Today we’d like to introduce you to Christina Wooten.
Hi Christina, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
I’ve been sensitive to Spirits and energy my whole life. It’s just always been there — this awareness of a whole other world running alongside the one everyone else seemed to be living in. And as a kid, that was genuinely terrifying! I could feel and sense things that the people around me couldn’t, and I had absolutely no framework for it. I slept in my parents’ bed until I was 7. I hated leaving my room at night. It was not glamorous, I promise you. It felt a little like living inside The Sixth Sense — just on a regular Tuesday. Over time I came to understand that Spirit people are really more or less like regular people, and that some of them simply need help. That helped a lot. But that sensitivity never went away — it just became the thread I followed for the rest of my life.
I’m a need-to-touch-it, feel-it, know-it kind of person. I’ve always had to seek direct experience of things, and this was no different. So I spent years trying to understand this whole other world I could feel but couldn’t quite explain.
My first Reiki class changed everything. It felt like coming home. For the first time, there was a bridge between what I could experience deep within myself and something that could be tangibly felt and shared with other people. That’s the moment I really understood what I wanted — what I was here to do. I wanted to be that bridge. To help people connect with the other side.
The work started gradually, the way the best things usually do. I began offering Reiki professionally, but during sessions I kept receiving messages — pieces of information that felt meant to support someone’s healing in a bigger way. People started coming to me not just for the energy work, but for what was coming through alongside it. That’s when I knew it was time to take my development as a psychic medium seriously. I took classes, studied evidential mediumship, did public demonstrations, dove into the history of this work, and eventually completed a certification process with three full layers of testing. It felt like my whole life had been leading to this form of service.
Sedona, funny enough, found me before I found it. People kept traveling here and coming back to say, Christina, I don’t know why, but you have to go. Something is telling me this strongly. Again and again. Eventually I listened — and I fell completely in love. Not just with the energy of this place, but with the whole culture of it. The arts, the metaphysical community, the food, the way people live here. It was so different from where I grew up in the deep South, in the best possible way. I started asking myself — what would it look like to give myself everything I needed to truly be my best self? To be fully supported energetically? And how might that let me serve others even more deeply? That question led to retreats in Sedona, and eventually a full-time move. I genuinely wondered once if I’d ever get bored looking at the red rocks. Twelve years later, I still gasp at them. Every single day.
What’s evolved most over 19 years is an unshakeable trust in the connection. Early on, I’d receive words in languages I’d never spoken, or details about foods from cultures I’d never experienced — and then watch them get confirmed. Those moments did something to me. They built a kind of confidence that nothing else really could. And what I love most, even now, is still being surprised by what Spirit can bring through. Especially when a loved one on the other side makes someone laugh. You’ll watch a person walk in a little nervous, a little wide-eyed — and just see that nervousness melt into gratitude and love and sometimes really genuine laughter. That shift is so visible, and it’s so beautiful. What people carry away is what matters most — the knowing that they are still loved, still connected to the people who meant the most to them. That changes how they live. How they show up for their kids, their friends, their communities. It’s magic, truly — and it has nothing to do with me. I’m just the messenger. The telephone, if you will. Every day I get to witness love in so many forms, and honestly, that has changed me in more ways than I could ever count.
The readings that live in my heart are the ones where someone is carrying the heaviest grief. I can feel both sides — the heartbreak of the person right in front of me, and the love from their person in Spirit who wants so badly for them to be okay again. Who wants them to know they aren’t suffering, that they’re still aware of everything happening in the lives of the people they love. When the right information comes through and I see that light come on — that moment of yes, that’s them — something in the room just shifts. A bridge gets built exactly where it was needed most. That feeling never gets old. That’s the whole reason I do this.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Smooth? Not exactly — but honestly, the bumpy parts are where all the good stuff happened.
Growing up the way I did, feeling things other people couldn’t feel, sensing a whole other world alongside this one — I just felt like a weirdo. One foot here, one foot somewhere else entirely. When things got too intense I just wanted to shut it all off, and I often felt completely overwhelmed. But being a “good Southerner”, I did what we do best — kept going with my hair completely on fire and told nobody. I actually used to build a fort in the very back of my closet, tucked in so far that nobody else could climb in there with me. It was the one place that was just my energy. Quiet. Safe. It was my favorite happy place in the whole world.
The business side of things was never really the goal, honestly. I felt called to do this work, and having a business was just what naturally grew from following that call. I’ve been really fortunate to have supportive people around me from the beginning.
Where it’s gotten genuinely hard is in learning not to carry other people’s grief home with me. Some cases take me a little while to shake. When you’re sitting with someone’s deepest pain — feeling it alongside them — that doesn’t just disappear when the session ends. I’ve had to learn how to keep my own energy healthy and protected, and that requires real, consistent work. Daily meditation is a cornerstone of that for me — clearing out my own mental and emotional clutter so I can show up as a clear channel for others. Sometimes that kind of self-care is inconvenient. But I’ve come to understand that it’s the whole foundation of being able to keep doing what I love. You have to do the work to keep the connection strong. Always.
