How to Follow Signs From the Universe — with Psychic Medium MaryAnn DiMarco

Summary

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Lipstick on the Rim

Episode: How to Follow Signs From the Universe — with Psychic Medium MaryAnn DiMarco
Hosts: Molly Sims & Emese Gormley
Guest: MaryAnn DeMarco (Psychic Medium & Author)
Date: December 2, 2025

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Episode Overview

This episode of Lipstick on the Rim takes listeners on a spiritual journey, exploring intuition, reading the universe's signs, and connecting to the other side. Molly Sims and Emese Gormley welcome psychic medium, teacher, and author MaryAnn DeMarco, who shares her experience and practices for accessing intuitive gifts, decoding signs from the universe, and finding one's life's purpose. The conversation is honest, witty, and crosses from the deeply personal to practical tips anyone can try — perfect for the spiritual novice or the seasoned seeker.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

What’s the Difference: Psychic versus Medium?

[04:31]

• MaryAnn DeMarco: “Mediums connect with loved ones on the other side. We can also switch into being psychic, moving from that mediumship vibration down into psychic — where we might tell you about your life or upcoming events. Psychics typically don’t connect with the deceased, they ‘stay in their own lane.’”

Discovering & Accepting Psychic Abilities

[05:22]

• MaryAnn has been hearing and seeing spirits since age 5, growing up with a mother open to spirituality.
• She describes early experiences as feeling “the presence” next to her, vivid dreams of deceased loved ones, and an innate knowing of things.
• Memorable moment: MaryAnn and her mom would often have the same dream about her late grandmother, validating the experience was mutual ([07:06]).
• She began developing her abilities more intentionally after hardships in her 30s, meeting spiritual teacher Pat Longo who helped her harness her gift.

Is Everyone Psychic?

[07:49]

• MaryAnn DeMarco: “Do I think we’re all psychic? Absolutely... Every single one of us can tap into our intuitive abilities.”
• Shifted her focus from traditional readings to empowering others to recognize and nurture their own intuition, believing anyone can connect with guides and loved ones.

Deja Vu & Intuitive “Knowing”

[09:12]

• Deja vu is described as a “wink” from the universe — a glimpse or reminder that our soul is on the intended life path.
• Intuition encompasses imagination and communication with spirit, all working together. Spirit uses personal memories and references as communicative tools ([10:15]).

Honing Intuitive Skills: Practical Steps

[11:17]

1. Trust in Your Belief System: “Let’s just trust that, for today, you believe you have psychic and intuitive abilities. That belief is powerful.”
2. Develop Authentic Spiritual Practice: Find methods that resonate — not everyone needs to meditate. Walk in nature, listen to music, sit by water, or simply create intentional quiet spaces.
   • Consistency and authenticity are key, not necessarily replicating someone else’s practice ([11:43]).
3. Habit-Chaining: Making intuition check-ins a daily habit, like brushing your teeth or journaling with morning coffee ([28:21]).

Working with Grief, Loss, and Messages from the Other Side

[17:53]

• MaryAnn conducts spontaneous readings for both hosts, picking up on familial presences and relaying personal messages (e.g., Molly’s male relative referencing a heart attack, and Emese’s maternal guide commenting “she just fixed your hair”).
• Encourages speaking to and visualizing loved ones, suggesting meditative practices like “Meeting Hours in Heaven” for connection and healing ([21:01]).
• Quote: “Our loved ones are fine on the other side. It’s just us who have to deal with all the worldly nonsense.” ([21:46])

Navigating Skepticism

[24:34]

• MaryAnn doesn’t challenge skeptics: “I ask them to find their own belief system... Maybe just honor and respect practices different from your own.”

Memorable Spiritual Encounters

[25:23]

• Recounts connecting with the spirit of a local girl whose family she’d never met, describing how spirits will “find a way” to deliver messages — often orchestrating unlikely meetings or persistent signals.
• Quote: “Our loved ones, if they want to get through, they will figure out a way. It’s like six degrees of spiritual separation.” ([26:42])

The Biggest Blocks to Intuition

[27:24]

• Fear, doubt, ego, imposter syndrome, and comparison. These “loud” mind states block intuition and need to be gently questioned or worked through, often with spiritual support.

Interpreting and Requesting Signs from the Universe

[30:11]

• Ask loved ones for unique signs — and pay attention to serendipitous “coincidences” (e.g., the reappearing red cardinal keychain story at [30:28]).
• Accept when signs don’t appear as clear communication from the universe — sometimes, “rejection is protection.”
• Quote: “When you’re manifesting and asking for signs... set it and forget it. If the sign doesn’t appear, accept that the universe has spoken.” ([31:58])

Recognizing Lessons & Patterns

[33:57]

• Patterns in relationships, work, or finances often repeat as “soul contracts” — lessons chosen for this lifetime.
• Awareness leads to empowerment and change, even if patterns don’t disappear completely ([34:03]).

Initiating Your Spiritual Road Trip

[35:05]

• Just start: “Say yes to something that feels really good to you and that’s going to be the start of your beautiful trip.”
• Don’t wait for others to “start the car.” You have to take the initiative.

Empathy, Energy, and Boundaries

[40:07]

• Empaths feel energy deeply (“I'm a good people reader”). MaryAnn notes everyone is empathic, but highly sensitive people need to establish energetic boundaries.
• Practical tip: When exposed to “bad energy,” ask guides for protection or distance (“arm’s length with love, but no for me” [42:10]).

