Eleven Intuitions

Staying & Leaving

This episode wasn’t planned.It arrived.
In a quiet moment at the kitchen table, just minutes before pressing record, I felt my mom step in and ask to be heard. What followed is one of the most honest, emotional, and unfiltered conversations I’ve ever shared.
This episode is about staying and leaving, and the unseen cost of both choices. It’s a love letter to someone who found the courage to walk away just yesterday, a message for someone who feels stuck and may not yet realize it, and a direct message from my mom for the one who already knows—deep inside—what it will take to make the pain stop.
It’s also a reflection from me — someone who has lived through all sides of staying and leaving. Someone who has seen what happens when people stay, when they leave, and when they stand at the beginning unsure of which way to go. In this episode, I’m here alongside my mother, holding space for each of them as they navigate their own path — not in judgment, but in recognition.
This isn’t about right or wrong.It’s about seeing the pattern, understanding why we’re drawn into certain roles, and honoring the truth that we’re not placed in each other’s lives by accident.
In this episode, we explore:
The emotional toll of staying in relationships that are already broken
How generational trauma quietly repeats itself
Why guilt and hope often keep people trapped longer than love
The difference between fixing something and sacrificing yourself
And what it truly means to choose your life
This message is channeled, unscripted, and deeply personal.If something in this episode resonates with you, trust that it found you for a reason.
Some relationships can be healed.Some require leaving.And some require the courage to finally choose yourself.
 

The Grief Nobody Talks About. When Work Was Family

The Grief Nobody Talks About: When Work Was Family
This episode is raw.
In this deeply personal conversation, I share the story of how my husband and I met at work, built our life around a place that once felt like family, and what happens when that sense of belonging slowly disappears.
This is not a story about blame, companies, or decisions. It’s about the kind of grief people rarely name. The grief that comes when work is more than a paycheck. When it’s identity, purpose, routine, and community. And what happens to a person, and a family, when that is taken away after decades of loyalty.
We talk about how this kind of loss shows up quietly. In forgetfulness. In irritability. In animals acting out. In a household feeling heavy before anyone has words for it. We talk about what it’s like to watch someone you love feel defeated, disconnected from their sense of worth, and unsure of who they are without the role they lived inside of for so long.
This episode is about invisible grief.It’s about love, identity, and rebuilding.And it’s about hope that doesn’t erase the pain, but opens a new door.
If you or someone you love is navigating job loss, career upheaval, or the quiet grief that comes with starting over, this episode is for you.
You are not failing.You are not broken.And you are not alone.

What Comes After Writing, Loss, and Healing with Author Sara Escobar

In this episode of the Eleven Intuitions Podcast, Melissa sits down with author Sara Escobar for an honest, thoughtful conversation about writing as a lifeline, navigating loss, and finding meaning after life changes you forever.
Sara shares the stories behind her poetry collections Old Flames and Wildflowers and Ashes & Stardust: What Comes After, reflecting on heartbreak, grief, love, memory, and the quiet ways we learn to carry what we’ve lost. Together, they explore how words can hold what feels impossible to say, how creativity becomes a form of healing, and what it looks like to keep moving forward without pretending everything is “fixed.”
This episode isn’t about rushing through pain or tying life up neatly. It’s about truth, tenderness, and the space we give ourselves to feel, reflect, and keep writing our way through whatever comes next.
If you’ve ever turned to words to survive, understand yourself, or make sense of change, this conversation will resonate deeply.
 
Find information about Sara's books and socials on her linktree here: https://linktr.ee/sarasunshine_

Speaking the Weight Off - The Secret My Body Has Been Carrying

Content note: In this episode I talk about trauma and painful family experiences. I do not share graphic details, but the themes may feel heavy for some listeners. Please take care of yourself while listening.
 
I’ve been overweight since I was 6 years old, and for most of my life I believed that was just “a weight problem.” In reality, my body has been carrying a terrible secret that I haven’t been able to talk about publicly… until now. In this episode, I finally share the story behind my weight and the unspoken pain my body has been holding for me all these years.
 
I don’t name names and I stay in my lane, telling my story through my own experience as a daughter, a medium, and a cycle breaker in my family line. My hope is that by speaking this out loud, the weight can begin to come off—physically, emotionally, and spiritually—and that someone listening will feel less alone, seen, and maybe a little more ready to speak their own truth too.

Spiritual Gifts Church Trauma And Why I Still Talk to God

This episode is for the people who love God, grew up in church, and were told their gifts are demonic. Medium Melissa Ainslie shares her story of church trauma, tithing pressure, and why she walked out of the building but never walked away from God. She explores what the Bible actually says about spiritual gifts, the verses people use to shout “witchcraft,” and why she believes crossing spirits over and working with God and the archangels is a gift of love, not evil. If you are deconstructing, curious, or quietly gifted and scared to talk about it, this one is for you.

