really good cat though.

I will never forget that last walk he took out the front door.  I must have let him out that front door 100,000 times. He would always go through the same routine.  He would walk to the end of the stone covered path and then stop and pause at the driveway.  Then he had to decide if he wanted to walk into the woods towards the right or stay left and go into the garden and backyard.  This time he chose the garden and the backyard.  I watched him walk towards the garden and then he stopped and turned to the right only briefly.  He was looking towards the area in the garden that I had dug out for his burial place.  It was almost as if he knew what was going to happen later on that day.  Till this day that image of him walking out the door and on that path will forever be etched in my mind.  It is like two roads diverged in the wood and he took the one less traveled by.  That was the choice he made every day.

I can honestly say that he really was my best friend.  And I think many people feel that way about their pets as well.  Pets are a unique gift and have the same magic as any other life form on this great earth.  They embody everything the universe had when it was first being created from a tiny spec of dust and so they are our brothers and sisters as well as good friends.

And now, onto our interview with Mellissa…

1. I know you’re an animal communicator what else do you do?

I am an actress, model, producer, super hero and business owner. I own two companies The Network Studio and The Actors Source. They help actors across the world meet with people that can hire them for film and TV.  I am looking for another job if you know of any openings!  Kidding…

2. If you’re an actress and business owner what made you decided to become an animal psychic? Was there anything specific or significant that happened?

I don’t really think I decided to become an animal communicator. It seems to have chosen me. I was on this radio where I was talking about my eight dogs and educating people on adopting dogs as opposed to buying them. 1 millions of dogs die each year because they are homeless. My mission is to make people aware of this, it wasn’t to read animals! The host said let’s take a few calls and read their animals. Stunned, shocked and nervous I said “OK.” I didn’t know what I was doing, but I was able to accurately read their pet, tell what they looked like and more just from a caller calling in!

Most of my time is spent doing animal rescue work and I am always trying to gain the trust of abused dogs or another creature.  When you are trying to gain the trust of a being who doesn’t understand the language you speak, you need to find other ways to communicate.  I always have been really connected to animals. Many of my friends are psychics and healers and they would always tell me I had gifts but I just thought it was a strong connection.  In the past year or so after that show I started to really work on it.  It’s a huge benefit. It’s like being able to speak another language.

3. Are you an animal communicator, animal psychic or both? What is the difference?

A pet psychic is a person who can see the animals past, potential future or the future of a situation. I use this ability when deciding if a home is fit for a dog. If I get a bad sense or see something traumatic happening I listen to myself and continue looking for a home I feel good about. I guess on occasion I have told a dog I see a juicy steak in their future. They usually love that.  When I communicate with a dog they tell me what is going on, what they want and what they want their owners to know.  That is actually what is funny.  The animal is telling me what they want not what is best for them which gets confusing for their human partners sometimes!  Also, animals tell me things about their humans. Often when an animal is acting out and behaving badly it is because their owner is having an emotional melt-down.  All in all I would say both.

3. What is the strangest animal you have worked with?

I don’t find animals strange.  I find their humans strange a lot of the times.  Animals are instinctual, funny and just do what they want.  Their people are the ones that make me laugh! If I had to pick though, I’d say a snake. It was strange, because I had to do it over the phone I can’t do them in person. They make me a little nervous, but I love them just the same as any other creature.

4. How do you communicate with animals? How does it work?

Every animal is a little different. Some show me pictures and images of what is around.

Most of them let me pick up on their feelings both emotional and physical.  On occasion I will get an animal that talks like a human.  I tend to feel them in my whole body and I often humanize them.  I guess the actress in me takes over.  Sometimes I catch my self flipping my hair back with my head when I am talking to a horse. Things like that.

5. How can my Psychic 4 U readers learn to communicate with animals? Is there an exercise your recommend?

If you get pictures of things or you think you know what your pet is feeling then listen to it. Write it down and you might see a pattern. When he looks at me like this, I feel he is in pain and so on. Then you might see he is limping or walking around less than he usually and you’ll know you picked up on something. Chances are if you have an animal you are already doing it.  Just focus on their energy, close your eyes, be quiet and you will here a little voice saying "SNAUSAGES"…

6.  Are there any TV shows or programs airing featuring you and animals?

I am going to be on “It’s Me or the Dog” with my 8 dogs this season.  You can see me on the commercial if you watch animal planet!  I also have several shows in development and I have a new column in The American Dog Magazine called "Dear Melissa"  I am like a Dear Abby for Doggies.

