When’s the last time you ran up against that fine line of feeling confident with your true kinship skills and pushing up against the edge of not knowing what’s what?
You know what I mean? If you only knew what to do you’d do it, but instead you’re looking over that chasm and realizing you don’t know what you don’t know. 🙄🙄🙄
It’s a Catch-22, for sure.
I know for me, it’s in part that I can only see through the lens of who I am now. Yes, I’ve changed over the years and I see things differently than I did yesterday, much less a decade ago.
Yet, I’m still showing up as the me that I am now, because that’s who I am now!
It helps so much when I’m thrown a lifeline, in the guise of a conversation, a word, a comment or maybe even a picture. Many times that’s enough to give me a “Eureka” moment so that my comfort zone comfortably expands.
We’re all learning to discern our own inner voice which can get lost in the cacophony and chaos of other voices vying for our attention.
One choice is to be self sufficient, to continue searching out answers for ourselves. You know, that ol’ ‘pull yourself up by your own bootstraps’ mantra.
But self sufficiency is a trademark of a colonized society meant to keep us apart from others so that we only know what the systems want us to know, instead of finding out what we need to KNOW.
See the difference?
So here’s my question for you: If you are a lone practitioner of true kinship with animals why not join a community?
BTW, there’s not a wrong or right answer to that question, and there’s not a time frame in which it needs to be answered.
If You Are Ready To Answer That Question
If you’re in that place of not knowing what you don’t know, here are some resources that can help: my blog, the podcast and the Daily Dose on Instagram.
If you’re looking for personalized and focused feedback that’s not available on a post or a podcast, visit Kindred, the true kinship with animals subscription community and see if that’s your next step.
Kindred is for anyone who feels stuck between a rock and a hard spot on how society treats animals (as animals) and how you treat them (as kin). You are ready to relate to animals through a new place of understanding because you have grown beyond society’s dictum of humans having dominion over animals. You are not alone. There’s a place waiting for you in Kindred.
(One of) The cool things about Kindred is there are 3 different levels, giving you the chance to join where you feel called. Beginning at $15.00 USD, you can sample it for a month, get your feet weet and see for yourself if it resonates with you.
(I mean, I could literally tell you about Kindred until I’m blue in the face, and if that’s what you want, I’m happy to do so. But doesn’t it make ever so much more sense for you to try it for youself??)
Thank You For Supporting The Free Teachings!
The work I do here is how I choose to show up for the world and support myself. The income I receive brings relief as it enables me to meet my financial responsibilities.
Every week you find my free teachings on the site, the podcast, in this newsletter and on social media. These are free because I want to nurture the practice of community and collaboration as best I can in a society that values power-over, competition and individualism.
I recognize there are folx who want to work with me but cannot afford a 1:1 session or a visit to the shop. These free teachings are a stopgap that gives you the teachings you’re looking for while giving me the means to meet my financial responsibilities.
I honor the integrity and wisdom of the teachings as well as the time I have spent learning, tending and passing them forward. If you are in a position to pay what you can for them I ask you to do so in a reciprocal exchange of energy.
Thank you!
About me…..
I am an animist, podcaster, intuitive practitioner and mentor identifying as she/they and respectfully acknowledge I am supported and sustained on the traditional and ancestral territory of the Séliš (Salish) and QÌispé (upper Kalispel or Pend d’Oreille) People who have stewarded this land throughout the generations.
As a practitioner of true kinship with animals, I pledge to recognize the descendants and practices of the original Peoples, Lands and Animals. I will not knowingly appropriate their wisdom, nor will I knowingly speak over their voices. When I have participated in colonialism practices, I will be accountable by publicly acknowledging the harmful practice, apologizing, and doing the needed reflection and self work to do better in the future.
For 30+ years I have facilitated clear conversations between animals and people. In my work I encourage people to recreate a bond with animals by disengaging from colonized approaches and relating in true kinship.
I am cheerfully owned and managed by a multitude of angel animals and several houseplants.
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