Until I walked into a Spiritualist Church in my early twenties I didn't know of my gifts. My empathic nature, visions, premonitions, and telepathic abilities I thought everyone experienced. When you are born with the "Upper lights turned on" as I call it you just think everyone is like this. At the church that day I received messages of my various gifts and that a part of my life mission was to serve others with spiritual guidance. From there I was welcomed to attend spiritual development classes with more experienced mediums and spiritual advisors. This type of teaching is where I learned about the afterlife, free will, life lessons, and comforting others as they walk through their Earthly life, come what may.
Since that early beginning I have been fortunate to have several notable teachers come on my path for further learning.