Meaningful Ways Your Loved One in Spirit Is Still With You
There are moments after loss when the silence feels unbearable, when the absence of someone you love rings louder than any sound.
In those moments, you might find yourself wondering: Are they really gone, or could they still be near?
As an evidential medium, I’ve witnessed time and again how love refuses to end.
Spirit communicates in ways both ordinary and extraordinary, through signs that, at first glance, might seem like coincidence but, when placed in the context of your life, are anything but.
These signs are not random comforts; they are validations, reminders that love is still alive at the speed of thought.
If you’ve experienced any of these, know this: you are not imagining it.
These are twelve of the most common, powerful signs your loved one may be closer than you think.
12. Dreams That Feel Too Real to Ignore
When a dream feels more like a visit than a memory replay.
Not all dreams are equal. Some slip away with the morning light, while others linger in your chest for days, as if they happened in waking life.
In evidential mediumship, these are called visitation dreams.
They aren’t symbolic, confusing, or fragmented, they arrive with clarity.
The air feels sharper, the colors brighter, and the emotions undeniable.
You may even wake with tears on your face or a warmth in your body that stays with you long after.
The hallmark of a visitation dream is the sense of peace it leaves behind.
While ordinary dreams often leave us puzzled or unsettled, these dreams carry a calm reassurance, even if no words were exchanged.
Many clients I’ve read for describe them the same way: “It felt different from a normal dream.” That difference is often the evidence itself.
But here’s an important truth: grief and medication can sometimes act as barriers to these dreams. Both can dull the edges of our emotional awareness, keeping us in survival mode rather than an open, receptive state.
That’s why visitations often arrive when you least expect them, on nights when your emotions are tranquil, your body at rest, and your mind softer than usual.
If you long for this kind of connection, it sometimes helps to invite your loved one in.
You can do this verbally or in writing, creating a small ritual of welcome.
Before you drift off to sleep, try saying aloud:
“I will wake up and remember my dreams. Please come visit me tonight. I need to see, hear, and feel you.”
And then, say their name.
This simple act of intention signals openness.
If you’re someone who doesn’t usually remember your dreams, this practice can help anchor the memory in your consciousness.
The question to ask upon waking isn’t just Did I dream? but How do I feel?
A visitation dream often leaves you with an undeniable imprint, peace, clarity, or a sudden sense of closeness that is hard to dismiss.
Spirit meets us where we are, and sometimes, the dream world is the gentlest place for that meeting.
Some dreams carry more than memory, they carry presence. Explore this in Psychic Dreams: Do Spirits Visit Us in Dreams?
11. Unexpected Electrical Flickers
When lights and devices seem to have a mind of their own.
One of the most common ways Spirit makes itself known is through energy, flickering lights, TVs powering on, or a device buzzing at just the right moment.
These shifts may be subtle, but they rarely feel random.
Often there’s also a change in the air: a shift in temperature, a faint pressure on the skin, a charge you can almost sense.
Personally, I’ve seen this countless times.
My partner lost his mother before we met, and though he’s at peace with her passing, I often feel her presence in our home.
Every so often, as we’re watching TV, the lights will flicker just enough to catch my attention, and in that moment, a memory surfaces. And you’re not making that memory up. That’s her way of saying hello.
The best response in these moments is simple acknowledgment.
Whisper “thank you,” or say their name aloud. Spirit works through energy because it’s the most accessible bridge, and when you notice, you affirm the connection.
Sometimes Spirit communicates in signs so subtle we dismiss them. Read 7 Signs a Spirit Is Trying to Reach You
10. Familiar Scents That Arrive From Nowhere
When a fragrance appears without a source, carrying memory with it.
Scent is one of Spirit’s most powerful tools. A whiff of perfume, aftershave, or flowers can arrive out of nowhere and feel like an unmistakable presence.
I’ll never forget a reading where I kept seeing the color blue, a bottle, and water.
I couldn’t quite connect the pieces, but when I said them aloud, my client’s jaw dropped.
She was holding her late husband’s favorite cologne, Blue Water.
Her youngest son had been spraying it around the house, and she now caught the scent in places she longed for his presence.
