Mia Ottosson

A free book from thirty years with spirit

Never Trust
a Medium

( not even me )

by Mia Ottosson · spiritual medium, thirty years

I have worked with spirit for more than thirty years. And I wrote this book to tell you: never trust a medium. Not the famous ones. Not the gentle old lady in the little room. Not me.

Not because mediumship isn't real — I've given my life to it. Because I watched a few careless words from a stranger become the law of somebody's life, too many times to stay quiet. And because I was fooled myself, for ten years, by someone I loved. It is very, very easy to be fooled. The people most easily fooled are not stupid — they are open-hearted. They are you and me.

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There are five more chapters in the expanded edition.

Never Trust a Medium — book cover: a dark crystal ball mended with seams of gold, kintsugi style

What's inside

Nine short chapters — thirty years condensed into an hour of reading. How the fooling works, what to walk away from, and who you can trust. (Spoiler: you.)

Chapter 1The pedestalThe most reliable test in the whole book: the good ones hand your power back. The dangerous ones keep it.
Chapter 2The human filterA reading is a duet between a spirit and a human translator. Judge it accordingly.
Chapter 3Your dreams, sold back to youThe most common counterfeit in this business — and the day it made me feel stupid.
Chapter 4Words that plant themselvesCareless words from a "spiritual authority" don't just mislead. They grow.
Chapter 5How mediums fool themselvesSincerity is not the test — and the patterns under every spiritual deception, which I learned too late.
Chapter 6The red flagsFear-selling, dependency, excuses, prophecy. Eight ways to know it's time to walk — kindly, but walk.
Chapter 7The green flagsWhat a genuine reading looks and feels like — and the sound of an honest medium.
Chapter 8How to sit with a mediumThe client's craft. Nobody teaches this, so let me — it protects the reading for you.
Chapter 9So who CAN you trust?You. And I don't mean that as a poster slogan — I mean it as the entire discovery of my life.

From chapter 6

How to tell if a medium is genuine: the red flags

Walk away, kindly, but walk, when you meet any of these. The full chapter, and the green flags that show you the real thing, are in the free book.

  1. They make you dependent.The whole point of real spiritual work is that you need it less over time.
  2. They sell you fear.A curse, a block, dark energy, removable for a fee. If a medium scares you, it is the medium speaking, not the spirit world.
  3. They have an excuse for everything."He's resting in the hospital in the spirit world." It's just excuses. Demand proof. You are entitled to it.
  4. They answer what no honest medium can.Lottery numbers, "should I leave my husband", medical diagnoses, guarantees about the future.
  5. They keep you when it isn't working.An honest medium offers to stop, and give the money back, if a sitting isn't flowing.
  6. They know everything.Certainty grows in exactly the opposite direction of wisdom in this work.
  7. They get offended by your no.A good medium treats your "no" as information. Shame is never evidence.
  8. They schedule your dependence.A reader who books your standing appointment is running a subscription, not a service.

Get the free book for the whole chapter, the green flags, and how to sit with a medium.

The expanded edition

Five more chapters

The free book has nine chapters. The expanded edition has fourteen. These five are only in the expanded edition, which comes with the Journey with Mia yearly membership.

Chapter 6The night I understood MembersTen years, someone I loved, and the trick under every spiritual deception: trust the guide, doubt yourself.
Chapter 7Nobody is watching the watchmen MembersThere is no licence to practise mediumship. Anyone can print business cards in the morning and open for grieving customers by lunch.
Chapter 8The grieving are the target MembersThe racket run on the freshly bereaved, and the standard you are entitled to instead.
Chapter 10Questions I am always asked MembersCold reading, TV mediums, and "why didn't my loved one come through?" The honest answers I give my own students.
Chapter 13Three readings that mended hearts MembersThe cat, the name that arrived early, and the mother with no funeral.
He told me: “One day the spirit will test you, Mia. You will stand there, and no one will be there.” I carried that dread onto every platform for years. And you know what? In thirty years, they have always been there. Always.From chapter 6 · The night I understood

All fourteen chapters come with the Journey with Mia yearly membership, to read online or keep as a PDF or EPUB, alongside three live sessions a month with me and a guest teacher every month.

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The books come with the yearly membership; the free trial month doesn't include them. The free edition stays free, and it's the one to share.

Mia Ottosson, in soft forest light

Mia Ottosson is a Swedish spiritualist medium, spirit artist and mentor — thirty years with spirit, in private sittings, public demonstrations and international teaching. She is also the author of The False Healer, the true story of the ten years that taught her the hardest lessons in this book. She wrote Never Trust a Medium so that what happened to her doesn't happen to you.

Much love, Mia

The full story of her ten years: The False Healer

Questions you might have

Is this book against mediums?

No. It's against giving your power away — to anyone. I've given my whole life to this work, and I believe with all my heart that it heals people. A good reading can mend a heart; this book helps you tell the difference.

Is it really free?

Yes. Instantly, as a PDF. No payment step, no sales sequence afterwards. Share it whole with anyone — that's the only payment it asks. The newsletter is a separate box, unticked, and entirely up to you.

How can I tell if a medium is genuine?

Watch what they do with your power. A genuine medium asks who you're hoping to hear from and goes to get them, brings evidence only that person could give, and hands your power back, so you leave more able to live your life, not more in need of the next appointment. If a medium scares you, it is the medium speaking, not the spirit world.

Is there more to the book?

Yes. This free edition has nine chapters. The expanded edition has fourteen, including the full chapter on the ten years I was fooled, the one on how the grieving are targeted, and my answers to the questions I'm always asked. It comes with the Journey with Mia yearly membership, to read online or keep as a PDF or EPUB. (The free trial month doesn't include the books.)

I'm a developing medium — is it for me?

Especially for you. You'll want both this and The Complete Medium, my free development guide: thecompletemedium.com. This book is the discernment half of that education.

Keep your power.
You'll need it.

Thirty years condensed into an hour of reading — free, because your protection shouldn't cost anything.

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