(Note: This is a multi-part series. If you have already read the introduction? Scroll down to read new content.) 

Is it possible? 

Have you ever wondered if it is possible to connect with someone telepathically? There are people who believe humans can connect to others and communicate via extrasensory means. No spoken words, no hearing, no seeing - but still receiving messages. 

Let’s add another layer. What if people could communicate with other entities telepathically? What about people who have passed on? And as I learned very recently, some people can connect to entities on other planets and in other times! This is what channelers claim to do. Connect with another entity to deliver messages to this present reality.

Personally, I have always been skeptical. Skeptical and frankly, scared of the idea of telepathy and channeling. When I was young, I heard ghost stories and saw scary movies where people channeled scary things. Things that intended to hurt people, not help them. Although I’ve always had an open mind, I did not want to expose myself to something I could not control, so I always steered clear of any topics around channeling and mediumship. 

What changed this for me was one key thing: when I connected to my higher self… wasn’t I telepathically communicating with something? After all, my connections to my soul / higher Self happen within me, during my prayers, sometimes meditating, sometimes throughout the day, but all within my mind. Well I guess higher Self / soul is a part of me. But there is an aspect of connecting and communicating beyond my five senses that I wanted to explore more.  

Opportunity knocks 

I found that opportunity in Gaia’s Channeling Conference 2025. I am a huge fan of Gaia and have been watching their videos and online courses for 15+ years. They are a huge community that publishes content about spiritual growth, personal transformation, and so much more. So when I saw this conference dedicated to channeling, I felt compelled to attend. 

I wish I could express the sensations, emotions, and energy I felt at Gaia’s Channeling Conference. The energy there was loving, expectant, supportive, affirmative, and expansive. 

The audience was so excited to be there and listened with open minds and hearts. The host, Jason Liggett led curious discussions with appreciation and emotionality. And the entities we heard from were offering their knowledge to us with benevolence and wholeness in their hearts. 

At this conference though, the host, channels, and entities established some important ground rules around channeling: 

• Law of non-interference - Entities that could be channeled will not force themselves on anyone. Humans have autonomy and must decide and learn for themselves. 
• Reality is ONE - The nature of existence is complex, yet simple. We are all part of the same fabric and part of existence. We are all ONE. 
• Highest good of all involved - The individuals channeling did so with the highest good of all in mind.
• There are two individuals on stage - First, we meet the human speaker, or the channel. This person shares their experience channeling, and then steps aside when they channel and bring another entity to the forefront. 

I captured my experience and key takeaways from each individual channel and entities that spoke to us during the conference in this series of blog articles. This is my personal interpretation as a member of the audience, not an employee or representative of Gaia or the speakers. My hope is that you may learn something new or remember something you forgot you knew!   

Sheila Gillette - THEO

I greatly respect Sheila Gillette for her abilities and for sharing so much about what she has learned over the years. Sheila channels the entity called Theo, who focused most of his message on emotional healing. His message was very impactful for me personally. 

 

Theo shared that we can always think of emotionally charged memories and connect to ourselves at that moment in time. We can then infuse unconditional love to the moment to get rid of any ideas of being unloveable or unworthy. 

Personally, I think this is a way to be with yourself in moments you thought you were all alone. Be there for yourself the way you wished someone would have been in that moment. It can be a really beautiful experience to be there for yourself in this way. 

Theo offered that bringing love and oneness to that wounded version of yourself heals generational past trauma and can change the future. The future is different because as you heal yourself, you are no longer a vibrational match to that pain. If you are no longer a vibrational match, you will not experience that pain again. 

Personal Story

I experienced this for myself as I worked with a therapist in my 20’s. There was one particular memory that was always so painful for me. I was in a new city, far away from home and from my Mom. Someone targeted and hurt me when I was just 7 years old. I managed to slip out of the room where this was happening and went to the backyard by myself. I found a pink plastic ring that I put on my finger. To my dismay, the ring got stuck! I could not for the life of me get it off of me. I went inside to look for help and cried so loud; I was desperate for help or solace. I did not find solace and had not shared what had actually happened to me. I was left to feel that fear on my own. I felt so alone and abandoned at that moment. That memory became a symbol of abandonment that kept reoccurring in my life. 

As an adult, I contemplated on this memory and began talking to my 7 year-old self. I told her she was not alone, she did nothing wrong, and what had happened was not her fault. I told her she was beautiful and that I believed her. I helped her get the ring off her finger. And then we just played with toys together. We were just kids together. As I had this healing experience, I realized that as I cried out for help as a 7-year old, my older self was there for me. I didn’t know it, but I was not alone after all. I freed myself from that scary, intense experience of abandonment. In its stead, I created a moment of lightness, a moment of play, and eternal companionship. This changed this memory forever for me. 

This healing experience created a difference in my present life. I became more confident in myself and comfortable any time I had to be on my own. It changed all the moments of loneliness, victimization, abuse, or being taken advantage of, feeling ugly or unloveable. Not that these events did not happen, but somehow the intensity of betrayal and affliction is tempered by the intensity of my own self-love and solidarity. 

A celebration 

Theo kept repeating a phrase throughout his talk. It felt like a recognition of what we will be able to do as we grow our knowledge and awaken:  

“What a magnificent/exquisite time to be alive.” 

Our ability as a human race to heal our past and future selves is here. It is here and it is accelerating. Theo described this as part of a larger pattern of spiritual awakening, known as “the quickening.” This is a result of spiritual and scientific evolution. 

For example, epi-genetics is the study of changes in gene expression that can happen without altering the DNA sequence. Theo recommended the work of Bruce Lipton who pioneered this field of study. Lipton believed that our own subconscious thoughts can have a significant impact on our health. More specifically, he believed that our environment and perceptions control gene expression, rather than genes being a fixed destiny.  

Just like Theo explained and I experienced in the story above, Lipton asserted that subconscious beliefs formed in early childhood can run on autopilot and lead to self-sabotage. You can imagine what the subconscious belief of being unloveable and shameful did to me over the long-term. However, by reprogramming and healing these memories, I changed a critical core belief. I can’t say which genes this would have affected, but I can speak to the difference in my vitality and confidence.  

This is just one example of how our collective learning can help us heal ourselves and each other. Thank you very much, Sheila and Theo! It is indeed a magnificent time to be alive. :) 

 

Do you have any methods for healing your emotional pain? Have you found any ways to transmute any trauma in your life? Please share below! You never know who you may help by sharing.