Mary Ann DiMarco: The Light Within You

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Nikki & Brie Show

Episode: Mary Ann DiMarco: The Light Within You
Date: August 28, 2025
Host: SiriusXM
Guests: Nikki & Brie Garcia, Mary Ann DiMarco

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Overview

In this soulful and inspiring episode, Nikki and Brie Garcia reconnect with their long-time friend and acclaimed psychic medium, Mary Ann DiMarco. The trio delves into spirituality, intuition, and the power of connecting with spiritual guides. The highlight is Mary Ann’s forthcoming book, "The Guides Book: Mapping Out Life’s Journey with Spirit by Your Side," which explores how everyone can tap into spiritual guidance and intuition—especially during chaotic or uncertain times. Expect candid sharing, laughs, emotional insights, and hands-on tips for connecting to your own inner light.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Mary Ann’s Spiritual Beginnings

[08:08]–[09:50]

• Mary Ann shares how she was aware of spirit from a young age, normalized by her mother’s openness to “woo-woo” topics.
• Initially denied her gifts, wanting a normal life, until personal hardship in her 30s (divorce, grief) led her to spiritual teacher Pat Longo.
• Describes her journey from seeking a reading to becoming a teacher and embracing her psychic abilities.

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"I just thought she was a psychic... but she said, ‘I teach people how to get in touch with their abilities.’ And I quite automatically said, ‘Oh, I think I’m supposed to see you now.’" — Mary Ann DiMarco [08:34]

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2. Embracing Spiritual Gifts & Authenticity

[10:31]–[12:26]

• Mary Ann speaks about setting her own intentions and boundaries for her work as a medium.
• Emphasizes listening to the universe and actively saying “yes” to spiritual callings.
• Nikki credits Mary Ann’s direct, no-nonsense approach:
  "That’s like a no bullshit kind of woman... It felt so real, but so me. And I was like, oh my God, I love this." — Nikki [11:45]

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3. Navigating Skepticism and Staying True

[12:49]–[13:56]

• Mary Ann addresses skeptics and misconceptions—especially accusations of “witchcraft.”
• She urges curiosity over judgment, encourages open-mindedness, and insists the real magic is in everyone’s personal connection with intuition.

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"Maybe come with curiosity instead of judgment would be the only thing that I would ask." — Mary Ann [13:12]

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4. About Mary Ann's Books & The New Release

[14:45]–[17:54]

• Mary Ann discusses her previous book, "Medium Mentor," aimed at making spiritual connection simple and relatable.
• Shares friendship with Gabby Bernstein, who wrote the foreword for both "Medium Mentor" and her upcoming book.
• The new book, "The Guides Book," launches September 16 and centers on connecting with spiritual guides, emphasizing everyone has “a universal team” offering help and guidance.
• The book is more personal, with stories from Mary Ann’s own recent life transitions.

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5. Comparison of Spirituality & Modern Tech like AI

[18:52]–[20:28]

• Nikki draws a parallel between seeking answers from AI and seeking spiritual guidance.
• Mary Ann warns against relying on external tools (including AI) for answers rather than looking within, calling all external helpers mere “breadcrumbs.”

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"AI cannot answer what is within you. Right? A psychic cannot answer what is within you. Your guides can lead you to what is within you, but you yourself have everything you need right inside." — Mary Ann [19:38]

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6. Repeating Life Lessons & Personal Accountability

[20:28]–[22:29]

• Discussing the “repeat” cycle of life lessons, Mary Ann suggests that recurring issues are signs to “go deeper” and learn what is really at play.
• Offers practical advice: “When you’re stuck on repeat, that’s your soul asking you to dig deeper.”

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"The lessons that we came here to learn is on repeat. If we're not getting to work... I know it's time for me to go deeper with my guides." — Mary Ann [20:37]

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7. Flow, Alignment, and Trusting Intuition

[22:30]–[26:33]

• Explores the notion of “being on the right path” and that uncertainty is part of growth.
• Nikki shares how she assesses alignment by tuning into excitement and joy, even if a path isn’t always easy.
• Mary Ann reiterates that “guidance” is more powerful and helpful than simply being given answers.

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8. Fulfillment, Materialism, and Inner Peace

[26:33]–[28:10]

• Nikki talks about shifting from material happiness to peace found in everyday beauty—like her olive tree.
• Mary Ann affirms that fulfillment must come from within, not from external possessions or validation.

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"We move away from all that expectation of other things or people fulfilling us, and we realize, oh, that has to come from me." — Mary Ann [28:02]

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9. Spiritual Parenting: Raising Kids with Gifts

[28:16]–[30:27]

• Mary Ann reveals her approach to raising spiritually aware children: not pushing answers, but guiding with intention and authenticity.
• Describes her notoriety in her small town as “the divorce psychic mom”—and the funny, challenging aspects this brought to her kids’ Catholic school life.

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10. Religion, Faith, and Spirituality Blending

[31:02]–[33:21]

• Brie and Nikki share stories of their Catholic upbringing and recent profound spiritual experiences with family loss.
• Mary Ann, now a spiritualist, advocates taking the best from any faith tradition to enrich your own practice.

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"If we can take what serves us best, what resonates with us most, I think you get a really beautiful balance." — Mary Ann [32:24]

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Interactive Exercises & Practical Tools

1. Speed Dating Your Guides Exercise

[33:31]–[36:13]

• Sit at a table and imagine your guides sitting across from you, one by one—give yourself only a few seconds to register images, names, or feelings.
• Write down impressions without overthinking.
• The point is to trust what comes up before your logical mind intervenes.
• Automatic writing: Ask your guides open-ended questions and let your pen flow uninterrupted.

