From Science to Spirit: Peaceful Nik’s Evidence-Based Journey into Mediumship & Life After Death

What happens when a scientist begins receiving messages from the other side? In this powerful episode of the Spiritual Spotlight Series, Peaceful Nik shares her remarkable journey from battling panic attacks about death to finding peace and certainty through mediumship.

With over 20 years in science communication, Nik brings a rare blend of logic and spirituality to her work as a medium. Her readings stand out for their verifiable evidence—stories like a tornado rescue decades earlier that she could never have known—bringing comfort and healing to grieving families.

Nik opens up about how her fear of death dissolved after thousands of undeniable connections with spirit, and how she now envisions the afterlife as a vibrant, energetic dimension where souls reconnect and communicate telepathically. 

Beyond readings, she mentors new mediums—especially those overcoming religious fear—and offers accessible resources like her $27 workbook to make spiritual development available to everyone.

You’ll also hear her practical advice for awakening your own intuitive gifts, including how everyday mindfulness can unlock deeper connection to spirit.

Chapters

• 1:38 Introducing Peaceful Nick
• 2:07 First Medium Experience with Brandon
• 5:59 Scientific Approach to Mediumship
• 10:32 Evidential Mediumship Explained
• 14:27 Healing Through Spirit Messages
• 17:21 New Perspectives on Afterlife
• 20:29 Teaching and Client Transformations
• 27:30 New Podcast and Resources
• 30:06 Simple Steps to Explore Spirituality

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:50

Hello everyone, Welcome to our Spiritual Spotlight Series. Today I'm joined by Peaceful Nick. She's an evidential medium who specializes in healing messages and guidance. Thank you so much for coming on the Spiritual Spotlight Series. I'm really happy you're here, Thank you for having me, Rachel.

Speaker 2: 1:04

I'm glad we finally got to meet. We've had some schedule changes, but I'm thrilled to be here.

Speaker 1: 1:10

Super, super excited myself. So, nick, can you maybe share your story of how you first discovered your gift as a medium and what led you to embrace it as your life's path?

Speaker 2: 1:19

Okay, so I grew up on the scientific track. I come from a family that had some issues and my mother was a little woo-woo but she passed in 1986. So I lost that connection to the woo woo when she passed and you know she read UFO books and alien books and things like that and so I knew about all that stuff. But I was very adept at math and science in school and so that's the track I followed and for 20 years I worked in science, communication and education, which I still do part time. And about six years ago or so I was got a phone call from a sister of mine I have a lot of sisters and she said our friend's son died. Brandon was his name and it was sudden and he was 25. And I had met him one time as a newborn baby and then I moved across the country and so you know I didn't have any contact with him but in my head I knew Claire cognizantly that he passed from an overdose. I did not know what Claire cognizance was and for anybody listening that doesn't know, that's a clear knowing where you know something in your. Anybody listening that doesn't know, that's a clear knowing where you know something in your head and you don't know why, you know. And I just kind of like, okay, that happens to me all the time, you know no big deal, I always know stuff. It doesn't everybody know stuff like deal to me. And then later that day I laid down to take a nap and within a few seconds I could see in my mind's eye him full color, hear him talking to me, leaning in, just his head, his red sweater, his gold chain, his black hair, his full face. And he leaned in and he said tell my mom, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it, just clear as a video. And I was shocked that nothing like that had ever happened to me before. I had other little weird experiences through my life, but nothing to that magnitude. And I sat up. I'm like I called my sister, I go, oh my God. Brandon came to me in a vision and he said Tell my mom, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it. And of course over the next few days we found out he did pass from an overdose and I have since, you know, been trained and given his mother readings and that was my first real, solid, verifiable experience. And I just kind of blew it off because, you know, weird stuff happens, experience and I just kind of blew it off Because, you know, weird stuff happens.

