Healing Grief with Psychic Mediumship: Candace’s Story | Healing Heroines

Welcome to the first installment of our new series, Healing Heroines! You'll hear from remarkable women who've endured some of life's most challenging hardships and how they've navigated the road toward healing. Each conversation will also feature the Healing Hero who helped and encouraged them along the way. 

In this episode, Chandler sits down with Hero and Psychic Medium Lea Morgan and special guest Candace Hewit, a widow and mother of three. They explore how Lea's mediumship became a major turning point in Candace's grief journey after she lost her husband unexpectedly.

They also discuss what happens during a reading, signs from loved ones, and how spiritual connection can bring comfort, hope, and even laughter during someone's darkest days. If you’ve ever questioned whether psychic mediumship could be a meaningful part of your healing process, this heartfelt discussion offers candid insights for anyone experiencing life after loss. 

What You Will Learn

• [00:08:00] “It is the most lonely and isolating journey that you could possibly take in life.”
• [00:09:30] “There is this world that I truly believe is literally within inches of us, and Rusty is not far away.”
• [00:10:52] “You can’t make that up.”
• [00:11:57] “Grief needs a community. It can’t be done alone.”
• [00:14:00] “Grief never goes away. There’s an ebb and a flow to it. It changes.”
• [00:16:08] “I felt like it was Christmas morning. I could not wait.”
• [00:18:30] “It was like we were just having a conversation.”
• [00:27:11] “Nothing negative, nothing scary. Only showing love really.”

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Transcript

[00:00:00] Chandler Stroud: Hey guys, it's Chandler and welcome to The Healing Heroes. I promise you.

I'm Chandler Stroud, an executive wife and busy mom of two who after years of living with anxiety. Health struggles and an unshakeable feeling like I should be happier, made a profound discovery that changed everything. Join me on a journey where unexpected paths lead to [00:00:30] healing and more happiness. On this show, we will explore unconventional ways to unlock more joy in your own life with the help of my very own healers.

And trusted advisors, the Healing Heroes.

Hey everyone, and welcome back to the show. I am your host, Chandler Stroud, and we are doing something very special today on The Healing Heroes podcast. For the first time ever, we are having a [00:01:00] three, three-way conversation, one with Hero and Psychic Medium, Lee Morgan. Also a special guest and close friend of mine, Candace Hewitt, who is joining us today for this incredibly special conversation.

And the reason it's so special is unbeknownst to many of our listeners, when I launched this show alongside my healing Heroes, it was always my intent to. Start interviewing women [00:01:30] who have been through something challenging, who have faced incredible headwinds and come out stronger on the other side.

And I am so excited to have the many conversations that will follow this one, but I really look at today's conversation as the launchpad for that special series. Candace, as I said, is a great friend and has been through so much, which we'll go into in our conversation with Lee today. But she's also made incredible [00:02:00] strides in her own healing journey, and I think there's so much value in hearing, not just from me and the healing heroes, but other women who have gone through incredibly challenging times and experiences so that you can learn from them and.

Receive their guidance on what they turn to for support and healing in some of their darkest times. But today, to kick us off, we're gonna be talking about psychic mediumship and how that not [00:02:30] only helped me in my own journey to heal, but also. How it helped Candace in her journey to find more peace and more fulfillment.

First, as I always do at the start of these episodes, I wanna quickly just overview psychic mediumship for anyone joining for the first time, though I highly encourage you to go back and listen to previous conversations with Lee, where she does an incredible job of overviewing, psychic mediumship for our listeners, but in a nutshell.

Psychic mediumship is essentially the [00:03:00] ability to perceive and communicate information with and from the spirit world. A psychic medium serves as a bridge helping us to receive messages from deceased, loved ones, spirit guides, or other non-physical beings to offer guidance, healing, and reassurance. So with that, Lee, and I wanted to invite a mutual friend on the show who has experienced a reading with Lee to bring the experience to life [00:03:30] for listeners, especially those who might be considering getting a reading themselves.

