Charmaine Wilson, Spirit Medium
These are testimonials from people who've been to one of Charmain's shows or seminars. If you'd like to relate your story, feel free to send it in!
Testimonials
Zoey-B from Brisbane
Hi charmaine i attended one of your shows in Brisbane and purchased your book. Iam only 21 and feel my life has so far been spent paying for my past lives mistakes. I felt compelled to tell you how much i enjoyed reading your book, i cried from the pit of my stomach through a good majority of it, the overwhelming feeling of being able to relate to someone whom has experienced such hardship and pain made me feel normal. Something i've never really felt. I dont read nearly as much as i should but am very pleased i read yours. Thank you!"
Kristie from Wynum RSL
Hi Charmaine,
My name is Kristie & i was at your Wynnum Show. You read for me. My dad came though. He was the one who was murdered. I'm not sure i can fully express my gratitude for how much you helped me. Its been 10yrs now since my dad died & i really thought i had dealt with all the emotions, but when i realised it was him jumping in on that other poor ladies reading i became totally overwhelmed. I felt 16 all over again. You really helped me come to terms with how he died & you were spot on in saying its time to get past that fact. I saw someone's testimonial from your wynnum show & she referred to me in that & she's very right in saying that by the end you had me smiling. I walked out of there on cloud nine. Just knowing that he's around is the best feeling.
Thankyou so much for the inner peace that you have given me. You're doing a wonderful job in bringing many other people their own inner peace. You're a beautiful woman & i wish you all the happiness in the world.
Love, Light, Health & Happiness.
Kristie-Jaye xoxo
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Rach from Wynnum
Hi Charmaine,
Wow!! 40!! you look like not a day over 30. You look amazing, absolutely gorgeous. I attended your show at Wynnum on Sunday arvo and I just wanted to say thanks for a show and half. All the grief you have had to deal with and you still managed to do a terrific show, and gave the chosen people the messages they needed . I know everybody tells you; your so spot on etc etc. However i wanted you to know how great i thought the whole set up was. The dude that talked before the show and roses and especially the way you were with the people. I felt the whole gut wrenching sick feeling with that lady that had her dad murdered cos’ i too had my nan taken from me by her son in law. I felt for her so much and i had that ball in my throat but you did this amazing thing and you turned the energy around somehow and made her smile and not a blubbering idiot. You are so my hero. Im not very good with putting words on paper or screen for that matter but you truly are amazing. I wish i could of met you on the street ,at our spiritual church so I could catch up for no more than a coffee and chat with my hero. You are just so kool. I was disappointed you did not have any books. I really wanted to buy one. I so love your signature of the vest, and i love your necklace.
So i hope to catch up at your show at Mt. Gravatt.
Love Rach
Lina from Wynnum
Subject: Wynnum 14/12
Hi Charmaine,
You don't know me but I was on the audience yesterday at Wynnum. A friend took me to your show for Christmas, I had never heard of you or seen you on tv, the first glimpse of you was the poster at reception signing in! You didn't read me, which I don't believe was the main reason for me going, and i am not writing for a reply. I just wanted to thank you for getting up on that stage after your loss and helping the people you helped. I can appreciate how difficult that must be and even though I was not one of those you read, the validation I walked away with was just as important to me and I'm sure many others. There are not many ways to validate what it is you know when the external world is contrary to what you feel and people like you settle the minds of many with your honesty. I am looking at coming to one of your retreats, which is I feel why I was there yesterday and look forward to what I might learn about the nature of my own greif and it's purpose. Again I take my hat off to you for the courage of standing on that stage and thank you again for being a brave one!
Lina
Linda from Caloundra
Dear Charmaine,
My daughter,Donna and myself attended your show at the Events Centre in Caloundra on Thursday 18th September.As Donna has developed her own psychic abilities over recent years and is a keen crystal healer,I knew that she'd be very keen to see you after we had both enjoyed watching you and the other mediums on 'The One'.Congratulations on your win Charmaine and I hope that it brings with it the opportunities to help people who've lost loved ones,especially bereaved parents,gain comfort from being able to have contact with them in the spirit world I'm sure you'd enjoy exploring Donna and our lovely friend Ronnee's [also a very talented clairvoyant] wonderful website http://www.peacefulwillow.com/ of which Donna is the site manager.
Ronnee wrote to me about two years ago,telling me about my three spirit guides....one named Penelope ,says she was my Mother in a previous life and it was her that I spoke to before going to your show,asking if she would help connect me with my Dad who died on 7th October 1980. I was thrilled,but not too surprised,to be the second reading for the night,and to get a visit from my Dad as I'd felt a connection as soon as you'd walked out onto the stage.You were correct with my Dads initial 'A',my sister Jan who'd I moved closer to in June last year,and of course Mum's roof or guttering needing repair.You mentioned his always having a handkerchief in his pocket but didn't have one on him when he left us,so I'll make sure I put one with his ashes. I can remember my first easy lessons in ironing were......ironing Dad's handkerchiefs.