Parenting, Intuition, and Emotional Clarity

[43:17]

• Separate your own emotions from those of loved ones to better hear intuition — “Don’t join in their worry or anxiety.”
• Calm, spiritual perspective (e.g., using breath, stepping back, seeking spiritual support) brings clarity to tough decisions ([43:17], [45:47]).

Professional Life, Signs, and Decision-Making

[47:10]

• Use a “spiritual to-do list” — ask spirit what should be prioritized, and act immediately on “the first thing that pops in.” Trust in “breadcrumbs” and divine timing to find the flow and avoid resistance.

Rapid Fire Q&A

[48:59] Highlights:

• Early bird or night owl? “Early bird. I’m in bed by 8:30 and make no apologies.”
• Most used app: TikTok
• Best advice: “Let go and trust.”
• To her 10-year-old self: “You are absolutely enough. And don’t worry about what anybody thinks.” ([50:26])

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Notable Quotes

• MaryAnn DeMarco:

  • “We are all psychic. Every single one of us can tap into our intuitive abilities.” ([07:53])
  • “Our loved ones are fine on the other side. It’s just us who have to deal with all the worldly nonsense.” ([21:01])
  • “Fear, doubt, ego, imposter syndrome, comparison — they will block your intuition.” ([27:24])
  • “Say yes to something that feels good to you — and that’s the start of your beautiful trip.” ([35:05])
  • “You are absolutely enough. And don’t worry about what anybody thinks.” ([50:26])

• Molly Sims & Emese Gormley:

  • “Sometimes God’s rejection is God’s protection.” ([32:03])
  • “They’re telling you who they are... but somehow you’re going to try to make it work.” ([33:01])

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Key Timestamps for Important Segments

• [04:31] Medium vs. Psychic — What’s the difference?
• [07:53] Are all people psychic?
• [09:12] What is deja vu?
• [11:17] Practical advice for nurturing intuition
• [17:53] Reading for Molly: Family presence, messages about grief
• [21:01] Reading for Emese: Family presence, career, children
• [24:34] Addressing skeptics
• [25:23] Most moving reading experience
• [27:24] Blocks to intuition and how to overcome them
• [28:21] Daily habits for spiritual connection
• [30:11] How to ask for and interpret signs
• [33:57] Recognizing and learning from patterns
• [35:05] Mapping your spiritual road trip: "Just start"
• [40:07] Empathy, energy, and boundaries
• [43:17] Parenting, intuition, and managing emotional overload
• [47:10] Spiritual to-do list practice for professional clarity
• [48:59] Rapid fire Q&A — personal insights and favorite advice
• [50:26] “Advice to your 10-year-old self”

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Tone & Vibe

The conversation blends warmth, wit, and candor — Molly and Emese bring energetic curiosity, while MaryAnn’s guidance is practical, compassionate, and never preachy. Listeners are encouraged to trust themselves without dogma, and the show maintains an inclusive, supportive atmosphere throughout.

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Summary Takeaways

• Intuitive ability is an innate human trait; everyone can strengthen it with practice and self-trust.
• Authentic, simple spiritual practices matter more than copying anyone else's routines.
• Asking for signs from the universe is powerful, but willingness to accept silence as a message is equally important.
• Emotional clarity and boundaries help preserve intuitive insight, especially for empaths.
• Patterns in life aren’t punishment — they’re opportunities to learn and grow, as are setbacks or rejections.
• “Starting” is the most important step in spiritual or personal development.

For more, follow MaryAnn DeMarco (@maryannthemedium), check out her books ‘Medium Mentor’ and ‘The Guide’s Book’, and listen to future episodes of Lipstick on the Rim!

Transcript

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[Emisha Gormley]

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[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

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[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

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[Marianne DeMarco]

Definitely with a drink in hand.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

You're listening to Lipstick on the Rim with Molly Sims. Do you hear it? I mean, this episode is about to be pretty spiritual in the most cosmic way yet.

[Emisha Gormley]

I mean, I'm actually ready to channel my highest self and finally figure out what the universe's signs really actually mean.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

Tuning in to your intuition. You guys were so excited about today's guest. You know, we love a psychic, we love a medium. We love that energy. But most importantly, we always follow our gut. And we are so excited to have you here. She is the medium mentor, Marianne DeMarco. Today she's letting us in on how to follow those signs. Strengthen your intuition, tap into our own medium abilities and decode the messages from the universe that sometimes those signs are giving you that you're not really listening to. But most importantly, to uncover our purpose and navigate our life path.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Ah, Marianne, we're excited. Thanks for having me.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

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[Marianne DeMarco]

Thank you.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

You know, we love a 5, a 10. 10 powerful techniques to awaken divine guidance. All right, let's start. Just really plain and simple. What is the difference between a medium and what is the difference between a psychic.

[Marianne DeMarco]

That's a great question. The difference between a medium and the difference between a psychic medium is that mediums are people who connect with loved ones on the other side. And we can also be psychics moving from a mediumship vibration, which is kind of up here. Coming down to psychic vibration, which is here. So we could tell you about your life your tell you what's Going on, maybe get a little prophetic. But I can also talk to your loved one on the other side. Psychics don't normally do that. Psychics usually just stay in this zone.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

Here, stay in their lane.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Right. And they're not necessarily knowing where that information is coming from.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

How did you first realize you had these abilities? Because it's a gift. It's an ability. It's a gift. It's also possibly, maybe a curse, but it's a gift. And how, you know, how did you. How did you figure it out? And then how did you start to trust it?

