[Michelle]

Some of you may remember me posting that I stopped studying singing a couple months ago shortly before achieving my Master's Degree. Since then I've considered several possibilities as to how and where to go from here. My considerations have ranged from sticking with singing as a profession to starting something completely new like psychology, pedagogy, or philosophy. All of those options have seemed more or less attractive to me, but nothing seems to really be the perfect fit I am looking for. Nothing seems attractive enough to keep me interested for a lifetime, none of these areas makes me want to dedicate my energies and soul and passion. I have been quite frustrated. That is, until tonight.

Tonight I found out that there is a school near me which offers a 2 year training in "Mediumship and Healing". This struck a chord in me. This seems to fit. It excites me and it is what I think I could be good at. The healing moreso than the mediumship, but after looking at the curriculum the whole thing really seems great. I am pretty sure I want to do this.

What I want to know is:

1. How do I know if this particular school/whole thing is legit?
2. How do I handle telling people in my life that I want to go to school to be a healer? It is what I want but I feel like a freak.

All of this really adds up to what a hand reader told me a couple years ago. He told me I am a natural born healer and that he didn't see me as an opera singer at all. He also told me that if I didn't make healing my main profession, I would always be trying to heal people under the guise of doing something else. He was right, I realize now.

Anyway, I am open and grateful for any thoughts or suggestions.