Hi <<First Name>>,
October 2020
Well hello there my friend, its JE and its sure been a while since I have written a newsletter/novel and I feel like it’s time I connect with you and share what I’ve been up to and what’s coming up!
So, I joined TikTok - my handle is @psychicmediumje and would love for you to follow me there! Please be aware that there are tons of fake accounts with my face and name, and you don’t want to follow them (this goes for Twitter, Facebook and Instagram as well). Like all my social media accounts, on TIKTOK I have a blue verified check mark. Please be aware that my office is constantly fielding notices of people that are posing as me and pretending to be me to get you to respond to them. IF there is NO blue CHECK next to my name – it is not me asking you to DM me on IG or FB. Please be aware. I would never slide into your DM’s offering you a reading, it’s not my style. Anything I do, whether it be private readings, Zoom groups, or live events - just go to johnedward.net - it’s my official website. But come on over to TIKTOK as I am doing lives there where I connect with people watching, do readings and answer questions.
I am also going back on tour doing live events (for now around the USA but hopefully soon around the world again- Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, UK, South Africa and New Zealand I’M LOOKING AT YOU). I have enjoyed ZOOMING with many of you and I will continue to do so. I will be adding Virtual Events into my schedule permanently. You can find a list of my live and virtual events by clicking here.
I am making some changes while on tour. The VIP tickets for live events now offer more than they did before. It used to be that you got the after event JUST FIVE MORE which included a Q&A session and the meet and greet photo with me. With Covid, and keeping people safe, the photo is off the table for the time being. So, I wanted to figure out what I could do to make the VIP experience special and exciting…here’s what I came up with…
When you buy the VIP live event tix you will get:
- Regular event ticket
- One year of Evolve membership (Click here for member benefits)
- JUST 5 More – the after event Q&A
- NEWLY ADDED - An additional live 75-minute ZOOM event with Q &A and readings in the months following the live event
I thought that would be way better than just a photo, after all you know what I look like lol.
There are only a few live events happening at the end of October and into the start of November but keep checking JohnEdward.net/events for updates as new events are being added each week for 2022. There are mask/vaccine requirements for all live events.
Happy Birthday to ME!
October is my birthday month and I cannot believe that I am turning 52, it seems like just yesterday I was driving on the road with Katrina and got my own age wrong. I thought I was turning 44 and she asked me to redo the math in my head. I did and exclaimed that I was turning FORTY ALMOST FIVE!!!! That became a running joke… and I blinked and now its FIFTY ALMOST TWO. I never do this… but this year I am asking for a birthday gift. I know exactly what I want. It is you (EASY THERE - not in a creepy way, relax). I want the gift of a healthy and safe YOU. A you that is thriving and evolving and one that errs on the side of humanity. A you that is part of the Evolve community and I look forward to seeing your smiling eyes in person and one of the live events.
EVOLVE
Thank you to all the Evolve members who have been with me since I launched EVOLVE (my online subscription-based community – which also launched on my birthday in 2011, formerly known as The Five.) If you are not a member or want to rejoin, please click here
IT'S TURNING 10 this year – come join the celebration.
Over the last 2 years, we increased the amount of free tickets we gave to our members for our zoom events to help bolster a feeling of community during the pandemic. I hope if you were one of them it made you smile. We would also like to know from you how the EVOLVE community has helped you so we can include it on a future episode celebrating 10 years of EVOLVE.
As I sat down to write this newsletter, my mind is all over the place and I have so much to say and didn’t know where to start. If you are in the UK/ Australia maybe grab a cuppa, and some biscuits…. If you are in Canada some Tim Hortons? And here in the USA… any old cookie will do… or as you will read later, maybe a carrot stick for me.
Did I mention that this is my birthday? I have to keep reminding myself. It’s crazy. It feels like Just yesterday I was beginning my psychic evolution at 15, and now the numbers are inverted 51!!!! Time is interesting. It’s a consistent presence in our lives, a driving force and task master whether we want it or not. It flows with such precision and is a commodity that we can’t ever get back when lost or squandered. I have been acutely aware of this since my mom’s passing in 1989. The moments in our lives that mark dates, makes time stand still, whether good or bad, are moments that can define us, shift us, and hopefully, make us more appreciative.
