We were lucky to catch up with Heather Carlucci recently and have shared our conversation below.
Heather, looking forward to learning from your journey. You’ve got an amazing story and before we dive into that, let’s start with an important building block. Where do you get your work ethic from?
I think I can truly say that there are two big aspects of my life that attribute to my work ethic. First, I come from a family of immigrants and business owners. Entrepreneurship runs in my veins from my
great grandfather opening multiple hair salons and barbershops after coming here at 17 as a barber’s apprentice from Sicily
to my parents who have always been the builder of businesses as a studio photographer and floral designer.
The big boost after that is without a doubt my 30 years as a chef in New York City. As a woman in professional fine dining kitchens starting in the late 80s, there was no making it if it were not for my almost obsessive work ethic.
This time also solidified my love of hospitality and service. This helped me create the spaces of safety needed as a psychic medium and medical intuitive.
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
All my life I knew I had the skill of reading as a psychic medium. When asked when I did know I have this ability, I always say that I realized it when I figured out not everybody does. I believe that intuition is part of every human’s experience it’s just the amount we use it is what makes certain people stand out.
I made this work professional after finding myself 30 years into being a chef of note, suddenly a single parent and for the first time in my adult life, out of love with the restaurant and food world.
I had some great jobs that sort of straddled the food world and other things on the way out but the only other thing I knew how to do was read psychically and help as a medical intuitive.
I now do about 500 readings a year and work with wonderful doctors and health practitioners on diagnoses, CEOs on projections and business dynamics and many regular clients on the day to day. I teach a class for other intuitives and creatives on sharpening your psychic skills.
I believe whole heartedly in science. I believe that what I do is scientific because it exists—we just don’t understand this science yet. I am also not particularly “woo”. I love my fellow psychics that are but it is not me.
I have many retreats and classes coming up over the next year. Each week I channel weekly horoscopes on TikTok and Instagram. I also work internationally with home base being in New York and a twice yearly work trip to Spain.
There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
First skill that has been quite important and I don’t think I realized it until quite recently is “scrappiness”. I am always up to make something out of nothing. I believe that this attribute has been key in both building my current psychic business AND opening restaurants in my first career.
Second, I genuinely like people. Both perhaps a strength and weakness, I see myself in others and want to bring good things to the table.
Third, and this comes from age, I don’t take a lot of crap. I pick my battles and listen to my intuition as best I can (even professional intuitives slip sometimes)
I think self trust and a willingness to look at your own fears is what I can say anyone starting out can work on.
There really is a need to put your own intelligence first. I cannot stress that enough. It’s hard to put yourself first but if you
word it as putting your brilliant brain first, it is much easier.
What do you do when you feel overwhelmed? Any advice or strategies?
When I feel overwhelmed I step back, have lunch or get outside, and go back to work on the things that I know work. It may sound too small but I’ll take a deep breath and remember what started working for me in the first place.
I have a check list that roughly looks like this:
An Instagram post,
a tiktok video,
send out something to the mailing list,
come up with a new event,
schedule a class.
And I do one of each thing.
Giving space to my brain to be creative again when too much is too much is the best thing I can do for myself when I have to deal with the overwhelming issues of any business owner ie: quarterly taxes, a difficult client or even my own boredom/frustration with the work.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.heathercarlucci.com
- Instagram: @heathercarluccimedium
- Other: My podcast: www.psychicpoolparty.com IG: @psychicpoolparty
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