Conversations with Maria Leggett

Today we’d like to introduce you to Maria Leggett.

Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
First, I want to say thank you so much for doing articles on small businesses in Ohio. I truly appreciate this opportunity to talk about my business and what I do.

I am a Medium, Spiritual Life Coach, Integration Doula™ and Trauma Circle Leader. My company name is the culmination of a lot of tears and hard work to reconcile my traumatic past with my present and my future. I have finally been able to “unveil” who I truly am without fear of being present in my body. When anyone has experienced emotional and/or physical trauma it becomes difficult to actually be present in your body as you’ve learned to send yourself elsewhere just to deal with what’s happened to you.

I grew up in Fairborn, Ohio with Spirit speaking to me as a little girl through my dolls to help me cope with my childhood trauma. As I grew up into adulthood, people around me told me I was crazy for what I saw and heard so I just stopped telling people and eventually I stopped seeing and hearing Spirit. I was closed off to anything Spiritual and was the critic who didn’t believe because I was told not to believe.

About 6 years ago my eldest daughter introduced to me to essential oils. Eventually, my best friend back then convinced me to take a Certified Aromatherapy course with her. I started seeing results in holistic approaches to issues. My mind started opening to possibilities.

After I received my certification in aromatherapy, my best friend felt comfortable enough to talk to me about Reiki. I took a chance and enrolled in a course to become a become a Reiki Master. The attunements opened my mind back up to Spirit.

I knew there was more out there for me after the Reiki Master class, but I just couldn’t put my finger on it. I felt like I was lost and Spirituality was knocking hard on my door. By 2016 I was opening myself up more and more to a spiritual path. My best friend took a chance and told me about oracle cards. I laughed at first because I thought they were weird. It went totally against my upbringing. I humored her and pulled a card from Doreen Virtue’s Goddess Guidance Oracle Card deck. Again, my life changed by the message on the card. I was shocked. It was “Medicine Woman” which may sound odd but when I pulled that card I was sitting at my counter making aromatherapy products to help people. Coincidental? No. Synchronistic.

I kept on my learning journey trying to figure out where in this world I fit. I’ve always been the oddball. I’ve never felt like I belonged in my family, with my friends, my husband, my children. They all fit, but I was like that rainbow sheep standing there glowing and people glare at me like “What are you?”

I didn’t know how to answer the question because I didn’t know. I just knew I was different.

Then one summer day in 2017 I was driving down the highway and from out of the blue, a man appeared in my front seat. I didn’t see him the same way I would a physical being, but I knew he was there. I could describe him and heard him talking to me in an Italian accent. He was telling me things and honestly I was freaking out. I didn’t know what to do so I called my best friend crying. I was overwhelmed. She told me to stay calm and kept me on the phone until I could get safely parked to explain to her what was happening.

When I parked, I shared it all including what the man looked like, what he was saying and the pains I could feel in my body which were very strong. When I was done sharing the information, she started crying. I was slightly insulted and said “Why are YOU crying? I’m the one seeing weird stuff.” She said, “That’s my dad.” I was in shock. Her father passed away right before I met her, so I’d never seen a photo of him. She validated all of the information he gave me. Then she said three words which changed my life forever, “You’re a medium.”

There it was. There was my sign. In the fall of 2018, I started the Mediumship Mastery Program which was run by Joanne Franchina and Rose Vanden Eynden and the trajectory of my life has forever been changed.

Mediumship is not reserved for “Special People.” Everyone has the ability and learning how to embrace your abilities doesn’t mean you have to be a professional Medium. However, if you are willing to open yourself up you absolutely CAN speak to yours. It’s just like going to the gym, if you want to become stronger then you must flex those muscles!

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
This has been anything but a smooth road. In order to walk this Spiritual path in integrity, I had to stop seeing the world through my Trauma Glasses™ because if I hadn’t, I wouldn’t be able to help all of the people I am meant to help if my own trauma got in the way. Training in women’s circles taught me to see my trauma and address it so I could help other women work through their trauma in a safe space.

I used to believe “I can’t get along with women.” The truth was I carried a very deep mother wound and every woman I met triggered this wound in me. By training to be a circle leader, I was able to realize this and work through the trauma I experienced with my own mother, my father and many other family members.

