Soul Sync with Jason Paul

What if trying is the very thing standing between you and your mediumship?
In this episode of Soul Sync, I’m joined by John Johnson, a medium and teacher originally from Scotland, now living in Sweden, and a former tutor at the Arthur Findlay College. For over a decade John has been building a philosophy he calls The Natural Medium, and it turns so much of what we’re taught on its head.
We talk about:
the grandmother his dad kept him away from, so he’d never “catch the bug”
a dream he had at 11 that he’s never forgotten
Mickey Mouse turning up in the strangest place
meditating nine times a week for a whole year, before he ever set foot in a church
the “copy-paste culture” of how mediumship gets taught
why we don’t meditate, we create the space for meditation to arise
why “you’re too much in your head” might be the wrong advice
emotional and factual mediums, and the comfort zones we fall into
why “you’re only as good as your last demonstration” does more harm than good
John closes with a beautiful thought about a flower that fails to bloom (a quote widely credited to Alexander den Heijer), and what it means if your own development feels stuck.
If you’ve ever tried too hard, this one’s for you.
Find out more about John: https://www.tutorjohnjohnson.com
Join John, Donna King and me live for An Evening with Spirit, an online demonstration on Friday 2 April 2027, 6:30–8pm UK time:
 https://jasonpaulmedium.com/events/an-evening-with-spirit-john-johnson-april-2027
✨ Get in touch
 Have a story, an experience or an idea you’d love to share on Soul Sync? I’m always looking for new guests, whether your passion is mediumship, spirituality, consciousness, human potential or a spiritual experience that changed your life. I’d love to hear from you.
 📩 Email: hello@jasonpaulmedium.com
🌐 Website: https://www.jasonpaulmedium.com
✨ Free Tuesday Development Circle
 Join my free online mediumship development circle on Zoom every Tuesday, 6–8pm UK time. It’s a warm, supportive space to experiment, build your confidence and connect with spirit. Come for one hour or stay for both.
 Book your free place: https://www.jasonpaulmedium.com/free-online-mediumship-development-circle
✨ Support the show
 Soul Sync is independent and made with love. If an episode has helped you, you can support the show here: https://buymeacoffee.com/soulsyncjason
And if you’ve enjoyed this episode, a quick review really helps other seekers find us. 💫
 ✨ Join our FREE Tuesday Development Circle! Tuesdays, 6–8pm UK on Zoom. Practise mediumship, build confidence and connect with others in a welcoming space. Join for either hour or both. 
💫 Develop further with Donna King and me through The Power of You and our Mediumship Development class.
📅 Find the circle, classes and upcoming events at JasonPaulMedium.com 🤍
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Long before science had a word for it, people knew. Prana, chi, mana: different lands, the same understanding that a life force moves through all of us.
A few weeks before we recorded this conversation, I sent Daniel Zavrel one thing: a selfie, taken in a London coffee shop on one of my more stressful days. From that photo alone, he told me things about my body, my mind and the patterns I carry that I hadn’t told him.
Daniel is a Dutch business economist turned mental coach and wellbeing specialist. After a corporate career that began at Accenture, he became a bridge between big business and spirituality. He has worked inside organisations such as PwC, Philips, Unilever and Shell, and as a mental coach at PSV Eindhoven. Today he works online with people all over the world through his ConsciouzScan method, looking at body, mind and spirit as one energetic whole.
In this episode we talk about how a photograph can carry your energy, the seven bodies of yoga, heart coherence and the HeartMath Institute, epigenetics, and why gratitude is one of the highest frequencies there is. We also explore how the voice in your head shapes your body, why so much stress comes back to a fear of death, and what Ramana Maharshi’s question “Who am I?” can teach us. And I share how my mediumship has changed the way I understand energy.
If you’ve ever walked into a room and just known how it felt, this one’s for you.
Mentions & ideas
ConsciouzScan and the bioenergy field
Quantum entanglement
The seven bodies in yoga philosophy
The HeartMath Institute and heart coherence
Fritz-Albert Popp and biophotons
Epigenetics
Dr Masaru Emoto’s water experiments
Joe Dispenza
Ramana Maharshi and “Who am I?”
