Thanks for this. I can "pick up" stuff about people, but like you, I've learned to not share it unless asked - or, if it seems important, I'll ask permission first.
Just recently, I was watching
Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead. I can see that she's a warm, caring person, and her readings are usually quite accurate. Something that bothered me was that during the show, if she was just out shopping or whatever, she kind of ambushes someone with a reading. She *does* ask permission; tells them she's a medium-clairvoyant, and asks if she can do a reading. Usually, it really upsets the person! I mean, overall, they say it brings them peace and closure, but initially, they're upset and crying. When they cry, she moves in and comforts them... it feels like an odd dynamic to me. It's like she has a need to mother them, so she does this thing to generate the need
to be mothered from them. It's... just kind of strange. Of course, I wouldn't tell her that I picked up on that unless she asked.
It would be different if she set up a table in a public space with "clairvoyant/medium" signs, and people came to her. But it wouldn't make for as good television.