Arts & Entertainment

Trust Your Intuition

In her new book, Michigan native and spiritual intuitive Char Margolis
explains how to get the best life possible.

Gail Zimmerman

Arts Editor

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har Margolis has never left
her Michigan roots far behind
— even though for more than 30 2
years she has been giving spiritual read-
ings to people all over the world.
The Oak Park High Class of 1969 grad
maintains a home here and attends
Temple Israel (where she was confirmed),
like her parents and grandparents before
her.
With a Wayne State University degree in
secondary education, she takes her "class-
room" with her wherever she goes, teach-
ing others to access their own sixth sense.
We caught up with Margolis by phone,
just after she wrapped up five days of
special guest appearances with psychic
medium John Edward in New York.
Edward wrote the foreword for Margolis'
new book, Discover Your Inner Wisdom:
Using Intuition, Logic and Common Sense
to Make Your Best Choices (Fireside Books;
$24).
With appearances scheduled for Jan.
10 on the Today show and Entertainment
Tonight and others likely to be set up on
Larry King Live, where she is a frequent
guest, Live with Regis and Kelly and oth-
ers, Margolis is giving her Michigan fans
an in-person opportunity to hear how
we can "find our way, discover our true
desires and live in tune with what the uni- Char Margolis: "Life is like a treasure hunt, and the universe is always supplying us
with clues on how to find our treasures."
verse wants for us!'
She'll be here for an in-store reading
this or don't trust this.
To use your intuition as a guide in life,
and book signing 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12,
Be in the moment, have faith in the
use what I call the four "C's": the courage
at Borders in Novi. She gives us a preview: moment and find the good in your life.
to see beyond your own desires, face the
Then sit quietly and focus your mind and
truth and make mistakes; the confidence
JN: You write that people should use
put your emotions aside. Put a white light
to believe in yourself and your intuitive
a combination of intuition, common
of protection around you so you know
insights; the commitment to partner with
sense and logic in guiding their life
you are getting messages from the higher
your inner wisdom in creating your des-
decisions. Can you briefly describe the
good.
tiny and to be patient as you're learning;
process? When making decisions, how
You may have to wait until your
and the ability to conquer your fears, your
can you determine you are really tuned thoughts guide you to the information you skepticism and the doubts of others.
into the "highest level of conscious-
need. Sometimes it's right away, or you
ness" — rather than being influenced
might wake at 3 a.m. with the answer from
IN: In your own life, what's the best
by desire, wishful thinking or the opin- a dream. Sometimes that gut feeling will
decision you've made that defied com-
ions of others?
come from talking to a friend who gives
mon sense and logic but relied on your
CM: First, you need to be honest with
you the information you need. Trust the
own intuition?
yourself and understand if something
first thought that comes into your head.
CM: When my mom was alive, I was in
really is your true desire. Then, you need
Sometimes you will need to be patient.
L.A. a lot. I would get gut feelings that she
to look at things logically, then with com-
Remember that the universe tips us off
would need my help [even if she was OK
mon sense. As you're approaching whatev- if we listen — right away or eventually,
at the time]. I'd know ahead of time, fly
er this endeavor is, be in touch with your
especially about preventing a problem. A
home and was always there for her when
gut feeling — a gut feeling that says trust
watched pot never boils.
she needed me.

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Also, I have an apartment in L.A. and
often travel around the world for my work,
but my gut told me to keep my home in
Michigan. It told me Michigan was a safer
place for me, to be with my family and
stay close to my roots.

IN: What is the one most important
thing a person can do to develop his
or her intuition, and how do you dis-
tinguish what you think is an intuitive
sign from mere coincidence?
CM: First, you have to own your power.
If you have any doubt [about your own
power], it will get in the way. Then you
have to remember the time you wanted
something and you got a warning and you
didn't pay attention to it and you paid the
consequences. You need to remember the
feeling when you didn't listen. That was
your first gut feeling.
There is no such thing as mere coin-
cidence; a coincidence is a sign from the
universe.

IN: Before its U.S. publication this
month, your book was published in
the Netherlands, where it was a No. 1
bestseller, knocking The Da Vinci Code
to No. 2. You also have a weekly prime-
time TV show in Holland, watched by
more than a million of the county's 16
million citizens. What is it about your
work that appeals to the traditionally
pragmatic Dutch people?
CM: The Netherlands isn't dominated
by any one religious group so powerful
that it [negates free thought]. The people
of the Netherlands understand emotions
and human relationships and spiritual-
ity. People spend more alone time there
— walking the canals or through the
woods or riding their bikes — than in
other places, so they are more in touch
with their own thoughts. You have to be in
touch with your thoughts to understand
all of this.

)1■1: You mention a lot of connections
to Michigan in your book — including
several physicians who use a combina-
tion of traditional and energy-focused
medicine and your Michigan-based
family. How much time do you spend
here compared with Los Angeles and
the Netherlands, and in your work as a
psychic intuitive, do you do in-person
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