Julie Ryan
Guest links
Website: https://www.consciouz.com
Free masterclass: https://checkout.consciouz.com/masterclass-consciouz-coach
Listener offer: use the code SOULSYNC for 15% off a ConsciouzScan.
Please note
ConsciouzScan is a wellbeing and coaching tool, not a medical diagnosis or treatment. Please always speak to your doctor about any health concerns.
Gentle note
This episode includes discussion of health conditions, stress and a past mental health crisis. Please listen in a way that feels supportive for you.
Get in touch
Soul Sync is a home for conversations about spirit, consciousness and the unlimited potential within all of us. Maybe you’ve had a spiritual experience that changed everything. Maybe your work is in mediumship, healing, meditation, psychology, science or personal growth. Or maybe you simply have a perspective on what it means to be human that you’d love to share. I’m always looking for new guests and fresh ideas for the show, so I’d love to hear from you.
Email: hello@jasonpaulmedium.com
Website: https://www.jasonpaulmedium.com
Free Tuesday Development Circle
Join my free online mediumship development circle on Zoom every Tuesday, 6–8pm UK time. It’s a warm, supportive space to experiment, build your confidence and connect with spirit. Come for the first hour, or stay for both.
Book your free place: https://www.jasonpaulmedium.com/free-online-mediumship-development-circle
Support the show
Soul Sync is independent and made with love. If an episode has helped you, you can support the show here: https://buymeacoffee.com/soulsyncjason
And if you’ve enjoyed this episode, a quick review really helps other seekers find us.
 ✨ Join our FREE Tuesday Development Circle! Tuesdays, 6–8pm UK on Zoom. Practise mediumship, build confidence and connect with others in a welcoming space. Join for either hour or both. 
💫 Develop further with Donna King and me through The Power of You and our Mediumship Development class.
📅 Find the circle, classes and upcoming events at JasonPaulMedium.com 🤍
Support the show

Can mediumship actually be taught? And if no two people experience spirit in the same way, what is a teacher really there for?
In the sixth of the Mediumship Sessions, my dear friend and fellow teacher Donna King joins me again. We start with the demonstration I’d rather forget: a room full of expectation, contacts nobody would accept, and the moment I wanted a trapdoor to open under the stage. A week on, I’m grateful for it, because of what it taught me.
From there we get into how mediumship is really learned. Why my green might be your blue. Why some of us work from the head and some from the heart, and why that matters when you choose a teacher. How spirit builds a picture in layers. And why, for most developing mediums, the hardest part isn’t trusting the spirit world, it’s trusting yourself.
What you’ll hear
The demonstration from hell, and the lessons spirit sent the week after
Why no two mediums perceive spirit in the same way
Head or heart: finding the teacher who fits the way you work
What actually goes on in a medium’s mind during a link
Layers: how spirit builds the picture, piece by piece
Trusting spirit versus trusting yourself
Mediumship as a life’s calling
The difference between psychic and mediumistic energy
Sitting in the power, and one piece of advice for every developing medium
Learn with Donna and me
If this episode has stirred something in you, Donna and I teach together live on Zoom every week. Drop in to any class.
The Power of You: Psychic Development. Sunday 8 November, 6–8pm UK, then Wednesdays 6–8pm UK from 25 November. The place to start if you’re new. https://www.jasonpaulmedium.com/online-psychic-development-classes
Moving in the Intelligence of Spirit: Mediumship Development. Mondays, 7–9pm UK. All levels, paired by experience. https://www.jasonpaulmedium.com/online-mediumship-development-class
Trance Circle. Alternate Thursdays, 6–8pm UK, from 3 December. For people who can already connect with spirit. £20, 20 places. https://www.jasonpaulmedium.com/trance-circle-online
Get in touch
Soul Sync is a home for conversations about spirit, consciousness and the unlimited potential within all of us. Maybe you’ve had a spiritual experience that changed everything. Maybe your work is in mediumship, healing, meditation, psychology, science or personal growth. Or maybe you simply have a perspective on what it means to be human that you’d love to share. I’m always looking for new guests and fresh ideas for the show, so I’d love to hear from you.
Email: hello@jasonpaulmedium.com
Website: https://www.jasonpaulmedium.com
Free Tuesday Development Circle
Join my free online mediumship development circle on Zoom every Tuesday, 6–8pm UK time. It’s a warm, supportive space to practise, build your confidence and connect with spirit. Come for one hour or stay for both.
