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Body and Soul, The Saturday Times 12th February 2005

by Angus Donald

Describing yourself as a "psychic love coach" can be a bit of a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it makes you sound like a superior kind of love coach, with a phone line directly to the Divine; on the other, in a field which is seen by many as, well, a bit flaky, you could appear to be the farthest crumb clinging to the edge of the pastry crust.

I rather inclined to the second view when I first met Alison Chan Lung, a fortysomething psychic love coach, in a West London flat.

I had explained on the phone that I was a 39-year-old single journalist who wanted to meet a nice girl, fall in love, marry and live happily ever after. And Alison had agreed to give me a face-to-face psychic session and to coach me over the phone for four weekly half-hour sessions to help me achieve my goal.

At her office, Alison, a tall, slim woman of Chinese and Irish descent, said that she had been psychic since the age of 6 when her dead grandmother, who had also been psychic, contacted her to tell her that she had special powers.

After a brief period of meditation, Alison shuffled an ordinary pack of cards and asked me to pick 14 of them at random. Spreading them out face up in two rows of seven, she began the reading. In the top rank of cards was the queen of spades, directly above the two of hearts. In the near future, Alison said, I would meet a strong, dark, independent woman and have an intimate loving relationship with her.

Excellent. But, Alison cautioned that a business woman (the queen of clubs, a couple of cards along), would also be in my life.

I agreed to talk to her for half an hour every Friday for the next four weeks. She said she would send me a "love crystal", a smooth pink rock the size of a pound coin that would draw love towards me -a sort of mystic girl-magnet.

The weekly sessions were surprisingly harrowing. I discovered that, psychic mumbo-jumbo aside, Alison was an excellent psychologist. Her intelligent insights into my inadequacies as a man were profound and painful to confront. She told me that I hid behind jokes and flattery because I didn't believe the real me was worthy of love. After each session I felt wrung-out but optimistic. And I began to take her seriously.

She set me homework: listing six negative beliefs about relationships and women; repeating mantras such as: "I love and accept myself as I am"; and listing 50 qualities that I was looking for in a woman. In the final week, with this last list reduced to the most important qualities, I had to draw up a manifesto on a sheet of red paper. Every night, after lighting a candle and clutching my love crystal, I'd chant from the manifesto: "I now attract a wonderful, loving, attractive, soulmate into my life without delay."

Unfortunately, my flatmates overheard me one night and made my life hell for weeks. I'd be queuing at the bar in the local pub and behind me they would intone: "I now attract two pints of lager and a large gin and tonic into my life without delay."

As if that wasn't bad enough, Alison told me to go speed dating. I was twitching with nerves when I stepped into a Knightsbridge bar to meet about 40 single women in their thirties and forties. After chanting under my breath "I love and accept myself as I am ..." (and attracting a large gin and tonic into my life without delay), I began to feel more confident and actually enjoyed myself.

I did meet two women I liked. After a couple of dates, one, a tough businesswoman (the queen of clubs?), dumped me, I suspect because during the week I dated her I grew a purple boil the size of a planet on my left cheek.

The other woman, Mary, well, she's wonderful. We've had many dates (she didn't even seem to notice the boil) and we have fallen in love. A couple of months ago we went on holiday, I proposed and, guess what, in June we're going to be married.

Call Alison Chan Lung on 0845 2267624

Finding love is a game of chants

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by Jennifer Carr. Thursday, 13 March 2008 (The London Paper)

Finding out about your love life through a psychic used to involve a clairvoyant and a crystal ball. But not any more.

Alison Chan Lung, who runs the London-based ­Psychic Love Coaching ­Programme, claims she can guide your relationship ­future over the phone.

She says that through mind power, she can unlock the doors to happiness by ­changing your perceptions of others and yourself in a bid to find love. This is the love, she says, that “our higher power knows we’re worthy of, but our ego keeps us from finding”.

So far, so cynical. But once I learn that the process has a bit more basis than tea leaves and tarot cards, I am a bit more of a believer.

The first activity is called “checking in” where Alison encourages you to unload your dating attitudes in a bid to sort out your love life.

This requires, on the first of your two prescribed sessions, an honest brain dump of your thoughts and fears about ­relationships and yourself. There’s no point in holding back here, so be honest. ­

Alison talks you through your ­relationship goals while coaxing out the negative bits. So if you want to believe that flirting with “him at work” could lead to something, you will have the focus to do so.

On our second meeting I’m asked to recall my negative beliefs about men (they’re ­either too aloof or too clingy) and me (my fear of being trapped in a relationship).

Alison tailors these ­negative beliefs into positive mantras. I am then asked to chant these mantras in my head while I am on the Tube, at the gym and at work so that ­eventually my brain will take them as gospel.

Now, it doesn’t guarantee instant results and you’ll need to stick with it, but after two weeks of whispered chants such as, “I accept myself and others as they are”, there’s something resembling ­sassiness in my stride.

At least the amount of cheeky glances I receive skipping onto the Northern line would suggest that self-esteem definitely ups the stakes in the dating game.

And, with five clients married, Alison’s theory of ­harnessing positive thought may just be the secret to ­finding the relationship we actually all deserve.

Love: deal or no deal?

by Tania Ahsan. Wednesday, 25 April 2007

Psychic love coaching may sound like the title of a bad film on Bravo, but it can be the difference between sitting home scoffing popcorn for one, or sharing a bucket for two with a date. It mixes life coaching and psychic readings, providing guidance backed by psychic intuition.

Alison Chan Lung is a coach who uses phone sessions, plus spirit guides Elinor and Master Jiang to scatter her readings with advice. Sceptical? Then concentrate on a coaching session, which is not so different from a management training course, except romance, rather than sucking up to the boss, is the order of the day.

My coaching session starts with Alison asking me my romantic goal, something I’d never admit in dating circles: “I want to get married.” She asks me to specify what sort of man I want and when I’d like him to appear: the more specific you can be with your goal, the more likely it is to manifest. Alison instructs me to write this out and put it somewhere I will see it daily.

Next, I must think of six negative statements I have about love; these include cheery nuggets like: “I am too fat to be attractive” and “Men always eventually leave”.

For the reading, I listen to Alison as she “tunes” into her guides, telling her when to stop while she shuffles a pack of cards. My results say I’ll soon find my soulmate. As I rub my chin in doubt, Alison bowls me over by asking: “What does property abroad have to do with your love life?” I’ve just left a guy who wanted me to move abroad and buy property with him, but wasn’t willing to marry. Perhaps my soulmate is around the corner after all.

Exercises include everything from feng shui to simply putting yourself out there.

“You won’t find love sat at home,” explains Alison. When it comes to dating, even psychics are realists.

Feng shui: De-clutter your feng shui love corner, says Alison; it’s on the far right as you walk into your home. She suggests putting an image of a couple or two china swans here, and lighting pink candles. Once a day, say your affirmations here or meditate on what you want from your love life.