LIVING

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We met with Haunting Evidence's Psychic Profiler and talked to her about her life and work.

How do you avoid getting emotionally involved with your clients?

I tell them right away. The less I’m involved emotionally, the more I can see for them. When I start getting involved I see less. And I can sleep at night, if I get too close I have trouble sleeping.

How do you get along with the cops involved with the show?

They’re pretty good to me because I make it fun for them. I make it an event. I stimulate their intuitive capabilities – I teach them to utilise their abilities. And I’m around them all the time, they see it from their perspective, through their eyes, so what I do doesn’t seem weird at all for them. I don’t act weird or abnormal; I act like a regular person who happens to have this talent. I don’t care if they believe me.

Do you have an interest in crime?

No, I hated the fact I was known for crime profiling at first. I coined the term psychic profiler, I didn’t want to be known as a ‘psychic detective’, and so I came up with the term psychic profiler. No one used it before I did.

How do you get along with your Haunting Evidence co-stars?

With John, [J. Oliver - Medium] there’s an integrity and respect. He’s like my nerdy twin and I’m the cool twin. We have a lot in common, we both study nutrition and health. We both talk along the same lines, even though he’s my exact opposite. I’m very high energy, he’s very low energy – intense and inward. He’s extremely intelligent and he’s possibly the only one I could have worked with in this sort of situation.

How about Patrick?

The first season he was getting his sea legs. But now he’s coming into his own – the three of us make it work. We all have our contributions to make and our roles are defined. We all know what we’re going to bring to the table.

How demanding is the show to make?

We tend to do it with very little sleep, in the freezing cold. You have to be physically fit to do this show. The terrain, the mountains, the snow – physically it’s very tough. You could not be out of shape and do this. I cycle ten miles every week, John does Tae Kwon Do, we all have to keep fit.

What do you have to take with you to the set?

A lot. I have two trunks with my stuff. I do my own hair and make up on the show so I have to get up at 3.45am. I also take all my nutritional supplements and my tarot cards.

How do you pass the time on location?

I’ve become quite the little shutterbug on set. The producers have said what a great eye I have for photography, so I’m taking stills of the show. And I’ve finally got some pictures of me, for ten years there were no pictures of me.

Why?

There were so many bad ones. People just seemed to take these horrifying pictures of me. Then I started taking my own and I practised and got much better.

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