7. Where can people learn more about who you are and what you do? Is there a website?

I own a lot of websites, but the one that is all about my animal communication is: 

http://www.celebritypetcommunicator.com/

This site will update everyone on the airing of my Animal Planet episode, my interviews like this one on Psychic 4 U, my paranormal radio guest appearances and red carpet charity events that I attend! There will also be a place on my site to donate to animal charities soon. Some of the charities I work with are Animal Acres, West Coast Mastiff Rescue and Best Friends. The other websites I have are just me in bikinis wearing tons of makeup…I am sure no one wants to see those.

I am pleased to announce that today I am posting our first mini psychic interview.  I thought about doing this for a long time but never really got around to it.  If any one else is interested in participating please do contact me at the contact info at the top of the this page.

We are delighted to have Barb Powell do our first psychic interview here at Psychic4u.net and are glad that Barb was able to give us some of her time from her busy schedule.

Hello Barb, welcome to Psychic4u.net !
**  Thank you!

Q:   Could you start by giving us a little background?   When did you first know you were psychic ?  How did it all start?
A:  I always knew I was ‘different’.  I was labeled the weird one in grade school and high school.  I was a very shy child and would zone out in school.  I enjoyed spending time on my own in the woods, talking to spirit or my imaginary ‘friends’ as my family liked to call them.  It wasn’t until I was in my early 20’s that I began to understand what the word psychic meant.  I had always thought that life was about work…going to school, getting a job, getting married and having children.  I began to do some research and discovered a whole new world is out there.  One that I could easily relate to what the books were saying to me.  I knew the name of what it’s called to see colors around people and other living objects.  That other people do see those who have died.  I felt empowered in that I wasn’t as different as the people who I called my peers thought I was.  I understood that I didn’t have to make myself fit into a mold that wasn’t me.  I was a psychic medium, one who could see things that most can not.  I allowed myself to be me and it opened up an entire world that I tried to keep covered.  This discovery set me on a journey of changing my entire life path.  A path where I made certain changes in my life to be authentic to myself.  I allowed myself to be who I actually was, not want I thought others wanted me to be.  I started on the path of becoming a professional psychic medium.

Q:  I see you do Television shows. When shows seek you out what do they want you to do? What is your specialty?
A:  I am what I like to call a jack of all trades.  I do a lot of things in the paranormal world.  I’m a paranormal investigator, where certain local teams seek me out to come to their ‘investigations’ for me to see what I can pick up from the place of business or private home.  I have even been called out to farms where there have been cases of animal mutilation of unexplained phenomena.  I have worked on certain criminal and not so criminal cases of the missing, missing people and animals.  I also have worked on cold case files with detectives and police that seek my skills.  There has never been a time where I have contacted the authorities myself to relay information that I may get by watching the news or reading the papers.  There are certain rules with the work I do in order to keep myself physically and mentally healthy, a person can only do so much.  Of course I do workshops, seminars and other speaking engagements and also perform psychic medium readings in my home office or via the telephone all over the world.  When I am contacted by television shows it all depends on what the show is about.  But mainly I am myself and use my skills to the best of my ability.

Q: In your everyday readings is there an area that you specialize in and feel that you can help people the most ?  For example love and relationships,  career and finances…
A:  In my everyday readings I like to think my specialty is helping people discover the path they were meant to walk on.  There are way too many people who are feeling stuck in life.  They are not sure if they are in the correct relationship, they doubt themselves, they are not happy and they are in a never ending cycle.  I like to dig deep within them to discover what is working for them and what is not working for them.  I think knowledge is power and by knowing certain things about ourselves and our past it helps us to make changes.  Validation of what we may already know helps seal those cracks of doubt.  When I do a session I like to look at all areas of a person’s life and unlock the blocks that keep a person from moving on and growing.  In the work I do I have come across everything from conversing with animals to getting inside the thoughts of a serial child abductor.  I tend to forget sometimes how unusual my life is to other people around me, yet to me it’s quite natural.

Q:   Is there a common theme from the people who have sought you out already looking for answers to their questions/problems?  Are they troubled? Happy? Sad?  Confused?
A:  I have not recognized a common theme with people who seek out my services.  I find that when I sit down with someone whether it’s on the telephone or in person I try to be very non judgmental and non emotional.  That way I am not putting any personal spins on anything.  I don’t see the person who is well dressed and appears to have everything together in life, I see a person who is in front of me wanting to hear from their spiritual guides, angels and their future.