[Marianne DeMarco]

I have been hearing and seeing spirits since I was about five years old. And I had the honor of growing up with a mom who was really into this. So we, to me, it was normal. I just thought it was normal for me to walk around hearing energy, knowing things.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

What did that sound?

[Marianne DeMarco]

It sounded like, actually, I actually want to say it really felt more like there was presence next to me. I would have incredibly vivid dreams about loved ones that had passed. I knew things. I just knew things were going to happen. And I would tune into that kind of haphazardly, really. I didn't have a lot of control over it growing up. And my mom just. She didn't even overly encourage it. She just accepted it as normal, which it really is. I didn't think it was. I thought it was just odd. And I wanted to be normal and not do any of that type of stuff. And then as I got older, I started to learn about it more. And it until I was in my 30s that I went through a very rough time in my life. I got divorced. I had a passing that left me in a lot of grief. I had two little children that I was raising, and I wanted to go to a psychic. So I wound up in the hands of this woman named Pat Longo. She has since passed, and she was actually a spiritual teacher. And I said to her, oh, am I coming to you for a psychic reading? Should I bring pictures? And she said, oh, I'm not a psychic. I'm a healer. And I just automatically said to her, I think I'm supposed to see you now. And I started taking her classes. And within just a couple of weeks, I finally understood what all this chatter was sounding like. These random words, random thoughts and how to place them and who to give them to.

[Emisha Gormley]

Who was the first person that you channeled? Can you remember?

[Marianne DeMarco]

I probably would say my grandmother, my maternal grandmother used to come to me so clear in my dreams, and I would recognize the fact that she's passed in the dream. And then I would come to the realization that I was having a visit with her, which is how our loved ones come in very often. A visit with those very vivid, lucid dreams. And I realized that when I woke up, I would say to my mom, hey, you know, I had a dream about grandma last night. And she would say, was she in a black dress? And I'd say, yeah. And then she had the same dream. So we would often have the same dream.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

So you definitely not genetic per se, but something in your family.

[Marianne DeMarco]

That part, I think could be. Do I think we're all psychic? Absolutely.

[Molly Sims]

You do?

[Marianne DeMarco]

Oh, yes. Wait till you read the next book. Yes, we are all psychic. Every single one of us can tap into our intuitive abilities. And that's why I started to lean out of doing traditional readings and coming into teaching, because I felt this strong calling to empower other people to say, you can do this. This is something that we were all born with. That you don't need a person like myself to be your magic eight ball. That you can tap in anytime you want to our spirit guides who are igniting our higher self, the inner voice within us, and navigate through your life. And you can certainly connect with your loved ones anytime you want, feel through meditation, through just talking to them. And my own loved ones on the other side taught me that. And I thought to myself, I don't wanna just do this in a way that gives the ability only to self. And so that's why I felt really strong to start teaching it to other people. Because I thought, this is so cool how I can feel like I can make connection. And I want other people to learn how they can do it.

[Emisha Gormley]

Do you believe in deja vu? Cause I always. I have that feeling so often in life. I mean, I would say I have a feeling of deja vu probably like two or three times a month where I'm like. To the point where I'm like. I've been in this moment before. I feel like it just. Is that.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Yes.

[Emisha Gormley]

Is that. Explain that. Because I feel like we use that term so frequently, and people use it. Is that a sense of having not a psychic ability, but a. I believe.

[Marianne DeMarco]

It'S part of our psychic senses. I do. I think that there are. What I know to be true is that your soul has come here knowing what you have intended to do in this life. And I wonder sometimes about deja vu if they are glimpses of that reminder reminding you, you know, why you're here, you know, what's taking place around you. You've signed up for these lessons, as it were. And how those lessons come into fruition, I think are at the good grace of the universe. Because honestly, I don't know who would come back. I certainly wouldn't like. I'm not signing up to go through that nonse. But I think lessons like fear and doubt and who we meet in life and these little nuances, excuse me, like deja vu. Yeah. I think that absolutely has something to do with the universe winking at us, saying, you can do this.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

How do you differentiate between intuition, imagination and communication with the spirits?

[Marianne DeMarco]

I use it all. I think that they're all tools to tap into that knowing and that the clair. Cognizance is the most strongest. Claire's, you know, clairvoyancy, we hear clairaudience, but I think just that knowing that gut instinct, using your imagination is part of it because spirit's coming in and they're using your frame of reference. They're coming in and they're tapping to all of your experiences in life and they're igniting those memories and those feelings to get to communicate with you. That's how I read. When I'm reading somebody, I'm looking at parts of their life and they might be very similar to my own. So I might start speaking about my own life experiences and hoping that it resonates with my sitter. And so I think they use all of that together.

[Emisha Gormley]

Are there specific methods or techniques that one can have? So say you think, oh, I have like, you know, my gut instinct is usually spot on. Is there something you would say to those types of people, like how to hone in on that skill so that they can start to develop it further? Yes.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

And also a second follow up is how to hone in on that gut.

[Marianne DeMarco]

The first thing that you have to do, and I tell all of my students this is trust in your belief system. Let's just get there first. Let's just trust that. Let's say for argument's sake, today you believe that you have psychic and intuitive abilities.

[Emisha Gormley]

Right?

[Marianne DeMarco]

Okay, let's just trust it. Let's just throw. We'll put the ego at the door because the ego comes in and says, you don't do that. Marianne does that. You don't do that.

[Emisha Gormley]

Right.

