Best Wild Bird Trust Podcasts (2024)

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19. Amanda Ponti - How A Bird Dog Changed Her Life, The Power of Giving Back, and Why You Should Consider Going Lead Free. 1:15:55

1h ago1:15:55

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Amanda Ponti dove head first into bird dogs and now there is no looking back. She currently works for Sporting Lead Free and serves on the board of HerUpland. Amanda and Mike discuss her entry into bird dogs, why she chooses to give back so much, why you should consider switching ammo to lead-free options, and how bird hunting inspired a transforma…

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18. Jerry Havel - Ruffed Grouse Projections, Developing A Grouse Dog, and A Love For Fine Shotguns 1:26:27

4h ago1:26:27

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Jerry Havel runs Pineridge Grouse Camp and is a co-founder of Upland Gun Company. Jerry and Mike take a dive into how the ruffed grouse numbers are looking in Minnesota, how he develops a grouse dog, and why folks should consider a side by side from Upland Gun Company. This episode is brought to you by Ugly Dog Hunting Co. Shop now at UglyDogHuntin…

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What You Need to Learn Animal Communication 50:10

14h ago50:10

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Share your thoughts & ideas! ✨ It's always so interesting to connect with prospective animal communication students and hear their fears or concerns about "what it takes" to learn this skill of animal communication....and if they have what it takes. If you have found yourself wondering the exact same thing, this is definitely an episode created jus…

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Dr Hannah Trayford & Rachel Bigsby: The State of the Badger, with the Badger Trust 48:09

4d ago48:09

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Britain and its rural communities have been obsessed with Badgers for centuries. Sometimes cast as hero, sometimes as villain, tales of their behaviour can be found woven into the fabric of our nation's folk stories. They have since been immortalised in literature by the likes of Beatrix Potter and Kenneth Grahame. Their prominence in rural life co…

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17. Tyler Webster - Where We Literally Discuss Birds, Booze, and Buds. 2:02:57

5d ago2:02:57

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Tyler Webster is the host of the Birds, Booze, and Buds Podcast and we sat down to discuss those exact things. Join Mike and Tyler for a post dinner & drinks conversation that covers the legitimacy of the 28 gauge, getting outside the comfort zone when hunting, choosing the right amount of drive in a dog based on lifestyle on hunting opportunities,…

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16. Erin Kalpin - Growing Up With Pudelpointers, Raising Her Own Family With Birddogs, Writing, and More. 1:36:12

12d ago1:36:12

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Erin Kalpin from Rockcreek Kennels joins the show this week. Erin's father, Scott, started Rockcreek almost 30 years ago and Erin has been along for the ride since. She shares how her dad kept her interested all these years, what it was like transitioning from a career outside dogs back into training full time, and how she's raising her own girls t…

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Pet Anxiety: What Is It And How Animal Communication Can Help Your Anxious Pet 42:38

16d ago42:38

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Share your thoughts & ideas! ✨ What is pet anxiety? As a pet parent, it is common to worry that your pet is feeling anxious. But how much do you really understand about how anxiety shows up on different levels, whether what you are tuning into is actually pet anxiety and what you can do to help your anxious pet? This podcast episode is recorded as …

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15. Misty Klug - Breeding German Wirehairs, Focusing on Temperament, and Trusting Your Training When Testing 1:04:16

19d ago1:04:16

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Misty Klug is the owner and operator of Muddy Paws Kennel. She has bred German wirehairs for over a decade focusing on temperament and wild bird hunting. We also discuss her training philosophy around pressure and development. Additionally, she shares the importance of trusting your training and how to reduce nerves on test day. This episode is bro…

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14. Rich Wong - On His Love of Vizslas, Post Hunt Photography, and Learning Sharptail & Hun Patterns 1:25:23

26d ago1:25:23

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Rich Wong is a photographer, vizsla lover, and wild bird hunting fanatic. Rich and I talk his best tips for tailgate photos, how he came into vizslas, and the differences between his 2 dogs thus far. We also talk about puppy development, the downsides to overhandling, and the importance of a bird dogs first season. Lastly, we cover Rich's tips to f…

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Using Quantum Consciousness to Expand Interspecies Communication with Anna Anderson 51:24

1M ago51:24

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Share your thoughts & ideas! ✨ The "how" of interspecies communication can still seem more than a little mysterious - even for professionals working daily in the field! In this very special episode, I invite Anna Anderson from Quantum Living Podcast to help us unpack the science - the real nuts & bolts mechanics - that make animal communication pos…

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13. Tony Jones - On Writing His New Book - The God of Wild Places, Why He'll Need 2 Dogs to Replace His Lab, and Navigating Failure in Life & Hunting. 1:17:27