Let me introduce Lee for our new listeners joining us today. Lee Morgan is a psychic medium offering mediumship and intuitive guidance readings after careers in advertising and interior design. Lee couldn't shake the pole to fully open up to and understand her intuitive gifts. She also hopes to normalize the perception of psychic work by sharing her own journey openly through workshops, [00:04:00] interviews, and information provided on her website.

Now I'd love to take a moment to introduce our other guest today, Candace Hewitt. Candace grew up in Connecticut. She has her master's in elementary education and taught in both Connecticut and New York City for over 14 years. After tragically losing her husband to sudden illness in 2020, she's recently spent the last five years of her life focusing on her three kids, [00:04:30] ages 11, nine and seven, while working to rebuild herself through the support of friends, family, her community, and even many of the same healing heroes that you all hear from on the show.

Lee Candace, thank you so much, both of you for joining us today. I'm so thrilled you're here. 

[00:04:50] Candace Hewitt: Thrilled to be here. I love it. 

[00:04:52] Chandler Stroud: Candace, I would love to just quickly start with you and offer a little bit more context for the conversation [00:05:00] today. I am first off. So grateful to have you. You have become such a close friend.

I have loved having you in town. I've thoroughly enjoyed our stints to happy camp in Sedona together and just talking all things healing when the opportunity arises. And I've just been so in awe of your strength and your resilience. And your willingness to try new things, but also chase your joy. So I'm just, [00:05:30] I'm honored to have you here today and thank you for being here.

[00:05:33] Candace Hewitt: Well, I'm honored to be here with you because this has been an amazing podcast and journey that I've watched you take. So thank you for having me. Oh, thanks for that, Candace. 

[00:05:47] Chandler Stroud: Anytime, and I know you have so much to share with women who just wanna know more about you, your story, and especially those who have been through something similar that I know you can help [00:06:00] just given everything you've been through, but also what you're training to do, which we'll get into shortly.

Sure. Would you be willing for our listeners, just to provide a little bit more context for the conversation? Share a little bit more about your own story and the journey you've been on that ultimately led you to seek Lee's help. 

[00:06:19] Candace Hewitt: Sure. My husband was a healthy 40-year-old man. We were in the middle of CVID where things were crazy.

We had young kids, everyone was, [00:06:30] you know, hunkered down at home. Work was stressful and he developed flu-like symptoms that we thought was COD and within. A week's time. He ended up in the hospital because his symptoms were so bad and he was actually diagnosed with leukemia, which obviously came as a major shock to all of us, and he ended up passing away four days later after being diagnosed from [00:07:00] complications of leukemia.

So it was a situation that. Was shocking. Traumatic life changing forever. It has shaped who I am today, but you know, having been five years later, I've, I've had to go through a lot of ups and downs to, to get through such a huge. Change and trauma that's happened in my life. And as far as mediumship, it's always been something [00:07:30] that has interested me, but I've never had a reason to explore it.

And funny enough, a friend who lives in Atlanta where Lee is from, had seen Lee in person and was so. Wowed by this event that she was at, that she gifted me a session with Lee shortly after my husband Rusty died. And for anyone that grieves or who has [00:08:00] grieved anything, it is the most lonely and isolating.

Journey that you could possibly take in life. And regardless of friends, family, people, the outpouring of love that you get, it's such an individual experience that no one can really relate to. So in the early days of my grief, I was holding on to anything that would remind me or make me feel more at peace, you know?

[00:08:30] Make me smile, thinking about my husband, just anything that would make me feel more comfortable. And so when this was gifted to me, it wasn't even a hesitation. Of course, I was gonna take this chance to have the opportunity to somehow connect with my husband, who I could barely, at the time, I couldn't even say goodbye to him.

So I think I. Got the gift and it, I, I booked my, like, the soonest appointment that I possibly could, [00:09:00] 

[00:09:00] Chandler Stroud: and it would seem your life has never been the same from there. How many times have you seen Lee since that first session? 