[Marianne DeMarco]

But we all do it. So let's just say for argument's sake, that's a truth.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

I'm psychic today.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Yes, you are all psychic and that's your truth today. So that belief system is very powerful because what it does, it starts to Shift your perception. And when we shift our perception, we start to move into spaces of believing. Yes. And then that validation comes in so much more clear. So that's the first thing I would do. The second thing I would do is start to develop a spiritual practice that is very authentic to who you are. If you love to meditate, go for it. If meditating is not your jam, take a walk, listen to music. If that's not your thing and sitting by the beach and chilling out is your thing to get your peace within you, great. If you like to be in nature and feel the sun on your face and hear the sounds of water around you and that's going to ignite something that feels peaceful within self so that you can hear energy, do that. But do it consistently and do it authentically. And people often say to me, what do you do? You know, how do you do it? And I always say, well, I can show you how I do it, but I don't want you, your practice to look like mine because that might be a lot of work for somebody else. And I think that we need to make sure that we're leaning into the most authentic parts of ourselves so that it does. It doesn't feel like such hard work.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

Because I think it's all different for every different. It's very. Your quiet place. Your quiet place is very different than mine. What I call where I can think, really think.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Yeah. And to me it's like I'm not a person who's sort of sitting around calling in the spirits. And I think that I am. And like we were saying before we got on today, I'm certainly not all love and light all the time. I mean I have my moments. I write about it in the book Trust me when I tell you. And I had to learn that. I actually had to give myself permission to say that's okay. That we can move through all these parts and still be really, really spiritual and make it look like whatever we want it to look like.

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[Emisha Gormley]

Good. We're psychic.

[Marianne DeMarco]

See, you're already tapping into each other.

[Emisha Gormley]

Can you feel anyone in this room right now?

[Marianne DeMarco]

Oh, like as a medium. You want me to? If I do, I will certainly let you know. I can tell you that Molly has a female who stands next to her quite often. And I feel like it's on mom's side of the family. So either mom's mom or mom. But she comes in very strong. And there's definitely a male who stands next to you on father's side of the family. And do you want me to read you? Are you okay with that?

[Molly Sims]

Yeah.

[Marianne DeMarco]

See, but it's like, it's a lot, you know, and it's emotional and you have to let me know if you're ready for that. But you're okay. Okay, good. And he's talking about a lot of move and change going on around you. And he's saying that your strongest gift is creating foundation in home and that wherever you go, not to worry, because you know how to make that foundation strong. And he doesn't want you worrying about that. There's also somebody talking about something that went on in the heart or chest area as well. And they're saying, like, I just wanted to know I could take a deep breath again. He had a heart attack. Okay, okay. And he's saying, it's all okay. It's all okay. Yeah. And, you know, grief, Molly, you know, you're in the middle of grief, right? And so grief is really hard. And it's sometimes hard for our loved ones to penetrate through that vibration. I know when we need the most. Right. We want to hear the most. So just be patient. But this both of those presence, I actually feel the warmth of their bodies, you know, soul bodies, I guess, next to me. So I want you to lean into that tool. Don't struggle to hear them and don't.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

I'm always trying to, like, you know, fight a sign or.

[Emisha Gormley]

Yeah, I do the same.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Instead. Feel their. Feel their presence next to you. We have to pay attention to all the senses when we're connecting with spirit. And a lot of people get hung up on what we can see or what we can hear. Right? Yeah. And that. And that's natural. We want to see our loved ones and we want to hear them. But I started out a lot, too, feeling them. I just felt like someone was in the room, feeling with me. And if you get a memory that pops into your head out of nowhere, that's a great sign. That's them saying, think of me. I'm right here with you now. That's when you can go into dialogue with them and you know what your loved ones sound like. So allow that imagination, which is really them helping you anyway, to come into fruition and allow that to be part of the tool that you're using in order to make that connection. This particular loved one, I would love to sit by the water with them and just have a conversation on, like. I don't know, I feel like I'm sitting on a bench or like Adirondack chairs or something like this. And you can create those spaces in your mind. In my second book, Meeting and Mentor, I do a meditation called Meeting Hours in Heaven. And I think it's a great way to make connection with your loved ones that you yourself can sit there, create a scene that's so familiar to you and your loved one, and invite your loved one to come and sit down. This helps with the seeing. This helps with that third eye, it's just like a muscle.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

It's a muscle.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Yeah. And so you just have to trust it like anything else and start to use it in a way that will help you not only make connection, but find really beautiful spaces of healing. Because our loved ones are fine on the other side. It's just us who have to deal with all the worldly nonsense. They get to release it all. I know. And it sucks. You know, I always argue with them. I'm like, that's forgiveness, and I'm okay. That's easy for them to say, but we are dealing with all of the worldly stuff. But doing this work for as long as I have. One thing I know that I will never veer away from is that they are perfectly fine on that other side and that there is something going on over there that's quite beautiful that we might not have, like, a full understanding of, but they're not carrying worldly woes any longer.

[Emisha Gormley]

Do you see anyone on my side or.

[Marianne DeMarco]

No. There's a female that stands on mom's side of the family for sure, talking about the month of August as being significant. So a birthday or an anniversary. You understand that. And she's very motherly around you. She actually just fixed your hair. I don't know if you just changed hairdressers or like you were thinking about changing your hair, but she's pulling it back. She's loving your earring choices today as well. And she's talking about not feeling like the rug's been pulled out from under you. And it's been a weird last two or three years for you. And she says for the neck, what I'm seeing now, she's like, I just want her to know she can breathe and feel calm. She loves the number three around you. So if you're a family of three or you have three children. But she is talking about the number three as being very important. And she says, because it's all about balance. And she says she needs to feel balanced. She likes the balance. You're also doing some philanthropic work or stepping into some philanthropic work coming forward, and feels very community driven, too. And your guides are very much applauding you about that because you're stepping into new parts of service. And she's. They're like, come on, just keep doing it. But here's what I'll tell you. Don't let anybody get in your ear about what they want it to kind of look like or sound like you know what you're doing. And your guides are very Much helping you get there. You have a daughter as well, correct?

