The Big Halloween Special!! With JJRose777! Ep.158!

[00:00:11] Right then guys, welcome back into The Spooky Shed Podcast, your go-to place for conversations around all things weird, scary and of course spooky. Happy Halloween, that intro will have sounded very different, but trying to record this episode has been very, very different. I've got one of my favourite guests on the planet back in the shed with me tonight, so we've got JJRose. Welcome back in, how the hell are you? I'm fantabulous, take three. Yeah, this has been weird hasn't it? A wee bit.

[00:00:43] Yeah, so first time, well, let's fill in the listeners because it's fun. So take one, I had to stop it because the conversation went a very weird way and I kept talking about serial killers and we were only 13 minutes in and I had dropped that word like eight times, which turned me out. Yeah. So, okay.

[00:01:12] And then take two, we started off great until I started talking about a specific entity in which you completely dropped off and I had total control over your show. And then we both had to stop and you had to restart your computer because it completely booted you out but left me with full control. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:01:41] And your bird went batshit crazy. My bird did actually right before you dropped off. She went nuts. She went nuts. And the entire time when, so when we, when I logged off and messaged you what happened and you were like, I don't know, it just booted me out. She was screaming, like she came to me and was screaming in my ear and there's no danger around at all.

[00:02:10] So that was interesting. And so I had to actually put her downstairs and the minute you were off and I took a break, she calmed right down. Wait a minute. You, you have a bird just flying around your house. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. She's free range. Absolute mania. Of course I am. Of course I am. Oh God.

[00:02:35] We, we, I want to say as well, because there's a very good chance it's probably a coincidence, but it might not be. But anybody watching on YouTube will see that you are in makeup. So for Halloween. And the idea was that we, the idea was we were going to both going to be in some sort of costume, but I have a massive head and I couldn't find a hat that fit me. But I did find one that I could get on my head, but still looked ridiculous.

[00:03:00] And for the third time, JJ, I'll let you tell the listeners what hat it is. Yeah. Which I think is the reason why we kept getting cut off. The hat is a homage to Papa Legba, who is a spirit of the crossroads. Some people are very afraid of him, has a negative connotation. He's, I don't think he's scary. You know, he serves his function.

[00:03:27] But he is very prominent in the voodoo religion. He's one of the Arisha. So, yeah, very interesting as well that that's the only hat that fit you, being that I have a history with him. I have a lot of respect for him and appreciation for him. I don't work with him, but I have once. And he actually ended up walking in front of my house after.

[00:03:58] Full visual. Seeing a man in a bright purple velour suit with that kind of a cane is not normal in my neighborhood. So, yeah. But, you know, he gave me the message and disappeared right in front of me. Fair enough. Because, as well, I want to say as well, like I said, the first two attempts we had at doing this, like, the connection was, it wasn't great.

[00:04:27] It was manageable, sort of. And literally, since I've took that hat off, this connection has been perfection. Yeah. But then, when I put it on, when we were talking beforehand, I put it on for about five seconds and it went all funny again. As soon as I took it off, absolutely fine. So, that thing is staying in the corner. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:04:52] And also, I think the subject matter of what we were planning on talking about, I think we're going to, we'll talk about it, but just not as directly. We'll put it that way. Yeah. In order to be able to actually record something. Yeah. Yeah. We've made it five minutes anyway, so we're getting somewhere. Hey. We clip it all together. We've got, what, like 13 minutes at this point. Yeah, something like that. Yeah. Right.

[00:05:24] Oh, gosh. I know that you want to, obviously, this is a Halloween episode, so happy Halloween, everyone. Happy Samhain to those that honor that tradition. We were hoping to talk about shadow work and dark entities and why they show up. And obviously, I'm not going to be as direct as I was last time, so we're going to talk around this a little bit.

[00:05:52] But, so, the main point that I wanted to make on this, and Liam, obviously, jump in because it's your show when you're ready. Very type A personality. Like, oh, you want to have me on as my show now?

[00:06:12] So, the main point that I wanted to make is when a negative entity or dark entity appears, or you have an experience with one, or someone else does, obviously, at the time, it's kind of like an emergency. Right? If there's a fire happening, you put the fire out, and then you try to find the cause of the fire. Right? You don't look for the cause of the fire while the flames are burning.

[00:06:38] And the same thing if there's something dark that's manifesting or occurring. Obviously, you want it to either go away or stop, etc. So, whatever tradition or path it is that you use for that, whether it's praying, light blasting, whatever it might be, opening up a religious book, etc. For you to get it to stop and or to leave.

[00:07:06] But after that is the part that I see most people tend to ignore or forget. And the after part is actually the most important. And that's trying to figure out why did it manifest in the first place? What was it there to teach, show, or bring attention to? And this is one of the parts that it kind of makes me sad. Right? Like, don't get me wrong. We all like scary stories. We all think, you know, spooky stuff is fun. And it is.

[00:07:36] But usually people tell their story of what happened and then they stop there. Instead of going a little bit further and trying to figure out what was going on in your life during the time or right before or right after that occurred. What or why was it allowed to manifest or come through or come in? What did it teach you? What did it bring attention to?

[00:08:01] Or what did it shed light on that you need to do and or maybe stop? Yeah. In some cases. Right? Yeah. I mean, like I said in take number one, that to me, it sounded a little bit like a witchy, spooky, weird sort of like self-reflection slash self-therapy sort of thing.

[00:08:27] Which I think some people might struggle with, like, you know, like looking for a reason, looking for the reasons of why that sort of things happen. I don't know. Why do you think people would struggle with that? I'm genuinely curious. I don't know. I think maybe because I think I would. Okay. That's great. Let's dig deep into this one.

[00:08:56] So the first question is to anyone that this has happened to that would struggle. Do you know yourself truly? Do you understand what makes you tick? Do you understand what maybe your weaknesses are and also what your strengths are? You know, witchcraft, a lot of people say witchcraft is spicy psychology. Right.

[00:09:23] And I love that terminology because most of it truly is. The more. What's the word that I'm looking for? The more impactful this spell or the work is. Right.

[00:09:45] The more people it's potentially going to touch or in some cases harm if that's someone's path or effect in other paths that are maybe a little more gray. The harder the harder the harder the harder the harder the harder the spell is. And it is designed that way for a very specific reason. Because it is. Because it is trying to get the practitioner to think of alternative ways to deal with the situation.

[00:10:12] Before just straight going to hexing cursing. Putting someone in a jar for those that know what that means. And. It's. It's. It's in order to get you to process and take a little time out in order to think. So. In one tradition. Hoodoo. Hoodoo. Hoodoo. Hoodoo and voodoo are different. By the way. Hoodoo is a lot of like herbs. Spell work. It's. It's a combination of a lot.

[00:10:42] And to be honest. It's probably what most people actually think most witchcraft is. If they don't know it that well. That being said. So. In hoodoo. There is a. Specific. Spell. We'll call it. For lack of a better term. And. If you wanted someone to go bye bye forever. We'll put it that way. I don't want to get us taken. Off the internet. Yeah. You get it.

[00:11:12] Like. Okay. Yeah. So. In order to do that spell. It requires. Not only. A lot of time. But it also requires. Ingredients. That are near impossible. To get. I mean. You'd have to have some really deep connections. Or break like a lot of laws. In order to get. The appropriate ingredients. And the reason why. It is set up like that. Is to give.

