 Hi, Above Life Channel, it's Bridget. OK, so today I am feeling sentimental with Prince. And so you may or may not know at Above Life Channel, aside from our purpose being to inspire your spirit and to fill you with hope, that the beginning of Above Life Channel really started with Prince. When he transitioned in the afterlife, I started to channel with him, to connect with him. And in the beginning, if you are a Prince fan or a fam, you can check out the work that I documented when I first started channeling Prince at thepurplemedium.com website. There's a PRD blog with a ton of audios. And for a couple of years I shared there. So you can go check all that out. Lots of free content if you're a Prince admirer at thepurplemedium.com. So it started there. The celebrity connection or afterlife channeling started there. Now, to be clear, I have been a psychic and a medium and an incredible empowerment coach for years. I will, let's see, in October it'll be 15 years since I acknowledged my psychic gifts. And I shortly thereafter I started working in groups. And then a year after I was certified as a life coach and did that as part of my work and my professional work, too, at the organization I worked for. And then I utilized that also for my business when I was doing psychic work, kind of as an intuitive coach or a psychic coach. But my first bridge of connection was always mediumship connecting to the afterlife. And because of my own story, and that's how I discovered or realized that I was really very psychic and not just imaginative, creative, and visual. Because that's what I thought. I thought, well, everybody has these images and has this great imagination. That's what I thought I had. So, yeah, no, it's just psychic stuff. And so I'm feeling very sentimental about Prince today because it's September in Minnesota, which is a beautiful time. If you're going to come here and visit Haysley Park Studios or come to Minnesota for anything, oh, the fall, the autumn is a beautiful time to do that. And it's just gorgeous here with the leaves changing and it smells different. And it just, oh, the earth, it's so beautiful. And with that, I have hosted an in-person retreat for people who really love Prince. And it's very intimate, very small group. This year there's 10, 10 of us. And I started that after my experience in channeling with Prince and creating the purplemedium.com website just for Prince admirers. And then eventually, I created a Facebook group, PRDs, Purple Brain Drops. And so that was kind of the evolution. And then eventually, I created above-life channel here, above-life channel, because it wasn't just Prince that I was connecting with. He had brought in lots of others. And I have a really cool story about that, actually. Maybe I should share that. That would be interesting. And so feeling into the fall, getting ready for my retreat, I am sentimental. I'm thinking about Prince today. And it's Friday. And so there's kind of been this ritual. I'm recording this video on a Friday where on my Facebook page for the purplemedium Facebook page, which I still have. I still host that and honor that work. That's how it started, as far as afterlife celebrity guest channeling kind of a thing. And every Friday, it's purple Friday. So I have purple on. I have my purple tank top. And I've got my purple necklace. And just feeling purple energy. And as I'm readying for, in a couple of weeks, the in-person retreat. And the in-person retreat, this is our third time doing it. So it's beautiful in the fall. So it's perfect. And then I'm also working on a virtual. The virtual retreat will be opening soon as well, which I created that a couple of years ago as well for people who can't travel to Minnesota. It's either budget or family or life, work, whatever. Makes it really hard to do that. I created a virtual version with pre-recorded audios and videos. And I'll be sharing that. If you're interested in that, check out thepurplemedium.com or thepurplemedium on Facebook. OK. So I'm sentimental. So let's talk with him a little bit today. And I'm going to share that I just, for the very first time, downloaded a book related to Prince. Now, I have a wonderful, lovely friend that is an author that wrote a book about Prince. But I haven't read her book. Why don't I do that? Because I don't want to leverage someone else's perspectives or opinions or views on what they share. And I also want the stories that Prince shares with me in the afterlife to really be a pure organic exchange between friends, between spirit friends kind of a thing. Our connection is very brother-sisterly-like kind of friend. And I understand the Minnesota humor, which is a little sarcasm, a little passive-aggressive stuff, little truth mixed in with that funniness. Totally get that vibe. That's me too. It's a Midwest Minnesota thing. And so he and I have these, do we just have this connection? And he has really inspired me. And if you've watched any of my Prince stuff, again, at