Evidential Medium, Author & Spiritual Teacher
Spirit Guides Made Simple is an Amazon bestselling guide by evidential medium Hannah Macintyre, and the third book in the Mediumship Matters Mini Guides. It explains who spirit guides are, how they communicate with you, and how to build a real, everyday relationship with them, without the fluffy nonsense.
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What if your guide is just Dave in a tracksuit?
If you’ve ever sat in a spirit guide circle, you’ve probably played Spirit Guide Top Trumps. Somebody’s guide is a monk, so somebody else’s is the head of the monastery. Your guide is an angel? Theirs is an archangel. And nobody wants to be the person who pipes up with, “Mine’s just Dave in a tracksuit.”
We have a very fixed idea of what a spiritual being is supposed to look like, and it gets in our way.
This book takes the pressure off. It doesn’t matter whether your guide is a monk, a fox, a ball of light or nothing at all. What matters is the love and guidance they bring. And as Hannah puts it, “You genuinely can’t get this wrong.”
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What This Book Is About
So many people come to spiritual development wanting to connect with loved ones in spirit. But Hannah believes spirit guides are a massive source of untapped potential, and often the first doorway into this work. They were for her. Everything she is today, she says, she owes to them.
Spirit Guides Made Simple explains what spirit guides are, why they appear the way they do, and how their communication comes through your own mind, voice and language. It covers why their love comes first, how to tell your guides from your own thoughts, why they won’t tell you what to do, and how to build an easy, everyday relationship with them that works in real life, not just in meditation.
Hannah also shares her own winding journey: from a team of five named guides, to a fox that sat on her lap, to no form at all. And she shares how her understanding of who our guides really are has changed along the way.
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What You Will Learn
Inside this book, you will discover:
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Who spirit guides are, and why how they look matters far less than what they bring
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Why your guide might appear as a monk one day and a kitten the next
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Hannah’s view that your guides may be your own higher self, and why that’s empowering rather than disappointing
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Where angels, ascended masters and loved ones fit in
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Why guidance usually arrives in your own voice, through feelings, words, images and even memes
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How to tell whether it’s you or your guides, and Hannah’s six-month agreement that changed everything
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Why your guides won’t tell you what to do, and what to do when they go quiet
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Everyday ways to connect: word of the day, colours, oracle cards, channelled writing, signs and the object game
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How guide work differs from evidential mediumship, and how to read someone else’s guides
A Simpler Way to Understand Spirit Guides
Hannah is passionate about one thing above all: understanding how and why this work happens is fundamental to your results with it. Without that foundation, many people get stuck. They strain to see a figure that never comes, wait for a voice that doesn’t sound like their own, or decide their guides have abandoned them because they’ve gone quiet.
When you understand how guide communication actually works, the pressure lifts:
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you’re perceiving an energy, and your own mind builds the picture
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guidance comes through your vocabulary, so it will sound like you
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the form a guide takes is part of the message
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your guides believe in you, but the choices are yours
It’s warm, funny and refreshingly honest. As Hannah says in the foreword: “I’m not the kind of teacher who says ‘love and light’ after every sentence.”
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Who This Book Is For
Spirit Guides Made Simple is ideal if you:
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Want to connect with your spirit guides but don’t know where to start
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Have tried guided meditations and never “seen” anything
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Worry your guide just sounds like you, so it must be your imagination
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Feel you should be getting clearer messages, or bigger ones
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Have been told you need rituals, crystals or the right incense to connect
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Want a practical, everyday relationship with your guides, not just a once-a-month meditation
You don’t need any prior experience to begin.
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What Is Spirit Guides Made Simple About?
Spirit Guides Made Simple by Hannah Macintyre is Book 3 of the Mediumship Matters Mini Guides, a series of short, practical books on spiritual and mediumship development. It explains who spirit guides are, why they appear in different forms, and how guidance is perceived through your own mind and language. It covers telling your guides from your own thoughts, building an everyday relationship with them, practical exercises such as word of the day, oracle cards, channelled writing and asking for signs, and how guide work differs from evidential mediumship. Written in Hannah’s honest, humorous and down-to-earth style, it’s designed for beginners and developing mediums who want a grounded, realistic relationship with their guides.
About Hannah
Hi, I’m Hannah Macintyre — evidential medium, Amazon bestselling author, podcast host, and spiritual mentor. For over a decade, I’ve been supporting people to explore their sensitivity and connection with Spirit in a grounded, accessible, and deeply human way.
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I don’t believe mediumship is reserved for a chosen few. I believe it is a natural capacity that many of us carry, often quietly, and that with the right understanding and encouragement, it can be developed with confidence.
My own journey was not instant or dramatic. Like many people, I doubted what I was receiving and assumed I needed certainty before I could trust it. What I learned is that mediumship is not about getting everything right. It is about listening, responding, and allowing communication with Spirit to unfold.
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My guides taught me, encouraged me and helped me learn to love myself. That’s why I want everyone to know theirs.
Book Details
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Title: Spirit Guides Made Simple
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Series: Mediumship Matters Mini Guides, Book 3
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Author: Hannah Macintyre
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Edition: Second edition, 2026
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Category: Spiritual Development / Spirit Guides
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Format: Paperback, Kindle, Audiobook
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Topics: Spirit guides, higher self, guide communication, signs from spirit, oracle cards, channelled writing, the five frequencies
Frequently Asked Questions About Spirit Guides
Who are spirit guides?
Spirit guides are the teacher and helper energies in the spirit world who support you through this life. They’re there to love you, encourage you and help you learn. They’re different from loved ones in spirit, although Hannah says a loved one can absolutely act as a guide too.
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Why can’t I see my spirit guide?
Many people never see their guides clearly, and that’s completely valid. You’re perceiving an energy, and your mind builds an image from it, if it builds one at all. Some people see a figure, some feel a presence, and some simply get a thought or a feeling. Hannah’s own guides now have no form at all.
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Why does my spirit guide sound like me?
Because guidance comes through you. Spirit don’t have voice boxes, so they work with your vocabulary, your references and your personality. If your guides are sarcastic or blunt, it doesn’t mean you’re making it up.
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Are spirit guides separate beings or part of us?
The traditional view is that guides are separate teacher energies. Hannah’s own view, which has changed over the years, is that our guides are our own soul, or higher self, teaching and encouraging us. She explores both in the book, and is clear that you don’t have to believe what she believes. Take what’s useful and leave the rest.
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Do I need to meditate or use rituals to connect with my guides?
No. Your guides are already with you. You don’t need sage, candles or a chant. A simple “Spirit guides, are you there?” is enough. Hannah’s favourite ways to connect happen during everyday life: walking the dog, chopping vegetables or sitting in the Tesco car park.
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Will my spirit guides tell me what to do?
Rarely. Your guides respect your free will. They’ll believe in you, cheer you on and help you get where you want to go, but the choices are yours. As Hannah found out the hard way, they’ll often wait for you to choose for yourself.
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Part of the Mediumship Matters Mini Guides
Spirit Guides Made Simple is Book 3 of the series.
Previous: Psychic Skills Made Simple
Next: Evidential Made Simple
See the full series
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Start Connecting With Your Guides
Your guides are already with you. They’ve been loving you and cheering you on the whole time.
Keep it casual. Chat to them while you’re making a cup of tea. Ask for a sign. Write it all down. And remember that you’re not annoying them, you’re not asking too much, and you’ll never bore them.
They love being invited in.
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