Seriously Dead

When The Message Doesn't Make Sense In The Reading

Text me or Drop a Voice Note Here! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2609678/fan_mail/new] Have you ever left a reading feeling like nothing landed? Like the medium got it wrong? What if the reading was not wrong at all. What if it was just early. In this episode Jenny Shanks shares three real readings where the message made no sense in the room and everything clicked weeks or months later. A name Spirit repeated that the client had never heard before. A dime that showed up in the most unexpected place the very next day. And a little boy whose grandmother in Spirit knew exactly what kind of school would change his life, five months before his mother was ready to hear it. This episode will change the way you think about every reading you have ever had, including the ones that felt like they missed. What You Will Learn In This Episode * Why a reading that felt wrong was not wrong, just early * How Spirit works on a timeline that is built around when a message will land with the most impact * What to do when a message comes through that makes no sense in the room Free Resource Ready to start hearing from your loved one in Spirit more clearly? Grab Jenny's free guided meditation at jennyshanks.com/discover and learn the difference between your ego and your intuition so you can start trusting what comes through. Connect With Jenny Website: jennyshanks.com  Instagram: @spiritual_medium_jenny  [https://www.instagram.com/spiritual_medium_jenny/] Book a Reading: jennyshanks.com/services

The Reading That Almost Made Me Quit

Text me or Drop a Voice Note Here! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2609678/fan_mail/new] There was a reading that almost made me walk away from this work entirely. Not because something went wrong. Not because Spirit did not show up. But because what happened in that room was so raw, so deeply human, that I sat in my chair afterward and questioned everything. Today I am sharing that story publicly for the first time. A mother who lost her teenage daughter unexpectedly. A reading that cracked something open in me I thought I had already healed. And the email that arrived a few weeks later that changed the way I approach this work forever. But I am not just sharing this for me. I am sharing this because I think what I learned sitting in that chair is something every person carrying grief right now needs to hear. Discomfort is not a sign to stop. Sometimes discomfort is the evidence that something real and necessary is happening. What You Will Learn In This Episode * Why the most profound healing almost always happens inside the most uncomfortable moments * What changed in Jenny's practice after the reading that almost made her quit * Why your loved one in Spirit is not trying to reopen your wound, but heal one Free Resource Ready to take the first step toward hearing from your loved one in Spirit clearly? Grab Jenny's free guided meditation at jennyshanks.com/discover and learn the difference between your ego and your intuition. Connect With Jenny Website: jennyshanks.com  Instagram: @spiritual_medium_jenny  [https://www.instagram.com/spiritual_medium_jenny/] Book a Reading: jennyshanks.com/services

The Permission Slip Spirit Keeps Sending And Most People Miss

Text me or Drop a Voice Note Here! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2609678/fan_mail/new] Most mediums wait for Spirit to deliver the expected messages. I love you. I miss you. I am proud of you. But the messages that stop me cold are the ones so specific, so perfectly aimed at the human sitting in front of me, that the energy in the room completely changes. In this episode I am sharing three of those moments. Three sentences from Spirit that were so precise and so needed that my client and I both sat completely still after hearing them. Messages so powerful I wrote them down because some of them felt like they were meant for me too. Because Spirit does not just show up to say hello. Spirit shows up with something to say. And once you know what to listen for, you will never miss it again. "Spirit is not browsing through inspirational quotes. Spirit is speaking directly into the unique situation of the specific human right in front of me." What You Will Learn In This Episode * Why Spirit communicates in sentences and metaphors tailored specifically to your life * How to recognize the permission slip Spirit keeps sending and what to do when you receive it * The one thing most people skip when a sign comes through and why acknowledging it changes everything Free Resource Ready to start connecting with Spirit clearly for yourself? Learn the difference between your ego and your intuition with Jenny's free guided meditation at jennyshanks.com/discover. Connect With Jenny Website: jennyshanks.com  Instagram: @spiritual_medium_jenny  [https://www.instagram.com/spiritual_medium_jenny/] Book a Reading: jennyshanks.com/services

Is My Loved One In Spirit Okay? Here's What Your Loved One Actually Tells Me.

Text me or Drop a Voice Note Here! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2609678/fan_mail/new] The number one question grieving people ask, and the one most mediums answer with comfort instead of truth. In this episode, Jenny Shanks answers it directly. After ten years of connecting the living with loved ones in Spirit, here is what Jenny knows: Spirit is always okay. Spirit is not suffering. And Spirit has never stopped paying attention to your life. Jenny shares three real client stories that prove exactly how specific, how present, and how tuned in a loved one in Spirit actually is, including a grandmother who planted olive trees in a New York hotel lobby and a husband in Spirit who knew exactly where his truck key was hiding. Plus the shift that changes everything for a grieving person. The difference between a human human relationship and a human spirit relationship, and how to start building one. What You Will Learn In This Episode * Why Spirit is never stuck or suffering and what a life review actually looks like * How Spirit communicates through specific details, memories and signs most people miss * What a human spirit relationship looks like and how to start building one Free Resource Ready to start recognizing signs from your loved one in Spirit? The first step is learning the difference between your ego and your intuition. Grab Jenny's free guided meditation created specifically for that at jennyshanks.com/discover. Connect With Jenny Website: jennyshanks.com  Instagram: @spiritual_medium_jenny  [https://www.instagram.com/spiritual_medium_jenny/] Book a Reading: jennyshanks.com/services

Seriously Dead with Jenny Shanks

Text me or Drop a Voice Note Here! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2609678/fan_mail/new] Seriously Dead is the podcast where a real Spiritual Medium pulls back the curtain on what your loved ones in Spirit actually want you to know. Hosted by Jenny Shanks, a Spiritual Medium with over 10 years of experience, each episode dives into the conversations most people are afraid to have: grief, signs from Spirit, what it's really like to talk to the dead, and the questions you've always wanted to ask. Whether you're navigating loss, curious about life after death, or you keep finding dimes in weird places and wondering if that's your grandmother, you're in the right place. Because the dead have a lot to say. And this is where we listen. New episodes drop weekly starting May 1, 2026. Make to follow Seriously Dead for your weekly conversations with spirit.  Connect With Jenny Website: jennyshanks.com  Instagram: @spiritual_medium_jenny  [https://www.instagram.com/spiritual_medium_jenny/] Book a Reading: jennyshanks.com/services