thepurplemedium.com website, and if you listen to the videos and the audio or the audios and stuff on there, you know I wasn't a Prince fan, really. I mean, I lived here. He's a guy that lived here, a creative guy. But he was just like a guy kind of. He was just like a regular person to a lot of us. I mean, I guess he's like a major genius. But he's just another person kind of a thing. But so today I downloaded a book for the first time about him. And I'm starting to listen to it. I'm listening to it. It's an audio book. And it's so much easier to do audio books, you guys. And I don't usually make time to read. And this just felt like the right timing for me. And I've been wanting to read this book for a while. I actually did a video toward the author. In my earlier work with Prince and the afterlife, he and I had a conversation because I was a little irritated at. I was annoyed, frustrated, and trying to come to terms with what a jerk wad he was to the perception I had to my Tay, his first wife, when she lost the baby and they lost their son. And I just feel a connection. And so I did a video to her for her. And I've always wanted to be really respectful of people's relationships and not reveal things that could be hurtful or are not our business. Because this is not about TMZ, the kind of mediumship that I do in the Connection here at Above Life Channel is not to inspire drama or gossip or reporting even. So not that TMZ is bad. TMZ is not bad. It's just different kinds of media. And that's not entertainment or something. And that's not really my jam with this. That's not the purpose of this. I shouldn't say it's not my jam because I like a good people magazine like anybody else when I'm getting on the airplane. And I like that. I like that. I'm OK with that. But this isn't meant for that. And I want to be really respectful. So I downloaded her book today. And I listened to up to chapter two so far. So I've learned about her and her life and her perspective. And I resonate with her with the same age. And actually, she and I are the same age. And my husband and prince are the same age. So that we have the same age span in our relationship. So it's interesting. And I connect with her. She was actually at Paisley Park Studios with Prince at the time that I actually lived near there after, not too long after college. And I lived out there in that area. And so I literally drove by Paisley Park often to go to the grocery store and to go to work. And it was just no big deal, you guys. Like it was just normal. It's like it's just like another building. It's just some creative space. But it's just normal. And I think that's probably why Prince likes that vibe of Minnesota nice, not Minnesota nice. Minnesota or a small town almost. But it's not. Chan Hansen isn't a tiny town. It's a suburb. But it's not. But everybody treated him normal. So I think he really appreciated that. A lot of people did anyway. So let's have a conversation with him a bit and talk about this. I don't even know what I want to talk to him about necessarily. I just feel sentimental. And so maybe it's I don't even know if this will be a full channeling video or just be my thoughts. Or my conversation with him. And I feel like, OK, Prince, you come in. Oh, you look awesome. OK, you guys. Oh, awesome. OK, so he's the way he shows up is important because it's a connection to a conversation I was having with the ladies that are coming to the in-person retreat. We were talking about outfits for Paisley Park night. We're going to go to a big whoop-de-doo there during our retreat. And so we were talking about outfits. And people were showing like the love sexy inspired outfit or an outfit from SOTT. And I'm like, what is SOTT? I'm like, can somebody fill me in? Because I have no idea what that means. And they said, sign up the times, Bridget. Sign up the times. Which I actually really love that movie and that album and the music of that. Oh, I love that. I love that. Which I discovered after I was connecting and communicating with Prince, not at the time that it was out. Let's be clear, OK? Like, I discovered that from hanging out with some of you, his fam, you know, his admirers. So OK, he looks awesome. He has this long, thick embroidered coat. It's like a rich purple with gold silver and a little bit of kind of like a pearlized color. It's like a tabestry kind of. It swirls and the base color is really rich purple. And then there's gold and silver and like a pearlized. Oh, you're making my nose itch. Why are you making my nose itch? Oh, someone's thinking of me, I guess. Nose itch is. So he looks like that. All right. And then he has a really fluffy collar on like the purple rain shirt. OK, you guys, purple rain shirt. And that's another connection he's making for me to connect with. I literally just heard I stopped the audio book because I wanted to record and connect before I got deeper into the book. And I stopped right after Maite in her book The Most Beautiful is the title of the