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"These exercises are meant to help you...trust your relationship, but also your ability." — Mary Ann [34:51]

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2. Distinguishing Loved Ones, Guides, and Angels

[37:53]–[40:51]

• Loved ones typically come with reassurance and familiar energy.
• Guides offer more directive input, nudging your life in new directions.
• Angels have specialized roles related to protection, healing, or communication.
• You may perceive each differently; meaning is ultimately personal.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "Curiosity instead of judgment is helpful. I think I'll call all kinds of things." — Mary Ann [13:12]
• "Your guides can lead you to what is within you, but you yourself have everything you need right inside." — Mary Ann [19:38]
• "We lower our expectations...you fulfill yourself in different ways. And that's beautiful." — Mary Ann [28:02]
• "If you can wake up every day and be grateful for that light, it will shine brighter and brighter within each and every single one of you. Just say yes." — Mary Ann [41:16]
• "The Chanel bag doesn't make me anymore. I make the Chanel bag." — Nikki [28:10]

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Inspiration / Affirmation

[41:16]

"Give yourself permission to align yourself with the divine beings that you are. The light lives within you. It is not something that is separate from you. If you can wake up every day and be grateful for that light, it will shine brighter and brighter within each and every single one of you. Just say yes. That's all you have to do."
— Mary Ann DiMarco

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Important Timestamps

• [07:10] – Mary Ann DeMarco joins the show
• [08:08] – Mary Ann’s first spiritual experiences
• [14:45] – Discussion of her books and the new release
• [19:38] – Spirituality vs. AI as tools; looking within for answers
• [33:31] – Interactive guide exercise explained
• [41:16] – Inspirational closing affirmation

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Where to Find Mary Ann’s New Book

• Pre-order "The Guides Book: Mapping Out Life’s Journey with Spirit by Your Side"
  • Amazon
  • Hachette Books
  • maryanndemarco.com
  • Mary Ann’s Instagram and Facebook (@marianmedium)

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Final Notes

This episode is a heartfelt encouragement for listeners to trust their intuition, embrace their inner light, and explore spiritual practices in a way that feels authentic and accessible. Whether you’re skeptical or seeking deeper meaning, Mary Ann, Nikki, and Brie deliver guidance with warmth, realness, and a sense of fun.

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[A]

What up, Nikki?

[B]

So we have a very special treat today. Very special guest. One that I've known. Gosh, for many, many years. Well, we both have. I just tend to talk to her a lot more than you. But super excited to bring her on in a bit. So how are things?

[A]

Yeah, I mean, I have to say, I'm. I'm so excited to talk to our guest today. I feel like it's so up our alley and, you know, everything's good. I'm coming to the end of my time up in the mountains, so starting to pack up, which always makes me sad. I don't know why. I'm like, I've been up here for so long, but it's never easy to make my way down the mountain. So it's been a lot of packing. Well, a lot of cleaning.

[B]

It's always very hard to leave Lake Tahoe. Yeah, always very hard to leave Tahoe. It really is.

[A]

And I am being a really great mom and taking my kids to the big K Pop Demon Hunters Sing Along Theater show.

[B]

Mateo. Now, Mateo does not want me to hit play on that. When I, like, show him, like, let's watch this or that. He doesn't. I don't know what it is. And he loves Birdie. It's Japanese animation, right?

[A]

Yes. And Birdie was so into it because of cousins. So I think when Buddy sees Birdie get excited about something, he does. But now, like, they're addicted, but they're doing the weekend. Only two days in theaters to this. I don't even know what I'm in for, but we'll see.

[C]

Where?

[B]

Santa Rosa.

[A]

It's. No, In Reno.

[B]

San Francisco.

[A]

Reno.

[B]

Oh, that's gonna be a lot of fun. I have to say, when we did the Blippi one, I was actually very shocked how great and well done it was and how much fun it was for kids to dance and sing along. I wasn't expecting. No.

[A]

So this is in theaters.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

So it's almost like a IMAX thing or something like that.

[B]

That's actually really one weekend across the whole you.

[A]

Yeah. Their animation. But across the whole US it's like this weekend. So I'm gonna be singing golden and Soda.

[B]

I love it. Well, so Mateo, he keeps asking me if I could take him to Japan, which I'm really tempted to book a trip at some point because we were watching this. Dad and Son last night, went to Japan and hit all the different stuff. Style of trains, because, you know, they have Hello Kitty, Pokemon. I mean, Pikachu. They have, you know, the different speed trains. They're all different routes, they have different feels. There's like six or seven you can hit. And he really wants to do it, but he loves Japanese animation. And like, with my storyline with Becky, there was someone did really cool Japanese animation where they call it anime or whatever, but of Becky and I and. And Mateo could not stop laughing. And like, he just loved it so much. He goes, you're. Look at you. You're so lucky. So he's very drawn to the Japanese culture. Like, very, very drawn to it. So I really want to take him, but this is why I feel like he would love this. I just need to play it, because he just doesn't.

[A]

I mean, he only wants me to go to YouTube.

[B]

He never wants me to go anywhere else in his streaming platforms. So when he sees a streaming platform pop up, he's already like, no YouTube. So. Yeah. Well, anyways, Brie, I feel like my gut is telling me my intuition is like, we need to let our guest in now, because you and I could just talk forever about being moms. So I say we bring in our guest, Marianne. Not only is she a friend, she's a spiritual teacher, motivational speaker, author, and psychic medium and who's written some incredible books. And we're here to talk about her. Her latest that's available, available for pre order now. The guides book, Mapping out life's journey with spirit by your side. Everyone, please welcome Marianne DeMarco. Hi, Marianne. Hi.

[C]

Hi. So happy to be here with my girls.

[B]

Honestly, it's been so long. So I, like, since I physically have seen you, I feel it.

[C]

True. Yeah, it's been a while. It's been a while.

[B]

It has a. Yeah, go ahead, Bruce.

[A]

Sorry. Oh, no, I was saying, when was the last time. Was it when we were in New York?

