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I didn’t know how Roz would respond, but she looked genuinely interested and this was a refreshing change from the rash of interviews that I’d done over the last few months.

‘I was 22. I didn’t believe in anything – God, ghosts, heaven, hell. I thought it was totally false – conjured up out of humanity’s fear of its own mortality. Then one very ordinary day, I was trying to cook tea and the children were fighting in the front room, so I went in to see what was going on. Something caught my attention on the television. I was standing there watching it when, out of nowhere, a man’s voice said, “Your toast is burning.” I went into the kitchen and discovered that the grill pan was on fire.’

‘I tried to put it down to reason – I told myself I had smelt smoke and must have imagined the voice. But over the next few weeks, the lights and my electrical appliances turned themselves on and off at will, the bed shook and the voice kept talking to me. I thought I was going mad.’

‘I’d been brought up in an ordinary working-class family on the Isle of Sheppey. Things like this didn’t happen to people like me. Eventually I went to see a doctor, who told me I was suffering from stress and gave me a prescription for pills. I was then sent to see a psychiatrist. The medical profession concluded that I was sane but strange and they left me to get on with it.’

‘It took me eight months to find out that the voice (always the same voice) was my spirit guide, Eric. I know it sounds strange – and for years I told very few people about him – but Eric’s presence shook my world; it changed me totally.’

‘Before I met Eric, I didn’t think about other people’s problems. I didn’t even consider whether something was a good or a bad thing to do. My dreams were to have a Mercedes and a house in the country. But becoming psychic made me realize that there was more to life and this had a snowball effect.’

‘It helped me make sense of the things that had happened to me and gave me a purpose in life. I started thinking about yesterday, today and tomorrow. It made me pause; I stopped knee-jerk reactions to situations and started to think before I acted. Most importantly as I developed as a psychic, my priorities changed, I realized life has nothing to do with material possessions. The base line was: I stopped thinking about my life and myself and started to use that energy for other people.’

I told Roz how, over the years, I had come to know and trust that the voice belonged to a kind wise soul who had been sent to help me become a better person. The quality of her attention helped me touch on other parts of my life too. I was a protector, from an early age looking out for others. But I couldn’t protect myself from pain or, ultimately, loss.