Irish medium says spirits speak to her

Her neighbors and school friends used to look at her strangely when she would communicate with them, but overall accepted it and never really gave her any trouble because of it.

 “It was tough, life had lots of ups and downs, tears and heartaches but I don’t have one regret that I’ve been chosen to reach out to people this way,” she said.

Benson’s life in Ireland was abuzz with people, dead and alive, since she was young. “I never had a moment. My life was very busy. By day I would do chores around the house and on the farm, and by night my other life began where I would make time for listening,” Benson added.

“The spirits told me everything that was going to happen.”

Benson also claims to have seen leprechauns and fairies as a child.

“People didn’t believe me of course but I just told them what I saw and that’s all I can do,” she said.
 Benson, trying to lead a normal life, studied nursing in England and became qualified in 1976. However she was never far away from the spirit world.

“Every day since I was three I’ve had spirits with me so although I may appear alone I haven’t been alone in all that time,” she said.

 During her career as a nurse, Benson found that her spiritual awareness helped her to meet, deal and listen to people from all walks of life.

It wasn’t until 1990 that Benson received the “courage and guidance” to pursue her gift professionally and now works as a full-time clairvoyant and medium.

 “I have an office here but I travel all over. I go back to Ireland at least seven times a year for readings and I soon plan to bring my gift to the Irish community in New York,” said Benson.

When not doing one-on-one readings Benson facilitates large audiences and will speak to those attending whom a spirit is seeking out.

 “I don’t sit on a stage, I sit with my audience because the spirits have been very clear that I’m not above anyone so I place myself right in the middle and I then speak to those who have a light over their heads,” said Benson.

When Tomorrow Speaks to Me: Memoirs of an Irish Medium will be released on December 1, by Llewellyn Publications.

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