I'm often asked if, when I begin a healing session, the animal doesn't want it. Animals are sentient beings, and just as we humans do, they have every right to refuse to connect.

Why? I've experienced a few "no" answers when the animal...

• doesn't understand what I want
• is afraid of strangers, even telepathically (since I'm not in their physical presence)
• doesn't understand how I'm talking to them but not there
• doesn't want change (perhaps their condition is something their Higher Self wishes to use for some reason)

Imagine going to lunch with a friend and having a stranger burst in with a sales pitch. I always ask my clients to introduce me to the pet in question, by telling them that I'll be visiting and what I want. 

Depending on what I intuit when I introduce myself, if I sense they do not want to meet me, I may thank the pet and back off, or I may send a quick beam of what they often call "the warm" so they understand what I'm offering. If they still back off, then I'm done. 

In a case like that, which has only happened a couple of times, I will thank the pet, explain to the parent, and refund the fee.

Animals deserve the same respect of self and boundaries as humans do. I will never force a session on a pet - it's disrespectful and not loving!

Those who follow my work know that I come from a point of love rather than fear. This was not always the case as, like all of us, I evolved with time and experience. Many of my "followers" are heart-based, working in service capacities to support individuals and thus the world. But I've been noticing a strong trend since the political events of the past year, culminating in the election of a new President.

Many people who are heart-based and purport to come from a spiritual viewpoint have become so passionate about their opinions that they have begun to denigrate others for theirs. I have noticed an unfortunate trend in social media of confrontation, heated debate and ego. None of these things comes from love, but of fear. When you come from love, is there a need to be right? Is there a need to tell others why they are wrong? Of course not. No more in politics than in religion!

Non-violent communication is a concept developed by Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD, which teaches that...

Therefore when you use social media as a podium from which to "instruct" those who have different viewpoints or opinions based on their own experience and what is TRUE for them, you are being violent. When you listen, however, and say "I understand how you feel. I respect that you feel that way. I have a different opinion" then is there really a need to debate? Is there really a need to instruct the other on what you perceive as facts? Acceptance comes from love, not fear. Acceptance of differences of any sort, with no need to judge, correct or instruct. Simply love. 

Thoreau said: "If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.  Now put the foundations under them."

I chose this quote very deliberately when I designed my website. It is the nature of my work! Healers, teachers, intuitives are usually right-brain people. In the years I have worked with this client base, the majority of my clients have brilliant dreams and uplifting things to teach, but trouble with the execution. Are they lacking in something? Absolutely not!

“The lovers, the dreamers, and me.” We all learn differently, think differently, and communicate differently. Some are very left-brain, analytical, precise, and others are very right-brain, creative, big-picture. In the skill testing I’ve had, I fall somewhere in the middle of that spectrum, and so I make a good bridge between the hemispheres! 

There are many reasons right-brainers may have trouble with execution:

• They're caught up in their dreams but don't know how to bring them to earth.
• They don't have the business skills that would benefit them.
• They don't have the technical skills that would benefit them.
• They don't know how to market their ideas.

If you’re one of those dreamers, keep on dreaming! But be sure to delegate to a skilled, trusted associate so that your dreams are captured and made a physical reality!