The Story of Spirit A Weekend Platform Intensive

With Dr. Karen Frances McCarthy and Rev. Pamela Meredith

November 14–15, 2026 at The Journey Within
$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 before you begin.

What you will explore

• Regulating the nervous system and building the power to demonstrate
• 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

This is for you if…
➜ 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 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 want to communicate messages that matter most to the recipient.

Two experienced teachers. One intensive weekend.
Dr. Karen Frances McCarthy PhD CSNU 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 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 WEEKEND
Saturday, November 14 | 9:00 AM–5:00 PM: An intensive day of teaching, demonstrating, and practical development.
Sunday, November 15 | Sunday morning services + 1:00–5:00 PM: Further teaching and practical work, with an opportunity to experience platform mediumship within a Spiritualist setting.