How I Started Channeling (Without Realizing That’s What I Was Doing)

If you’d told me a few years ago that I’d be channeling spirit guides, allowing them to speak through me as a voice channeler, I would have laughed. I didn’t believe in anything woo-woo and something like channeling would have felt like I’d lost my mind back then.

For the previous decade, I ran a successful marketing agency. I lived in logic, spreadsheets, and client calls. But as my career started to feel like a cage, and traditional solutions like therapy weren’t working anymore, I found myself asking: Is there another way?

This is the story of how I accidentally started voice channeling, how I met my guide Monty, and how it changed everything. Not just my career, but my entire life.

When Therapy Didn’t Help Anymore

At the time, I was fully in my business. My agency had been running for over a decade. It was successful by most standards. Something I started in my apartment with a beat up computer crossed the line into million-dollar revenues and a growing team. But I was exhausted. I had constant anxiety just trying to get through the day.

Therapy helped me understand what was going on. But it didn’t change how I felt. A lot of therapists told me, “You're really self-aware… your life’s just stressful.” And I remember thinking: This can’t be it. There has to be another way.

That’s when a friend of mine, Alyssa Martin, offered me a free energy healing session as she was changing careers and starting up her energy practice. I figured, why not? Nothing else was working.

That session flipped something in me. For the first time in a long time, I felt like something’s working. So, like most things in my life, I faced it head on. I did three sessions a month, plus re-listening to each one daily for an hour or more. I did that for over a year and slowly, things started to change in myself.

The First Time I Felt Something

After a few months, during the sessions when I was in a deep meditative state, I started to feel the presence of different beings. I now know they were my spirit guides. I could hear them, sense them, almost see them. 

But they were faint and I couldn’t clearly connect with them. And when I tried to connect on my own, I couldn’t sense anything. It only happened when Alyssa was holding the space.

I told myself, Well, maybe this is just a gift she has that I don’t.

And I let it go—for a while.

How I Started Channeling Without Realizing It

Fast forward and I was searching for a new path in life and career, after I realized that running my marketing agency just wasn’t for me anymore. I decided to try becoming an energy healer like Alyssa because the work had been so powerful and helpful for me.

The changes in me were so big, my husband had decided to try energy healing himself and work with Alyssa. He was going through something really tough and Alyssa urged me to try working on his energy to see if I liked it as I considered my path. 

During one session as I was working on a tough block in his energy, I thought, I wish someone could guide me through this process. I don’t know if I’m doing it right.

And then, I felt it. This warm, kind, very loving energy off to the side.

I had the thought: What if I brought this in and transferred this energy into the block we’re working on?

So I invited it in. And then I felt a pressure in my throat. And I started to speak.

But it wasn’t really me. Not in the way I normally speak, but was in another tone and voice of fully formed sentences. My husband responded, asked questions—and the voice responded to him. It flowed.

Afterwards, he looked at me and said, “That was a continuation of a conversation I was having with my spirit guide in meditation.”

I had no idea what they had talked about. None.

That’s when I realized: I think I just channeled.

What Happened After That First Channeling Session

I was stunned. And excited. And totally unsure what to do next.

I started researching but there weren’t many up-to-date resources on how to learn channeling or a lot of information about what channeling is. Most of the well-known teachers had passed. Most of the good information was from the 70s and 80s, buried in old books.

Still, I kept following the breadcrumbs, finding a teacher online, and starting to study in earnest. And that’s when I met Monty.

Meeting Monty: My Spirit Guide and Doorkeeper

During one of my first formal channeling classes, we were asked to call in the spirit guide who was here to help us with this work. And Monty showed up.

He’s been with me ever since.

Monty’s energy is very fluid, very light. When I channel him, it feels like sunlight dancing through water. I can feel him in my arms and it’s almost like fins, in a way. Not that he’s a fish, but that’s the closest way I can describe it.

He’s also what’s known as a doorkeeper guide. He helps me maintain energetic boundaries. He’s the one who tells me, “Hey, there’s someone else here who wants to speak—and it’s safe.” He’s a partner in this process.

We kept working together as I learned how to be a better channel, step by step, until I decided to start offering sessions to others.

What It Feels Like to Channel

When I channel, I enter a semi-conscious trance state. My consciousness steps back, but I’m still aware. I can hear what’s being said. I can even step in if something isn’t working or if the message needs to be clarified.

My voice changes and my entire way of holding my body morphs. There’s little pause, no “ums” and a different way of speaking that happens.

You can watch me channel on a podcast I host with Monty every week on Youtube, if you’d like to see what it’s like.

It took time to get here. In the beginning, I couldn’t always remember what came through. There were blank spots, like fog. Now, I usually remember the key messages, but I still listen back to make sure I didn’t miss anything.

Before every session, I do a lot of energetic work that I had to learn. I start by clearing my space, tuning into my field, and preparing to invite Monty in. It’s a relationship. And it takes care and intention every single time.

Why Doubt Is Actually a Good Thing As a Channeler

Even now, I still ask myself: Am I really connected? Is this coming from a true source?

For a while, I thought that was self-doubt showing up but over time I learned that it’s my own natural discernment and makes me a clearer channel for messages that come through.

Not all channeled messages are equal. Some people are channeling their ego. Some are picking up on lower-energy sources. Some just aren’t very clear. So I believe having a little self-doubt is healthy. It keeps us honest and asks us to keep improving our channeling practices.

Monty always tells clients and listeners of our channeled works, “If this message starts to feel off to you, stop listening. Trust your energy.”

That goes for any channeled content. If your energy feels in alignment, great. If not? That’s your sign.

Want to Hear What Channeling Sounds Like?

You can find Vessel & Voice, my podcast with Monty, on Spotify, Apple, YouTube and all major platforms. Each episode includes a grounded human intro from me, followed by a channeled message from Monty.

If you're curious about channeling, spirit guides, or how to connect more deeply with your own energy, I'd love to have you join us.