[00:09:07] Candace Hewitt: I think it's been four. Wow. And it's been, you know, at times in my life where I've been confused or wanted answers or just wanted to.

You know, feel his presence and be reminded that. There is this world that I, I truly believe is literally within inches of [00:09:30] us, and Rusty is, is not far away. He's not physically here, but he, his spirit is, he has been a part of so many. Milestones that have happened in the last year. I mean, I, I swear he orchestrated my move from New Jersey to Connecticut, like just serendipitously.

He just, he made it all happen. And hearing from Lee during our first reading, it just was, [00:10:00] I mean, I felt like I was talking to him through someone else. Personalities of my kids that were described were spot on. In one of the readings, Lee said, you know, there's something with a move. 'cause I was moving from New Jersey to Connecticut and she said there's a number three, something's coming up with the number three.

I don't know what it is, whether you have three bidders on your house. There's a three in the number that you get for your house, whatever it is, there's number three. Keep your eyes open for that. [00:10:30] And so I go through the move Three never came up. I couldn't figure it out, but it was always in the back of my mind.

And then my kids started at a new school here in Connecticut, and they were assigned to a bus, and the bus was number three. And I thought, well. There it is. 

[00:10:52] Chandler Stroud: Wow. 

[00:10:53] Candace Hewitt: You can't make that up. 

[00:10:55] Chandler Stroud: No, you can't. No, you can't. So, [00:11:00] wow. And I don't know, a bus, like the vehicle that gets your kids safely to and from home, like that's, I don't know, that seems really meaningful.

Mm-hmm. 

[00:11:09] Lea Morgan: Really 

[00:11:09] Chandler Stroud: meaningful. Wow. Thank you for sharing that. Sure. That's very special. Sure. I have one other follow up question just and I wanna stay on mediumship, but before we do, because I'm sure a lot of women are asking this question, you've clearly dedicated so much of your life since, not just to healing yourself and supporting your kids [00:11:30] through their own journeys, but are now looking to help.

Others navigate loss and grief as you work to become a certified grief counselor. Can you share a little bit more about that and what you found along the way to be most helpful in trying to keep moving forward from such a difficult experience? What are some of the things that you feel like have really helped you and that you would suggest to others who are in their grief at the moment?

[00:11:57] Candace Hewitt: Grief needs a community. It [00:12:00] can't be done alone. So early in my grief, what I found comfort in was widows grief groups that I found on Instagram. And you know, while Instagram and social media, there are so many, you know, bad things about it, there's so many unbelievable and beautiful things about it at the same time.

It gave me a community of women who had been through something similar and [00:12:30] all the things that I was feeling that I didn't understand. Was part of grief and sort of it, it was normalized by, I didn't feel like I was the only one going through what I was going through. And it eventually led me to, you know, first I kind of took a step back with these groups and I wasn't really involved.

I was more of a bystander. I would listen to. To meetings that we had, I wouldn't really [00:13:00] participate. And then I found myself signing up for a widow's retreat out in Cal Colorado, which I went to completely by myself, not knowing anyone. And it was a group of 16 women that just got together. And, and that was transformative.

And that was, you know, two years after Rusty had passed away. So all of this work that I've been had. Done it. It also has to be done on your own time and when you're ready for it. And I [00:13:30] think what happens with anyone who's grieving widows, widowers children, it, it gets rushed by society. Mm-hmm. And because it's not fully understood by everyone, and it's hard.

We're all, we're all faced with facing hard and it's uncomfortable. And so people sort of expect this timeline of after you're okay, well you're good. And [00:14:00] the reality is, is the grief never goes away. There's an ebb and a flow to it. It changes. It becomes less hard and less harsh, but it doesn't go away. It changes, and I think for anyone who can resonate with this, I think finding patience in yourself and grace, giving yourself grace to feel all the feels and [00:14:30] know that some days like.

Are not gonna be as good as others. And that's okay. 

