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Mar 28, 20233 min read

How to create affirmations to help animals

How to Create affirmations to help animals Did you know that you can create affirmations to help animals in your life or in your work? Do...

Oct 14, 20193 min read

Be Kind to Others…Even on Social Media

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” –Jane Goodall I love this quote by...

Aug 31, 20193 min read

Learning to Let Animals Lead® is Not Always Easy

I just got back from several days in Scotland with my family. What a beautiful country; we enjoyed every minute! Feels good to be back in...

Jul 18, 20186 min read

Reiki Meditation to Help Your Dog Through Orthopedic Issues

Almost all of us who have dogs have experienced working with them through orthopedic injuries or ailments at one time or another. Many of...

May 22, 20183 min read

Remembering Makoto, 1998-2018

I‘d like to take a moment to honor a very special teacher of mine who recently passed away: a black leopard named Makoto, who lived at...

May 7, 20185 min read

The 6 Pillars of the Let Animals Lead® Method of Animal Reiki

The 6 Pillars of the Let Animals Lead® Method of Animal Reiki In the Let Animals Lead® method, Animal Reiki is defined as animal-guided...

Feb 12, 20183 min read

5 Ways Animal Reiki is Love

Happy Valentine’s Day, animal lovers! While this holiday is often thought of in terms of romantic love, I’d like to celebrate it this...

Feb 12, 20184 min read

My Journey with Reiki

I learned to practice Reiki in 1998. When my dog Dakota came over and sat on top of my feet during my first Reiki self-treatment, I had...

Jun 22, 20172 min read

8 habits for improving your daily Reiki practice

What does your daily Reiki practice look like? Chances are, it looks and feels exactly the same as it did last year. But why should it?...

May 4, 20172 min read

Sanctuary spotlight: The Devoted Barn

Have you heard of The Devoted Barn? This very special animal sanctuary may be less than five years old, but it’s already made a huge...

Apr 21, 20172 min read

An easy meditation for achieving Reiki mindfulness

These days, with our busy, multitasking lives and so many distractions in the media pulling our attention toward worry, there’s no better...

Apr 9, 20172 min read

4 secrets to mindfulness animals want us to know

One of my favorite things about sanctuary animals is their incredible ability to live in the moment. No matter their past, no matter...

Mar 22, 20172 min read

5 calming rituals for a happier spring

Goodbye, frosty mornings and puffy parkas. Hello, baby animals and blooms! To most of us, spring represents a time of new beginnings and...

Mar 2, 20173 min read

The Most Amazing Reiki Pig in the World

Wednesday, March 1, was National Pig Day—and whenever I think of pigs, I cannot help but remember Harley, an amazing pig who touched my...

Feb 8, 20172 min read

The winner of the 2017 World’s Most Adorable Reiki Animal is …

This past Sunday, February 5, was our second-annual World Animal Reiki Day—and the day was a massive global success! Thank you to...

Jan 25, 20171 min read

Why I wrote my latest book, Heart to Heart With Horses

Horses have always been the great loves of my life. Even as a small child, I could feel the healing power of just being in their majestic...

Jan 12, 20173 min read

5 goals for a happier 2017

I don’t really do New Year’s resolutions—but a new year does always feel like a fresh start in some ways and an opportunity to check in...

Dec 28, 20162 min read

We need Reiki now more than ever

Tonight’s New Moon reminds us that times are a changin’. With 2017 almost here, we know that there are so many new beginnings ahead of...

Oct 19, 20162 min read

Simple ways to support the adorable sloth

Have I mentioned how much I love sloths? One of my dreams, in fact, is one day to share Reiki with a sloth. (If only I could be so...

Oct 13, 20162 min read

6 animal charities helping to mainstream Reiki

With Reiki increasingly gaining acceptance—not just in the U.S. but across the world—I’m seeing more and more animal organizations not...