I don't know whether you'll remember asking me about Dad's connection with horses [but you said that it wasn't anything to do with him gambling or anything like that...Hahaha! ] and at the time I couldn't remember any significance, but later that evening when I visited my sister Jan to tell her about Dad's visit, I suddenly remembered what it would have been. My sister and I were both born in Mareeba in Nth Qld,then moved to Cairns until the age of ten,after which we moved to Brisbane. Dad was a electronics technician and had a shop in Mareeba and about once a month he and Mum used to go to the local racecourse so that Dad could do the broadcasting of the southern races and Mum tells me that her job was to get the recent totes from the southern states and run around to the bookies so that could change the odds.My Grandmother used to look after my sister and I while Mum and Dad went of to the racecourse.I just wanted to confirm your accuracy in this matter and also to thank you for confirming that the baby I miscarried at about 15wks was,indeed a son as I lost him between the births of my two beautiful daughters.
Thankyou for the wonderful opportunity of hearing from Dad and helping him wish me a Happy Birthday for the 14th September, that made my Birthday such a special one this year and Donna was so happy that her Poppy said a special hello to her. She told me later that she had actually felt his presence and had felt the urge to wave in your direction before you had actually connected him with me,and her husband,Jason had called out to Donna as we were leaving the house that night to "say hello to Alan for me"
You're a warm,funny,talented and caring lady and I wish you much happiness and success in what you do.
many thanks and best wishes
kindest regards
Linda W
Sharon from Springbrook Retreat
ahhhhhh Deb, feedback from the retreat, where do we start, Springbrook was the ideal place, so beautiful and serene,the food was scrumptious and plentiful,but best of all You Charmaine and Peter, were so warm and receptive and supportive , so giving of yourselves and your knowledge and all those who attended were friendly and open.Apart from ... Read Morelearning a lot , there was lots of laughter and hugs,and when there were tears, there were hugs all round ,I left the retreat feeling very calm and more at peace also with lots of email and facebook addys,lol, I look forward to seeing everyone again in April
Leisa from Kedron Wavell RSL
Good evening Charmaine
I attended your show at Kedron Wavell RSL on Sunday and my scepticism was quickly quahsed. What you did was nothing short of amazing... Great show!
All the best for the upcoming shows
Leisa
Robynne from Pine Rivers Bowls Club
Hi Charmaine
Thank you for your show tonight, even though I didn't get a reading, I enjoy watching you work, you are a truely wonderful person who gives so much to others, keep up the great work.
Regards
Robynne
Sandi from Kedron Wavell RSL
I was at Kedron-Wavell on Sunday. You read myself and my husband. Thankyou so much! The message I received from my Mother I knew I'd never get in life and didn't think I would ever get after her passing. This has changed my attitude completely. I always wondered why I always have self-esteem issues and I guess I now know from where it stems. ... Read moreYou are an amazing Lady with such a caring and giving soul. It is no wonder the spirits pick people like you to do their work and be their mouthpiece.
Love always,
Sandi
xoxox
Jenny from Sherwood
Dear Charmaine,
I emailed you when you were foremost in 'The One' TV series - I was impressed that you lived locally, near Brisbane, anyway...
The work you do with grieving people is truly special. But I've realised that those I grieve for haven't passed yet! (I've figured out that I've probably committed suicide previously, and as a result have the 'karma' to be separated from my loved ones? I guess it's also a part of modern life, with people being so mobile these days, and relationships breaking down.)
One of my best friends is also a medical intuitive & she also guides release therapy, which has been very helpful.
I am gradually prioritising my life, establishing what is important. I’m also gaining more insight as to why people do the things they do – all this will help with forgiveness and further healing. Fear and self-centredness can account for a lot of stuff, I've noticed. LBL Hypnotherapy sounds very interesting - I'll probably look into it more at some stage (I've read a little about it just recently).
I've read your book several times, now. My eyes nearly popped out when you were talking about Wilsons from around Wauchope & Kempsey. My mother's family were Wilsons from that area, and Port Macquarie, and some of them seem quite harsh? My parents actually grew up on farms in the Ipswich district, but we lived in small country towns around Southern Queensland - Dad was a policeman.
Anyway, I don't want to go on too much - we have had some lives lost in recent years, because there is a big extended family, but I think everyone is ok. We seem to generally have more trouble with the living!
Thankyou for the show at Sherwood, and for you attention here.
Warm regards,
Jenny S
Helena from Springbrook Retreat
Dear Charmaine 8. 11. 8
Well! It’s been a brain-strain to find suitable words to communicate to you the depth of appreciation, awe and gratitude felt after four days at the Retreat. Perhaps you’ve been able to pick up on thought forms beaming over to you.
It felt like a very special privilege to gain a placement in your Retreat and this was reinforced++ as session after session gradually built upon themselves to integrate and compound the content of the teachings you’ve drawn from your experiences and ensuing special knowledge, talent and wisdom.
You are not merely TELLING us how – you’ve actually crawled through the depths of darkness until somehow through the clearing fog and hard lessons you’ve found your unique and powerful way to answer the question of How can I help. Despite the energy you expend, you surely are aware that your messages and lessons of help, hope and health are expanding in a powerful way – more so if your students too, can find themselves able to start asking and answering the How can I help question. (Indeed, if everyone worldwide asked themselves that question and sought an answer the expansion would grow from you rapidly.)
The uniqueness and synergy of combining with Peter Smith to deliver not only helpful knowledge but also positive and soothing strategies in an effort to begin and/or progress healing within was very valuable and effective (speaking personally).