1M ago1:17:27

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Tony Jones has a new book out - The God of Wild Places, and you should order a copy (The God of Wild Places). Tony is a former pastor, author, conservationist, speaker, and hunter. In this conversation we talk about writing, changing careers, failure, and pheasant hunting in South Dakota. Tony also brags on his lab, Crosby, and shares why he'd need…

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Matthew Oates: A Paean to the Purple Emperor. One Man’s Passion-filled Past Devoted to Great British Butterflies 52:10

1M ago52:10

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Matthew Oates is a naturalist, nature writer, and poet with a lifelong passion for butterflies. In the short sward of the Cotswolds, Matthew takes David Oakes on a journey through his fluttery past. They discuss the writers who have inspired him, from Tolkien to Wordsworth and W.H. Hudson, and share stories of other notable butterfly enthusiasts, s…

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12. William Bailey - A Conversation Between Brothers Including Empty Dog Collars, Intentionality, Faith, Becoming a Gentleman, and The Wildrose Way. 1:55:52

1M ago1:55:52

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William Bailey is a Texan, a hunter, and a proud owner of a Labrador from Wild Rose Kennel. This conversation is a perfect example of how conversations between friends happen when hunting together. This conversation ranges from losing dogs, choosing joy, William's experience with adopting the Wild Rose Way, leaning into faith and friendship, and mu…

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How to start picking up your pet's intuitive communications 39:36

1M ago39:36

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Share your thoughts & ideas! ✨ Every time I welcome a new group of animal communication students to my Animal Communication Adventure program, their greatest fear is the same.: "will I be able to hear my pet's messages?" I remember these fears well from my own student days. And - truth - sometimes I still worry, especially when I am communicating w…

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11. Rob Seilheimer - Pollinators, A Brittany Pup, And The Power of Bird Camp. 1:23:13

2M ago1:23:13

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Rob Seilheimer works in fundraising with the Monarch Joint Venture, a non-profit coalition rooted in getting more pollinators and more quality bird habitat on the landscape. Rob and Mike discuss Rob's new brittany pup, Tag, and how adding a bird dog to the mix changes things, finding friends to share hunting camp with and making attendance a priori…

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10. Nick Larson - On Learning The Differences in His Bird Dogs, Leaning Into Curiosity, Podcasting, and Working with The Upland Gun Company. 1:41:56

2M ago1:41:56

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Nick Larson is the host of the longstanding Birdshot Podcast and also works with Upland Gun Company. In this episode we cover an incredible range of topics including his advice for hosting a podcast, learning the differences between his two setters, the importance of mentorship in dog training and hunting, and much much more. This episode is brough…

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From skepticism to acceptance a pet parent's animal communication journey 44:05

2M ago44:05

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Share your thoughts & ideas! ✨ In this episode, I talk with Emmy Award-winning journalist, storyteller, podcaster and pet parent Nancy Aziz about her personal animal communication journey. Learn along with me as we talk through: How to move through initial disbelief or skepticism to find openness to intuition-based practices such as animal communic…

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Tim Kendall & Fiona Mathews (PART TWO): Eye spy an eco-engineer! Deep in the Forest of Dean in search of the contentious Wild Boar... 34:51

2M ago34:51

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In the second part of David Oakes' interview with Professors Fiona Mathews and Tim Kendall, the mammal-enthused trio head into the Forest of Dean in search of Wild Boar! Fiona Mathews is a professor of Environmental Biology at the University of Sussex and the founding Chair of Mammal Conservation Europe; Tim Kendall is a professor of English Litera…

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9. Emy Marier - On Reactivating Her Father Into Bird Hunting, NAHRA, and The Adventure of Exploring Public Land. 1:34:56

2M ago1:34:56

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Emy Marier is an outdoorswoman who brings her both her nature for analytics and her sense of adventure to everything she does. We discussed her experience in NAHRA, including finding her tribe, the importance of treating a dog fairly in training, and the experience of adding a second dog with a lot more drive. We also discuss her love of 'Prairie R…

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Fiona Mathews & Tim Kendall: Wild Mammals are far from 'Boar-ing' 45:08

2M ago45:08

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Fiona Mathews is a professor of Environmental Biology at the University of Sussex and the founding Chair of Mammal Conservation Europe; Tim Kendall is a professor of English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Exeter, and; their dog Charlie Brown is an especially trained labrador with the talent for locating the bodies of bats that…

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8. Angie Coenen - Following Her Dad Afield, The Keys to Training and Testing With Her Spouse, and a Decade of Breeding German Shorthairs. 1:16:47

