 Hi, it's Bridget. Welcome to Above Life Channel. The purpose here is to inspire your spirit and to fill you up with hope. Today I am fresh off the airplane. Well, actually, I've been home for like a day. But I am still in the Disney spiritual vibes that I have. I was at Walt Disney World, Florida, in Orlando. One of my favorite places ever. And because I'm a Disney fan, obviously. And so today our special guest that we are going to be channeling is Annette Funicello. One of the original Mouse Cateers. So I thought I'd wear my Mickey Mouse ears for just a bit. And my Mickey Mouse shirt and my Mickey Mouse earrings and connect in with Annette Funicello. So Annette, would you please come in and join us for our conversation? That will be lovely. So if you are a Disney fan, not only this particular video you might enjoy, but you also might enjoy the Walt Disney World, the Walt Disney channeling that I have also done as well. So check that out on the video list. All right, Annette, come on in. And I want to make notice that she is not in a wheelchair. She's able to move freely. It looks like she had muscle stuff that was really, her muscles were really rigid. Like an MS. I think I probably know that about you. Multiple sclerosis, I think, or something like that. She said, yes, yes. She said it's quite, it's quite painful. She said it's, it's, it's very painful, she says. Anyone that is dealing with MS will understand. She says there are varying degrees. She has a very soft, sweet voice. She's very youthful looking. She says, thank you. And she has dark hair and it's kind of got, it's wavy. It almost looks like her from like the Surfer movies, you know, but she's got a nice like a cardigan on. She's got like, actually it's like a purple or almost like a purple or a light blue, like a t-shirt underneath. And then a white kind of cardigan over the top. And there's a button right here. And she smells good. I know that's a weird thing to say, isn't it? But she smells like, I get this vibe that she's the, her generation, she's like the trend setter or one of the trendy popular kind of trend things. Like she was on the trend. And like nowadays it would be like, there would be perfumes. Like celebrities and stuff have perfumes and all that kind of stuff. And it almost smells like the pink, the perfumes at pink, the store, the Victoria's Secret brand. Those, those kind of perfumes is kind of what it smells like. So it feels like beachy. Thank you. That's what I'm trying to get to. Thank you. She says it's beachy. Like it's beachy, but it's beachy. Very cute. Yeah, it's kind of got like a mango, a melon, little bit of a coke, tiny little bit of coconut or shea butter kind of scent. And it feels the smallest beachy. So did you enjoy the beach? I mean, I know you were in movies with like the beach related surfer movies and stuff like that. Disney stuff. So did you like the beach? Oh, yes, very much. She says, I loved the beach, loved the beach. She said it's quite different now than it was then though. However, she says it was quite different now than it was then. However, she says, you know, it was risque for us. It was considered very risque to show too much skin. And we were just on the edge of the movement of the, she says like the free love or the love movement or the like the hippie kind of a thing. She said we were on that, we were kind of on the wholesome side of the last kind of push into that frame of expression of that next generation, the up and coming generation. And she says, so in a lot of the movies, there is depicted the bad boys and the good girls and, you know, who were you really and which part of the society did you fit into? And how did you identify yourself? And she says things were quite simpler back then. Your contrast was just either you were this or you were this. And now the young people have so many different things to be concerned about. And she says, I don't envy them. So you have children, you have family, you have a legacy. She says I have grandchildren. She says I have grandchildren. She has a granddaughter, it looks like that's named after her. A granddaughter that's named after her. And so can you explain, I don't know a lot, I know that you are a musketeer. I know I think about you with Frankie and dancing and, you know, a little like surfing kind of movies on the beach and stuff and singing a little bit. But can you talk a little bit about your career or about that? Were you a dancer, a singer, an actress, what would you consider yourself? What did you enjoy the most? She says we were everything back then. You had to do everything. And she says there were very long days filming, very long days. And so you were on TV, right, as well as in the movies? Yes, she says end film, yes. And so do you consider were you typecast, like this sweet girl next door because that's kind of the vibe that you have and had in Disney, like you said wholesome as the word you used. And she says yes, yes. And she says but I didn't mind it. She says so many get frustrated with Hollywood and with casting. And for me it was a blessing to be able to just simply work, to do what you enjoy doing and to get paid for that. And we really did enjoy each other and she's talking about Frankie that we really did enjoy each other and a lot of the kids it was just like hanging out with our friends. And I mean sure we get into disagreements and that happens with anyone when you spend much too much time with them. But when I look upon that part of my life I have a lot of, she says I feel blessed to have had the opportunities. So when you were young did you know that you were going to be famous? Did you want to be a famous actress? And she says everyone, didn't everyone? Didn't everyone want to be in the movies? You know, to be in films, to be a movie star, didn't everyone want that? She says didn't everyone want that? She brings up Marilyn