Press
Features, interviews, and essays across print, digital, and specialist media
Interviews & Features
The Shift Network, "What Started as Survival Became a Complete Reorientation of My Life," 2026
A Q&A on the unexpected journey from grief to mediumship, and what it means to rebuild a life around the knowledge that consciousness continues beyond death.
Spirit & Destiny, Tracie Couper, "I've Learned the Language of Spirit," 2023
A feature on Karen Frances McCarthy's journey from grief to mediumship, and the relationship with those in spirit that changed the course of her life.
Forbes, Court Stroud, "How Death Teaches Us To Live: An Interview With Author Karen Frances McCarthy," 2020
A hard-nosed, pragmatic atheist reporter once embedded with troops in Iraq — Karen Frances McCarthy is the last person you'd expect to write this book. Forbes spoke with her about what death teaches us about living.
McCarthy is the least gullible reader of her own story. A review of the memoir that shows, in the words of its NYU reviewer, what a glorious mystery life truly is.
Life After Life, "Till Death Don't Us Part," 2020
Featured on the platform of Dr. Raymond Moody, whose pioneering research into near-death experiences established the modern study of what lies beyond death.
SNU Today, Alv Hirst, "The Importance of Storytelling for Spiritual Growth," 2020
An interview on the power of personal narrative in Spiritualist literature — and why telling our stories honestly is both a healing practice and a legacy for future generations.
Psychic News, Tony Ortzen, "Priest Helped Journalist Recognise Signs from Spirit," 2017
A feature on the moment that a chance encounter with a Catholic priest set Karen Frances McCarthy on the path from grief to mediumship.
HuffPost, Court Stroud, "What Happens When We Die? An Interview with Irish Medium Karen Frances," 2016
From political journalism to mediumship — an interview exploring consciousness, the afterlife, and what thousands of sittings have shown her about what endures beyond death.
Essays & Reporting
The Irish Times, "Irish People Are Drawn to Spiritualism — But Not as a Religion," 2020
An opinion piece examining Ireland's complex relationship with Spiritualism — the ancient Celtic openness to the spirit world set against a persistent reluctance to embrace organized religious doctrine.
Psychic News, "Awakening to Love After Death," 2020
On the experience of awakening to love across the boundary of death and what it means to write honestly about the unseen.
Salon, "Love, Sex and Death: What My Fiancé's Death Taught Me About the Afterlife," 2017
A personal essay on grief, consciousness, and what it means to continue a relationship across the boundary of death.
IrishCentral, "Over 1,000 Gather in Ireland to Connect with Ancient Spirituality and Druidic Traditions," 2017
A reported piece from Dunderry Park in the Boyne Valley, where Ireland's ancient spiritual traditions are finding a new generation of seekers disillusioned with both materialism and organized religion.
Beliefnet, "Grief — No Apology Needed," 2016
On the social pressure placed on the bereaved to grieve quickly, quietly, and in ways that suit everyone but themselves. There is no right way to grieve, and no apology needed.
IrishCentral, "The Haunted House of Fernhill," 2016
A personal essay on one of Dublin's most storied haunted houses — and what ghost stories tell us about Irish attitudes toward the dead and the living.
HuffPost, "A Gift Before Dying," 2016
On sitting with the dying — the courage it requires, the fear it dissolves, and what those final hours offer to the living as much as the departing.
Belfast Media, "A Ray of Sunshine Peeks Through the Millennia to Light the Secrets of Newgrange," 2015
A reported piece from Newgrange on the winter solstice — the Neolithic monument that has marked the boundary between darkness and light for five thousand years.