The 4 Ms: Mary Magdalene, Minda, Melissa & Mediumship

In this episode of the Eleven Intuitions Podcast, Melissa sits down with Minda – once a student, now a beloved colleague – to trace the wild, Spirit-led path that took her from religious breakdown to life in a castle in the south of France.
Minda shares how three years of total upheaval, a devastating motorcycle accident, and a complete unraveling of her faith cracked her open to mediumship, near-death experiences, and ultimately to Arthur Findlay College (a.k.a. “Harry Potter land for adults”). From restoring an English kitchen garden and feeling the former owner’s spirit thank her, to being guided step-by-step into her own podcast, Practical Magic, Minda’s story is one long trail of rose petals from Spirit.
Together, Melissa and Minda dive into:
The difference between wanting spiritual gifts and actually walking through the “depths of hell” required to hold them
Mary Magdalene and Mother Mary as living, breathing archetypes of love, courage, and deep healing of the mother wound
How Minda learned to mother herself when she didn’t receive the nurturing she longed for in childhood
The beautiful synchronicity of bringing Tammy, our astrologer, into the Eleven Intuitions team
A powerful story of a young man in Spirit, a Hollywood medium, and why he chose to give a specific sign (AirPods) to two different people
Melissa’s honest share about job loss, money fears, and trusting Spirit when the bank account says “are you sure?”
Why doubting our own divinity may be the only true “sin” – and how choosing to believe yourself changes everything
If you’ve ever felt like your life had to fall apart before it could make sense, or you’re deconstructing old beliefs while opening up spiritually, this conversation will feel like a deep exhale.
🔮 Learn more about Minda, Tammy, and the Eleven Intuitions team – and explore our sessions and offerings – at www.elevenintuitions.com.

Let’s Think Outside the Box: Why Lina Didn’t Just Walk Away

In this episode, I share why I’m finally speaking out publicly about the disappearance of Lina Sardar Khil, the 3-year-old who vanished from an apartment complex in San Antonio on December 20, 2021.
For the past three years, I’ve worked quietly behind the scenes — using my intuitive abilities and consulting with professionals, including a dog handler trained in recovery work. I’ve submitted what I received to the proper channels. I’ve trusted the process. But we’re now nearing the four-year mark, and it’s time this story is heard.
This episode isn’t about blame — it’s about perspective. If you’ve always believed there’s more to this case, you’re not alone. I’m inviting you to sit with a different possibility: What if Lina didn’t just walk off? What if someone else knows something — and they’ve stayed quiet out of fear, guilt, or being told it’s not their place to speak?
If you’ve ever sensed something about this case, but dismissed it, please listen. You don’t need to go public. But there are ways to share what you know — safely and respectfully. Her legs didn’t walk her out alone. And her story deserves more eyes, more heart, and more attention than it’s been given.
📸 This episode includes a photo and a sketch generated from intuitive sessions. They are not meant as accusations, but as pieces of a broader puzzle.
👁‍🗨 Let’s think outside the box — together.

Birth Charts, Free Will, and Finding Your Path with Astrologer Tammy Porter

In Episode 12, Melissa sits down with Eleven Intuitions’ newest team member, astrologer Tammy Porter, for a clear and practical tour of astrology that meets you where you are. Tammy shares how a dark night of the soul led her to her chart, why Western astrology resonates for real life, and how fate and free will work together. They explore the “big three” placements, the power of moon signs for healing, and what synastry can reveal about love, friendship, and teamwork. Tammy breaks down common myths, the difference between horoscopes and true chart work, and why accurate birth time matters. You will hear stories about rare chart patterns, family signatures that pass through generations, event charts for big decisions, and how astrology supports mediumship, timing, and personal growth. Gentle, grounded, and eye-opening, this episode invites listeners to get curious, learn their basics, and use the stars as a mirror for the soul.

Six Was Afraid of Seven and Seven Ate Nine; Meanwhile, Eleven Kept Saying Hello

After Melissa’s mom passed, elevens began showing up everywhere. Phone screens. Gas pumps. Receipts. License plates. Friends and new clients even see elevens before they meet her. In this special eleventh episode, Melissa shares how those signs became an ongoing hello from her mom and why Eleven Intuitions was the only name that fit. Listeners will hear the June 11 birth story that made the number theirs, a few of the funniest eleven moments, and how her dad joined in with forty fours. Spirit also offers a simple message about listening to Spirit even when some traditions say not to. You are allowed to have a direct relationship with your loved ones and with Spirit. Ask for a sign. Notice it. Say thank you. Trust your intuition.

Weird - Didn't Hanson sing that? No, I only remember MMbop! Oh it's just my Weirdness showing!

A love letter to the so-called weird ones and a shoutout Brienne will feel in her bones. Melissa unpacks two readings from the week from Minda that mirror each other. Brienne’s message about softening her inner critic and speaking kindly to herself. Paul’s message about easing inner pressure and choosing faith when work gets shaky. Both point to the same truth. Weird is not a flaw. Weird is the channel Spirit breathes through. Melissa shares how saying no to an event while sick restored her peace, how an oracle card echoed the theme of self talk, and why Taylor’s art feeling like oxygen mirrors how talking to Spirit feels in her life. Listeners leave with a journal prompt, a smile, and permission to be fully themselves because someone needs their voice exactly as it is.