Many people ask about connecting with loved ones they’ve lost. It’s something I never used to believe was possible until I experienced it.

My grandmother was a tall, strong, outspoken, enormously kind person, and I always loved and admired her. She died in 1986. Not long after the Harmonic Convergence in 1987, she began showing up, arriving to sit on my bed after I turned in for the night. I would feel something settle on my bed and at first I thought it was my cat. But the cat wasn’t there. After a couple nights of feeling a definite presence, I asked who it was.

Over the next couple of years she visited frequently, sharing information about the vast world of spirit and energy.

This was all new for me and I wish now I had made notes. But maybe I did the most important thing–simply absorbed it all. It was the foundation for what was to come. It was my introduction to everything I have come to learn.

At the time I had no one to talk to about it. I think that’s common People have shared experiences with me that they’ve never told anyone, because somehow it was never safe to share our otherworldly encounters.

But in the last two months, the shifts in energy have made it even easier for our departed loved ones to show up. So you may have this happening. For instance, my mother, who in the past has shown up only as a feeling that she’s around, is now able to show up so that I can see her. The first time, it startled me, but by the second time I was eager to hear what she had to say. She told me she’s working on the New Earth, and let me just say, I never expected her to say that.

So welcome your own loved ones if they make an appearance. See what they want to tell you. Perhaps they are helping you with something specific or even just supporting you in what you are experiencing. We can ask for their support, so don’t be afraid to do that. If there’s anything you want help with, you can call on them. They may make their first appearance in your dreams. But they may also just show up in your room at night when it’s quiet and there are no distractions. You can ask them questions and then listen for what comes to you telepathically.

It’s so important for us to know they’re around. And that we can call on them. They even have ways to show us they’re here. A woman in her 20s told me she wished she could connect with her mother, who died when she was 12. I said, she is connecting with you and next time, she’ll give you a white feather. The woman said, “I live in Seattle, I never see white feathers.”

But two days later, she got up in the morning and found a small white feather in her hair.

A few years ago, I asked my parents to show up for Christmas, and I woke up that morning to the radio in my living room mysteriously turning on and playing Elvis’ “Blue Christmas.” “Blue Christmas” also happens to be the name of a story I wrote about a childhood Christmas that has been published in a half dozen books. It was a perfect way for them to stop by and share a happy memory, but how does a radio turn itself on to play that particular song?

This year, when I asked them to show up, my mother’s Christmas cactus bloomed on Christmas day.

There are many ways our departed loved ones can connect, and now it is even easier than before. We are more open, our frequency is way higher. So if you have someone you’d like to connect with, send them a telepathic message. Then see what happens.