Dumb Blonde - Dumb Blonde Podcast: Theresa Caputo

Episode Date: March 9, 2026

Bunnie sits down with world-famous medium Theresa Caputo for a raw conversation about what it’s really like living with the ability to communicate with the other side. Theresa opens up about the anxiety she faced growing up, how faith and her parents’ support helped her finally accept her gift, and the misconceptions people still have about mediumship.She also shares the personal side of her journey—from balancing her work with family life to prioritizing her mental and physical health. Theresa talks about trading weightlifting for Pilates, protecting her energy, and the self-care routines that help keep her grounded while doing emotionally intense work.From faith and healing to the powerful impact messages from loved ones can have, this conversation dives into the reality behind Theresa’s gift and the lives it continues to change.Theresa Caputo: WebsiteWatch Full Episodes & More: YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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the love, and the cost of being open to everyone else's pain. Please welcome Teresa Caputo. Oh, thank you. It's so great to see you. It is so good to see you again.

Ever since we met, like, when I sat down, I don't know if we're a lot of talk about it yet, but I sat down on your podcast with you And ever since then, I just felt like such a connection to you because you just are such a bright light in this world. Thank you. And it's amazing how you, one of the things that resonated with me whenever we did sit down is you said that you only use your gift for good.

And you talk about how you struggled with it also. Right. And I confided in you that I've always had a gift, but I've been scared too because of my religious background. Right. So I think that this avenue in life, like, you know, mediumship and stuff like that needs somebody like you. And we've needed somebody like you for a really long time that can show the difference between light and dark because gifts like this can be used for such, you know, different things.

And sometimes things that aren't good. And I just wanted to tell you in person that I really appreciated our time together. Oh, thank you. I know it was so special. it was so amazing. Even from the moment that I walked into the space, you know, and how your loved one's souls were like hanging out there already. Like I still can't get like when I was drawn to that corner.

You know, it was just, it was just amazing. Yeah. No, it was awesome. I can't get over your style, though. That was like one of the main things that I loved about you. I want to dress like you. Like I love your style. You're so cute the way you're speaking cute.

And then the legs. I need to know. How are you maintaining this muscle tone? Well, I have good genes. Yeah. But I do. I work out. I do Pilates.

I've always like strength trained and stuff like that. And as I got older, I realized I can't work out like that anymore. Yeah. So for the past year, I've been doing Pilates and just kind of changing it up a little bit. So I need to stop weightlifting and start doing Pilates because I need legs like this. You could do. Well, you know, it's hard because I've always had really good legs, you know. Have you always been athletic?

Always been athletic. Yeah. So I used to deadlift. I used to do all that. And I just, I can't do that anymore. I tore my ACL seven years ago. So once I had that repaired, I really couldn't do it anymore. And at the end of the day, I'm 58.

I can't be deadlifting anymore. My body just, I can't. But the Pilates really changed. I could feel the change within my body. Yeah. And you become like connected with your muscles more too. I feel like when you're lifting weights, you're kind of like concentrating on not dying. And in Pilates, you can kind of like connect with your body.

more. Yeah. And the thing that I find interesting about it is that it never stops getting hard. It's always hard. And what I've noticed, it's because I'm getting stronger. And it's a different strength. It's a completely different strength. Have you ever used a reformer? That's what I do. Yes. I love those. I have the, I go to a class where it's a reformer. Yeah. No, it's amazing. If anybody out there has ever done yoga, I get really bored doing yoga, like regular yoga. Me too. Me too. But the reformer, I'm telling you, is a game changer because you have to really concentrate. and it's hard. It is hard.

You would think like stretching and putting your leg in certain positions on a, you know, like your, it's like a table that you lay on that has bands. I don't know how to really explain a reformer.

And you're moving your body and contorting it in different ways, but you're holding these positions. And you would think it would be easy, but it's not. It's not. And the reformer is only moving because you're whether lifting

from your core or you're lunging forward and it's not, it's really hard. Yeah. No, it's crazy. I love that. crazy that you were talking about my style because I watch, I follow you and I'm like,

does this girl ever like have a bad day? Like you always look amazing, like whether they're in your leggings or like you have no makeup on in your hair. You always just look, you always just look beautiful. You're so sweet. But I think it also comes from the soul. So I think beauty comes from the soul as well. So 100%. You could be the most beautiful woman on the outside. And if your soul is ugly, oh yeah. It resonates. And that's how I feel about you though. I just love everything. about you. I think you're just so sweet. You fascinate me. You are literally everywhere. Does anybody just ever stop and ask you like, hey, how are you doing? Would he? No, no. Well, yeah, I guess. I feel like I just want to ask you like, how are you?

Because I feel like you are just always on the go 24-7. It's like, do you ever have time to stop and like catch a breath and like process emotions? Because reading people every day and, and, you know, having spirits talk to you every day, you know, like, do you ever just have time to just breathe and be? I'm starting to learn to incorporate that into my schedule. Yeah. Because it is, it is very hard. I always say I make what I do look very easy and it's the hardest thing. But I don't know how to be anything else but me.

So it's hard to find that balance. But now that I'm a grandma, I really work. really hard. I mean, it's always been the center of my touring. You know, I've been touring for 15 years, 14 years. So it's always like, we're home for the holidays. I try to make it home for every, make sure we're home for every milestone in the family, birthdays and things like that. Yeah, it's got to, I don't know how you have so much energy because I, I know we have the next two weeks are about to be crazy and I'm already exhausted. Yeah. Watching you, though, I'm like, okay, I can do it. If Teresa can do it, I can do it. I swear. I literally was saying this to this

morning to Jenny, I was like, I had a dream that I was complaining to her that I was just so exhausted. Because, you know, we flew in. We lost two hours this morning. So it was just like, I couldn't peel myself out of bed this morning. I was like, what? And you're doing this on your day off too. That hurt my heart when I heard that because I know how special day offs are, you know, especially in our business. So for you to be here on your day off means so much. Well, I appreciate. I mean, I feel like it's an honor. And I do. I feel that connection with you. and I love how you respect not only me but my gift. So I want to thank you for that.