[00:11:41] The caster. Or the person. Doing. That function. Time to reflect on. Is there a better way. To deal with this situation. Than just go. To the ultimate worst. Yeah. And. One would hope. Right. We would hope. That people would take the time. Before just immediately. Going to energy or spell work. To reflect on. What part do I have to play in this situation.

[00:12:12] What other things. Could I potentially do. To alter the course of this. Or rectify this. Get away from the person. Etc. Etc. Instead of going to. You know. Defcon 2. That being said. Unfortunately. There are a lot of people. Who have found. Whether it's witchcraft. Spell work. Or spirituality. Who refuse to do the inner work. They refuse to look at the part. That they have to play in things. And then. They just go to.

[00:12:41] Almost like. They're the victim. In everything. And. Woe is me. And so. Everyone's out to get me. Type of mentality. And that's when. Like a rat in a cage. Right? If. If you back a rat up in a corner. It's going to bite. It's going to attack. But if you let it roam free. And have a little room to breathe. For the most part. They're not going to get near you. Yeah. Yeah. I get what you mean. Yeah. Okay. So.

[00:13:10] If we go with that mentality. And then we're thinking about. Energies. And entities. Popping through. It's very easy to be like. Oh. This thing is picking on me. Well. Why? Because it has a lot of other things. It could be doing. And a lot of other people. It could visit. Right? Do its job. And some. Entities. Like. Their function. And job. Is just to be evil. And nasty. And scare people. But they don't do it. Just for funsies. There is a reason.

[00:13:40] That they are appearing. And obviously. In my line of work. I have had to. Talk to some of them. Before. And communicate. And one of them was like. This is my role. Obviously. I am paraphrasing here. But. Like. This is my job. This is my function. I don't necessarily love it. But like. This is what I am here to do. And so. When you start breaking down. On the person. Who is being afflicted. Or affected. Was it. Emotionally. They needed that. Wake up call. Was it. Something. Or an action.

[00:14:10] That they are doing. In their life. That. That instance. Might have jolted them. Out of that behavior. Or. Is it to get them. To wake up. And to maybe. Be a better person. Because they thought. They were in the right. In reality. They weren't. Or is it a warning. Of something. To come. Because there's so many. Different reasons. That they could come. Is it part of the person's. Spiritual awakening. Because the only thing. That they would actually. Pay attention to.

[00:14:40] Would be something. Big and scary. Because all of the nice. Spirit team. That came forward first. And left the little trinkets. And you know. Gave the little passages. Here and there. Or like. Left something on the counter. Or made something very easy. For them to happen. They completely ignored. But they're only going to pay attention. To the big bad dark thing. Showing up in the room. In the middle of the night. Which might spur them on. For their spiritual awakening. For them to end up doing the work.

[00:15:09] And then there are other times. Where. I'm going to be very. Wide birth on this example. There's some people. Who think that they are. Solely in the right. That they're playing. For the winning. And right team. And. They end up. With a giant. Ego. About it. Of. This is the way. I am the way. Type of. Mentality.

[00:15:39] And. Then. They fall under. Spiritual attack. And it's hilarious. To me. When they fall into this. Victim mentality. Immediately. Of like. Everyone needs to pray for me. I'm under spiritual attack. Because obviously. I'm doing everything right. I'm like. Are you? Hmm. Or is it trying to wake you up. To the fact that. Maybe. There's a little course correction. That maybe when you think. You're doing everything. Super duper right. In. Fact.

[00:16:08] There might be. Some issues. Going on. Yeah. So. You know. I've had things present. As very. Big. Nasty. Dark. And. I've learned. Over the years. You know. Obviously. When I was younger. It was usually like. Hit first. And ask questions later. Right. Now. I'm like. I'm going to ask questions first. You just stay over there. And. There have been times. When things have shown up.

[00:16:38] And. Don't get me wrong. You know. Obviously. They jolted me. Or they scared me a little bit. For a moment. And then I'll be like. Who are you? And why are you here? And they're like. Well. We need to get your attention. And then they calm down. And then they present. Whatever their message is. And it's like. Oh. It was because. I'm so distracted. At the time. That I wouldn't have paid attention. If they had come in. All nice. Nice. Does that make sense? Yeah.

[00:17:08] I see you in deep contemplation. Yeah. That. That's. That's. That's odd. That's. That's odd. Like. That's the sort of. I'll say. I'll say. Example that you've used. Because. Like. Well. I told you. Like. Weird. I'll. Like. Let's go. Let's go. Back to the first ever episode. We did. And I told you about. All the. All the weird stuff. That. Was happening to me. Around me. You know. With. With Elijah.

[00:17:38] And. All that good stuff. And then. I messaged you. Afterwards. Oh. Well. Obviously. A while after. And said that all that stuff. Had like. Stopped. And stuff. And then. Like. I got. And I didn't even realise. At first. It was like. It was weeks. Before I even actually realised. And then when I did. And like. During them weeks though. Like that's when things were properly. Like I said. I told you. Like were properly shit.

[00:18:08] And then. I don't know. And then now things have got better again. Weird stuff has started happening again. So is that like. That's all the shit we're talking about basically. To put it. Yep. To put it in Liam's speak. To put it in Liam's speak. Liam doesn't pay attention. Until it gets very blatant. And weird. And forces him to pay attention. That's because Liam has ADHD and autism. Well. Has the attention span of a squirrel. There's a little bit of that. True. So.

[00:18:38] Okay. Have you ever trained a puppy before? No. Well. Like. We had dogs when. When. When. I lived at home and stuff. And like. I was. I sort of helped a little bit. But not. Yeah. Properly. But yeah. Okay. Basically. We'll say yes. Okay. So there's this thing. That. I've heard people do. And I know this is going to be a very odd example. But I promise it's going to make sense in a moment. So there's this thing people do when they're potty training a puppy.

[00:19:07] Right. And the puppy. Goes to the bathroom on the carpet or on the floor. Not where it's supposed to go. And. I'm not sure how used it is anymore. But. Back in the day. It was a thing that you would. If the puppy did that. You would grab the puppy. And rub its nose in it. Right. Yeah. So think of that on a spiritual level. Hmm. You made a boo boo.

[00:19:35] And now spirit is going to basically take you. And rub your nose in it. Hmm. In order to get you to pay attention that you need to course correct. Or that. Yeah. You need to pay attention. Yeah. I. I was. I was thinking in my head though. I wasn't even actually speaking. Yeah. But yeah. That literally makes perfect sense. Yeah. Yeah. That's. As always.

[00:20:07] I mean. Liam. It's me. So. Exactly. Exactly. Are we really surprised? No. No. No. No. I'm never surprised anymore. Still. Still find things weird. But I'm never surprised anymore. Good. At least we've gotten past that. The first time I met you. Good God. You were like. That was still one of my favorite ever episodes. I fucking love that. You were so frightened.

[00:20:35] There was a whole part that the audience never got to hear on that. That we had a conversation when we weren't recording. And you were just. Like you were frozen. Half the time. It was hilarious. To be honest. Yeah. But that's because you were telling me things even I didn't know. But then they all made sense. Well. And then they started happening. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. But I'm off. Then the fact that you told me who I used to speak to. Because I mean. I've told that story on here. I don't know how many times.

