As many of you know, I love to teach through what I create. Today’s featured excerpt is from the Dogbunny Zine (available here at my Etsy shop), reminders on Abundance and Gratitude.
Category: Animal Communication
Emma Lou’s Anniversary
Actually, it was the 15th, but this week we celebrate when an angel came to our door. Emma Lou will be turn around 5 years old now. I love the idea of doing a tribute while someone is still here. Emma Lou has been truly a godsend in every way. She’s funny, loving, caring, a great cuddler, and very wise. And makes a great model!
In honor of her anniversary, have a virtual cupcake, give lots of pets to your animals and please send her a virtual hug. I am in deep gratitude for my fuzzy friend and dog-ter who has been unwavering support the last 5 years. She is truly God in action and can I only hope to be as good a person as she is.
Featured Testimony this week
Beautiful Katie
I don’t usually toot my own horn, although I do need to learn to do more of it. Sigh. But this testimony I received today really felt good, and I am so happy that my guidance, and trusting that guidance had saved Katie, so I thought I’d spread the good yummy feelings.
The following really emphasizes how important animal communication is for giving our animals a voice so they can say what they need and feel. I strongly believe that every veterinarian needs to be working with an animal communicator or two to be truly effective. Thank you to Jocelyne and Katie for allowing me to be of service. I was so honored to help.
“On July 12, 2010 – I said good bye to Chelsea, my 18 yr old Siamese. Our time together was an extraordinary experience, filled with unconditional love. Her litter mate and sister, Katie – was heart broken. She would prowl the moonlit nights, howling and looking for Chelsea, and during the day, she would hide, refuse food and really look so so sad. Katie and I had always been very close, and her favorite thing was to nudge Chelsea away, climb into my arms and purr for hours. Now she refused to be picked up – she would turn away from me and the ‘loving purrs’ she would share with me were silent.
I had always promised both of them that they would never suffer for my own selfishness.
And so, when Katie was on day 4 of no food, still in the darkest corner of the closet and the vet still unable to stimulate her appetite, the decision was made to let her go to her sister. When a good friend found out what was about to happen, she insisted I reach out to someone who could help me through my decision and my immense sadness. I was given Ronni’s number and on a sunny Sunday afternoon, less than 24 hours away from the scheduled home euthanasia, Ronni and I connected…. and within minutes, all I heard was: “I do not want to die!!” I could not believe my ears!!! Ronni basically explained that Katie was not ready to go and that she had really bad tummy aches – she wanted to eat but was nauseated – and all I could do was look at Katie and cry with relief!
I reached out to another vet the next morning, one who practices homeopathy as well as regular vet medicine. She actually prescribed an antacid with some homeopathy; she did say I would need to feed her with a syringe to try to stimulate her taste buds and give her lots of love – which I did! This happened in August and here we are in December, and Katie is doing just great! We share lots of cuddles, her appetite is back to normal and she is always up and at the door when I come home. And the best part?? The ‘purrs’ are back with a vengeance!!
Ronni – THANK YOU!!! Had it not been for our phone call, I would have said goodbye to Katie thinking she was too ill to survive. Thank you for giving me more time with Katie because as I am sure you could appreciate, I could not face losing Katie so soon after losing Chelsea. I cannot express in words how utterly grateful I am – you are a true angel and I hope one day to talk to Chelsea through your insightful compassion and love. “- Jocelyne Monette
Greater Victoria Pet Memorial Center, Victoria BC.
(Be sure to check out my Readings page for info on an animal communication reading with your own dog or cat.)
When Your Animal is Sick and you can’t hear
My teagle beagle Sarah, is basically an old dog with still a lot of moxy and a bit of cranky thrown in. We had a cold spell and being blind, she also had a few blind mishaps falling off things. Her back seemed clearly out of whack and she’s still trying to right herself after having a repeat bout with Vesticular Disease (old dog inner ear thing). Anyway, she was very restless and hurting. I checked in with my Guides, and I kept hearing it was minor and she’d be fine, that she just had some old dog chronic stuff like arthritis, etc. Not trusting my guidance and still in fear, I took her to the vet who didn’t really hear me and scared the *%$#@ out of me. (This seems to be a recurring theme with vets and me. Perhaps so I can teach this lesson.)
