"Depression." It's a ten-letter word, but what an important one! Being a psychic and a medium, I give so very many readings to people suffering from this sickness. And that, dear Sweet Spirits, is exactly what it is. In my many readings, as well as my television and lecture appearances, I am asked so many times, "What is wrong with me? Why am I so depressed, and why is it happening to me?"

People ask me to help them, saying, "I've visited so many doctors and psychiatrists, but they have given me no relief." Now I know there is certainly a place for the medical professionals, so I would never advise someone to give up visits to doctors. BUT: There are other techniques to add to your process of getting better.

Among them is my book Making Your Goals A Reality, which gives much advice and many positive affirmations to repeat. There is a section on depression and one of the comments I make is that "Depression is a luxury that very few can afford." Stop! Listen again to that quotation. Repeat it aloud. I mention more about the book in another section of this website.

Depression in some ways could be a blessing in disguise. People are so often depressed because of a lost relationship, loss of employment, not being able to renew the lease on an apartment or condo. I have told many of my clients to bide their time. I can see what appears to them to be their world collapsing around them but I realize that there may be something even better on their horizon to replace what they are sad about letting go of.

For example, there may be a better job ahead, a better place to live. Regarding the loss of a relationship - I've had more than one client call me following a private reading to tell me the same thing a young man recently told me: "Kenny, Spirit knew better than I did! I really thought I loved Helene. When she told me she'd met someone else and thought she loved him, I told her she didn't know him well enough. But she told me she'd been seeing him behind my back for months. I got so depressed that for months I didn't date anyone else." The young man said, "Eventually, I went to an art class and met Susan. I knew very soon that she and I were meant for each other. We dated for awhile and I told her I cared very much for her. She told me she felt the same way. Long story short-we got married and have a 5 month old baby girl." He told me that he recently met the old girfriend, Helene in the supermarket. She married the man she'd been cheating with, but they divorced. "So you see, Kenny, my brief depression was truly a blessing, and the split up was necessary in order to get to my true destiny-Susan and our baby girl!" he told me.

Remember, Sweet Spirits, many bouts of depression are only the Master's way of making us stronger people. If only we can say to ourselves, "I close this chapter of my life knowing that there is a Divine Plan ahead for me, and I am accepting it."