We all know someone who has had a visit from a loved one who has crossed over to the spirit realm, and at times these visits can be unnerving and even frightening for some. However, for most of us, these visits are very welcome. As a medium I am often asked, why do our loved ones and friends want to come back and let us know they are there and what are some of the signs I should be looking for?
To answer the first question, our loved ones and friends in spirit miss us as much as we miss them. So for them to come back and visit us is a very normal thing and a human thing for them to do when you think about it. The main reason a spirit will want to communicate with us is to let us know that they have arrived safely in their new home and to let us know they are okay.’
Playing with electricity and gadgets
Spirit love to play with electricity and provide us with a sign they are there. When a person returns home to the spiritual realm, they are returning to a realm which operates at a higher vibrational level to our physical realm. So it is easier for a spirit to manipulate electricity and what a great way to grab a person’s attention. Spirits’ like to do things like play with lights, turn on and off things like televisions, radios, or make electrical gadgets beep, turn on the kettle and so on.
Take note of stuff like what TV show is playing on the television, what song is playing on the radio – when the phenomenon happens? As well as, what time was it when they started playing with the kettle? By doing so, you should be able to find out what the message is.

Smelling A Scent
I know psychics and mediums who are quite good at picking up different smells from the spirit world and on a psychic level, although I have experienced this – I have to admit this isn’t something I experience very often. I must say that when a fellow psychic/medium is describing a smelly sock odour – I am sneakily grateful that this is not one of my stronger gifts.
Clients often ask if it is possible to smell different smells from the spirit realm? As they may have experienced a sweet smell of roses that reminded them of their grandmother’s perfume. Our loved one and friends often give us signs that they are trying to contact us from the other side this way. Other things that are commonly picked up this way are cigarette/cigar smoke, a favourite flower or meal.
Take the time to work out who that smell reminded you of, and then you will be one step closer to working out who is around you.
Placing objects in your path and removing objects
Those in the spirit real love to place objects in our path. These objects often have a meaning to the spirit who is trying to make the connection with us. Some common objects are Feathers, Coins, Crystals and so on.
Furthermore, they also like to remove things too – I find the removal of objects are connected with reminding people to slow down and enjoy their time here on the earth plane. People often report losing, Car Keys, Jewellery, and other personal items.
Try looking at what the year is that is written on the coin, or what colour the feather is, as this will help you find out who is around you.
Numbers
Seeing numbers which have a relevant connection with you or the person in spirit is a great way for our spirit friends to let us know they are around. Numbers can also have a repeating pattern to them – i.e., 333, 111, 888 and are often found at the petrol pump – on licence plates, Clocks, Phones and so forth.
Songs and the messages in them
Have you ever been thinking about a loved one and their favourite songs come on the radio or where you are trying to work out an issue and the words in the song helped you to see the answer?
Pay more attention to music when it is playing. This could be in the car, while you are at a supermarket, why watching a movie on the TV, or just playing on the radio.
Bring your attention to what song is playing as our friends in spirit love working with us this way – especially if they loved music when they were here in the physical realm.
Shadows out the corner of your eye
Sometimes people see a very quick shadow from the corner of their eye. It can be so fast that if you blinked you could feel as if you would have missed it. As spirit is not a solid form people are more likely to see a parcel manifestation… i.e., mist, a dark shadow of a person and or even an animal spirit.
Take note of where you saw it. Was it near something that belongs to the spirit as this could let you know who it is.
Dreams
Giving us messages in our dreams it one of the easiest ways in which spirit can communicate with us and one of the telltale signs that it is a message from a spirit and not just an ordinary dream is; you will wake up feeling as if someone has just invaded your personal space.
Take note of how you feel once you have woken as this is also a great way to work out what the message is about.
I would love to hear what sign you receive from spirit?
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Love Rebecca x
Hi Rebecca,
I can’t say I have experienced anything which upsets me greatly.
I would love to organise a zoom meeting with you one day.
Hope you are well
Take care
Love Cindy x
Hi Cindy,
Sorry to hear that, i’m sure when the time is right you will get your sign. I look forward to doing a zoom for you when the time is right.