Anyway, today after a few nights of big time drugs for her, (would be nice if I shared them), I have learned several things that may help you with your own animal communication when your animal is sick.
- Don’t try to talk to your animal when you are freaked out. My freaking out actually freaked out Sarah more. Then we were both two big emotional wrecks. This doesn’t mean “should” yourself by saying you should be calm as can be for the sake of your animal. Please! Repression doesn’t work! We don’t need to recreate our childhoods for the sake of our animals. Just know you will have a hard time hearing at that time. Do what you need to do in an emergency, but wait until you are calm to check in with animal communication. Maybe even take a break and walk into the other room to not upset each other.
- Don’t talk to a vet who doesn’t know crap about animal communication, or is too burn-out to even see your dog as an individual. This is counter-productive. (I am sorry to say there are many who fall into this category.)
- Find a new vet if she jumps way ahead in the future and talks about if the illness progresses and your options to end life, or if she quickly tries to sell the current new dog food fad. Seriously, this happened.
- Explore all your natural options like flower essences, homeopathy, herbs, hands-on work. Some vets are limited in their knowledge. There are many ways to heal.
- Trust, trust, your intuition. You know your animal best and when you are more calm and centered you will hear and know what is happening and can then receive incredible insights. You will know what is best to do for her.
- Be wary of strong drugs on a sensitive dog. Poor Sarah has been acting like she is hopped up on Speed when I gave her the steroids prescribed. One drug does not fit all.
- Educate yourself and don’t fall into fear. Not every illness is the same. Not every cause of each illness is the same either. Many times we fall into fear, like I did, because illnesses of animals we have loved and lost come back to haunt us. That’s when logical mind needs to come in and acknowledge there are still some losses that need to be grieved and healed, and to remind yourself you are only human. You won’t always do the perfect right thing. You make mistakes. It happens. But you are doing your best for your loved one.
- When talking to your animal, remember that she may not know what is happening with her body, but she can communicate clues of what she feels.
- Always carry a bottle of Rescue Remedy for your animal and yourself in times of fear or illness crisis.
- Don’t be afraid to get a second opinion, like from another animal communicator. I often do this if I am too upset or scared to hear and trust what I get and I’ve been doing this work for eleven years. My intuitive best buds have been invaluable support for this kind of advice.
Remember, stay calm, get educated, and then check in.
What happened to your header? Or a story about ruby slippers and marketing
The Lesson of the Ruby Slippers
If you are regular reader to Ronni’s Psychic Room, you may have noticed many changes in the last few months to my site. No, your eyes aren’t going loopy, you are simply experiencing the effects of a right-brain person trying to do left-brain marketing. (Noticable in the many changes to my blog header).
I’ve been trying to define myself and what I do for marketing purposes, but the more I tried to, the farther I got away from myself and home. The experience has been ultimately, more of the lesson of the ruby slippers. Remember dear Dorothy on a quest?
In my attempts to define and brand myself, for months I labeled myself one who helps the sensitive. Hmmm. I do! I love to teach tools on what has helped me as an empath to survive. But then, I did a few animal communication readings. Need to add that now. Then I did a few mediumship readings. Now what? Enter a marketing coach who said I am more of a psychic communication teacher. But I really like to write about spiritual lessons I’ve learned! More boxes around me. I’ve never liked boxes and I felt more and more limited. Afterall, what I do encompasses much more than that title and obviously, I did different kinds of psychic readings and I love to write about what I’ve learned.
When I had my Fairy Online School only, I was the fairy girl. Folks assumed I only talked to fairies. Another box. No, talking to fairies was PART of what I do as a teacher and an intuitive.
The more I went by marketing models, the more confused I got, and more boxed in I felt. I had to fit into a niche, right? Squeeze into a tight box. Conform to where I was pulled to. It got to the point where someone would ask me what I do and I just mumbled to myself! Now that’s bad marketing.
Then there’s the art and writing thing. So, I’m an artist too, but I thought, when I create my art with words, that’s usually what I’ve learned as an intuitive that I want to share through my art.