Q:   Are there any important traits you feel every psychic should have and if so what are they and why are they important?  Do you feel you have any of these traits ?
A:  I truly believe that an important trait for every psychic is to have integrity and have the knowledge of responsibility.  There are many people in this world who have many different issues.  Some of those issues can lead to reliance on the abilities of psychics and I think that’s wrong.  It can lead to a dependence and thereby not allowing an individual to grow.  There is a difference between giving messages from spirit and telling someone how to live their life.  Spirit does not interfere with the natural spiritual and emotional growth of living person’s pathway.  I practice this trait in every session I do.

Q:  I wonder if you have any general thoughts on the current time we are living in and where we may be going in the future? Lots of people are out of work, and wondering if they will have a job .  It is hard to trust our business leaders and politicians too.  There just seems to be a lot more uncertainty in the 2000’s than at any other time I can remember.  And then there is this talk of 2012 and how it will all ‘end’ near that time frame.  Any thoughts?
A:  Life is life…where there is light there is also dark.  Good things happen as well as bad things happen.  It just depends on how you look at it.  With the economy the way it is, we shouldn’t blame anyone.  What good does that really do.  Perhaps we should stop blaming and actually begin to focus on our lives.  Focus inward, look beyond the negative and rely on where we are going.  It’s easier said than done I understand that totally.  But we all need to start somewhere.  Should we place all our trust and dependence in someone else such as our political leader…no.  Everyone has a job, people make mistakes, we make mistakes.  The main focus should be on moving forward and not continuing to make the same types of mistakes.  The economy will get better, eventually.  We should begin to see a significant change within a 3 – 4 year period.  With 2012 around the corner people fear that the world is ending.  I see it as a chance to make changes with how we live…the way we treat the earth and ourselves.  How can we blame others about the world when we are using and littering plastic and non degradable objects and items.  The food we ingest is not entirely healthy, etc.  Change begins in each of us individually.  When times of tragedy happens in the world we tend to pull together and make a HUGE difference.  Why can’t we start small and change the outcome of certain future economical disaster?

Q:  Do you have a website?  Tell us how people can contact you and find out about other services you provide.
A:  www.barb-powell.com  I always tell people who are seeking my services and have questions of whether or not they can ‘trust’ in the quality of my skills to search my name.  I believe a person needs to listen to their own gut or intuitive feelings and whether or not they have a pull towards a certain someone.  I can also be found on facebook and myspace.  I’m everywhere.

Thank you for letting us get to know you a bit Barb!  Much success and best wishes to you from Psychic4u.net!

This has to be one of the most heart warming stories I have ever heard! A cute cat that roams around a hospital with severely ill patients and then having this special ability hops on their beds not too long before they pass away.

Check out this cat, it sure is mysterious and really sort of confirms the idea that animals seem to have a 6th sense or a psychic sense?

I have a cat and I admit sometimes he does not seem the brightest about things, he does know how to read me, and he also really knows how to get what he wants.

It is clear that animals have a very good sense of smell, it amazes me how my cat is able to pick up scents the second he perks his nose out the window.  But maybe their sense of smell also gives them cues on the health of us humans? hmmm I am not sure.

Surely cats are very sensitive animals very keen to their environment and surroundings.  But can they actually tell when someone is about to die?  I really don’t know, but it seems plausible.

My cat also knows ahead of time when there is about to be a thunderstorm or lightning and he tends to hide under the bed well beforehand… so if he can sense that magnetic energy in the air before a storm, perhaps he can also sense the energy of someone about to pass away.

What a nice heart warming thing this cute little cat does for those ill patients.  Pets surely are one of the greatest gifts we have on this earth!

The didgeridoo (can you say it five times really fast? hehe and by the way isn’t that a cool sounding name for an instrument???) is an ancient aboriginal Australian instrument and perhaps the world’s oldest instrument according to Aboriginal Art Culture and Tourism Australia. Here are a few more interesting observations about this amazing and unique instrument:

1. Possibly the world’s oldest musical instrument
2. A wind instrument originally found in Arnhem Land, Northern Australia.
3. Is made from limbs and tree trunks hollowed out by termites (insects).
4. Is cut to an average length of 1.3 meters and cleaned out with a stick. or hot coals.
5. Was used as an accompaniment to chants and songs.
6. Produces a low-pitch, resonant sound with complex rhythmic patterns.
7. In sure tribal groups only played by men but in most groups by men, women and children.
8. Traditional various forms at the didjeridoo where found in Central Australia around Alice Springs. 
9. The Didgeridoo is the sound of Australia.
10.If the earth had a voice it would be the sound of the Didgeridoo.