Wasn’t it great that “Pete” was there, too! He complemented the whole program perfectly. I prefer to think of Pete’s techniques not as therapy (albeit therapeutic and cathartic) but as a realisation of reality – where once this knowledge was probably innate but has somewhere, somehow become lost or suppressed through generations of human beings’ concentration on the physical Earth and its massive techno developments.
You and Pete seem to be pioneering the way to educate wounded physical beings with somewhat revolutionary methods that I sense someday will be further fast tracked – perhaps communicated subtly and effectively to everyone from birth and during the formative years – even taught/reinforced in mainstream schools – so that people don’t have to experience what seems like unbearable “tragic loss” before stumbling around, trying to find understanding, a ray of light, a way ahead.
Be assured again that your existence and work brings ease to heavy hearts and minds – soothing the soul – except I think it’s not the soul that needs soothing – it’s the physical person that needs the soothing because it’s temporarily forgotten about its soul source? Maybe “soulful” is apt.
It was also a privilege to not only meet, but share experiences with the Retreat’s dear “students” and others. I miss you all. And I thank you. Remembering… precious bits and pieces about everyone and their beloveds... Charmaine, I see your flutterby tatt in my mind’s eye and think of Crystal (Crystal CHAREE).
I hope you’ve recovered quickly and feel some benefit from your exhaustive work at the Retreat where you offer to others not just one helping hand, but both.
Sending you love and special gratitude.
I’m sorry to end this brief message (lol!!) but I now have to go and practise… raising my vibes; expanding my aura… reading Michael Newton…
Hmmm - Maybe I merely needed to write only this….
Hey there, Charmaine!
Mind-blowing Reteat – Onya girl!
You’re a legend!
Love ya 4ever.
Xoxo
Helen & Kristy
(I.P.) (I.S.)
IP = In Physical. IS = In Spirit
PS
Thank you, Pete
Thank you, Universe
Thank you, Deb
Thank you, Trevor
Thank you, Barry H. and other Retreat people
Thank you, Margaret, Mookie, Mark
Thank you, Theosophical Society
Thank you, all the beautiful creatures and environment at the Springbrook Retreat.
Love to Tootie!
Debbie P from Springbrook Retreat
I was fortunate enough to go on the retreat last weekend from Friday to Sunday and despite being unwell I had a fantastic time and made many new friends. Some of these I know will be life long friends already.
Charmaine and Deb worked hard to put the program together and I am sure they must both be exhausted after the long hours they put in on the retreat.
Thank you to you both!
Peter Smith also attended the retreat and wow if you are considering past life regression or life between lives you should have a chat with Peter. He is excellent at his work and such a lovely man as well.
kind regards Debbie :)
Rose W from Springbrook Retreat
I also attended the retreat and found it to be an amazing experience.
Charmaine is a gifted and intelligent soul who shares empathy with others who have lost children. The first two days were focused on guiding and supporting bereaved parents and partners.
The next two days were about enhancing our natural abilities with meditation, diet, exercise, auroas, nature, colours and much more.
Cheers
Rose
Debbi S from Springbrook Retreat
Thank you Charmaine & Deb, the retreat was such a wonderful experience. Charmaine you are a true teacher and so enjoyable to listen to, the light and humour you bring to your sessions and stories are so refreshing as well as enlightening. I must say I also enjoyed you and Deb having a good old dig at each other(in a good way of course), it was so nice to see how well you work together. You are both so special and I can not thank you enough. Can not wait for the next retreat..All my love Debbi S.
Tania T from Springbrook Retreat
I attended last years retreat, what a wonderful experience. The atmosphere and the people where wonderful, we all shared our loss together, you never felt that you are the only one experiencing this deep loss. The food was great, I don't think i have ever eaten so much!!!!!!!! And as for Charmaine, what can i say, what an amazing woman, to see the work she did that weekend was amazing, she helped everyone there on so many level. I would highly recommend this retreat. This is why Charmaine is "The One". And even with all the publicity Charmaine still remains so grounded and dedicated and true to the things she is so passionate about. We Luv you Charmaine (even though i did'nt win the triffecta LOL)
Debbie P from Springbrook Retreat
Thank you so much Charmaine and Deb the retreat was great. Your down to earth approach and honesty is a breathe of fresh air. It was also fantastic to have Peter there his session helped me a lot personally.
I can't wait for the next one!
Deb :)
Colleen & Jen from Mackay
Dear Charmaine.
My sister and I attended your meeting in Mackay on Thursday 1st May. All I can say is WOW!!!! You are amazing.
Please do not be offended by the rest of this email, if you have time to read it, you will certainly see that no offence is meant.
My sister Jennefer wrote this after the meeting.
We hope you know how much we appreciate you.
Kindest regards to you and Deb,
Colleen and Jen Pascoe
For those of you who don't know me all that well, I don't have all that vivid an imagination when it comes to the super natural. Having said that, I do believe very strongly in the afterlife, that spirits live on long after people have died, and that they do watch over us. I believe they play a large part in karma, directing traffic if you like to make certain things happen for us. I still don't know if I believe in God, the jury remains out on that. But my mother saw to it that my bets were hedged by sending me to Sunday school. Later in life I drifted away from the church, discovering that you are no more a Christian by going to church than you are a car by standing in a garage.