[00:21:05] Obviously when I was. When I was like five, six years old. I used to sit in my bedroom and talk to somebody or people. And then you randomly threw a name at me. And then. It turned out that name could connect to three different people. And like. I mean. I highly doubt there'll be many skeptical people listening to that. But I mean. Like we are literally halfway around the world from each other. That was the first time we'd spoken. Apart from messaging on Instagram and stuff. And I mean like.

[00:21:35] There's no. Like I was just like. How? Which. You know. Listen. From my perspective. I'm very blessed. That I get to be that person. For multiple people. Because I've had multiple people like you. You're interested in this stuff. But maybe you don't fully believe it. Or fully understand it. And then. You know. I come along. And. I don't know. In the beginning.

[00:22:04] Who knows what. Like I don't come in with any motivation. I just kind of figure everyone's at the same base level. And then we'll talk. And I'll figure it out from there. If I need to. Dumb it down. Or. Level it up. Depending on where you're at. So it. You know. But again. That's source. Using me as the vehicle. To be that person. For you. And to help you along. In your journey. Because obviously. Once you realize. Wow. I really was talking to someone. It wasn't just some imaginary friend. It really was someone.

[00:22:33] You know. That was a moment. For you and your mom. To have an entire discussion. About something in your past. That you probably hadn't talked about. In a very long time. Yeah. Exactly. You know. And that's. That's wonderful. By the way. Hi to your mom. But as well. Like the. The funny. The funny thing was. That I found with that. Is that. Like. I've spoken to. A lot of. Other mediums. And stuff. And I mean. Nobody who can do. The sorts of things you can do. But like. Yeah. That's.

[00:23:03] That's another thing. But I. What I think is funny. Is that. Surely. They had that chance. To tell me.

[00:23:13] To tell me then. It's just a matter of.

[00:23:43] If they want to. Or if they're being called to do it. So. For whatever reason. You got me. Right? Which is great. Because I mean. I love and adore you. And. You know. You. We have become friends. And. And I. I appreciate that. And also. I am a lot more available. To talk to people. And keep those friendships going. Because. I care. Like. I'm. I'm. I don't do this for a living.

[00:24:13] You know. I do this. As a way to give back to the world. And. Hopefully. Potentially. Impact somebody. To make some sort of a difference. Whether it's you. One of your listeners. Doesn't matter to me. But. You know. That's what I've been called to do. And. I. Am always honored. When source allows me to be that person. And sometimes I'm not. That person. Yeah. And that's okay. As well. But. Everyone has the ability. To do the stuff that I do. It's just a matter. Of.

[00:24:43] Working on yourself. And. Trying it out. And being comfortable with it. And. Fear. Fear can be a really good motivator. Fear. For some people. But it can also be a huge deterrent. For a lot of people. And I feel like. There's this. Prevalence. Of. Well. I don't want to try anything. Unless I'm going to be. Perfect at it. Right. So that will stop a lot of people. And then there's this. Other aspect.

[00:25:13] Of. Well. I don't want to try anything. Because I'm afraid of what's going to come through. I could tell you. Listen. I have seen people. Go from. You know. Zero to six hundred. On their journeys. Spirit is not. Going to put you in a situation. That you are not equipped. Or have people around. Or people in your life. To assist you. So. Don't think. Just because you start working on. Opening your third eye. That you're going to be barraged.

[00:25:42] With all the ugly stuff. Like. I was called to the work. That I've done. I've been. Prepared and trained. Since I was a child. For the work. That I do. You know. Very few people. Are going to just wake up one day. And be like. Oh. I want to do entity and exorcisms. You know. Like. And if you do. Great. If you're called to that. But trust. That like. Spirit is going to. Put the proper people. In your path. So that you can do that. Safely. And effectively.

[00:26:12] And then there are the people. Who. Want to do things. And sometimes it's not for. All the best reasons. And it's quite interesting. To see those journeys. We've been seeing a lot. Of interesting. Public. I'll call them. Falls from graces. Within. Paranormal. And other communities. Of people who were just. Out to make a quick buck. Or. They were out for nefarious reasons. And all of a sudden. No one wants to talk.

[00:26:41] Or work with them anymore. Good God. On TikTok. The drama. In the spiritual community. Wow. That is wild. I don't know if you're in on some of those. But. Oh my goodness. No. Not really. But. I mean. I suppose. I suppose. Again. That's just. The beauty of social media fire. Isn't it. As well. I suppose. I mean. My algorithm is weird. Like. From day to day. It will jump around. And feed me like.

[00:27:10] The most oddest things. And I'll be like. Why am I getting this? And then something will happen in daily life. And I'm like. Oh. Okay. It was like. Prepping me for this or that. So. This one that I saw the other night. Apparently. There was this. I'll say. Person. Who. Was. Considered. Like a. A leader. Or. A more. Top tier. Of this specific path. And said that they were going to.

[00:27:40] Do this very harsh. Harsh. Protection. For this. Very public. News story. That had happened. To protect the victim. And. So. People are like. This is great. Do it. You know. Protect the victim. Well. Then it comes out. That this person. Had actually blackmailed. Three people. Including the victim. In order to get. Paid. To do this.

[00:28:10] And so. Now. They're. Completely. Fell from grace. And lost. You know. The majority of their followers. And you know. I'm pretty sure. That's. They're monetized. Right. Like. I think. If you reach. A certain level. You get monetized. And. So. It's. It's been very public. For things like that. And I'm mentioning this. Because right now. The planets are planeting. And by the time. This episode is released. They're going to be. Full on.

[00:28:40] I mean. Y'all think it's. Wow. It's happening. It's happening. And. And. When you've got. Pluto. Mercury. Mars. And Venus. In retrograde. All like. Lumped up together. And. You know. Having. A fun group chat. Shall we say. Like. Secrets are coming out. And. I have a feeling. It's going to be. A very interesting ride. October. Through December.

[00:29:10] To see what comes out. And how many. Public things. Get revealed. That people thought. Oh. This is one way. And it's going to turn out. Maybe it wasn't. Fair enough. Fair enough. So. To go. To go back to like. The sort of. You know. The. The dark entity stuff. And the. And like. The bad stuff. So. That person. That person you mentioned there. It was found out to be. Let's put it. Only a bit of a dick.

[00:29:40] Could that be. That. Or. Can people still just be dicks? Most of the time. I find it's people being dicks. Right. I've been asked. Multiple times. You know. What's the scariest. Thing. That you've ever encountered. Or like. What's the. The one thing that. You hope never to come up against. It's humans. Yeah. Humans. Are some of the scariest.

[00:30:11] Things. That I have seen. And. Not all people. Who do. Evil acts. Or. Bad things. Quote unquote. Have negative attachments. At the helm. There are some. For sure. And there are also some. That like. They're a great feeding source. So those things are going to glom on. Because they're. They've got a hell of a buffet. Going on. Yeah. Yeah. But. I mean. I've known. Some. Where.

[00:30:39] And these are normal people. Like. Very normal people. Who do. Atrocious things. Behind the scenes. That to me. Is far more evil. I would rather have you. In my face. Saying. To my face. What it is that you. Want to happen to me. Or to do. Than to do nefarious acts. Behind the scenes. And completely. And utterly. Ruined someone's life. No magic involved. Just.

