Doubt, Identity, and Finding Your Way in Mediumship
- Hannah Macintyre
- Dec 26, 2025
- 3 min read
Mediumship Matters Podcast — Season 1, Episode 6
One of the most challenging parts of mediumship and spiritual development isn’t learning techniques — it’s learning how to live with doubt, difference, and personal truth.
In this episode of Mediumship Matters, I answer listener questions about family reactions, scepticism, spiritual beginnings, and ethical boundaries. We explore what it means to develop privately, how to honour your beliefs without forcing them onto others, and why questioning yourself is often a sign of integrity rather than weakness.
This episode is especially relevant if you’ve ever felt unsure about where you fit, hesitant to speak openly about your beliefs, or caught between curiosity and scepticism.
Spiritual Development Often Begins Privately
Not everyone comes from a spiritual family or environment.
In this episode, I talk about how my own development unfolded quietly at first — not because I was ashamed, but because I needed space to explore without external pressure or expectation. That privacy allowed me to integrate experiences, build trust with spirit, and grow without needing validation.
For many people, this quiet beginning is a gift.
You Don’t Have to Convince Anyone
A recurring theme in this episode is permission.
You don’t need your family, friends, or partner to fully understand your beliefs in order for them to be valid. Spiritual development isn’t about persuasion. It’s about authenticity.
Allowing others to believe what they believe — while honouring your own truth — creates far more harmony than trying to bring everyone with you.
Doubt and Scepticism Are Not Failures
One of the most important points I share is this: scepticism doesn’t disqualify you from mediumship.
Many thoughtful, ethical mediums question their experiences regularly. Doubt keeps you grounded. It encourages discernment, evidence, and humility. The aim isn’t to eliminate doubt, but to stop it from becoming paralysing.
Confidence in mediumship grows through experience, not certainty.
Where to Begin Your Spiritual Journey
There is no single path into spiritual development.
In this episode, I explain why following curiosity — what excites you, lights you up, or fills you with wonder — is often a better guide than trying to follow a prescribed process. Books, cards, circles, meditation, and quiet connection all have value, depending on the individual.
What matters most is regular, gentle connection rather than intensity.
Ethics, Boundaries, and Responsibility
This episode also addresses ethical concerns around readings, prediction, and consent.
Mediumship is not about intruding into other people’s lives or offering certainty about the future. It’s about working respectfully with energy, honouring free will, and empowering people rather than disempowering them.
Questioning teaching, methods, and motives is healthy. Integrity matters more than popularity.
Readiness Matters in Spirit Communication
A powerful part of this episode explores readiness — particularly around grief and spirit communication.
Loved ones in spirit are not restricted by time. What matters is whether we are ready to hear from them. Spirit communication happens in ways that protect healing, not rush it.
Trusting that process can be difficult, but it is deeply compassionate.
About This Episode
In this episode of Mediumship Matters, I explore:
Navigating family reactions to spiritual development
Why development often begins privately
Doubt, scepticism, and integrity in mediumship
How to begin your spiritual journey without pressure
The role of circles and shared energy
Ethics, consent, and free will in readings
Why readiness matters in spirit communication
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If You’re Finding Your Own Way
If this episode resonates, you may find reassurance in the Start Here: New to Mediumship guide or Is Mediumship Real, or Am I Imagining This? Both offer grounding and clarity for those exploring thoughtfully.
You’re also welcome to explore The Gateway, my online school for structured spiritual development, or Spirit Social, a community space for discussion without pressure or dogma.
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