I've known for quite some time that I have some small amount of clairvoyant ability. Often I have seen spirits about, fleeting images of souls departed. They sit on the periphery of my vision mostly but sometimes come right up to me. And I hear them too, especially at night when things are very quiet. No, I am not imagining voices in the wind or hearing footsteps in the hall. I hear laughter, sometimes crying and occasionally they speak to me.
My mother passed away in February 2005, but never left me. I feel her at my side constantly and often she speaks to me. Some would fob it off as a dose of conscience or wishful thinking, but it isn't that. I can feel when she's pleased with me but never feel like she's berating me for a bad decision. She's in every dream I have, usually doing the most outrageous things and is always healthy and happy.
A few weeks ago when I was going through a particularly bad time, my Mum came to me one morning. I'd gone back to bed after sending Rob off to work and Caitie off to school, and slept a couple more hours. I was woken with her calling my name and her hand on my shoulder, and was instantly wide awake. I sat up on the side of the bed and started speaking with her as though she was still alive. She told me she'd been keeping an eye on me and knew I needed to know she was close by. I told her a little about what had been happening in my life and she just kept saying 'I know, I've been here'. She took my hand and sat beside me on the bed, I felt the warmth of her hand in mine as she told me I needed to bring the family back together, that she wasn't happy with the way we had all scattered after her passing. I asked her if she was ok wherever she was and she told me yes, but that she missed being with us all. Mum said I needed to forgive my father for moving away and that we all had to accept his new wife for his sake. I replied that I would try to but I make no guarantees. She told me then that she had to go but would come back again soon and made me promise to give her love to all the grandchildren and my brother and sisters. I felt her hand let go of mine, and then she was gone. I cried then over losing her once more but afterwards I felt she'd taken half my burden with her, and I told my family about her visit later that day.
Last night I went to see a psychic medium. The story of how that came about is an interesting one. My sister Colleen had spoken to some people last weekend about wanting to find a psychic to speak to, as she'd been unable to find one close by. Colleen hasn't been to see a psychic previously to my knowledge, so I was a little surprised that she would want to see a psychic at all. Anyway early this week she entered a competition on the radio, I don't think she knew what the prize was when she entered, but she was delighted to find she'd won two tickets to see this lady Charmaine Wilson. She phoned me to tell me about her win and how excited she was, and said she'd be taking her partner's mother along on the second ticket. I'd never even entertained the notion of seeing a psychic, so wasn't upset that she hadn't chosen to take me along. Colleen told me she believed she was to get a personal reading with the win, and I asked her to let me know how it went. Yesterday afternoon she phoned me again to tell me her partner's mother was now unable to attend and would I like to go. I didn't leap at it, at first I hummed and hah'ed before saying I'd have to ask Rob first. I was thinking he was going to get cranky, I've never taken him for someone who believes in any of this kind of thing, it was going to mean I would be away right through dinner time and surely he'd say something to make me feel like I couldn't go. His response was 'Sure you can go, you don't need my permission'. So I went back to the phone and told Colleen I'd be happy to go with her.
We arrived at the venue still thinking Colleen was going to be getting a personal reading and I asked if she thought I'd be able to sit in on it and hear what the woman said. I promised to keep my mouth shut and not offer the woman any clues about her accuracy or otherwise in the reading. Colleen said she didn't know if I could sit in on it but would ask. We collected our free tickets from the reception area and were told the room wasn't quite ready yet so we waited in the foyer area and put a few dollars into a slot machine to pass the time. A short while later we took the elevator to the auditorium on the next floor and as we were shown to our allocated seats I was wondering why we needed to be seated unless it was a sham with only pre-selected people getting a reading. Our seats were near the rear of the auditorium with a lousy view and we felt like sardines crammed in a tin with about a hundred and fifty other people there. Within a couple of minutes Colleen realised the seat she was sitting on was going to give her severe pain, she likes to sit on a chair backwards so that her tailbone isn't under pressure and she told me we might have to leave early if she was unable to turn the seat around. I suggested she go and ask one of the attendants if we could move to another area where she might be able to turn her seat around. The attendant directed us to the row behind and told her she could turn the seat around if she needed to. We were now at the very back of the auditorium, no longer in our allocated seats and Colleen's heart sinking by the minute as she realised she wasn't going to get the personal reading she was hoping for. By now she and I were both disappointed and beginning to feel like we'd wasted our time coming.
A few minutes later the 'show' began. Now I don't know what your mind picture is of a psychic medium, but mine was of a middle aged upper class woman, well dressed and quiet in nature with a certain air of calm and control. Television and movies have a lot to answer for in stereotype creation I think, because Charmaine Wilson was a woman in her mid twenties dressed in jeans and a skimpy top. Her teeth would have benefited from braces and she reminded me of a biker chick with her rough and ready nature and voice. Nevertheless, as she told us how her show would be conducted and what we could expect to hear, I felt the stirrings of a kinship with this woman and my interest was piqued. She told us that if she picks out a person in the audience as someone who needs to hear from someone on the 'other side', it may not be the correct person and those around that person should speak up if they feel the information is sounding familiar. She had a lady with another microphone out in the audience area so that everyone would be able to hear from the person responding to what she said.
