Charlyn Spitzer became aware of her gift of spirit communication in early adolescence. Unfortunately, it was not always considered a gift within her family; as a young girl, it was something that others often feared. Her mother’s strong Catholic background prompted a “cleansing” by a Catholic priest in hopes that the communications would cease. They did not—and so Charlyn simply kept them to herself.

In her twenties, she frequently sensed the presence of spirits around her. Other spirit mediums encouraged her not to ignore the gifts she was receiving from the other side. Eventually, Charlyn found she could no longer turn away from those in spirit, as the manifestations became a daily occurrence. Though frightening at first, she slowly came to accept the communications as part of her life. A local Spiritualist Church helped her understand her abilities and replace fear with knowledge and purpose.

Over the years, Charlyn demonstrated her mediumship at various San Francisco Bay Area Spiritualist churches. She also shared her gifts publicly at the New Living Expo in San Francisco in 2012 and 2013, on Ken Morris’ Psychic Choice Radio Webcast in the UK in 2014, and at the Santa Rosa Mystic Fair in 2015 and 2018. In 2018, she also served as the Pet Psychic at the Halloween Boo! Bark & Brews Festival in Oakland’s Jack London Square. Her compassion and connection extended beyond people—she had a natural gift for communicating with animals as well.

Charlyn practiced mirror image automatic writing, an ability allowing spirits to write messages through her non-dominant (left) hand, often in reverse script. When held up to a mirror, their words could be read. Using this same method, she produced artwork featured in her 2015 Alameda exhibition, Perceptions of Spirit. She also practiced psychometry, sensing energy from objects or handwriting to connect with those who had passed—offering comfort, clarity, and connection to countless people.

Her work extended far beyond her spiritual gifts. Charlyn had a long history of care work, serving elderly adults, hospice patients, and working as a community chaplain in a nursing facility. She also served as Licentiate Minister at Golden Gate Spiritualist Church in San Francisco from 2019 through 2022. As a mediator for the Spirit World, she believed that death was not an end to be feared, but a transition to be understood—a doorway to the next expression of life.

Charlyn lived in Alameda, California, with her loving boyfriend, David Gonazalez, where she often found peace and freedom riding her Harley Davidson Sportster—a form of meditation and communion with spirit all its own.

After a year-long, hard-fought battle with ovarian cancer, Charlyn passed away on November  8, 2025.

Though her physical journey has ended, her spirit continues beyond the veil—free from pain, unbound by the body that once tethered her to this world. She is reunited with loved ones who went before her, her soul now radiant and at peace. Charlyn’s light reaches wide, touching those who knew her and even those who never met her, reminding us that love, spirit, and connection never die—they simply change form.