I Guided Thousands Through Their Lives. But I Rarely Spoke About Mine | Psychic Elaine Mary Collins

She could sense what others couldn’t and help thousands of people find answers in their lives. But behind the psychic gift was a woman who spent years hiding, people-pleasing and struggling to see her own worth. In this episode of Her Side of the Stories, Elaine Mary Collins opens up about the woman behind the readings — her childhood, the unseen world, self-protection, intuition and the long journey back to herself. Elaine began exploring psychic development at just fourteen years old and received her first tarot deck from her mother at fifteen. Over the decades, she has worked with people from every walk of life, including public figures, business leaders and people arriving at some of the most uncertain moments of their lives. But this conversation goes much deeper than tarot. Elaine grew up around instability, addiction and violence. She learned to hide, became a people-pleaser and later realised that her body had become a form of protection — a way of keeping herself safe and unseen. Together, we explore what it means to sense what others cannot, why people often search for answers outside themselves, whether psychics are ever wrong, and how childhood pain can quietly shape the person we become. We also talk about spirituality after the Second World War, mediumship, intuition, tarot, self-worth, boundaries, emotional eating, the responsibility of giving people guidance and the difference between truth and comfort. And for the first time in my life, I allow Elaine to give me a taste of a tarot reading. In this episode: • Growing up around addiction, violence and instability • Why children create inner worlds to feel safe • Discovering psychic development at fourteen • Receiving her first tarot deck at fifteen • Spiritualism after the Second World War • Mediumship, intuition and the unseen world • What Elaine actually feels during a reading • Whether psychics are ever wrong • Why some people want comfort more than truth • The responsibility of guiding vulnerable people • People-pleasing, boundaries and self-worth • Using weight as a form of protection • Why childhood memories remain in the body • Can anyone develop their intuition? • Elaine’s “team unseen” • Asal’s first tarot experience • Betrayal, abandonment and learning to trust again • Why Elaine believes our purpose is to be happy CHAPTERS 00:00 What can a psychic really see? 00:49 Meet Elaine Mary Collins 01:19 Predicting what people don’t yet know 02:22 Growing up between two very different worlds 04:35 Addiction, violence and childhood instability 06:56 Reconnecting with her father 08:17 Why spirituality grew after World War II 10:30 Entering psychic development at fourteen 11:39 Her mother’s spiritual awakening 13:48 Receiving her first tarot deck 14:19 The deeper meaning behind tarot 15:56 Why different spiritual traditions lead to the same truth 17:33 Bringing psychic circles into the family home 18:50 Turning readings into a lifelong career 20:19 Seeing entities in a 600-year-old house 22:15 The responsibility of psychic work 23:50 Do people want truth or comfort? 25:58 How readings changed her 27:21 Working with her “team unseen” 29:07 Is happiness our real purpose? 29:29 How childhood trauma followed her into adulthood 30:16 People-pleasing, boundaries and self-worth 31:06 Using her body as a form of protection 33:13 Why painful memories remain in the body 34:00 What finally helped her heal 35:47 Does everyone have psychic ability? 37:43 From cleaning toilets to advising powerful people 39:03 Did childhood trauma strengthen her intuition? 40:18 What does she actually see when she looks at someone? 42:27 The reading that revealed a family crisis 44:53 Protecting herself from other people’s energy 46:00 The experience that humbled her 47:52 Are psychics ever wrong? 49:00 Why we lose connection with ourselves 49:29 Aliens, other dimensions and energy healing 50:56 Asal’s first tarot experience 56:30 The Fool: trusting the unknown 58:40 The Prince of Swords: action and change 01:00:56 The Five of Swords: betrayal and abandonment 01:03:46 How Elaine interprets the cards 01:05:00 What happens when someone doesn’t want the truth? 01:06:46 The power already living inside us 01:08:54 Final words 🧡 Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side. FOLLOW ELAINE MARY COLLINS Website: https://www.elainemarycollins.com FOLLOW HER SIDE OF THE STORIES YouTube:    / @hersideofthestoriesofficial   Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0NdDte4... Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Instagram:   / hersideofthestories   Website: www.hersideofthestories.com FOLLOW ASAL ZARA Instagram:   / asal_zara__   LinkedIn:   / asal-zara-aa845766