http://www.alanbridges.com International psychic, medium and medical intuitive Alan Bridges en-gb Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:14:47 +0100 Copyright: (C) 2003-2010 Alan Bridges. All rights reserved. Read Alan's latest article from his Intuitive Perspectives column. http://www.alanbridges.com/ http://www.alanbridges.com/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:14:47 +0100 First-time clients frequently ask me what kinds of questions they are allowed to pose for or during a reading. My stock answer is any kind. It might seem obvious but the question asked should be the one for which the client desires an answer. In my book nothing is or should be off limits. To be sure, intuition and clairvoyance are limitless tools. As such, we shouldn't limit how we apply them to this aspect of our lives while shielding that area from them. But as with so many things in life, there is more to it than that. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100818.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100818.php Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:14:47 +0100 It's another August in Spain. Up and down the country local fiestas are underway. In my village, our fiesta is being held today. It's called La Fiesta de San Lorenzo. Officially, all fiestas are linked to a patron saint. In our case, Saint Lawrence. But that's only in spirit, if you will. There's actually very little religious significance to fiestas these days. Modern day Spanish fiestas are more a time for families to come together in food and drink. As anyone with firsthand experience knows, it's uniquely Spanish. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100808.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100808.php Sun, 08 Aug 2010 09:45:31 +0100 This morning I cleared my schedule to get some pesky administrative tasks off my to-do list. They had been hanging around for far too long and it was time to draw a line under them. Among other things, I needed to call in at a local government office, go to the bank and pick up a few specialty items at the supermarket. Now, so that it wasn't all work and no play I had decided to treat myself to breakfast at a lovely patisserie not far from where I would be doing business. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100805.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100805.php Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:57:54 +0100 It was with great sadness that I learned on Saturday that Psychic News had published its last issue. I was a loyal subscriber to Psychic News and considered it an essential read to keep me connected to what was going on in the world of psychics, mediumship and all things paranormal in Britain and the world. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100727.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100727.php Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:10:05 +0100 We are told to keep things simple. But in today's world that is easier said than done. In fact, it seems that all we do is inadvertently but automatically accumulate tasks and add more and more to our routines. Eventually a day comes when something that we once loved doing suddenly seems like a chore. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100719.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100719.php Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0100 Spirit possession seems to be the latest craze. Well, I reach this conclusion based on the marked increase of people coming to me saying that they believe that they are possessed or being tormented by spirits or have been told that they are by other psychics. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100523_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100523_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This week I saw the headlines declaring that Naomi Campbell would be turning the Big Four-0. But instead of hiding herself away whilst pining over lost youth, she would be, in her truly inimitable style, proclaiming her age to the world with a fabulous party on the French Riviera. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100523_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100523_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week was what I consider a "dreamy week". No, I didn't feel like I was sleepwalking. Nor was it that I found myself floating in the clouds. It wasn't even that people were asking me to interpret their dreams. Instead, I had several clients in a row who wanted me to tell them how to achieve their dreams. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100516_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100516_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Last week was a very trying and testing time. I know I shouldn't complain - and I'm not. I had readings and coaching sessions back to back. I love what I do and love helping the people who come to me for guidance and advice. But my line of work can be draining especially when I'm expected to wave a magic wand to make it all better instantly and painlessly. Unfortunately, it's not as simple as that and I demand a lot from myself and my clients. So, yesterday I decided that I needed a day off and that it would be a day outside. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100502_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100502_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Life has a way of changing our plans. Things rarely work out in a neat, orderly and tidy fashion. We have to adapt. And often we simply have to go with what we've got at that time. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100314_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100314_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Ouija boards have been in the news again. It's not that they've been featured in any new films or that anything untoward has happened - although some might say that we've escaped calamity but by the skin of our teeth. No, what's got the vocal minorities worked up this time is that Hasbro, the American toy manufacturer, has produced a line of Ouija boards in bright pink and pitched toward young girls. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100310_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100310_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This has been one of the wettest and snowiest winters I have experienced while living in Spain. Since December, we've had rain, snow or some combination of the two falling from the sky nearly every day. It was getting hard to remember what the sun looked like. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100225_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100225_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 It's 2010 and the start of a new decade. My goodness how time flies. It really does seem that it was not so long ago that we were greeting the new millennium. There was so much worry then about what would happen when the clock struck midnight and the dates in all those computers rolled over to 2000. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100112_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20100112_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 2009 is winding down and sooner than we think we'll be saying hello to 2010. It's a time when we cannot help but reflect. We find ourselves looking back over the past year trying to remember all that happened. And because it's the end of a decade this is even more true as we try to recall the events since 1999. My goodness, how times have changed! http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20091228_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20091228_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 As we prepare to say "so long" to 2009, the vast majority of us are thinking about resolutions to make as we welcome in 2010. To be sure, this is a time of year when we make all kinds of promises to ourselves. But how many of us will move into 2011 having accomplished those goals? Well, according to the experts, very few indeed. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20091228_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20091228_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Last night in Europe we changed our clocks waving good-bye to daylight saving time for another year. You could think that the only thing that changes is that for one night we gain an extra hour. But from the way I see it we potentially gain a lot more. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20091025_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20091025_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Spending so much time in Spain has definitely taught me one thing - food is a way of life for the Spanish. I even dare to say that eating out is more integral to their culture than it is to the French. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20091025_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20091025_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This week I would like to start by sharing the opening lines of a poem by one of America's greatest poets, Walt Whitman. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20091019_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20091019_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Trust yourself, remain in the present moment and do what's right for you. I must be referring to the teachings from the latest self-help book. Well, actually no. In fact, these principles were first set out about 150 years before the so-called New Age movement had even been thought of. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20091019_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20091019_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 I am truly grateful for all the positive feedback that I regularly receive from my clients regarding their readings. Finding out that one of my readings has helped them see their lives more clearly or has revealed the options that they had overlooked is for me what being a psychic is all about. After all, who doesn't like being praised or recognised for what they are passionate about? http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20091012_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20091012_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Just like that, Spain is in holiday mode. The beach down the road is heaving. Giddy shrieks and yelps of playing children can be heard over the gentle and peaceful lull of cows bells. City folk struggle to navigate their cars on our winding roads here in the country. Houses that are locked and deserted for most of the year are suddenly thrown open and instantly inhabited with people determined to get away from it all. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090816_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090816_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 It's definitely summertime here in Spain. The vegetable patch and orchard are pumping out enough food to feed a small army. The village fiestas abound, complete with fireworks and bagpipes. The usually quiet roads are struggling to cope with the annual invasion of the Madrid crowd escaping up north to enjoy the mountains and beaches. And it's hot! http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090815_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090815_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 These days we seem to be locked in the jaws of a vicious and unrelenting recession. The Middle East remains a powder keg ready to blow at any second. And who of us doesn't think of swine flu when someone sneezes in public? http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090727_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090727_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 It's verging on a truism to say that stress can kill you. Study after study has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt the untold harm that too much stress in one's life can do - emotionally, mentally, physically and of course spiritually. But there's one thing that each of us can do in our lives to reduce, if not reverse, the damage that stress is doing to us, and that is to meditate. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090727_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090727_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Let me begin this week by stating that you are unlikely ever to hear me report any spirit communication from Michael Jackson. It's not happened yet and I don't think it will - well, not to me at least. Still I have to say that I knew it was only a matter of time (2 days in fact) before mediums from around the world were passing on supposedly authentic beyond-the-grave messages from the King of Pop. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090720_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090720_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week I received yet another invitation to join yet another social networking site. I won't bother to name-check it as I'm sure you know the one to which I'm referring. Now I'm not one to subscribe to the old-dog-new-tricks mentality but what makes these sites essential to daily living for others has completely passed me by. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090720_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090720_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Some time ago I wrote about a new law that was coming into effect in Britain that had psychics, mediums and healers running scared. (If this brouhaha has passed you by, you can play catch-up by doing the background reading with my previous article.) Well, the regulations are now in force and yet too many of my colleagues are still shaking in their boots. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090713_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090713_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 What a busy Spring this has been! I am continuing with unflagging determination to renovate my old farmhouse in Spain. Anyone else would probably have called in the professionals. But alas, for me, this is a journey that I must make myself. The fruit and vegetables had to be planted and nurtured. So far, the potato and strawberry yield has been nothing short of phenomenal. The sheep have been equally productive and here's what a rather late lambing season delivered. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090620_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090620_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week I was speaking with a man who had come to me for a reading. Let's call him Steve, of course not his real name. As is the case with most of my clients for whom I'm reading for the first time, I knew nothing about him. When he rang at the arranged time, I simply asked him to repeat his name a few times so that I could connect with his energy over the phone and get to that place where the impressions flow. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090605_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090605_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 It's a common misconception that only people struggling to overcome illness get a medical intuitive reading. Of course, many of my clients do have some physical ailment that they seek to understand better. Some of them even already have an inkling there's more to it - an emotional or spiritual aspect that has escaped them. But many people seek medical intuitive readings when they are physically fit but simply feel that something is missing in their lives. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090427_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090427_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week I was listening to a BBC radio news broadcast when I heard something that left me gobsmacked. According to this report, it stated that it's possible to complete a secondary education in Britain without reading any full-length novels. Even as I type this, I still find that shocking. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090413_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090413_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This week I want to start with something of a confession. So, let's just lay this one on the table and get it out into the open. When I was a kid, I went through a phase of being one incredibly spoilt and very annoying brat. It wasn't cute. It wasn't funny. And, for my parents, it wasn't cheap. Even to this day I still cringe when I dare to recall it all. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090406_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090406_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Let's face it - the world is going from bad to worse. The world's economies are shrinking. Banks are being nationalised left, right and centre. Governments aren't just spending money that they don't have; they are actually printing more - a process that goes by the wonderfully ambiguous euphemism of "quantitative easing". Food prices are soaring. The value of our homes is plummeting. It all paints a pretty bleak picture. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090406_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090406_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 As a medical intuitive, I work with people to understand the emotional and spiritual causes of their illnesses and life circumstances. There was a time when the notion that we create our own reality or that emotions could lead to stress was dismissed as something completely groundless. How times have changed. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090202_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090202_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 More than ever I am getting requests for readings from people who have reached points in their lives when they simply don't know what to do. These are grown, educated, highly intelligent and, more often than not, heretofore successful individuals. But something has happened out there and it's left those, who are otherwise compos mentis, scratching their heads. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090112_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090112_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This week British scientists made a very interesting announcement about a possible way to enhance the human body's ability to repair itself. The technique being studied triggers the body to release 100 times more stem cells to treat whatever and wherever needs healing. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090112_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090112_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 I am a firm believer in trying to see what life is teaching at any one moment. I have always felt that - for better or for worse - I have been responsible for what's happened in my life. Now that's not to say that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, under a blue moon or having had a ticket to easy street slipped in my pocket. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090105_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090105_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 No matter which spiritual path you follow, all the great masters have tried to teach us that the way to becoming conscious and enlightened is to be in the moment. Even today I challenge you to find a single self-help book that does not emphasise the importance of being in the present time. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090105_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20090105_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Putting a blind man in a maze might sound like the opening of some sort of cruel joke. But that's precisely what researchers at Harvard Medical School recently did. And while you might cringe at the thought of what happened next, let's just say that the researchers didn't see this one coming - pun intended. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20081223_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20081223_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 As 2008 draws to a close, I have to say that I feel it was a remarkable year. For many, it was one nothing short of "shock and awe". The world seems to be stuck in a veritable financial quagmire. And no matter how many billions are pumped into the markets, we hear again and again how we are just teetering on the edge of global economic collapse. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20081222_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20081222_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 It's hard not to be affected by the news these days. No matter the source to which you turn, you are met with dire economic forecasts and what it's all going to mean to you. It's not pretty. In fact, it's enough to send even the cheeriest of us into the dumps. So what can you do? http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20081216_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20081216_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week I conducted a coaching session with someone who has a very interesting story. He is an entrepreneur who has been very successful in spotting trends. It's almost like he possesses the mythical Midas Touch because whatever he touches turns to gold. Or so it did. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20081215_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20081215_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past weekend I listened to a pre-recorded workshop led by a prominent spiritual and mystical teacher. She was recounting one of her personal anecdotes - the kind that make her lectures so engaging and rich. In fact, I have heard her speak so many times over the years that I thought I knew all of her sidebars by heart. But this time I heard something new - something that actually shocked me. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20081117_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20081117_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 As I write this, I have just completed what has been nothing short of a marathon session of Relationship Readings, counselling and agony aunt advice. You would think that it was the fourteenth of February and not the beginning of November based on how many people want to know whether they should stay, go or get back together. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20081103_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20081103_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 I don't know about you, but I can hardly believe that November is here. Where has 2008 gone? At the risk of sounding like my mother, time really does fly the older we get. It seems like just yesterday that we were picking the fruit and harvesting vegetables we planted this Spring and only the day before that it seems like we were toasting and singing (badly I might add) Auld Lang Syne. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20081103_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20081103_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 I am often asked whether there is any area off limits to psychics - any topic that simply doesn't lend itself to a reading. My first response is usually an emphatic No! And that's true for the most part. Okay, some psychics are better with relationship issues. Others are more skilled at commercial or business transaction readings. If your question concerns your health or spirituality, then there are specialists out there for you. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080915_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080915_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 There's been a recent and very interesting development in the world of politics both in Britain and in the United States. Religion has once again taken centre stage. Now you might say that politics and religion have always been intimate if not strange bedfellows. But this time there's a twist. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080915_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080915_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 By now we have all heard about the new legislation in force in Britain regarding psychics, mediums and healers. It's good-bye to the Fraudulent Mediums Act and hello to the Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. The government rightly felt that the public needed additional safeguards to be protected from the unscrupulous and their psychic scams. But now it's the psychics themselves who are being targeted. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080901_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080901_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 As a Medical Intuitive and Life Coach, I spend a lot of time working with people to help them to appreciate the impact that their beliefs have on their lives. When I do a reading for someone, I become very intimately aware of and acquainted with what that person believes about themselves and the world at large. I also tune into what role those beliefs play in their lives. Do their beliefs give them confidence and warm feelings? Or do their beliefs knock them down or pull the carpet out from under them at the earliest opportunity? http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080901_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080901_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Here in Britain many are up in arms over the government's decision to repeal the Fraudulent Mediums Act. Last month a petition with over 10,000 names was delivered to Downing Street in protest, demanding that the existing law be left in place. The signatures, however, didn't persuade the government to shelve its plans and the act has been stricken down. So now what? http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080519_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080519_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Last week I began addressing a posting from a member of my Psychic Chat forums. In it, she posed such great questions that instead of addressing it in the forums, I decided to cover it here in my Weekly Insights column. This week I continue with my response. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080505_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080505_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Read any newspaper and it's easy to understand why so many people are depressed these days. Headlines herald environmental devastation, food shortages, price hikes at the pumps, increases in the costs to power our homes and then let's not forget those who are struggling just to remain in possession of their homes. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080505_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080505_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Every day I receive emails from readers asking me questions about being psychic and seeking answers such as the place of spirituality in today's society. It might take me a little while to respond due to my readings schedule and coaching commitments, but please know that I am grateful for and appreciative of your letters. I also wanted to take this opportunity to remind everyone about my Psychic Chat forums. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080428_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080428_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This week I came across some very interesting medical research. Doctors studying the occurrences of skin cancer discovered something that has more than puzzled them - it's left them baffled. What they've found is that skin melanomas are more likely to appear on the left-hand side of the body than the right-hand side. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080428_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080428_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week I read for a client who has been coming to me regularly for about five years. It's always in the Spring when "Thomas" checks in to see what I sense is ahead of him as well as what's now behind him. And boy, has he worked hard to put his past to bed. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080317_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080317_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 The underlying principle of the holistic health movement is that we are more than our physical bodies. At one time this was a pretty out there sort of concept - one that the average person on the street wouldn't understand and one that would cause medical doctors to roll their eyes. Thank goodness times have changed. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080317_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080317_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 If the future is to be bright, they tell us that it has to be green. I suppose it's a sign of the times. We are encouraged to recycle. We are told to monitor how far our food travels. We are scolded if we generate too much rubbish. We are now not only doing more with less but we are finding ways to reuse what's already been around the block. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080310_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080310_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Some time ago I met with a client who said that she had one and only one question for me. She sat down and told me her life story very matter-of-factly. She said that while holding down a full-time job, she had raised a family. The children had grown up and left home to live their own lives. She had gone back to school and got a graduate degree. She had even written a book. But amidst all her accomplishments she hadn't managed one key part of life. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080310_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080310_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 It's my experience that this week is when people really look at themselves and their lives to consider what changes are needed for the year ahead. I know that everyone thinks that this happens at the beginning of the New Year but that's a time of year when there's so much going on that people don't really have an opportunity to detach themselves as fully as such self-examination requires. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080303_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080303_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Many of us get the blues from time to time. For most of us, we are able to snap ourselves out of it. For those of us who experience depression, the turn of choice has been to medicine to get us back on our feet and again feeling better about ourselves and our lives. And for many this solution seems to work. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080303_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20080303_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 A recent trip to London has confirmed what I've been hearing from news reports as well as from my clients. The Christmas buying frenzy is well underway. The Kings Road was a sea of shoppers. Regent Street was practically at a standstill. And I had to take friends at their word when it came to Oxford Street. Enchanting though it may be with its festive lights, the thought of trying to make my way through the madding crowds of that famous thoroughfare was more than I could bear. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071204_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071204_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 A friend of mine forwarded to me a recent newspaper article on a famous psychic who's now doing the cruise circuit. In case this phenomenon has missed you, psychics are now guest-starring on various cruise ships. The headlining psychic gives readings, lectures and is available at various times during the journey to mix and mingle with the passengers. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071029_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071029_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week news came out of California that was almost completely buried by the tragedy of the fires there. But I am so glad that it caught my eye because its results are most interesting. It's more proof from scientists that how we feel can impact our health. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071029_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071029_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week I received some very complimentary feedback from a recent reading. In it, my client explained some of the references that I received but which didn't make sense to me. It's natural that I wouldn't understand them. My job during the reading was to tune in, perceive, relate and advise - the four corners of what a psychic should do. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071015_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071015_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Whenever I read for several people and the same theme seems to pop up again and again, I know that something important is going on - for my clients as well as for my ongoing development as a professional medical intuitive. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071015_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071015_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Last week I looked at how to select a psychic. More and more we seem to hear about psychic scams or unscrupulous and dishonest people pretending to be psychic and preying on unsuspecting clients. What a psychic tells you can change your life - for better or for worse. And you owe it to yourself to make sure you are comfortable with the person reading for you. If you missed my article, you can get my Top 5 Tips to Ensure Your Psychic isn't a Phoney by clicking here. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071008_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071008_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week I read for a woman who, by anyone's observation, was a very spiritual person. She was active in church. She led a prayer group. And to say that she read the Scriptures religiously wouldn't be a pun or an overstatement. But she was struggling. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071008_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071008_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week a local newspaper featured an article on two unrelated cases in which mediums had been accused of defrauding their clients. One of the cases involved a medium charging an innocent and vulnerable woman EUR10,000 to rid her of the voices in her head. She apparently emptied out her savings and borrowed from family and friends. But when, in the end, her so-called evil spirit remained with her, she took her own life by leaping to her death. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071001_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071001_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week I intuitively assessed a man who came to me regarding problems with his health. He, like so many of my clients, had been to his doctor who could find nothing wrong. He then sought out some specialist who similarly gave him a clean bill of health. Yet he still felt something was wrong and decided that perhaps it was time to try something "a bit off the beaten track" (his words). http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071001_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20071001_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week I read for a number of American clients who have been caught up in the woes of the US real-estate market. Understandably they, like everyone affected, wanted to know what the future holds in store for them - and their houses. To be sure, it's in times like this that we can feel as if everyone is turning their backs on us. But we must remember that we are never truly alone. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070924_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070924_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 The Law of Attraction has been getting a lot of press at the moment. It's the notion that like attracts like. As a principle, we've always known about it. It's the nugget behind such sayings as birds of a feather flock together and so forth. However, we are now no longer observing it, we are actively engaging with this universal law to bring about more of what we want and less of what we don't want. Or at least, that's how it's supposed to work. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070924_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070924_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Little by little Western society seems to be becoming more comfortable with the concept of reincarnation. It's been an uneasy relationship. For years we dismissed it as rubbish or as a New Age fad. But at last we are beginning to take the notion that we've been here before in a previous life more seriously. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070917_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070917_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 As a Medical Intuitive, I read people's energy. What I perceive are impressions of attitudes, thoughts, beliefs, behaviour patterns, experiences and events in their lives, all of which have played a role in their health. Some people come to me for confirmation of what they suspect. Others have come to learn to see themselves in a completely new light. But all of them have known at some level, deep though it may be, that something was wrong. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070917_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070917_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week I was approached by several clients with the same query. Their backgrounds and even how they broached the topic couldn't have been more different. But they all shared the same timidity and slight embarrassment when they asked whether I could do a Relationship Reading on people who weren't romantically involved. My response? Well, of course! http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070910_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070910_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 When people find out that I'm a professional Medical Intuitive, there's the standard list of questions I'm asked. They range from whether I really believe in what I do to what makes me so special. Then there are what I consider to be better questions. I say they are better because they come from a place of curiosity - they are neutral. And one of the most common of these such questions forms the basis of this week's note. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070910_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070910_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Of all the esoteric subjects, palmistry is probably the least understood and as such has an undeservedly bad reputation. Come on, admit it. If someone says that they read Tarot cards, most of you will admit that there's something to it. But as soon as the P-word is mentioned, those same people will align themselves with the sceptics and all but dismiss it completely. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070903_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070903_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This week I'd like to share with you the concept of living intentionally and authentically. It's a concept which I spend a lot of time exploring with my Intuitive Life Coaching clients. For those of you who don't know about my coaching, this week's note will then serve as something of an introduction. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070903_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070903_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week I was contacted by a woman, let's call her Nicole, about getting a reading. But Nicole's weren't the typical questions. You see, a friend of Nicole had offered to buy her a reading as a gift. It wasn't for a specific occasion but rather what I call spontaneous gifting. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070827_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070827_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week new statistics were released in the UK that surprised, stunned and even shocked the public at large as well those in the medical community. It would seem that the chances of surviving cancer in the UK are at present below the European average. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070827_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070827_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 My article on the Ethical Psychic really struck a chord with many of you. And I would like to thank you all for your feedback and for sharing your own personal experiences with psychics - for better and for worse. What an eye-opener on what some of my colleagues consider passes for a professional psychic reading! http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070820_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070820_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 A recent poll carried out by the charity Cancer Research UK sought to survey popular beliefs about cancer. Their findings reveal that more than a quarter of the population believe that whether or not they will get cancer is completely out of their hands. In their words, it is down to destiny, fate or chance. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070820_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070820_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Over the past week, a number of you wrote me to relate your encounters with what I tend to think of as the dark side of the psychic industry. My heart reached out as I read about how deaths were predicted, dreams shattered and thinly veiled attempts made at extortion. While I was horrified, I have to say that I wasn't that surprised. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070723_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070723_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past May I took a break from the rural idyll to return to the big city. I decided to spend the month reading for people in my home in London. And while I knew I would be busy, I really wasn't prepared for just how many of you wanted and needed the guidance of a psychic consultation. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070716_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070716_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This week I want to open with a question: http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070716_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070716_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 How are you doing right now? Are you okay? Or are you feeling a little blue? Well if you are, I'm here to say that you're not alone. You see, for those of us in the northern hemisphere, we have reached one of the lowest points in the calendar. And when you look around, it's easy to see why. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070129_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070129_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 They say that a new moon on Monday is lucky. A ring around the moon is said to signal that rain is on the way. We should move into a new house during a new moon to ensure we'll have more than we want. And we best beware of a full moon on Friday the 13th. The list of moon folklore that has built up over the centuries goes on and on. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070122_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070122_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This is the week of the almighty tidy-up. Christmas decorations start to come down. The signs of New Year's celebrations are swept away. Trees still sparkling with remnants of tinsel sit on the kerbside patiently awaiting collection. And it's the week that many of us return to work. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070108_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070108_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 What do you think of when someone uses the term holistic? Do you immediately think of your local health food shop? Or do you connect it with candles, crystals and other New Age paraphernalia? For some of you the term might conjure images of gurus sitting in contorted and uncomfortable positions in incense-filled rooms. Still others of you might think of acupuncture and herbal remedies. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070108_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070108_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 New Year's celebrations around the world are simultaneously wonderful, wacky and sometimes a little bit weird. For example, here in Northern Spain we welcomed in 2007 by eating twelve grapes as the clock chimed twelve and then washed them down with sparkling cider. In England, someone runs outside and comes back in (via the front door) carrying coal (ideally), but more often than not bread, salt or money as our first-footer. In Switzerland, we used to let a drop of cream hit the floor to bring us luck. And in the US, it was all about eating black-eyed peas while watching the parades and football. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070101_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20070101_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 As I write this, 2006 is drawing to a close. The after-Christmas sales are in full swing. Year-end reviews, in one form or another, are once again being touted by every newspaper and magazine. Many of us are trying to squeeze into clothing that we swear fit only days ago. And soon we'll be singing (or at least humming) to the chorus of Auld Lang Syne and popping corks. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061231_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061231_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Have you noticed this year how it seems that the closer we get to the festive season, some of us become anything but festive? It's as if some of our brothers and sisters have actually developed an allergy to Christmas - and all that it stands for. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061218_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061218_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 We're approaching the final stretch. Christmas is just around the corner. The countdown is nearly complete. The cards have been mailed. Plans have been made. And the shopping, for some unfathomable reason, never quite seems to be finished. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061218_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061218_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week saw the occurrence of some unexpected and unintended events on the farm. Many of you already know that I split my time between the cosmopolitan hustle and bustle of London and the idyllic setting of northern Spain. And after a brief return to London, it was back to Spain to welcome some early lambs into the world. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061204_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061204_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week I returned to London. It was my first trip back in quite a long time (summer's a busy season in the rural vegetable patch) and so my diary was packed. There was shopping to do. I had a list of places to visit. And most importantly, I wanted to catch up with old friends. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061127_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061127_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Summer was beginning to outstay its welcome in northern Spain. Last week temperatures remained unseasonably warm - so much so that the roses and clematis decided to come out of hiding and give us one more display of colour and pageantry. But at last autumn has arrived. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061113_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061113_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 It might be hard to believe but many of us don't know how to breathe properly. Now I know what you're thinking. Breathing is so fundamental, so elementary and so easy that only an idiot wouldn't know how to do it. Right? Well, it's not that simple. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061113_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061113_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week the work being carried out in a laboratory in the US State of North Carolina managed to capture the attention of many who don't normally follow the latest developments in an area of science known as nanotechnology with three words: cloak of invisibility. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061023_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061023_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 A couple of years ago I was in Selfridges, one of London's leading department stores. It was what I call one of my strategic shopping strikes - get in, get the goods, and then get out. As a frequent shopper, I know the layout quite well - essential knowledge given how crowded it becomes on weekends. But on this particular Saturday, I was in for a surprise. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061002_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20061002_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Since leaving the non-stop hustle and bustle of London for my new home in a rural part of Spain called Asturias, I have found myself with a simpler - and quieter - way of life. Naturally, much of my time is dedicated to psychic readings and intuitive assessments. But my daily routine sees me tending my small flock of sheep, observing my cockerel as he marshals his harem of hens or simply staring at the mountains with the faint echoes of cow bells in the distance. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060724_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060724_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 What stressful times we live in. We're bombarded with information and choices at every turn. And because we're so busy rushing from A to B we have no time to process what we've been given or even to make our selections. Too often we do seem to be simply going through the motions. And to top it all off, we've heard the refrain that we now have to do more with less. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060724_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060724_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 They say that bad luck comes in threes. And when it comes to my last three readings, you could definitely say that these people had experienced more than their faire share of bad luck. There was the former dot.com executive still looking to get his career back on track. Then there was the woman searching for new love following the collapse of her marriage. And finally, there was the man trying to locate an old sweetheart - the one who got away, so to speak. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060717_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060717_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Few people approach me for an intuitive reading when everything in their life is going swimmingly. For the most part, people who come to me for one of my comprehensive medical intuitive readings are experiencing problems in their lives. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060717_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060717_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week I had the radio on as I went about some daily chores when I heard an interview being plugged. My ears pricked up and as if on auto pilot I went over and turned up the volume. The topic? Psychics and those who believe in the paranormal. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060529_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060529_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 With six chakras under our belt, there's only one left. And as we reach our destination, this instalment marks the conclusion of the Chakra Series. But let's not dive into the Seventh Chakra just yet. Instead let's reflect on where we've been so far on this journey. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060529_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060529_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This week we come to the penultimate instalment of our series with the Sixth Chakra. Climbing from the Fifth Chakra, the throat and the area of communication, we arrive at the famous Third Eye. This is where thoughts are generated and evaluated. And because our thoughts are so key to our health, I associate this week's chapter with an old adage - It's all in your mind! http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060522_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060522_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 I can't put my finger on it, but this past week many of you have contacted me about the dreams you've been having. Perhaps it's down to the full moon. Perhaps it's too much protein before bed. Regardless the cause what you're seeing in your sleep has created quite a buzz. And since it's so clearly on your minds, I've decided to have another look at a topic I first examined at IntuitiveBridges. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060515_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060515_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Having left the chakra that was all about love and compassion, we reach the Fifth Chakra where expression takes centre stage. We're now just above the heart and just below the head. In other words, we're in the throat. So it's no wonder that I've entitled this week's instalment Communication Central! http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060515_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060515_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 A friend of mine recently shared a story about his mother. When he was growing up, he said that he remembered his mother meeting up with friends and people in the neighbourhood. She would go to them or they would come to her - it was always which was more convenient for them. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060508_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060508_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This week we reach the Fourth Chakra and arrive at the halfway point of our journey. Three chakras lie below and three above. In other words, we are at the heart of the human energy system - and that, dear readers, is no pun. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060508_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060508_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 If you're a regular reader of this column, you'll already be aware of the fact that I split my time between the big city lights of London and a rural village in a part of northern Spain called Asturias. But what you might not know is just what sort of a village I'm currently residing in. Let's just say that I have now gone to the complete opposite end of the spectrum from London. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060501_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060501_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Last week when we looked at the Second Chakra, we considered the energy of how we interact and interrelate with each other - one-on-one. Now we move on to the Third Chakra. It's still about relationships, but the relationship that we'll focus on here is the one we have with ourselves. This is the point in our developmental journey when our sense of who we are matures. We cast aside the characteristics, attitudes and beliefs of the tribe and of those around us. In short, the ego emerges. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060501_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060501_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week I found myself asking a question out loud that I usually try to keep to myself. You know the one - it's one that only old people are supposed to ask. Where do the time go? There it was - out there and there was no taking it back. Of course, no-one took any notice of it or the unfair significance I had attributed to it. And so to exorcise my little demon, I'll ask it again. Where does the time go? http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060424_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060424_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 The First Chakra grounds us and gives us our initial sense of identity. The energy of this chakra is that of the traditions and beliefs that come to us from our tribe or our culture. But at a certain point we begin to question the tribe's authority and what we have been taught. Just because it's right for them doesn't mean it's right me. Such reasoning marks the movement into the realm of the Second Chakra. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060424_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060424_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 In rural communities, each season brings its own set of jobs. And now that we're in the throes of spring, I have had to quickly get to grips one of the most challenging jobs of my life - shearing sheep. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060417_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060417_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 We set off on our exploration of the chakras with the logical starting point - the First Chakra. It is equally the starting point for each of us in our journey to becoming conscious. This is where we become members of the tribe. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060417_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060417_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Spring has most certainly sprung in my part of the world. Asturias is known as the Costa Verde - the Green Coast. And this is the time of year when the winter rains give way to glorious sunshine. It's also when one's focus shifts from the home to the land. All around you see people preparing their gardens and tending their pastures. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060410_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060410_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Let's get one thing straight from the beginning. We - you and I - are energetic beings. Our thoughts are energy. Our emotions are energy. Our memories are energy. Our attitudes are energy. Our beliefs are energy. Our dreams are energy. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060410_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060410_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 As some of you know, I split my time between the bright lights and hurly-burly of Central London and the peace and tranquillity of a small village in a rural part of northern Spain. Those of you familiar with Spain will know that Asturias is a province of outstanding beauty, giving the Alps of Austria and Switzerland a run for their money, home to Celtic legends and rituals where magic is practised regularly and quite openly. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060403_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060403_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This week I came across a very interesting article about the latest research in what is referred to as sick building syndrome (SBS). SBS is used to describe a situation in which people experience acute symptoms of ill health that appear to be linked to spending time in a particular building. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060403_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060403_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 It's hot sunny day in Brighton. A man strolling along the pier stops at the booth with the colourful hand-painted sign reading "Fortunes Told Here". In London, a woman ducks into a shop with a crystal ball in the window to enquire about when she could get a reading. To the east in the heart of Essex, several members of a family attend spiritualist church hoping that the medium will turn to them during the service. And finally up north in Edinburgh, a student logs on to his computer and books a reading on line and then reaches for his phone. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060327_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060327_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 It's not Hallowe'en and yet all the buzz this past week has been on haunted houses. I guess I first noticed this development a few weeks ago when it was reported that property values have been purportedly affected by the proximity of homes in which paranormal activity takes place. Perhaps owners' first instincts to invite television crews into their homes to investigate things that go bump in the night has had an unintended knock-on effect. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060306_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060306_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This week's mailbag offered a poignant letter from a young girl from the American State of Louisiana. Annie (of course not her real name) introduced herself with a loving description of her town, perhaps more properly termed a village. She painted a picture of a place where it sounds like the past is at home with the present and where belief in spirits is a given, although apparently not all that openly discussed. But Annie wrote with a confession of sorts and a question. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060227_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060227_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This past week I came across a front-page article about a medium who has been contacted by an 18th century poet - not just any poet but arguably the most famous of English romantic poetry. The medium, it is claimed, met the dead poet during a simple meditative session. And in their second session, he announced that he was back to collaborate with her to write a book, which had been her lifelong dream. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060220_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060220_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 In case you'd forgotten, here's a timely reminder: it's Valentine's Day on Tuesday. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060213_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060213_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 The shops are decked out in red. Cherubs and cut-out hearts dangle from store ceilings. And high-street windows are full of chocolates. That can only mean one thing - it's Valentine's Day. Or rather, it will be in a few short days. So whether you are in a relationship or flying solo it's hard right now not to find yourself contemplating matters of the heart. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060206_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060206_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 It's the ultimate must-have! Is it an iPod? No. Could it be an Xbox or a PS3? You're getting colder. How about pre-release tickets to Superman Returns? Please. Okay, I'll just put you out of your misery. No, according to major British newspaper Sunday Express the definitive 2006 lifestyle accessory is having your own psychic! http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060130_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20060130_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 It didn't happen overnight and most in the field would say that it's centuries overdue. But there's been a quiet revolution taking place since the 1990's. I guess things really took off with the American television programmes Charmed and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. These series clearly struck a chord, gaining massive cult followings and popularising witches, magic, spells and, of course, ghosts. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20051107_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20051107_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 As a medical intuitive, one of my goals is help people get in touch with what their bodies are trying to tell them. I'm forever saying, "Your body is talking to you. The challenge is for you to listen." http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20051020_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20051020_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Last week a friend of mine rang in quite a state. You see, he'd been seeing this woman for well over a year and he'd finally decided to pop the question. A lot of arrangements had to be made as he was going to get down on one knee after whisking her away for a surprise weekend on a romantic island in the Caribbean. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20051003_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20051003_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 If you know me or have read about my background, then you'll know I've not always been a full-time psychic. While I always felt something there, I also knew that there were other things I needed to do before hanging out my shingle. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050815_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050815_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 I've been giving readings and offering intuitive insights for - well, for longer than I now care to admit. It's what I do. It's what I love. And it's something that people who come to me find helpful. I feel quite confident in saying this because they keep coming back and because each day I read for new people. This might sound like I'm going to indulge in some serious self-adulation, but bear with me, please. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050726_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050726_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Over the years I have witnessed some pretty amazing events that have broken every law of conventional medicine, not to mention physics. I have observed spiritual healing cure people from supposed life-threatening illnesses literally in an instant and I have seen spirit forces levitate objects (without any human assistance or intervention). I have also listened to words of wisdom from disincarnate spirit guides. All of these things fly in the face of conventional wisdom and traditional spirituality. As such, I have come to the conclusion that: http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050726_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050726_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Last week I had the reading that psychics live for. My client was a woman from America who was a successful corporate executive looking for guidance in light of some recent events she considered substantial setbacks. The reading started out just like any other, but then it changed quickly and dramatically when I linked with her great aunt who passed to spirit when my client was at university. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050620_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050620_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 In my work as an intuitive, I recently encountered a woman who, at the early age of thirty-eight, had already suffered from (and conquered!) three types of cancer. As she put it, it seemed as though no sooner would she complete treatment for one form than she would be diagnosed with another. And although she came to me for any insights I could offer, she understandably arrived with anger and contempt for everything - and almost everyone. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050620_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050620_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 When people come to me for readings, they want to know where they are going, what's next or whether their dream is just around the corner. My job, as I see it, is not only assessing the past and present to predict what is likely to happen in the future, but to offer specific and practical advice on how to arrive at my client's desired destination. This week I'd like to share with all of you an extremely simple, yet one of the most powerful tools you can use to create the outcome, the reality you want. It's called Visualisation. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050613_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050613_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Not so long ago, I decided to take a break from London life. This city mouse packed his bags and moved to rural Spain. My mission? To learn about village life and experience what I thought must be a simpler way of life. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050613_ib.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050613_ib.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 I would like to begin with a BIG thank you for all your emails of support this week! http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050606_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050606_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 When I launched PsychicBridges, I began working with clients from all over the world and with whom I had never spoken. Even though I had been giving readings for over two decades, I must admit that I wasn't sure how successful it would be over the internet. As PsychicBridges approaches its second anniversary, I have taken the opportunity to make a few observations. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050530_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050530_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 I don't know if you've noticed this as well, but there has definitely been a resurgence of interest in psychics and communication with the spirit world of late. All my non-psychic friends seem to be busy either having past lives regressed or lost ones contacted. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050207_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20050207_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 An old friend of mine came over for dinner the other night. As a successful psychologist here in London, Susan inherently understands the dynamics of readings - people searching for insights and guidance. And we've often drawn parallels between our professions. The psychologist and the psychic are not as far apart as you might initially think. The similarities can be counted. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20040902_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20040902_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Some of my friends wouldn't dream of going for a psychic reading. I teasingly call them the psychic-phobics. They are die-hard sceptics, who, while being fully supportive of me personally, consider anything that they cannot explain away as but a mere conjurer's trick. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20040825_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20040825_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 To Londoners, Belgravia conjures images of the rich and famous, fashionable shops and stylish hotels - not to mention those types of businesses that take exclusivity to such an extreme that you have to ring a bell before you are allowed to enter. And so when I passed a block of just such businesses how surprised I was to read one sign in particular - Psychic, Palmistry and Tarot Readings. Right there unashamedly sandwiched between accountants and solicitors. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20040818_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20040818_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 The other evening I attended a performance by the Bolshoi Ballet at the Royal Opera House here in London. Afterwards, my friends and I hunkered down in Cafe des Amis - a local watering hole for a post-performance critique and chat. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20040809_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20040809_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 The other day I caught up with an old friend. She and I always have a brilliant time discussing spiritual topics and the local psychic goings-on. And yet we are able to meet up only about once every other month. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20040531_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20040531_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 Each morning I take a bus that makes its way through Central London. And although I'm naturally an early riser, I always seem to occupy myself with this or that until it's smack in the middle of rush hour. As a result, the bus is inevitably heaving. In fact, I often have to wait for at least two buses to pass before I can squeeze on. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20040524_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20040524_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 In the everyday hustle and bustle it is easy to fall into a trap of limitations. It is easy to forget that there is more to life than meets the eye. It is easy to think that if you cannot see it then it does not exist. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20040329_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20040329_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100 This is one of the most frequently asked questions in my readings. And of course, we have all wondered from time to time when, and in fact whether, we will ever find the magic combination that brings us all that we have been searching and toiling for. http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20040322_pb.php http://www.alanbridges.com/index.php?p=articles/20040322_pb.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:55 +0100