[00:31:08] People being awful. Yeah. Yeah. It's. It's. And one. One thing that's made me. Well. It's just made. Made me think about that as well. And we'll. We'll give. We'll give Tommy. His usual. Shout out. That he gets from me. Is. Your episode. That you recently done with him. That obviously. Well. Was it. They come out today. Or yesterday. Well. Whenever. It doesn't matter. Because obviously. A wayfinder general. Yeah. Like I say. Like. Was. I mean. Like I said. We won't go too much into the detail.

[00:31:38] I mean. People want to listen to it. Then definitely go and listen to it. Brilliant episode. I'll listen to it today. But like. You know. Someone like that. Is. Is. Is that something negative. Or again. Is he just a dick. Or is that like just. Again. Is that. Is that just. Is that just humans being. Humans. And I mean like. Obviously. The funny thing is. We're supposed to be like the most. Intelligent thing. On this planet. I mean. Far from it. If you ask me. I mean. Especially when you look back. At stuff like that.

[00:32:09] I mean. Just anything to do. With witches. Like the whole. If they float. Then they're a witch. If they drown. Then they're not. And it's just like. Well. It's a fucking lose-lose situation. Isn't it? Exactly. Yeah. So. In that situation. In particular. I would say. He was a man. Who was motivated by money. He saw. A really easy. Money grab situation. He was highly manipulative.

[00:32:38] And. He knew. How to come in. And do. What he. Wanted to do. Because he's probably a sadist. Obviously. Hated women. I mean. Especially. When he burned up. When woman was. You know. Being burned. And he was laughing. Something. Um. Now. Someone like that. I believe. That he. Started. With those emotions. And feelings. Wanting to go that way. And then. There were definitely. Some things. That found him. As a food source.

[00:33:08] And were egging him on. Um. You know. The way that he died. I'm. I feel bad. That I laughed that hard. As I did in the episode. But. Uh. You know. Sometimes justice is sweet. And karma lets you watch. That being said. You know. When you talk about. Humans. Supposedly. Being the most intelligent. Creatures. I saw a meme recently. And it said. You know. Humans think they're top of the food chain. They're the most intelligent. But spiders are over there.

[00:33:37] Building a whole ass house. With their butthole. So. Like. Are we. The most intelligent? No. Well. That's not a thing. I mean. In my opinion. We're. We're far from it. I mean. There's. Because. And it's funny. It's funny really isn't it. Because I. I wonder. Like you said. Like. I mean. That's a great example. Like you said. A spider like that. Like. Can you. Is the spiders out there. That are fucking idiots. Do you know what I mean? Because. I've seen a couple. So yeah.

[00:34:07] I'm not going to lie. But do you know what I mean? All right. Like. Well. Let's use. Let's use another word. Like. Like. Beavers. Obviously. Building dams and stuff. Like. Is there some out there. That just can't do it? I mean. I'm. I'm sure there are. Right. Like. I mean. Have you seen some basic humans. Trying to walk? It's. Wow. That's interesting. But like. That's kind of my point. Like. Like. I mean. I mean. I know personally. People who are really intelligent. And I also know people personally.

[00:34:35] Who are really fucking stupid. But. Yeah. I mean. I suppose it's like that. That old saying that. You know. If a lion could speak English. We wouldn't be able to understand the word it says. Because obviously. Its reference points are completely different. And. We understand that a person being stupid. And obviously. We're not going to understand. Another animal being stupid. But obviously. We don't see it. We just see like. You know. Like. All spiders. All do the same thing. All beavers do the same thing. Every night. That sort of thing. It's weird.

[00:35:05] It is. And. You know. If you really watch. Insects and animals. They don't all do the same thing. I mean. So. I have. Obviously. We've talked about me and the spiders. In the past. Anansi has got big jokes with me. So. Occasionally. I will have. Like a big daddy long legs. That ends up in my bathroom. And. I always know.

[00:35:35] It's Anansi sending me a sign. Because the spider will only have seven legs. You know. And they're daddy long legs. So. You can clearly see all of the legs. Like. They're big. And. I'm like. Okay. There's. There's a sign here. And so. I will. I. I try to talk to them now. Instead of just removing them. And. So. A couple of them. I've said. Hey. Listen. I'm working on my fear with you still. But. Can you do me a favor?

[00:36:04] And please move to the other side of the bathroom. Because like. I need to be on this side. But like. You're cool over there. Just go in that corner. And they will go to that corner. That's an intelligence. Right. And. Although. Yes. I am verbally speaking to them. But I'm also energetically. Showing them. I need you to do this. There was one though. You know. You talk about the ones that maybe aren't so bright. I had this one on the shower curtain. And. It's.

[00:36:33] It's probably how some guardian angels are with us. Just trying to keep us alive. Like. Oh my gosh. You know. So. It's on the shower curtain. And. I'm not able to see it. Till I would open the shower curtain. To go to get in. And then. I'm like. Only able to take a shower. On a corner of the shower. Because. I don't want to get near this thing. And it's hanging on for dear life. And like. I'm like. Just move over to a wall. So. I would take the curtain. Like. Up to the wall. And I'm like. Get on the wall.

[00:37:02] Go up on the ceiling. Like. That's safe for you. I don't want you to go down the drain. And it would just cling on to the shower curtain. So. This went on for like. Three days. And. Finally. I was like. Okay. Dude. I need to take you outside. Because you're not listening. And. I need to properly shower. So. This. This is not working for either of us right now. So. I put it in a cup. Right. And I put a piece of paper on it. And I do not hurt it. So. It's a clear cup.

[00:37:31] It's like one of those ones you get at. Like a gas station. Right. Yeah. Yeah. I repurpose everything for absolutely no reason. Definitely crow behavior. So. So. It's. It's this giant clear plastic cup. And I have a piece of paper over it. And I have my hand on top. So. It can't go anywhere. And I clearly see it at the bottom of the cup. So. So. I take it. And I walk downstairs. And I'm just about to get to the front door. In order to put it outside. And it's not in the cup.

[00:38:02] Yeah. So. Now I'm freaked out. Because. Where is it? And is it on me? Or is it in the stairwell? Right. And so. I go outside. I empty the cup again. Thinking maybe it's on the paper. It's not on the paper. It's not on the cup. It has now disappeared. I then go up the stairwell. Because this guy was big enough. That you would see him. Like. He's not. He's not that fast. And. He's big. Nowhere. He's nowhere.

[00:38:31] This has happened to me three times. Liam. Where I've had a spider. Literally disappear. As I'm trying to take it outside. From either my hand. Or a cup. Or a piece of paper. So. Things like that. I mean. Yeah. It wasn't acting the brightest. But to be honest. Probably neither was I at the moment. So. But that was definitely. You know. Something. Spiders. Apparently. Don't just disappear. Right in front of your eyes. When you have them in a locked case. I don't.

[00:39:00] I could be wrong. I'm not a spiderologist. I mean. I mean. Not to my knowledge. Yeah. So. When that happened. That's when I was like. Okay. Is Anansi trying to give me a message? message. And so. Then a couple days after that. I. There was something happening. And I felt like I needed more spiritual protection than normal. And so. I'm doing what I can on my own. And I'm like. There's nothing going on in my life.