Book your free place: https://www.jasonpaulmedium.com/free-online-mediumship-development-circle
Support the show
Soul Sync is independent and made with love. If an episode has helped you, you can support the show here: https://buymeacoffee.com/soulsyncjason
And if you’ve enjoyed this episode, a quick review really helps other seekers find us.
 ✨ Join our FREE Tuesday Development Circle! Tuesdays, 6–8pm UK on Zoom. Practise mediumship, build confidence and connect with others in a welcoming space. Join for either hour or both. 
💫 Develop further with Donna King and me through The Power of You and our Mediumship Development class.
📅 Find the circle, classes and upcoming events at JasonPaulMedium.com 🤍
Support the show

What if the power was never something you had to build, only something you had to accept?
In this episode of Soul Sync, I’m joined by Norwegian trance medium Kim Angel Karlskov. Kim has worked as a medium for 22 years, sat for trance for 19 and for physical mediumship for around 10, and he’s spent the last 15 years teaching mediums at his own school in Norway.
Kim grew up with spirit at the kitchen table, quite literally. His mum was one of Norway’s best-known clairvoyant mediums, and he made his first proper link at five years old, wandering out of his bedroom to pass on a message to one of her clients. As a baby he played with floating orbs of light in his bassinet, and spoons bent in his mouth so often that friends’ families started handing him plastic cutlery.
But Norway has never had a Spiritualist tradition like ours. Kim talks about learning by trial and error, doing much of the work alone, and paying a price for being open about it: bullied at school, threatened with hospital by his teachers, refused onto a bus and spat at in the street after a newspaper wrote about his platform demonstration.
We talk about why half the job of a medium is simply listening, why alignment doesn’t have to mean silence, and why in Norway they call it “accepting the power” rather than sitting in it. Kim also takes us into the trance room with his guide Martin, who he says is “way smarter than me”, and into the cabinet, where his sitters watched spirit build what looked like an astronaut’s helmet around his head.
At its heart, this is a conversation about not letting anyone else define who you are, or your mediumship. As Kim puts it, you are the defining author of how you use your power.
To find out more about Kim, you can follow him on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kim.a.stende/
What you’ll hear
Growing up with a medium for a mum, and a first link at the age of five
Orbs in the bassinet, bending cutlery and a sensitivity that never switched off
Why Norway had no Spiritualist church until 2005, and what that means for developing mediums there
Accepting the power versus sitting in the power
Why half the job of being a medium is listening, and why we chase the message
Alignment, and why it doesn’t mean being quiet inside
ADHD and mediumship
Bullying, coming out, and facing hostility for being a medium
Troll tables, table tilting and the Sámi tradition of talking with spirit
“Witch circles” in the kitchen, and a heavy table that walked across the room
Working in trance with Martin, and what happens when you disagree with your guide
Why responsibility for what comes through stays with the medium
The cabinet, transfiguration and early trumpet (direct voice) development
Who this episode is for
This episode is for anyone drawn to trance or physical mediumship, and anyone who has ever felt they had to develop on their own.
It’s also for the sensitive ones who were made to feel different for what they could see and feel, and for anyone who has let someone else’s opinion shape their development.
If you’ve ever wondered what “the power” really is, Kim’s answer might just change the way you sit.
Mentions & ideas
Accepting the power and sitting in the power (Glyn Edwards)
Trance mediumship and transfiguration
Physical mediumship and the cabinet
Trumpet mediumship and direct voice
Table tilting and Norwegian troll tables
The Sámi people
Marcello Haugen and Margit Sandemo
Kim’s spirit guides, Martin and Claire
Vibeke’s book on Martin’s philosophies
Guest links
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kim.a.stende/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kstende/
Read the episode blog
Five trance myths, why trance is so healing, and the full transcript of this conversation: https://www.jasonpaulmedium.com/insights/trance-mediumship-myths
Trance Circle with Donna King and me
If this episode has stirred something in you, Donna and I are starting an online Trance Circle on Zoom from Thursday 3 December 2026. It runs fortnightly on Thursdays, 7–9pm UK time, for people who can already make a connection with spirit. Places are limited, so booking is essential.