No, you are, I was thinking yesterday when I was writing down on your notes, I was like, why couldn't I have a woman like this to grow up with? You know, like I just feel like, you know, we'll get into that and a little bit later when we talk about your family. But I just feel like if I could have had like a role model such as yourself that like my mom was so scared of her gifts that she became a drug addict. and the rest of my family, they were also scared of their gifts. Is there other people in your lineage that have this gift also that you were able to lean on?

Well, I always say I would not be who I am, first and foremost, without my mom and my dad. Yeah. Because my mom, they're like my biggest cheerleaders, you know. They always just encouraged me, you know, like growing up, like doing and saying like odd things. And my mom is very spiritual. And so is my dad. So I come from a very spiritual, but also a strong. wrong faith family. And I think that's the thing that has always kept me grounded, you know,

is to have that faith and that belief. And I know I come from a long line of people that have gifts. But I know everyone's gift is different. You know, everyone's, maybe it's an intuition. I remember my mom telling me a story about my grandmother that she had, she would soul travel. Like she would leave her soul with, and she'd be like, get back in that body. She would like yell at herself to get back in the body. So, you know, everyone does have gifts and an intuitiveness. And you also know that I've shared this with you that I believe we all have the ability to connect with our own loved ones that have died. So that's a soul bond that can never be broken. But to have the ability to be so sensitive to people's emotions or energies around you, that's difficult. Absolutely. Is the grandma that had the gift, the same grandma, the first grandma that appeared? to you? No, that was my great, but it was her, it was her mom. Okay. Her mom. Okay. So it's kind of passed down between you guys. That's amazing. Yeah. Can you take me on that journey? I know you've

told the story numerous times before, but to anybody who hasn't heard it, you started seeing spirits around the age of four. Right. Take me on that journey. So I would always remember a woman standing at the end of my bed and I would always feel like a protection. So I would always like wake up, like with these blood curdling screams. But I would always always remember. And I would always remember a woman standing at the end of my bed. And I would always feel like a but I would always just see a woman, but I always felt safe when I saw her. And it wasn't until I started realizing that I had an ability or something different than the average person. And I remember seeing a picture in my grandmother's house.

And I said to her, I said, Graham, I go, who is this woman? The picture just looked very different to me. And she's like, that's my mom. And of course I've seen pictures of my great grandmother before, but never realizing that that was her. and it just clicked in that moment. Wait, that was the woman that I would see standing at the end of my bed at night. So, you know, growing up was difficult.

There are many times where I had my dad would have to get, I would tell them that there are people looking at me, you know, through the window in my room. And my dad would be out at 3 o'clock in the morning with a ladder up to my window. Looking at my brother would be like, yep, my sister's making us go up on the roof today looking for people that aren't there. Oh, my goodness. That must have been a lot to process, though, at such a young age. Like, did that start to create, like, you know, like, you know, like when you can't express yourself, especially being that young? Did it create, like, an OCD loop? Or did it create, like, certain behaviors?

So I don't, I think through me, it was more of just that anxiety of, of the racing of the heart and feeling like something was going to happen to me if I did not leave that space immediately. So that's how I grew up. And I would say to my mom, constantly. I'd be like, mom, I don't feel right. I feel different than everyone else. I don't feel like I belong here. Like something's not right. And my mom, you know, would say to me, she's like, listen, she's like, we love you. You belong to this family. And I always just felt loved and safe with my parents. That's so important. Yeah. And they, I think it was because my mom also gave me that space to kind of express what I was feeling and not to make a big deal about it or not to make me feel embarrassed. or even weird about it, you know, because I would just say, like, you didn't just see that woman, like, over there and we're like, no, we didn't, we didn't see that woman standing in front of the TV.

Like, everything was just so matter of fact. So whether if my mom was scared. That was my next question. It's like, did they ever try to take you to, like, counselors or, like, therapy or anything like that? Or did they just accept it and roll with it? In the beginning, accepted and rolled with it. And then as I got older, I did go to therapy for my. anxiety. And then my mom was the one that suggested that I go see a spiritual healer because of my

anxiety. So I couldn't even leave the house. That's how crippling it was. And I had just had my daughter, Victoria. And so I would attend these spiritual awareness classes. And that was a space for me to kind of navigate my gift. And I would only open up there. Wow. So I was blocking it all. I was holding it in. And that's what was causing the anxiety. because souls make me feel how they died. So I would all of a sudden feel like I couldn't breathe. I would all of a sudden just start tasting blood and my mouth wouldn't be bleeding. So all these things were happening to me and I couldn't understand it.

So through this class, I was able to work through it and understand what it was that I was sensing and feeling and why I would be feeling that. We're going to circle back to the spiritual teachings. Yeah. But I just want to touch based on the fact that you lived with this from the time you were for it. until you had your first child. Yeah, no, I, I, for my entire life, I've lived with this. I was almost 30. And nothing, did you know that you were like psychic?

No. You just thought it was just severe panic disorder. I knew that I was sensing and feeling things that other people didn't. Right. And I was just talking about this this morning. And I think this is interesting. So like if people are thinking they don't know how to connect with their loved ones or they're not getting signs, I said to Jenny, when we were getting ready this

morning, I was like, for some reason, I felt like I needed to wear my grandmother's cross today. And I just, this is my dad's mom. And I was like, I feel like I need to wear this today. I have to put this on. And she's like, okay, so, you know, wear it. And I'm like, yeah, I just feel like I have, and then all of a sudden I sat back and I looked at my calendar. Today is the day she died.

Oh, 43 years ago. Wow. Yeah. So like little things like that, like an intuition. And to me, that was a sign from her of her saying, you know, know, wear me today. Yeah. Remember me. Remember me. Bring me with you to, even though she's always with me. Yeah. But I just, this is all part of like intuition. And some people, then it, I would say, because if people are very intuitive, right, like you're an intuitive, you're very intuitive.

