As 2023 comes to a close, I am reminded of the successes and challenges that this year has brought along with all the love, friendship and joys in working with the animal and nature friends …

For those of you who use the talking buttons with your pets, know that how they use it may shift based on who they are with. The words can take on different meanings as a way of communicating. For instance, the word outside…

If you have ever spoken these words to a canine friend, you aren’t seeing it from their perspective as they seem to go barking mad as it floats through the sky. While watching a new friend this past week, I was shocked when I saw him race across the yard in a very defensive mode and barking for the first time…

For the pups in your life, some may love and find joy in the walk. There are those that this is their ultimate love language! A few I have met, this is what gets them excited!

Gratitude isn’t solely about the experiences we love, enjoy, and feel passion in. Although those are often the ones for which we can first speak of in being grateful. The opportunities for which we feel such joy where our efforts are being recognized…

When we begin tuning into the messages of Spirit, these can show up in a multitude of ways. Given my connection with nature and animal beings, I often discover information in the animal beings that show up in my business to the elements, clouds, and…

Recently while out hiking on a trail near Wickenburg, Arizona, we came across a family of skunks roaming around the park. One of the main messages from the skunk is for using resources wisely.

This summer several families began putting me through the ropes of a new level of presence. The exercises were beyond any before. One family was asking…

While out on a recent hike, the Universe was teaching about the importance of the pieces and how one brings them together. So, what does it look like on a hike, for me the example was a series of shifts from one trail to several others. All the trails…

In my experience in visiting and observing your animal family members, there are several things that increase their level of joy. Over the next weeks, I will share some of these with you. One of the biggest is conscious attention and connection. What does that mean exactly?

Much of the last twenty-three years for me has been walking through the uncomfortable from social norms to business to restaurants to being at ease in my own body. Shaking, tremors, and whatever label you want to give them often can put the person on edge. Most often with themselves facing and being aware …

Do you have a dog that sometimes you wonder whether they are a cat?  Or a cat that acts like a dog?

Often the actions and behaviors of our animal companions can take on the personalities of whatever or whomever they were raised with or by. So, if your dog as a puppy was raised around an older sibling that is a cat,

Traveling into the unknown can put us on the edge. As I mentioned in my previous blog on our travels to Europe, one of our experiences was with money. However, we have impactful experiences in releasing the role of expectations. Flying here in the states, we don’t think about passport checks when going from state to state despite the states being of similar size to the countries in much of Europe. Flying back from….

This past week, I noticed a variety of emotions surfacing in connection with my dad. Partially as I was re-reading through the first round of edits for my upcoming book. The part I was at involved my walk with my dad…

If you have ever been around both households with single pets and those with multiple animal family members or are a parent of the latter, these statements may have been heard…

If you like the fastpass found at many well-known amusement parks, then you will love the Skip the Line offerings in certain tours available for purchase before you arrive at your destination. For us, we learned that Skip the Line and small groups were the best bet for maneuvering the summer busy time. We had six people in our first tour at the Vatican Museum whereas at the Coliseum there were 25 in our group…

Many of the pets I visit tend to not want to eat as that takes them into another room or away from connecting in the time we have together and rarely will they do so by themselves. What I have discovered is that if I sit adjacent to them and their bowl, I may have to hand feed them the first few times. Afterwards they will eat the majority of it on their own.

Have you ever noticed we can make our lives so much more challenging if we set up our schedule to be one that we are rushing from one thing to the other versus putting a little more down time or padding around the appointments. This then opens the schedule when traffic is a bit off that day.

We don’t ever know what will transpire in our travels whether within states or beyond. What one perceives their travels to be like looking ahead is often not the case as we encounter shifts by things outside our control…the weather, airplane mechanical obstacles, and routing changes. There are the unknowns of unfamiliar airports, language shifts, and international protocols that open one up to more learnings and working through the emotions that arise with the unknown.

Have you ever wondered if what you are doing or how you are connecting with your animal family members are you being present with them like they are with you? What does it mean to be that present?