Conversational.  For new clients I usually start with some type of Tarot Spread to develop the connection with the individual.  Using the Tarot gives me a “fast track” on developing a strong energy connection with the client so we can move forward.  My practice is to give each reading 100% of my energy and attention.  Whether I’ m working with a new client or someone who I’ve been working with for years, you will always receive 100% of my attention on your calls.  However, you may find receiving 100% of my attention a little disturbing at first.   Most of my readings are done by phone and I forget how much fun it can be seeing the shock and surprise on the faces of people I’m doing readings for.  However, I had the opportunity to do a group reading for four very nice ladies a few weeks ago.  It was an eye- opener for me to see the looks of shock and surprise on their faces when I hit each one of them right on the nose with the reading.  I was as honest and straight-forward as I will be with you. Remember that honesty can be difficult.  Honesty can hurt.   Honesty can be painful.  I’m not going to give you new age platitudes.  I will tell you what I see/feel and hear.  You have to be prepared to hear the truth though.  That sometimes can be more than a little uncomfortable.  If I think you are hedging, hazing or intentionally misconstruing the message I will tell you so.  In my ethics system I can only tell you what I see/feel/hear…and, more often than not, that isn’t the answer you are hoping for when you call.  I do promise to do my best to put the message in as gentle a term as possible in the delivery, but I did serve as a Drill Sergeant and the maximum effective range of an excuse was then, and is still now, exactly zero!  (My daughter hated hearing that too!)  I’ll tell you so. A lot of my friends, family and clients call me “Mom” or their version thereof.  That’s because I’ll talk to you like either your Mother did or should have.  I am the psychic voted most likely to tell you to get your head out of your butt!  Think about it…it is the true friend who will tell you the truth of a situation – and no one is ever all right…or all wrong.  But sometimes we do need help seeing the other side, by seeing the other side we can help to understand.   Through understanding comes clarity.  With clarity you can make appropriate choices. With some people I use a method I can “soft walk.”  The best way I can explain it is by example.  We walked into a shipping company office a few months ago to ship a large package.  The lady working the counter was very nice, acting very cheerful, but every time I looked at her the face I saw worry, confusion, indecision and frustration.  After the other customers left and it was only us in the store I asked her why she didn’t just make a decision.  After glancing around she asked me if I was talking about her career or her marriage.  Well, to me it was obvious that it was the marriage (her wedding ring looked like a red rope around her finger but it was actually a lovely 1 carat solitaire engagement ring with a guard, etc.) and I said so.  I told her that she was worth 10 of what he was and it was okay to give a grown man an ultimatum about getting a job or getting out.  She blinked, we finished the paperwork for the order, and I went on my way.  I stopped back by a couple of weeks ago.  Things are going much better for her and she is much more comfortable in a marriage in which her partner is now meeting her half-way.  My “soft-walk” is hard to describe.  I “see” things that aren’t there.  I hear voices that seem to come from the other person.  I try to stay as open and receptive to the person as possible and see what happens.