That doesn't mean that then you have to be a medium. Right. Does that make sense? Like, there's a difference. I know I was born this way. I was built. My physical body was built to do this kind of work because it's not easy. And I know my gift is guided by God because through that struggle of going to the spiritual awareness classes, I was fighting it. And I was like, well, why would God give me this gift? Like, this is crazy. And then once I kind of accepted it, it was like, okay, this is great. And I was like, okay, but now who's going to want to come and speak to a medium? Who wants to talk to their loved ones that have died? I could not understand that. Because you have to remember, this was back in the 90s now. Right. Right. So I was struggling with it. Then 9-11 happened. So now we have the six years

where I was battling this gift or the acceptance of. And 9-11 happened. And that's when I put my gift in God's hands. I said, listen, if this is my soul's journey, then I will put your gift in my hand. I will put my gift in your hands. You open the doors. I will walk through them with my gift. but I only want to use it for healing purposes. I don't want to see scary things. I can't keep seeing people in full form. And remember, I'm afraid of the dark. Yes.

Yes. So I'd be afraid of the dark too if I had to see what you had to see all the time. Yeah. It's startling when you see, well, my thing was because I would feel things and see things. So if I opened my eyes and it was dark and I was still feeling something, I couldn't put it together. So by always having a light or a little brightness to it, I felt safer. You do talk about that you only channel white light. How do you decipher and how, because I know the spirit world, especially the dark side of the spirit world, is not respectful.

So how do they respect your boundaries? I think because God wins. Yeah. Right? If you don't mind me saying. Of course. We love Jesus around here. Yeah.

So I'm always, I never want people to misinterpret. like I am a practicing Catholic. And I never want people to misinterpret if I'm pushing a religion. I just think faith is important. I don't care what it is. But faith is part of our foundation. Everybody needs something to believe in.

Exactly. And whatever it is, it doesn't matter. As long as you believe in something. Yes. So I don't know how it is, but I know what's true. I can see souls, but I can't receive direct messages from them. They have to be channeled through another soul. So I know I can't lower my vibration low enough for that.

And it's happened where I've seen it in readings. And then also I've seen dark energies around people. I cannot get in there. But I'll know what it is and I'll just back off from it. And I'm always protected. What does a light energy look like and a dark energy look like? Is it pretty self-explanatory or do they come in different forms? I could just feel a lot of, a lot of my communication is through feeling, but the one instance that I was just referring to, I was doing a live show and there was a woman and I asked her to stand up. And when she stood up, I saw all this just darkness around her. And I was like, and I just got this like pit in my chest and in my stomach. And I literally felt like someone was pushing me back to back away. And I said to her, I said, do you not feel right? Do you feel heavy? Or like, do you feel like, do you feel like?

Or do you use the term? I have this black cloud over me. And she said, yes. And I said, well, you played with a Ouija board. And she said, I did. I said, well, you have all of these negative energies attached around you. You need to go home and burn the board. Because that's the only way that you can get rid of, you know, the energy.

And she, I'll never forget. She looked at me. She said, well, I don't want to. And I said, okay. Wow. Yeah. I just got goosebumps. Why would you want that dark energy around?

I don't know. I don't know. We had a spooky situation that happened here because I have a lot of antiques in here. This is just our studio where we film. Literally, we, yeah, that door, that room when you first walk in, that room, I guess, I don't know, I walked in and then to the right. Yes. Yeah, I could feel energy in there. Oh, for sure. There's energy all around here. And this is why I will not bring antiques in my house. We were filming one day and I look over. There's a Dolly Parton Ouija board in here. I love Dolly Parton. Well, today's Dolly Parton's birthday, by the way. That's crazy, right? Yeah. A dolly part and Ouija board? A dolly part and we don't know where it came from. Someone just placed it in here. We have no idea where it went. And I was like,

get it out of here. Like nobody even, it's so crazy. It's so crazy. We talked about it. And like, people, you know, the fans that watched the show went back and traced like when it appeared and everything. Like, and we still don't know who placed it there. No, have no idea. Like it's the craziest thing. And that you don't maybe might not want to know. No. No. I never want to know, but for her to say, like, that lady to say that she didn't want to go home and burn the Ouija board, like, I wouldn't want that dark energy around me. Yeah. Do you feel that all Ouija boards invite dark energy? Yeah.

I do because you're calling in energies, you know, you do have this connection and you do have that ability. And I feel like that is just opening a vortex or a vessel that you don't want to. Or you don't really know what to do. I mean, listen, there are times that I end a live show. And I can feel energies attached to me. That doesn't mean that it's bad. But I have to do a lot of prayer, you know, to make myself feel better, more grounded. A lot of times after a show, I kind of seclude myself for a little bit because I don't want,

and, you know, I don't want to carry that with me. I have to do my own thing to get rid of the energy. I couldn't imagine. Every time I go to a funeral home, something attaches to me. We just freaking filmed a Christmas video or my Christmas song video in a funeral home. And it was grandma got run over by a reindeer. But I ended up with the worst suicidal ideation. Wait, did you say that because I was literally saying,

why didn't you do a Christmas video in a funeral home? I was like, why is she doing it? So we're literally communicating. Yeah, it was literally grandma got ran over by a reindeer. But I paid the price for it because all of December, I had. the worst depression after filming that video. I mean, it's real. I mean, yeah, it's crazy. I always say this. I go, people can say whatever they want about what I do. And it, but it's real. No, it's taxing. But do you protect yourself in, when you go into spaces,

do you protect yourself in white light? I, I haven't done that and I need to do that more. I actually just did my first, um, uh, archangel Michael meditation. Oh, how many? because I wanted to call him in for protection. And I really felt a difference. Like it was amazing. But I have crosses tattooed all over my body because I've always, like you, as a child, had severe anxiety to where I couldn't leave the house and have always seen spirits. So my obsession with crosses has always been since I was little.

So I have crosses in my house all over my body. And I just always pray. But I guess I do need to start doing the white light. And I also do Archangel Michael every day. Yeah. Every morning after the rosary, I say the pretext. prayer for St. Michael, Archangel Michael, and then also before every reading that I do, especially a live show. Wow, that's amazing. And it really did make a difference.

Like I felt so much better after I did that meditation. Yes. Yeah. But so you can, what you do is when you go into a space, just like imagine yourself, like a white light from God, like coming in through the top of your head and just like filling you and like pulling out all like any energy. any grayness and like imagine yourself like translucent and just trimmed out in white light and then imagine that light that you drained forming into magnificent white light and then filling you up and then showering you in God's white light and protection. Oh, I love that. Yeah. Some people do like a bubble but it's this form of protection where if anything that's going to come in you only want for the highest good of all concerned. Amazing. I will definitely start doing that. Um,

raising your children in this, you know, you know, you had them on TV and just in your lifestyle, has your children known that you were, you had this ability ever since they were born? Since they were little. You know, I mean, my kids, when they went to school, you know, people are sharing, you know, oh, my dad's a police officer, my mom's a teacher, my mom's a nurse, there's my kids. My dad's an Italian importer and my mom speaks to dead people. my kids grew up, that's what they knew. Yeah.

