For Access to Your Ancestors

ELANA KILKENNY, 50 Morningside Dr.; elanakilkenny.com

pre-pandemic, you could plop down on Elana Kilkenny’s couch in Morningside Heights, where she’d offer you a cup of tea and (possibly) conjure up your ancestors. “She accesses them, or should I say they access her,” says Rachel Paige Goldstein, an event producer and strategic consultant. (Kilkenny is currently seeing clients virtually; intuitive counseling sessions start at $250.) “I lost my dad to COVID in May and wanted to connect to him,” Goldstein says. “And with Elana, I spoke to him. It was amazing.” Kilkenny refers to herself as an intuitive counselor. “She isn’t a prescriptive, ‘Do this, don’t do that’ psychic,” says Yuka Hagiwara, co-founder of Olo Acupuncture. “She can zone in on exactly what needs to be dealt with”—and from there, “with great sensitivity,” help you navigate it. “She sensed that I was emotionally and energetically exhausted and warned me against being ‘nice’ to everyone,” says Cass Alcide , co-host of the Scam

City podcast.