
INTERSPECIES COMMUNICATION & REIKI for ALL SPECIES BLOG

The Karma of Cats
I am so excited to announce that the book: The Karma of Cats: Spiritual Wisdom from Our Feline Friends, edited by Diana Ventimiglia, has been published by Sounds True and is now available. I'm honored to have my essay, "Guru Cat" -- the story of how my formerly -...

Ask Nancy: How Do Animals Feel About Clothes and Costumes?
Many people will be celebrating Halloween here in the US...and around this time of year, I often get questions about how our companion animals feel about wearing clothes and costumes, like this one: I have the cutest Halloween costume for my dog, and I want to show it...

Dark Matter: Women Witnessing Issue #9: Extinction Illness: Grave Affliction and Possibility
Last August, I participated in a gathering of contributors to Dark Matter: Women Witnessing in rural Quebec, hosted by my friend and editor of Dark Matter, Lise Weil. This group of writers, artists, and visionaries has been an inspiring and nourishing circle in which...

Learn to Lead In Love
I have been thinking a lot about beauty lately... about how, alongside all of the difficulty, suffering, and tragedy in our world, there is an ever-present flow of beauty, joy, grace, and love all around us... and within us. Many times every day something shows up...

Introducing My New Chicken Friends!
Last week, I happily welcomed 5 new hens into my flock of bantam chickens, and I am delighted to introduce them to you! Meet, Phoebe, a 2 year old bantam Phoenix: and Ella, Bella, Stella, and Zella, 5-month old D'Uccles: They are all settling in very well, learning...

The Song of the Quaking Aspen
This month marks the 2-year anniversary of my move to Santa Fe, New Mexico. After over a decade in northern Arizona, where I loved living in both the ponderosa pine forest and the desert riparian ecosystem of the Verde Valley, I am loving exploring the high desert and...

Tools for Empaths and Highly Sensitive People-Part 3
As a teacher of interspecies communication and Reiki, I find that a significant percentage of my clients and students resonate with what I share about the blessings and challenges of living as an empath & highly sensitive person. Although I emphasize that...

How to Use Reiki With Animals
I have been a Reiki practitioner and Reiki teacher for over a decade. When I first began my journey with Reiki, I had no idea what a practical, simple, and profound gift it would be. I can honestly say that I use Reiki on a daily basis in my life... in ways that are...

Honoring Leah Grace
It is with sadness and and deep gratitude for the gifts of our relationship that I share with you that my sweet Afghan Hound-Golden Retriever mix, Leah Grace, passed into the spirit world on July 7. Leah's death was sudden and without much warning, from a silent and...

Connection and Communication with All Life
I'm just back from teaching my program on Animal and Interspecies Communication at The Monroe Institute in beautiful, lush western Virginia this week. Our international group of participants shared a beautiful week together, learning the foundational principles of...

Living Lightly in the Body: Life with Chickens
This year, 2019, marks my 10-year anniversary of having chickens in my animal family. I wanted to have chickens for many, many years...when I moved to the southwest, I finally lived in an area where I could have them. I began with a small flock of 4 bantam chickens,...

Life is Love: The St. Lawrence Estuary Beluga Whales
I am honored to be one of the writers whose work is included in Dark Matter, Women Witnessing Journal, Issue 8, April, 2019: What Does it Mean, to Heal? Part III, edited by Lise Weil. Dark Matter publishes writing and artwork created in response to an age of massive...