You know, but they, but the beautiful thing about that, they did not think that that was odd. Like, because it's all they knew. That's all they knew. Yeah. I ran into someone recently where it was a mom that was on a baseball team with my son, and she's like, I never knew that that's what you did. She goes, you used to say things to me all the time.

And I thought it, they were, she was like, it always reminded me of my dad. She goes, but now I'm realizing you were channeling my dad. dad at the baseball games, you know, but like it was just so matter of fact and no one ever made a big deal about it. Do any of your kids have gifts as well? Of course they do. Yeah. You know, my son is just very intuitive. He's very sensitive. My daughter shows signs to be able to do more like what I can do. Wow. Yeah, but she, but she also struggles with, you know, mental illness and she's very, very open about it.

Yeah. And she's good when she puts her mind to it. Yeah. She's really good at it, but she doesn't want to. Yeah. And you have to want to be able to. But it's a big responsibility. Right.

She probably has to watch what you have gone through. Yes. And I say this all the time. I'm like, I make what I do look very easy. It's not. But it's the hardest thing to allow a soul to channel through me. take people on this emotional roller coaster, right? And I don't think I realize.

I realize what I do changes people's life in a positive way. But I just got a text message from someone two days ago saying that I read someone in prison. And it changed his life that he said to the person, can you please reach out to Teresa and tell her that I want to thank her because I feel worthy and he just got married. Oh. So he got out of prison and he's married and it's just I don't real, I know what I do changes people's lives, but you can't even imagine to what level on how it changes someone's life.

Who heals the healer? Because you are a healer in a sense. You are bringing so much light to people, so much closure that most people would never have if they had, like you brought me a ton of closure so I could only imagine you doing that times the thousands and millions of people that you have reached. Who heals the healer, though? God. Oh.

Yeah. Yeah, because it's at, I mean, in the beginning, I would say I would get it from the woman who helped me with my gift. And unfortunately, she has passed away. But that was in the very beginning. And then since then, it's been my faith. Yeah. I would be, I just, I, you're, you're an anomaly.

Because I know how, like, you know, I'm not even on your level and I know how exhausted I get picking up people's energies. I could not imagine what you do. And you don't get, like, do you ever get physically ill from reading so many people or are you constantly protecting yourself? No, I'm constantly protecting myself. In the beginning, that's interesting that you asked me that. In the beginning, I did become very physically ill. This was when I was struggling with my gift. And I don't even know if I even shared this.

Courtney, you might know this. My dad had to physically carry me into the doctor. And I was ill out of nowhere. My kids were babies and I was literally in bed for two weeks. But at the time I smoked. Cigarettes or weed? No, it's cigarettes. Okay, gotcha.

No, not with it. Gotcha. I don't know what that would. I don't know what that would look like. these days. Listen, people do them. That would probably be a disaster. Yeah, I was never one to really dabble, you know, with things like that.

I guess it's like also like a control thing. It didn't like that feeling. So it was almost like a way I felt of God detoxing me because I couldn't do the work that I do with filling and putting toxins in my body. Right. Oh, absolutely. So I know that. I know that that, and literally my mom said to me, it was like a couple of weeks after I had stopped smoking, my mom said to me, she goes, you are such a bitch. She goes, you need to go back to smoking. And I go, no, God doesn't want me to smoke. And we both looked at each other and we were like, whoa. But these are things that I would say. Like, why would, who would say that? Yeah. And I knew it was for a higher purpose. When you were, when your dad had to carry your dad or your husband. My dad. Dad had to carry you into the hospital. What was the diagnosis then?

Was it just severe stress and just taking on everything? No, it was just, I think they chalked it up to like a flu. Wow. Yeah. It was just from reading people. It was me battling and fighting and resisting. And I do believe that sometimes when the worst things happen to us, things happen, but it's always for a reason. Always.

Even though that was the worst, at that time, it was awful. But I know it was a time for me, like there was just something deep in my soul that I knew. I had to stop smoking and that I had to accept my gift. Yes. It's growth. I always say there's a blessing and a lesson in everything that we go through. You were married and raising kids before you ever fully stepped into this work. Do you think motherhood delayed your awakening or do you think it prepared you for it?

I think it prepared me. Again, as a child, I always knew that I wanted to get married young and have children. That was, I knew I wanted to be a young mom. And I think most people feel that way. but I would not be able to do what I do and travel and all the things that I've done if I did not have children at a young age. Right. Absolutely.

How, how, sorry, how did being a medium affect your marriage in ways that nobody could see? Well, I do have to say, Larry was a great supporter through that. I mean, I used to say I see shadows. Like, if you think you see shadows, go, you see shadows. Like, he really, he really didn't believe. Or I like to use the word. understand. He didn't understand it. But what he understood was that when I read, I became better. Like, it was like a release. Yes. Wow. Because the anxiety came from me

trapping all the energy inside. Um, so he did notice that once I started reading, I was more relaxed. I didn't have anxiety. Um, so he was like, I don't care. If you think talking to dead people makes you better. He goes, then you talk to all the dead people you want. Oh, he's like, if mom, I ain't happy, and nobody happy. Did you ever feel guilty like you were more emotionally available for strangers than 100%? 100%. 100%.

I still feel that way. I still feel that way. And that's why you're trying now to kind of slow down and take time. And I know that that's not true. Like, I know, because I work very hard, I have amazing relationships and bonds with my family. You know, I still live next door to my parents. Yes. I love that about you.

I love the fact that they're still ticking. I mean, that's amazing. Oh, yeah. My dad is 85 and my mom is 78. Yeah. And my dad, you would not think he's so active. He's unbelievable, my dad. You light up when you talk about your family.

