For me, connecting in the morning works really well.  Just before I get out of bed and I am in between the worlds, I ask to connect with my guides.  I ask them out loud or even inside my head if there are any messages for me for the day.  Since I am not fully into my day yet; I seem to be more receptive.  Pay attention to any feeling, image or thought that comes into your head. Psychic messages can sometime come in a very subtle way.  We all seem to want to see the burning bush or our loved one appear in human form in front of us.  Yes, that can happen--but more often than not guides and loved ones are speaking to us inside our mind using that small still voice which can sound like our own but isn’t.