Covid Birthday part 2
This is my second birthday that I am having during a historic global pandemic. I will now refer to the global pandemic as GLOPA. GLOPA is a monstrous a#%hole. I said what I said. It has ravaged the world and caused senseless loss. I am sure that you have also been affected on some level from this pandemic, whether loss of personal freedoms, financially or actual loved ones. My condolences to all who have lost a loved someone. I have had a few personal losses, with one that has kind of rocked my world a bit, and I will one day discuss it with you, but I am not there yet.
EMOTIONS
Being a psychic-medium forces you to examine your emotions and feelings so you know what you are thinking and feeling as opposed to what you are receiving and feeling. Sometimes an objective person in my life will assist me in exploring what I am experiencing. That just happened. Time to get a wee bit personal. I just had to go for a routine colonoscopy, (all good just preventative) but in this new Covid paradigm we are now living in, it adds another irritating layer (additional testing for safety protocols) to the process and that complicates and frustrates me a bit. (I am human)
I am sure you too don’t like wearing masks or being tested to do routine things like go to a doctor’s office, travel or whatever, but we must do what we must in order to progress forward and keep our fellow humans safe. (humanity first for me always.)
This may surprise some, I am not an antivaxxer, but I choose NOT to get the flu shot every year. This dates back to my days of working in the hospital where they forced you to get it every year, and every year I got sick. I know all the science behind how it’s impossible to get the flu from the shot – but every year, I got sick days after I got it. So, when I left the hospital, I decided that I didn’t want to get the shot every year and haven’t since.
If someone works in healthcare, I think it must be mandated to get the flu shot, or the Covid vaccine and boosters… PERIOD! Anyone who doesn’t want to, of course that is their choice, but please stay off social media. I am so tired of seeing the dramatic over-the-top videos of last year we were heroes, this year unemployed narrative. The oppression is not real. The job is to literally stop infection and spread of all infectious diseases. PPE, gowning up, masking goggles for patients who had MRSA, or a Staph infection, TB, all go with the territory. Been there – DOFF that. (inside health care humor :0 ) …. It’s, just SCIENCE! I wouldn’t want anyone operating on me without a mask, gloves, sterilized equipment and room either. But I digress.
With that flu shot logic in mind, and with the relative fast pace they created the Covid Vaccines, many around me thought I was going to refuse to get the Covid Vaccination. Guess what? I ran to get it the moment I was eligible. I didn’t get the one that I wanted, I wanted the MRNA (Pfizer or Moderna) but had to settle for the one-shot J&J.
Sandra and I went to the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan at 2am. She had to wait a few more weeks for her shot slot, as she likes to remind me, I am older. Standing online, my anxiety kicked in and I went through all the years of getting the flu shot and getting sick. I thought about reactions, potential side effects and felt my mind’s voice acting up almost taunting me to abandon my spot and say I would wait.
Then I thought about the opportunity in front of me. The ability to keep myself safe and healthy for my family, my elder in-laws and extended family, and my fellow humans out there. I decided I didn’t want to be a vector for this virus. I got it. I am so happy I did. I felt immense relief and gratitude. No reaction - just peace of mind. Now, I will stalk the epidemiologists and the peer reviewed data for when I can get a booster J As this virus will be something we will need to live with until eradicated on some level. When the my rights/oppressed people are cajoled into being healthy.
Personally, and professionally I don’t feel comfortable telling anyone to GET THE JAB! Or Go GET VAXXED! As I don’t like telling my clients what they should do. I feel like my job is to inspire and help provide insights for people to make informed decisions. My entire family is vaccinated, and I was so happy Olivia was able to be protected as well at age 14. You have to do what you feel is right for you and your family, I am being open and honest about what I did for myself and what was right for my family. But I do like to lead by example. (hint hint)
When I was a guest on the Maria Menounos podcast Better Together, I want to say around May 2020 - She asked me what I saw for Covid. I told her I saw us doing some iteration of mitigation measures well into 2022. What I want to share now is something I find disturbing and one of the main reasons I want to keep people safe. My guides have shown me that Covid is not something that is one and done. If you get it and you are asymptomatic, or have it and recover, the fact that the virus is in your body, in your cells… there may be a part 2 …. YES….. but years later.
We are hearing about the covid long haulers who have permanent damage. I don’t mean that. I see it more like if you had chicken pox as a kid as an adult years later that virus can deliver SHINGLES. I have been telling my clients that had it to always mention to their doctors/providers that they tested positive. I think the best parallel example I can give yu would be like SHINGLES… There will be a chicken pox/Shingles themed variation in some way. I have nicknamed it COVINGLES for now – but 10, 20 years from now… It will be a thing.