Yeah. Oh, I love that. Well, I wouldn't be who I am without them. I feel so blessed not only to still have my parents, but to have them. They are the most amazing role models and the best parents that anyone could ever ask for. They sound amazing because a lot of parents, especially hearing stuff like this from their child at four years old, would have been like immediately trying to like put them in a mental institution or put them on medication or, you know, like you never, you never know what to do with something like that, especially. I say that, that I would, I might have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Yeah.

And yet, unfortunately, that is a real mental illness. But I could have very been easily diagnosed with something else and not, if it would. wasn't for my parents. I mean, trust me, my dad is very afraid of my gift. He's always like, you're taking the dead people with you, right? Like, you know, he's like, keep it over there. I don't want to know about it. He's like, you know, he's always handing out pictures of me. And, you know, he's just, yeah, he's just, he's the best. Does he ever come to you for readings at all? Or is he just completely, if I say one thing to my dad, he's like, got to go. I, he doesn't, But it's also hard.

Like I always say this. My family and friends get screwed out of readings all the time. Because am I getting, this is what people also don't understand. If I know something about someone, it's harder for me to read them. Because when I get the information, it's like, oh, did I know that about them? Or is this my own memory that I'm recalling? So when I read, I can't have any personal thoughts, feelings, or emotions. They have to strictly be the emotions of the souls of the departed or the person that I'm reading.

So when I take great pride and when I say if I read someone that's in the public eye and I'm like, I don't know anything about them. It's such a beautiful thing because it just makes the experience so much more authentic. You are definitely the real deal. I will say I was a little skeptical when I went into our podcast. Not that I was skeptical because I totally believe in it. Right. But you know, people nowadays, you never know.

The stuff that you have, I can't wait until you guys can actually watch this podcast with us. the stuff that you were saying, down to the fact that my mom was hiding behind people because I had told her to not appear in this reading. And she was like, you were like, your mom's like hiding behind people. And I'm like, it's because I told her not to step up in this reading. And it was just, there was so many other things too that you pulled out. Like, it was crazy. You are definitely the real deal.

Moving on to when you were doing this with your spiritual teacher, you studied with a spiritual teacher. You learned boundaries, grounding, discernment, and structure. you didn't just wake up and start doing readings you trained. What was the hardest discipline you had to learn? I don't know, I don't know if I would look at it in that way. The only thing how I could describe it to you, Bunny, is that I put my gift in God's hands and I realized that this had nothing to do with me. I know that some people might not understand that, but this, I'm just the vessel that they're using. I'm just crazy enough to remove myself from it and allow them to take

over my physical being to be able to deliver messages. So I think that was the hardest thing. If you might say that, I had to learn because I'm just Teresa Caputo from Hicksville. That's literally how I still view myself. And this does have to do with the souls, not me. It's so selfless that you have dedicated your entire life to just putting yourself aside so that you can help other people. Well, I didn't realize that this was going to be my life. You know, I never in a million years, thought that I would be where I am today. I didn't, if you want to refer to it as a business, I had a business card. I didn't even have a website. I didn't even have an email. I had a business card with a phone number on it, which was the sign of the cross, by the way.

And it was a business card. I had a two-year waiting list. I was booked for two years. And then one day, Courtney, my manager, she came to me. Well, unfortunately, Courtney lost her dad. And she was having, you don't mind me sharing this, do you? Trouble moving on. And her sister, Victoria, said, why don't you go see Teresa?

And she came for a reading, and it changed her life. And she's involved in television, and she had said, everyone should have this experience, should be given this opportunity that I had. And she came to me and asked me if I wanted to do a TV show when I was like, all right, you know. It's like, okay, so I thought I was just going to like film

a couple of episodes. I'd be like on my break from filming, like making appointments. And they used to be laughing at me. They're like, where is she making all these appointments for? She's not going to be able to do this. She's going to be filming a TV show and all this. And most certainly I never thought that I would be traveling all over the country

living on a tour bus doing live shows. So many back to back to back to back shows. Like you have a tour schedule like my husband. It's insane. Yeah. You have to be proud of yourself. Do you ever just stop and like pat yourself

on the back? And like, you shouldn't. I'm proud of myself because where I am. Here's this little girl who couldn't even leave her house because of the anxiety. and the fear, insecurities, whatever they may be. And then, you know, to go through your own losses and then to be strong enough to take my

abilities to this level, to take these chances. But again, I always just put, I just put it out to God and put it in his hands. Like if this is what I'm supposed to do, every new venture, I do that. Well, I'm proud of you. Thank you. And I'm, I, you are somebody that I love to look up to and I'm happy that we have role models like you. Thank you. What's the biggest misconception people have about how controlled and intentional your work actually is?

Oh. Yeah. I always say if people think that or then they don't know me. Right. They don't know the first thing about me. And I get it. I mean, I get, I'm honestly the first one to say that what I do is crazy. How in the world can someone communicate with someone that has died?

Right. you witnessed it yourself, there were things that there's no way. Yeah, there might be common things because there's only so many different ways that people can die, right? Yeah. So those things are common. I can't help that. But these other things of, and I think that was the thing that I loved about your experience was the souls really delivered on communicating with that personality. Respecting you, what you asked for for the first time. Yeah. I mean, to me, that still stays with me. And I don't remember my readings. That stood out to me. And they all showed up.

I mean, it was crazy. There was a lot of people that showed up in that reading. It was really, really wild. It was crazy. It was amazing. But I feel like they wanted to talk to you as much as they wanted to talk to me. They were like, oh, shit, they're together. Like, let's, it's time to show up and show out.

Like, you know, like, I really feel like they were just like, this is our time to shine. Can I just go back to something? Because you said something to me. And I don't know if it's something because I never just, I am who I am. do I take, I don't even know how to say this if this is correct to say, like, credit for where I am. Yes, I did it. But I always say I would not be who I am without the people around me, including my family, but also my team. I have the most incredible team around me. And people have been with me since day one. So I'm very blessed, and I don't take any of that for granted.

because I know that if I didn't have these people in my life, things could have been very different for me. Your vibe attracts your tribe, and I feel like you've attracted people who are just like you. So that's a testament, again, of who you are as a person and then also your team that you have around you. So you have to be proud. I want you to start practicing on saying, I'm proud of myself.