Monroe. She mentions to me Marilyn Monroe. Okay, so Marilyn Monroe wasn't that much older than you though maybe 10 years or something. I'm not sure exactly birthday-wise kind of thing. She wasn't that much older than you but I looked up, she says I looked up to her. She was so beautiful, you know, so her hair was so white blonde and so different than myself. And so she was so beautiful, just so beautiful, you know. And so you met her, yes, yes, I know Marilyn, yes. So were you friends? She's not letting me feel like they were necessarily friends because they were in different genres of movies and films and things. They had different careers but that they've met, they crossed paths, they spoke, they've spoken. And making me feel like they met at parties but I don't know if it's not like a crazy party or anything like that but that they met at parties. I don't know if it was like movie premieres or what it was but she says and so in that, Punuchella is who we're talking to and she says I loved film, I always loved the movies, I always loved the movies. And so she said I was in, you know, I could sing and dance and I was always doing that from an early age. She said I just, I didn't know any different, that's just the way it was. It was just natural, like her mom was an advocate for her. And it was just natural for her, for Annette to sing and dance and pretend and do all these things. I'm feeling like she was put in acting classes so I think that this wasn't just a spontaneous surprise thing like oh she's an actress. She got discovered at a mall or something. It feels like there were casting calls but that she was so prepared for stuff that it was no big deal. And she seems really mature but very childlike and very fun and lighthearted and that kind of thing. But she is telling me, she's sharing with me, again this is Annette Punuchello, she is sharing with me that she did have some struggles. So we know that you had some health problems, some challenges with your health and later on in your life and when you came into our channeling today that you very specifically said that I don't have a wheelchair and you talked about the pain in your body and the muscles. And so the MS was something and she says about, it looks like about 20 years, 15 to 20 years she dealt with MS. And diagnosed about 15 years, I think 15 to 20, 17, 15, 17, something like that. But she also shows me cancer. So I'm not sure did her mom die of cancer or did you have cancer? That's cancer scare. This is tricky, this is when it's tricky for me to channel with just like a spirit and not have like you, like the viewer, for you as a viewer, when I'm talking to you and you're connecting with someone of your loved ones, it's nice to get the feedback from you. So with her, I'm not sure, because I don't know a lot about her life. So I feel cancer in the family, let's say that. And I see her mom, but her mom looks old. So I don't know if it's her grandma. Now I'm a little bit confused by that. I see somebody, there's a multiple people in the afterlife here. It's like her mom's mom is in the afterlife. And then her mom, but I'm confused about her mom because there seems like a separation with her mom. So I don't know if her mom was sick and died earlier on or if she actually died before her mom. I'm not sure about the time. No, I don't think that's right. Somebody died before she did. I don't know if it was her daughter or her mother. There is someone that died and then there's a boy too. So she must have a son and a daughter. Two sons and two daughters, two sons and a daughter, because there's a boy too. Somebody died before she did. And it's either her mom or her mom or it could be one of her children. And I feel cancer, there's cancer there. And then I feel a cancer scare. And then I feel like esophagus or not being able to talk. So I don't know if it's throat cancer or if she's trying to show me that she had a problem not being able to speak or something removed from her throat that was a scare. Like, is there a problem here? Is there a throat cancer thing? Is there a lump removed or something like that? I'm feeling like that. Okay. I feel like also that she seems so chipper and so cheerful, you know? Like, I mean obviously you're playing characters, you know? And the Disney and the Musketeers and in the movies, fun, you know? Girl next door, kind of fun, wholesome. And she's making me feel like not showing her belly button or something. Like having to wear swimsuits that were higher wasted or something. I don't know. There's something about that, like how much skin you show and that kind of thing. And I think it's a TV thing. Is it a television rule or something? Something about the production stuff. And then she's showing me not feeling well, physically not feeling well. So did you have, there's a lot of talk and a lot of awareness now about mental health concerns and about child actors and actresses and about the toll that Hollywood takes on people, on adults and children and that mental health is something that really needs to be tended to and cared for, addressed right away early on. And so I'm curious, did you have some of those experiences? Because you're showing me you're not feeling well on set. And she says that's about trying to lose weight, trying to stay slim. She says you had to stay there. She's showing me she's very body conscious and having to stay a certain weight. And she says I wasn't very tall and I needed to make sure that my body was in proportion. She says for the cameras because you have to be thinner. Actually, she says the cameras really quite literally do add 10 pounds. They add weight to you and in order to look youthful and be young and she says you had to be like a string bean. You had to be very thin. And she said so I was very conscious of my body. She shows me being physically sick. So I don't know if she's taking like there's diet