[00:39:30] I don't understand this feeling. But like. I feel like. I need more protection. More guardianship. So. I put the call out. To my spirit team. Hey. If there's any extra guardians. That can just stand post. I don't know why I'm feeling this. But. You know. Could you have my back. Please. And so. I go to my front porch. And something made me look up. And I look up. And I see what looks like a black widow. In the corner.

[00:40:00] And obviously. That's going to freak me out a little bit. Right. Because they're poisonous. But. It was clearly a she. And she was in the corner. And so. I said. Are you going to stay here? And I heard. Guardian. I went. Okay. And then. The next day. I go out onto the porch. And she's still in the corner. And there's a male. On the other side. And then there's a daddy long legs. In the middle. And I'm thinking.

[00:40:29] Well this isn't good for anybody. Right. Because A. I don't want them breeding. But also. The daddy long legs. Is either going to eat one of them. Or they're going to eat it. Because spiders are very territorial. With their spaces. They coexisted. For three days. In very close proximity. To each other. And during those three days. What ended up happening. Was quite interesting. And yes. I definitely needed that extra protection.

[00:40:58] But I had asked them. And I heard all three of them say. We're here to protect. Your threshold. We're guardians. You asked for us. They have never attacked me. They've never come down. The two males ended up leaving. She stays there. She's been there for over two months. At this point. Which I don't know how long they live. But like. She's chilling. We have a really good relationship. I say hi. She says hi. We maintain our distance. And then I found out. That she's not a black widow.

[00:41:28] She's what's called a false widow. Yeah. They look like black widows. But they're not poisonous. So again. Then the average person. Who isn't asking those questions. Would see a black widow potentially. And freak out. Thinking it's a bad omen. Or it's a bad sign. Instead of digging in a little deeper. And being like. Why is this here? Oh. Because you asked for protection.

[00:41:55] And it's literally guarding my doorstep. It's a guardian. Right? So. But again. Then. If someone were trying to come to my home. And hurt me. They're going to be deterred by a black widow. Right? Whereas. If I know it's my friend. I'm not going to be scared. But they are. So it is serving its function. The reason I'm bringing up this weird long story about spiders. Which is so much fun.

[00:42:26] For my arachnophobia. Is. It's very very easy. To have something dark or negative show up. And think. It's bad. It's scary. This is an omen of. You know. Whatever. Instead of digging in deeper. And saying. What is this? Trying to help me. Protect me from. Potentially. Get my attention. Or. Course correct me. Because not all things. Are necessarily negative.

[00:42:56] Yeah. Yeah. Hmm. I'm. You. You'll have noticed. I've given you my famous side eye there. Quite a few times. And. Again. Weird. Weird. Weird. Similarities. So. You tell. Quite famously. On my. On my Instagram. And on my TikTok now. I often post. About my. Shed spiders. And. There is one. That.

[00:43:26] Always in the. Exact. Same place. Right next to the door. All the time. There now. I can literally see it. And then there's always one in the exact same place. Right there above my head. It's. Like. Again. So it's just. It's just. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's.

[00:44:00] It's. But that one next to the door. Like that. That one. That has. That. That keeps the missus out of here. No danger. And. Because. It is. It's. About that big. It's a good size. It's. It's. It's just always there. And I always. Every. Every. Every time I come in. I always just make sure it's there. Always there. And then when I go. I always have a look at it as well. Is it a daddy long legs? No. No. It's just. It's just a typical.

[00:44:31] Garden spider that we get. Okay. Y'all are built different over there. Across the pond. Speaking of daddy long legs and over here. I want to do. I want to make a little announcement and inform people. If you're from the UK and you're listening to this and you're thinking of daddy long legs. Daddy long legs does not have fucking wings. That is a crane fly. Daddy long legs is a spider. If you think a crane fly is a daddy long legs, you're an idiot. I had to say that. Okay.

[00:45:01] I don't know so much about the idiot part. That was a little rough, but. Oh, because it's one of them things that annoys the hell out of me. So many people. It's like, it's got fucking wings. It's not a spider. Have you heard of jumping spiders? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. That just like rocked my world when I found out that they could jump. Oh, yeah. I was like, well, new terror unlocked forever. Thanks. Thanks.

[00:45:30] So now occasionally I see them when I'm walking and I'm like, bro, not today. And crane flies only have six legs. They don't have eight. So it's definitely not a spider. But everybody, everybody over here, for some reasons, refers to crane flies as daddy long legs. I don't know why. I've never understood why. But it's always annoying me. So over here, people used to call roly polies potato bugs or pill bugs. Which, I mean, I just grew up with that.

[00:46:00] So like, I didn't know any different until I actually saw a real potato bug once. I was screaming, like, we need to call NASA. An alien has landed in the yard. It's dead. And so the person I was with at the time came out, looked at it. And they were like, it's a potato bug. Like, calm down. I was like, no, it is not. It's like five and a half inches long.

[00:46:29] And it's from Mars, clearly. And they were like, no, it's a potato bug. I was like, you have lost your mind. That's a roly poly, you know, is the size of your fingernail. And that's a potato bug. And they were like, no. So I Googled it and saw potato bugs are real. And I've never been the same since, not going to lie. But I don't understand why people called potato bugs roly polies now. Because they're very clearly different.

[00:46:58] But I think it's because we don't have a lot of potato bugs here. So, you know, I mean, region to region, things are going to get called different things. Don't be too hard on them. That's all I'm saying. It's just me. When someone annoys me, it annoys me more than it should. I get it. There are certain things that upset me. Like, when everyone calls things ghosts or demons. I'm like, oh. Deep breaths.

[00:47:27] Deep breaths. Like, there's so many more entities out there than ghosts and demons. And honestly, ghosts are pretty rare. Yeah. Do you know how hard it is to die and truly not want to cross all the way over? To want to remain here? Takes a lot of chutzpah or willpower to do that.

[00:47:57] So ghosts typically aren't friendly. Like, a true ghost typically isn't. You know. And there's not just demons, like, everywhere. And also, why would they only pick, like, abandoned homes and warehouses when their job literally is to be around people and try and infect people. Yeah. So, like, they have a secret hideout or something.

[00:48:25] And there's not a club or a bar that I want to walk in on by accident. You know? Yeah. That's a good way of putting it. I like that. Yeah. Because I've always, like, I've always sort of struggled with the whole demon thing. And I mean, obviously, you'll be able to tell me if I'm right or wrong. But my sort of view on it has always been, like, because I'll say if.

[00:48:54] I'll still be that one. I'll say if it's all real. And, like, in my head, it's just a case of, like, people when they're alive can be legends. People when they're alive can be dicks. So truly when we're dead, it's the same. So, like, these evil demonic fucking things that are going to possess you and then you need fucking, you know, literally something from the exorcist to happen.

[00:49:23] And, like, to me, it's just someone who was a dick once over. Okay. Hold up. Questions for the host. So if I'm understanding your thought process, you think that demons are humans who passed on who are just a-holes? No. So I don't think demons are a thing.

