I have been connecting to the other side since I was a young girl. In fact, Janet and I encountered our first spirit on the same day. I was about 4 and Janet was 6. This is a photo of us at about the age of our first sighting.
Janet saw our dead grandfather in our garage, twice. I will never forget her face when she came into the room where my mother was ironing. She was terrified. Later that evening I saw our grandfather when I was in bed and I too was shaken. Understandably... We were toddlers. As time passed and we grew older, we spent our adolescence seeing and feeling a spiritual world we knew existed but couldn’t name or describe. And despite being bewildered and fascinated by it, and awed by it, sharing this world created a special bond that went far beyond being sisters. We knew we were connected. We sensed it and we felt it. We still do.
Interviewed by Tom Brokaw in 1987
Janet and I led very different lives. While she was blazing spiritual trails as a former nun I was blazing trails on Wall Street.
In 1979 I started my career on Wall Street as a clerk on the New York Cotton Exchange working for Dean Witter Reynolds. In 1980 took a job as a trading assistant at Shearson Loeb Rhoades and worked my way up the ladder to Corporate First VP and Chief Trader of precious metals at Shearson Lehman Bros. I took large proprietary positions for the firm in precious metals but primarily gold. I dealt with many central banks and leaders in the industry and I was one of the very few senior women running a trading desk in the 1980s.
I credit my success with my intuitiveness or my “gut” as some would call it. I saw many traders come and go but my instincts or signs from the other world were always there to guide me, to help me navigate the cut-throat world of office politics and high finance. I believe if one is fortunate enough to have them, one can use their gifts or sensitivity in everyday life to read the signs from the other side. I believe that and often tell people, "Your gut will never lie to you."
Once in the late 80s, a team of artificial intelligence researchers interviewed me in an effort to codify how I made money every day. I was senior enough to answer them candidly. I said, “I hear voices”. Funny, they abruptly got up and walked out. I doubt if they would do that now. If you think about it. The one thing that cannot be artificially replicated... is crossing over.
After my children went to school I found a job at Israel Sack, Inc. A preeminent art and antique dealer located in NYC. Possibly the finest in the world. I was Director of Operations all the while using my intuitive skills to get them out of a difficult financial situation. The firm was globally renowned for buying and selling masterpieces to museums, the White House and very high end collectors. I worked there for five years, resigning in 2001 - a week before 9/11. Was it chance or divine spirit guiding me out of NYC.
I have served on many boards including: The Washington Association of New Jersey - The first historic National Park in the United States. Maccalluch Hall Museum. The Morristown Club. Oldest Social Club in NJ - First woman president. Founder and treasurer of The North Jersey Revolutionary Round Table. I love history and am an avid hiker, cyclist and passionate gardener. I also have been practicing yoga for years.