Innerlight Psychic Gallery & Boutique

I wish I had MORE self-​esteem at the time and did NOT waste my time or money at Innerlight Psychic Gallery and Boutique. I invested a large sum of money, that was promised (by word) to be paid back to me with interest, but Valerie Ristick has not returned the money. It was over a year ago when I first went to the boutique and I still have not received the full amount back. I feel I dealt with a very unprofessional person who handles business very poorly. In my opinion it was not worth my money and the web of lies she weaved caused me more distress from the large sum of money I have not received back.
I would never wish this kind of grief on anyone that I experienced at Innerlight Psychic Gallery and Boutique. I will be contacting the local news station and anyone else who had the same experience, I suggest you file with the Better Business Bureau as well.

This place is a complete scam. My friends and I have been looking for a place to have our palms read strictly for FUN. We went on Groupon and found Innerlight with a $ 13 promo for a palm reading session. The 3 of us purchased the Groupon and my friend called to make and appointment. When she called she was told by the lady their pay station was down and unable to take the Groupon. The woman over the phone then told my friend to cancel the purchase and pay cash in store BUT would not be able to honor the $ 13 promo. I was confused about the conversation and decided to call for myself and see what was up. The lady on the phone told me to not purchase the Groupon and just pay in cash «it’s the same thing honey» she said over the phone. Just to make sure I asked so $ 13 per person and she said no $ 15. I asked why she wasn’t honoring the promotion on Groupon and why they weren’t accepting the Groupons and she hastily responded «I don’t want your business you don’t know what $ 2 difference is just don’t buy the Groupon and don’t come here you and your cheap friends.» Then she hung up on me. I have no idea what is up with this place but clearly they’re running a scam and not honoring their own promotions. Whoever I spoke with is extremely rude and unprofessional but I guess what can you expect from scammers. Don’t bother.

Me and my friend decided to do this for fun and we saw two different people at the same time… they literally gave us the exact same reading and told us it would be $ 300 to clear the blocks in our lives.

This Place is a total SCAM! One, if not every 5 star review, is from the people that work there. You guys scammed my roommate/​best friend out of $ 10,000. Val R– you definitely work there, your daughter is the one that took the money from kelly and then pawned her off on you. You played on her emotions and toyed with her life. You should be ashamed and disgusted. My guess is that you don’t really care and are looking for your next victim. If I can suggest anything to anyone is to STEER CLEAR of this place. They prey on the weak. I honestly don’t know how they could sleep at night. They are disgusting excuses for human beings.

I was very happy with the information she gave me it felt very spiritual and calming I had other readings and none of them compare to this one best reading I have ever got I highly recommend going here She helped me with my love life and my career And I never felt happier she’s great