[00:14:37] Chandler Stroud: Yeah, that's, I mean, that's great advice and I think it's so important because we obviously not. Isolated to grief, but we talk a lot on the show about what happens when you suffocate emotions that need to be released. And I think you're spot on in speaking to the speed at which we are [00:15:00] expected to heal from some of these huge losses that completely shift the way you see yourself in the world, your role in the world.

Mm-hmm. And I think to hear it. From you. It just, I don't know. It just hits differently. I mean, and I really appreciate what you're saying because I think it's easy to feel guilty about taking that time and having a wave of grief six months, a year after the actual event itself, when in reality it's [00:15:30] like, no, this gets triggered in small unexpected ways all the time.

Mm-hmm. And so it's nice to know that we have license to do that and to feel no matter. How much time has passed, but that it's important to feel and not to forget that or be embarrassed by it. So, Candace, I'm curious, what did you expect going into your reading with Lee? Did you have to tell her anything about who you were or why you were there?

I'm just curious kind of what that was like for you. [00:16:00] I mean, the anticipation, obviously you were excited to reconnect with Rusty in some way, but just how did you feel going in? 

[00:16:08] Candace Hewitt: I felt like it was Christmas morning. I could not wait. It was like I was counting hours down. I had no expectations. But I had an open mind and I was very hopeful.

[00:16:21] Chandler Stroud: And Lee didn't know anything about you, like you didn't have to share any information? No. 

[00:16:25] Candace Hewitt: So actually in the form that I filled out to make the appointment, I put in my maiden [00:16:30] name. Because you never know, right? Mm-hmm. So I didn't even put Candace Hewitt. I put my maiden name in and I was like, well, she can't find me now on the internet.

And sneaky, right? That was my, and I, I, we started the session and it was, she was kind of explaining to me how it worked and it's like. Charades, right? Like messages come through me in different ways and she's explaining this to me and then she's like, I just, I have to tell you that there is a [00:17:00] someone here who is very eager to speak to you.

And it was like, well, there he is. I mean, and it just, I don't know. It was magical and just so. It brought so much peace to know that he was okay and it gave me an hour of just being with him. 

[00:17:27] Chandler Stroud: God, I'm like tearing up thinking about that moment [00:17:30] because I just, I can only imagine how that felt. I. To just have her proactively say, you know, there's someone here who really wants to talk to you, and you've been waiting so long for that message, and to have that moment.

Mm-hmm. I can only imagine what that hour was like for you. 

[00:17:47] Candace Hewitt: Yeah. You know I've listened to it multiple times. I go back every once in a while and listen, and it wasn't, it wasn't all tears and. Crying and [00:18:00] blowing my nose. It was laughter and joy and connection. There was one point that we made mention of this shirt that I was wearing, which is this quilted sweatshirt, and Rusty had given her a message.

That said he had a similar one in his wardrobe and it was something that I had given him for Christmas, so, so he is making these connections about the clothes that I had given him [00:18:30] and being very similar to what it was wearing at the time. And it was just like a wild, it was like we were just having a conversation.

[00:18:37] Chandler Stroud: Wow. Yeah. Wild is the word. Lee, what was your, do you remember this conversation with Candace and, I mean, I know you've had so many since. I'm sure you have a lot of follow-ups for Candace. 

[00:18:48] Lea Morgan: That is such a good question. First I wanna say Candace, thank you so much for doing this. I mean, I love to talk about what I do, but I always feel like.

For those that it could help, it [00:19:00] would be so important to hear from someone who had already experienced it, right? Because I can't tell anybody what it's like to be in your shoes, like someone who's coming to see me. So thank you so much. I don't remember or reading. Readings are interesting and I have kind of a theory, but I remember readings for about 72 hours.

Now that's different than remembering Candace, right? I remember Candace because. She's had more than one reading at kind of intervals where I keep remembering her. [00:19:30] And maybe even more importantly why I remember her is because she sent you to me, which led to where we are today. So I do remember her, but I, and I remember she lost her husband.