[C]

Probably, yeah.

[B]

Many, many, many years ago.

[C]

Too many.

[A]

Too many.

[B]

Many, too many.

[C]

Too many.

[A]

We're gonna have to meet up again in person.

[C]

We are? We are. Definitely, yes. For sure.

[B]

I would love that. And are you coming back to Cali anytime soon? I know, you were just out here, right?

[C]

I'm on my way out there next week, actually. I'll be out there. Yes.

[A]

Oh, really?

[C]

I know, yes. We're in California. I'm going to la and I'll be in Manhattan beach, and then I'm going to San Diego for a few days to chill.

[B]

Oh, you deserve it.

[A]

You deserve it.

[B]

Thanks.

[C]

I'm excited. I am excited. Next time I come, we'll we'll get together. Yes.

[B]

So before we dive into your book, since you are new to all of our listeners, I thought we can maybe go back to the beginning and just like. And I know you probably been asked this so many times, but for listeners, when was some, like, the first time you noticed you had spiritual gifts? And what was your reaction to that? And did you lean into it, shy away? How did all of that go?

[C]

Well, I've been hearing and seeing spirit since I was a little girl. I didn't think it was unusual. My mom made it really normal. She never questioned it. She's kind of wooey in her own way. And so I was really used to having conversations about spiritual psychics and ascended masters and spirit and all this type of stuff. I denied it for a very long time. As I got older, I. I didn't really want to be different, you know, I wanted to just sort of stay in the norm. And then it wasn't until I got into my 30s, I went through a rough time with a divorce and grief of all types. And I wound up in the hands of a beautiful spiritual teacher. She has since been passed. Her name is Pat Longo. And she. I just thought she was a psychic. I thought I was going in to see her, you know, for a reading, and she said to me, oh, I don't do readings. I'm a teacher. I teach people how to get in touch with their abilities. And I quite automatically said, oh, I think I'm supposed to see you now. I just had always. I was starting to really crave how to do all of this. And I wound up in her wonderful hands. And within just a few weeks, I was finally understanding what it meant to connect and how to deliver message and all that.

[A]

Oh, my gosh, fun stuff. I love it. Now, growing up as a child and having these gifts, did it ever scare you?

[C]

Well, I saw some scary things. You know, kids are kind of rogue. You know, we're. They're sort of just open and not really, I don't know, protected in a way, and that they can just see everything, you know, and their imaginations are in it. So, yeah, I mean, I saw some scary things. My mom always had a wonderful way of just sort of explaining, explaining it and calming me. And so I was very fortunate I didn't grow up with the anxiety and the fear that a lot of psychic kids grow up with. I just thought it was, oh, yeah, there's, you know, people around. Yeah, I can see and connect with. I didn't think it was, you know, so Crazy.

[B]

Totally. And you know when you like went to your teacher and you, you learned about how you can use your gifts, do you set your own intentions of like, this is how I want to use this kind of like, so how we do our vision boards and like, or with our platforms, what we want to get out of it, do you do the same?

[C]

I wound up doing that because I didn't think in a million years that I would be doing it this way. Yeah, I, I really had no idea. I just thought, ah, maybe I'll finally figure out how to read people or something. And then as people started asking me for readings and, and I started to get this wait list of people just wanting to come to me, I realized, oh, this is sort of where, when I was asking as a mom at that time, hey, I need a career. I had been a stay at home mom. I needed to earn and I needed to just do something for myself that was my own. That felt really good and authentic. Then I realized, oh, this is, this is the universe showing me. Yeah, here we want you to do this. And so, yeah, I just started to say yes to it and I set boundaries to your point, Nikki, I, I was like, you know, here's what I want to see, here's what I don't want to see, here's how I want to receive messages. And it just started to, to take off from there.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

Well, and I remember my first time that we did a reading together and the few like where I was so drawn to you, that was so different than anyone I spoke to is I was like, whoa, that's like a no bullshit kind of woman. Like you for sure. Right? I was like, I like her like just real strong and like how you would deliver messages or how like you speak. Like, I just, it felt so real, but so me. And I was like, oh my God, I love this.

[C]

Thank you. So unexpected.

[B]

Yeah. You.

[C]

Thanks.

[B]

Yeah, it was really amazing. And you are very incredible at what you do as well. Like, I appreciate that.

[C]

Thank you so much. It's important to meet your sinner's energy. And you know, it's not my words necessarily, it's. They're just using me as a conduit. And so if I'm, if I'm meeting your energy along with. Yes. My personality is a little straightforward. I'm gonna tell you the way it is sometimes. Yeah. If I can do that in a, in a care, care and concerning type of way, I hope that it, it comes off the right way.

[B]

Yes, definitely.

[C]

Thanks for that.

[A]

It definitely does. You're welcome. And, Miriam, what do you say to people? Because, you know, I feel like in today's world, you'll have so many people that are like, I don't know, like, they get unsure or they don't even want to go there because they feel like it's like witchcraft. And, you know, I'll even hear so many things because I'm very spiritual when I'll talk to people. What do you say to kind of the naysayers?

[C]

I really don't say much at all, to be quite honest. I. You know, my thing is, look, this might not be for everybody. I'm certainly not here to prove anything to anything. And I think, unfortunately, a lot of psychic mediumship has become very performative, and it's kind of tough to get out of that stereotype. But what I would say is that it doesn't really matter if you believe in what I do. Do you believe that you can do it? Because everyone can. And what, your belief system. I would. I would respect somebody's belief system, but, you know, you can do it without judgment. Maybe come with curiosity instead of judgment would be the only thing that I would ask. Yeah, that. That would be helpful. I think I'll call all kinds of things. So, yeah, curiosity instead of judgment is helpful.

