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A Psychic Medium’s Unforeseen Love Affair By Nancy Dewar
Fourteen years ago Seacoast resident John Holland fell in love (like madly, head-over-heels in love), and his life changed forever! There is a touch of irony in this story, as John is an internationally known psychic medium, author and spiritual teacher. Yet, he never saw this one coming. He never knew that a tiny little bundle of soft, white fluff would wind its way into his heart and turn him into a total dog lover! All this endless joy is thanks to Koda, his precious (now 14) loyal West Highland Terrier; commonly known as a Westie. John grew up in Boston and had two dogs before Koda. His childhood dog ended up being
surrendered to a rescue organization due to family circumstances. His second dog, he had as a young man, was also a Westie that he didn’t get to keep in a relationship break up. “I never knew what a true soul wound that left within me when I had to give up those beloved dogs.” John told me. “I didn’t discover that until I got Koda.” As a child, he always felt he was a bit different; very psychically sensitive and empathetic. While his siblings were out playing ball, John was home either reading or drawing, and always fascinated by anything that had to do with magic, spirits, ghosts, metaphysics, theology and science. “I wasn’t your average kid. I was definitely the different one in the family.” Though extremely intuitive while growing up, John didn’t truly discover and understand his psychic abilities until his early thirties. He was living in Los Angeles bartending and doing some temp work. A devastating car accident, which he thankfully walked away from, was the wake-up call to get his life in
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better order. It was time to really study and work on his psychic sensitivity that he’d tried to push away or hide in his youth due to the teasing and jokes made about him by other children and even his family. John began reading tarot cards at a local aromatherapy shop in West LA, and through a series of serendipitous encounters he ended up living in England for 3 years where he trained with leading professional spiritualist mediums. His career exploded after he returned to the Seacoast several years ago, largely due to the press he received from the Boston Globe and other publications. In addition to private readings, John has published six books and created four oracle card decks with Hay House Publishing. He also has appeared on numerous television programs and has traveled the world doing seminars, events and demonstrations of his mediumship. With COVID bringing travel to a stop, John has cherished his time home this past year with Koda. Instead of traveling to 20-30 cities a
