Center For Balance

Before you read my lengthy review, when you decide to see Diana (and you should, at least once) note that the Center has closed and she has moved to her new location in Braintree (check her out at
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I cannot express how much Diana has done for me over the 7 years I’ve known her. I met her when I was going through the most difficult time in my life, and had no one to turn to. She gave me hope, and helped me navigate my difficulties until I came out on the other side. Without her, I would absolutely not be where I am today. She was an intrical part of my recovery.
While I initially saw her for an intuitive consultation (ie. card reading/​mediumship), my client relationship with her grew to include taking EFT Classes (emotional freedom technique), meditation, counseling, and «life» coaching.
I know, you’re thinking all that sounds very New Age and like a bunch of crap – but Diana is legit. She is warm, intelligent, funny and wise. Her gifts are unparrallel. I’ve been to more than one psychic, and since meeting Diana seven years ago, I’ve never looked back. And neither have the friends I’ve brought to see her. She’s caring and kind, and candid. She does not sugarcoat, and she will tell you the truth. But the truth coming from Diana brings a sense of calm, because you feel that trueth in your core.
If you’re wondering about prices… she’s extremely fair. Cost is on par with the rest of the market for what she does. Worth every penny.

Okay, I don’t usually do this kind of thing: go to see a medium to talk to dead people, but lately, I’ve been watching the show, «Medium» with Patricia Arquette, based on real-​life medium, Allison Dubois (it’s a great show; check it out on Netflix, if you haven’t seen it; it’s won awards!), and my mind started to open up about what it means to live and to die.
I started to become a believer. In spirits that is. This is not to say that I haven’t seen ghosts before. I have. Two — one in the girl’s bathroom at my undergrad, Sarah Lawrence, (a girl in a long dress with sad eyes), and one in my kitchen in my apt on 17^th at Castro in San Francisco. He was dressed in a turquoise jogging suit (no, really!) and was smiling maliciously at me. I burned some sage, & asked him politely to leave. He did.
Anyway, I’d heard amazing things about Diana DiMartino, the co-​founder of Center for Balance. A colleague I admire tremendously recommended Diana.
So, my partner & I went to see Diana about her dead dad. Let me just say that there was nothing freaky about it – no trance state, no weird glass orbs, nothing. No, Diana interprets what your loved one says, and says enough things that support that it’s really your loved one.
For example, my partner’s dad came through telling jokes, laughing a lot, and said things which clearly indicated to my girlfriend that it was him. His energy was large and warm. He described being everywhere, watching over his family, & said he really misses his «physicality.» Notice that he «misses» it – present tense.
My grandmother came through and her energy was very light. Diana said, «Her energy is very different from E’s dad’s. She’s very proper, she says to tell your girlfriend, ‘Pleased to meet you,» but it’s said very properly.” Absolutely true! My grandmother always said words in a very clipped, delicate manner, and said that the most important thing to her was to be «a lady.» Diana said that my grandmother told me that she leaves the scent of roses for me to signal her presence. Roses were her favorite scent! She used to put the scent on everything from her wrists & behind her ears to her laundry! And, I have smelled roses on occasion since she died.
Diana is awesome: really warm and personable, and she explains the process, which is surprisingly normal for talking to the dead. ;)
I left feeling more connected to my grandmother, thrilled to meet my partner’s dad, and happy to be alive in my own physicality, while surprisingly unafraid to die. Not that I want to die, but now, I just don’t fear it like I did. Hmmm… It’s a good feeling. :)
The Center also offers workshops, intuitive consultations, tarot card readings, and psychotherapy (from licensed professionals). But, I really appreciated Diana and would recommend her to anyone.
FYI: Here’s an article I found about her:
Appointments are made in advance, though the sign on their door says they do take walk-​ins.