Speaker 2: 3:55

A few months later, my daughter-in-law's grandmother was in hospice care at home. She had had a head injury and was transitioning and my son was my son and daughter-in-law were there with her at the moment of her transition and that day I kept seeing this red heart with her name on it, just emblazoned in my mind's eye so strongly and so constantly. I couldn't it's going to make me cry because I loved this woman and I couldn't get it out of my head and I texted my son. I said hey, dottie was her name. She keeps showing me this red heart and I cannot get it to stop. I don't know what to do. And I'm standing in my kitchen. He texts me back a picture of the red heart with her name on it.

Speaker 2: 4:44

And it's actually in the other room I have it now A key chain he picked up that was on her nightstand or in the drawer of her nightstand or something, right at the moment of her passing. And so my knees buckled and I almost passed out, right, because I thought I either need a CAT scan or something crazy is happening. And so I thought I'm a scientist, I will perform an experience, an experiment on myself, because if this is real, it should be verifiable through repeated attempts. Right, verifiable evidence. You know you had to go through all the scientific method in your nursing, and so I found a mentor in the UK.

Speaker 2: 5:35

You know, you go to the internet, you look, you look, you scour the internet, and this lady just really resonated with me. She was super real, she was super matter of fact. She gave a lot of important information in a very short period of time, because I was working full time and I didn't have time for an hour long lecture where you learn one thing Like she gave 200 pieces of information in 10 minutes. Wow, this one's for me. I want to learn quickly.

Speaker 2: 6:03

So I signed up for her class and then I doubled up on the next class and I took. I can't even tell you how many classes I took with her. And then she said you're ready to give paid readings? And I said, really, really, so I had a good friend who has a very large family and friend group and she hooked me up with about 50 people over the period of two months to give free practice readings to, and I I'm forever grateful to her for them, because without all of those people giving them these practice readings, I don't know if I would have had the courage to start doing paid readings. Yeah, so then I started doing paid readings and and I can't tell you how nervous I was that first time, because you, you know, you know you have it, but you're like, but somebody's giving me money for it, and now I feel weird.

Speaker 1: 7:01

Yeah, it's a little bit of a different when you're doing an energetic exchange of money and when somebody is in a vulnerable state and looking for this guidance. So I think it's amazing that you did so many practice readings, just because a lot of people I don't know if a lot of people actually do that and I think I commend you for doing that and honing your craft and your gift and that's amazing. So you kind of just brought this up. You studied and I'm if I mispronounced it, I apologize at the odd bod school of mediumship in the UK. What was that experience like and how did it shape your approach to evidential mediumship?

Speaker 2: 7:38

So I did not travel to the UK for this, but it's based in the UK. It was all online, which most things are now right, lucky for us. It's so good for so many reasons and my mentor was excellent. She was very clear, she was. She held our feet to the fire within Now remind Remember I knew nothing about mediumship really. So my first, very first class, within five minutes she said make a connection to spirit and give a reading. And I had no idea what to do. Make a connection to spirit and give a reading. And I had no idea what to do. And I remember.

Speaker 2: 8:16

I saw a little girl with blonde hair and a yellow ribbon and I don't remember if it belonged to anybody. I don't remember the details now, but I just remember she really, you know, threw you in the deep end and and it was good for me. I needed that and it was. I learned so much, so fast and we did a lot, you know. As you know, in mediumship classes you do a lot of readings with each other, and so groups of us were in the same classes over and over and we eventually all learned about everybody's people, and that's why it was so important to do so many readings for other strangers, that to really get prepared for charging. Yeah, absolutely, it was wonderful, I know.

Speaker 1: 9:00

I think it's perfect and I like the fact that you're like no, let's go. Yep, exactly.

Speaker 2: 9:04

Let's go. And so I model a lot of my mentorship programs after how she taught, because it's so impactful. So when I'm teaching now, I make my students by the second class. I don't throw them in immediately in five minutes, but they do have to make a connection at some point during the first class. But by the second class they're doing readings. Yeah, Whether they like it or not, because you can't learn if you don't do Absolutely.

