About Us
Abbey
Our podcast’s inspiration, a psychic medium and Reiki Master
Leo J. McCarthy, a psychic medium and Reiki Master
Erin, an awakening soul
Leo J. McCarthy
Growing up, Leo was a very sensitive and anxious child. Between the ages of 7-10 years old, going to bed was scary because the lights went out. Often, he slept with the covers over his head because he had an awareness and feeling of other energies around. For a while, he slept with a night light in his bedroom.
Leo is from upstate NY and has also lived in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He now resides in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts with his wife and their daughter who they adopted at age 13. Leo trained in the martial arts and studied Shotokan Karate for about 5 years to receive his 1st degree black belt. Leo graduated high school and then obtained a 2 year Associates degree in Liberal Arts.
Leo’s work history includes retail services, call center customer services at an insurance company, and mortgage processor. In 2004 started studying at a school for Massage Therapy graduated in March 2005, and then became a certified personal trainer in October of that year. He has since retired from personal training. Leo is currently employed at a local massage therapy franchise, where he provides therapeutic massage.
In the fall of 2011 through summer of 2012, Leo went through a mental health crisis. During that time, Leo’s upper chakras blew wide open, and he experienced some chemical imbalances. He now manages his mental health with medication and therapy. Utilizing his self-reiki, meditation and crystal energies work, he manages chakra balancing. Leo is a big advocate for therapy since this has been a priceless resource and service he still utilizes. Leo also loves to travel. He has visited Hawaii, Thailand, France, London, Mexico, Honduras and Belize.
When the timing was right, Leo explored and discovered Holy Fire® Reiki. After being attuned to Holy Fire® Reiki Leo’s upper chakras and clair senses began to develop. These psychic senses began to really kick in after being attuned to level 2 Holy Fire Reiki and then being attuned to Reiki Master Teacher. His psychic and mediumship abilities continue to evolve.
Leo is understanding of traumatic loss with losing his sister to suicide in August of 2022.
When he is not working his full-time job, Leo offers psychic mediumship readings, reiki sessions and teaches reiki classes. We encourage you to check out his website to learn more.
Erin Florence
Hi. I’m Erin. I’m not a psychic medium. I’m not Reiki certified. And I wouldn’t call myself intuitive as a child.
But I am Abbey’s older sister. And telling her story through this podcast is very meaningful to me. Years ago, I watched her spirituality explode when she was going through cancer. I remember the first time she told me she was connecting with the other side. Although she was uncertain and maybe a little scared about what was happening, I believed her immediately. This seemed like a natural — and maybe even obvious — extension of her life experiences. Personally, I’ve always been open to the idea our soul lives on even when we’re not here on earth. Through the myriad messages Abbey has passed onto me over the years, my belief system has strengthened. Being so close to a psychic medium has shifted how I see the world and cracked open an entirely new way of experiencing life and its challenges. Because of this, I’d call myself an awakening soul. This means I have a pretty good sense of what my soul wants to accomplish in this lifetime. I’m frequently paying attention to signs the universe might drop for me, and I’m someone who always follows her gut.
When I’m not working on the podcast, I have a full-time job in communications. I’m also an avid animal lover, serving as the human guardian to two horses, two cats and one three-legged pitbull mix. It’s my dream to one day own enough land so I can live onsite with my horses and establish my own garden.
I’m honored to sit down with Leo and talk about this mystery we call life. Thanks for giving our podcast a listen!
Abbey Gail
Hi. I am Abbey. It’s been my dream to deliver a podcast like this, which shares such a meaningful message about our purpose in this world and what our soul is searching for. Unfortunately, I can’t host every episode because of complications with my health, so I lean on Leo and Erin to carry on.
Here’s my story: I grew up on the New Jersey shore with my parents and two sisters. I had a relatively normal and happy childhood, but at a young age I knew I was intuitive. I was not brought up to practice any sort of religion; actually quite the opposite. My parents raised us as agnostic and I did not have a clue about religion nor how to pray.
I am clairvoyant, clairsentient, clairaudient and claircognizant. When I was 12 years old I was diagnosed with a serious life-threatening medical condition that nearly killed me. That was my first real memory of feeling and seeing divine creations around me. I could not walk because I was so sick, but I remember telling my family to not worry because the Angels were holding me up at the moment and I would be just fine.
Fast forward several more years into my early 30s when I had my first baby. That’s when I started hearing the divine more clearly and created a relationship with my grandmother who passed away before I was born.
Unfortunately, just months after having my first baby I was diagnosed with serious stage 4 head and neck cancer and my outcome for success was very small. I pushed through a 14 hour reconstructive surgery, multiple chemo sessions that made me very ill, and 35 radiation treatments while being strapped down to a table. I won’t lie, it was brutal, scary, and painful. However I was never alone. While all my clairs started to really develop at this time, I was still confused by them and not sure why I had them. But I continued to develop a wonderful relationship with my grandmother who continued to guide me and promise me everything would be okay.
I spent the next 5 years fighting for my life. Receiving multiple forms of therapy, including physical therapy, speech and swallow therapy, occupational therapy and lymphedema therapy, and palliative care. After a lot of hard work I learned to talk and eat again, and while I came out very different then how I went in, I learned to embrace my new self, including my abilities.
A few years later, after multiple prayers and help and guidance from my spiritual team directing me to the best doctors, I became pregnant with twin boys. My pregnancy was considered very high risk and I struggled everyday. Having our bedroom turned into a hospital room and being hooked up to machines for the majority of it. I continued to develop my relationship with my grandmother and further growing my sense of faith and my abilities. She helped keep me and my twins safe during that very difficult time.
After my twins were born I decided to open up to my family about my abilities. I realized at that time that they were special and should be shared with those around me that I love.
Cancer changed me completely into a new person. It opened up a spiritual side I didn’t know I had, and helped create a very strong faith in our universal creator.
I lost my voice from my cancer for a month while I couldn’t breathe or eat on my own. When I was able to talk again, my voice was never the same and I developed a speech impediment. When I lost my voice, God gave me theirs to use and share with others. And that’s what I have been doing ever since. Sharing my gift with anyone who passes through my life and needs it.
Although Abbey will often pass messages along to friends and family, she does not currently take on clients for reiki or psychic mediumship readings.