[Emisha Gormley]

I have three girls.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Oh, three girls.

[Emisha Gormley]

Okay.

[Marianne DeMarco]

So that's why the three. One of them, this mother figure on the other side, watches a lot. She's highly intuitive. And so to me, you might see, like, a sensitivity in her that you might not quite understand, but just know. It's just. She's just sensory. She's like me, so she's just sensory. And she can totally. She's gonna do very, very big things. And I feel like it's the younger of the older. She's maybe your middle. Okay. And she's just like, the way she knows what she wants and how she's going to do things in life, it will all come into fruition. Definitely going to fall into place. Lovely family energies, both of you, around you. And you could do this for yourself.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

Yeah, but I never believe it.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Well, that's the hard part, you know, when we're channeling for ourselves, that's the most challenging part. That's why I wrote the next book. Because how do we get out of these spaces of doubt and fear and all of that? How can we lean on our universal team, our guides on the other side, to help us hear that higher voice? And when we can do that, you'll hear your loved ones, you'll hear your guides, and it all becomes intuitive, instinctual. That's the goal.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

A lot of people are skeptical about this space.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Sure.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

And communicating to the other side, it can be and feel odd even just to, like, you know, say it. What would you say to those who doubt this practice?

[Marianne DeMarco]

I don't really ever challenge a skeptic. What I ask. The only thing I could suggest to a skeptic is that they find their own belief system. And however they feel like they're making that connection, I'm all for it. And if somebody else finds that speaking to a medium or getting into a spiritual practice in this type of genre or in this style suits them, then what you might not understand is, okay, but maybe just honor it and respect it. That's really the best that I can do. It's not my job. My ego would want to convince somebody, but that's not really what spirit asks of me. They just ask me to go do my job, basically.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

For those who have ego, what was one of the most moving encounters you've ever had with a client?

[Marianne DeMarco]

Oh, I think on a whole, whenever I read somebody that has lost a child, those are sort of the most moving connections that I've made. And unfortunately, they've been Frequent in my career. I can tell you the story of. And this always amazes me with Spirit. There was a local girl who lost her life. And a lot of people were asking me, oh, are you going to read the family? Are you going to read the Family? And if the family wants to come to me, right, I am here. I'm not chasing anybody. And so I did feel the energy, though, of this girl coming to me. And I said to her, I'm not going to call your mom. You're gonna have to have her come to me. You're going to have to have her come to me. And I wound up doing a reading. This was years ago, and I would do readings in houses, and I went like. I don't know, maybe like an hour from my house. And I sat with a group of women, and I didn't know any of them. None of them I recognized from town or anything. And there was that girl. She's standing there. And I was confused. I'm staring at this woman. And she said, just say it, Marianne. And I said, caitlin. And she said, yes, I know who Caitlin is. That energy. That woman was friends with the mom, and that energy did that to me about three times until she got through to that mother. And that mother called me up and came to me. And it never ceases to amaze me how Spirit can do that. I've been doing this a long time, and I am never bored at how miraculous Spirit is. Our loved ones, if they want to get through, they will figure out a way. It's like six degrees of spiritual separation. I always say she wanted to get through, and I have seen that countless times, and it's incredible.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

That's amazing.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Yeah, it's really, really cool. I have to say, I feel so honored to have that part of my job. And it's pretty miraculous. It's a very cool thing.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

What are the biggest blocks to intuition that you see in people?

[Marianne DeMarco]

Oh, doubt, fear, ego, imposter syndrome comparison. Speaking from experience, they will block your intuition. Our minds are very loud. They're going to get in there and say, but I don't think that's true. If we could just get to work with our guides, they will help us understand why that's showing up. If you get a little curious, like, why am I so fearful? Why am I so doubtful? Where did it start? Who gave it to me in the first place? And you start to learn those parts of yourself. I do that with my guides. It's much easier to release it, and then it becomes a tool that you Use in order to navigate through it better.

[Emisha Gormley]

You talk about habitual check inside. Can you explain what those are to our listeners and how someone can build that into their daily life?

[Marianne DeMarco]

Yeah, habitual check ins. You know, just like you're brushing your teeth every day, if you can do it on a regular and make it just part of your stacked schedule for the day, you will find that you will sharpen that muscle that we're talking about.

[Emisha Gormley]

Give us an example.

[Marianne DeMarco]

An example would be if I wanted to check in with spirit every day. Maybe I choose to journal for five minutes in the morning and I make that journaling right after or during my cup of coffee in the morning. When you incorporate it into that, making it a habit for yourself, it just feels like your everyday practice, just like brushing your teeth or going to exercise, whatever it is. And when you get into those habits again, it's all about strengthening those muscles. So if you can find something that feels. Here's what I say to people. A lot of people go into their spiritual practice and they go hardcore. And then let's say for argument's sake, they get married, they start to have children, or they take on a big job and their lives get really busy and then all of a sudden that practice gets thrown out the window because they don't have the time. Then they feel like they're failing. I often hear the same thing over and over again. Oh, I was so good at it. Now I'm terrible at it. Not doing anymore. And I always tell people, well, have you looked at your life recently? How can you make this a habit again? That works for you. And how are you looking at your life? So if you took care of your three children for the entire week, are you saying I was a caretaker this week? That's very spiritual. Are you making that part of your habit? I drove the kids around. I did some self care this week. Yes, please, always. And so always look at what you're doing on a regular basis and your perception should be. Did that feel spiritual to me? That's not always about meditating and connecting with the higher source and all the things.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

Signs.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Yes.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

We want them. Yes, desperately. How do we not overthink them?