[00:49:53] I struggle with that. Oh. But, no. Like- So you don't believe in them? I don't believe in, like, I don't believe that, like, the exorcist is the best example. I don't believe that can happen to that extent. Okay, Liam. I struggle with that. All right. Well, they believe in you.

[00:50:21] So let's not. Maybe this is why we had to record this three times to go on this wild tangent. Okay. Deep breath. I'm about the hyperventilate out of my gourd right now. Okay. Liam, where to start, young man? We should have began with this. Um, wow. Okay.

[00:50:48] So you then, do you believe angels are real? What we're defining as an angel? I mean, like, because when- A good spirit. Like, a good, helpful, trying to help you. Happy, happy, joy, joy. Bring you comfort. Not the biblically accurate ones.

[00:51:18] Those can kind of get weird and terrifying at times. Yeah. Um, I want to say yes, but like, but then I also want to say like that that's probably just, like, I don't, I don't know. Like, how the hell do I word this? Uh. Hmm. What was that noise? Oh, that was just banging that.

[00:51:47] I was like, we're coming up the sewers, Liam. Like, it is from Stephen King is crawling up through your sewer grate in the shed. Oh my God. Yeah. Oh, no, I don't want that. I don't like clowns. Uh, but I don't, I don't know. I don't know if I believe in angels or not.

[00:52:12] Like, I, I think there could be like, how the hell do I fucking word this? I don't know. I must. It's all right. Right. Here we go then. So I think what, I think what could be a thing would be like famously, I've always spoken about my granddad. I think he could be around and, you know, sort of like look out for me a bit, that sort of thing.

[00:52:40] But I don't know if there's just like things that are just designated to do that for people. Does that make sense? So basically you're saying like any and all spirits are just dead humans, right? Is that what you're basically saying? Yeah. Okay. So humans are it.

[00:53:05] There's no other entities that exist besides humans. We say this, they say this is, this is the confusing part. So like, I like to me as a ghost. Yes. Okay. But like as a negative entity, you think that's, that's just a crossed over person?

[00:53:34] I feel like I'm back at school and I'm getting asked fucking questions and I'm getting them wrong. It's okay. I'm slightly judging, but not full judging. No, but it's because. Is it because it makes you feel better that way? Because the other stuff freaks you out too much? Possibly. Okay. Possibly. It might just be easier for my brain to understand thinking about it that way.

[00:54:06] Like if I, if I, if I just think as, if I just think of everything as one thing, it's a lot easier than having to worry about all these other different things. Wow. No wonder spirit's been wild with you lately. It's really working on some, some things, buddy. Um, okay. So listen, I'm, I'm going to meet you where you're at and throw a couple chips in and see

[00:54:35] if we can help you on out. So your concept of the afterlife is like humans die and then what they like hang around and they choose to do good stuff or bad stuff or, or just chill or like what? Did they reincarnate? Do you believe in reincarnation? Yes, but I don't know how it works.

[00:55:04] Like the, like, like, because. Come on. I'm not giving you a pop quiz, buddy. I'm not asking you to explain advanced quantum physics to me, but do you believe time is linear? How, how do you mean? Like, do you believe what's happening right now is happening right now and stuff that happened in the past happened in the past and they're not happening at the same time? Yeah.

[00:55:36] Okay. Cool. Why, why is that wrong? Why? Listen, it's not wrong to you yet, but I think you're, you're going to develop and grow a little bit out of that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yesterday has happened and tomorrow hasn't yet. So. Or has it? I'm going to have a headache. I love this for you.

[00:56:08] Lots of homework for you, Liam. After this episode. It's done. That's fascinating though. So. Okay. And I'm truly, truly curious because I don't run into folks like you all that often where you just put your head in the sand and like, that's where you live. And this is how things are. And I'm not thinking outside the box. So it's interesting to me because you know, these paranormal things happen.

[00:56:34] So in your mind, then all these paranormal things that are happening, you're thinking all have to do with humans who are living and have passed. Right. Yeah. But that, that, that's just through experiences that I've had. But I mean, you've talked to other people and heard other experiences.

[00:56:59] How is it that I was able to know things about you from your past and then things that happened to you after I had talked to you about them? If time is linear. All right. Good point. Yeah. I see what, yeah. I see what you mean. Yeah. Because to me, time isn't linear. Yeah.

[00:57:28] Well, I think, I think the more, what's the way I'm looking for? I don't know. Like the more, the more credit I can give that is for things that are going to happen because like, again, let, let, let, let, let, let's use him. We use my granddad again. Let's use him as an example. Like he, he could tell you something that's happened in the past because he was there. You know what I'm saying? Does that make sense? Correct. Yeah.

[00:57:57] But I didn't talk to your grandpa. No, no. Yeah, no. But like they said, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm saying how, how it works in my brain. I say, so like that, that makes, like that's a, that may, that makes sense to me. But as to that, you know, well, yeah, and makes sense. But I can say when it comes to the stuff that hasn't happened yet, I have no explanations. Okay. Okay.

[00:58:25] I think it's a good place to work. That's a good starting point. Um, so you don't necessarily have to believe in something for it to believe in you. Right. Do you believe in higher dimensions and lower dimensions? Yeah. Okay. So if you believe that there's higher dimensional beings, do you think that they were also human?

[00:58:56] Hmm. Because how can you be human and inhabit a higher dimensional being form? True. Because typically the higher the dimension, the being doesn't have form. Yeah, true. Well, as our minds can wrap around. They do. Yeah. So we just need to teach you more quantum physics, basically. Yeah. Okay. That works.

[00:59:27] So let's say you have someone, I'm going to use food as a reference. Okay. So all the food that you've had up to this point, you believe exists. You understand it for the most part, right? You know where it gets grown or where it comes from, et cetera. Yeah. And then someone brings you a dish from a distant land that you've never had that food before. Right.

[00:59:58] Does that food exist just because you didn't know it existed before? Well, yeah. Okay. You get where I'm going with this? Just because you don't know it exists doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, the route I would have gone down there is things living in the sea because there's stuff down there that nobody knows about. But there's definitely stuff there.

[01:00:25] But there's stuff on land that no one even fully comprehends. Well, yeah, true. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Just got to open your mind a little bit. Why does it scare you so much, Liam? The way you said that, I feel like I'm in therapy now. Spicy psychology member. Let's do shadow work live with Liam on the Spooky Shed podcast.

[01:00:53] It's not so much that it scares me because it did. I don't even like using the word scared because I've never. It weirds you out. I think it's just a lot for me to comprehend after. I think one of the weird things is because I was interested in it as a kid and stuff.

[01:01:20] And then for some reason I went full non-believer. Now it's utter harsh shit. Leave me alone. Don't talk to me about it. And now, obviously, slowly, but not that slowly. It's only been three years. And now I believe in a hell of a lot more than I fucking ever have done in my life. I don't know. I don't know. I think there's still that little bit in my head that's just like, no.

[01:01:50] I'm trying to get rid of it. So this is a really good example for the audience. And the reason that I'm going so hard on this interview is going so, so different than normal. Is when you're in that situation, right? What I would urge you to do is to figure out why do you have that blockage up?

[01:02:15] Why do you have that defense mechanism where you almost don't want to think about it? Why? Is it because it's beyond your control and it's overwhelming and it's too much? Or is it that perhaps you had some experiences with it when you were younger, which is why you shut yourself off.