The fog finally cleared the other day with lots of help from invisible and visible friends. I found myself saying out loud what and who I am: I’m essentially a teacher. I love teaching what I’ve learned from my work as an intuitive and working with my spiritual companions and animals, whether it was the extensive work I did with the Fairies on healing with Nature, talking to my Guides/Angels about what would help me as an empath, or having more insight on my childhood from my departed Mom, or learning from Emma Lou, my basset hound, teaching me about joy. And, I like to teach others how to do this too. All this I do through writing an online lesson, an article or blog post, giving a workshop, making a Comfort Card, or helping someone one-on-one in a reading.
Marketing doesn’t have to be difficult. It’s really simple. No molding. No trying to be for the market. I had my ruby slippers on all along and had the answer, and therefore, could find my way back home. I just had to be me and find that common thread of what it is I offer and love to do.
So, if you want to learn how to communicate to your spiritual world or need help doing so, or want to learn from what I’ve experienced that might help you or your animals, you’ve come to the right place. Welcome to my tribe.
And if you are a holistic healer or an intuitive offering services, or someone who simply does several things, what is your common thread throughout all that you love to do? That’s your definition or ruby slippers–the way back to you.
Astral meeting places – animal mediumship
A Regular Meeting Place
- On the Other Side, we all have an astral* home for our spirits/souls to hang out in. Isn’t that the coolest idea? My grandmother, who passed a few years ago, lived most of her life in a garden apartment. I was not surprised when I visited her in a dream and she lived in a…you guessed it, a garden apartment. I found myself regularly visiting her in meditations and in the dream state.
You can create a regular meeting place for your own animals or to visit friends’ animals in your meditation state, or you can imagine and visualize one before you go to sleep. When we sleep, we are crossing dimensions and joining our dream bodies and souls.
– Here’s a little excerpt from the Animal Mediumship online class. Want to learn how to talk to animals that have crossed over? To sign up go here.
Science vs. Psychic
I have this analytical part of me. I love to take apart a puzzle and put it back together again in my mind. Usually I can see what the missing piece is in a situation, and have an idea how to fix it. I need to see it or experience it to believe. This is the science part of me. I think also, it may be a Capricorn trait. We love the structures and rebuilding things.
The other part of me is the sensitive/psychic part. I’m a walking barometer of what is happening around me. I pick up a ton of information, not all of which is helpful to me. This part is very emotional and feeling-oriented. It involves believing the impossible sometimes. I just know what I know. It seriously pisses off the other part.
I am realizing that many of my experiences in life have had the purpose of finding balance for my two sides. When Foxy the wonderdog was very ill (her story is in this blog), I was furious at the veterinarians for not hearing any of the psychic information I was getting of what Foxy needed. They didn’t hear me when I got info that might have been illogical, but true. She sure looked like she was dying at that time, but everything I “heard” was that she would be just fine.
I’ve had many, many clients that had their animals misdiagnosed by veterinarians because things appeared one way, but were another,or they even refused to see the obvious or to look closer, and psychically I picked up information that saved those animals’ lives. There’s that balance again.
And yet, I’ve met healers who thought their beliefs and spiritual healing would save and heal their illnesses when they ignored medical science that was truly needed at the time. It’s like trying to treat schizophrenia or bipolar disease with only a past life regression. Or diabetes with Reiki healing alone. Without insulin, that body support, how can you survive?
When I wrote the Fairy School, I went into the experience as more of a scientist exploring hands-on how I felt making and working with flower essences and Nature. I read all I could, researched and learned the science, and then I blended my psychic impressions and learnings. I was bit in the butt several times when I went too much in one direction, not researching proper information on the how-to’s of making essences, more noticably, making essences from poisonous plants.
I am convinced that most veterinary schools need to offer classes in animal communication. Most psychic training needs to includes a psychology foundation. There needs to be that balance to be fully prepared and effectual. Without one or the other, it’s just missing pieces in the full puzzle.
Feeling Energies/Locating Animals
I learned an important lesson today. If we lead with our minds, we are dragged in the wrong direction. But if we follow what we feel….
