My Life As a Medium

by Betty Shine

The inside story of the 'reluctant medium', finally available in a mass-market A-format edition Betty Shine was originally an opera singer, but studied all forms of alternative healing, becoming a vitamin and mineral therapist. Guided by spirit voices from the age of two, she became a world-famous medium. This is the story of how she became the best known medium and healer in the UK. Through her books, tapes and absent healing service, she is in touch with thousands of people worldwide. The hardback publication of her book produced a tremendous response from both the media and the general public and this A-format edition will bring her story to an even wider audience.

Genres: Spirituality, Nonfiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published May 19, 1997

About the author

Betty Shine was an English author, opera singer, a vitamin and mineral therapist, a psychic, medium, spiritual healer and hypnotherapist. She is best known for her "Mind" series of books including Mind to Mind (1989), Mind Magic (1991) and Mind Waves (1993). Together, the first two books spent 19 weeks in The Sunday Times Top 10 best seller lists. She lived in Southern England and was a well-known television and radio personality. She also founded a global Healing Network with her daughter, Janet Shine.

'The world's number one healer' - The Sun

'Those who encounter Betty Shine's supernatural powers find it hard to remain sceptical.' - The Independent

Reviews

[Shirley Revill · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love visiting second hand book shops and this is where I found this book.
Really interesting and thought provoking story of Betty's gift of clairvoyance.
Really enjoyed reading this book. One of my better finds. Recommended.

[Zuzanna Kaniuga · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a nice, heart warming read. I've really enjoyed it. Her desceiptions of ghost appearances are very similiar to ones I heared about in my family, so I could put more trust in her words. Sometimes Betty rants about her worldview and it's less pleasant to read

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book randomly fell into my hands and I decided to give it a shot. As a pantheistic witch - in other words a bitter atheist and a sociopath settled deep in a forest - I'd never think much of a self-proclaimed medium. Heck, I wouldn't think much of a proclaimed-by-whoever medium, just because I don't believe in any kind of afterlife. I had a tiny bit of a laugh during the first couple of chapters, the writing style seemed a little naive to me and the supposed psychic skills and events - a little too far-fetched in their descriptions. What kept me going, though, is a peculiar kind of warmth and fulfillment, present in the whole book. This woman must have had a truly giant heart, regardless if she did it mostly for money or not - especially that I don't see anything wrong in using one's talent and hobby to earn for a living. Actually I find it the only legit way to live a full life and I suppose that's why I kind of enjoyed this read - despite my cynical approach, I'm always eager to read stories of people who managed to turn their passion into their profession. Damn me if it's not inspiring, even in a field I have quite a skeptical view of... so before I dwell on that and give an unnecessary lecture here about how mediumism could work according to my order of things, I'll finish and just encourage people to give this book a chance. It's not long, reads fast and, despite arousing quite frequent chuckles or head shakes, leaves you feeling somehow a little better about pursuing your own loony path.

[Pippa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite interesting, particularly in the first part of the book where she talks about how her psychic gifts developed.