Rebecca xx
Hi Rebecca when my mother paased away my uncle told me that as he walked into the kitchen the kettle came on by itself he also heard foot steps.My brother heard noises coming from his bedroom like someone was looking for something and I always was feeling like someone was touching me like a tingling sensation.I was getting it alot at first now not anymore.
Hi Anil,
Thanks for sharing! I love hearing stories like this and I’m sure you will get more signs soon.
Rebecca x
Hi Rebecca, I often smell my Fathers smoke, sometimes 4 many weeks n then nothing n then the smell comes back again only for a couple days at a time now….also many years ago our TV would turn on by itself in the mornings when I was getting ready for work, or the channel would change, I hope its both my parents around me, would love to know…thanks Terrie
Ho Terrie,
Wow, sounds like your getting a few signs. Glade to hear and im sure its your parents letting they are okay.
Rebecca x
I get ALL the signs, from TV going on and off, pantry doors opening on their own. Things move right in front of our eyes, and many many dreams. Some have been easy to work out, and if i don’t get it straight away,my loved one will visit me every night until I do. But my loved ones were right cheeky characters in life as well. And when i go to a medium for a reading its none stop bossiness and chatter from the other side😂.
Alison x
Thanks for sharing Alison! You sound like you get a lot of activity
Rebecca xx
My hubby’s nana passed away last year and I had a dream that my family visited her at her home and all the grand kids were there and all her other family and she was very happy. In her element.
What I took from the dream was that “she made it to the other side and is with her own family and happy”
Thanks for sharing… how lovely
Hi Rebecca, always feathers number 111 all the time, butterflies which i believe are my mum. Dragonflies since my Dad passed. I believe they are always around xx
How lovely. Thanks for letting me know
X
Hi Bec .. Yes! Me and my cousin went to ur faces of spirit night at the old school house… last yr well on the 20th of January I had a dream I heard bagpipes and drums 🥁 and then I turned around and my nana was standing there smiling… I reached out and touched her arm and said are u real?… vividly I remember feeling her wrinkles the texture of how her skin used to feel as if she was right there… well then I woke up and realised that the nxt day was in fact the 21st Jan…..the day pop died in 2010.. and he was a drummer in a pipe band back in the 40s…. and since my nana died in 2021 Jan 7. We’ve had the cat responding to nothing at the roof and orbs and lights flickering I have videos I’d love to show u if possible….. 0426 049 537. Is my number
Hi Melissa, thanks for sharing your dream… it definitely sounds like you were getting a visit from both your grandparents. You’re welcome to send your video to my work fb page in a private message. Rebecca
Thankyou so much!! I definitely will send you those videos hopefully I can! Ur truly so incredible 💗
I am getting repeated numbers 701122.
Then 071221
Then again 71122
Then again 070122
Same numbers 7 11 22 , 7, 1,2 often.
Hi Yvette, I love number signs. thanks fore sharing Rebecca x
Wow so I woke up today and the exercise was beeping the batteries have been flat for atleast a year I opened this Email just before I went to back room beeping that was unbelievable do you have any idea which of the 10 past loved ones this is I’m in shock .😙
Hi Kathleen,
Thank you for sharing… sounds like someone is trying to get your attention.
Rebecca
Hi Rebecca I’ve had a few signs, one was my daughter’s favorite song came on the radio and just as it finished a white feather blew in the back door. The other ones are feelings of someone standing close to me and the flash of a figure in the corner of my eye, this has happened many times, once I was awakened by my name being called only to find everybody was still asleep.
Regards Warren
Thanks Warren for sharing that with me. I do enjoy reading stories just like yours…
Rebecca x
Hi Rebecca, thanks for your information. I have and still experience cigarette smell, hearing liked songs, seeing that little bit of a shadow from the corner of my eye and have loved ones come to me in my dreams however, the songs are the only one I know who they belong to, the others (other than the dreams) could be from more than one person. I have also woken from a sleep feeling a person laying behind me and a hand on my shoulder, a smallish figure, not sure if its a child or small adult. I have not been able to figure any of it out or more to the point have not made time to figure it out.