book, where she was talking about watching, seeing the movie Purple Rain and just loving the movie Purple Rain. And she talked about the costumes. I must have like, oh, my nose all of a sudden is itchy. Sorry, guys. I'm like, ooh. So she talked about the costumes, so I stopped there. So that's a nod to that. That's why he has that on, too. So he's acknowledging, hey, I've been around. I'm with you. I know you are. Can you come on this side, though? Because if I look at you this way, it feels a little awkward. He always stands on this side. So in my, this is the kitchen. And I love it because there's a lot of windows and lights so I can control the lighting a little better here during the day when nobody's home. All the kids are at school and stuff. And so, except me and the dogs. And so I'm here. And then right over here, kind of kitty corner, diagonally here, is a big opening to the living room. And then there's a counter over here and then the kitchen fridge and all that here. And so he comes right here. And he always comes right by where the, most of the time. I shouldn't say always, but most often he comes right by where the living room is. And he kind of sits there. There's actually, usually we have the stools that are usually supposedly underneath this big counter area where you can eat. They're usually pushed over against the wall, kind of one on each side of the entry to the living room. Because that's just where people sit in the morning. The kids just sit there and talk. And then we all move around and stuff. So he's right here. Oh, he smells good too. He's got a little white jasmine. Kind of like a, is it a gardenia or something? Gardenia and white jasmine. A little bit of a musk, a vanilla and a musk. I don't like the vanilla so much. But it smells pretty good. It's feminine. And fragrant. He says, would you say it's beautiful? Yes, I would say it's beautiful. He's nodding to the book. Almost beautiful. So I don't really have a lot to, I'm not, I'm just really, I'm not even in my head about this. I'm in my heart about this. I'm really, I wasn't sure if I, I thought about doing a live stream actually and talk about this. But I wasn't sure how interesting it would be. How I'm feeling about connecting with you right now. I'm feeling, I mean, sentimental is one of the ways I would describe it, but there's definitely a, a level of kindness that's coming through as I'm listening to this book. I, I'm kind of seeing the side of you that other people like fell in love with. Like the intoxicating part of you, Prince, that I never actually personally felt or have felt with you. Like I know you're charming and you're very sweet. You can be very sweet and charming and turn the charm on like that. But I'm, I'm, I've always been more resonant with you as a creative, as a creative channel and you as a, your spirit even into human life and utilizing music as your channel. He says words. Words are, words are very important. He said without the, without the lyrics there wouldn't be a song. He wouldn't be able to, your mind wouldn't be able to understand it. It's true. For those of you who are authors and writers, pay attention to that very important role. Many shares, she inspires me at the time when he says it's easy to be in love with love. It's easy to love, be in love with being in love kind of a thing is what he's saying. It's easy, it's easy to fall in love with love. He says, in those times he said she really inspired me. So people, people do say Prince that she was your muse or that you've had over time had relationships with women who've kind of been your muses. Is that, is that an accurate description or, or accurate way to interpret that? The women in your life, I guess. It depends on how you view that label, that word. He says it's like a label and he's not comfortable with the label piece of it, the muse, what it could mean to summon, devaluing the importance of them and their influence on his life. He says, let's, let's say inspired by women. Yes, very much. He says yes, very, very much, very much inspired. He says that should be pretty obvious. It is, yeah. But there's also a part of your relationships that you and I don't talk about because I, as a very strong advocate for the spirit of women and for our power and empowerment, I don't like some of the stories or the way that you've treated or the perception of how you've treated women has, there's a place where you and I would, let's just say butt heads or not, maybe be as friendly. He says a lot has changed. He says the way you know me isn't the way I was in my fullest human experience. He says, we probably, you and you are probably right. He says we probably would not have been friends in, during those times or in that context. But you have to understand that the, there was never an intent to treat women like an object or a symbol. That's never been, that's never been my feeling about women. More so like art there, like art. He's describing women as art and such beautiful expressions, the