Every day I take Speedy the tortoise out of his cage and plop him down on the floor. He usually makes a few rounds around the house before venturing through the pet door, down the pet ramp meant for Sarah (who still doesn’t use it), and onto the yard. Most of the problem happens when I am not watching him and have to determine if he is in the house or outside the house. That isn’t always easy–he hides behind doors, between the washer and dryer, and under beds, just for fun or to mess with me.
Today as I was working on my website and avoiding creating, Speedy made it out the door. Halfway through working I heard “The Turtle!” (probably Emma Lou). Searching the house, I couldn’t find him anywhere. I grabbed Emma Lou and we couldn’t find him outside either. (Emma was so cute. When I asked her to find the turtle she barked a few times, calling him.) This was unusual because he is usually visible walking somewhere. I said a little prayer to my Angels and in exasperation, I sat down on a tie next to the swing on the ground. Right next to me, literally next to me, almost hidden under a pile of leaves I saw a hint of a turtle shell! He was right next to me! If I hadn’t set down for a moment, I wouldn’t have found him.
Was it a weird coincidence? Well, no. I felt his energy. I registered his energy. I was pulled to that energy. It’s using advanced empathy to connect to loved ones and is very helpful for finding lost animals. If I had used my head, I’d still be looking, I am sure.
— from Help for the Sensitive in an Insensitive world, the book I am creating, and Advanced Animal Communication class from Fairy Online School.
Animal Reincarnation & Changing Perceptions
Can animals come back as other animals? Well, of course. As always, are perceptions change with our experiences.
Just watched a horrible movie last night, The Fourth Kind. It’s about the bad aliens abducting people. Many of the people in the movie did not believe in aliens or UFOs until they experienced first hand their presence. Bang, zoom, zip, their perception changes of what is possible in the universe.
That’s been my experience as an animal communicator. From day one in my practice, my precious perceptions and beliefs were thrown out the window on everything from animal behavior to reincarnation.
When Emma Lou made her appearance after leaving as Lucy, my belief in reincarnation was reinforced. I’ve talked to countless clients with similar experiences they can’t explain. So when my tortoise went through the dog door the other day, I wondered, who is this guy really? I immediately got the thought he was a dog I knew coming back and he was making that clear. I thought it was coincidence for just Speedy having fun when he went out the door, but when I scolded him, picked him up and put him in the other room, and he still made his way to that door, I knew he was communicating to me.
How cool is that Speedy is a former dog? I could look at it in two ways–either he is here because he loved me so much and wants more, or he’s a teacher and I’m still not “getting it.” I think the first idea will suffice.
Animals mirroring us
Do our animals take on our stuff? Do they mirror us? Or, do they just have similar issues? Or, are they affected by stress, or genetics? We discussed this in the most recent class I taught at Yavapai Community College. My answer is that everything is not cut and dry. All these questions are true. Different times and circumstances we may find different answers.
Recently, in one situation, I found that the answer was that our animals mirror and hold our energies. Sarah, my lovely, older beagle mix, had a bladder infection. This was during a time I was particularly pissed off at the world and everything. I hadn’t even noticed at the time I was instinctually downing glass after glass of cranberry juice. In hindsight, I wish I had given some to Sarah.
We moved to our new place and Sarah’s bladder infection, with my anger, dissipated and began to heal. She was doing great and so was I. But through a series of events, my balance got thrown right off. Sure enough, Sarah had an ear infection that threw her into vertigo! Later we would find at the vet’s office, she had a foxtail deep in her ear that had to be removed. What I heard intuitively was something that was there, and shouldn’t have been, was ready to come out and was dislodged causing problems. Ironically, when the foxtail was discovered, I spent those days emotionally “processing” alot of old stuff that needed to go.
I finally got it, the lesson, through my loyal, dog friend. I looked at her and said, “Sarah, let’s get our balance back. You don’t need to take this on.”
After lots of talks with my helpers and friends, a ton of writing about whatever spilled out, I felt my balance return and my clarity. Sure enough, Sarah’s visit to the vet revealed a clear and healthy ear. Coincidence? We know better.
Can talking to your animal end the mirroring and carrying? As an over-responsible empath, I can say that it has been a challenge for me to learn that “carrying is not caring.” Perhaps, Sarah is learning the same, and no amount of conversations will simply stop the pattern until she gets it, or perhaps, I get it.
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