I don't remember any of the details. I don't remember. I remember that she has three kids. I don't remember any of their ages. I mean, there's so much I don't remember. I tend to think that perhaps even the brain doesn't record something that it doesn't. Think of, right, because I'm passing along information [00:20:00] in those readings.

I'm not conceiving of it. Right. But Candace, I have some follow-up questions That's so interesting. From where I sit. Mm-hmm. So your friend that gave you the gift, which was very lovely, did she know that you were open to this type of thing? Or was she just guessing? She and I had talked about it. 

[00:20:19] Candace Hewitt: I think she.

Called me and said that she had seen you and, and in this event that she was at, you had made reference to her [00:20:30] grandmother or something of the sort that no one else knew. And so she was so blown away. She, she called me immediately and said, you need to do 

[00:20:38] Lea Morgan: this and to help you feel more confident because she had seen me in person.

Like, you know, the reference is, did that help? Yes, it did. I did. And then so then you made it immediately. You're super excited, which I love. I love, I did not know this, and I love that you put your maiden name on there. I [00:21:00] always say, and I've said it historically in this, in this podcast, a skeptic is fine, right?

A skeptic is somebody that's like, just show me. Show me the money. You know, show me the proof. And I love that you did that. I would've never known. I joke with some people and say, if I was gonna look things up on the internet, it would be much more expensive. Because I think that's such a pain. But in addition, I think what you can shed light on, which you've kind of already said with the three and with the the sweatshirt you were wearing, is that the [00:21:30] confirming info that I tend to get is not stuff that can be found.

Right. It, it's not things that someone, let's just say someone were trying to, even if Chandler were writing a bio on you or the situation, she couldn't find the type of information that I get in the readings. So specific, right. 

[00:21:47] Candace Hewitt: You touched on through this reading things that had happened while he was in the hospital.

Wow. He, while he was in the hospital, because it was leukemia, had to go through blood [00:22:00] transfusions and. This is something that you said had ca come to you through him. I mean, that wasn't even stuff that I had had conversations with anyone about because the nature of his death happened so quickly and so just so quickly, there was no time to think and have these conversations with people.

So, so information like that, that came. [00:22:30] To me through you was like, you, you can't find that information 

[00:22:35] Lea Morgan: anywhere. Isn't that great? I mean, the information itself is not great. No. But the providing of that kind of detail. Yeah. How soon after Rusty passed did you have the reading? 

[00:22:49] Candace Hewitt: I believe it was four months.

Okay. 

[00:22:51] Lea Morgan: Yeah. I recommend at least three. Do you feel like that mattered? Do you feel like earlier, like maybe you were more open to it because you had had a moment? 

[00:22:59] Candace Hewitt: [00:23:00] I would've done it, you know, a week later if I could have, but and again, because I was, I was searching, 

[00:23:07] Lea Morgan: yeah. 

[00:23:08] Candace Hewitt: All I wanted was a connection with him.

Yeah. 

[00:23:11] Lea Morgan: Was there a moment at the beginning of the reading, I mean, obviously you had a lot of faith, right? So when I said, I guess. From what you said, someone is here who really wants to see you, you immediately felt like it was him. Was that followed up by any kind of confirmation where you thought, oh yeah, it is him?

[00:23:29] Candace Hewitt: Well, you said [00:23:30] there's someone here who is very eager to speak to you, and he keeps saying, I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. 

[00:23:37] Lea Morgan: Wow. 

[00:23:38] Candace Hewitt: And, and then you made the. You know, she, you're like, I'm so sorry Candace, that this is your spouse. So 

[00:23:48] Lea Morgan: he told me. Yeah, sometimes they tell me, sometimes that my client tells me.

Mm-hmm. It changes by reading. And then was he able to give me any aspects of his [00:24:00] personality that I could present to you? Like words he would say, or mannerisms or just his general nature. 

