INTERSPECIES COMMUNICATION & REIKI for ALL SPECIES BLOG
When Communication Becomes Relationship: Deepening Our Connection with the More-Than-Human World
There is a moment that can happen when we begin communicating with animals when something inside us changes. At first, we may be amazed simply to discover that communication is possible. We learn to quiet our minds. We learn to notice what we are receiving rather than...
Learning Animal and Interspecies Communication: Becoming Quiet Enough to Listen
When we practice animal and interspecies communication, we are learning how to listen. There is a kind of listening that cannot be rushed. It requires nothing of us except our willingness to become still. Not the forced stillness that comes from trying to meditate...
Coming to the End of the Road: The End-of-Life Journey with Our Animal Companions
Losing a beloved animal friend to death, whether sudden or expected, is one of the most difficult experiences that we face. And yet, in the middle of the grief, pain, and sorrow of letting go, there are transcendent, powerful gifts that animals share with their...
Interspecies Communication in Challenging Times
These are difficult times. Climate chaos, war, massive loss of individuals and entire species, violence of all kinds, the rise of authoritarianism here in the United States and around the world...each day can feel like a firehose of bad news that never ends. Many of...
How We Speak about Animals Matters
One of my jobs as an interspecies communication teacher is to help people to see how their ideas, preconceptions, and cultural conditioning may impede their ability to communicate freely and openly with beings of all species. These patterns, habits, and ideas keep us...
Reflections on 20 Years as a Professional Interspecies Communicator
2026 marks my 20-year anniversary as a professional animal and interspecies communicator! It's a milestone that has caused me to reflect on all of the gifts, challenges, twists and turns of this path that is the deepest calling of my heart, and I thought I'd share a...
Reiki Eases Chronic Pain in Dogs, Study Finds
As a Reiki Practitioner and teacher, I am never surprised by, but I also never get "used to" hearing about remarkable experiences that people and animals experience with Reiki. I've been practicing and teaching Reiki for over 15 years, and each time I teach a Reiki...
Lifestyle Tips for Better Animal Communication
One of the most common questions that people in my animal communication classes ask me is: "What can I do to improve my communication with animals?" Effective telepathic communication with animals requires clarity, peacefulness, and a grounded presence. While a lot...
Your Path to Becoming a Confident, Ethical Animal Communicator
I've been receiving so many questions and interest in the Professional Animal Communication Certification Program. It's a wonderful time to be an animal communication teacher - there is so much awareness and interest in animal communication and the ways it can change...
Blessed by Bats
A few weeks ago, I was able to do something that has been on my "bucket list" for a long time: visit the Bat Cave at El Malpais National Monument in my home state of New Mexico. On warm summer evenings, Brazilian free-tailed bats burst from a lava tube known as Bat...
Voices of the Animals: Tarantula Perspective
I live in the high desert near the mountains of northern New Mexico. I am blessed to be close to the natural world every day, and to learn from and communicate with the many plants and animals who call this landscape home. The tarantulas are some of my favorite beings...
Animals & Us Podcast: Messages and Teachings from the Whales and Dolphins
I was recently a guest on the Animals & Us Podcast: Voices of A New Paradigm, sharing about the experiences I've had and the teachings I've received from multiple species of whales and dolphins. This podcast is unique in the field of interspecies communication,...
