E321 Mich Carpenter: True Compassion Begins with You
In this episode of Back2Basics, Mich Carpenter shares her journey from trauma and illness to spiritual awakening, and the life-changing shift from victimhood to self-compassion. We explore how the body holds unprocessed emotion, the moment she discovered her mediumship, and why true healing begins with just five minutes of breath and awareness. A raw, grounding conversation about reclaiming your power—starting with compassion for yourself.
Learn More about Mich at:
https://www.michcarpenter.com/
https://www.instagram.com/michmedium/
https://www.facebook.com/MichMedium
https://www.youtube.com/@Michmedium
Show Notes
🧭 01:43 - Mitch’s origin story: Growing up in Rhodesia/South Africa
💥 03:45 - Childhood trauma, bulimia, and the fatal car accident
🔄 09:51 - The affair that became a catalyst for healing
🕯️ 13:09 - Training in counseling, NLP, and hospice care
👁️ 20:14 - The first mediumship experience: Seeing a spirit baby
😊 22:08 - The power of authentic tears and emotion
🌀 24:02 - Channeling The Council of Eight explained
🎭 28:39 - We’ve played every role: Taking responsibility
🧘 32:30 - Where to start? Breathwork & 5-minute meditation
🔥 38:11 - What excites Mitch now: Joy and the Year of the Fire Horse
🙏 40:47 - Final thoughts: “It happened for you, not to you.”
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Spiritual Medium/Channel/Telepathic communicator
Mich Carpenter — Bio
Mich Carpenter is a heart-led Spiritual Medium, Channel, and Telepathic Communicator who works deeply with the soul, the nervous system, and the human heart. She is known as a heart activator, gently guiding people back into joy, presence, and feeling — no matter what they have lived through.
Mich channels the Council of 8 and works in close partnership with them. You may be wondering, who are they? The CO8 are Angelic Beings of Light, Ascended Masters who have once walked the earth's planes. Mich works with Spirit to support healing, clarity, and emotional freedom. Her work is grounded, compassionate, and deeply intuitive, shaped by lived experience rather than performance or prediction, and she loves to laugh. Bringing back the Inner JOY!
A significant part of Mich’s work involves telepathic partnership with non-speaking autistic children and adults, as well as children and adults with Down syndrome. She approaches this work with respect and integrity, listening beyond words and honouring each person’s inner world, intelligence, and emotional truth. For Mich, communication is about heart to heart connection — not language.
Her background includes working as a part-time hospice caregiver, where she supported individuals and families through death, grief, and transition. This experience deeply informs her work today, particularly her ability to sit with grief, trauma, and loss without trying to fix or bypass them.
She works from the heart, with honesty and care, creating spaces where people feel seen, sa…Read More
