With over 10 years experiences of working with flower essences and animals an unusual thing started to happen. Whilst making up the essences for an animal, the animal would become calmer and less stressed even though they had not taken the essences. It made me re-evaluate the flower essences with a different understanding of how […]
Q&A: Healing Crystals (and more) for Shelter Animals
Today’s post is a reader question about healing crystals, in particular which ones to use with shelter dogs. Our experts weigh in on this subject, and also share a few other ways to help. Q: I’ve recently started working with crystal healing, mainly for myself. I work in an animal shelter, and am in charge of […]
Q&A: Alternative Therapies – How Much is Too Much?
When your animal friends are suffering, it’s tempting to throw all the alternative therapies you can think of in the mix in order to make them better, but is that really the best idea? I will confess that I am guilty of doing this, both with myself and with my late dog Sadie. I start […]
Think Your Animal Well: The Power of Positive Thinking
Think Your Animal Well: The Power of Positive Thinking. On the surface, your animal may appear to have all of their needs met, but fundamentally there still may be an underlying problem with their health. They have taken their flower essences correctly, and emotionally they are improving, yet there is still something wrong. I get […]
Q&A: Dealing with Grief for both Humans and Animals
Our experts offer advice for how to help heal bereaved pets and people. We received a question from a reader asking for advice on how to deal with both her own and her dog’s grief. Our reader asked about crystals in particular, but many other complementary therapies can help as well, and since loss and […]
Q&A: How To Get Rid of Fleas
Our experts answer a question about fleas from one of our readers: Q: Is there any way to get rid of cat fleas without using chemicals? Lola Michelin, Northwest School of Animal Massage: Yes, although it takes commitment and diligence and even then, results vary. Anywhere the cat spends time has to be heat cleaned […]
The “Mirroring Effect” and the perfect Melody of Flower Essences
What do you think of when you think of a mirror? I immediately think of the mirror from the Harry Potter books. The mirror “Erised” which reflected what Harry most desired in life: to see his parents again. What a powerful gift that would be, but a mirror reflects the perfect image of the person […]
Mental Health Issues in the Animal Community
We can be forgiven for thinking that mental health issues are only obvious in the human race. Having lost my brother and nephew to suicide, I have an understanding of what it is like to live with two young men with severe mental health issues. When was the tipping point so great that they both […]
Bach Flower Essences for Fear in Animals
As a Flower Essence Animal Therapist, I am often called to work with animals that have fear issues. Listening to each case, I am able to unravel the story behind the emotions. A lot of the cases I am asked to work with are often termed “Fear Aggression”. To the owner, their animal will appear […]
Flower Essences for Grief and Loss
This is probably the hardest article that I have ever had to write; it comes from a place of such sadness, yet gives me the greatest insight into grief and loss. I lost my father earlier this year after he had suffered from a long illness. For the last 15 months of his life my father […]