Connecting to Spirit with Lisa Brandis | Intuition, Channelling & Spiritual Development

So many people who get scammed say afterwards that something told them it wasn't right. So why don't we listen?
My guest is Caitriona (Cait) Forde, Managing Director and Principal Consultant at caIT, a Perth cyber security specialist with 25 years in IT, a master's in cyber security and a PhD underway on the human side of cybercrime. She's also the woman who helped me when my Facebook page was hacked.
We talk about how scammers use urgency, fear and curiosity to override our intuition, why smart people get caught, and why victims so often blame themselves. I share what the hack cost my business. Cait shares the partnership her gut warned her about, and the simple habit she teaches everyone from corporate teams to retirees at her Scams and Scones workshops.
Connect with Cait: https://cait.com.au/
If this conversation resonated with you, explore more with Lisa Brandis → https://www.lisabrandis.com/link
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Hosted by Lisa Brandis — bestselling author, founder of Intuitive Reiki International®, Reiki Master Teacher, intuitive channelling expert, and spiritual medium.
Connecting to Spirit is for spiritually aware women ready to strengthen their intuition, trust their gifts, and step into grounded spiritual leadership. Through personal stories, intuitive insight, and practical teachings, each episode explores intuition, energy healing, practitioner growth, and soul-led transformation.
With more than 20 years of experience, Lisa shares conversations designed to help you feel more connected, more confident, and more aligned with who you truly are.
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Could you tell if this episode was made with AI?
If you've ever felt torn about using AI in your own business, wondering whether it makes your work any less real or any less yours, this episode is for you.
In this episode of Connecting to Spirit, I share an experiment that changed how I think about authenticity, technology and my own voice.
I record every episode by myself. No creative team, no editor, no ghostwriter. I use ChatGPT the way I'd use a walk with my dog, to think out loud, tell stories and shape ideas, then I push back on anything that doesn't sound like me. But when I heard platforms are about to start labelling AI generated content, I wanted to test it properly. So I switched the recorder on and let it run, completely unscripted and unedited, bumps and all.
Somewhere in the middle of talking it through out loud, I landed on something I needed to say plainly:
"I don't apologise for using AI."
What followed was a clearer sense of what AI can actually do for a healer or practitioner, and what it can never touch.
In this conversation, I explore the real difference between AI generated noise and a genuine voice that's simply been polished, why small independent practitioners now have access to visibility that used to belong only to big budget productions, and why lived experience is the one thing no tool can replicate.
In this episode you'll discover:
The real difference between AI generated noise and a voice that's simply been polished
Why small, independent healers now have access to visibility that used to belong only to big budget productions
How I actually use ChatGPT in my creative process, from dog walks to pushing back on anything too "markety"
What editing my first book taught me about trusting someone else to help shape my story
Why AI can refine a message but can never replace lived experience
The self-judgment that makes this work feel harder than it needs to be
Ready for the next step? If you're feeling called to stop hiding behind more polish and start putting your own voice out there, I share exactly how to do that in my free live training on 27 September. 
Register here: https://www.lisabrandis.com/link
If this conversation resonated with you, explore more with Lisa Brandis → https://www.lisabrandis.com/link
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Hosted by Lisa Brandis — bestselling author, founder of Intuitive Reiki International®, Reiki Master Teacher, intuitive channelling expert, and spiritual medium.
Connecting to Spirit is for spiritually aware women ready to strengthen their intuition, trust their gifts, and step into grounded spiritual leadership. Through personal stories, intuitive insight, and practical teachings, each episode explores intuition, energy healing, practitioner growth, and soul-led transformation.
With more than 20 years of experience, Lisa shares conversations designed to help you feel more connected, more confident, and more aligned with who you truly are.
💛 Ready to go deeper?
Explore free trainings, practitioner resources, courses, and upcoming events:
👉 LISABRANDIS.COM
📲 Connect with Lisa
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https://www.instagram.com/lisabrandis_/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/intuitivereikiinternational
Website:
https://intuitivereiki.com.au/
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What if the intuitive impressions we sometimes dismiss as “just my imagination” are worth paying closer attention to?
In this episode of Connecting to Spirit, I sit down with Julie Ryan — serial entrepreneur, inventor, psychic medium and medical intuitive — for a fascinating conversation about intuition, energy healing, Spirit and what she believes happens as we transition from this life into the next.
Julie spent decades in the business world, inventing and manufacturing surgical devices sold internationally, before developing what she describes as the ability to intuitively scan the body and facilitate energetic healing remotely. Today, she calls her collection of intuitive abilities her “Buffet of Psychicness™” — spanning mediumship, medical intuition, animal communication and more.
We explore the growing presence of energy healing in mainstream healthcare, including Julie's account of hospitals now employing paid energy healing departments, and what she believes this says about our evolving understanding of the field.
Julie also shares why she sees imagination as an important part of receiving intuitive information, how she approaches healing imagery, and why the language we use around illness matters to her — including her perspective on saying “cancer-free” rather than “in remission”.
And then the conversation takes an extraordinary turn.
Julie recounts an experience during a healing session in which she says Pope Clement VI appeared to her. She shares the remarkable historical details she discovered about him afterwards and how that experience became connected to her work exploring what happens during the dying process.