[Marianne DeMarco]

The way I think about signs, first of all, I will tell you, the spirit loves to show off. So definitely, when it comes to your loved ones, ask them for the signs.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

I do. Like I got given a red cardinal keychain. It was terrible. Who gives someone a red cardinal keychain? But my mom lived a red cardinal. I'm from Kentucky. Da da da Da. I don't know. I kept the keychain, whatever. Then I couldn't find it. This was like six months ago. And I go into a bag, there's that keychain out of the. I'm like, how did this keychain get into this?

[Marianne DeMarco]

There's no way possible when it's serendipitous like that. When you're like, I was just thinking about this, or I can't believe it and here it is. Or I was just needing her in this moment. Like I said, I think they just. They love to show off. So ask them for unique signs. Ask them for.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

Laurelin said that. But I'm like, I can't do, like a pink panda and a whatever.

[Marianne DeMarco]

But Laura teaches it very well. Love Laura. And so you want to teach. You want to give over. Those signs make it very unique. When you're manifesting and you're asking for signs, so you're tuning into your guides. You want to ask for a sign, but you also want to set it and forget it. So let's say for argument's sake, you are trying to manifest. You want a new job, and you're really thinking about this new job. You're getting very detailed in what you want. And you say, universe, you know, please give me a sign. Is this the job for me? Should I take it? Maybe you get an opportunity and you pick a peacock, let's say, right? I often pick peacocks. And then you don't see that peacock. You have to kind of accept that the universe is like, maybe not your job.

[Molly Sims]

Right?

[Marianne DeMarco]

So we have to be aware of what? Of them saying, we're not going to give you that sign.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

Especially to some of the younger girls that I mentor, it's like, sometimes God's rejection is God's protection.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Oh, the biggest protection.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

I was talking to a little girl in Philly the other day, and I'm like, do you know how many jobs I didn't get? Like, you can't imagine how many times. And count on both hands the ones that have changed my life, as we well know.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Gabby says that all the time. Bernstein. Right? So rejection is protection. And it is true. And I can think about, when I wrote this book, I thought about all of this rejection, where my life took me and how grateful I am for things that did not happen a hundred percent. For when those signs didn't show up.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

And I was like, especially like in relationships, you know, it's like, oh, my God, they're telling you who they are. They're showing you who they Are they're telling you they're depressed, they're angry. It's probably not the best person to marry, but somehow you're gonna try to make it and willfully work.

[Marianne DeMarco]

And hindsight, you know, hindsight's the best way to know what your intuition, your psychic abilities are. Because at some point somewhere, that little voice went, hmm, they're a little negative. And you went, oh, we'll just. We'll love it out.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

I just think sometimes I think we can push something and we can force things to happen that maybe shouldn't happen.

[Marianne DeMarco]

The flow is much better. You know, I think that people always ask me, can you take the wrong road? Or what if you make a wrong decision? Can you learn from what that felt like initially? Can you say, you know, I knew that I was forcing this. And then the next time that you feel that, you trust that first and you say, I'm not gonna do that again. I know what this feeling is, and I'm not gonna go down this road again. If you can get ahead of it a little bit.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

Cause, you know, everybody has patterns. Everybody has things that they, you know.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Well, the patterns are your lessons. So if you start to see, like, I've had, like, scarcity patterns.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

What do you mean, a scarcity pattern?

[Marianne DeMarco]

So I was always worried about not having house and home, not having enough, having things being taken away from me, not having enough money. Right. And this caused a lot of problems investing in others like my ex husband or my husband now, you know, to kind of. Aren't you gonna. You know, aren't you gonna support us like that? You know, putting a lot of pressure on them? And I realized that that was on me, and I finally understood that these patterns are lessons that we came here to learn. They're part of our soul contracts. And that if we can start to understand this repetitive behavior as something that we can learn from and work with our guides to understand it, we. Will it always go away? No. But do we answer it in a more productive way? Yeah, totally. And then it's so empowering because we know it's just part of why we're here. And then it sort of gets to be a little bit like, you can give yourself a little pat on the back when you see that growth.

[Emisha Gormley]

You say that this book is like a spiritual road trip. How can we start mapping our own path with the spirit by our side?

[Marianne DeMarco]

Start. Just get in the car and start. Start. Start the ignition and say, yes. So when spirit said to me, we think you should start reading people, I said, okay, yes. I'll start doing that. I just started listening to them and saying yes. Write a book. Okay? I'm not a writer.

[Emisha Gormley]

Write a book.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

Sometimes it's easier to say yes than no.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Yeah, sometimes it is. And then to your point, when it's a no, it's a no. So I think starting to hear that inner voice and just getting People always say, how can I get started on my spiritual journey? Start say yes to something that feels really good to you and that's going to be the start of your beautiful trip. If you choose to take the wheel yourself, don't wait for somebody else to start the car for you. You have to do it.

[Molly Sims]

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[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

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[Emisha Gormley]

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[Rachel Zoe]

Can I tell you a true story in Covid? In the darkness of COVID I had a cat eye every single day where nobody saw me. Not one soul. And when I had Covid, not even my ex husband saw me or my children. And you know what I did? I went into my bathroom, I did a black liquid liner, put on lashes, black liner in the waterline, a full lip, did my hair and sat in my bed. And that is what I did. And I looked at myself and I, I said you are not a well person. I said are you fucking okay? You have 104 fever. You are like, you are like contagion right now.

