A few years ago, it was just me and Timothy. We had lost Duchess, and Timothy, who has a PhD in being sensitive, was retreating into his shell. I call him my Water-cat; he processes the world from the inside out, moving through life with the fluidity and sensitivity that Water brings. When I asked him in an animal communication session if he wanted a companion, his energetic response was a surprising, "Heck, yeah." Enter Daniel Pema Craig. Pema is a Wood-cat, his energies flow upward,...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
Does your cat take on your stress? Or your dog, your grief? I have sat across from enough heartbroken people to know how this question feels. When your animal friend is unwell, or anxious, or simply not themselves, somewhere in the tender geography of your love for them, a thought takes root. Fueled by what you read online, you start suspecting that they have done this for you, taken something away and carried it away in their small, faithful bodies. Reality - your cats and dogs are not here...
3 months ago • 5 min read
In every transition, there comes a phase when the old world has fallen apart, and yet nothing new seems to be falling into place. You have done everything right. You have let go of what needed releasing. And still, everything feels out of sorts. I find myself in that liminal space right now. The old world, the one that felt familiar, even when it was difficult is dissolving. And a new one hasn't taken shape yet. This particular combination of loss and uncertainty has a way of bringing even...
4 months ago • 4 min read
She had clients. A steady stream of them, actually. They came back for more intuitive healing. They referred their friends. They left raving testimonials. And yet....and this is the part that will break your heart a little, she was telling me that she was absolutely convinced that she was faking it. I'm calling her Priya for this story (actual name changed). And she was a gifted, committed, deeply feeling animal communicator and energy healer. But every time she sat with a client and their...
5 months ago • 4 min read
There comes a moment in every animal caregiver's life when you feel the connection. It feels strong and YET something goes unanswered. You may feel as though your animal is holding something back. And how you wish you knew what it was. When Your Cat Won't Let You In This is a story of a student, who for the purpose of this newsletter, I will call Sanya. Sanya had just welcomed in Mini, a kitten who once called the sprawling streets of Mumbai her home. Mini spent most of her time hiding under...
6 months ago • 4 min read
Do You Believe in Magic and Miracles? Have you ever felt that there is something truly magical about December? As if there is a portal right in front of you and you could just walk through? I do. Every year, around this time, the world softens. A portal opens somewhere. The air grows thin, and in that thinness, I find I can almost get a glimpse of another world that lies beyond ours. There's magic, miracles, and hope that shimmers just out of reach, waiting. The year tested me in ways I...
7 months ago • 3 min read
There’s a friend I adore, a healer, a practitioner, someone people turn to during times of distress. And yet the moment her own cats need her, everything she knows would slip right out of reach, as if love itself scrambled her intuition. Every once in a while, my phone would glow with her name, sometimes late at nights. One of her cats had done something mysterious again: someone fought with someone, someone had the loosies, but which one? And just like that she wouldn't be the confident...
8 months ago • 3 min read
There is a moment each autumn when the trees seem to know something we've forgotten: that releasing what no longer serves isn't loss - it's liberation. The leaves don't cling. They simply let go, trusting that what remains is enough. This fall, that knowing found me at the edge of my own burnout. The Paradox of the Always-Available Healer I became an energy healing practitioner because I wanted to help. Somewhere along the way, "wanting to help" calcified into "needing to be available to...
9 months ago • 4 min read
There are forces we cannot see, yet they move us all the same. For centuries, mystics have spoken of hidden currents that knit life together. Today, physicists give them names—energy fields, scalar waves. I simply call them the invisible threads. Animals already swim in these currents. They don’t question how they know when a storm will break, or why their paw rests on your hand at just the right moment. They just trust what they feel. Last week, I had the honor of working with a dog who had...
10 months ago • 3 min read