THE JOURNEY WITHIN
Pompton Lakes, NJ
The Story of Spirit
A two-day intensive for intermediate and advanced mediums who are ready to develop greater depth, confidence, and ease in their platform work.
With Dr. Karen Frances McCarthy and Rev. Pamela Meredith
November 14 15, 2026, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | $260
A powerful platform demonstration is about more than producing good evidence. It is about recognizing the communicator, following their story, and allowing their character to emerge.
The Story of Spirit is a two-day intensive for intermediate and advanced mediums who are ready to develop greater depth, confidence, and ease in their platform work.
You will work with the skills that shape a strong platform demonstration: developing presence, working with evidence, recognizing character, following the communicator's story, managing challenges, staying present when things do not unfold as expected, and regulating the nervous system to reduce stress and tension before you begin.
What you will develop
Regulating the nervous system to reduce stress and tension
Building the power to demonstrate
Placing your contact
Working with evidence, character, and story
Allowing the communicator to take the lead
Developing presence and your unique style
Following memories, emotions, and relationships
Timing, pacing, and presentation
Working with uncertainty and the no
Providing messages that are helpful, healing, and meaningful
Communicating with clarity, care, and relevance
Confidence, resilience, and ethical practice
These are not separate goals. Depth, presence, and the ability to stay with a communicator through uncertainty tend to develop together, and that is the work of this weekend.
Is this you?
You have experience with evidential mediumship and want to develop greater depth, confidence, and ease in public demonstration.
You want to move beyond disconnected evidence, following the communicator through character, memories, relationships, and story.
You want a stronger platform presence, greater confidence when faced with uncertainty or a no, and the ability to stay with the communicator rather than searching for the next piece of information.
You know your mediumship has more depth than you are currently able to express in public, and you want to communicate the messages that matter most to the recipient.
Most mediums reach a point where the evidence is solid, but the demonstration still feels flat. This weekend is built for that platform: learning to let the communicator say what they want to say, with meaning, healing and purpose.
Two experienced teachers.
One intensive weekend.
Dr. Karen Frances McCarthy PhD CSNU
Karen is an internationally recognized medium, educator, academic, and bestselling author. She has trained extensively at the Arthur Findlay College and holds Certificates of Recognition in mediumship, spiritual healing, and public speaking from the Spiritualists' National Union. She teaches mediumship internationally, with a particular focus on evidence, presence, character, story, and confident, ethical demonstration. Her approach brings together extensive practical experience with her academic work on consciousness, mediumship, and the stories we carry.
Rev. Pamela Meredith
Pam is an evidential medium, ordained Spiritualist minister, teacher, and mentor. She received extensive training with Rev. Janet Nohavec at The Journey Within and has also studied with teachers at the Arthur Findlay College in England. Following the tragedy of September 11, 2001, Pam began receiving referrals from bereavement groups and surviving family members. She has since developed a substantial practice in mediumship and has mentored hundreds of students.
The Program
Saturday, November 14
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
An intensive day of teaching, demonstrating, and practical development.
Sunday, November 15
Morning services, then 1:00 to 5:00 PM
Further teaching and practical work, with an opportunity to experience platform mediumship within a Spiritualist setting.