Speaker 1: 9:32

Absolutely, absolutely. When I went through my Akashic Records training and then the healing trainings, she made us do a minimum amount of readings before we would even be considered to be certified, and then you had to submit evidence of what we did. And then she did a session and witnessed us and everything before she would sign off on us. And I appreciate that, a session and witnessed us and everything before she would sign off on us, and I appreciate that because I mean, 50 sessions later, you know, obviously in same thing, free and whatnot, it's like then you had to trust it. You're like, okay, I'm just going to do it Exactly and it's.

Speaker 2: 10:03

It can be nerve wracking. I have a note on my desk. I learned I was watching a podcast with um, I think, kim Russo. I think she said leave your ego at the door, because I used to get a lot of anxiety before and she said that anxiety is your ego Right Really struck me and I have this little note. It says leave your ego at the door, stop thinking, allow the flow. If you doubt, spirit senses that and so that's perfect. You're the same. We're always learning. We don't finish classes and we're the middle. We always have to continue to learn and get information, and it's good to get information from several sources, not just one source, because, you know, not everybody's going to be right all the time.

Speaker 1: 10:47

So very true. So very true. So you describe yourself as an evidential medium. For those who may be new to that term, how does that differ from other types of mediumship?

Speaker 2: 10:57

So evidential medium really appealed to me because of science, evidence-based mediumship. So in my readings and it's probably the same for all of them, and this may be splitting hairs for different types of mediumship, but I provide evidence that cannot. It's something that's not going to be on social media, something that you know is not going to be in the newspaper or an obituary, some detail that is not obvious. That is evidence that only the sitter or client and I and spirit would know, and I only know because spirit tells me or shows me and so you know. If there's, you know, 20 pieces of evidence, right, right, most grandmas love their grandkids and give them presents. You know it's like shooting fish in a barrel. The evidence has to be something detailed and specific. That is not obvious.

Speaker 1: 12:15

I really I like evidential mediumship because it's pulling the pieces together to really help validate that, yes, you've connected to this loved one in spirit and you're bringing, like you said, almost like scientific evidence, like it's not just saying like Rachel, no, your grandma this, it's like no, your grandma gave you this quilt that has the pink and the white and the squares, and you know, I like that and and and odd things.

Speaker 2: 12:36

One one reading I was giving I kept seeing a tornado and I'm like this is weird. Why am I seeing a tornado? Because you know, you have your own inner dialogue. And I said your husband is showing me a tornado, do you understand the significance of a tornado? And she said, like 20 years ago he rescued a bunch of people from passing in a tornado. Now that is, there's no way.

Speaker 1: 13:01

There's no way you're going to know that. You're never going to know that. So I thought, you were going down the Wizard of Oz like track.

Speaker 2: 13:09

No, that would have been cool.

Speaker 1: 13:11

I was like, wow, I didn't know the reason why. I say that, it's because I just went to visit my sister and her and I bought my niece a little pair of red shoes and I was like I was like, oh, that's where she's going. So random, so cool that he did that. Yeah, I love that. It was awesome, that's so cool. So what is your intention when delivering messages from the spirit world and how do you ensure these messages bring healing and clarity to your clients?

Speaker 2: 13:39

So you may have to repeat the second part. My intention is always do no harm and help people start or begin, or start or continue their healing journey. It's, I guess, the Hippocratic oath is is you know? You would know that better than I would as a nurse. I don't want to cause harm ever and I don't. I always want my clients to feel better after bleeding, and I don't. I don't have a situation where someone felt worse. But some people are in deep grief and, as, as a healer, you don't know what, what stage of grief people are in when they sign up. Absolutely Anybody could show up somebody who's happy, somebody who's crying. You don't know what's going to happen when that screen opens, and so it's very, it's imperative that if somebody's in deep grief, to always recommend grief counseling, therapy, something else, because I'm not a therapist, right, and I am. I'm, you know, very good at giving people advice and guidance, but there is a point where someone is in deep grief that they may need other help.