So, while, I am not one to get a flu shot every year, I ran for the Covid one. (this virus commands respect and if more people KNEW what havoc it wreaks on your body, they would not be anti- Vax/anti mask. Don’t believe me…. Ask a respiratory therapist, critical care doctor, RN etc. or anyone who watched their loved one succumb to it.)
Back to my colon-oh-my-story
While preparing for the tests and knowing that Mercury was retrograde (we must always REVIEW- double and triple check everything) I happened to log onto my online medical e-chart for upcoming test appointment details to make sure that there was not anything that I didn’t miss. As I am perusing my e-Chart it says new message. I clicked on it and it said that I had an allergic reaction to codeine in 6th grade, that my family had a history of hematomachrosis, and wait for it…I’m OVERWEIGHT.
Overweight?!? This friggin screen was screaming at me with disco music and lights blaring energy… and I let out a stream of expletives at my desk. All I could think about were the actual health care professionals who were indeed overweight and had the audacity to type those words into my chart. I tried to laugh it off. I couldn’t. Some of you remember the fat-shaming incident from Sydney, Australia a few years back- when Katrina looked at me to ask “Are sure you want a double scoop?”
YES! If I am committed to eating ice cream of COURSE I want the double scoop!!! What the hell kind of rhetorical question is that????
I recorded the screen with my commentary. I just looked to see if I still had it, but I don’t – otherwise I would give you a laugh. I texted it to Sandra, Katrina, and to my good friend Jo Frost (aka The Supernanny.) Sandra and Katrina laughed it off in text, but Jo Frost called me.
JO: “Can I ask you a question?”
JE: “Sure!”
JO: “Are you angry? Or are you hurt?”
JE: (Silence)
BAM! She nailed it. I was indeed angry because my medical background kicked in and all I can think about was what if a person who had an eating disorder saw that? It could trigger an unhealthy response. But it DID also hurt my feelings.
Can I afford to shed a few poundaroonies? YES! Am I overweight? NO!
Now is that what I believe to be true or what I know? More on that later.
But it was the feeling/reaction of being challenged, hurt and offended that I was experiencing. This got me to thinking about all the angry outbursts that we are seeing in our world, on planes, airports, supermarkets, department stores, and on social media.
WHY are people so angry? Why do they feel challenged? Oppressed? Is it causing them to reevaluate their stances in life? Maybe they too are hurt? I share this just as an exercise to add this lens to events in your life when triggered. If we find the impetus for it, the trigger, and the true feeling… we may better understand our reactions. This pandemic has created pent up anger, frustration, and targets for it have become the healthcare communities, grocer, board of education, etc. I think we can all agree to just be kind.
All of these emotions that people are conflating in our lives are causing outbursts, arguments, and some enormous division. Where does that come from? Divisive disinformation intentionally creating an US vs THEM mentality. But life is not a football match? Humanity is not about teams. WE have a lot to learn and navigate soon. We can only be responsible for our thoughts and choices. If someone gets you all riled up on the news, and you take action… you are accountable for those actions, not the person who revved you up. Be careful of where you are getting your information from and what their intention is.
When it comes to the vaccine – stick with scientists, epidemiologists, virologists, and immunologists that don’t have any other agendas. (Unfortunately, the landscape of politics has bled into science and health care over the last 5 years. Politicians didn’t major in and clearly don’t understand science, they have bent it to their will; News Channels want the ratings, so they create the pro/con arguments and ultimately as a result… 700K dead in the US alone.)
With the lines of everything blurred into this team duality, we need to really understand the peer reviewed data, results and not the memes on Facebook, YouTube, podcasts, etc. Their goal is to make money. I want your goal to be informed. This is legitimately what I do. If I am talking to someone in the health care field, I will just poke around asking a few questions, and if I hear things that are parroted points of Fox news, or OANN, Joe Rogan, Facebook, etc. I seek insights elsewhere as in my opinion (of which I am stating it as an opinion not fact) they are part of a problem of disseminating opinions as fact.
And as I just checked twitter- there’s a political person (not from NYC) from another state, complaining about her rights being assaulted because she had to show her vaccine card and license. Conflating public health and politics for her own platform. Shame on her.