[01:02:36] And going back and having to delve into those memories and think about that triggers some very deep-seated fear within you and makes you highly uncomfortable. Now that you're on your own, you're a grown-up and you're a father. And your children are around the ages. Because that's... Well, that's what I've always joked about.

[01:03:02] I've always joked that because I was so interested in it and then from my memory, it was just literally like I woke up one day and I was like, no, oh, bullshit. So I always joke now that maybe something fucking really traumatic happened and I've just repressed it. And you do tend to joke about things that make you nervous. Yeah, more strings.

[01:03:32] Bombastic side day. I'm not going to sleep tonight because my brain is not going to stop. Love that for you. So I think first and foremost, it's really, really important for you to figure out why the blockage is there and then to suss it out.

[01:03:52] Now, just because something your body remembers and your brain is designed to protect you, right? So something scary or traumatic happens, especially when we're little, typically your brain will like blot out the memory. I mean, I know people who don't remember most of their childhood because it was traumatic and so their brain's protecting them. And then later they're like, hey, I want to awaken those memories to figure out why can I not remember half of my childhood?

[01:04:22] And I'm like, well, maybe you need to be in a really emotionally stable place before you start dwelling into that. Your case might be a little bit different. I don't think if you fully delved into what occurred, I don't feel that you would be as scared and traumatized by it right now. You would be weirded out. You'd be uncomfortable.

[01:04:45] But I feel that that uncomfortability comes from a place of almost sadness and regret because you were so open and something shut you down. And I don't necessarily think it was you. Sometimes things happen in society where we're told you're not able to talk about that or be like that. And so we're almost, you know, because you're a child, you think it's bad, quote unquote.

[01:05:15] Right? And so then you shut yourself down and shut yourself off. But you know this stuff exists. We've had conversations about it. I know you and I know that you understand on some deeper level. But you put this blockade up because it makes you feel comfortable.

[01:05:35] Because instead of you being able to deal with and really look at what occurred and kind of unstring that memory spool, you still have this. Oh, it's going to go too far if I open up that box from Pandora. Yeah. Yeah. I do get what you're saying.

[01:06:03] And knowingly, as most of the time, you are right. Because there are times, and I mean, like, obviously, as you know, I've been on investigations and stuff. And even then, like, I always, I want to tell myself, right, just looking, whatever happens, just let anything happen.

[01:06:27] But, like, I do, I think the other thing as well is, like, I've said, because I was so into it and stuff, and I used to do all the talking to whoever I was talking to and stuff. And, like, I was saying to you earlier, like, I can sort of, like, sense when things are going to go tits up and when things are going to go well. And I don't know if when I get that feeling that things are going to go tits up, then that's just when I think, right, let's just turn things off and, yeah, hide.

[01:07:00] So, if you had a heads up that things were going to go downhill quickly, isn't that a blessing and a gift? Because you can be on the lookout and you can potentially course correct. Well, yeah. Okay. Okay.

[01:07:19] So, start flipping your thinking around a little bit from the negative to what a gift that I'm giving a heads up that a major shift might be coming and it might not be super duper pleasant. Right? So, that way, you do the normal things. Right? Okay. Make sure the finances are in order. Make sure there's food in the house. Make sure everyone's got health insurance or medication. You know, whatever it is, right, that you feel is coming.

[01:07:47] So, that you're taking potential preventative action. The more you feel into it, the more it's going to guide you as to what part of your life is potentially going to have that impact or that change. And then on the other flip of the coin, when you know that things are about to go really, really well and wonderful, what an awesome, awesome thing so that you have hope. Yeah.

[01:08:17] Right? And also that joy and that excitement. Like, hey, I get a feeling like something really good is about to pop off. And then you get that hope and that joy and excitement. And maybe that will pull you out of the doldrums that you were in. Or maybe it'll make life like a little joyful and exciting. So, I mean, don't get me wrong. Yes, I am psychic and I get feelings and intuitions. But a lot of things, like I don't know everything that's going to happen. And thank God.

[01:08:44] Otherwise, I would be so bored if I knew everything that was about to happen. There'd be no joy. There'd be no excitement. I mean, there are things that are deliberately. We talked about this earlier. I won't go into that again. But there are things that are deliberately kept from me. Because it wants me to keep that anticipation. Right? And that joy and that excitement. Like, I don't know what's coming, but I know something good's coming.

[01:09:09] And it also propels me forward to keep doing whatever growth, learning, healing, etc. That I need to do so that when it does manifest, I'm in the perfect and best place for that to occur. So, if you can flip your thinking on this a little bit, it will help. It also alleviates a ton of anxiety.

[01:09:36] And listen, like, the world we live in is a lot. And I don't know anyone who doesn't have anxiety at some point in their day or life. At all times, for some of us. But how much easier is it when the anxiety creeps up and you just feel into it? And you're like, I'm going to be okay. And then sometimes when the anxiety pops up and you're like, you know what?

[01:10:05] That's not really anxiety. That's excitement. But because I want to control everything in my life, I'm so used to feeling excitement as anxiety because I don't know what I'm excited about or what's coming. So, then you have to look at the controlling part of yourself and say, wow, if I'm this controlling with just this little part of myself, what else in life am I potentially trying to control and restrict?

[01:10:33] And that if I were to ease off the leash a little bit, would have some room to flourish and to grow. Shadow work, Liam. Shadow work. Shadow work. No, I know what you're saying. And it definitely is something that I need to definitely work on. Because, like you said, that's the best example.

[01:11:02] If I get a feeling that things are going to go pear-shaped, then it is just a case of, it'll just be a case of, right, head down and let's just, when it happens, then we'll fucking deal with it. Rather than, like you say, waiting and getting a, you know, even a few more hints at what it might be and then you can prepare for it.

[01:11:25] It's my strategy at the minute is just, let's just head between your legs and we'll deal with it when the explosion happens. Yeah, so I have this, I call it a death beetle. It shows up and it makes this weird noise and it lets me know when someone's going to pass away. Now, I don't exactly know who's going to pass away, okay? So I started leaning into it and talking to it.

[01:11:55] Okay, is it male or female? And then it would either be on my left or my right, right? So typically the left side is male, the right side's female. And the further away it was when it makes its weird little noise, the more distant the person would be from me, i.e. it wouldn't be someone super close. It might be, you know, like an acquaintance or a friend of a friend or, you know, something like that.

[01:12:23] And so after years of this, I'll always thank it. So the last time it went off, I said, okay, so I know it's a female and I know we're not super close. You know, I'm going to close my eyes. Can you give me a flash of an image so that I can at least kind of know who the person is going to be?

[01:12:49] And so it shows me this person and I'm thinking, wow, that's unexpected, right? And the person is a very distinctive heritage and looks a very distinct way. So I'm thinking, okay, well, that's okay. That's going to be awful and that's going to affect a lot in my life if that happens. But okay. So I give, you know, the people who live with that person just a little heads up. Hey, you know, do me a favor.

[01:13:19] Just make sure you kind of know their comings and goings. I know they stay in the room a lot, but if you can just kind of, you know, make sure that they get up every day and like go get food or whatever. And they're like, okay. So two days later, I get a phone call, completely different person, not related to this other one at all. And they're like, hey, I just wanted to call you and let you know that my partner's mom passed away.

