5 tips to help you get the most from your conversation with your animal friend

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Hello Dear Intuitive One,

It is powerful and life changing to hear what your animals have to share about what they are feeling and needing, and what life is like from their perspective. Connecting with them in this way is a really special and sacred thing.

This work is all about giving you and your animals the time to step out of the busyness of life and into the heart and soul space of sharing, listening and really understanding one another.

Whether this is your first animal communication session ever (yeah for being brave and trying something new!), or your an expert at talking with your animals, to get the most from your conversation there are FIVE things I suggest you do to prepare.

Tell your animals about the session

Starting a few days before your conversation, please tell your animal (even animals who are deaf) in your own words out loud about the session. When talking with them, look them in the eyes, relax your breathing and speak from your heart.

Be sure to let your animal friend know, why you have booked an animal communication session (example: to understand how they are feeling or to get to the bottom of behavior issues in order to help them live their best life.) This will help them know what to expect and what it is you want to talk with them about.

Tell your animal/s too, that they have your permission to speak to me during the session. Tell them that whatever it is they share with us, will help us find a solution, to help them feel better, etc. I don’t start talking with them before the session, but by giving them a heads up, they will know to have their “intuitive ringer” on and expecting my call! ;)

2. Have your questions ready

Hearing what your pet’s are feeling and thinking is wonderfully amazing! So wonderful in fact, it can be easy to forget important questions during a session. I encourage you to take a little time before your session to write down your questions in the order of importance what you want to ask your animal friends. If you would like a little help knowing what to ask and how, you will find some helpful tips on asking questions on my blog post, “Four questions to ask your pet in every an animal communication session”. You’ll find that post by following this link

As your getting your questions ready, remember that animal communicators are not allowed to diagnosis medical conditions, nor can we prescribe medical treatment or medicine. I bet your getting tired of hearing me talk about this! Here’s the thing though, the idea that animal communication is a suitable replacement for veterinary care, is of the biggest misconceptions about what animal communication is about. If you know me at all, I bet you know that maintaining the ethics and integrity of this work are wicked important to me. So let’s leave the diagnosis and medical care in the trustworthy hands of trained veterinarians.

AND…. with all THAT said, while we obviously CAN’T ask them questions like, “Do you have a budging disk?”, we CAN ask them questions like, “Tell me about what your back feels like when you jump in the car..” So when jotting down your questions, it’s okay to ask, “Tell me about what your feeling” and “Tell me your preferences as to how we provide with treatment or not” questions. Because THIS is where animal communication can help you know what your animals feel and want so you can make informed choices for their care.

3. Have a quiet place to cozy in for our call

Time to communicate with your animal friends is special and sacred. When choosing where to be, I encourage you to find a quiet place without distractions, free of TV, radio and away from any noisy family members. For zoom sessions, close all other tabs on your computer when you log in for our meeting, taking special care to close all tabs that chime or bing when you get emails or notifications. If your connecting to zoom with your computer or Ipad, turn off your phone too! Speaking from my own experience here, the last thing you want is for your attention to be drawn away from the big soul wisdom your pet is sharing, by a notification chime about a work email.

If you are joining a zoom session on your phone please find a way to prop up your phone, rather than holding it, so there is minimal movement of your phone. Too much movement can create a ton of visual distraction and making it challenging to tune in with your pets.

When choosing a physical place to be for your session, choose a place you can be comfortable, at ease and where you can be with your animals if possible. Things like driving, multitasking or having extra people popping by to casually listen to the call, will take away from your experience and potently create distractions so I am unable to communicate clearly with your animals.

4. Be prepared to take notes

I don’t record sessions, but you are welcome to. Just give me a heads up if you will be recording our call, okay? Otherwise, it can be super handy to have a notepad and pen ready to take notes of the important, life -changing wise things, your animal friend wants to share. Animals have very insightful things to share about not only about their life and wise noticing of how they see the world. So much so, I am guessing your going to want a pen and paper handy!

5. Let your animals be themselves

It is okay to let your animal do what they would normally would do. Hanging out in the quiet of the backyard, barn or sleeping during a session are all perfectly okay. It is best if your animal friend is quiet without a lot of distractions, so no epic games of chuck it or while hunting mice in the garden while we are conversing with them! They can be in the same room as you, or not. OFTEN animals get really still during a session, some even fall deeply asleep. Not ALL animals, mind you, but many do. If your best animal friend tends to be a super busy bee let them. Chances are it wont take away from our call in the least. It is most important you are both comfortable for the duration of your session.

Lastly, if your reading this because you already have a session booked with me… I gotta say I am super excited to translate for you and your animal friends!! Here is to a powerful, clear communication with the animals in your life. It is my hope that our time together, helps you get more from your time with them.

XO

Joanna