Sleeping with the Light On | The Sensitive Child Who Saw Spirit

Speak to Them, But Do Not Listen | The Forbidden History of Talking to the Dead

For as long as there have been people, we have tried to reach the ones we have lost. We light candles. We speak into empty rooms. We ask for a sign. Somewhere along the way, we were told we could speak to our loved ones in spirit, but never listen for an answer. This episode is about that silence. I begin in a sea of cemetery candlelight in the country I come from and take you into the ancient Polish rite of Dziady (Forefathers’ Eve), where the living once welcomed, fed and honoured those who had passed. From there, we meet the Guślarz, the village doorkeeper who opened the way between worlds long before the word medium existed. Together we explore the history of mediumship, ancestor traditions, grief, ritual, faith, and the relationship between the living and those who continue in spirit. We look at how these traditions were gradually transformed, why the Catholic Church drew a line between speaking to the departed and listening for an answer, and ask a question that has echoed through history: Why was the instinct to stay close to those we love honoured for thousands of years… and then forbidden? Who decided they must stay silent? If you have ever wondered about life after death, spirit communication, signs from loved ones, or whether it is possible to remain connected with those you love after they die, this conversation is for you. Your free guided audio, Your First Conversation with Spirit, is available at martathemedium.com/gift [http://martathemedium.com/gift]. Lots of love, Marta 🩷✨

You Are Not Walking Alone: A Guided Walking Meditation to Feel Loved Ones in Spirit

This week on the Perfectly Imperfect Spiritual Podcast, I’m inviting you into an experience rather than a conversation. This is a guided walking meditation created as a gentle companion for moments when you need to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and remember that guidance is often found in the quiet moments in between. There is nothing to achieve here. No destination to reach. Just an invitation to step outside, press play, and allow yourself to be present with whatever unfolds. Whether you’re walking through a woodland, around your neighbourhood, or simply taking a few moments for yourself, I hope this meditation offers you a sense of steadiness, reflection, and connection. About me: I am a spiritual teacher, psychic medium, and mentor, and the host of the Perfectly Imperfect Spiritual Podcast. My work is grounded in helping you trust yourself, deepen your connection with your intuition and the spirit world, and remember that your relationship with Spirit is something you can experience for yourself. Explore the work, courses, and ways to work with me at martathemedium.com Lots of love, Marta @martathemedium

Sleeping with the Light On | The Sensitive Child Who Saw Spirit

This week is more personal than usual. A small child watched the door every night. An old woman in a headscarf leaned over her bed. She felt herself pulled toward the attic, flew above the neighbourhood after dark, and knew when someone was about to cross over. When she tried to tell the adults, she was told it was a nightmare, that it was not real. So she started sleeping with the light on. That child was me. I open up about what it costs to be a sensitive child without containment, why “embrace your gifts” can land as an impossible ask, and what the work of mediumship development is really for. I share the order that actually holds steady, nervous system regulation, grounding, discernment, identity work, and only then connection, and why not all spirit contact is benign. If you were a child who saw things, who knew things, who was told you were imagining it, this one is for you. You are not broken. You are not too much. You are not making it up. If something here met you, I would love for you to follow the podcast so you never miss an episode, and to leave a review. It genuinely helps these conversations reach the people who need them. Explore the Psychic Mediumship Foundation course and intuitive development at martathemedium.com. A free guided audio, Your First Conversation with Spirit, is at martathemedium.com/gift. Lots of love, Marta 🩷✨

Why Intelligent Women Stop Trusting Themselves | Self-Trust, Intuition and the Way Back

Self-trust is the heart of this solo episode, and one quiet pattern I see again and again. So many capable, intelligent women slowly stop trusting themselves, and this is an honest look at why it happens and what the way back actually is. It rarely looks dramatic. It looks like second-guessing, editing what you want to say before you say it, and checking for proof before you will trust your own perception. We are told to trust ourselves, to listen to our intuition, to stop people pleasing, as if naming it were the same as undoing it. I explore why that advice so often misses, and how being quietly rewarded for being careful, analytical and reasonable can teach a sharp woman to override the part of her that knows without being able to prove it. I also share something from my own life. What it cost me to override what I already knew, and how the body eventually gets loud when you stop listening to it. We look at why losing self-trust is different from losing anything else, why you cannot simply will yourself back into it, and how you instead become the woman who is already trustable to herself. In this episode: • Why so many capable, intelligent women quietly stop trusting themselves • The everyday habit of second-guessing and editing yourself before you speak • Why being told to trust yourself rarely changes anything • How being rewarded for being careful and analytical can bury your intuition • What it cost me to override what I already knew • Why losing self-trust is different from losing anything else • The smallest unit of self-trust, and the one question to come back to • Why you cannot will yourself into self-trust, only become trustable to yourself If this episode spoke to you, follow the Perfectly Imperfect Spiritual Podcast wherever you are listening, so every new episode reaches you. And if you have a moment, a quick review on Apple Podcasts genuinely helps more people find these conversations. Open the show in Apple Podcasts, scroll to Ratings and Reviews, tap Write a Review, and share what stayed with you. It takes a minute and it means a great deal. If this resonates, you can explore working with me at martathemedium.com Lots of love, Marta

The Work Your Body Does When No One Tells It What to Feel | Somatic Intelligence and Nervous System Regulation

Nervous system regulation, somatic intelligence and returning to the body are the quiet foundation underneath all intuitive work, and this solo episode is where it begins. For most of my adult life I did not know how to listen to my body. I knew how to manage my feelings and follow instructions, and underneath it all my body was exhausted, because no one was home in it. This episode is about what happens when the instructions stop and you let the body lead for once. I share the moment I sat in silence with no voice and no method, and what my body began to do on its own, the healing it had been reaching toward all along. I explore the difference between stillness and silence, the somatic intelligence the body holds, and why this kind of permission produces what effort never can. I also name something rarely said. The first thing many of us meet in silence is everything we were using noise to outrun, and why that is often the sign that the nervous system is finally allowed to speak. In this episode: • Why following instructions kept me disconnected from my body • The difference between stillness and silence • What the body does on its own when you stop directing it • Why silence surfaces what noise was helping you avoid • How returning to the body is the ground beneath all intuitive work If this episode spoke to you, follow the Perfectly Imperfect Spiritual Podcast wherever you are listening, so every new episode reaches you. And if you have a moment, a quick review on Apple Podcasts genuinely helps more people find these conversations. Open the show in Apple Podcasts, scroll to Ratings and Reviews, tap Write a Review, and share what stayed with you. It takes a minute and it means a great deal. If this resonates, you can explore working with me at martathemedium.com Lots of love, Marta