I'm proud of myself. There you go, sister. You hear that? I'm proud of myself. Do you guys hear that? I'm proud of myself. There you go, sister. So your life changed overnight with Long Island Medium. When the show exploded, what part of your life disappeared first?

Because that show, I mean, you were everywhere. And you still are. I would say being home, or just being home and also the freedom of just going out. You know, that's hard. you know, you go out, and I love people. I will stop and I will talk to people, you know, but people also have to understand if you're out, you're doing errands, you're doing things like that for yourself. So I think that was hard because I am such a people person and I just love to be out there. Yeah. So that was just harder than just being

home. I think people, you know, when people hear stuff like this, they're always like, well, you chose this life or like, you know, you know what you know what you're you signed up for and half the time we didn't know what we signed up for I didn't right yeah you know like my poor husband you know even wants to go to like his son's basketball game and he's getting filmed you know so it's like you yeah totally forfeit yes privacy and like little things like even be able to go eat dinner with your kids you know something like that and we're in no way complaining not at all not at all it does affect us as humans so because we just want to do things I mean people will come up to me and say, what are you doing here?

Like, I'll be in Target. This man, literally came out to you. He's like, what are you doing here? I go, I don't know, I'm buying toilet paper. What are you doing here? Like, I'm doing the same thing you're doing. Like, I have to end. And he literally said to me, don't you have people to do that?

I get that all the time. That's so weird. I said to myself, it's such a different misconception. And I think that is one thing, Bunny, that I work on myself, because I think we all do it to an extent, judgment. We judge, right? And you don't, my mom always says, don't judge because you don't know the whole story. And it's true, you know.

But yeah, of course. But they're here to help me not to go, you know what I mean? Shopping for you. I can go do my own thing. CVS is my favorite hiding shopping place. I'm like CVS has become my one-stop shopping. I love that. Okay, well, now everybody's going to be looking for you at CVS in your hometown now.

Do you ever feel pressure to be on spiritually even when you're emotionally empty? I don't because there's something that I feel a spirit knows as part of the boundaries. Because of course, I feel energy now and I feel things, but I'm not being pushed to say anything. That's several things. It means that maybe the soul doesn't need to communicate. maybe the person doesn't want to hear from their loved ones because not everyone wants to hear from their loved ones that have died, right? So I don't really ever feel pressure. And it's hard when people say, oh, are you always on? It's not an on thing. I can't explain it. It's not so

I don't know how to- It's a lifestyle. But I don't know how, I don't know how to turn it off. I don't know how to turn on. It just happens. Yeah. I understand. What is the funniest thing a spirit has ever said to you? Oh, there's so many things. This just popped into my head. I remember doing a live show and it was an older woman.

She was, I think, in her 80s and her husband had passed away. And he goes, tell my wife she still has it. And then he showed me him chasing her around the dining room table. And then him and her on the dining room table. And I was like, oh, God. Oh, God. I don't know what is. How do I see this? So I tried to deliver this in a way of where, and I said, oh, your husband says you still have it. And then I felt him like, hit me on the butt. And she goes,

oh, she goes, he would do that to me all the time. And then she says, and he used to chase me around the dining room table. I'm like, oh, la, la, la, la, I don't want to hear this again. You're like, I know, I just saw it. Yeah, exactly. That is so funny. But those are the things that I love. Like, so there are always levity moments because I want spirit to communicate with personality and laughter because I feel that is the best medicine for the soul. And I think in a way it also gives us permission to kind of live life with happiness and joy, even though we're missing our loved ones that have died. Yes. Amen, sister. Yeah. What's one thing you wish people would stop asking you? Stop asking me. What are you doing here while you're on target? Yeah, what are you doing

here? Why are you in Target? I don't know. What would it be? Because usually for the most part, when I see people, they're never like, oh, what are you getting? Like, people never say that to me. They're always just thanking me for what I do. They want to share with how would I do change their life? And they just want, and they just want a picture. Oh, I'm going to say, I'm going to, this is it. Stop asking me to change my hair. It's not going to happen. Oh, right. I love my hair. And the reason why I wear my head this way is because I don't like it on my face. So when my hair isn't done, my hands are constantly in my hair, and then your hair becomes greasy and, like, dirty. And I don't like that. The higher the hair to closer to God. And I like,

and I like it. I don't know why. I just love big hair. I think it's your signature. I don't, if you changed your hair, I don't think anybody would recognize you. Oh, they do. Even in a baseball had someone to say, I noticed the way you stood, the way you walked. I heard you talk. The voice. The voice gives it away. Yeah. It's definitely a trademark. But I always, even if I don't do my hair, it's always like in a little poof like I just love a poof I think I look better with my hair bigger I love it I tell when she's doing my hair I'm like tease it yes I want bed head I want to look like I just got banged type hair like and when I get my hair we were just talking about that you love that tussled hair yes right and I was just saying tussled hair and then somebody said oh like you just like you just

yeah great mind sing alike yeah and I didn't think of it like that yeah No, that's exactly what it is. I love it. I love bed, yeah, it's amazing. What do you think the biggest myth about mediums is? I think that it's not real. And I only speak for myself.

I feel that there are people out there that do have abilities. And I would say if someone is helping someone live their life in a positive way, then I support them. you know um and i can't explain what i do it just it just happens yeah so when people i'm like i don't know this is just me yeah so do you have friends that are mediums too i do i do i have one really good friend um and she um i kind of helped her along or encouraged her to to to do this because she had she was but then she stopped um so she's one of my best friends would you ever get into teachings, like actually letting people learn from you or mentoring somebody? I don't know.

Because I always just share with people, people, if they ever ask me, like if they're struggling with their own gifts, I just share with them what I do and what has helped me. But because it's such a personal thing and the way mediums communicate, we're all different. Not one better than another, we're just different on how we get and receive messages. So for me, it's more of a feeling. and just a knowing. Like when I hear someone speak to me, I'm not really hearing someone speak to me. I can't explain it. They're really not speaking to me, but they're speaking to me. Right. But you feel it and you see it. Yes. Yes. And it's just something that I feel like deep in my soul. What would you be doing if you weren't a medium? Oh, I don't know. So I had, these are the several things that I thought I was going to be. Well, I always wanted to be. Well, I feel like I accomplished it because I always just wanted to be a mom. Because I feel like being. Being a parent is the most important job here in the physical world. So I feel like I did accomplish that. But I wanted to be a Dallas Calgirl cheerleader.