[Emisha Gormley]

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[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

Now let's talk about energy.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Okay?

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

Energy means a lot to me, okay? Within the people in my company, my family, my friends and I don't know why but it, you can ask her. It has always bothered me when I'm like person has bad energy and I can't and I don't know why it affects me so like to the point where like I can't be around it.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Let's talk about being empathic then because if you're highly. We're all empathic. Every single one of us can feel energy. But when you're highly empathic, people think I'm crazy.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

I'm not crazy.

[Marianne DeMarco]

I'm a good people reader.

[Emisha Gormley]

I can read people very, very well.

[Molly Sims]

Yes.

[Marianne DeMarco]

And I have been. I'll give you an example. I have had people. And I'm sure this happens to you. Everybody's like, no. They're such a great person. I'm like, no. Oh, God, there's something there.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

He's the one with the shitty. The shittiest of energy. And I'm like, what is happening?

[Marianne DeMarco]

Well, that's a good question. What is happening? You can ask, right? So it's sort of like intuitively you can hear your guides. You know, they might say to you, I always tell people, if you work in the workplace, and that one person that just walks in all the time, you're like, oh, gosh, everything kind of shuts down. It's just then it's all like, the energy's just all terrible and shitty. You can always ask, you know, is this me or is this them? Cause a lot of people think their mood completely changes. Then empathetically, you can hear too. Maybe they're just having a really bad day and they came in with that energy. And then you as a boss, as a partner, as a mom, I do this, you know, with my own family members. I can't always match their energy or try and understand it. And what I might feel is like, kind of shitty energy. Just might be them having a bad moment, or maybe they're in a depression or maybe they have their grief. So as psychics, reading energy is very important.

[Emisha Gormley]

I grew up an only child, older parents.

[Marianne DeMarco]

She feels all of it. She feels all of it. But I used to observe people a lot.

[Emisha Gormley]

And so I would really, like. I think now even I'll meet someone and I'm like, they suck. And I wait. And it could take years for someone to realize it.

[Marianne DeMarco]

I hate that it has taken years. And I've seen it where I've been the only one who has said, I'm telling you right now, that guy's a con artist. And you're gonna see it. And then, oh, no, he's great. He's great. I'm telling you. I'm telling you that it's like, what do you do with all of that?

[Emisha Gormley]

You have to let them.

[Marianne DeMarco]

You just have to let them figure it out.

[Emisha Gormley]

And it's really hard, especially when you're around it and you're like, and then.

[Marianne DeMarco]

You can even take it a step further where you're like, I've done it. Where if I really don't want to be around somebody because I think they're super negative, I just ask my guides, like, put a wall up, you know, arm's length with love, you know, may they go with love. But that's a no for me.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

It's a no for me.

[Marianne DeMarco]

There's the boundaries. Yeah.

[Emisha Gormley]

So here's a question I have because I went through something a couple of years ago with my one daughter. And so much of it was like my gut instinct, my intuition. And I always said that it was my mother guiding me, right? It was very much. And a lot of people say everything was fine. What happens in those situations, I think, and I have fallen prey to this is you start to. Then when you were right one time, right your instinct, all of it turned out that was the right path to take. I then sometimes second guess myself. Now, am I right again or am.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

I just worrying the difference between intuition, anxiety and.

[Emisha Gormley]

It's very much so. It's become my intuition and my gut instinct. Then I second guess.

[Marianne DeMarco]

You know, as a parent, I had to learn. One of the best techniques I learned was to not join in the worry of my child or the fear that they may be experiencing or the anxiety or in the situation, Right. And I was doing that. I was just joining in. And then my intuition was getting interfere. It was interfering with my clarity because I was reacting out of emotion all the time or fear for my child. And so what I had to learn to do was just treat it like I do a reading where I started to only use my spiritual self. I felt my own calmness come in the way I would read somebody. And then I always ask, dear spirit, give me the words to serve. Give me something to serve in this moment. And how is this. How can I ask all of these parts that are getting in the way to just sort of step aside for a moment so that I can see with more clarity and understand the situation. If you just take a moment to do a little bit of breath, just calm yourself down, take away that negative chatter. What if I get it wrong? What if it doesn't come through? Just ask it to just be on hold for a minute. You will definitely feel it better. If you've done it once before, you know how it feels. Just lean back into that knowing and then proceed forward with whatever you need to do to help whoever it is or yourself. But you have to remember, when it's people that we really care about and we really love. Or even if it's for self, our emotions are very much into it. And you have to kind of, you know, give yourself a break on that one and just say. And, like, to your point, what if it, like, really activates something in you? You know, if it's like, I had a lot of fear around one of my kids for a long time because of experiences that they had. And then I would just get activated all the. I had to learn to not let that lead and just sort of bring it back to a safer space.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

A lot of women feel like, oh, my God, I made a mistake, or, he's not the right one, or I'm gonna make him the right one. And they are like, you know, I remember someone telling me something years ago. I'm like, well, what's meant to be is meant to be. And this therapist said to me, not really. That's just things you tell yourself to make you feel okay in the moment. But how do you kind of check in with yourself to be like, this is not good, or this is like. Because a lot of people struggle. I struggled with it for a really long time.