[B]

Yeah, actually. And I love that. And it's. It's so true. Like, just have an open mind to things. And, you know, I like to continue to use our platforms for things like this because Bri and I do not only believe in it so much, but it just. I know it is also. It's gonna at least touch one person, maybe more, but at least that one person. That means there's gonna be one kinder person in this world, one more person with beautiful faith that knows that it goes beyond. Beyond this lifetime that will then change another person. And I. That's why I never stop using my voice in this way. And I do. I. I want to get into your book and know why. To start to write books. Because you have so many great books.

[A]

Well, yeah, I was going to say the one I was obsessed with that really helped me was your medium. Mentor one. The one.

[C]

Oh, thank you.

[A]

Yeah, I actually have it. I had to, like, bust it out because. And I read this, like, within a week.

[C]

It is so glad.

[A]

It is such a great.

[C]

I love that book. I love that I wrote that book because there was such a strong calling for answers from. A lot of people were coming to me asking for answers on how they themselves can make connection and have their own spiritual Practice and understand what it is like to be psychic. We're all psychic in some way, whatever. Whether you're saying it's intuitive intuition or if you're saying it's psychic abilities, it really doesn't matter. And we all have divine abilities. We are made from that light. And so I wrote that book to it to help people. Because what I hope is that it comes off not so complicated.

[A]

Right.

[C]

You know, we have a tendency to complicate these things. And so when I write, I try to write in a way that would resonate with myself and that, you know, can we just simplify this? Can we just see that we all have these abilities and you can make it look like whatever you want it to look like in your own authentic way. And these are just some tools and tips to help you along.

[A]

Yeah. Well, you know what I love about this book is that your foreword was by Gabby Bernstein, who we just had on the podcast.

[C]

Girl.

[A]

Yeah, we just had on the podcast not too long ago. Are you guys close?

[C]

Yeah, we're really good friends. I love Gabby. Gabby's a girl's girl and she's. She wrote the forward for my next book as well. Just one of these people that helps you find your own light in a lot of ways. Yep. And she's always there for to support and be a great sounding board. I love Gabby. She's one of the best manifestors I know too. She's like insane manifest or she really knows what she's doing there.

[B]

Oh my gosh, she's so good. Well, and you two are very similar in personalities as well. Like once we interviewed Gabby, I'm like, yeah, very much the same.

[C]

Great. Yeah. She gets right to it, doesn't she?

[B]

Does gets right to it. Oh, my goodness. So let's dive in about your new book that's coming out and you said it's coming out when?

[C]

September 16th.

[B]

16Th.

[C]

I'm really excited about this one. This one is all about connecting with your guides. And it's about understanding that we all have a universal team on the other side. Every single one of us has a team of beings that are here to help us. Here to guide us, here to leave us the breadcrumbs. And really what I'm trying to explain in this book is that we are part of this co creation. We're part of our manifestations. We came here knowing what we want to learn, what we want to experience, how we want to serve. And our guides are coming in, just helping us understand how to hear that higher self, how to hear that voice. And that as we navigate through, through all of these heavier times in our lives, the wonderful times in our lives, we are not alone. We have access to this great team who is more than willing to give us all the information we need to get ourselves going in life.

[B]

I love that.

[A]

I love that. And did you feel inspired to write it because you feel like this is a time. I mean, when we all look at it, kind of feels like the world's a little chaotic. I don't know, maybe that's just media making us feel it. But did you feel like this is a perfect time for people to really tap into this?

[C]

I hope the books feel timely. They do to me and my guides. You know, I hear them write a book. Write a book. You wake them up. Was. Was medium mentor. Write about us? Was the guides book. Tell them about us. Tell them we're here. And I just thought, all right, yeah, that's cool. And I was really experiencing a lot of different things in my own life. I write about them in the book. This book is a little bit more personal than my other books. And so I share some stories as to how I had to get to work with my guides at this point in my life, especially in the last four years, going through menopause and moving and all kinds of different things that were coming up for me and how my guides really helped me along to understand how I was feeling and why.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

You know, And I also feel. And tell me if you think this has any effect, but, like, with even to even say technology again is on the rise. And with AI so near, I see that people are leaning more into AI than, let's say, our guides or like, what we have that we. We don't see. We want quick answers and we feel like AI has it all. Like, if I'm going to ask ChatGPT something, well, that has to be right. It's not what I'm actually feeling or learning that's in front of me. And when you were. When you said that they were saying right about us, it immediately made me feel this of like, oh, my gosh. It's like the rise of AI, but, like, we need to know more about our guides. But do you think that has some effect or has, like, effect on us as, like, human beings?

[C]

But I think it does. I think just like any other tool, whether it is your spirituality, whether you're using AI, whether you are seeking therapy, whatever it is that you're using as a tool to help you navigate your life, it is exactly that as a tool but it's not your answer. And your answers, AI cannot answer what is within you. Right. A psychic cannot answer what is within you. Your guides can lead you to what is within you, but you yourself have everything you need right inside. So if you're finding that these tools are breadcrumbs that your guides are leaving, I'm fine with it. It's when we rely on them to give us what we ourselves can come to. I think that's that at a point where maybe we should pause and say, okay, let me pull back and do some searching all on my own and see what I get.

[B]

Right. Because I feel like people want the answers instead of going and trying to find the answers.

[C]

Self gratification. It's so quick.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

You know, it's. We're so used to that. But I have found that it will just come back. You know, the. The lessons that we came here to learn is on repeat. If we're not getting to work. Every time I hear myself on repeat and I'm getting annoyed by my own story, I know it's time for me to go deeper with my guides to figure out what the heck is wrong and what's going on. And I have to be. You have to be accountable for that.

[B]

Yeah. Oh, my gosh. I actually didn't think about that because.

[C]

I feel like those are your soul contracts.

[B]

Yeah. I feel like that can happen to me a lot. I'm like, why am I always circling back here? Why can I not get past this one thing? Always coming back?

