My Journey Into Healing
My own healing journey began in 2017 when I entered recovery from addiction. For much of my life, I felt like I was on the outside looking in, searching for my purpose. During my years of addiction, I witnessed a depth of sadness and trauma in the world that I might not have otherwise known. While those days were painful, I now see them as necessary steps toward uncovering my true calling.
My father also struggled with addiction, and his last words to me before he passed on in 2014 were, “I should’ve known better when I was 30.” I was 29 at the time, and those words struck me deeply. Still, I had more lessons to learn before I was ready to step into recovery a few years later. In December of 2019, I had a profound spiritual experience. In a vision through my mind’s eye, I was met by my father’s spirit at what I can only describe as the gates of heaven. He walked me down a stone path, showing me moments from my life that prepared me for this journey of self-healing and service. In that sacred moment, he revealed that my purpose in this lifetime was to help others through energy healing.
From then on, I began receiving guidance from him about energy, healing, and how to raise my vibrational frequency. In early 2022, I took a leap of faith and left the corporate world to follow this calling. Within days, I was led to my Reiki master, who initiated me further into this path. Since then, I’ve had the honor of collaborating with others in the Rochester spiritual community, fostering connection and healing.
The Emergence of Mediumship
As my healing continued, I also began receiving messages from my loved ones in Spirit. One of the first was from my grandfather, who came through with a message for my mother. These experiences opened my awareness to the truth that our loved ones continue to guide and love us from beyond.
The catalyst for fully embracing my mediumship came through a profound moment with my late aunt. While at the park one day, I was telling a friend that I wanted to connect my cousin with a medium I had once seen, so she could hear from her mom — my aunt. My friend gently pointed out, “Well you could do that, but Ben, you are the medium.” A lightbulb went off, and all the experiences of getting messages here and there, started to make sense. I realized that before I could help my cousin, I needed to heal my own relationship with my aunt.
In that very moment, I felt my aunt’s presence. She said to me, “I'm here, tell me what we need to heal.” I spoke with honesty, sharing that most of my memories of her were being yelled at as a child, and that I had carried resentment toward her my whole life. She responded with deep compassion, apologizing that she had not been able to show me the love I needed. Then she surrounded me with the most beautiful, unconditional loving energy, saying, “Here’s all the love I couldn’t give you then.”
That experience transformed me. It showed me that healing is possible even after our loved ones pass away, and that mediumship is not just about receiving messages — it is about reconciliation, understanding, and love. Since then, I have embraced mediumship as part of my calling, helping others find peace, insight, and healing through connections with Spirit.
My hope is that through this work, you too can experience the healing, guidance, and love that Spirit so generously offers.
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