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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