If you have recently gone through a breakup DO NOT GO HERE!!! They will TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU. Last year, my boyfriend of 3 years abruptly broke up with me. My friend had advised I go see a psychic, or spiritual guide. My first appointment I met with Nicole. She gave me a general reading, but then told me I had a cloud of negative energy around me and it would cost $ 250 to clear the energy. sounds VERY familiar to Kelly W’s review. I WISH I would’ve stopped there. At the second appointment I am sure she could tell how emotionally unstable I was at the time, and decided to cash in on the opportunity. She told me that my ex-​boyfriend was my soulmate and in order to heal the broken relationship I needed to purchase candles. I am currently in debt, but I TRUSTED that a spiritual person would not take advantage of someone, because they had to believe in Karma. Plus why would someone prey on someone’s trust, faith, and mess with their life by trying to reunite a broken couple? I charged the candles to my credit card. After the candles didn’t work, she told me that the negativity was too strong and I needed to invest more into the work. The amount of money she was asking for was not something I could afford. She told me there were ways to get the money, such as loans. By this time we had been a couple months into the work, and she was telling me that my ex was thinking of me and he was my soulmate, and that this was MY LIFE on the line. In order to clear the negativity and be able to move forward, the additional work was necessary. I was to give her the money in CASH form, and she was to put it in a tabernacle to attract the negativity out of my life. She PROMISED me that if I was not happy with the work, she would return the money to me the first of the year in January. I was able to take the money out of my 401k and she told me it was a «sign.» After two weeks of giving Nicole the money she booked a flight to California, cancelled her phone line and told me her mother was to be the «messenger.» Needless to say I only saw Nicole one time after giving her the money. She then called me in December to ask for MORE money. When I told her no, she told me that she would still be holding onto the THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS that were in the «tabernacle» but return it to me in January. SHE NEVER RETURNED THE MONEY. The time I did talk to her post-​January was when she told me my ex and I no longer were going to be together and it be best to move on. However, she again told me to TRUST HER and that she would meet with me to return the money to me in March when she got back to town. She never returned. I dealt with her mother Valerie for months, having her tell me to TRUST HER, and she GAVE ME HER WORD she would have the money returned to me. I asked her if the money was in the «tabernacle» why couldn’t she retrieve the money? She said that was «Nicole’s deal.» Even though I had no way of communication with Nicole. Then the story turned into, «well you didn’t complete the work.» Uhhh, so because I didn’t pay thousands of dollars additionally to the thousands of dollars I had already given, I get NOTHING BACK? That makes no sense. Then the excuse was, well you have no receipt so how do I know you actually gave that money to Nicole? SHE HAD ASKED FOR CASH!!! WHY WOULD I GET A RECEIPT FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY SPIRITUAL GUIDE WHO I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TRUSTING?! After MONTHS OF CANCELLATIONS/​RESCHEDULING/​EXCUSES I finally had enough. The amount of frustration and stress that was caused because of Nicole and Valerie I have no words for. How two «spiritual» people can prey on women currently going through heartbreak is sickening to me. They messed with every aspect of my life, my love, my faith, my trust, my money. I only wish that the previous reviews had been posted earlier, before it was too late for me. The best advice I can give is STAY AWAY.

I was there today and very skeptical to go in because of these reviews but I wanted to see for myself .she hit everything right on the spot to the tee about my whole life she knew about my sisters that we haven’t spoke for 6 mo and about my house I was trying to sell she gave me specific info about my love life. And I was amazed I plan to go back regularly for updates. And try other readings she offered. I don’t know what the other reviews had a problem with but for me she was amazing.

They’ve left several fliers on my car, which I absolutely hate. One of the quickest ways to make somebody dislike your business and never go to it is to leave trash on their car to clean up.

Okay so the comment that Kelly W. Made is extremely on point. The first time I went to this boutique, it was the summer of 2014 and I loved it. Valerie’s daughter was so nice, and told me what career I was going to be in before I even sat down (and it was the career I was hoping was right and i’m going to school for.) There was no pressure, and I even recommended two more friends who went and also loved it.
Fast forward to 2015. Something was troubling me, and a friend of mine wanted me to take her to a psychic so because I had a great experience, I recommended this place. This time however, there was a different daughter, Nina. Nina was more interested in me than she was my friend. She gave my friend a 5 minute reading, and kept coming back to me, and insisted on further talking to me. She sat me down and read my palms accurately, but then started to take advantage of my sensitivity and vulnerability. She told me there was something evil in my life, that I had bad luck, and that I would not accomplish anything until I got rid of this (mind you her sister told me the exact opposite which stayed in the back of my mind.) She told me I was in love with a man who hurt me and that I was meant to be with him. The first part is true, but i know deep down I do not want to marry this man, which made me skeptical. She convinced me to spend an extra $ 100 so she can meditate on how to help me and to come the next day after showering with a crystal she gave me.
I did what she said, came the next day. She was rushing the results and played on the bad relationship me and my mother had, saying she’s the one that put a curse on me. She said my mother used about $ 3000 and other ingredients to do this. I know my mother does not have that type of money (flag 1.) She said that this man must be in my life and I will never be loved if I don’t do this (flag 2.) The last thing I care about right now is my love life. Flag 3 is when she stated she knew I had money set aside for other purposes, which is true. She said God gave me the money for this. I am heavily set on moving to LA and believe that is why god blessed me with this money so no matter what, curse or not, I was not touching my LA money. She then went to say she would put money in her self but she has to get at lease $ 1000 today. I said ok, i’ll be back. Left, and never came back. She called me multiple times and I ignored.
I knew what would happen. I give her $ 1000, come back and theres another step that requires $ 2000. I might be vulnerable but i’m not that stupid. She tried to take advantage of me and my past and lost. Not to mention, my friend heard Valerie on the phone before that bragging about how much money they made.
I don’t know the other daughters name but I loved her she was great, but the others tainted their name. Steer away from here.