shape of a woman's body and the way that they move and the extraordinary colors and the way they can just really, he's kind of saying fancy themselves up. Like really it's more acceptable or accepted for women and expected for women to do that than it is for a man. So is your expression more geared to, liberating men to be more expressive or to support women in their expression? Because there's a lot of femininity, there's a lot of flair that comes through your work, your costumes and your hair and everything and the makeup and eyeliner and things that might be rock star-like or performance-like but there's also this feeling of consistency with it that that's not just a stage thing for you, that's just who you are. So was that intentional like to have an impact on men or I mean, can you talk about that a little bit? He says, paying no mind to the gender. He says, it's not about one or the other or promoting one over the other. And he says, I like women. I really have an appreciation for women. He says, really, it's just beautiful, that's beauty. And anything I could borrow or utilize for my style, I would. It's just all about what feels good for you. Whether you're a woman or a man, the gender doesn't really matter. It doesn't matter, it only matters in the mind. And what society tells you how to be. And when you're in a state of full creativity and you're expressing yourself, you're just being yourself, then you just need to honor that. You just need to let yourself do that without second guessing what other people are gonna think about that or how they review you. I mean, look at all the critics, to albums, to movies, to music, to fashion, to everything. And does it mean they're right? No, there's not a right. That's why there's so much to choose from. There's not a right. There's not this is the correct way or this is the correct. There's not really that. That's why there's so much discussion. There's so much dialogue about it. Anybody that tries to put you in a place is wrong. Prince, not me. I was Prince in that. Anybody's trying to put you in a place, that's wrong. I'm thinking about that too, how you influenced fashion and the 80s and the 90s and all that. And I just, I can see that as we're planning the in-person retreat and as we're talking in our group with the ladies in a couple of weeks, we're gonna come to Paisley Park and style it up for Prince, you know? So, yeah, I can see that, that influence you've had. It's almost like permission to be beautiful, you guys. That's how it feels. He's like, nobody has to, nobody has to give him permission. I'm like, ah, yes, I know Prince, but for us who have an ego mind because we're all functioning with the brain, that's why we're people in a body. We have to, we feel like there's this permission kind of thing. There's kind of this internal thing that says it's okay. It's more of a, he says, it's more of an acceptance then. It's more of an acceptance. What you're talking about is more of accepting. You have to accept yourself in order to be free. He says, you have to accept yourself in order to be free. He says, and when you, he's trying to describe like, when you know what's right for you, there's no, there's no, I wanna say resistance, but there's no, there's nothing that would even make you think that anything different. Like there's no obstacles at all. Just when you accept yourself and you just show up the way you show up and if other people have an issue with it, you don't notice, even notice that until maybe after, if somebody says something, you're like what? Like it doesn't even, think about it. And he's like it just, you just are free to be, to be yourself. All right. He's showing me himself now at a different stage. There is a clip of him being on, I think it's MTV Unplugged. I think it was Unplugged where he was playing a guitar and he's kind of sitting on a swivel kind of stool. And I remember that. I saw that clip. And he was, I'm singing Cream, which is a song I remember dancing to in college. And I think it was college, maybe been college. And I just love, cause he's kind of subtly funny. His facial features on that clip are great. And so he's looking like that. He looks exactly like that. And so he's neat and cropped and then kind of fluffy, kind of like mine a little bit now, I guess actually. Hey, maybe I'm influenced by you. I don't know, it could be inspired by you. Maybe that's a better way to say it. I don't know. And then he's got his like ear cuff on and nice suit, you know. Find that acoustic guitar. I love that too. And like the piano and the microphone thing too. I loved, I mean, it's fun. The dance music and the band and the energy and that, that's great. And the concert atmosphere is great. But just something about just you and your voice and just one instrument is just so, it allows for a connection, I think that's deeper than a persona. Like, I think people see you as this big, wow. And I, through your fans' eyes, and I am gonna say fan, even though