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Your Intuition Isn’t Yours. It’s Spirit Talking. Psychic Explains | Barbara Banner

September 4, 2026

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Your Intuition Isn’t Yours. It’s Spirit Talking. Psychic Explains | Barbara Banner

Barbara Banner describes herself as “a normal person who does something a little abnormal.” During the pandemic, her house went “paranormal whole thing”—objects flying, lights flashing, fans turning on by themselves without bulbs. She wasn’t afraid. She thought, “I think spirit wants to talk to me,” and signed up for a class with medium Suzanne Giesman. She had never meditated before. On her first attempt, locked in a closet, she saw her father peeking over, as if to say, “Oh look, guys, we’re gonna have a medium in the family.”

What a medium actually does

Banner explains that spirit exists in a higher vibration. She learns to raise her own vibration while spirits lower theirs, and they meet in the middle. “I get information from people who are no longer alive,” she says. “They are a different kind of alive. Their consciousness is alive and lives on forever.” She describes physical death as unzipping a human suit: “I’m still me. I’ve got everything I have except a body.”

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:46) **What is a Medium?** - Barbara Banner defines her work and explains how she receives information from those who have passed.
  • 2 (05:58) **Barbara's Awakening During the Pandemic** - She recounts the paranormal events that triggered her journey into mediumship.
  • 3 (08:49) **Intuition as a Message from Spirit** - Barbara argues that intuition is not just imagination but a direct communication from the spirit world.
  • 4 (11:55) **Early Psychic Inklings** - Barbara shares childhood experiences that hinted at her abilities, long before her formal awakening.
  • 5 (16:30) **Volunteer Work as Divine Preparation** - She reveals how her volunteer history unknowingly prepared her for mediumship.
  • 6 (19:55) **The Poltergeist, Freaky Friday, and Alice in Wonderland Event** - Barbara gives a detailed account of the paranormal chaos that started her journey.
  • 7 (22:09) **The Soul Contract and Choosing Our Lessons** - Barbara explains the pre-birth planning process and the purpose of suffering.

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Show Notes

What if your intuition isn't just a gut feeling, but a message from Spirit? What if the challenges you're facing today were lessons your soul chose before you were even born? And what if anyone could learn to connect with loved ones who have passed?


In this episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Barbra Banner (Certified Psychic, Trance & Evidential Medium) shares the extraordinary story of how she unexpectedly became a medium during the pandemic, despite having no previous interest in psychic abilities or mediumship. After experiencing intense paranormal activity in her own home, her life changed forever.


Barbra reveals how she discovered that her gifts run in her family, how her loved ones reacted to her transformation, and how she learned to raise her vibration to connect with Spirit and deliver healing messages from deceased loved ones to help clients find comfort and peace after loss.


She also explains why she believes intuition may actually be Spirit communicating with us, why Spirit often speaks through symbolism instead of words, and how anyone can strengthen their own connection with loved ones on the other side.


You'll also hear her powerful perspective on "Earth School" - the belief that our souls choose certain life lessons and challenges before coming into this lifetime - and why understanding your soul contract can completely change how you view suffering, purpose, and personal growth.


Barbra discusses what it's really like to channel someone you had a difficult or contentious relationship with during life, why she believes there are only 3 emotions experienced on the other side—love, gratitude, and joy—and why mediumship and after-death communication are becoming more accepted around the world.


She also shares how years of volunteering on crisis hotlines unknowingly prepared her to develop her mediumship, why belief often precedes spiritual experiences, and offers thoughtful advice for skeptics who are curious but unsure what to believe.


Whether you're interested in mediumship, psychic phenomena, intuition, spirituality, life after death, near death experiences, consciousness, or connecting with deceased loved ones, this conversation offers a thought-provoking look at one woman's remarkable journey!