Then she went into her routine. Again I was somewhat nonplussed. She didn't go into any sort of trance or toss her head back and zone out like the movies portray. She didn't become possessed and start speaking in tongues or with different voices. But she did start coughing as she pointed to someone near the front row of seats and said 'someone is telling me they need to speak to you. I sense they had problems with their lungs towards the end, their cough is coming through very badly'. The woman she had pointed at said yes, that her father had passed on and had suffered emphysema. Colleen and I looked at one another and immediately thought 'here's a 'plant'', someone placed in the audience to convince the rest this so-called psychic was for real. Ms Wilson then went on, asking the woman in the audience leading questions like 'I'm sensing you didn't get to say goodbye properly, did you?' and 'Is there someone whose name begins with the letter B who's close to you or your father?', questions Colleen and I thought could apply to about half the flaming room if she directed those same questions at them. The questioning came thick and fast and was very general in nature, tempting the woman to expand on her answers and give the psychic information to help suck the audience in further. With each yes response from the woman in the second row, slight gasps could be heard from other audience members, but Colleen and I sat silent in the back of the room, waiting for the show to get serious or for the gathered crowd to start throwing things at the charlatan psychic. For each yes response from the first woman there seemed to be three negative replies and at this point I was singularly unimpressed. Colleen leaned over and said she was glad we hadn't had to pay the almost $30 entrance fee.
My mind was running at about a thousand miles a moment but the thought did come to me that if this was supposed to convince us she was for real, it wasn't working and maybe the woman wasn't a plant after all. And then the information the psychic was giving started to get more personal and seemed more relevant to the woman in the audience. Small things about hair styles and clothing worn, names mentioned and events past or upcoming all seemed to make sense to our row two lady, and as the psychic finished with a message of love from a father still watching over his daughter, the audience clapped loudly and the psychic moved to the people seated over to her right.
Subjects two through six or seven started off in the same manner with hit and miss responses at first and a microphone handover to a person sitting nearby now and then, and my skepticism waned somewhat with each new person as more and more personal details appeared relevant to loved ones departed. One lady had a lot of wishy-washy details given until a large smooth coated dog and a small fluffy one were mentioned and the psychic was told yes, those were the two dogs belonging to her departed mother. Ms Wilson hadn't mentioned pets for anyone else and it turned out the departed mother was nuts about her two dogs. Another woman was told of her departed step-son who had a nipple ring, drugs had been involved in his death and he had a girlfriend he had fought with constantly. Yet another person was told of a departed son who hadn't known his girlfriend was pregnant when he passed and after the baby's subsequent death he was now looking after the baby in the beyond. With my skepticism now partially gone I was taken in with the accuracy of the readings, little things about lost items to things kept as mementos by grieving loved ones all giving the show an authenticity I couldn't deny. Colleen was similarly impressed, and she leaned over to tell me she was going to book a personal reading and that she needed to give her sore tailbone a rest so was going outside for a cigarette. I was thinking if our mother was going to contact us at all that night she had best do it soon as I wasn't sure how much longer Colleen would be able to stay on the uncomfortable chairs.
Charmaine Wilson finished with the lady she was doing a reading for, and then pointed directly at me and said 'You're the person I need to speak to next'. I thought 'Great Mum, you decide to speak to me with Colleen out of the room!' and the runner with the microphone came over and handed it to me. The psychic began…'I have a lady here; I believe she's your mother'. Determined not to give her anything to go on, I simply replied 'Ok'. She went on.
'Your mother has passed on, yes?'
'Yes'.
'I'm coughing again. Your mother had some sort of problem with her chest before she died?'
'Yes'.
'But she wasn't a smoker. Someone near her was but she wasn't'.
'That's right'.
'It was her chest problem that finally took her. She was ill for a long time?'
'Yes, she died of pneumonia after suffering Hodgkin's Lymphoma'.
'Ah, there you go. I sense your father is gone too, but not to the afterlife'.
'That's correct, he moved away'.
'Yes…he and your mother were not really very close; she was distanced from him when she was here'.
'That's right'.
'And you were close to your father but are not anymore'.
I nodded.
'But you and your mother were extremely close and still are'.
'Yes'.
'Your Mum says your family is scattered since she passed, and you sometimes feel like an orphan'.
I nodded.
'Mum says you have to keep everyone together, keep them close'.
'Ok'.
'She has someone there with her, I sense a sibling with the name Bob or Bill'.
'Yes, her brother Bob is there'.
'But Bob isn't his real name'.
'No, his name was Victor, but everyone called him Bob'.
'And he was a lovely spirit in life and after, he made everyone laugh'.
'Oh, yes'.
'She says he's making her laugh now'.
I smiled.
'There's another there, someone who had gangrene on a toe'.
'That would be her other brother, Stan'.
'You have children, only two you have contact with but there's more'.
'That's right'.
'One is around 20 years old, a boy. Your Mum and he love one another very much'
The tears that had been welling in my eyes found an escape and ran freely down my face. I nodded like one of those silly dogs on a dashboard.
'She says he has a special event coming up, and to tell him she'll be there'.
I cried harder. It's his 21st birthday in July and he's making special plans. The woman who brought the microphone to me came over and asked if I was ok to continue. I nodded again.
'And she's telling me about someone with the initial J'.
She can't quite work out the name, but I immediately think it's my eldest daughter Joycelyn, the one I gave up for adoption.
'Yes, I know who she's speaking about'.
Colleen heard me on the microphone while climbing the stairs and ran the rest of the way back up to rejoin me. The psychic goes on…
'Mum says you all planted roses for her while she was still living'.