[00:24:08] Candace Hewitt: Y. Yes. He was a very loyal person. And you talked about how loyal he was, how funny he was. You mentioned his blue eyes.

Mm-hmm. Which he has very crystal clear blue eyes. Yeah. And then 

[00:24:23] Lea Morgan: so the reading ends, right? Mm-hmm. And this is the part, another part I don't get to see. So the reading ends and you go [00:24:30] back to your life. How did you feel after? And do you feel like that evolved over time? 

[00:24:35] Candace Hewitt: To be honest, I think I, it probably stayed with me and affected me for the remainder of the day because it was so new and so fresh and I just, I, I listened to it again and just was trying to digest everything that had happened.

And then, you know, as time passed a little bit, it, it brought me more comfort [00:25:00] because I knew if I needed. I could go back and do it again and it, who knows what would happen in a second reading, but if I needed something, it just brought more comfort to me to know that I had that option. 

[00:25:18] Lea Morgan: Yeah, especially since you have kids, clients that tend to come back and people ask me this all the time, you know, do I need to come back?

And I always say, there's no such thing as need. This is a very personal experience and some people wanna do it [00:25:30] once and some people want to repeat the experience at random intervals through their life. And you are in a category of client that has young children that you're parenting now alone. And I find that.

People in that circumstance really enjoy even maybe a yearly check-in, even if it's just about the kids, like advice on like what to do now or how do you see this or that sort of thing. So has that happened in any of your subsequent readings? It 

[00:25:57] Candace Hewitt: has actually, with all of my [00:26:00] kids, I was contemplating it getting a dog

and I brought it up. And it was like a clear answer. Yes. So now I have this huge golden retriever who is the best thing, best decision I've ever made, but, but little things like that, you know, with just wanting like to be co-parenting with someone. Yeah. Yeah. 

[00:26:24] Lea Morgan: Is there anything about your experience. That you would like to [00:26:30] share with somebody who maybe isn't as enthusiastic as you were initially.

Maybe they're, maybe they don't quite know what they're signing up for. Is there anything you would share with them? 

[00:26:41] Candace Hewitt: Again, it, it's all on your own time, right? At this point you may, someone may not be inclined to even give it a try, but a year from now they may feel differently. And so it's all about keeping an open mind and could be for you, it could not.

So, 

[00:26:56] Lea Morgan: but your experience, I'm just gonna ask you these questions 'cause this is. [00:27:00] The type of thing that people are worried about. Mm-hmm. So your experience was that only lovely individuals came through to talk to you that wanted to give you positive, loving messages, right? 

[00:27:11] Candace Hewitt: Yes. Nothing negative, nothing scary.

Only showing love really. 

[00:27:17] Lea Morgan: Yeah. And there was a lot of laughter. Right. That happens all the time, even in the saddest of stories because they want you to laugh. Right? Right. They, they want you to know they're well and they're that like Rusty would want you to know I'm that guy on the sofa [00:27:30] on Sunday that you remember, you know, that's gonna say something funny.

So they do that too. And then are your follow-up readings on any sort of schedule for you or you just book them intuitively when you feel ready? 

[00:27:45] Candace Hewitt: I feel like I, it's kinda like a haircut, like, okay, when I know I need a haircut and I just haven't, I just like go to it when I. I am feeling like I need something, like a, a connection [00:28:00] when I'm feeling particularly alone or confused and I just, I need.

A connection. Then I, then I go on your website and I book it. 

[00:28:11] Lea Morgan: Well, please share anything else you wanna share about it. I'm just so grateful that you're willing to share your experience and I hope it shows people that it can be a part of a journey. 'cause I believe, was this the first thing you after your husband died.

Would in the realm of your healing journey, would this [00:28:30] be step one? 

[00:28:31] Candace Hewitt: Yes. I mean, I, I started going to therapy and then this was really the first 

[00:28:37] Lea Morgan: Okay. 