[C]

Oh, yeah. That's when you ask. That's when you say, why am I here again? Who gave this to me in the first place? What is it that you're trying to teach me? Who, what, where, when, why? And then use different practices that I teach in the book or what you have found on your own, whether it's meditation, writing, just speaking to them directly as I do, and receiving that information in your mind and your body and your soul, and go with that. Hear what they have to tell you because they're not trying to be very cryptic. Yeah, they already. They're already trying to work with you.

[B]

I know. We kind of make it so much more difficult, don't we?

[A]

Oh, my gosh.

[C]

We do.

[B]

Yeah. We.

[C]

We have a tendency to complicate.

[B]

Yeah, totally. Like, I just. I even think of how I can be, and I have such faith in it, and it's like I'm turning it into some, like, investigation that I'm like, okay, so then here.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

Maybe it's like, this, like, I think of, like, that's not always bad, Nicole.

[C]

But that's what I like, you know, because you are doing the work that you're not just sitting and waiting on, you know, your manifestation cushion. You know, you're kind of saying, I'm willing to see these parts of myself. I'm willing to understand this. If you could just keep taking me and I'll follow along and I'll. I'll be a participant in all of this. That actually is very, very good. That's what you should be doing.

[B]

Oh, I love it.

[A]

I love it. So this book will, like, help for people who are questioning whether, am I on the right path? Like, am I, like. Because, you know, I feel like so many times I'll hear it a lot. I mean, I hear it a lot in my brain, but I'll talk to other people. And sometimes you're like, I don't know. I think I'm on the right path. I'm not sure. But there always feels like there's this uncertainty.

[C]

I think if you realize that the uncertainty is okay, too, that if. What I hope it does is it helps you start to recognize why you feel the way you do in these moments and how you can get to spaces of receiving instead of reaching, flow instead of resistance, and trusting that your intuition is ready to take you to the places that feel authentic and good. Even if you're sitting there paused for a while, even if things seem chaotic, you can look at that with a different perspective and say, I'm still right where I need to be in this moment. I'm just going to pause and take a look around and see what the universe is trying to show me now. And so then everything becomes productive. Nothing's wasted in that moment. Everything becomes your story being written in real time. It just keeps flowing.

[B]

Yes. Yep. And it's. You know, it's funny because you're talking about Bri, like, with your soul being aligned, and it's like, I. I definitely go off of, like, emotions I feel. And I kind of know when it's here, there's, like, this excitement and happiness. And even though at times it doesn't mean it's easy, because sometimes I think, well, if it's easy now, then this is what aligns. Like, there's still difficult moments, but it's that excitement, energy that's behind it. And then if I'm doing something that doesn't feel like I don't feel that, then I. I start to be like, this isn't right. I don't I don't think I should be here, which I don't know if that's right or not.

[C]

No, it is. And I. That's that resistance versus flow versus receiving versus chasing. And look, nobody comes out unscathed. We all are going to experience something in this lifetime that's going to have us take pause or reach for a higher power in some way at some point. We also have tremendous joys to celebrate and happiness to celebrate. And we have to meet all of these emotions and I think with the same type of force that we would if it was bad or good. You know, I think I answer everything sort of the same way, still with guidance by my side. But I'm not looking for them to give me an answer. I'm looking for their guidance. And I think when you make that shift, you then exercise that intuitive muscle that you're talking about, and you're saying, okay, I know this doesn't feel right. Mind, body, soul. I know that I have to make a shift here, and I'm willing to do that. You're saying, yes.

[B]

I can't wait to read this book. This is like, actually, can it come out? Do you know what I mean? Because I do feel like for so long, I just wanted to be given the answers. And I think because I really have done the work for a long time, I've realized that that doesn't happen. But I think then people give up. See, I didn't mind doing the work, but I do think people need it to be said to them a little easier or to have this book where, okay, this feels a little bit easier to get guided. Doesn't mean I get the answers, but it will guide me there to where I know it will be, what the answer will be when I get there.

[C]

Yes, you'll know. It'll. It, you'll. And to me, like I said, especially these last four or five years, it's brought me so much more peace to know that not only am I not alone, but that I am a participant in all of this, that my free will is part of this, that what my soul came here to do and learn is important.

[A]

Right?

[C]

Whether it's on a grand scale or a small scale, it really doesn't matter. That if we take the time to pause and know that we are so worthy of understanding all of this about ourselves, you can really be led into the most incredible spaces of peace. I truly, truly believe that.

[B]

I, you know, I agree with you, Marianne, because I feel like everyone. And don't get me wrong, the bougie Girl's still inside. But everyone really knew me as, like, so much of the material things and the life, and the more that I've done the work on myself, it is so crazy that that stuff doesn't become a part of me anymore, and I don't crave it. Like, don't get me wrong, I look at, like, some nice things, and I'm like, oh, yeah, you know? But I don't feel the need to have. Because what's around me, I already feel so full and happy. And it's more of where I've become obsessed with the scenery around me. Mother Nature that's around me, that, like, I invested in this grand olive tree who I call, like, my greatest security guard because I just feel him protect me. But, like, to me, that brought me such happiness, and I think it's just because I'm such at peace with my life that anything that's around me, whether my home or that's growing in my yard, I just. I feel such happiness. And isn't that beautiful? It's so beautiful.

[C]

It's so beautiful. Because you can still appreciate all the yumminess that hyugienist has to offer. I mean, we don't have to say no to it, right? But we're not asking it to do anything for us, you know, like, we're no longer asking it to. To do anything. We lower our expectations, and that goes into the other people that we have around us. We move away from all of that expectation of other things or people fulfilling us, and we realize, o. Oh, that's. That has to come from me.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Out of expectation, into hope for everything else and everyone else. But you fulfill yourself in different ways. And that's. That's beautiful. Yeah.