Our jaws simultaneously dropped open and the audience laughed as we nodded silently.
'And now the boy looks after them for her'.
More tears as I nodded in agreement.
'And she loved playing cards, your mother did'.
She hadn't mentioned cards or roses to anyone else in the room. Colleen and I, gob smacked, were now both laughing and crying at the same time. We replied in unison.
'Yes, she loved her card games'.
'Mum says to tell you she's playing cards with her brothers'.
We laughed some more and said yes, she would be.
'Mum says to tell you she loves you all very much and it's time for me to move on'.
We nodded and said thankyou and the runner came back for the microphone. The crowd gave thunderous applause but Colleen and I paid no attention to them or Charmaine Wilson. Colleen asked me if was ok. I told her I needed a cigarette and we went downstairs. We were both emotionally drained and decided we'd received what we came for so after phoning our sister Cath and telling her about the event, Colleen drove a rather exhausted me home. About 2am this morning it suddenly hit me that my own name begins with the letter J. How silly that it didn't click at the time!
My only regret last night was for Colleen, in a way I really wished the psychic had picked her instead of me to talk to, because I'd have gained just as much from the experience and I think she'd have felt much more lifted by it if she'd been the one with the microphone in her hand. And I wouldn't have been able to keep my mouth shut and say nothing, but I don't think Colleen would have minded that. I probably made a complete ass of myself up there in front of those hundred and fifty people crying like I was, but I don't give a damn. My mother was there.
Aleisha from Caloundra
Hi Charmaine,
My husband & I attended your Caloundra Show last Thursday night. You are an absolute inspiration!
I asked my husband to come with me to your show with an open mind, as he was not a believer in connecting to the other side.
Within the first 10 minutes you blew him away when you said that all day you had been hearing the name Bryan.
My husband’s name is Bryan and he lost his brother at a very young age. We weren’t lucky enough to get chosen for a reading but just to give him that little bit of hope that maybe it was his brother that you were hearing say his name was great to see a sparkle in his eye.
I really didn’t know what to expect when we went to your show. But I felt there was a really nice feeling in the room and the way that you are able to lighten the mood when it starts to get to
heavy, is wonderful. You really have a way of working with people.
You should be so very proud of yourself for the way you can really help change people’s lives and their way of thinking.
Keep up the great work!!
Aleisha.
Leigh from Childers
To Charmaine,
I have never personally met you but I feel like I have know you for a long time. I loved you on the TV show "The One".
You were my favourite from the first show and I voted for you to win. I just knew inside myself that you would.
I wanted to say you book "Spirit Whispers" is truly beautiful. It was very hard to read about you baby girl. I had to put the book down for a few hours to let my tears settle. It is from the heart, no secret left untold.
I must admit I have always been a bit of a sceptic, but recently I had a reading with a Medium by the name of Sunny Burgess. I also went along to one of his shows, and was just blown away. It just proves to me that there is some way of connecting with loved ones who have passed over. There were things that this total stranger to me said that he possibly could not have ever known.
Are you planning to travel to the Bundaberg/Hervey Bay/Maryborough area in the future to do any readings? If you are I will be first in line to see you.
I really just wanted to congratulate you on your book. It is just beautiful to read. I received it in the post on Monday and finished it that night. I just couldn't put it down, except for when I could not see out of my eyes for tears!!!!!
You should be really proud of this book.
Thank you for a wonderful read and insight into you life.
Leigh R
Marion from Springbrook Retreat
Good Morning Deb, Charmaine,
Please pass on my thanks to Charmaine for a wonderful weekend and
also for
all the help and laughter you provided. It was so refreshing to be
ourselves and to
be in the company of so many beautiful people. Truly a peaceful
presence was felt
throughout the entire weekend. Came home very tired but so calm!
Thank you
both once again for all the work and care you put into making the
weekend happen.
Much love , Marion
Gail from Springbrook Retreat
Hi Charmaine and Deb,
Firstly a big thank you for the weekend. I see on rereading the outline to the retreat that you say you aimed to make it a relaxing, informative and enlightening experience - well it was certainly that.
Before I go on to the feedback stuff a few things before I forget them.
1. I would love any photos that anyone has, thank you.
2. I remember mentioning this book for your trip to UK Charmaine - it's by M Scott Peck MD and called "In Search of Stones" "story of a 3 week trip through the British countryside looking for the ancient megalithic stones - a search for meaning and romance, and ultimately an exploration of our own life journey .... a beautiful book of spirituality and quest, faith and mystery and the most intimate book to come from one of our most distinguished thinkers".
OK on to the feedback. The venue was fantastic - accommodation good and food wonderful, and the surroundings just beautiful, lovely energy. Also the group of people - it was just wonderful to be with people who understood, so it was easy to have deep talks without having to go through the usual superficial chit chat that we have to do mostly in the world out there.
I loved the meditation and Chi Gung. I used to make them both part of my life, but seem to have dropped them over the last few years. To do them again made me realise how important they are to me and I have started making them part of my life again: I get up at 5.00, hop on my bike to ride to work and stop half way where I meditate and do Chi Gung overlooking the water - its a really incredible way to start the day. The room where we had the body of the retreat was perfect for meditation and all we did, and I have ordered the fabulous bowls cd. Thank you for that.