In this episode, you'll discover:
Julie's account of hospitals now bringing energy healers into oncology and radiology teams, and what she believes this says about the changing place of energy healing
How Julie describes intuitively scanning the body and facilitating energetic healing
Why imagination may play an important role in developing and trusting your intuition
Julie’s perspective on the language we use around illness and healing
Her simple “Is it in my best interest to…” practice for seeking intuitive guidance around decisions
The extraordinary story of Julie’s experience with Pope Clement VI — and what she discovered about him afterwards
Why Julie believes nobody heals another person, but that we can all be part of the healing equation
How she approaches Spirit without putting mediumship, healing and intuition into separate “lanes”
About Julie Ryan: 
Julie Ryan is an inventor, entrepreneur, psychic medium and medical intuitive, and the author of Angelic Attendants: What Really Happens As We Transition From This Life Into The Next.
🎁 Free Book: Julie offers Angelic Attendants as a free digital or audiobook download through her website, with a Spanish version also available.
Visit Julie: askjulieryan.com
Mentioned in this episode
The Power of Eight by Lynne McTaggart and her work exploring group intention.
A memorable thought from Julie
“Nobody ever heals anybody else. If you have a big cut on your leg and you go to the hospital, they're gonna stitch it up, but that doctor doesn't make your skin grow back. You make your own skin grow back. We're just all part of the healing equation.”Grab your free digital or audiobook copy of Angelic Attendants at askjulieryan.com.
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Hosted by Lisa Brandis — bestselling author, founder of Intuitive Reiki International®, Reiki Master Teacher, intuitive channelling expert, and spiritual medium.
Connecting to Spirit is for spiritually aware women ready to strengthen their intuition, trust their gifts, and step into grounded spiritual leadership. Through personal stories, intuitive insight, and practical teachings, each episode explores intuition, energy healing, practitioner growth, and soul-led transformation.
With more than 20 years of experience, Lisa shares conversations designed to help you feel more connected, more confident, and more aligned with who you truly are.
💛 Ready to go deeper?
Explore free trainings, practitioner resources, courses, and upcoming events:
👉 LISABRANDIS.COM
📲 Connect with Lisa
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https://www.instagram.com/lisabrandis_/
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https://www.facebook.com/intuitivereikiinternational
Website:
https://intuitivereiki.com.au/
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My guest this week had a single experience in his late teens that changed the entire direction of his life. He didn't plan for it. He didn't even know what it was called until it was already happening to him. Thirty years and 35 countries later, he's one of the most trusted names in complementary therapy.
Lawrence Ellyard, founder of the International Institute for Complementary Therapists, joins me to talk about what actually separates practitioners who quietly practice from the ones who become trusted leaders in this industry. It's not confidence. He'll tell you exactly what comes first, and why most people have it backwards.
We get into a strange little trick he calls the swallow test, a way of using your own body to know if something's true for you before your mind talks you out of it. He also opens up about the lessons he took home from time spent with Sir Richard Branson, and the one quality every high impact practitioner he's ever met has in common.
If you've ever felt the pull to do bigger work in the world but keep waiting to feel ready, this one's for you. Press play, then don't be surprised if you start it again from the top.
Connect with Lawrence at https://www.lawrenceellyard.com/ or https://www.instagram.com/lawrence_ellyard/
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Hosted by Lisa Brandis — bestselling author, founder of Intuitive Reiki International®, Reiki Master Teacher, intuitive channelling expert, and spiritual medium.
Connecting to Spirit is for spiritually aware women ready to strengthen their intuition, trust their gifts, and step into grounded spiritual leadership. Through personal stories, intuitive insight, and practical teachings, each episode explores intuition, energy healing, practitioner growth, and soul-led transformation.
With more than 20 years of experience, Lisa shares conversations designed to help you feel more connected, more confident, and more aligned with who you truly are.
💛 Ready to go deeper?
Explore free trainings, practitioner resources, courses, and upcoming events:
👉 LISABRANDIS.COM
📲 Connect with Lisa
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https://intuitivereiki.com.au/
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How many courses do you need before you finally trust yourself?  If you've invested years developing your intuitive, healing or spiritual skills, yet still find yourself wondering whether you're ready to take the next step, this episode is for you.
In this episode of Connecting to Spirit, I share a moment that changed the way I saw myself and my work forever.
For years, I believed that confidence would come after I learned enough. After one more course. One more certification. One more piece of proof that I knew what I was doing.
Then a teacher said something to me that stopped me in my tracks:
"Your apprenticeship is over."
What followed was a completely different understanding of readiness, leadership and self-trust.
In this conversation, I explore why so many capable practitioners stay stuck in learning mode, how to recognise when growth has become avoidance, and why confidence is built through action, not preparation.
In this episode you'll discover:
• Why readiness is a decision, not a feeling
• The hidden reason many gifted practitioners struggle to move forward
• How to tell the difference between learning that expands you and learning that keeps you safe
• Why confidence comes from doing, not from knowing more
• What it really means to have a beginner's mind
• The question to ask yourself before signing up for your next course
Ready for the next step?
If you're feeling called to stop preparing and start practising, I share exactly how to do that in my free live training.
Register here: https://www.lisabrandis.com/link

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Hosted by Lisa Brandis — bestselling author, founder of Intuitive Reiki International®, Reiki Master Teacher, intuitive channelling expert, and spiritual medium.
Connecting to Spirit is for spiritually aware women ready to strengthen their intuition, trust their gifts, and step into grounded spiritual leadership. Through personal stories, intuitive insight, and practical teachings, each episode explores intuition, energy healing, practitioner growth, and soul-led transformation.
With more than 20 years of experience, Lisa shares conversations designed to help you feel more connected, more confident, and more aligned with who you truly are.
💛 Ready to go deeper?
Explore free trainings, practitioner resources, courses, and upcoming events:
👉 LISABRANDIS.COM
📲 Connect with Lisa
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/lisabrandis_/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/intuitivereikiinternational
Website:
https://intuitivereiki.com.au/
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