[B]

It's so true. The Chanel bag doesn't make me anymore. I make the Chanel bag.

[C]

That's right.

[A]

There you go.

[B]

And, you know. Right. And, you know, this is actually very interesting to me because now, being a mom and having a son, how is it raising. Like, raising your son? You only have one son, right?

[C]

I have a son and I have a daughter.

[B]

Oh, no. A daughter, too.

[C]

And I have a bonus baby. I have a bonus son, too.

[B]

Oh, okay. How is that like, having your gifts and raising children?

[C]

I've tried to. You know, here's. Well, now they're in their 20s, right? So they're in their mid to late 20s, and they understand what I do. My daughter, I mean, if I can read her every day, she would let me. You know, she's totally into it. And my Son, I've learned to use it not for him, but for me as his mother.

[B]

No.

[C]

Yeah, right. So in other words, like, I've learned about energy and not connecting to his energy, but maybe allowing myself. Give me the words to serve him is what I say to spirit. Like, let me. How can I serve him in this moment? And my job is not to give them their psychic answers, you know, but it's hard as a mom, you want to channel and do all the things. I've been very fortunate. I have children who are very accepting of what their mom does, and they get it. And I think, I hope what they have seen is me live my life in a way that feels very authentic. And if that has allowed them and given them permission to do the same for themselves. And that's really all that I can ask for. Like, go. Do you. Yeah, please, do you? And don't answer to anybody else about it. Just, do you? Oh, yeah.

[A]

I love that. And when they have their friends around and stuff, with. How would they tell people what you do?

[C]

The cat was out of the bag. You know, I live in a small town, and I was. My kids. My kids went to Catholic school, so I. They. I was like the divorce psychic mom. You know, the rumor got around.

[B]

By the way, this sounds like a TV show, like a cinema.

[C]

I'm since remarried, you know, I mean, I. You know, I love my hubster, but, like, at the time. So I think they. They, you know, they would come home from school and to say, you know, my friend wants a reading. You know, they just started to hear it. I don't know. They. They took it on the chin. I have to say, they did a good job.

[B]

I love that is, like, really cool. But I think we do need to write that script because, like, kids attending Catholic school.

[C]

Oh, my gosh.

[B]

You know what I mean?

[C]

Well, you know, my daughter's like me. She's super divorced psychic mom. And my daughter's really sassy. And so when the teacher would be in religion class saying, you know, psychics were wrong and they go to hell, my daughter would, like, raise her hand. She's like, my mom's psychic, so she going to hell. You know, she, like, loved to challenge them. I think it's. It's not as. I, you know, it's not as unacceptable as it used to be. So they. They had it pretty good.

[B]

That's great. You know, Brie and I being raised Catholic, and then we just. As we got older, we are more spiritual, but we're still always drawn to Catholicism and Especially with all the prayers and the saints and Mother Mary, she's totally our boo. And what I found so beautiful is our nana had recently passed last Saturday. And I'm sorry. Yeah, it's been hard. It's been so hard because she was like a mom to us. And what I, what I loved was it took a few days for her to pass, like where she got to this point where she was on morphine. But the hospice nurse she had went on vacation. So one went in and saw the rosary by her nightstand. And she was a Catholic hospice nurse. So she looked at my aunt and was like, oh, is. Are you guys Catholic? She's like, yeah. She goes, well, there's this prayer that you say at 3pm and it's to help Catholics crossover. And she's like, we have 20 minutes. I'll teach you it real quick and then we'll do it. But if it doesn't work today, we'll do it tomorrow. Because there's just a few days of where you're like, oh, God, I wish you would just take my Nana so she could be out of pain. So they do it at 3:00 clock and my nana passed away at 4:15.

[C]

Wow, that's amazing.

[B]

Isn't that amazing?

[C]

The power of prayer is real.

[B]

It's so real.

[C]

It's so real. It's so real. And see, I love that. That's very beautiful. I wasn't raised Catholic. I became a Catholic later in life. And then I consider myself a spiritualist at this point. But what I found is that with any religion, if we can take what serves us best, what resonates with us most, I think you get a really beautiful balance and something like that. To me, I would teach that to like all of my students. I love that. Yes, I love that. What a beautiful thing to. Because that collective energy, being around your Nana at that point, I can guarantee you she felt that. There's no doubt in my mind. Beautiful.

[A]

I bet.

[B]

So. And you know, she was going to be a nun, so she. That faith to her meant so much. So I think that prayer, and you're right, that energy of it just helped her so much.

[C]

Yeah. Helped her release, helped her let go.

[B]

Yes, Beautiful. Exactly.

[C]

Love it.

[B]

So true. So in your book that comes out in September, there's interactive exercises in the book. Can you walk us through one of those?

[C]

Sure.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

There's a way to meet your guides. I call it speed dating. Your guides, like speeding your guides. And you can create. The reason why I do it like this is because so Many people will allow their minds to get in the way. So sometimes I have one where, you know, you go to a temple and it's a little longer and you do all these things and you meet your guides. But there's something about that meditation that I really like or that exercise that I really like because it doesn't give you time to think. It gives you like a five second rule and you can just imagine yourself sitting at a table with a chair across from you and allow your guys just one by one sort of sit in front of you. Maybe you do three at a time. I love the number three. And just see what you see, get what you get. It doesn't have to be full conversation. Maybe you just get an image. Maybe you just hear a word, maybe you just hear a name. Maybe you feel called to write after. But I love that one because it starts to sort of train your mind to just trust what you're seeing and hearing and feeling without overthinking it. And it's fun. I want you, you know, have a little fun with it. There's also automatic writing exercises in there, and that is asking your guides a question. Try to ask open ended questions, not yes or nos, and just write. See what you get. Trust it. These exercises are meant to help you. Yes. Trust your relationship, but also your ability.

