CJ Sellers is a spiritual medium with an uncanny ability to receive and relay messages from those who have passed. Her readings have even astounded skeptics and her popularity continues to grow. CJ’s talents have attracted the respect and attention of paranormal communities with whom CJ has worked on many high profile ghost investigations. She has been featured on national radio and television broadcasts, most recently on A&E’s Paranormal State, which received a great deal of positive responses after the broadcast.

Q. CJ are you both a psychic and a medium or one or the other. Please explain this to our readers.

A. Actually, I am both. All moderately to highly sensitive people have the ability to perceive subtleties in their environment, what we call being psychic or intuitive. A smaller number of these people are so acutely aware of energy that they can actually sense higher spiritual energy. Psychic mediums, like myself, can receive messages from the spirit world making.

Q. You’re well known as a Medium on the show Paranormal State an A&E Production. How do they view your psychic abilities on the show? Are they met with open mindedness or skepticism?

A. During filming, my abilities have been met with healthy skepticism and a desire for validation, as I would expect during any reading or investigation. Not all of what I do, such as relaying messages from crossed over loved ones, or all of the validations, will make it onto the final edit, This can be a little frustrating sometimes, but the PRS crew has always allowed me to do what I do best and to help the clients, which I appreciate a great deal.

Q. How did you begin talking with spirits?

A. Spirits have always talked to me, in dreams and in visions. I could even hear them speaking to me telepathically, though I didn’t always like that part of it. Even as a child, I’ve always felt an unusual connection to the divine. I actually asked for the Biblical gifts of spirits when I was only seven years old. I guess I have always, innately known that I was meant to work with spirits in some way.

Q. What obstacles stood in your way and how did you overcome them?

A. My biggest obstacle was overcoming my fear of crossed over spirits; I was brought up to think that spirit communication with deceased persons was wrong. I also feared disappointing my own loved ones who don’t agree with it. I realized that I had been trying to fit into a belief system that judged me for the way I was born, which was not at all fair. Once I allowed myself to let go of the beliefs that didn’t ring true for me, I was able to open up to a knowledge that resonated with my deepest being and to accept myself as a whole person.

Q. I’d like to give you an opportunity to say what you’d like to the public. To believers and non-believers alike. If you have a spirit guided message or just something you’d like to say please use this opportunity.

A. This message would be for those who are going through difficulties and are asking for divine intervention or perhaps wondering if their prayers are being heard. Divine spirits are always with us and always willing to help guide us. A Spirit isn’t always obvious or bold in it’s work, but it is always working. It can be difficult to have faith when we don’t see immediate results from our requests or if things don’t happen when and how we think they should. It’s important to remember that guidance may not always be what we expect, but it never fails to bring us the best possible results. A spirit makes all things beautiful in it’s own time.

Q. Have you ever had a really difficult reading or spirit communication where it was too emotional to bear? If so, what was your experience and how do you protect yourself from having this kind of experience in the future?

A. I can’t say that I’ve ever had a reading that was too emotional to bear, though I can recall some very intense ones. I’ve learned not to become emotionally bound in a reading; I can feel things during the reading without taking those emotions on as my own. Even so, there are always times when a reading is more difficult because the emotions felt can be very intense, but that’s all a part of being an emotional healer. As for protection, prevention proves to be the best medicine so I avoid anything that doesn’t feel quite right, even if it means turning down a seemingly good opportunity. I feel that I’m always protected as long my own intentions are in line with a higher spirit’s and I maintain healthy respect for my own as well as the spirit’s limitations.

Q. Do you have a ritual that you do before a reading or before filming? A prayer, meditation or a mantra?

A. I tend to meditate and pray frequently throughout the day, even if I’m not doing readings; it’s just become a habit of mine. It helps me to be prepared should I be called on to help someone unexpectedly, and it also helps to keep me in good spirits. As for filming for television, I try not to think about the investigation beforehand, to keep myself relaxed just as I would before any reading. It’s easy to get anxious while sitting alone in a hotel room waiting to be called into an investigation at a moment’s notice, so practicing a clear mind and deep relaxation is especially important for me during those times.

Q. You have supported us by giving us this interview and showing us your talents on TV. Other than us watching your show, is there another way our readers can support you in the future?

A. I welcome people to visit my Web site where they can find more information about what I do and where anyone interested in having a private reading can contact me.