I really enjoyed all we did during the retreat, listening to you is always a pleasure, a laugh and a great learning experience. The whole weekend connected me back to the spiritual quest (without wishing to sound too precious!) I was on before Ben died - and now I know that the quest I am on to be closer to Ben is the same.
I found all the things we did signs, faces, physchometry incredible, and I am very grateful for the opportunity to regress, as it overcame my fears of it, and I know Ben is with me.
As with everything you do to bring me validation that Ben is still with me, I can't thank you enough.
I didn't put my name down for a reading as I am at work all the times you are free, but on thinking about it - if you do have a free slot and feel that Ben wants to say something, I would appreciate it if you could ring me (0407 279 060) and I am sure he will arrange it that I can listen without being disturbed.
Again thank you so much for a wonderful weekend. I am so grateful that I have met you and know that you are a very big part in my ongoing and future close connection with Ben until I snuff it and actually get to being with him again - and I certainly would want to be included in your next retreat.
Take care both of you,
Lots of love,
Gail
Leanne from Albury
Hi Charmaine
A friend and I have just been to your Albury show.
You have an amazing talent, and a warmth that compliments your talent beautifully.
I did not receive a reading, but have one question that I didn't want to ask you in a public forum.
My husband and I (and a a few varied friends) have recently experimented with a Ouigi Board with incredible
results.
I have since researched the various theories on these boards and am aware of both the spiritual
unease (but belief) with the Ouiji Board and the skeptics theory of the idiometer factor.
I am just curious to know your experience or beliefs about the Ouigi Board.
Thanks Charmaine, and once again congratulations on your success on "The One",
you are certainly a gifted medium.
Leanne O
Albury NSW
Leanne from
Ashleigh from North Ryde
Hi Charmaine,
My name is Ashleigh. I have just come back from your North Ryde RSL show. I came with Kylie P from Cooma. (but i live in sydney now) I just wanted to say that your show was amazing. Your connection with the spirit world is amazing. I've never seen anything like it. I've been telling my Mum and Janet to be at the North Ryde RSL for weeks.
I would love to arrange a private session but i know you're booked out way in advance. If any Vacancy's come up could you please let me know? or would it be better for me to call and arrange an appointment?
Finally for now I would like to say thank-you. Your amazing! xxx
Anna from North Ryde
HI Charmaine,
I've just come home from your evening at North Ryde Rsl totally mesmerized by your work this evening, really amazing. Unfortunately I was not picked to hear from a loved one who has passed so I am now seeking a private reading (although I will probably attend another Sydney Show!!). So can you please advise the next available date you have - I was also there with a friend of mine called Charmaine (you signed her book) who is also looking for a reading date - of course we would attend seperately but maybe on the same day - so pls advise your next availablity.
Thank you again for an amazing experience.
Anna H
Kathy from Wagga Wagga
Hi Charmaine
First of all congratulations on your success on “The One”. It was a fantastic show and hopefully made believers of some sceptics!!
My sister saw your show at Wagga Wagga recently and didn’t “get” much personally from the show although they were totally captivated,
but when they went to their car the central locking seemed to have a mind of it’s own so your show didn’t stop in the room!!! J
My friend and I would love to have a personal reading or attend a show in Brisbane/Gold Coast. Can you please advise details.
I actually got your details before I went away a month ago and then was off sick so my sister’s attendance prompted me to look you up again.
We look forward to hearing from you soon, I hope the rest of your shows are as successful as Wagga Wagga and we hope to see you soon.
Kind Regards
Kathy C
Charmaine from Shepparton
Dear Charmaine,
I am writing to you to pass on how much I enjoyed watching you at the Shepparton Club(02.09.08). My main aim was to watch you and how you deliver your readings. I believe we can all learn from each other and walk away being able to have further knowledge. Thankyou for the opportunity. I am just starting out on my journey and believe one day I will be able to help someone out like you have. Yours sincerely Charmaine Mills.( I know, we share a fantastic name.)
Niccole from Southport
Hi Charmaine,
I attended your show at Southport Sharks yesterday (I had watched you on "The One" and voted for you). To watch you work in a room that size and to see how many messages you were able to share with people was inspiring. I was particularly touched with how you talked with the woman who lost her little girl Ashleigh and how you said to her "don't worry we don't charge for that" - the look of relief on that woman's face and hope was something I will always remember.
I noted on your website that you are holding a seminar later this year at Springbrook - could you tell me is this a "teaching" type seminar where you assist people with how to understand their gift or how to stop it?
Anyway again, may I say I found your show so enjoyable - you are so down to earth and just so comfortable in your own skin - it was wonderful to watch - I said to my sister (who came with me) - Charmaine looks like someone you could sit down and have a coffee and a chat (not a reading) just a good old chin wag ...
Take care and thank you.
Niccole McC
Michaela from Southport & Ipswich
Hello Charmaine,
I was lucky enough to see you at Southport Sharks and the Ipswich Civic Hall this last week.
What you do and what you offer to people is inspiring! I have been lucky in my life not to have lost people in sudden tragic events so I cannot pretend to imagine what you and others in a similar position to you have gone through when losing loved ones especially children.
When I come along to your shows I take as much interest in watching others and how they perceive you. I am fortunate that I have the gift of reading people's body language. In your shows I see people there with such high expectations and a deep need for you to help them. I'm sure you see that too and are sad that you cannot get through to everyone at your events. The people you do help you can see a visible change in body language. It's as though you have personally lifted a huge weight from their shoulders.