2M ago1:16:47

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Angie Coenen runs Hurricane Kennel with her husband, Paul in Southwestern Wisconsin. We discuss how she got her start following her dad through the pheasant fields of Iowa, how she fell into NAVHDA (now serving in a multitude of roles), her journey breeding top notch German Shorthairs, including the hardship that comes with breeding over a decade, …

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How I became a professional animal communicator 49:06

2M ago49:06

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Share your thoughts & ideas! ✨ It isn't a small thing - making a complete change in career. But that pales in comparison to making a complete change in self-identity. Which is exactly what happened to me when I woke up one morning and realized I was meant to communicate with animals. In this long-awaited, long-overdue episode, I answer a listener q…

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7. Travis Frank - Focusing on the Process of Building a Bird Dog, Storytelling Through Television, and the Importance of Mentorship in Training 1:31:53

3M ago1:31:53

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Travis Frank is the host of The Flush TV Show and Podcast. We discuss his journey bringing home a fire breathing bird dog, Daisy, and learning to work together. He also shares the experience of having Daisy stolen out of his front yard, how he tells stories through television, and the importance of having a mentor in dog training. This episode is b…

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6. Logan Weiss - Developing Mindset for Dog Training, Having Patience for a Dog to Develop, and the Toughest of Decisions. 1:11:11

3M ago1:11:11

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Logan Weiss is an adult on-set bird hunter whose first dog, Sage, helped him fall in love with dog training and chasing wild birds in wild places. Logan walks us through applying his high level athlete mindset to training and hunting and shares why the Garmin Sport Pro is his favorite e-collar for beginning bird dog trainers. Logan also discusses t…

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An animal communication perspective on learning to share our planet with all species 38:12

3M ago38:12

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Share your thoughts & ideas! ✨ I was tempted to title this episode "Whose Planet Is It, Anyway?" With fewer and fewer wild places remaining, sharing planet Earth with other species increasingly means sharing our urban spaces with wild birds, animals, insects and other species. These other species need the same basic resources we do - air, water, la…

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5. Nina Hoekstra - On The Power of Solo Travel, Faith in the Outdoors, and Taking the Leap Into Outdoor Media 1:35:05

3M ago1:35:05

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We sit down with Nina Hoekstra to discuss her transition from the deer stand to the uplands, strengthening her faith in the outdoors, the power of solo hunting trips (and some pointers along the way), and how she took the leap from her nursing career to build a business in outdoor media. You can follow along her journey on her IG handle - @in.ninas…

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Rob Stoneman: Resurrecting Rainforests, Protecting Peat and Constructing Conservation Kingdoms along our Coastlines 1:00:34

3M ago1:00:34

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Rob Stoneman wanted to make lots of money in the oil industry… and then he found peat! This episode is a deep dive into that blancmange-like substance that should be our saviour. Also, the Wildlife Trusts’ plans to grow a new rain forest in North Wales and Rob’s dream of having a mile deep nature reserve that circumnavigates the entirety of the Bri…

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4. Christy Langston - On Authenticity, Nature vs. Nurture & Better Bird Dog Photography 1:07:45

3M ago1:07:45

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Christy Langton operates Spring River Kennel from her farm in Southwestern Missouri. Expect to learn the importance of mentorship in training and breeding bird dogs, being comfortable and authentic with your goals, owning a dog's strengths and weaknesses, and how to level up the photos of your dog afield. This episode is brought to you by Ugly Dog …

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Talking with wild animals & how it is different from pet communication 47:47

3M ago47:47

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Share your thoughts & ideas! ✨ Wild animal communication is one of the profound gifts that animal communication offers us, the human animals. Talking with wild animals offers up fresh possibilities that are (ahem) wildly under-represented in the majority of pet communications. Not only does the whole tone of the conversation tend to be different, b…

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2. Des Stormont - Paying Bird Dog Tuition 1:23:50

4M ago1:23:50

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In our first interview style episode, Mike sits down with friend, fellow NAVHDA Judge, trainer, and mom-extraordinaire, Des Stormont, to learn about her journey. This episode covers learning from mistakes (Bird Dog Tuition as she calls it), working through the weight of expectation when training for a test, and adding a toddler into training, testi…

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3. Jake Hanson - The Spirit of Generosity 1:50:44

3M ago1:50:44

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Mike sits down with Jake Hanson, the Development Director for Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever to discuss conservation, philanthropy, long distance bird hunting road trips and the highs and lows along the way. They also discuss Jake's origin story into bird dogs and bird hunting, making the decision to use a professional trainer, and how adding …

