You Don’t Need to Know How It Works: Mediumship, Intuition, and Learning to Trust Spirit

What happens when a former corporate guy, Scott Darlington—who used to want a spreadsheet, a script, and a map for everything—starts living by signs, synchronicities, and soul-level trust?

In this episode of The Medium Curious Podcast, Sarah and Jane sit down with Scott Darlington for a funny, heartfelt conversation about how mediumship development, Clair Club practice, and communication across the veil can completely rewire the way you understand your life. Scott shares how his late husband, David, became a clear and persistent communicator—using stars as a sign language to nudge him toward big changes (including sobriety) and to confirm he’s on the right path.

Together, they explore what it means to be heart-led instead of brain-led, why you don’t have to understand how intuition works in order to receive it, and how grief can crack a person open in a way that expands love, presence, and psychic sensitivity. Along the way: David “manages wardrobes,” Claire Club hearts turn into “Star Hearts,” and the tech literally glitches mid-session—because apparently the energy is that real.

This is an episode about trust, love, and remembering that the connection is open—whether you acknowledge it or not.

Key Takeaways

• You don’t need to understand how intuition works to use it. “No manual” doesn’t mean it isn’t real.
• Sign language with Spirit can be personal and repeatable. Scott’s “multiple stars” became a clear confirmation system.
• The heart is the engine. Clair work gets clearer when you quiet the brain and lead with heart-based connection.
• Grief can expand intuitive capacity. A loss can open the heart wider—viscerally, physically, and spiritually.
• Trust is a practice, not a personality trait. The message keeps coming: “It doesn’t need to be this hard.”
• Getting out of your own way is the work. Doubt and conditioning (church, materialism, “be professional”) shut down the signal.
• Psychic vs. mediumship can feel different. Psychic intuition may “flow,” while mediumship may require a slower, more present connection.
• You’re allowed to be special without ego. Confidence doesn’t have to equal arrogance—it can be alignment.
• Connection is soul-to-soul. This isn’t “brain to brain”—it’s love-based recognition across lifetimes.
• Sometimes the energy does blow out the tech. And yes, it’s weirdly on brand.

“We already know what we want… we just doubt it and we get in our own head.” — Scott

“I’m a former corporate America guy… David died and I quit my job like two months later.” — Scott

That’s the point of life…is love.” — Scott

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