Carolyn Rafaelian Collaborates “Divinely” With Long Island Medium

By Karen Dybis | February 14, 2025

If you follow Long Island Medium’s Theresa Caputo, you instantly think of her over-the-top hair, nails, and shoes—and the reality TV star now hopes fans will connect with the spiritual and protective symbols found in her first jewelry collection.

Caputo partnered with well-known jewelry designer Carolyn Rafaelian’s &Livy brand to create Divinely Guided, a collection of bangles and expandable chain bracelets and necklaces with charms of angel wings, butterflies, and shields—designs intended to remind the wearer of love, faith, and connection.

“I never imagined in a million years that I would ever do a jewelry line. But when Carolyn asked me, I was all in. To be able to work with Carolyn is something truly special in and of itself,” Caputo says. “People want to wear something that reminds them of the people they’ve lost.… Jewelry has an energy to it, and it represents who we are. We need these subtle reminders and tools to remember our loved ones and that we still have a connection.”

The television series Long Island Medium, on TLC, and Theresa Caputo: Raising Spirits, on Lifetime, show Caputo working with clients as a medium, receiving messages and images from departed souls and sharing them with their loved ones. Caputo says her collaboration with &Livy uses some of the same motifs she sees in her readings and are important to her in her own life.

Divinely Guided jewelry — *&Livy has collaborated with TV medium Theresa Caputo on pendants, necklaces, and bracelets with spiritual motifs.*

“People sometimes have trouble talking about their loved ones—how they died or their stories. That’s why I wanted to make this jewelry,” says Caputo, who spoke with JCK from her tour bus as she travels the country doing spiritual readings.

“If you’re wearing a pendant of an angel wing and it’s on a beautiful necklace, people can ask you about it and you can tell them, ‘I wear this angel wing in honor of my mom. Even though I know she’s passed away, I know she will carry me.’ It gives people permission to talk about their loved ones organically.”

The Divinely Guided jewels can help wearers experience joy and find strength, Caputo says. She notes, for example, that her mom often receives compliments on the Let the Light In pendant necklace.

“She says every time she wears it, people are in awe of it and can’t take their eyes off of it. They light up, and so does she,” says Caputo. “I also love the name of our Protective Eye pieces. It offers a spiritual armor. It’s like the universe is lighting your path.”

Divinely Guided tags — *Caputo says Divinely Guided jewelry, such as this silver bangle, includes messages of positive energy and connection to those we have loved and lost.*

Rafaelian and her &Livy team produce the Divinely Guided line in Rhode Island, where Rafaelian says she is rebuilding her jewelry empire and helping to promote the state as the “jewelry capital of the world.” Rafaelian created &Livy as a follow-up to Alex and Ani, the brand she founded in 2004 (it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy a year after she left as CEO in 2020).

“Theresa and I are kindred spirits—we hit it off from when we first met,” says Rafaelian. “I watch how she affects people. She’s so loving and so real. She has a talent where she can take a soul from a place of anguish, anxiety, fear, and sadness, and through her words and her gifts she can lift a soul up.”

She suggested Caputo create a jewelry collection with &Livy because it could be affordable and American-made and give customers a keepsake to wear and eventually pass on. Divinely Guided prices range from $38 for the A Little Hello From Heaven Posy bracelet to $58 for necklaces and stretch bead bracelets.

Divinely Guided bracelets — *Divinely Guided’s stretchable bracelets ($58 each) feature a shield with protective eye, butterflies, and angel wing.*

&Livy is named after Rafaelian’s third daughter—and it represents her hope that someday she might reconnect with the Alex and Ani brand (named after her two older daughters) to bring her businesses together.

“Alex and Ani was my training wheels. It was the experience that led me to this place,” she says. “&Livy is our next billion-dollar bangle.… Theresa is the first collaboration for this company, and she set the bar high. I couldn’t ask for a better blessing and a better person to work with. She touches every soul she encounters and makes people feel empowered.”

Rafaelian’s fine jewelry brand, Metal Alchemist, also has several jewelry collaborations, including one with rapper Snoop Dogg called Lovechild. There’s more to come, she promises.

“My focus now is legacy. What am I leaving behind? How am I making earth and humanity a better place because I existed?” Rafaelian says.

“This is very personal to me. Now I have grandchildren—they are my life. I thought I loved my kids, and then I had grandchildren. These little babies give me more umph to get me to the next rise. I’m doing it for that generation. It’s for legacy purposes. I want my factory back. I want to start all over again.”

Top: Medium and now jewelry designer Theresa Caputo models the Let the Light In necklace and other pieces from her Divinely Guided collection with &Livy. (Photos courtesy of &Livy)