Questions About Empath Abilites And Reading Minds

Yes, I am a psychic medium but I am also an empath. For those of you who don't know, this means that I can feel what other people (and spirits) are feeling. I have heard with some empaths though, it comes with an ability of almost being able to read minds. Not through words or exact thoughts but almost through pictures. For instance, I have a friend who is an empath who can "read minds". I was passing by an old house and I started speaking to her about the man I saw. She said think of him but do not say a word (I recently was told about her ability and she was trying to do some exercises with me to see if we could help each other with our abilities) and she was going to tell me what I was seeing. So I stopped and I thought of this man. She went on about a man in an orange vest with a dark forest green button down shirt under, straight legged lighter jeans and boots. He was holding a gun and wearing a green hat. This surprised me and excited me at the same time because I had finally found someone I could semi relate to because she also had psychic abilities. I was wondering if anyone could help me or give me some tips on how to strengthen my empath abilities so maybe one day I could be to the level where I can "read minds" as well. I think that it would be beneficial to my psychic medium abilities if I could do that with the spirits instead of waiting on them to tell me things. Please comment and help out. My email is kaylaphillips46@yahoo.com if you would like to talk there about this. Thank you!