[B]

Right.

[C]

And that you're able to do this. So just like any other muscle that you're exercising, we want to be consistent and we want to try and pick things that resonate with us, that don't feel like too much work and allow yourself to get in there and just do it consistently.

[B]

Okay. And so this would be. Let's just say I could do this for my dining room table.

[C]

You can do this anywhere.

[B]

Okay?

[C]

Anywhere. If you are a person who has an altar and wants to set that up and you have your whole spiritual corner in your house, go for it. I don't have that. I am a person who will be sitting in my car talking to my guides. I sit at the beach. I mean, I'm shopping in my head, I'm talking to them while I'm shopping. So just do whatever resonates with you. If you want to sit at your table, do that. If you want to go into deep meditation and prayer, do that. If that's what feels good.

[B]

Okay. And so the speed dating kind of happens within your mind.

[C]

Within your mind. You could do like a. You can just close your eyes. If you want to do it as a more formal meditation, go right ahead. I break it down in the Book. And just the whole point of it is to just trust. You can even set a timer if you want so that you don't allow your. Your brain to sort of get in the way. And if it does, just ask it to step aside for a moment and allow them to use your imagination. Because that's what spirit does. They come in, they use our frame of reference. They're excited to do so. So allow them to show you. Get really good and creative. It's fun.

[B]

That would be fun.

[A]

Oh, my gosh.

[C]

You have to tell me. Yeah, do that. I like it.

[B]

Yeah. I want to know, like, the words and the. Yeah. And I kind of flash an image.

[C]

Yeah, right.

[B]

An image. If I feel the need to write.

[C]

That's right. Because the third eye is like a slideshow, you know, like. So if you see an image, if you see a color, if you hear something, just write it all down. And then if you want to extend the exercise riff off of what you wrote down, ask them, what does this mean? What is it that you want me to know? And allow yourself to just write. And the way we do automatic writing is we just receive the words, allow them to come. Don't edit it. Just let the pen flow. Do pen to paper. I do suggest that.

[B]

Yeah, I've seen you do that.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Yeah, I'm going to do that. I want to set up my table for like dinner for two and make it feel like a speed dating. Like have an empty chair. Oh, my God.

[C]

Please take a picture that I want to see. When you do that, you have to totally do it. That's very cool. That's actually really great. You can literally sit across from your dining room table and just even with your eyes open if you want. If people have problems.

[B]

Right.

[C]

Seeing with their eyes closed, then just allow the person to sit across from you. Your spirit to come.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And don't be surprised.

[A]

We know there'll be a big glass of wine.

[C]

A little. Yes. If you want a little vino. After you speak with spirit, you can have spirit. Spirits after spirit.

[B]

Yeah. Spirit up.

[A]

There you go.

[B]

I for sure think, yeah, relatives for me would come in. I just. I feel like our family, like our roots come in a lot for Bri and I.

[C]

You guys get a lot of ancestral stuff. You do.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

They're always around you, for sure. Yeah. So, yeah. So if that. So our loved ones different than spirit guides. For the sake of the book. I just make the discernment.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Loved ones are coming in and they're saying, we are here. We see you I love you. You've got this, right? Yeah, I've never left. Spirit guides are coming in with a little bit more direction. You know, you should take that right and not the left. You know that you need to turn around and whatever. You know, that you need to get out of your head space, and here's what we're going to do and blah, blah, blah, take the job, don't take the. All that type of stuff. It has a little bit of a different feeling than a loved one for me because, you know, not everybody had a great relationship with their loved ones. So some people don't want to hear from them.

[B]

Right.

[C]

So I always find my loved ones very encouraging, supportive, reassuring. My guides a little bit more directive. And then outside of that, you have angels who have a lot more purpose, protection, healing. You know, they have, like, if you want to work on your communication, they have very definite jobs that they can help you with.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

And before we get into our inspiration affirmation, this has been so amazing. Do guides. Because now I'm thinking like, okay, so now I have my loved ones, and then there's my angels are guides.

[A]

What.

[B]

What would kind of be their description? Like, I'm trying to think. Yeah.

[C]

I've seen them at all walks of life, okay. I've seen Egyptians, I've seen indigenous people. I've seen very ancestral beings. I've seen pure light energies. I've seen it all.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

And I wonder sometimes if we've walked with them in past life. I think maybe we have. I don't dive down. I don't go down the rabbit holes too deep with them. I sort of just let them show me what it is they want me to see. But to me, they all are symbolic of what they represent. So if I see an Egyptian, I might be an ancient Egyptian. I might be hearing something about them helping me with communication, you know, because they were wonderful communicators. If I was. If I see something, maybe somebody indigenous, I know that they're prob. Going to help me with healing or being in touch with the earth in a different type of way. You know, there's something there. So what you want to do is try and take the symbol. A lot of people see that, you know, the saints as well. You know, if I see Mary, I know that we are going to do some hardcore mothering together. You know, that Mary Magdalene, my fave. I mean, I love to see Mary Magdalene light the divine, feminine, female, strength, all of these types of things. And what I encourage you to do is interpret it for Yourself. What does it mean to you? Don't listen to my interpretations necessarily. What does it mean to you? How does it represent to you? Because it should resonate on some level. Your own interpretation is far better than mine for you.

[B]

Yeah. Okay.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Oh, I love that.

[A]

Gosh.

[B]

Well, this is been. I know, Bri. And by the way, I've realized we say that so much.

[A]

It's great. We love things.

[B]

It is. No, I know. This has been such an incredible episode in Marianne. We always love to leave our listeners with some inspiration, affirmation. What can you leave for us?

[C]

I would say to your listeners to give yourself permission to align yourself with the divine beings that you are. That the light lives within you. It is not something that is separate from you. And that if you can wake up every day and be grateful for that light, it will shine brighter and brighter within each and every single one of you. Just say yes. That's all you have to do.

