VS Grenier ~ Award-Winning Author, Speaker & Podcaster

  There’s something undeniably powerful about being reminded that we all have intuition—that inner voice whispering before our louder, analytical minds have time to doubt or override it. Our recent Language of the Soul episode with evidential medium and psychic Cheryl Murphy became a deeply affirming conversation about that voice, what it means to trust it, and how tuning into it changes not just how we see the world, but how we live in it. Cheryl has studied metaphysics for more than 20 years, channeling departed loved ones and helping people navigate life’s turning points. She calls herself a clairvoyant psychic medium—meaning she works with three distinct, yet interconnected gifts: clairvoyance (seeing information as images, colors, or visions), psychic energy reading (sensing the auric field), and mediumship (connecting with those who have crossed over). For Cheryl, this work isn’t about wielding power or sensationalized spectacle; it’s about service and connection, meeting p...

Sometimes, we wake up to find the world changed overnight. At least, it feels that way. In reality, shifts like the ones we’ve been living through don’t happen in an instant—they build over years, quietly at first, until one day it’s undeniable. We find ourselves staring at headlines that make us feel like we’ve stepped into an alternate reality, and the shock is so great we don’t even know how to respond. That’s where this episode of Language of the Soul began: with the feeling of paralysis. Dominick called it out plainly—this chaos is not accidental. It’s part of a strategy as old as authoritarianism itself: overwhelm the public so thoroughly that the shock itself prevents action. When the headlines are one absurdity after another, people shut down. That’s when it becomes easiest to normalize what should never be normalized. I think most of us have felt that paralysis at some point over the past weeks. Whether you lean left, right, or somewhere in between, fear and exhaustion wear...

Every time I sit down to write, I’m reminded that story is more than entertainment—it’s a mirror. Sometimes it’s a clear reflection; other times it’s warped, holding up the parts of us we’d rather not acknowledge. That tension between what we show the world and what we keep hidden is what keeps me coming back to the page. When I interviewed author John Bukowski for our Language of the Soul podcast, we spent as much time exploring that concept as we did talking about his thrillers ( Project Suicide and Checkout Time ). John’s writing is rooted in science and history, and yet he’s quick to admit that fiction—especially thrillers—offers a safe place to grapple with things that would otherwise be too unsettling to face head-on. He reminded me of something I first learned reading Stephen King as a teenager: good stories don’t just entertain; they confront us with our shadow side. King famously said that writers must let out the “dark half” of themselves—the primal thoughts and impulses...