[Marianne DeMarco]

I think that for a lot of years in my own life, and I could just tell you from my own experience, I told myself a lot of what I wanted to hear, and I told myself a lot of what that little girl in me wanted to hear as well. This is idealistic. This is the white picket fence. This is this. And I stayed in that dialogue for a very long time. But I always knew in the back of my mind, in my gut, this was before I was practicing as a psychic. But I can reflect on it now and see that knowing never lies. But I understand that behind all of that can be so much fear. And I didn't wanna disappoint people, and I didn't wanna disappoint my children and. Or myself. And so you have to find support in that, in those moments. If you have a great therapist, go to a good therapist. If you wanna start your spiritual practice and meditation, do that. You have to use the tools, the worldly tools around you, because they're here for a reason. And our guides are trying to get us to utilize them to help ourselves.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

Professional life.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Yes.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

You're in a job. What if someone's receiving conflicting signs? Like, you're called to do something or not to do something? Like, this is what I go through. I'm like, why did I start this? Or, why did I do this? And then other days, I'm really clear and Then other days I'm not clear at all. You know what I mean?

[Marianne DeMarco]

I do a spiritual to do list and I ask spirit, what should I prioritize first? And then I give myself a five second rule. Whatever pops into my head is my start. And then I tell Spirit, because some of those things are very big picture items. And if you're a manifester and you love big picture, I'm big picture. And you know what your story is, right? So you're being. Things are being highlighted. Write it down. Definitely don't let it go. Write it down, put it in a journal, put it in a manifestation book. Whatever works for you, put it. Voice, memo, whatever works for you. And then ask spirit, where do I get started? What's the first thing that I can do? And then your job is to say yes when they show you the breadcrumbs. Because what I find so incredible about working my life this way is that they will show you exactly where you can take a step. And there might be several choices, but you want to go with what feels like a flow, not what feels like resistance. We certainly don't want to feel like we're skipping steps because getting to destinations and not going through the directions and how to get there is kind of a waste, honestly. And so you want to go step by step. And when you do that, you'll always have that technique. It's a great technique. That's such a good. Yeah, because I don't wanna take away all those ideas, they're fantastic. But I wanna see divine timing and how it's being given to me. And I realized that if I just put it out there and then came right back to the now, all that chaos goes away. And then I move into incredible spaces of trust and surrender. I'm like, well, that will be shown to me when I should write another book. Or that will be shown to me. I can see myself my in doing talks or doing this. And I get really excited about the work and then I bring it all right back down here and I say, okay, let's get started. Show me where to go.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

I love that we do a little rapid fire here.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Okay, good.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

Early bird or night owl?

[Marianne DeMarco]

Oh, early bird. I'm in bed by 8:30 and I make no apologies.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

Me neither.

[Emisha Gormley]

Books or movies?

[Marianne DeMarco]

Movies that were books, I have to say, do love that. But I think books overall, if you.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

Could have a dinner with anyone, past or present, who would it be?

[Marianne DeMarco]

Oh boy, that's a good question.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

I'm sure you have dinner with a lot of different people.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Who've died. But I do, you know, I can really pull up a good table. I would say it's a toss up. I would say maybe Leonardo da Vinci. Yeah. Or Maya Angelou. Either one.

[Emisha Gormley]

Most used app on your phone, TikTok.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

That's all right. Best piece of advice you ever received.

[Emisha Gormley]

Let go and trust one thing you can't live without.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Oh, family.

[Emisha Gormley]

What's on your bedside table?

[Marianne DeMarco]

On my bedside table is usually at night. Usually a cup of tea and probably a crystal of some sort.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

I love crystals.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Yeah, me too. Something small, but I usually give them away so they're always going. And a picture of my husband and children.

[Emisha Gormley]

What's one hobby you'd like to pick up?

[Marianne DeMarco]

I'd love to play an instrument.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

We always ask every guest before they go, if you could give advice to your 10 year old self, what would it be?

[Marianne DeMarco]

I would say to her, definitely, without question. You are absolutely enough. And don't worry about what anybody thinks.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

Marianne, thank you so much. Medium mentor. 10 powerful techniques to awaken Divine guidance for yourself and others. You guys can get this now.

[Marianne DeMarco]

My first book was Believe, Ask, act. It's my sweet little baby. My first baby. And the next book is called the guides book. Mapping out life's journey with spirit by your side.

[Emisha Gormley]

Available now.

[Marianne DeMarco]

Available now.

[Molly Sims]

Yeah.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

And you guys make sure and follow Marianne. It's Marianne with two N's. The medium. Marianne the medium. God, that's a great name. Marian the medium. Molly the medium. Really appreciate everything and thank you for.

[Emisha Gormley]

You know, doing what you do.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

Doing what you do. Because I'm sure it was not always easy.

[Marianne DeMarco]

It's hard coming out of the spiritual closet. But I kind of like it here now. I love it.

[Co-host (possibly Molly Sims or Emisha Gormley)]

All right, you guys, we'll see you next week. Thanks for listening to Lipstick on the Rim with Molly Sims and my ride or Die. Emisha Gormley. We are so excited to bring you guys guys along on this journey with us. You can find us on Instagram and TikTok at Lipstick on the Rim and Molly B. Sims. Or you go to my blog where you can dive just a little bit deeper into my favorite products, trends and [e-mail] and don't forget to check out our video episodes on my YouTube channel, Molly Sims. This podcast is a production with Sony Music. I wanted to give a special thanks to my team, Rosie Cummings, Ken Orion, Sophie Vorkin and everyone at Sony Music. Don't forget to listen and follow wherever you get your podcast so you never miss out on the fun.