Speaker 1: 14:56

I think, though, for those of us that are in this spiritual realm, like going to a medium and connecting to someone like yourself and bringing about, like you know, a healing, a reading from that loved one that they lost, I do think that there is a space for mediumship in that healing journey.

Speaker 2: 15:14

One million percent, absolutely, and it is, and I was, you know, that's just my disclaimer.

Speaker 1: 15:21

Oh, I 100% agree with you yeah like hospice does free grief counseling. Like, yes, 100% agree with you, but I just I'm giving I guess I was just giving space to the fact that, like I know that one of my really close loved ones passed and I'm like, yeah, I should get a mediumship. Reading Like that will help me with that grieving process Absolutely.

Speaker 2: 15:41

Because it's good for the living person, for their own connection with their own mortality. I think the big part of it because I think we fear our own mortality. I think we fear what if? What if there is nothing? That was my big fear my whole life. Until I became a medium I wasn't scared of physical death. I was scared what if nothing happens after I die? Like I had panic attacks for years. I mean, wake up in the middle of the night yelling panic attacks, like grabbing my husband's leg and screaming at two in the morning and that's not good right.

Speaker 1: 16:23

No, it's not good, but it's interesting that that's what kind of that was like one piece in your journey. And then let's ask you this then so what is your perspective now on the afterlife?

Speaker 2: 16:33

So now, I don't have those panic attacks anymore, which I didn't even realize. They stopped when I became a medium, when I started my mediumship training, they stopped.

Speaker 1: 16:43

Wow.

Speaker 2: 16:43

It's incredible. And now, because of the tens of thousands of pieces of evidence over the past six years, you know I can't. There's no count really. I know now that the spirit world is where all of our souls, consciousness, spirit, however we want to define it, kind of plugs back into the collective consciousness and is there an association with our soul families, our soul groups and basically it's an orb of energy. Our soul is like an orb of energy and we can telepathically communicate and manifest whatever we want.

Speaker 1: 17:26

I love that. I love that. So have there been moments where a reading deeply surprised you or moved you to something that maybe changed your own perspective about your own life, or even the afterlife?

Speaker 2: 17:41

well, all of them collectively have changed my perspective of the afterlife. I grew up Catholic. Do you have the Catholic guilt I did for a very, very, very long time I do Because of these readings. It solidified my belief that there's no hell, there's no evil spirits. There's when, when souls or spirits are coming into our physical space and flickering a light or knocking over kids toys not there to harm, they're there to just get our attention and say hey, I'm here, I'm just trying to communicate with you.

Speaker 2: 18:24

And so my perspective on the afterlife it's so solid now when before it was very weak, was very, and science of course allows for weakness and belief in the afterlife, right. Science of course allows for weakness and belief in the afterlife, right? Yeah, but one of the biggest things now for me is I use my scientific background. I read a lot of quantum physics and quantum mechanics. One of the biggest things that I've been trying to do is say science proves mediumship is real. So I have series on my social media about that and I talk about it all the time and I don't know that. Physicists know they're proving that we have a soul that is made of energy. But they are proving that whether we know it or not, and so that's a big shift for me in my belief systems overall.

Speaker 1: 19:23

I love that. I love that so much so you offer a wide range of services, from one-on-one readings to workshops and mentorships. Yes, which do you feel is maybe one of your ways to connect? Like which one? I guess they probably all give you excitement and joy, but is there one that gives you more joy than the others? And I guess they probably all give you excitement and joy, but is there one that gives you more joy?

Speaker 2: 19:43

than the others. Wow, I would say it's a tie between my mentorships. I love seeing a student. I have a student right now who knew nothing about mediumship at all and she got a one-on-one reading with me and she said at the end she said can I ask you some questions? And she asked me a series of questions about events that have happened in her life. She sees spirits, she experiences voices and so much about information. In that small conversation I said do you know? You're probably a medium.

