ABOUT
JOANNE FRANCHINA
Intuitive Life Coach, Founder of INNER COMPASS®, Registered Lily Dale Medium
I come from a long line of clairvoyant mediums and energy healers. I was born down the road from a small town in New York, USA, called Lily Dale, a mecca for Spiritualists. And a mecca for me; I returned there nearly every summer of my life. But I grew up a typical kid in a happy home – actually, many happy homes as my father's career in retail management meant our family moved households twelve times before I was graduated from high school.
I received a bachelor’s degree in English/Technical Writing and Political Science from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. I gained extensive professional experience in telecommunications and information technology as a technical writer, training course developer, and quality assurance manager.
Joanne giving her first inspirational talk at Lily Dale in 2009
In fact, it was the stress of juggling motherhood and a successful corporate career that brought me to learn meditation and life-coaching skills in 1996. My extraordinary experiences with meditation and the power of intention led me to further studies of metaphysical and spiritual subjects that ultimately resulted in a career change of a higher order.
Joanne with the late Jaccolin Franchina, Joanne's mother and a registered medium in Lily Dale for many years
I have helped people navigate major life changes, explore their spiritual path, use their intuition, find meaningful work, cultivate fulfilling relationships, and experience healing. I have helped even more people in workshops on meditation, mediumship development, creative manifestation, and other metaphysical disciplines.
In 2012, I created an extensive certification program of mediumship development, the Mediumship Mastery Program. At the same time, I established Inner Compass Academy to further the educational focus that Inner Compass has had since its inception.
I became a certified clairvoyant medium, spiritual healer, and ordained Spiritualist minister through Fellowships of the Spirit in Lily Dale, New York, in 2006. That same year I founded Inner Compass LLC, an intuitive life-coaching practice based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since then I have helped thousands of people to create fulfilling lives for themselves by using their inner wisdom in everyday situations.
Joanne with Rose Vanden Eynden, Joanne's former office partner and co-director of the Mediumship Mastery Program for many years
The academy has featured many renowned instructors over the years, including Rose Vanden Eynden, Chad Seibert, Victor Paruta, Virginia Collins, Sharon Anne Klingler, Sandra Anne Taylor, Martie Hughes, Sherry Lee Calkins, the late Gretchen Clark, and the late Jaccolin Franchina.
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Joanne with colleagues Victor Paruta, Katy Campolongo, Geri Breen, and Chad Seibert, in 2022
In 2024, having moved my primary residence to Lily Dale, New York, I became a Registered Medium for the Lily Dale Assemblly. As a result of these changes, individual sessions with clients have understandably become a primary focus of my professional practice. I continue to serve as I am led by Spirit. And I continue to enjoy connecting with people - whether meeting in-person or virtually, whether in individual sessions or group events, and whether I am in Cincinnati, Lily Dale, or anywhere else.
Joanne in 2024 with some of her fellow registered Lily Dale mediums
As you might expect, I have become highly skilled in balancing the practical and the inspirational, the logical and the intuitive, the material and the spiritual. My intuitive approach to coaching and mentoring is unique and gets to the truth of a matter with amazing, higher-self-driven insights and results. I am passionate about teaching; I love to share the principles and practices that I have successfully applied in my own life and in sessions with clients. I also love to learn, and am continually studying new ideas and advanced practices.
I am blessed to have a supportive family and loved ones who help me to appreciate life. I enjoy walks in nature, music, and creative projects. I also enjoy getting to know people, so I hope you will contact me and tell me about you!
And, if you want to really get to know me and my approach to this work, read my weblog...