I know a lot of you, if you're a Prince admirer or you're a fan, that's what they call it. And he didn't use the word fan, but I'm using the word fan cause that makes sense to me. That they saw, you know, just adored you, admired you, and just wow, you are this larger than life energy. And I can see that through their eyes, but it's so cool to have this gift to be able to connect with you and see you and know you differently as a pure spirit in the afterlife with a pure, without that persona with just the Prince. Just hey, this is just Prince. And what core, at the core matters to you and that creativity and that connection that you have. And seeing then, like the piano and the microphone and that unplugged MTV clip that I love, personally love with the guitar. And knowing for me as the psychic and medium that those moments, those energies are exactly how I know you. That's like your pure intimate, that's the most intimate connection to you. It's like your heart. There's nothing overpowering or distracting or noisy. It's just this intimate conversation with spirit, with your spirit, through that music, through that, just that guitar or that piano and your voice. And that, ladies and gentlemen who are watching here at Above Life Channel, that's how I know him. And so if you want to feel what it's like to connect with Prince as a spirit, go watch one of those videos of him on just the piano and a microphone or listen to the piano and the microphone. Just listen and then you'll know him. You'll know him. And he literally is just a guy that likes pancakes, mac and cheese. I mean, he's such a normal, which sounds so weird to say that because like I'm talking to a dead person in a spirit. And I'm like using the word normal, but this is normal for me, you guys. It's not paranormal, it's normal. And he's just like a normal person, like a human, like he was normal, just like you. So just normal, you know? I think it's easy for us to look at celebrities and think they're invincible and super special and charmed and chosen and all that. But it's because of their ability to show up to be themselves. And a lot of times they have to overcome incredible challenges that not a lot of us have the strength to deal with, let's be honest. Because you go on Facebook or social media or even YouTube and somebody makes some mean comments to you, which I've experienced that, I have had a lot of that. And if you go, oh, and then all of a sudden you take it personally, like it's about you, then you're off and gone. So imagine if Prince would have done that. If somebody said, well, you're too short to be a sexy rock star. Or you're too this or you're not that. You know, pointing things out about him. And then he said, oh, okay. We would have never had Prince. And so each in our own ways, our spirit and following and sharing that, following our bliss and sharing the gifts that we have been given, our talents and skills is extremely important to us honoring ourselves. Own it, own it, take responsibility for your talents and your gifts and share it. You don't have to be Prince, Elvis, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury. You don't have to become some massive famous author or discover a cure for a disease. You don't, it's not about the famousness of it. It's about taking that accountability and ownership of those skills that you're gifted with that you came into this life with to share. And if other people don't like it, those aren't your people. They just like to be, they're just feeling sad or crabby or mad or something. They're just, they just need attention. And so don't let those people stop you. That's not, if that's gonna stop you, like if that would have stopped Prince, we would have never had the music, the work. I would not be here talking to you about this on YouTube. It wouldn't have happened. You matter. You matter. Do not let somebody that has no business in your business tell you not to share your gifts or skills. Doesn't matter how big or little they seem. You be yourself. You share your gifts. You share your skills. You show up. You show up. That's what we learned from these celebrities in the afterlife. Show up. Don't let other people stop you, especially the people that aren't doing nothing except anonymously responding or telling you something or even your, even family that don't get you. People that don't understand your good friends who don't want you to like get too big for your britches and not be able to be their friend anymore. Misery loves company, right? Don't jump into that. Don't sink down to that. Don't stay here. Go here. Be you in your fullness. You matter. You matter. Thank you my friend. I always appreciate you. You always get me going. You always stir in my pot to be like, hey people, we have inspired your spirit today. We have filled you with hope here at Above Life Channel and our purpose is to encourage you to live your best life, to live it. This is your life, yours. So live it. Just love it. Thanks for watching.