About
Using the immense power of mediumship to heal the heart, progressive Irish medium, best-selling author, and public speaker Karen Frances McCarthy PhD CSNU, strives to provide comfort, upliftment, and inspiration in your time of need. She blends the Celtic mysticism of her upbringing with the evidence-based approach of Spiritualism and the presence of her Zen practice to bring messages of joy, healing, and support from your loved ones in spirit form.
Education & Research
As an advocate of the ethical practice and healing potential of mediumship, she underwent years of intensive training at the world-renowned Arthur Findlay College in England and holds three awards, Certificates of Recognition, in mediumship, spiritual healing and public speaking from its governing body, the Spiritualist National Union. To further understand the complexities of grief, she obtained a Diploma in Bereavement Counselling from the Institute of Counselling in Scotland.
Her doctoral research at Britain’s University of Birmingham, a world top 100 university member of the prestigious Russell Group of research universities, focused on contemporary ghost literature, innovations in consciousness theories, and cultural influences, further enhances her holistic approach to healing and continued consciousness. contributions to spiritual literature and inspires thoughtful engagement with questions of empathy, meaning, and human connection.
Books & Media
Karen is passionate about writing for mindfulness and spiritual transformation. Her latest book, Till Death Don't Us Part (White Crow Books, 2020), is a true and transformational story of a former journalist's extraordinary journey from skepticism, through tragedy to awakening to the knowledge that consciousness is not an emergent property of the brain, meaning the spirit continues beyond physical life.
Described as "a gripping modern love story that transcends all boundaries," by Academy Award Nominee, Juanita Wilson, both the paperback and the audiobook were listed as a #1 Hot New Release on Amazon and both are currently Amazon Best Sellers. The book has been featured in Forbes, The Irish Times, and HuffPost, and on New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove, New Realities TV with Alan Steinfeld, and Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes.
Her first non-fiction book, The Other Irish (Sterling, 2011) was supported by Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs as part of the country's Reconciliation and Anti-Sectarian Fund as a cultural outreach project. It was featured on NPR, the BBC and RTE and in The Irish Times, The Belfast Telegraph, HuffPost, and Irish American Magazine, among other television and print outlets. For this work, she was named one of Ireland's top female broadcasters who have had an international impact.
In television, she has written and produced documentaries, including producing Alchemy and The Crystal Cave with Deepak Chopra.
She continues to write feature articles for The Irish Times, Irish Voice, OmTimes, Salon, HuffPost Religion, and Beliefnet, among other publications.
Alchemy & The Crystal Cave (1996)
In this clip from an interview with The Shift Network, Karen shares her backstory and how she shifted from being a political journalist to an accredited medium.
Teaching
Karen has a passion for teaching, something she inherited from her father, a high-performance, Olympic coach. She credits her success as a teacher to his inspiration. He taught her to meet students where they are, identify their needs, help them reach their highest potential, and encourage them to expand intentionally and deepen internally.
As an advocate for evolving mediumship into the twenty-first century in line with contemporary theories of consciousness, she teaches at the Shift Network, Humanity’s Team, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, the Edgar Cayce Center, and One Spirit Learning Alliance and offers private courses and mentoring.
Dr Dean Radin talks about Real Magic
Karen has a keen interest in metaphysics, physics, and consciousness theory and hosted the Science and Spiritualism initiative for the SNU international school online, which included speakers such as Dr Dean Radin and Prof Chris Roe.
Public Speaking
Karen is passionate about giving voice to those in spirit to bring messages of joy, upliftment and healing to loved ones still here in physical form. She is an advocate for demythologizing concepts of spirit, consciousness, and the afterlife and maintaining relationships with those in spirit form in a healthy way.
She is a regular speaker at summits and gatherings to advance contemporary thought around postsecular spirituality, consciousness expansion, and metaphysics, which facilitates our understanding of the fullness of our existence and our connection to all beings seen and unseen.