Yes I have lost people close to me it's almost inevitable at the age of 36 but I do not necessarily come to your shows to connect with them although it would be lovely. At your show at the Ipswich Civic Hall you talked of a man who was not very tall, was very quiet, was thin on top and wore glasses that he continously cleaned. I was 6 people along from the lady you connected with at that time about her husband who died of an overdose. The man you first spoke of sounded very much like my Dad.
I come to your shows because I'm looking to gain strength from others right now. I can feel strength coming through you and from the people I meet at the shows.
I have noticed a change in my physical and mental health of late and I know that I need to begin a journey of self healing. I'm not sure how to do that right now but I'm hoping to gain the strength needed from people like you and Maria from last night's show. My partner cannot understand why I cannot draw strength from him and the words of love he offers me. I've tried to explain that sometimes it's not enough. A lot has happened to me in the last few months and my mind is no longer able to process each issue and deal with it rationally. I need to gain peace in my life and I know that takes time and a lot of soul searching.
Things happen to me sometimes that I cannot explain. 10 years ago while driving along a highway with my husband a thought came to me that we were going to be involved in a crash on the way home. It was not a dream it was just a thought. 1 hour later we were involved in a major head on collosion and I was the passenger of the car. I received a number of injuries that I'm left with to this day.
Again on June 20th this year I woke up and told my partner that I thought I was going to be involved in a car crash and that I would hurt or break my neck. At 8am that morning while driving my children to school I was involved in a head on collosion because a lady drove through a red light at an intersection. I had no control over the accident happening. I spent the day in hospital and two weeks later a scan showed a potential small fracture in my neck. My partner as I'm sure you can understand was a little freaked out!
June of last year I was in the shower and I felt an overwhelming feel of something going wrong, a sudden loss. Two hours later my phone rang but no-one was on the other line. A little bit later my brother called from the UK to say my Dad had collasped and was hospital. He died 3 hours later. My Dad was prefectly fine the day before.
I wish I had the answers to some of these strange things. I don't fear them quite the opposite.
I would love to spend time with you and others at your workshops or even have a personal reading some time in the future.
I congratulate you on what you do and I know that you must feel such inner strength that you draw from others around you and ones that have passed on.
I wish you all the best for your upcoming shows and I thank you for the short but important part you have had in my life.
Michaela
Nicole from Orange
Good Morning Charmaine,
I just wanted to persoanlly say thank you to you for providing a reading to my sister during your Orange visit to the Ex-Services Club. I am not sure if you recall us but we were to your right in the front. You initally asked me to stand up and asked me about a back problem then asked if I had had someone pass over recently, when I stated it was my brother-in-law you asked my sister to stand up.
We were visably moved by your reading in relation to my brother-in-law. Your accuracy in relation to David, his aussie dress sense, his boys, his mothers grief and everything else in between was amazing. The affirmation that you gave my sister in relation to her doing the right thing for David’s mother and allowing David to be buried despite the fact that she wanted him to be cremated amazed us all as only a handful of people knew that.
My sister is going to Brisbane for some time out with the boys in October as it has been 6 months this Friday since David passed, I know Sharna will contact you for a reading and I hope you can fit her in while she is there, she felt there was more you wanted to tell her last night but had to be mindful of time etc. Sharna went home and told David’s mother of your reading and I hope she can now find some peace, I was also not aware but David’s sister was in your audience last night and she too was blown away with your reading.
So thank you once again, you have made a difference to our grief J
Cheers
Nicole
Tony from Cowra
Hi Charmaine..
You recently done an evening at Cowras RSL club, great show by the way.
I was wondering if you are ever back this way in cowra would you like to do our world famous P.O.W Camp site built in 1941 to hold the Japanese Prisoners. The night of August 1944 over 1000 japanese held a mass break out. 231 died that night in the camp grounds we need answers Charmaine to many Questions that are unresolved.
Your physic wisdom would be most gratful, to open up a lot of mysterys that are out there.
Many thanks for your time Charmaine...
Margaret from Caboolture
Hi Charmaine,
Wow!!!! last nights show was the best one I have seen. It was great.!!!! It wont be long till you can reel off the name and address's like Doris Stokes.
A funny thing happened to my sister and brother in law ..They were hoping to hear from there friend who had just passed with lung cancer or Bob's uncle Harry who died just a few months ago. Well when you said somone was there with lung cancer as you were reading the person near us' and nobody claimed that person they thought it was there friend Elsie.. When they got home after the show A poem I had written and read at Uncle Harry's funeral was sitting on the dining room table..It wasnt there when they left home... He lived with them for about 12 years befor he passed. It just goes to show we heard from them through you without actually getting a reading .He must of been just letting them know he had been there. Isnt that just wonderfull !!!! We dont really know if it was Elsie but it is nice to think that it could of been
It was so good to see the people who lost there loved ones by suicide get there readings.They really do need those reading dont they ..It must really put there minds at rest...I once found a girl hanging in a public toilet...I didnt know her but it really affected me for a long time..To this day I wont go in a public toilet by myself.
Anyway Charmaine it was lovely to see you again ...I am hoping to bring my Mum to your show at Redcliffe RSL next month.So hopfully see you then
Take Care
Love Margaret xxx