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Presence Activities with Other Animals
With other animals it is often out-of-the-box ways of presence. Just choosing to be seated next to where they are, softening your gaze, and giving them/him/her your attention is an act of presence - and most likely something they do not receive regularly. Even …
Whispers of Love
A seventeen-month journey is another step closer to the magical publishing experience as my book, Whispers of Love: A Journey to Self-Love Through the Guidance of Animals and Spirit…
Placing Your Self in Airplane Mode
We have all seen or heard of people, friends, or family members talking about the need for a digital break, yet with some people and situations it is important to extend it to when you are focusing on reaching a stage of presence with your pets. Cellphones, computers, televisions, social media – all can distract our…
The Art of Presence with Your Pets
Animals connect and communicate with one another through being in a present state of mind, so they hear another’s thoughts, see images, and sense what their emotional condition is while also being aware of the scent the other is giving off. They do this with us as well…
What does highly sensitive mean?
Our pets can help us learn just how sensitive they can be. You may not even realize that he or she is picking up on something you are experiencing as whatever is occurring isn’t what we would classify as a behavior shift in them.
Messages Beneath the Surface
As I was out hiking, I inquired as to what this week’s blog was to be and memories of some of my experiences with those I come across on my paths in nature, what is our innate inclination or response surfaces for understanding….
Do Pets Reach Out?
I have had some on this side that will periodically connect and show up out on hikes and the like. This, yes, is their version of a phone call. Only it’s a face popping up in my mind or a visual of them appearing in some way…
Adventures in Life
In the past two weeks, I have had several experiences that have brought through really high energy moments and ones that I have overcome something that gave me insight into the journey of the past year. Each of these are in some ways very different.
The first was very unexpected as I took my twenty-year old, nearly historic car…
A Little Bit of Love
As many of our pet friends share, love is the ultimate guidance in our lives. Surrendering to the power of love can look like…
Into the New, Guidance by Your Pets
What does it look like when an animal friend is attempting to get us out of our proverbial comfort zone?
Often it can be the subtle shifts in their mannerisms, styles of play, or even where they want to go on a walk. If you are a person who walks out your front door…
Peace in the Unknown
I am becoming aware of the lessons and the love found in many journeys and experiences with those around me and that of my own paths. The pieces of the equation are surfacing for greater understanding with each layer’s perspective…
When a Feline’s Behavior Speaks
Recently a feline friend began showing up in places that required acknowledgement before she would move beyond the spot. Let me add some context, her human, a family friend was in…
Disengaging the Nervous System - Part Two
Awareness is key to shifting how we engage our nervous system. To step into this space, we need to breathe, take a moment, and observe where our thoughts or emotions are taking us.
Disengaging the Nervous System’s Auto Response Message
Just as many of us have an out of office for a vacation or a meeting that automatically sends out a message via email or text, so too does the nervous system. Like the phone or computer system, we can forget to turn it off.
The Unexpected Plan B
Before the holidays some family, friends, and I encountered a situation with a friend after an accident that brought up a lot of questions in regard to pet care, house care, and all the things that being unexpectedly “offline” or in an accident that delays your return to your home can bring up…
A Look Back Over 2023
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 …
Is my pet speaking with me?
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…
It’s Just a Hot Air Balloon?!
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…
Joys: The Walk
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!
The Art of Gratitude
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…