Speaker 2: 20:19

And she grew up with religious dogma very, very strict evangelical religious dogma and so she was scared to explore it. And I said listen, you know, meet with me next week and we'll have a longer conversation. And then she booked a one-on-one class, because I offer one-on-one and mentorships with groups, small groups. And she had a one-on-one and I said you are more than welcome. I just had a class start. You're more than welcome to join that class. And the class I have right now it's wrapping up the first six months of it, but they're like on high speed, like they're all like advanced beginners.

Speaker 2: 21:04

And she went from knowing nothing about mediumship to by her second class doing readings with strangers. I invited in because you know, yeah, you got to throw them out there and I mean, I knew the people, they didn't. And so she gives these incredible readings and she's been doing this for four months of her life and that was profound and that is beautiful, because when I was in traditional science education, those days are gone where a teacher or professor gets this oh wow, these kids really get it. Those days are very limited. Now. Technology education know 150 is incredible that how fast they grow, change, connect and their awareness of spirit and how it changes their perspective on other humans and life.

Speaker 1: 22:20

I love that.

Speaker 2: 22:21

I love it. I love that. And the readings the one-on-one readings, when you have somebody who's deeply grieving and you give them a bunch of evidence that proves their loved one in spirit is still there. I had a mother who lost a son, and the mother just passed recently.

Speaker 2: 22:40

So say a moment for Lori. And she, her son, kept showing me a wallet and he was smelling the wallet and it had dollar bills and a little silver metal thing in it, not a coin, but a metal thing with a circle on it. And she said now, these are things. There's no way I could know. Yeah, of course she had no sense of smell. So her son smelled everything for her. She still had his wallet. She sent me a picture of it, with his dollar bills in it and a little metal tool of some sort with a circle on it. Wow, there's no way you know. So those are things. And she was so relieved to know her son's soul still exists and can communicate that and say, mom, I'm safe. Yeah, that was in mediumship. Those are some of my favorite things. I love that.

Speaker 1: 23:40

So your offerings are very accessible in terms of price and structure. How important is it to make spiritual tools and readings available to everyone?

Speaker 2: 23:50

I. It is extremely important because I grew up as a child in a low socioeconomic status and we struggled for regular things, things, necessities, and to me, I don't need to charge 700 or $1,000 for reading to make myself feel better. I'm fancier if I charge more. I want healing to occur for as many people as possible and there are a lot of people struggling right now, more than ever. Right, and it's important that I offer my services at a lower price in order to help as many people heal as possible.

Speaker 1: 24:32

That's commendable. I love that. I think it's so amazing. I was like, oh, her rates are really good, really amazing rates. Um, can you maybe share a story about a client transformation that reminded you of why this work is so sacred and needed?

Speaker 2: 24:48

Oh, boy, that. Let me see, I would say the student I was referring to earlier, who was gripped in fear and getting a lot of pushback from her family and telling her she was weird. You're a weirdo because you see these things or feel these things and you shouldn't talk about that and you shouldn't, you shouldn't, shouldn't talk about that. It's not in the the. The Bible said that. That, that, that, that, yeah, You're talking to demons. Those are demons, you know. And she, when I see her in class now she is, her energy is so much brighter and higher and she's so happy. Then, when I first met her, she was drugged down.

Speaker 1: 25:40

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 25:40

Because she was having all these experiences and didn't know what to do with them. And now she's like, especially because she's in a group with other students all have the same experiences and it's almost like group therapy, Right.

Speaker 1: 25:55

Right Each other.

Speaker 2: 25:56

Yeah, oh, you see dead people too. Oh, okay, so it's not just me. And then you connect them with other mediums and training and other developed mediums, um, and and those are the things that are so impactful to me Like you changed from this person who was scared and sad and upset to this person who's relieved and happy and joyful.

Speaker 1: 26:22

I love that you have a new show that is coming out with one of your BFFs. Can you please tell us a little bit about it?

Speaker 2: 26:30

Yes, thank you for asking. I have a new podcast being released May 23rd on Spotify and all other platforms podcast being released May 23rd on Spotify and all other platforms. It is called the soul twin stars podcast with myself, peaceful Nick the medium and lady shadow. She's a white witch and I'm a medium and a scientist, and our first episode is our origin story and how to change your life in one second through math, and it gives details of how to manifest them. You know, set your intention, do the work and allow yourself to receive. That's the shorthand version of that we're very excited about it.