[00:28:37] Candace Hewitt: Of healing heroes. Yes. That I did. And it was accessible. You know, I, I was, I'm fortunate enough to have had it, you know, kind of put in my lap and you were put in my lap.

And so well, 

[00:28:50] Lea Morgan: I'm a big believer that Rusty did that, but 

[00:28:52] Candace Hewitt: I agree, I agree with that. 

[00:28:56] Lea Morgan: Yeah. Well, thank you. 

[00:28:58] Candace Hewitt: Thank you so much. No, thank you. I mean, [00:29:00] you have a gift and it is just, it, it just, you're bringing two worlds together that not many people can do. And so to have this opportunity is just, it has saved me at times.

[00:29:15] Lea Morgan: Y'all, my nose has been running this entire episode since I've almost cried 43 times. Oh, 

[00:29:21] Chandler Stroud: oh, right there with you, Lee. Oh, right there with you. Okay. 

[00:29:23] Lea Morgan: Well, I mean, this is why, you know, I just hope everybody benefits from Candace sharing This is [00:29:30] why I do what I do, right? Mm-hmm. Which is why I'm so clo my emotions are so close to the surface during this episode, which is not normally what the audience will see or hear from me.

But ladies, it's really meaningful. 

[00:29:45] Chandler Stroud: I too am so grateful to both of you. And you know, I actually don't even know that I've shared this on the show before, Lee, because I haven't. Told listeners where and how I found all of the heroes on the show. But like Candace is [00:30:00] the reason that I found you and saw you was because she spoke so highly of you.

And you know, suggested that maybe during the time where I was really at the end of my rope and needing guidance, that that could be a really helpful tool for me to try out. And sure enough, I met with you. Our conversation changed the trajectory of my life in many ways as well. So I just, I've been really grateful for the work you've done.

And of course, Candace, you [00:30:30] sharing here. Mm-hmm. I'm curious, I have to ask Candace, because you teed this up at the end, you mentioned Lee was the first hero you started working with. Who else the healing heroes are you working with and having support? You? I have a sense, but. 

[00:30:45] Candace Hewitt: Please share who have I worked with?

I have worked with Jacques with some acupuncture. I have worked with Kate with Tarot Cards. I've worked with Mindset Coaching with Katie Wee. I've done [00:31:00] breath work. I've done my own EMDR therapy. Again, finding a community specific to my loss and is, really one of the first places I went as well with the widows, you know, groups and, and work that I did workshops 

[00:31:18] Lea Morgan: and I, I can provide more support on that also in that want everyone to do what they're ready for.

But there is a marked difference in feeling supported from those who do join some [00:31:30] sort of a widow's group. I as a, as a recovered alcoholic who did not wanna go to aa, I can completely understand any resistance. Or any feelings with regard to that, but I can say just observationally, it makes a world of difference for people.

[00:31:47] Candace Hewitt: Yeah, I think that's, you know, again, it goes back to having your own timeline. Mm-hmm. And whether you are resistant to it. You don't have to be an active member. Right. [00:32:00] You, a lot of these are on their Facebook groups. There are Zoom. You can, you know, mute your, your microphone and you can turn your screen off and you can just listen.

They're podcasts. I used to walk and walk and walk and listen to these widows podcasts. And so, and it just, it helped to know that I wasn't the only one. I love that you mentioned all that, and believe it or not, it's just there are so many of us. Yeah, 

[00:32:28] Chandler Stroud: there are Candace. I [00:32:30] love the way you're talking about that because I do think it's very intimidating for people, women who are grieving any sort of loss to put themselves out there and find those communities.

So to know you can do it in sort of almost an anonymous way by like. Turning audio and screen off and just listening for as long as you need to listen. I think that's a really helpful tip for anyone thinking about finding community, so thank you for that. I'm curious before we end going back to the [00:33:00] psychic mediumship for a second specifically, what, if anything, surprised you most about your experience with Lee?