[01:13:47] Now, I didn't know the partner's mom, but I know them and the partner very, very close. Like, you know, their partner's mom passing away is going to be a big deal. And it also affected numerous things in my life. And I stopped for a minute and I went, oh, the person I saw in my mind looks exactly like what the partner's mom looked like. Yeah.

[01:14:13] So, you know, I could have gotten all scared and freaked out when I first saw it thinking, oh, this person I know is going to pass away and it's going to be a big deal. But instead, I just tried to calm down and be like, okay, well, it is what it is. I alerted the people that they lived with just in case. Now they probably just think I'm weird and stalkery, but like, whatever. They know me well enough by now.

[01:14:36] But then, you know, who actually passed away, they look so alike. And I had never even met a partner's mom in real life. So the reason I bring that up is because, yeah, okay, death is always scary. But how nice is it to be given a heads up in advance? Right?

[01:15:02] Even so that you're braced knowing that you're potentially going to get a phone call. And I had a Monday in June where I had four people die in one day. All separate. Yeah. It was not a great day. Four men a week before Father's Day. One of them was a podcaster, Brent, who I know is very beloved. And one of them was my nephew.

[01:15:32] And that was a really rough call to take. Oh, shit. You know? Yeah. And then two other ones. All four of them were fathers a week before Father's Day. So it was really, really hard. But I had been given a heads up a week before that not only death was coming, but that day specific. Because I had something very specific on that day. And I kept having all this anxiety around it.

[01:16:00] And I even asked the other people, I was like, why am I having so much anxiety? And they're like, no, we're fine. Like, none of us are having anxiety about this. Okay, I guess it must just be the day. And that's the day when it all happened. And I thought, at least I was braced in advance that something was going to happen on that day. I didn't necessarily know what. So that I could handle it in the best way possible. Right?

[01:16:30] Yeah, yeah. The reason I bring this up is because it's very easy to think, woe is me. You know, like, I know some people who are mediums, right? And they get hits in advance where people are going to pass away. And they get really sad. And it's like, but look at the bright side. You're being given a heads up. You get to say goodbye. Whereas other people don't.

[01:17:01] Or you get to brace for impact. Other people don't. So just switch your thinking around. Yeah, because I mean, using that analogy there, then, I'd say I'm bracing for impact before the plane's even going down. You're bracing for impact before you even got to the airport, buddy. Yeah, and that's a lot of anxiety.

[01:17:30] So a lot of shadow work is what we just went through live. You know, it's looking at your belief systems and your patterns and then unfurling why do you believe that way? Or why is it that you think that way? Why do you feel that way about that particular thing? And then unfurling it to the point where you can change your mindset. And then figure it out of a better way to deal with it.

[01:17:58] And or, okay, I still don't love it. But here's an easier way for me to deal with it. And if you're looking to open up your abilities and your spiritual growth, you do have to have that conversation in your own mind with your belief systems and patterns and figure out why are you getting stuck at this certain point? And then unfurl it a little bit more. Oh, okay. Well, it's an issue with anxiety or control or fear.

[01:18:27] And then start unpacking that within yourself. And not only will you be a better human, but also you'll allow all those spirit guides to be able to come through and all those other entities that are probably trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty to be able to actually show up and get the messages through. And it doesn't mean they're all going to come running at you,

[01:18:52] you know, within the first five seconds of you having the inside conversation. They're going to treat you with respect and they're going to know that you have limitations. So don't freak out. And I know that's very easy to say because there's a lot of work that has to be done first, but it's taking the time to even do that mentally. When you're having those quiet moments, when you're doing some mundane task and you're listening to a song

[01:19:21] and all of a sudden it starts bringing up a really weird memory, unpack it. What's important about that memory right now? Bro, I had Hades show up to help me with some of this recently. So I'm being real gentle with you compared to what I had to go through. Well, thank you. I appreciate it.

[01:19:46] Well, it is definitely something that I'm going to attempt to do and to do better. And better for you is going to be a different bar than it's going to be for everyone else. So at first, do what feels comfortable and then just start pushing yourself a little outside your comfort zone, just a smidge at first.

[01:20:14] Because being uncomfortable is weird, right? Yeah. But when you inch up against that bubble, it starts to get easier and easier. And then it gets fun. It's real fun. Oh, that's my jam right there. I can't wait till you get to that point. We're going to do some really weird stuff. Well, I should look forward to that. Oh, God. I think that might be a good place to leave it then.

[01:20:45] All right. I like it. Go, go. Oh, God. Right then, JJ, do you want to let the listeners know where they can find you in all that good business? Absolutely not. Okay, fair enough. Fucking stupid cat. Fucking shit my fucking self. Bastard thing. What? Can you hear that? No, I love it so much.

[01:21:14] Oh, now I do. Is it on the roof? I don't know what that is. That's something fucking demonic. Fucking bastard thing. Fucking shit myself, Jesus Christ. I'll leave that in. That'll be funny for people. Why not? Well, I'm going to go and change my underpants.

[01:21:45] You've muted yourself, I think. I can't hear you. What the hell's going on? I've got no idea. I don't know what's happening. There you go. You're back. What? My mic turned itself off. That was weird.

[01:22:15] Well, I guess everyone missed me laughing hysterically at you. That was horrible. Honestly, that cat's going to fucking be the death of me. It's gone off again. The fucking batteries died on it. Oh, God, Christ. It's a good job we're finished.

[01:22:46] Oh, well, I'm literally just talking to myself now. Right. Anyway. Can you hear me? I don't know how long far. What is going on? What? Okay. Hello? Hello? I think the battery must be dead on it. It's not. I charged it in full this morning and it went.

[01:23:16] There you go. You've gone again. God, this has been a hell of an experience. Can you hear me now? Yes. Okay. So I have a backup one. I have two of these. Okay. So first and foremost, the battery on that one is not dead.

[01:23:45] It lasts for 13 hours and I charged it in full last night and this morning. It kept turning on and it doesn't turn on if the battery is dead. It would, it flashes this little light. It just literally muted me. That's weird. Cause I mean, they look, they look, they look very similar to the ones I've got here. Right. I got these ones special.

[01:24:13] It's like that, but it's different. But they go 13 hours. Yeah. Well, that, that, that definitely doesn't make sense then because I mean, we've take one and take two, we've probably been going for about two hours. Yeah. So yeah, they should be nowhere near dead. Of course, when the spooky stuff happens and then you call it a demon and I'm like, oh, now you believe in demons. Come on, man. Killing me over here. Just that fucking cat.

[01:24:42] Honestly, it's trying to kill me. Anywho, lovely beings. Thank you so much for listening to this episode of the spooky shit podcast. And we can't wait for Liam's journey when I come back next time. And Liam will be wearing a guru mediums hat and will be telling us all about the future. Hopefully. Oh yes. It's happening.

[01:25:13] Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed. Well, then guys, we shall leave it there for this one. So go and follow the TikTok page because that's the one that's doing the best now at spooky shed pod. Link in the bio there. That will take it to all the other socials, YouTube channel and all that other good stuff. And I'll speak to you next time. And again, happy Halloween. JJ, it's been a pleasure as always. Follow Liam. Follow Liam, please, on all of his different social medias.

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