Bottom line: Be safe. #RespectTheVirus #humanity
MISS Information
Misinformed people make misinformed decisions. Disinformation is what I am attributing much of what is happening in our lives. If you are paying attention to the people in your own lives you will see it first-hand. Just listen long enough and they may say things that contradict what you KNOW.
There is a huge difference between what you KNOW and what someone BELIEVES. I first addressed these two words in my world about 30 years ago at a group on Long Island discussing what I know... (There is an afterlife and we can communicate with them) (KNOWING) and BELIEFS – Assigning a trust and truth to what we THINK may be real and choose to believe. FAITH/GOD/REGLION
I was raised Christian (Roman Catholic). My belief in God is unwavering, because I have assigned a truth to divinity in life due to the knowledge, I have acquired through being taught (indoctrinated) and feel (thru years of working with energy) psychically. But I can’t and NOBODY can prove GOD exists. We collectively choose culturally to believe in some sort of Divine Power.
Am I talking to Jesus? No. Am I channeling Angels and Saints? No. I have an assumption based on my knowledge. I have deduced and assigned a belief that is the truth I live by. (rethinking my food choices now thinking about my chart J)
It is what I did with Astrology. I didn’t just blindly believe in astrology because I am a card-carrying psychic. I needed evidential data to be shown to me… validation and a lot of it.
Studying it, taking classes about it, listening to astrologers’ lecture to me about it didn’t convince me. I also didn’t have a confirmation bias of looking for what the planets in motion meant, I needed reality, data or something measurable. I got many of these very early on in my development and spiritual journey.
In a previous newsletter I introduced you to MISS SPELLING. She is the archetype of the grammar police, the word warden, the… well, you get it. The person who has their red pen and just needs to point out how smart they are and will pounce on your grammar, punctuation, communication, whether in print or online to show you just how wrong you are and how right they are in the vain of “helping.”
Well, her evil older sister is MISS INFORMATION. She is only willing and able to cause chaos and sow confusion. Sometimes there is a malignant intention, and others it’s just that they are a pantomath. ((fun fact – I had no idea what that word meant but came across it and wanted to use it. J It means a person who wants to know everything or knows everything))
The reality is less like being a pantomath and more of the Dunning-Kruger Effect where people have a cognitive bias in thinking they are more capable or knowledgeable than they actually are. The Dunning-Kruger Effect seems to be prolific over the last 5-6 years. Just think about all the holiday conversations, break room chats, where someone was spouting nonsensical data with the confidence that they actually did the double-blind research to actually back it up. Newsflash: They didn’t!
The amount of misinformation and disinformation that is circulating from memes, Social media, etc. well it has fractured the whole world into multiple facets of the same diamond.
And don’t even get me started on the BS psychics doing live readings on TIKTOK!!! (but I digress… and will again)
WHY NEWS NOVEL NOW?
It’s been a bit. I’ve been in hiding for most of the pandemic. Evolve is turning 10. I am headed out on the road for the first time in 18 months. I hope to see you there. I want people to be safe and healthy. Evolve has always been a lighthouse for folks, and its way bigger than me as a person. If we as a community can come together to keep each other safe maybe it ripples out to others in the same way?
Back to the Beliefs/Knowing thought. I don’t want anyone to fight, argue or martyr themselves for their beliefs I want them to KNOW factual information to protect themselves and their families. I am writing this on the 60th birthday of a friend that succumbed to this virus for many of the reasons I wrote about in this newsletter. I can’t call him and tease him and call him old man. I can’t celebrate over 25 years of friendship. I am grieving the loss of that friendship on many levels… his death being the ultimate. Even me, sitting here typing this truly cannot believe he is gone. I hope one day to hear from him. I hope I allow it. This is my happy birthday acknowledgement.
Just be safe out there guys. Protect yourself from those who won’t protect themselves. Know I am thinking about you and we are all just a thread in the tapestry of life… and now I am relogging into my Weight Watcher’s APP. (fruit is NO POINTS!!!!)
JE
For a list of ongoing virtual events go to www.johnedward.net/events
LIVE TOUR DATES
October 27th - Nashua, NH
October 28th - Providence, RI
October 29th - Boston, MA
October 31st - Albany, NY
November 4th - St. Louis, MO
November 5th - Kansas City/Lenexa, KS
November 6th - Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
November 7th - Denver, CO
January 13th - Sacramento, CA
January 14th - San Francisco, CA
January 16th - Santa Rosa, CA
January 23rd - Phoenix, AZ
January 26th - Staten Island, NY
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