Trauma may only be a little, six-letter word but it impacts everything we do, say and feel on a level so deep often times we don’t even realize what is happening. When we’ve experienced trauma so deep, it has become a part of us and we often don’t even realize what’s happening. Everything we see, say and feel gets filtered through our trauma. Here is a simple example straight out of my own life. A co-worker said to me “You look great today” and I responded with “Really? My hair looks like crap today.” I inadvertently took a beautiful gift given unconditionally and filtered the gift through my trauma to minimize the compliment because deep down I didn’t feel I deserved the compliment. When we do this to someone who just wanted to be nice to us, we can hurt their feelings or at the very least give them a reason to second guess complimenting us again.

Working through your own personal trauma in order to have a career isn’t necessary in most professions. However, I believe if you want to show up in your authenticity and live a happier existence, working through your trauma is required. It is my path to be of service to women. The word doula in ancient Greek actually means “women’s servant” and the West has coined the word to pertain to birth or death. I have trademarked the title Integration Doula™ because I help women to integrate all of their pieces then I get to watch them become whole. What a beautiful gift.

The side benefit of working through my trauma has helped me to not get angry when people don’t believe in what I do. It may not be for everyone and that’s ok. I never push my beliefs onto anyone. If you don’t believe in Spirit, Mediumship or anything I do, that’s ok. The people who criticize me or tell me I work with the devil are dealing with their own trauma and I’ve had to recognize this. There are days when it really upsets me but I have to remember, this is my path. I was put here on this Earth for a reason and I will not give up.

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I love what I do! I could talk about this for hours, but since people have to read it I’ll try to be brief.

I’d like to talk about what sets me apart from others before anything else. I am a pretty open book with my life. I share my ups and my downs and I am as honest as I can be. There are very few things I won’t discuss about my life. I do try and keep my families real names out of what I write because I want to respect their privacy. I have several family members who like making fun of me for doing this, but they’re also the ones whose privacy I am respecting. I am human and I make mistakes. I may not always enjoy owning up to them, but if I can’t admit I make mistakes how can I ask my clientele to do it? Lead by example.

Not only do I offer Mediumship readings where I am able to deliver loving and healing messages from Spirit, I also teach many things. Mediumship, Tarot, Mind Your Energy and so many other classes. It is so much fun watching people acknowledge their abilities and flourish. It is truly a fulfilling experience for me. All of my classes and most of my readings are done online via Zoom. Spirit doesn’t care if you’re in the same physical room with me or not. They will always show up because they have so much to say. One of my favorite things to do are “Spirit Parties” which is where I do group readings or individual readings for people who’ve been invited. It’s so much fun.

I am self-published with my own oracle card deck named “Balancing the Feminine” which is available in my Etsy shop “MariaLeggettUnveiled”. I have also channeled a program for women who deal with the “mother wound” which uses epigenetics to lovingly guide you through meditation, journaling and releasing of old belief systems to allow your emotional energy to raise in vibration which ultimately changes the way your DNA behaves. It will never shift your actual DNA, but it will shift how your genes behave within your body. A father wound program is on the way.

I am currently looking for a small office where I will be able to offer in-person readings, Energy Healings, Past Life Regressions, Trauma Circles and so much more.

I am honored to do this work helping Spirit deliver as many messages as possible helping to raise the vibration of our planet. We live in a time where so many people are depressed and not seeing the beauty of the life they are living. Each day is a gift, even if it’s not a great day because not everyone gets a tomorrow to make changes. This is my soul path and I know I was meant to do this work.

What do you like best about our city? What do you like least?
Interestingly enough, most of the work I do in-person has brought me to the Cincinnati area, including my training (because YES there is definitely training for being a Medium). There is a much larger metaphysical presence in the Cincinnati area, than up where I live which is close to the Dayton. I truly enjoy the metaphysical community in Cincinnati as they are so warm and welcoming. What I like least about it is the drive from where I live as it’s about an hour drive.

What I would really love to do is to build up the metaphysical presence in Dayton as well. I have a dream to open a healing center in the Dayton area where there would be all types of modalities practicing to provide a truly holistic approach.

Pricing:

• $60
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• $120

Contact Info:

• Email: hello@marialeggettunveiled.com
• Website: https://marialeggettunveiled.com
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/marialeggettunveiled
• Facebook: https://facebook.com/marialeggettunveiled
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/c/MariaLeggettMedium
• Other: https://www.etsy.com/shop/marialeggettunveiled 

Image Credits
Jess Hess (Wurmwood Photography)
Nikki Mukherjee (Namaskar Photography)