With those legs, you could have definitely done it, sister. Okay. And I wanted to be a legal secretary or a stenographer. That's amazing. You just wanted to sit there and type in a courtroom? And I always had long nail. So I could just hear you just clicking away in the courtroom. That would be amazing.

would you ever try to do that like in the second part of life just be like you know what I don't want to be a medium anymore I'm going to go be a stenographer no no because I feel like I would get like too engrossed in the whole I'd be like what like a true crime documentary just right right in front of your eyes and honestly I can't I know this is is going to sound crazy because it's probably the not normal but I feel I will never stop doing what I do because this is who I'm supposed to be. And even being on television and having cameras and to me was the most natural feeling. I can't explain it.

And I even think my family felt the same way. Like it was never uncomfortable. It was always comfortable. It was always like this is what was supposed to happen. As a little girl, did you ever visualize your life like this? No. No, not at all. I always thought that I was never going to achieve anything in life because I was going to die.

Oh. Yeah. So like even before I got married, I was like, well, I can't imagine myself married and like not living with my parents. So I'm going to die. From natural causes or? Just, no. It was just a thought. It wasn't anything like this is how I'm going to die.

And it was the same thing when I was pregnant. It was like, oh my God, I can't imagine going through trial birth. Something's going to happen. I'm just going to die. You know, like I never really thought. Right. That I was going to grow old. Aw.

Yeah. But you're not old. You're hot. I mean, can we talk, are we dating? What's happening? Because you are way too hot to be out here single. There's no way that men are not banging your door down. You are so cute.

Nobody, A, nobody has never banged my door down. I don't know what this is that no one has ever slid in my DMs and was like, hey, no. What? Well, you know what? I have to, full disclosure. Are you checking the right? Because there's three inboxes. I really don't even check my, uh, uh, DMs.

DMs. I'm not even, I'm, can I, are you allowed to, I'm not a big fan of social media. Right. I just don't, you know, so I really don't go on it. I'll just go on it to look like if my friends DM me. So, well, how is dating life for you now that you are single? Well, here it is like I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't feel like I ever really dated. Like, I've never really dated like how people, would most people say, oh, I met someone at a bar or I met on a, on an app. It was never like that for me. I couldn't see you on Tinder. No. There's no way.

No. So how does somebody like you meet somebody? Well, you meet people through connections, through work. That's how I met my first husband. That's who I met Larry. And I never even thought about dating or wanted to date. Why have we not made a dating show for her? It just kind of happened.

I'm really not a date or like someone. that and I never was like that. No, I am dating. Well, I'm not like freely dating. I have someone in my life that I've been with for, you know, several years now. Okay. I did not know that. That didn't come up in any search that I was looking for.

Well, you also have to realize I, this was, my life is out there. He does not choose to live a public life. I love that. You guys were able to keep that under the radar, though. Well, I've always been very, very. open about it, um, when I was dating. So, but I'm not like a date or dater. Right. Does that make sense? No, I get it. You know, you just and I'm very, I have to, I always say this. I am. I, you know, Larry and I, I always say this because I'm very proud, um, of also of how we've handled everything and

where we are today. You know, um, we're a family. I always say this. We even, just because we're not married doesn't mean that we're not together. We're a family. We have children. We have children. We have grandchildren. So we're able to have all these special moments together as a family. That's beautiful. Yeah. And that's amazing that you guys can go through, you know, such a public divorce and then still just be so amicable and raise the family together. Because a lot of people let their emotions get in the way.

Because that's what life is about, right? It's about family. It's about connection. Yes. Absolutely. What is the most misunderstood part of your personality? I don't know. I don't think people misunderstand.

I think it's pretty black and white of who I am. I mean, this is what I always say. If people say, yeah, does anyone say anything negative about me? No, I don't even know. I don't know if it's, I don't even know. No, no, no. Clearly, I don't care. I don't like, like, I don't say, like, because you like nice things.

Oh, yeah. Money. And she needs money to give it away. Right. One person in this planet that it's more than a charity or church. Aw. All these charities in Long Island, like one, like John. Oh, John Theison.

Yeah. She's able to buy him a house where he could, like, do such great work with kids with abow and cancer. Like, she makes money to give her money away. Yeah. But I always like nice thing. My grandmother and my mom would always say, we don't know where you came from.

You were born with a label on your head. And my grandmother used to tell me, you have champagne taste in a beer pocket. Oh, I love that. I always love designer things. these nice things. I always tell this story when I was in fifth grade. That's when Jordash and Sassoon first came out and the Tom McCanns. And it was, we were getting ready for school and my mom was like, okay, we're going to go school shopping. And I was like, well, I want Jordash and Sassoons and Tom McCannes. So my mom said, look, we could go to TSS and you could get 10 outfits and five pairs of shoes.

She said, or you can get one pair of Jordash, one pair of Sassoons, and one pair of Tom McCanns. and I chose the three items. You're like, I want all three. Yeah, I've always been like that. Like, I just like nice things. I don't know why. Again, I was just born this way. And I don't think, I think that is one of the biggest misconceptions about me

is that people don't know or realize that what I do is so much more than me communicating with people that have died. Behind the scenes. Yeah, the behind the scenes things. So I did a fan club because, and I'm very proud, Sylvia runs my fan club along with Victoria. We formed the fan club because people were taking advantage of my ticket prices. And they were and filled with empty promises. So we formed this fan club.

It's 1999 to join. I mean, first of all, that's ridiculous, 1999. But we did it so they could purchase tickets safely for the correct ticket pricing. Wow. did that, but all the proceeds after the cost of running the fan club, I donate back to the fans. So we've give it, we do like $1,000 gift cards at Christmas time. People have said we weren't going to have a holiday if we didn't receive this. One woman was able to get a job and fix her car because of that. So changing people's lives in so many different ways and doing a lot of work with the

John Thieson Children's Foundation as one of the greatest foundation that I've ever worked with. And the things that he has done for children and families on Long Island is just amazing. I'll have to look into that. I love donating. I love giving back. Nothing makes me feel better than giving back, especially to strangers. I feel like when I give back to people, I know they don't appreciate it as much. But I feel like when you give to strangers, it's like such a different feeling, you know?