I just got done listening to a sample of what a didgeridoo sounds like courtesy Astarius, a psychic healer and Didgeridoo expert artist and musician.  You can listen to the same sample I did, check it out below and click on the word ‘play now’:

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It really is one of the most interesting sounds and musical instrument I have ever heard. Apparently the instrument has some built in healing power because of the frequency of the sounds that it produces.  We are talking low frequency sound that you hear and actual vibrations that you can feel if the end of the didgeridoo is placed close to the body.

So anyway, to me it seems like the perfect instrument and tool of the psychic healer.  A great instrument to use in combination with psychic healing powers.

On Astarius’s sound healing page he writes:

Sound is the primordial first cause of Creation. The Didgeridoo is a musical instrument of the Dreamtime and came into being through Tribal Aborigines. The Didgeridoo is played through circular breathing. Inhalation and exhalation are simultaneous, so the sound is continuous, echoing the Endless nature of Eternity.

Astarius also does Psychic readings in addition to the beautiful didgeridoo music he creates. Fascinating, and amazing!

I stumbled upon this interesting mini tutorial by Wan from Meditation Mantra.  He offers some interesting tips on how to develop your own psychic powers and says that many of us already have the ability but that it is dormant and needs to be harnessed and activated through special yoga techniques and mediations.

He says taoists have isolated the psychic ability to 8 ‘channels’ within your body that must be pure and free of resistance, free of any blockages for you to sense things that most people are oblivious to.

Wan goes on to say that if you are able to open up all of these channels you may become ‘eery spooky’ intuitive.. or in other words, very psychic and very good at sensing others and the world around you.

How do you develop the psychic power? Easy says Wan, you simply practice yoga asanas that help you open your psychic channels.  And then, according to Wan, you will have, "an uncanny ability to know who is going to call you the moment before your phone rings".  Wow! that sounds like it could come in very handy indeed!

Have you ever thought about this? I have. And usually I come to the conclusion that I am slightly more negative than I am positive.  Certainly we all have our good days and our bad days, but imagine what life would be like if at least three quarters of your thoughts and feelings were positive instead of negative?

Chances are it would invoke a lot more positive experiences and changes in your life, finances and relationships.

Why do I know this to be true?  I know it is true because a couple years ago I read a superb classic book by Napolean Hill called Think and Grow Rich.  Napolean Hill devoted his life to helping others achieve independence and personal growth.  His book and the principles within it have been rehashed and copied many times over since it was first published.  I personally think that book The Secret which created a firestorm last year was based heavily on the principles that Napolean Hill first came up with.

I know it to be true because in his book, Napolean Hill very clearly states that in order to get what you want in life, you must first imagine that you already have it, and then everything else will work itself out. He goes into detail about the power of your own individual thoughts and how they are sources of energy with a lot of power many of us may take for granted.  He states that we can consciously control our thoughts and therefore we can change our lives to get whatever it is we want because of this power to control our thoughts.

If you think about it, from the beginning of time, from the first origins of the universe everything that came from that, this awesome creation had to be inherently positive and concretely good. It had to be, it had to have that energy, to work in perfect harmony and evolve over billions of years up to the point we are now.  All that complexity and positive life force is what Dr. Wayne Dyer refers to as ’source energy’.

So everything that you are made up of is the same thing that the whole universe is made up of since the beginning of time. So all of you is inherently good as well. 

But then why do people turn to negativity. Well there are plenty of reasons. Past experiences, stressful environments, money stress, relationship stress, there are millions of them.  But no matter what the reason, by thinking negative remember that you are making a choice to do so, and every thought you have is an opportunity to either have a positive thought or a negative one.  I remember Wayne Dyer saying that when you think negative you are ‘disconnecting from source’.  And I agree.  If I think negative then I am disconnecting from the inherent positive energy that comprises all of the universe and every cell within it. So if you want to tap into the natural positive force that makes up our ever expanding universe, try to make conscious choices in positive thinking, no matter how bad things may seem at first.

Katerina from Katspells.com has a tip on how to be more positive:

We are all born with good thoughts, but many of us become negative with age.  When you think positive, you create additional positive energy for your spell, and it helps to attract good things to you.  But how can you be positive when your finances are in a shambles, or the love of your life has left you?  It’s certainly not easy, but it can be done with a small amount of practice.