Speaker 1: 27:09

Yeah, I like the idea of blending mediumship with the white witch way. I think that's that's going to be a really amazing, interesting show to tune into.

Speaker 2: 27:19

Yeah, and it's not so polished because you know it's a podcast, so there will be some sensitive subjects. We're going to talk about female body things. You know pause, changes in male body things, changes in the male body Everything from awakening to Zen will be discussed on the podcast and we will have guests as well.

Speaker 1: 27:42

That's awesome. That's gonna be really cool. I really like that. It's gonna be fun. I'm excited. Before I ask you the last question where is the best place for anyone that's looking to get a reading, maybe taking a mentorship class with you and you offer a lot of cool services Where's the best place for them to go to?

Speaker 2: 27:59

Peacefulnickthemediumcom. Nick is spelled N-I-K or you can email me peacefulnickthemedium at gmailcom. And I also just want to mention briefly if someone is interested in a mentorship but they're not really committed, ready to commit, I have a sale on my digital download workbook which is the equivalent of my six month beginner's mediumship and it's only $27. You can click a button on my website. It comes straight to your inbox, easy peasy. Then you can explore it on your own and say is she for me, is this for me? Yeah, go from there.

Speaker 1: 28:36

I love oh, that's so cool, that's cool and that's a great price $27 hello score.

Speaker 2: 28:41

I have a. I have a hard copy here. You can get it on Amazon, but I prefer you get it off my website. This is the. I like that. It has exercises information journal prompts. That's so cool. It's really cool and it's awesome, I'm like so awesome.

Speaker 1: 28:58

I'm like I want one. I'm gonna order one.

Speaker 2: 29:01

I'll send you one right after this. I'll email you. It's a digital download. I'll email it to you.

Speaker 1: 29:05

You're so nice. So, for listeners who feel drawn to explore their own spiritual gifts but don't know where to start, what's one simple and powerful step they can take today to begin that journey?

Speaker 2: 29:18

Meditate. What if they can't meditate? Everybody can meditate. I'm going to tell you a secret about meditating my friend who gave me all the 50 people to do the practice. She was trained at the Chopra Center and she's a Reiki master and all of those things. How I didn't become a medium years ago with all these friends in the woo-woo, I have no idea.

Speaker 1: 29:39

Yes, I know.

Speaker 2: 29:43

And she taught me that meditation isn't about sitting in a perfect Zen position and clearing your mind perfectly, because that's too stressful. Yeah, you can't meditate I'm a terrible meditator but you can be in the present moment. When you're washing the dish, you're thinking about washing the dish. Folding the towel you're thinking about folding the towel. Yeah, in the shower, you're thinking about putting the soap on your hair. When you're walking the dog, you're thinking about the grass along the sidewalk. Being in the present moment yeah, the grass along the sidewalk, being in the present moment is a form of meditation, and you don't have to perfectly clear your mind. So when you're doing any daily task, it doesn't matter what it is, focus on that task. I'm writing a note with a pen Right, and so the purpose of meditation is to stop the hamster wheel of thoughts.

Speaker 2: 30:37

Yes, and you have that hamster wheel of thoughts you can't create, and I think maybe that's why it was in my late 40s, before I became a medium, because my kids were very busy. Yes, my husband's a coach, I was running around working. Yes, my husband's a coach, I was running around working, blah, blah, blah. But then when they were grown, that's when it hit me, so I wasn't having to take my kids anywhere Well for them anymore, mostly. So yeah, meditation just slow down the train of thought.

Speaker 1: 31:14

Love that, love that Well. Thank you Peaceful, nick the medium. It's truly been amazing to connect with you today. I look forward to everything that's coming out for you and thank you so much.

Speaker 2: 31:25

Thank you so much for having me. I appreciate it and I look forward to hearing the episode.