Credibility and skepticism is something that comes with this territory, and I’ve made a certain peace with it. Some people have deeply held beliefs that don’t leave room for this kind of work, and that’s completely okay — everyone is on their own journey and I genuinely don’t take it personally. It’s never really about me. What’s trickier is the reality that there are people out there running scams, and that casts a shadow over the whole field. I do my best to educate people on what to look for and what the red flags are. I will say — I’ve had people come in wearing their skepticism very visibly, and walk out with something they weren’t expecting. I had a gentleman once who came ostensibly to learn about his family history. A great-grandmother came through with very specific evidence — her name, the details of how she passed — all of which turned out to be correct. He already knew it. He was testing. And here’s the thing — I understand why people do that. But the most meaningful experiences happen when someone comes in open, not with their arms crossed. That openness is what allows Spirit to really reach them.
The other learning curve nobody warns you about? The tech. Building out online courses, a podcast (Modern Life and Spirit podcast), etc. — the setup is genuinely time consuming and requires a patience I have had to actively develop. I’ve had to learn to value the process, to make friends with the in-between stage where things aren’t finished yet. That’s still a work in progress, if I’m honest. But then again, so am I.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
At the heart of everything I do is one thing — helping people access the wisdom and support of the Spirit world so they can truly up-level their life. That takes a few different forms in my work. I offer psychic and soul readings, mediumship sessions, Intuitive development, and coaching. But really, it all flows from the same source. It’s all about connection — to something bigger, to the people you’ve loved and lost, and ultimately to yourself.
I’m probably best known for my psychic medium readings, and I think what people feel most from working with me is that I genuinely care. Compassion, kindness, being completely non-judgmental — those things aren’t a professional strategy, they’re just who I am. You can’t really fake a caring heart, and I think people sense that pretty quickly.
What I’m most proud of isn’t any particular credential or milestone — it’s the messages I receive years after a reading. Someone will reach out to say, there’s a granddaughter now, and she’s exactly like you described. Or they’ll share how Spirit nudged them toward a bold decision in their business that completely changed their trajectory. Sometimes it’s simply, I have so much peace now. I’m so much happier. Those moments mean everything to me. That’s the whole point.
What sets my work apart is my commitment to an evidential approach to mediumship. Evidential mediumship aims to bring forward specific, verifiable details — not vague generalities that could apply to anyone. It feels personal. It feels validating. And when someone receives information that is undeniably meant for them, it creates a level of trust that allows them to really receive the messages — and sometimes take bold action they might never have taken otherwise. Pursuing formal training and certification pushed me well outside my comfort zone, and I’m genuinely grateful for every ego-punch along the way. Every challenge made me a better medium than I ever would have become staying safely inside what came naturally.
The intuition teaching side of my work comes from a deeply personal place. I struggled so much as a young person because I had no framework for what I was experiencing — no language for it, no community, no roadmap. I felt lost in it. That’s exactly why I feel so passionately about helping others grow their intuitive abilities in an educated and supported way. It’s my way of reaching back for the person I used to be, and for anyone else who’s navigating that same confusion right now. It’s another form of service, another way of giving back. And it’s a big part of what my podcast, Modern Life and Spirit, is all about — giving people the tools and the permission to trust their journey and connection.
Any advice for finding a mentor or networking in general?
Here’s what I’ve noticed looking back — my greatest development experiences weren’t the ones I went out and hunted down. They were the ones that found me. Someone would say, hey, you need to meet so and so. Or, I’m taking this class, want to come? Or, I’m going on this trip, want to join? Again and again, the most meaningful opportunities arrived through that kind of organic, unexpected invitation.
What that’s taught me is to trust the timing. Things really do come together with ease when the moment is right. New opportunities show up when we’re actually ready for them. It’s when we force things — when we push and grasp and try to manufacture the path — that we tend to get into trouble.
For anyone just starting to explore their gifts, my biggest piece of advice is this: you may not always know how you’re going to use a skill or where an opportunity will lead. That’s okay. If something lights up inside you when a door opens — walk through it. That light is information. It’s leading you toward who you really are. The moment we ask that inner knowing to be practical, to justify itself, to prove why it makes sense — we start missing the breadcrumbs to our own joy. Follow the light first. The logic catches up later.
Finding the right mentor is its own kind of intuitive act, too. Credentials matter — training and accountability are real — but a piece of paper alone doesn’t tell you everything you need to know. Plenty of people have impressive credentials and aren’t doing the inner growth work that this path is truly all about. So beyond the resume, I always advise people to feel into someone’s energy. Look at their picture. Sit with it for a moment. Does their energy feel expansive to you, or does something in you contract? Does it feel like what you’re looking for? Like the right fit? If yes — go for it. If something feels off, keep looking. Your intuition already knows.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.SedonaMedium.com
- Instagram: @sedonamedium
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sedonamedium
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Sedonamedium33
