Colette Baron-Reid

Colette Baron-Reid (born 1958) is a Canadian writer, public speaker, and self-proclaimed spiritual medium and oracle expert.

Early life Baron-Reid was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her mother was a French, German, and Polish homemaker, and her Serbian father was a wealthy Toronto land developer and engineer. (The Toronto Star wrote in 2000 that Baron-Reid's father was a Holocaust survivor, but did not mention if her mother was one.)

Baron-Reid attended Havergal College for women in Toronto. At 28 years old, she eventually "bottomed out" after ten years performing in bars and nightclubs, and she began going to a women's treatment centre for an alcohol and cocaine addiction.

Baron-Reid was asked to appear in a documentary on spiritualists in the late 1990s, which led her to meet record producer Eric Rosse, who was the film's composer. and I Am/Grace. The first album was described by the Calgary Herald as an "ambitious soft-pop album inspired by the likes of Kate Bush, Stevie Nicks, and Annie Lennox and incorporating a potpourri of musical styles."

In 2015, Baron-Reid's sold-out show at the University of Alberta was met with protestors from the Society of Edmonton Atheists, who said that communication with the dead is impossible and urged patrons to be more skeptical of these claims.

Speaking with author Amal Awad about cultural appropriation in the New Age industry for Awad's 2021 book, Baron-Reid stated: "I faced my own biases and came to realise how I was participating in a harmful system". She said she had hired two coaches specialising in diversity, inclusivity, and anti-racism, and also examined her own influences, leading her to address Native American imagery in current and future publications and request her publisher, Hay House, to amend the publications.

Personal life Baron-Reid was living with her husband in New Hampshire by 2013. Her husband has helped manage her business ventures.