[B]

Wow. That's beautiful.

[C]

Thank you.

[B]

That is really.

[C]

Thanks. You know, I love you both so much, too. Thank you so much. I love you guys so much.

[B]

Oh, we love you. And everyone, please, yes, pre order Marianne's book now. The guides book. Mapping out life's journey with spirit by your side. Where can they pre order?

[C]

They can pre order on Amazon. They can go to Hachette Books Books as well. You can pre order there. You can go to my website. There's [e-mail]. there's links in my IG and Facebook bio at Marianmedium.

[B]

Amazing. Oh, my gosh. I'm so.

[A]

I'm pre ordering right now.

[B]

We gotta see. No, I'm. No, me too. I'm so excited for this. I cannot wait to do the exercises. I'm gonna for sure send you photos. And it's just so good to see your face. It's like you and I have had some calls and I appreciate so much, you know, you always being there for me. It just has always meant so much to me.

[C]

It's been my pleasure. You're my beautiful friend and I adore you both so much. So. Of course. Of course.

[B]

Anytime, too.

[C]

Love you. I know. I'm so happy to see you both, though. Next time we'll do I will do Spirited Spirits. We'll be at the wine tasting. We'll do something fun.

[A]

Yes, we need to.

[B]

Whether it's the New York wineries, because, Bri, you and I still haven't been out to, like, New York winery. Oh, you have to come to New York. We have to go.

[C]

Yeah. I live amongst all the vineyards, so you have to come out.

[B]

I know.

[A]

We need to come out. Oh, my gosh.

[B]

We gotta, like, do it where we get a day or two after on.

[A]

Our fall bucket list.

[C]

Oh, it's the best in the fall. That's the time to come for sure. Yeah. It's beautiful out here.

[A]

Change of the leaves. Oh, my gosh.

[C]

The apples, the pies, the pumpkins, the apples. Apples. It's all good.

[B]

Okay, we're doing this.

[A]

I'm ready for that.

[B]

Fall vibes.

[A]

I'm ready.

[B]

I really am ready for fall vibes. Full on. Okay, Miriam, we will let you go. So next time we see you, we're there.

[C]

Yeah, I'll be there.

[A]

Sending you love.

[C]

Thanks, everybody. Thank you.

[B]

Bye.

[C]

Bye.

[A]

Oh, my gosh. Nicole, I love her. I just forgot to, like, because I haven't talked to her in so long. I just. I was like, gosh, I love her so much.

[B]

She has been since the. The first day I met her in New York. I've always been so connected to her. And so Marianne and I have always stayed in touch. And I will tell you when I've gone through some of my hardest times. She has gotten on the phone with me so quick and even beyond who she is as a medium, just as a person, the advice she's given me, she's just someone who's been there, who has incredible wisdom. But, like, her. Her mindset and her advice is so incredible. And so I've just always have been so insanely grateful for her. And then it's like, then this whole life of as a medium and how she uses her platform, I think is really amazing because it's just not about reading people. She truly cares on helping you have your best, best life. And, like, you heard her having, like, your peace. And when you're in that place where you have that peace in your life, one, you're unstoppable, but there's no better feeling. And her books, like you said, how quickly you read her one book, she makes it easy to understand when sometimes some people can make spirituality seem so hard, it's not. And then I feel like that's when people back away from it. So I'm really excited, too, because I've always wanted to know more about my guides, and I found it so interesting about angels and loved ones and all that, because sometimes I didn't know if that was always all the same. And I have been told, like, no, I. You want to pray to different people for different things, which I've known for sure. So I think that's going to be so much fun to read or, like, just to read about. And I like the exercises she was talking about because, you know, you. What people don't realize is when you go on these journeys and why you and I are always so for. It is you learn about a lot about yourself. It's. It is. That's spirituality. You just. You learn a lot about you in this present moment and. Oh, for sure. I mean, people are going to take a lot, lot away from it.

[A]

Yeah. I mean, I. Books like this, I love. I get so many of them. I love it. I feel like they're incredible tools. But I. I've always liked. Because I've done so much work, I'm like, there's a reason I've been drawn to Earth and the Native American culture. I do feel like one of my guides is, you know, a Native American someone. I'm like, I sometimes feel like I'll see this person at times, and I'm like, so I can't wait to read it. Because I'm like, you know, I've had, like, little glimpses of different things, and I'm like, oh, I'm going to do that speed dating. And I think I'm going to be right on one of you.

[B]

I'm so excited. Sned. Yeah, me too.

[A]

And I like it, too, that she'll break it down. Just kidding. Oh, yeah, yeah. Who knows? And I'm excited, too, like, she breaks it down because I think sometimes we expect, like, to hear a voice to be like, hey, kid, you're doing good. When it's all these, like, other things.

[B]

Hey, go say yes to this. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. Like, it should be the Godfather talking to us every minute.

[B]

But.

[A]

It'S going to be great.

[B]

I have really. It'll be. It's going to be great. And the one thing I've really have, like, learned the past, like, I feel like five to six years, you know how she said, like, it's, you know, either what people will call intuition or these things. But it's true, because the more I have trusted that feeling or have felt that, the more that it has helped me to get where I'm at today, for sure. So I agree.

[A]

Well, for all of our listeners, we hope you enjoyed today's episode. You know, Nikki and I could talk about this subject for hours. We absolutely love it, and we hope you do, too. So please Pre order Marianne DeMarco's book. And also you can find videos of today's episode on the Nikki and Bree Show. IG page, TikTok, Facebook and our YouTube channel. You can see the whole episode. We're also on SiriusXM Stars 109, so check us out.

[C]

Bye, everyone.

[A]

I've never felt like this before.

[B]

It's like you just get me. I feel like my true self with you.

[A]

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