Book your place: https://www.jasonpaulmedium.com/trance-circle-online
Gentle note
This episode includes discussion of bullying, prejudice and hostility towards mediums, coming out, and a parent’s mental health struggles. Please listen in a way that feels supportive for you.
Get in touch
Soul Sync is a home for conversations about spirit, consciousness and the unlimited potential within all of us. Maybe you’ve had a spiritual experience that changed everything. Maybe your work is in mediumship, healing, meditation, psychology, science or personal growth. Or maybe you simply have a perspective on what it means to be human that you’d love to share. I’m always looking for new guests and fresh ideas for the show, so I’d love to hear from you.
Email: hello@jasonpaulmedium.com
Website: https://www.jasonpaulmedium.com
Free Tuesday Development Circle
Join my free online mediumship development circle on Zoom every Tuesday, 6–8pm UK time. It’s a warm, supportive space to practise, build your confidence and connect with spirit. Come for one hour or stay for both.
Book your free place: https://www.jasonpaulmedium.com/free-online-mediumship-development-circle
Support the show
Soul Sync is independent and made with love. If an episode has helped you, you can support the show here: https://buymeacoffee.com/soulsyncjason
And if you’ve enjoyed this episode, a quick review really helps other seekers find us.
 ✨ Join our FREE Tuesday Development Circle! Tuesdays, 6–8pm UK on Zoom. Practise mediumship, build confidence and connect with others in a welcoming space. Join for either hour or both. 
💫 Develop further with Donna King and me through The Power of You and our Mediumship Development class.
📅 Find the circle, classes and upcoming events at JasonPaulMedium.com 🤍
Support the show

Is there a belief about yourself you’ve carried for so long it feels like fact?
Following my conversation with Joanna O’Brien, she has kindly shared this guided hypnotic visualisation with Soul Sync listeners. Joanna is a medium, healer, hypnotherapist, Master NLP trainer and Reiki Master, and she created Releasing Limiting Beliefs to help you let go of an old belief or emotion about yourself and choose something truer in its place.
From the day we’re born, we pick up beliefs and feelings about ourselves that may not be true for us now. In this recording, Joanna guides you into a deep, comfortable state of relaxation and introduces you to your “inner physician”: the wise, caring part of you that breathes you while you sleep and only wants the best for you. Together, you find the belief that has been holding you back, see where it began, and let it go.
Before you start, choose the area of your life you’d like to change, and a simple symbol for how you’d like to feel instead, such as a butterfly, a dove or even a smiley face. Joanna will invite you to say a few words out loud, so find somewhere private where you won’t be disturbed.
What you’ll experience
A slow, gentle descent into deep relaxation
A walk through a circle of trees to a peaceful sanctuary
Meeting your inner physician, your own inner wisdom
Seeing where a limiting belief or emotion first began
Letting it go, and speaking your new belief out loud
A gentle count back up to full awareness
Who this is for
 Anyone who keeps running into the same old feeling of “I’m not enough” or “I can’t”, and is ready to put it down.
Mentions & ideas
Hypnotherapy, NLP and Reiki
The unconscious mind
Limiting beliefs and limiting emotions
Your inner physician
Releasing Limiting Feelings, Joanna’s companion meditation
Fear Was Meant to Be Your Servant, Not Your Master, my full conversation with Joanna
Becoming Limitless, Joanna’s six-week mediumship course
Guest links
 Website: https://www.joannamediumandhealer.uk/
Gentle note
 This is a hypnotic visualisation. Please listen somewhere safe and comfortable, sitting or lying down, and never while driving or operating machinery. It isn’t a substitute for medical or psychological care, so if you’re living with a mental health condition, check with your GP or therapist before using hypnosis.
✨ Develop your own connection with spirit
 Free online development circle (Tuesdays): https://jasonpaulmedium.com/free-online-mediumship-development-circle
The Power of You: Psychic Development: https://jasonpaulmedium.com/online-psychic-development-classes
Mediumship Development Class: https://jasonpaulmedium.com/online-mediumship-development-class
Book a reading: https://jasonpaulmedium.com/psychic-medium-tarot-readings
📩 Get in touch: hello@jasonpaulmedium.com
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