Q&A with Laura Kuhl

MADISON PSYCHIC TALKS SPIRITUALITY, PERSONAL READINGS AND OPENING UP TO YOUR GIFTS By Mason Braasch, Lifestyle Editor Graphics by Emma Gray, Arts Curator, and Alyssa Cohen, Contributing Graphic Artist

INTERVIEW WITH A MADISON PSYCHIC INTRODUCTION

I have always been curious about psychics and the way that they connect with people. For years, I have thought about getting a reading from one, but I always stop myself, too nervous and afraid to hear what they might reveal about my life. Enter; Laura Kuhl. Laura is a fourth-generation intuitive healer who has guided hundreds of people through her readings. Her work connects people to loved ones who have passed, helps people navigate tough personal issues such as relationships and careers and brings peace to homes that have been occupied with non-essential energies. Laura has a warm and welcoming personality that instantly dissolved any fears and insecurities I had going into our conversation. After I got to know her as a person, she dove into my own personal reading, in which we discussed my dream of becoming an author, how to navigate my big emotions in my relationships, and even ways to make my boyfriend’s mom like me more!

Without any judgement, Laura conducted a reading that made me feel more confident and grounded in multiple aspects of my life. As an intuitive psychic and healer, she is efficient and helpful. But it’s her kind personality—which presented itself in our conversation about her family history and the ways that she uses her gift—that showed me the type of person she is overall.

MODA MADISON: HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE A PSYCHIC INTUITUVE HEALER?

Laura Kuhl: I am a fourth-generation intuitive healer. My Great-Grandma Jortzig was the first one that we know of, and then it skipped a generation because it goes male, female, male, female, and goes to the youngest of every generation. There wasn’t a male in the next generation until my Dad came along. My Grandma told him when he was nine that he was a healer. He grew up during the Depression and was raised as Missouri Synod, which is a really strict sect of the Lutheran religion, so she didn’t really explain to him what his grandma did. She was the healer for the area; there were no doctors at the time so everyone would go to her and she would create tinctures and do healings for people. My Dad went into the Navy and became a doctor, and he ended up not ever using his gifts fully because he didn’t really understand them. When I came along, I asked questions. I would see things and would talk to angels, and I would question him about that. He told me that they were just figments of my imagination. When I met my first teacher, who was an acupuncturist, he opened me up to my gifts. I just kept hearing “ask him, ask him, ask him!” He was so excited that I was opening up to my gifts and I was like “yeah, but I got this thing that wont leave me alone, how do I shut it off?”

MM: WHAT DOES BEING A PSYCHIC REALLY MEAN?

LK: I can see, I can feel and I can hear all knowing information, and I use it on an everyday basis. But, I am also a Christian, which makes me unique. My upbringing does focus me in a way that’s comfortable for me. I have clients from all over the world who all have different belief systems, and I believe that everyone has a way of looking at their higher self or their God, or however you want to say it; I am open to whatever. I just want [my clients] to be able to tap into themselves and be able to listen to their own self; what’s right and true for them, and not so much about what’s on the outside. There’s a lot of things out there that tell us what to think and how to feel and what’s beautiful and what’s not. I try to get people to look inside of themselves and figure out what’s beautiful for you and what works for you and all of your healing. We all know how to heal ourselves on every level, whether it be physical, mental or spiritual; it’s just getting around those blocks and the things that are stopping us from healing.

MM: CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT AN AVERAGE DAY AS AN INTUITIVE HEALER WOULD LOOK LIKE?

LK: No, I can’t. It depends on the day and the season and what’s going on. I go with the flow. I have clients that talk to me regularly, and I have clients that only come to me every two or three years. I don’t have a regular day. I just go by what God brings in front of me.

MM: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT BEING AN INTUITIVE HEALER?

LK: My favorite thing about being a healer is helping other people. When families who come in have lost a loved one and we can connect with them— that’s when healing happens. When they give me that hug, and they’re crying and they’re like “thank you so much I just needed to know that they were okay.” That kind of healing, that kind of love: We all know it. We’ve all lost somebody or a pet or something that we love so much. To be able to have that contact, I think, is just so beautiful. I love the love. The more I do this, the more love I feel. I help people, and that’s beautiful.

MM: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A READING WITH YOU BUT IS SCARED?

LK: It is kind of nerve wracking because you don’t know what to expect. But, if you can explain to them, it’s like going to your best friend’s house for a cup of coffee and a little conversation—and no one knows you better than your best friend. You can spill all of your deepest and darkness to them and you know they won’t share it with anyone else. You know they won’t judge you, they’re just going to love you. That’s kind of what it’s like. But if you go into a place where you don’t feel that—walk out. Even if it’s with me, if you walk in and you feel that something is not right here, walk out.

MM: CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH A TYPICAL READING WITH A CLIENT AND EXPLAIN YOUR PROCESS?

LK: People come to me for all different sorts of reasons. A lot of people will come, especially now, because they’re lost; they don’t know what to do or they feel stuck. A lot of times, that’s because fear blocks what they are trying to accomplish. I tap into their first, middle and last name and I get the vibration from them, then God. I ask their permission; so I’d say “Mason Elizabeth Braasch, do you give God permission that Laura Beth Kuhl read you today, yes or no?” Then, whatever it is that you want to ask me, I can receive information. It doesn’t matter what it is, I can receive the information. It’s funny, people will come in with a long list of questions and they’ll start with one or two and then all of a sudden they look down and they’re like “you answered all my questions already!”

MM: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO SOMEONE WHO IS SKEPTICAL ABOUT WHAT YOU DO?

LK: Well, I think there are a lot of charltons out there who aren’t trustworthy and they give people like myself a bad name. It’s more of a connection thing. Follow your instincts. If you’ve never done it before, I’d say give me a call and talk to me or to the person who you feel called to talk to; it doesn’t have to be me, it can be anyone. If you walk into a session that doesn’t feel right; leave. Trust your own self. Trust me, there are a lot of people out there who are bogus; you want someone who talks to the light, not to the darkness. If you can feel the love, then it’s good.

MM: WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO SOMEONE WHO HAS SIMILAR GIFTS TO YOURS AND WOULD LIKE TO START OPENING UP TO THEM?

LK: I have lots of people that I work with that I help open their gifts. I will always say meditation and prayer is a great way to connect to God. Prayer is talking to God and meditation is listening. Isn’t that a beautiful way to see it? *This conversation has been edited and condensed ■