That moment of recognition was the validation she needed.
These scents aren’t imagination, they’re how Spirit bypasses logic and speaks straight to the heart.
9. The Feeling of a Presence Nearby
When the air shifts and you just know you’re not alone.
This sign is often delicate.
Clients describe it as the sense that someone walked into the room: a pressure in the air, a warmth over the skin, or a memory surfacing out of nowhere.
When grief is fresh, it can be hard to trust this. Intuition in those moments is fragile, like still water where one ripple distorts everything.
That’s why Spirit’s presence often feels subtle: a brush of tenderness, a wave of warmth, or a knowing you can’t quite explain.
You may think you’re making it up, but you’re not.
When you feel it, speak their name or simply pause in gratitude. Spirit chooses presence because it mirrors how they were in life, quiet, steady, and close.
Grief has no shortcuts, but peace can begin to take root in surprising ways. Read more in Finding Peace After Loss of a Loved One
8. Animal Messengers (Birds, Butterflies, and Beyond)
When nature delivers signs too precise to dismiss.
This is one of the most beautiful ways Spirit reaches us.
Birds at your window, butterflies circling close, dragonflies landing in your path, these moments rarely feel random.
I don’t believe our loved ones are reincarnated into these creatures.
Instead, they direct them, nudging at the speed of light, so they appear in front of us at just the right moment.
The way you recognize them is by thinking of your loved one in that instant. That recognition is the connection.
Animals have carried symbolism across cultures for centuries, often tied to transformation.
But the real power is personal: when time slows, when the moment feels charged, when memory floods in.
That is Spirit, reaching you through nature’s gentle messengers.
7. Songs, Music, and Lyrics That Speak Directly to You
When a melody feels less like coincidence and more like conversation.
Music bypasses the intellect and lands in the heart. A song comes on the radio, a playlist skips to their song, or lyrics echo what you’ve been silently holding.
When someone tells you “they’ll live on in your heart,” it can feel hollow in the rawness of grief.
But when a melody suddenly plays that ties to a memory, a trip, or a silly moment of dancing together, it feels different.
That’s not coincidence, it’s presence.
Spirit uses music because it lives in vibration, the same language love is written in.
When you hear it, you’re not just remembering, you’re being reminded. They are there with you, alive at the speed of thought.
6. Meaningful Numbers and Synchronicities
When repeating numbers or uncanny timing won’t stop catching your eye.
This is the sign I hear about most.
Clients often confess, “I know it sounds crazy, but I keep seeing 11:11.”
Numbers are one of Spirit’s clearest tools, repeating sequences, dates, or anniversaries that land right when you need reassurance.
One client once prayed out loud for a sign on a dark interstate, surrounded by trucks and fear.
She asked for a specific number tied to her partner.
Moments later, the car in front slowed down with the exact sequence on its license plate. Her panic dissolved. She knew she wasn’t alone.
The key is to define what the numbers mean before you see them.
Otherwise, you risk grasping at patterns. Spirit’s synchronicities are too precise to ignore, and they always arrive in context.
Numbers aren’t always random, they can carry direct messages from Spirit. Learn more in Why You Keep Seeing 1111: Angel Numbers and Their Meanings
5. Objects and Items That Suddenly Appear or Move
When belongings shift or resurface with uncanny timing.
Objects sometimes appear, vanish, or move in ways that defy explanation.
Keys reappear where you’ve already searched, photos fall at the exact time you’ve been thinking of them, or a small keepsake surfaces just when you need it.
A client once found a penny stamped with her mother’s birth year in a cranberry field.
It felt like a gift from beyond, until it disappeared.
She was distraught, returning with a metal detector, desperate to find it again.
That’s the paradox of these signs: the comfort can turn to desperation if we cling too tightly.
Spirit doesn’t live in the objects.
They use them as reminders, sparks of love breaking through. The meaning is in the timing, not the possession.
4. Sudden Rushes of Emotion or Warmth
When comfort arrives in your body before your mind can explain it.
In readings, this is constant.
The room may turn icy cold as Spirit draws near, then flood with warmth as the connection deepens.