Please visit CJ Seller at www.CJSellers.com

The Jenny Jones Show, Entertainment Magazine, Star Magazine and many other media outlets have featured Tana Hoy, Celebrity Psychic and Medium. During our phone interview we talked about Hollywood, solving criminal cases, what it’s like to see spirits and other fascinating information. For a moment we get to experience what it is like to be a psychic with a clear vision of the other side.

Tana paid little attention to the spirits around him until he turned 16. It was then that he fully realized his special gift, and that most people couldn’t see spirits and angels. At age 20, Tana decided to tell his parents about the gift, and his desire to help people with it. Only then, did Tana’s father, a skeptic, tell him about the reading he and his wife had more than 20 years earlier. Tana’s Aunt Lucille was a blind psychic. (Experts suggest that being blind enhances other senses, while others note that the sixth sense runs in bloodlines, because Tana’s great aunt was a psychic too!) Lucille told the young couple that they would have three boys, and that one would become a powerful psychic who would turn his gifts of helping people into a career. Hoy’s father had ignored the prophecy and forgot all about it as he and his wife raised their family, only to have his skepticism and lapse in memory admonished by its fulfillment. What a testament to the powers of a true psychic. More than ever, Tana knew that this was his destiny, foretold before his birth by the very woman whose family legacy Tana will carry on.

You are a psychic and a medium that can help the police solve crimes or help someone find their life partner during a reading. These are extremely different types of readings. Is there one particular kind of reading you prefer over the other?

“I like them both. In both instances, you’re helping people. I believe this is a spiritual path and spiritual work. Therefore, all of it is important and I love them all. There are times when I do a psychic reading and it is just as intense as solving a case. People’s emotions run high.

I do more psychic readings than criminal cases, but when I am doing a criminal case, I get into the head of the person who committed the crime. It’s similar to a criminal profiler; I am the psychic criminal profiler. I’ve gotten information on motives and I’ve told police how to question a suspect to get them to confess! At times I can even get information by just looking at crime scene photos.”

When you solve a case, who do you feel you are helping more, the deceased or those that are still living?

I help them both equally. It’s important that they both find peace. I give the family peace and resolution about the person who has passed away and I help put the murderer behind bars. For the persons who have passed, I give them peace of mind, so they are no longer concerned about their family, and at the same time help bring their murderer to justice.

Do the spirits care more about the peace and well being of the family who suffers or more about putting the criminal behind bars?

“In every case the spirit is more concerned about the well being of the family. They want to give the living closure and peace of mind. It’s not as important to catch the person who committed the crime.”

Do you experience sadness or negativity when doing criminal investigations?

“I don’t ever feel drained or negative while doing a reading or working a case. Psychics who feel drained don’t know how to protect themselves correctly. I have good boundaries with my psychic work. When I work on a case I know that I am helping someone; I am doing the work I am meant to be doing. God doesn’t give you a gift to suffer. If I suffered I would see it as a curse not a gift, so I always feel positive about what I am doing.”

You have a rare gift even among psychics. You can see your guides and people who have passed as opposed to just hearing them. Can you describe what you see?

“For years, I didn’t know the difference between someone living and someone who had passed. They come to me just as if they were alive. If I didn’t know any better I would try to touch them believing they were solid. Rarely do they come to me as a faded image or as an outline of the body they once had, but never as a mist that other psychics describe seeing. It’s very natural; for me it’s second nature to see these spirits as they were.”
How does being psychic help you? How do you use these abilities in your everyday life?

I have been doing this for 15 years and I have found that being psychic has helped me grow spiritually and as a person. I can’t read myself, but I do get guidance from my guides. Doing this work is its own great reward. I help people find peace; I am guided by love.

How has the world changed in regards to psychics and mediums since you first stepped onto the scene as a well known psychic on Jenny Jones and other media? Do you feel that, one day, skeptics won’t exist?

“The media has always been supportive of me. I’ve never had a negative media experience or bad press. I’ve been featured on the Jenny Jones Show and a dozen magazines; none of them have ever called me a kook or a weirdo. John Edward helped open the door for many psychics, but it’s Hollywood that is catching up to America; Hollywood has always been a little slow, never wanting to rock the boat. Sci-Fi (now SyFy) has been particularly progressive in offering people what they want.”
To see his celebrity clientele and for information on classes, media, one-on-one readings or to sign up for Tana’s monthly newsletter please visit www.tanahoy.com .