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Episode 1 - Introducing the Ugly Dog Podcast! 48:58

4M ago48:58

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Episode one is finally here! Our host, Mike Neiduski, sits down to share who he is, how he came to run Ugly Dog Hunting Co., his origin story with bird dogs, and what listeners can expect in future episodes. He also addresses a handful of customer questions including essentials for a started dog, the nuance of breed hunting styles, what drive's Mik…

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Highly sensitive pets & highly sensitive pet parents with Shannon & HSP coach Jane Marie 40:50

4M ago40:50

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Share your thoughts & ideas! ✨ Are you a highly sensitive person? Does your pet have the trait of high sensitivity? Dr. Elaine Aron pioneered research into the survival trait of high sensitivity, a genetic trait people share in common with over 100 other animal species. However, if you are a parent or guardian to a highly sensitive pet, you are mos…

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Working with your intuitive light team and animal spirit guides 49:34

4M ago49:34

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Share your thoughts & ideas! ✨ Welcome back to Let's Talk to Animals podcast! This week we have a very special episode to introduce you to your personal pet parent light team AND your animal spirit guides! If you are missing your pet who has passed into spirit, you will especially want to tune into this episode because it offers you a very powerful…

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The Horstmann Trust: Vultures in the Valleys! 1:10:17

4M ago1:10:17

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The Horstmann Trust is a brand new charity primarily focused upon breeding and ultimately releasing back into the wild four species of endangered vultures: the Bearded, Egyptian and Hooded Vultures, as well as the Andean Condor. But what makes the Horstmann Trust particularly interesting, is that these birds are Welsh Vultures! In this episode, Dav…

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Quirky pets and how to help them with Jess & Scott from The Quirky Dog on Lets Talk to Animals 55:06

5M ago55:06

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Share your thoughts & ideas! ✨ Anxious dogs. Reactive dogs. Dogs bearing behavioral scars from past trauma, abuse or rehoming. Sometimes these canine quirks are easy to resolve. But sometimes our pets need more from us, their pet parents, to overcome quirks arising from selective breeding, high sensitivity, anxiety and other bumps in the road. When…

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Life after traumatic pet death how to recover and regroup and start to heal 51:38

5M ago51:38

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Share your thoughts & ideas! ✨ Traumatic pet death is much more common than most pet parents realize. The truth is, the grief of pet death - even under the most idyllic and ideal circumstances - is still under-appreciated in most parts of the world. And so resources for support and coping can feel few and far between. And for suffering pet parents …

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Andy & Peter Holden: A Filial History of Nest Building 55:15

5M ago55:15

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At the launch of his latest video installation at the Tate St Ives, artist Andy Holden meets with David Oakes to discuss the creativity present within the bird world. But, whilst exploring avian aesthetics, Andy's artwork - "A Natural History of Nest Building" - also explores the roles of nature versus nurture at an additional level. This exhibitio…

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Coping with pet grief while living with your reincarnated pet 54:38

6M ago54:38

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Share your thoughts & ideas! ✨ Pet reincarnation is a wondrous experience. But it can also bring up a lot inside us! This is especially true if you go into the experience having certain assumptions or expectations about what it should be like to live with your reincarnated soul pet. And it's hard not to have expectations or assumptions since, if yo…

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Dr David Hetherington: Reintroducing the Lynx lynx lynx to our Cairngorms (a cat so enigmatic that they named it thrice!) 1:02:29

6M ago1:02:29

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Dr David Hetherington is an expert on the Eurasian Lynx and the beneficial links Lynx (Lynx lynx lynx) can manifest within our complicated British ecosystems. What he doesn’t know about the Lynx’s rich history across Europe is not worth knowing: Hear why Hildegard von Bingen thought drinking Lynx urine was highly beneficial; when exactly(ish) Lynx …

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Fast grief recovery after pet death tips & guidance from an animal communicator 57:21

6M ago57:21

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Share your thoughts & ideas! ✨ Pet death is the worst. In this episode, I give you actionable steps to take NOW to begin feeling supported, seen, connected, comforted, held and heard as you grieve and recover. Just a year ago, I was absolutely flattened when my soul bird of 24 years, Pearl, suddenly and without warning transitioned to spirit. This …

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A professional animal intuitive shares how to follow your intuition in 2024 part 2 58:01

7M ago58:01

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Share your thoughts & ideas! ✨ I hope you enjoyed part 1 of our two-part kickoff to Season 5 of Let's Talk to Animals! I have been known to joke that animal communication is the hands-down best life coaching program I have ever found. But I'm really not joking. Learning this skill has been so profound that I now divide my life into two phases: BAC …

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