162: Guy’s Guy Radio with Robert Manni and guest Karen Docherty162: Guy’s Guy Radio with Robert Manni and guest Karen Docherty
UK Health Radio Podcast
Host Robert Manny talks with psychic medium and mentor Karen Docherty about spirit communication, free will, life after death and working with guides. The conversation also touches on grief, reincarnation, and how to choose a trustworthy psychic or medium.
46:50•14 Jun 2026
Psychic, Medium or Both? Karen Docherty on Spirit, Free Will and Life After Death
Episode Overview
- Karen explains that psychic readings focus on a person’s energy, current circumstances and potential futures, while mediumship centres on communication with people in spirit.
- She emphasises that life events are shaped largely by free will, with some possible pre‑agreed elements, but not a rigid life script or punishment‑style “contracts”.
- Meditation and quiet reflection are presented as practical ways to build a relationship with guides, who communicate subtly rather than taking over decisions.
- Karen suggests you can speak to your own loved ones in spirit directly, and that sensing their presence or talking to them in daily life is valid and meaningful.
- When choosing a psychic or medium, she recommends looking for honesty, clear boundaries, and someone willing to say if a connection is not working rather than forcing a reading.
“I feel like this journey is meant to be about us. It’s meant to be about taking care of yourself and kind of giving yourself the best chance in life.”
Ever wondered what happens when intuition, spirit communication, and healing all collide? This chat on UK Health Radio’s *Guy’s Guy Radio* brings together host Robert Manny and Scottish psychic medium and mentor Karen Docherty for a grounded, surprisingly down‑to‑earth look at life, death, and everything in between.
Karen shares how she grew up seeing spirit as completely normal, recalling being four years old on a bus, looking at a graveyard and thinking, “I wonder if I’m buried in there.” From there, she walks through her journey of training at spiritualist churches and the Arthur Findlay College, and how she shaped her work as a psychic, medium, intuitive healer, mentor, and Cognomovement teacher.
You’ll hear a clear breakdown of the difference between a psychic and a medium: psychic work focuses on someone’s energy, current life and potentials, while mediumship is about communication with loved ones who have passed. Karen stresses free will throughout, noting that psychics talk about possibilities, not fixed destinies.
For anyone dealing with grief or craving reassurance, Karen’s explanation of what might happen after death is especially comforting: she describes life reviews without judgment, soul “families”, and loved ones acting as guardians rather than decision‑makers. She also addresses tough questions about reincarnation, disability, tragedy and whether we “choose” our challenges, making sure not to sugar‑coat anything. Practical guidance runs through the conversation.
Karen explains how to start building a relationship with guides through simple meditation, why you don’t need a medium to talk to your own loved ones, and what to look for when choosing a reputable psychic or medium so your vulnerability isn’t exploited.
If you’re curious about spirituality in recovery, wrestling with loss, or just wondering whether there’s more to life than the daily grind, this candid, occasionally funny, and very human conversation might get you thinking in fresh ways about what it means to be here at all.
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