stuff or she's making herself sick, but it has to do with her weight is what it looks like. And she says those times are not healthy for girls. And to me it was just normal to the rest of us it was normal and we would compare ourselves and we would measure ourselves to make sure that we were staying on par. And that is a lot of pressure. A lot of pressure on young girls and looking back on it. I can see how unhealthy completely unhealthy it was and quite truly unrealistic. I can see that too. I can definitely see that too. And she says when I had my children I realized how much of a tool that those earlier years took on my on my health on my life. She says on my life and she says I lived on peanut butter and something else or something else. She's saying but she lived on peanut butter and something else peanut butter. But peanut butter is protein you guys viewers now peanut butter is protein. So it is something you need to have. So at least I can't imagine just living on peanut butter and something else. She's like like salary or care something different like peanut butter and salary or something there's something else there's something like a vegetable or something that is or a fruit that's healthy. So she's saying peanut butter and something else. So she's trying to kind of be healthy or health conscious. I'm almost wondering you guys if she had like a bulimia or anorexia because there is a little bit of a weight thing. But I can't tell for sure it doesn't look like it was formally diagnosed. It looks like she was trying to control her body for film or for the camera for work for work. She said we had to I had to stay fit for work. Is there any kind of a message or lesson that you would like to share because we have viewers that are watching from all over in all different walks of life. What would you like to share. She said I would like to talk about MS and about those who are suffering from chronic disease or illness. What do you like to say about that. She says you're not alone. I know it's so painful. I know it's so painful and the body becomes so such a hindrance. It becomes a barrier. She says I know I know and for those who are suffering. She says I have so much compassion for where you are and the best that I can say is to feel the gratitude in each breath that you have and really focus on those who are around you. Those that you can see and the life that you can see observe and through that you are having the experience that you want to be here for. She says that you want to be here for and she says I don't I wish I could take away the suffering and the pain that you go through and I know she says I know that others do not understand what they do not see they cannot understand how our bodies actually can be fighting a battle that is not visible outside but that we feel inside and it hurts so much and it's hard to articulate that to even to our loved ones to have others understand what it feels like and I want to say give up trying to want others to understand what you feel and simply let them help you. It seems as though it seems like we want to communicate how we're feeling we want others to understand how we feel what our bodies are feeling like what it's doing to us so that we can not feel so so so guilty or so bad about not doing more for ourselves when we don't have to explain that stop stop wasting your energy it causes you more suffering such a separation between who you are and what you have to give is wasted that that that energy is wasted on wanting people to understand instead ask for what you need and love yourself through the pain even the pain the suffering inside love yourself during the times of the the most suffering the really hard days love yourself focus on the love inside of yourself and she says pray and ask for strength ask for strength but don't explain because even your loved ones even my daughter she they can't understand how we feel and to ask them to is almost cruel to ask them to understand they already feel so much for us and our loved ones and those around us feel so much for us that to try to explain it doesn't help it only hurts more and that's a hard conversation I know that's hard talk to hear and I think it's important I do think it's important though I do I do believe it is to have compassion for yourself and love for yourself and to just let go of others needing to understand how you feel strangers or family there is really not much you that can be done about that and you're wasting your effort and your energy that you do have in trying to explain don't do that don't don't let yourself fall into that trap but really really just love yourself and ask for strength says those are my words those are wonderful words she says you're really doing the best you can go easy on yourself it's already more it's already difficult enough isn't it it already is for those who live with chronic pain and it's already difficult enough you know that don't you you know that what I say is true you know that don't you yes you do yes you do well Annette this has been such a pleasure to talk with you her energy is so sweet and gentle and kind and I would use the word grace there's a lot of graceful energy here and kindness grace and kindness that's how I would describe your energy she says thank you she says thank you and so let's end with our Mickey Mouse hat fun times good times oh she says for the most part you know she says her ups and downs for all of it isn't there she says her ups and downs for all of it mm-hmm alright well thank you so much so much Annette Funicello you've been watching hey guys it's Bridget you've been watching above life channel you know that I do weekly channeling videos so that you can connect get inspired in your spirit be filled up with hope so that you can be reminded to live your life because this is your life this is your life so live it thank you so much for watching