The sensation is so real it can make you sweat, like hands placed gently on your shoulders.
Clients feel it too, waves of calm, goosebumps out of nowhere, or a warmth that steadies them in their hardest moments.
These aren’t hot flashes or imagination.
They are external impressions, Spirit’s way of touching you with comfort.
When it happens, trust it. Spirit uses the body because it bypasses doubt.
That warmth isn’t random, it’s their way of saying: “I know how to hold you still.”
Evidence matters. That’s the core of evidential mediumship. Explore more in Understanding the Role of an Evidential Medium in Society
3. Messages Through Strangers or Unexpected Encounters
When the right words find you through an unlikely source.
Sometimes Spirit speaks through people who don’t know they’re carrying a message.
One of my hospice colleagues once shared how a patient looked at her and said, “Your mother would be so proud.” The patient had no idea she had lost her mother.
It was exactly what she needed to hear, and it reminded her that her mother was still present, speaking through the very people she’d been inspired to help because of her loss.
These encounters land because of timing and emotional resonance.
They don’t feel like coincidence, they feel like recognition.
2. Technology Glitches and Digital Hellos
When screens, phones, or alerts feel strangely alive with timing.
Spirit loves technology because it hums with energy.
A playlist skips to their song, a voicemail resurfaces, or your phone lights up with no call.
These moments can feel eerie, but their precision is often what makes them undeniable.
This is also known as EVP; Electronic Voice Phenomenon.
If you’re seeking an active connection, try recording with an external microphone.
Say your name, the date, and ask aloud for a message. Keep it brief, then listen back with headphones.
The results can be surprising, sometimes whispers, other times voices so clear they leave no doubt.
I’ve done this in paranormal investigations and the voices that come through are often bone-chilling, but also profoundly beautiful, evidence that life continues on.
1.The Medium’s Evidence Aligns With Your Private Signs
When Spirit confirms what you’ve quietly known all along.
Perhaps the most profound sign comes when the personal aligns with the professional, when a medium offers evidence that mirrors the private signals you’ve already noticed.
It might be a fragrance you’ve smelled in your home, a number that keeps appearing, or a song that plays at uncanny moments.
When those details are voiced by someone who couldn’t possibly know, the effect is transformative.
Doubt gives way to recognition. Grief shifts into validation.
I’ve witnessed this many times in readings.
A client may sit quietly, unsure whether the cardinal at her window or the flickering light in her living room really meant anything.
Then Spirit steps forward with detail after detail, mentioning the bird, the light, even the memory tied to it.
Watching her eyes fill with recognition, the moment becomes clear: what she had quietly known all along was real.
You don’t need a medium to speak with them.
The evidence given through an unbiased stranger, especially when it validates their life continuing or acknowledges important milestones in yours, can be profoundly healing.
But the truth is, you already have the ability to feel every message for yourself.
Spirit doesn’t just speak through mediums; they reach you directly, in ways that are personal, quiet, and constant.
It’s only a matter of trusting what you feel.
When mediumship aligns with your own signs, it’s not about proving connection exists, it’s about affirming what love has already whispered to you.
Closing Thoughts
Spirit rarely communicates with flashing neon signs.
More often, it’s through subtle, personal, and perfectly timed moments that stir memory and emotion.
What matters most is not the form of the sign, but how it makes you feel.
Love doesn’t end.
It shifts, softens, and finds new ways to reach us.
If you’ve noticed these signs, trust them. They aren’t imagination they are connection.
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This article was written by Chris Bennett, widely regarded as one of the best psychic mediums and the best tarot readers in the world. Based in Canada and trusted internationally, Chris offers evidential mediumship that proves love continues beyond loss, and tarot readings that bring clarity to life’s hardest decisions. He has guided clients in cities including Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, London, Manchester, Dublin, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Auckland. Known for accuracy, compassion, and integrity, Chris blends clairvoyance, intuition, and evidential detail to deliver readings that clients describe as life-changing. For those searching for an ethical psychic medium, accurate tarot reader, or the best online psychic reading, Chris Bennett is recognized as a trusted source of comfort, connection, and transformation worldwide.