Because you know what I've also realized, Bunny, you know, people say, oh, I have such a close family. So when people tell me that, I think it's like my family. And people don't have that support. That's something that I've learned through my gift where I felt that I took for granted of having family, you know, parents, a brother, cousins, where we're all so close and to have support emotionally. And people don't have that. We create people who don't have that because I don't have that. We create our own families. and we create our own safe spaces.

But yes, you are definitely blessed. But I do believe that, do you believe that we choose our family before we come here? I do believe the soul chooses the life, yes. So you think that they pick everything that they go through, like the ailments that they go through, the addiction that they go through?

Because I believe that. I truly believe that also. And I did a past life regression. And one of the past lives, I was a young man and I was desperately trying to, to save someone in a fire in my house. And when I finally pulled the young person out of the fire,

the person conducting the past life said, look into the eyes and who do you see in this lifetime? And I saw my nephew, my brother's son. Yeah. So he was my brother in a previous life. Wow. Yeah. That's insane.

I haven't done one of those. I want to do one. Mm-hmm. Powerful. Very powerful. I'll have to get a recommendation from you. Thank you so much for coming on the podcast today, especially on your day off. Oh my God, this was amazing.

Appreciate you being here. And I'm so excited for you guys to go check out Good Night Nashville tonight. Oh, can't wait. I'm so excited. But I just want to say to you, I just want to thank you. Because you, I feel like you really did touch something that people don't normally ask or know about me. So next time someone asks me that, I'm going to say, well, Bunny asked those. You asked aside and wanted to show a side of me that most people don't know or that people

would never even consider knowing. And I know sometimes it might be uncomfortable too because, you know, especially being interviewed, it's hard to answer personal questions like that. So I always try to be respectful, but I think you did really amazing. Oh, thank you. I feel like I've been here like five minutes. No, it's been an hour. I think it's been an hour, right?

Oh, my God. Yeah. Thank you so much. Oh, well, thank you. Where can people find you if they don't know how to find you? Just go to Teresa Caputo.com. I'm verified on everything. And I'm just going to say this.

If people reach out to you asking for a gift card saying that it's me and I'm going to give you a reading, it is not me. There is so much out there for, and this is again something that through the fan club we work so hard for. That's why I encourage people to join the fan club because you have direct access to my team and my team only. Yes, and they can reach that at Teresa Caputo.com. Yep. Go sign up for the fan club. I'm going to go sign up for the fan club. I'm going to be the number one fan in there.

I'm going to be like a stalker in there, just crazy. I love you, girl. I can't wait to just continue watching your journey, and I'm just so proud of you. Oh, thank you so much. I'm equal. I am proud of you, too. Thank you for being here.

And thank you guys for tuning in to another episode of Dunblond. I'll see you guys next week. Bye. And she was like, I don't know if you don't know exactly what's going on with him, or like, if you do, like, I don't really, if you feel like, but they just keep showing like everything's going to be okay. Is there something with his blood?

Holy hell. What? I knew this was going to be wrong. Yeah. So just so you know, like, how you always say that you want to be respectful, like, I always feel like, I, because I feel like you wanted to ask me, but you were afraid to ask. Oh, I would never. No, I know. I know.

So you were afraid, you know, to ask. But I feel like, did you just switch? a doctor or did they just switch the treatment? Yeah, no, he blood out. You lost 50% of his blood at surgery. And did they change something or did they give him something new? I don't know what it is. There's switching his nerves that we love so much as his last day today.

And I've been so scared about that because I swear he's the only reason he's getting better. Yeah, but he's strong enough now. So he'll like, it's almost like, sure he's just like, she did her job. Is he home? No. Well, they show him home. So. Wednesday. We just found out he's going to come home. Oh, perfect. Yeah. So he's, he's strong.

It's almost like now he needs so like he can do all of this. Like he's going to be fine. But they're telling me like he's a little bit stubborn. Like he doesn't listen. Like if they say eat more protein, he's like, I'm going to eat vegetables. Like I'm not going to eat protein or right. She's so mad about the protein. Okay. So he needs to do it. He needs to do the pro he needs to really

Who's the young male that deported connected to you? I feel like it's more of like a brother energy or Or did he have a brother that passed or someone that was like a brother? And they told me yes. So you could just ask him I know what that is which Jenny. She's inside. So that was okay So it's gonna be fun.

He has to just, it's almost like, I don't know if you said to them like, dad, like knock the shit off, like just do what they say. Like stop being so stuff and this is your effing life now. Enough is enough. Like he has to, you know, and saying he can't give up. He is being a little sad like, oh, like, oh yeah, you got to. You got to eat the fucking protein. Right.

Yeah. Yeah, he hasn't eaten in eight days. Yeah, so he has, but it's got to, it's got to be little because it really does. He doesn't feel good when he, like, I get it, but like he's got to do little like microdosing. It is. And he's got to, but he will build that, he will build that up, but he has to just allow it to happen. Yeah. But he'll be fine.

Thank you. Wait, did he, did he? I don't know what it is so that were there a lot of changes that they said that he should be making in his life He doesn't want to do that either He doesn't want to quit smoking He doesn't want to do any of it. He's like no way It's so stubborn It's so stubborn

I told him I was like no more surgery is because it stresses me out I was like I'm freaking everybody else doesn't have to have this surgery It was like either he lived in a catheter the rest of his life or it was Well, the problem with that was, is that showing like he waited too long to have. He did. Like, if he had, like, so this is a lesson. So we were just talking about this on how the worst thing that can happen in our life turns out to be the best thing in a sense.

So this is also to acknowledge that if he did this sooner. Yes. Right? If he did this sooner, this never would have happened. Literally, we talked about it, the doctors, he's been having his prostate issue his whole life. And not had they just done this years, but he's with the VA, so they're not very. But I'm also just going to say this, they didn't know so much about it. And I don't know if they were just watching something.

And then all of a sudden it was like, shit, we got to do this now. So that in itself, so next time things come up, we just have to, like, we don't have to like it, but we have to do it. Yes. Does that make sense? Yeah. I was like, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.