I wound up at Innerlight Psychic Gallery & Boutique because someone left a flyer on my car. In the midst of a bad breakup, I was curious to know what my future held. I walked in and was greeted by the owner, Valerie. She asked me what I stopped in for: a palm reading, a tarot card reading, or a psychic reading. I chose a $ 40 tarot card reading. She informed me that her daughter would be performing the reading. Her daughter, Nina, then came out from the back of the storefront and greeted me. She began the tarot card reading as I was previously accustomed to (from another psychic). She told me the usual stuff, there was something troubling me, there was a curse on my life, etc. She then prodded me to give her $ 200 so that she could attempt to remove ‘this evil’ that was plaguing my life. Given that I was vulnerable and open to giving it a try, I reached in my wallet and gave her the $ 200 that I had so carefully, tucked away for a rainy day. After the tarot card reading was over, she told me to return the next day while she meditated that night about how to remove the ‘evil’.
When I returned the following day, Nina told me that there were 12 candles needed to remove the evil from my life. The kicker, is that each candle was an astounding 100 dollars, making all the candles cost me a total of $ 1,200. Clearly, this was not just a drop in the bucket amount of money. After a few minutes of coercing, I was on my way to my bank (5^th 3^rd), which was conveniently across the street, to withdraw $ 1,000 to give to Nina, in order that she may begin to remove the evil. I have to admit, at this point I was pretty into what she was feeding me. Telling me tales of grandeur about my life and how it could potentially turn out if she did not help to remove the evil – horribly. Before leaving, she told me to perform a few ritual-​like routines (bath in a certain liquid and throw the towels that I used to bathe with, away, etc.) and, to burn that candle that she gave me every night for an hour while praying, for 7 days. She told me I was to return a few days later.
At this point, I was fully-​committed to what Nina was telling me, and trusting her psychic abilities. I was praying faithfully every night and starting to believe that things were actually getting ‘better.’ Looking back on the entire experience, I am able to recall that she told me several times over, to «keep secret». At the time, I didn’t know why she was saying that, but I now realize it was most likely because if I had been telling people that I was going to see a psychic, they would most likely tell me I was crazy, and that it was a waist of money. It’s truly amazing how much she was willing to take advantage of the fact that I was grieving over my breakup. I would go on to return to the gallery a few more times, in addition to receiving guidance from Nina, via phone calls.
The straw that broke the camel’s back for me, was when I returned to the gallery one day after performing another ritual, and Nina informed me that she saw a number and that the number was 3,600 dollars – the amount that I would need to pay in order for her to complete her work with me. After sending me to the bank to inquire about taking out a personal loan, she kept repeating that she could see that there was a way for me to pay that amount of money. She even went so far as to tell me that other clients of hers have opened up credit cards at local stores and bought gift cards of which they would then give to her as a form of payment. After going to try to acquire the loan from my bank, and being denied, I returned to the gallery a final time. Nina told me that there was ‘a way’ for me to come up with the money. She gave herself away as she tried to coerce me into asking family and friends for the money, etc. She even told me that she was willing to give me a 50% discount on the $ 3,600. Too little, too late. I walked out of the gallery and never returned.
Hopefully the $ 1,840 I spent (in two weeks) at the Innerlight Gallery & Boutique was enough to help them pay the high rental costs on their Lincoln Park location.
Stay away at all costs, and if you should wind up in there, tell Nina that Kelly says hello.