Each night before bedtime, try to devote 10 minutes of quiet time to yourself with no distractions.  During this time, relax and close your eyes, and start visualizing yourself sitting on the shore of a peaceful lake or pond, surrounded by beautiful fields of flowers and rolling hills.  Gaze around and you see nature in its exquisite glory.  You reach down to the water and splash a few handfuls on your head and face, and let the water drip off you. As the water drips away, it has cleansed away all bad thoughts and replaced them with good.  End each 10 minute session by affirming to yourself a statement like, "I am not going to remain in a rut any longer – I deserve to start enjoying life and I will obtain my share of happiness that awaits me." Then get up and look to the majestic clouds and say, "I am ready." Repeat this exercise for 10 minutes each night, and do so for 10 nights in a row.  While this exercise may sound silly, after 10 nights you will have changed the conditioning of your thought process to start thinking of good things once again.

I think she writes a great tip! And certainly a nice easy way to start on the path to more positive thinking and energy in your life

Have you ever looked into your pets eyes and thought for minute that he/she was actually trying to send you some sort of message?  I have. And I can say for sure that it is quite an experience trying to figure out what my cat is actually trying to tell me sometimes.

Maybe cats make it easier than other pets because cats seem to have a really amazing aura about them unlike most other pets I have come into contact with.  Perhaps you have a different opinion?

What are you pets trying to tell you, have you become good at interpreting their ways?

One thing I can say for sure is that my cat Juniper has taught me a lot over the years.  Maybe they are basic things, but still no less important.  The one at the absolute top of the list is patience.  And I am sure most animals and pets have this trait.  Their ability to be patient no matter how long the wait is truly extraordinary.  Over the years I have made a point of remembering how patient my cat Juniper has been when I am waiting in line at the bank or grocery store.  Instead of getting stressed out and aggravated, now I try to just ‘chill’ and remember this golden rule of patience.

The second quality my cat has is persistence. Whether it is a mouse in the field or the desire to be let out at 5am in the morning, Juniper just does not seem to give up trying to get what he wants. Persistence is a great quality to have in life. No matter how difficult the obstacle, with a little persistence chances are you will persevere in the end.

Of course I would be remiss if I did not mention another big one, unconditional love.  That’s probably a top reason why people love pets so much.  Pets just do not have the ability to judge you in any fashion.  No matter your race, nationality, color or creed, your pet will still love you till the sun goes down at night and first thing in the morning. Gosh pets are great!

The other day I stumbled upon Christine Agro’s website.  Christine is a Clairvoyant Natural Healer who has a special talent for working with animals.  I forget exactly how I found her site but it sure is interesting reading what she has to say.

From her site she says she can help you gain a deeper connection with your animal and the ability to understand its needs.  She uses her clairvoyance and her natural healing background to address all aspects of your animals health, diet nutrition, wellness, emotional support and behavioral needs.  Definitely seems interesting and maybe worth a look!

There is an interesting article in the Australian Herald Sun that talks about how spirituality is coming more into the mainstream.

The article quotes Lizzy Rose, the famous Australian celebrity psychic as saying that we are now in the ‘awareness age’ where people are much more questioning and explorative now.  And also that men are now just as likely as women to consult with psychics and want to know how they can make the most of their lives instead of just what is around the corner for them.

Rose also says that these shifts in perception are maybe an early sign that we are now returning to a new age, an age similar to centuries ago when psychics, astrologers and mystics were powerful and respected and the kings and queens of that time would consult with them for future decision making.

She then goes on to give a few tips on increasing your own intuition.  Most psychics she says, "experience their intuition through flashes, messages, and dreams."  So she suggests to keep a diary of sorts to jot down memorable dreams, experiences or happenings in your life which may seem insignificant at one moment in time, but later on prove to paint some real meaningful pictures when looked at from a whole perspective.

The article concludes with the top 10 ways to increase your intuition.  Here are a few of them:

1. Meditate to help quiet your mind and increase your natural vibration
2. Listen to your body.  Tightening or pulling away is an indicator of things not being right while expansion and relaxation is positive.
3. Ask a question about something before going to sleep and notice the first thought in your head after you wake up.
4. Pay attention to your dreams.  Ask questions to get the meaning and let the answers come on their own time.

Interesting tips I would say. And I do agree with the take that psychics and spirituality are going more mainstream.  I mean think about it, hundreds and thousands of years ago the ancients did not have television, cars and all sorts of other distractions from the sky. They really focused on what the stars and their intuition was telling them.  But now we are so saturated with technology and and the 24/7 lifestyle that maybe all of us have come to a point of deep yearning for the old tradition.

Anyway that is my take on it!