| She had one of her first life-after-death | | | | Allison received a B.A. in political science |
| encounters with her great-grandfather after | | | | with a minor in history from Arizona State |
| his funeral. She says she always identified | | | | University. While she was in college, she |
| with characters like Tabitha on the | | | | worked as an intern in the office of the |
| television show Bewitched because she knew | | | | district attorney. It was then that she first |
| they were "different" in the same way she | | | | realized the purpose of her psychic gifts. |
| was. Allison was careful about sharing any of | | | | Allison found that she could visualize crimes |
| these feelings with adults, though. | | | | just by handling evidence. Her visions have |
| | | | helped in solving crimes and finding missing |
| At about the age of 10, Allison was told by | | | | people. She is known as a "research" medium. |
| beings she has since identified as her guides | | | | She uses her psychic abilities to aid law |
| that she really was special and that she | | | | enforcement agencies nationwide. She has |
| would have an important impact on people when | | | | worked with the Texas Rangers and the police |
| she was older. | | | | department in Glendale, Arizona. She also |
| | | | acts as a jury consultant. She has been |
| Her guides continued to communicate with her | | | | instrumental in putting killers on death row. |
| during her teens, and while she wasn't sure | | | | In addition to her law enforcement work, |
| who was speaking to her, she knew that the | | | | Allison puts her supernatural talents to work |
| source was good and she wasn't afraid. | | | | in helping individuals to connect with the |
| Allison always felt connected to a Higher | | | | loved ones they have lost. |
| Power, but traditional church services made | | | | |
| no sense to her. It seems as though the | | | | Allison says that the television show Medium |
| adults at church 'sang about one thing and | | | | portrays events from her real-life |
| then practiced another.' | | | | experiences. She is very interested in |
| | | | helping young people with psychic abilities |
| Allison spent her childhood trying to | | | | to understand those abilities and welcome |
| convince herself that she was 'normal.' She | | | | them. She also wants everyone to have a |
| was a competitive roller-skater in the 1980s, | | | | better understanding of mediums and psychics |
| and she enjoyed competing in figures, dance, | | | | and the potential they have. |
| and freestyle skating. She says she really | | | | |
| enjoyed beating the boys in mixed | | | | Allison has written two books. Her first, |
| competitions! | | | | Don't Kiss Them Goodbye, describes her |
| | | | encounters with individuals who have passed |
| When her parents divorced, and her mother | | | | over and her experiences as a profiler for |
| remarried, Allison found herself living on | | | | law enforcement agencies. She talks about |
| her own just one month shy of her 16th | | | | what it is like to have psychic abilities and |
| birthday. She says she was a lonely teenager | | | | how she struggles to live as normal a life as |
| and that these years were painful for her. It | | | | possible as a wife and mother. In her second |
| was then she realized that there were dark | | | | book, We Are Their Heaven, she writes about |
| forces at work in the world, but with | | | | the communications she has received from the |
| practice, one can learn to avoid them. | | | | spirits during her years as a medium. These |
| Allison graduated from Corona del Sol high | | | | experiences have led her to believe that the |
| school in Tempe in 1990. | | | | living are special to those who have died. |
| | | | They choose to remain with the living "not |
| When she met her husband Joe, he said that it | | | | because they're bound, but because we are |
| seemed like she had a light shining on her. | | | | their happiness, we are their heaven." |
| She credits him with teaching her how to | | | | |
| trust and says he has made her a better | | | | (c) 2007, Davis Virtual Assistance. Reprint |
| person. He encouraged her to follow her dream | | | | rights granted so long as no changes are made |
| of going to college. | | | | to the article and by-line and all links are |
| | | | made live. |