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Nina Ashby has done many things in her life, all of which have led her to where she is today. She tells Bored Panda she never set out to become a professional psychic, but her interests, passions, and talents led her in that direction, and she has not looked back.

"I was born with the psychic ability to see auras and spent many years finding out about what I was seeing, why I saw it, and how it connected to other spiritual gifts," Ashby says. Because of her interest in color, she studied to become a professional sculptor. After an 11-year career in the arts, she pivoted.

"I studied to become a massage therapist and energy healer as a result of my obsession with learning about energy, holistic health, and esoteric studies in divination: astrology, palmistry, graphology, numerology, card reading (Tarot and Oracle Cards) as well as Channeling, Past Life and Akashic Record reading, amongst other things," said Ashby. "This has been a lifelong process of self-development and learning as well as teaching, writing, broadcasting, and personal consultations.

The U.K.-based psychic has clients all over the world. "I have been working as a professional full-time holistic healer and psychic since 1980. My late husband and I taught esoteric studies, psychic and personal development, and did personal healing consultations for 32 years together," she told us.

"I then continued the work and added hypnotherapy to my skill set, using my psychic ability to deal with the unconscious mind in new ways. I now mostly see clients for psychic work at different energetic frequencies: from mundane to the spiritual."

Another psychic, Kim Alexis, says she always had an interest in the esoteric as a teenager. "I would play around with astrology and tarot cards and, in my twenties, read books about Buddhist monks."

A hitch-hiking travel trip with a friend across Europe and North Africa in her twenties fueled her passion for all things spiritual. "I encountered coffee cup readers, who read the dried grains of your drunken coffee, tarot readers, palm readers, meditators, and where I had many experiences with spirits who had passed over (deceased) and much more," she reveals.

"In Morrocco, I sold crystals, which, by the way, is all presented in my book, The Adventurous Spirit - Walking Between Two Worlds.  In later years, I attended spiritualist churches to watch and learn about spiritual mediums and trained as a crystal healer, hypnotherapist, and past life regressionist."

Today, the expert runs retreats and teaches others to be psychics and mediums. "A psychic is someone who can read the energy field (aura) of a person to receive information beyond normal human senses," she explains.

"[They're] able to tap into their energetic field to provide insights into their past, present, and future, often with the use of tools like tarot cards and with Clairvoyance -seeing -receiving visions or images, and Clairsentience -feeling- sensing emotions and events."

Ashby's definition of a psychic is a bit more detailed. "A professional psychic is a person who has developed their innate gifts of subtle perception to attune themselves consciously to other’s energy field and perceive information stored therein. They then act as a mirror to reveal what they ’see’/perceive about what the individual is carrying within various layers of their energy field - mundane matters such as health, career, relationships of all sorts, their relationship with themselves, how they are coping with life at every level of their Being," she begins, adding that psychics can have specialties, based upon their personal psychic abilities and training.

"Clairsentience is the ability to feel physical sensations in relation to the other, coming through the physical senses of touch to psychical reactions, taste, and smell. Empaths feel other’s emotions. Clairvoyants see colors, patterns, images, and perhaps other energy fields or aura. Clairaudients hear Spirit voices, music, and sounds in association with others. Intuitives pick up thought forms, words, concepts, and strategic ideas," explains Ashby. "Most psychics utilize several or more to perceive information from people, animals or places in order to feed back to the other their perceptions."

"I do think there's value in predicting future events," Kim Alexis tells Bored Panda. "They can offer perspective, help with decision-making, and provide reassurance. Having a sense of what's ahead can ease anxiety and give people a sense of control, which can be useful for planning."

The psychic adds that she often tells clients that nothing is written in stone. "Life can be shaped by their free will, choices, and personal responsibility," she says. "I also believe spirits guide us with our lives, helping us with our goals and desires, and loved ones who have passed are always around us; the love from them never dies."