The veil between worlds might be thinner than we think. The cardinal perched outside our window when our grieving hearts feel tender, the shiny penny heads-side up, the faint smell of a handed-down family recipe when your kitchen table is empty? We might chalk these little moments up to coincidence or longing, but psychic mediums are constantly communicating in this language of signs—and encourage us to do the same.
This is the work of Tracy Fluty, Melissa Neely and Chrissy Manolakis: three Capital Region practitioners who each have their own practice and ways of communicating, but come together to help folks establish a deeper connection with Spirit.
The three women host events together—like Capital Region Living’s Intuitives & Tinis event at Armory Studios (turn the page for more)—where, in a safe, nurturing space, they read for folks in the audience, sharing messages that, while individual, tap into the collective human experience.
While the memories and stories brought forth from the other side are rich with how-could-someone-know-this detail, a golden thread shines through. Those we grieve want us to be held in grace and love.
“We want people to be more connected to the divine,” says Neely. “We want people to find their healing path. We’re just here to guide them so that they can really discover who they are and the gifts that they bring forward.”
Fluty echoes this. “There is no one way to express intuition,” she says. Just as this is true for those of us on the receiving end of a reading, it’s true for the readers themselves. This deep reverence for individuality—and the belief that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts—is what drove the three women to connect and bring their gifts together.
“I have always encouraged and supported the collaboration of intuitive and holistic professionals,” says Fluty, who’s been in the business for more than 25 years. As a veteran in the field, Fluty is devoted to passing the baton. “Chrissy and Melissa bring their own unique style to how they give messages of light, hope and love,” she continues. “Intuition exists in everyone, but with some people, it has more of a natural gift and flow.”
For Fluty, Neely and Manolakis, their collaboration runs deeper than events, though we can certainly expect more of those in the future. They’re constantly referring clients to one another, and Manolakis, who specializes in Tarot, can even trace back the start of her intuitive career to early readings with Fluty.
“You know when you meet a girlfriend—or anybody in your life—that you just click with, and you go, ‘My God, where have you been this whole time? How did I miss you?’” That’s how Fluty describes her relationships with Manolakis and Neely.
This sense of connection underpins the women’s offerings and reminds us that we need each other’s help navigating this life.
“This is just my personal view,” says Neely. “We are not allowed to see all for ourselves, so there are appropriate times for us to go to another: Can you help me to see that which I cannot see?”
It is an ancient, enduring truth: We do our best healing in a community.