[00:33:07] Candace Hewitt: I think what surprised me most was how on point all of the personalities in my life were described. My children's personalities, Rusty's, personality. It just, you know, I, I laughed through it because it was so unbelievable 

[00:33:26] Chandler Stroud: actually. Yeah. I can see how. [00:33:30] That would really move you and be incredibly surprising.

I, on a much lesser scale though, felt that myself. Talking with Lee, most people know by now. My initial reading with her was both of my grandmothers and she made a comment before I even said anything that. She said, these two women look like very good friends. Like they are laughing and having a ball together.

And I was like, yeah, my grandmothers were great friends in real life before my parents even married. [00:34:00] So I thought it was very cool. She picked up on that dynamic without me having to say anything. And it was a really meaningful part of the conversation to have her understand that relationship and that dynamic without me having to go there.

I mean, it just really drove a lot more authenticity and credibility with, within our conversation. So, Lee, thank you again too. 

[00:34:24] Lea Morgan: Oh, you're welcome. Well, also, I love this you know, the more people. [00:34:30] Whose experiences you can hear about, the more you start to realize what I already know, which is every reading is completely bespoke and no two are the same, or no two share the same types of confirming facts or the same types of individuals, or the same types of relationships.

So it is literally given to me for the person I'm speaking to. Not just as like a list of things we go down to make sure you know who they are. 

[00:34:56] Chandler Stroud: Yeah, no, I think that's spot on and [00:35:00] speaks to a lot of the different approaches that we talk about on the show that they are so bespoke and no two experiences are ever the same, which I think is really meaningful.

Candace, any final words or advice that you'd share with listeners? Thinking about a reading for the first time, 

[00:35:18] Candace Hewitt: if you are contemplating it and you're comfortable, take a leap. If you're not quite there yet, just keep it in your back pocket as a possibility and maybe you mind and your heart [00:35:30] will, will shift.

And if it doesn't, that's okay, but you just be true to who you are and know that there's no timeline. 

[00:35:39] Chandler Stroud: I love that. I think that's great advice. Leah, was there something you wanted to add? 

[00:35:44] Lea Morgan: No, I just think that was perfect. I mean, perfect. That's exactly how it is. Like anybody who's listened to past episodes has heard me say that, like you'll know.

And maybe for those who weren't quite ready yet, hearing what [00:36:00] they heard today will help them be ready. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah, and and I always like to say, it doesn't have to be with me. I mean, you know, that doesn't mean me, but you are amazing. But yes, 

[00:36:11] Chandler Stroud: she is. She's amazing guys. She's amazing. But as we say, with all of the heroes who you choose to support you along your journey really matters.

That connection has to be there or. The approach is less effective and just won't carry the same weight and impact. Mm-hmm. So, and Lee has said that [00:36:30] before in many episodes as well. It really is about who you feel connected to and with. For Candace and I, it's You, Lee, you're wonderful. 

[00:36:37] Lea Morgan: Thank you. You can't 

[00:36:38] Chandler Stroud: imagine going to anybody else for that kind of experience.

But again, I do think it's an important thing to keep in mind. You know, the right people to support you along your journey is critical. Mm-hmm. For success. So thank you both for being here. This was such a meaningful conversation and I'm so grateful to both of [00:37:00] you for sharing your experiences, your wisdom, and especially Candace.

Your story and your journey with so many of our listeners. It really brings psychic mediumship and Lee's work to life in a whole new way. And I think also if. If anything helps other women who are in that space of grief feel less alone. So I, I just, I'm really grateful to you for being here and being so vulnerable and honest and open.

Thank you. [00:37:30] 

[00:37:30] Candace Hewitt: Thank you. 

[00:37:31] Chandler Stroud: Well, with that, thank you to everyone who is listening. If you found today's conversation helpful, please share it with friends who might also benefit and don't forget to subscribe. You can also visit healing heroes podcast.com to get resources, meet the heroes, and share your ideas for future episodes.

Thanks for listening, everyone, and until next time, remember, be curious. Be courageous and be kind to [00:38:00] yourself. You've got this.