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Moving with animals

4/20/2021

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Here's something I learned the hard way… when you move, tell your animals what is happening. If you know what your future space will look like, send them pictures of it with your mind.

Back when I moved with my highly anxious dog, her name was Red, I did none of these things. Big mistake. I made an anxious dog even more anxious because we moved from space where she felt relatively safe, to a space she did not know.

To make matters worse, I also disposed of her favorite couch. So now, not only was she triggered because she didn't know this new space, but her favorite thing was missing. When I asked an animal communicator to connect with her (this was before I was an animal communicator myself) Red told her that she felt disrespected and ignored because I had not taken her wishes into consideration; in fact she was very depressed and upset by the whole situation.

Mea Culpa. I should have known to inform her of what was happening, particularly because she was so anxious.

The Animal Communicator helped me work with Red to repair the broken trust between us. Honestly just having someone listen to her grievances went along way to healing the relationship; that and some EFT healed her depression over the move and made her a bit more comfortable in her new home.

I am so grateful that someone was available to help me repair this relatioship.
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Busy Weekend

4/19/2021

 
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I’m wanting to track all I accomplished this weekend:
  1. I attended the Alchemy Fair in Arlington, WA, on Saturday April 17. It was lovely catching up with people I haven’t seen in over a year and getting to know some new folks. In addition, the venue was the super cool Mirkwood Public House; one of the tarot readers described it as very “Games of Thrones” and indeed was! Lots of great readers and to add to the ambience, a group of musicians jamming on the patio outside.  
  2. Later that evening I attended a MeWe Fair online. I went incognito to see just what was what and I loved it. So many great presentations and readers.  I will be doing Animal Communication readings at the MeWe Fair on Sunday, May 2nd from 5:00-9:00 PT. I’m thinking of doing a talk on "How EFT can help Animals”. Still don’t know what time I will be doing this talk.
  3. I will also be part of the Animal Communication panel held by MeWe Fairs, Sunday April 25.  I ordered an Ethernet > Thunderbolt dongle so I have great internet connectivity that day. I'm a late addition, so my picture isn't on the site at this time, but I will be there!
  4. Sunday I spent lots of time outside because it’s the Pacific Northwest in April and there was not a cloud in the sky for 5 days. it was like living in Arizona!
  5. I wrote four (four!) blog posts, not including this one.  I finally dropped into the flow for writing and I love it!
  6. I am part of a collaborative book publishing effort called “Behind the Power”. I finished my chapter this weekend and shared it with some friends who gave me great feedback.  There is also an upcoming conference by the same name. You can learn more about it here: https://www.behindthepowerevent.com/
  7. In the midst of all of this I also managed some time sitting outside in a park reading 21st Century Yokel by Tom Cox.  Such a great writer. If you like nature, Great Britain, and dry humor, this is the books for you. 

Warts and all

4/18/2021

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The other day I was walking behind a couple and their German Shepard. This dog was young-ish and a bit… exuberant… on the lead, and was not sitting as they stopped for a stop light.  The woman who was with the dog snapped, she had had enough: “Why do you always make everything about YOU?!” she yelled at the dog in full view of everyone walking down the street. 

Initially I was embarrassed for her to react like that in public with her animal.

And then I remembered - I have been this woman. It’s certainly not something I am proud of, and thankfully I have been graced with non-judgmental people to help me work through the issues that caused this behavior.

You see, I once had a dog who was extremely anxious and needy. Due to her anxiety I could not leave home without her due to the extreme distress it caused her - non stop barking and whining, pooping on the floor - that level of anxiety. Her anxiety wore on me, day after day; week after week; month after month, year after year; dealing with her inability to be alone in the home, taking her with me everywhere I went. A friend once remarked that she was like a co-dependent boyfriend “DON’T LEAVE ME!”

I never yelled at her in public, but I sure did lash out when we were at home. I felt trapped, I cared for her and wanted the best for her, but I was also overwhelmed with having her with me in the car,  always searching for a parking place in the shade or finding a pet sitter for her when I had a weekend workshop. I didn’t go to a movie for 10 years because I didn’t want to leave her in the car that long.

It was utterly exhausting.

Seeing this woman act out with her dog reminded me how far I had come. I worked with a therapist, healed my early trauma and most importantly learned about animals, trauma, and effective ways to treat it using animal communication and EFT or “tapping”.

The trauma healing I have witnessed is astonishing quite frankly. Animals and people have had their lives fundamentally changed.

Because of my issues with trauma (both my own and my animal's) and the healing of it, I am blessed to be able to listen to and work with people in a judgement-free way. I’ve been the person who was stressed to the breaking point with my animal and lashed out because if it. I can’t pass judgment on people for this behavior because I’ve been there - it’s part of my shadow work.



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Insomnia

4/1/2021

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I've had insomnia for YEARS. You know what you don't tell someone who is in her fifties (or even 40's) and has insomnia? You don't tell her to "turn off screens 30 minutes before bed" or "make your room dark". Duh. I'm not 26 years old FFS.

Sigh. Yes, that was a mild rant.

I took OTC counter sleep medications for about 3 years and then was able to finally (finally!) stop using them.  It was 2019 and I took an extra long weekend over the 4th of July. I slept maybe 2 hours might initially. My room was dark, and cool. I didn't use screens two hours before bed, I didn't watch TV, and I didn't listen to disharmonious music. And yet, only two hours a night of sleep. But it was OK, I didn't have to work or commute.

But then the long weekend ended and I still wasn't sleeping. Do you know how many "The Cat Who..." books Lillian Jackson Braun wrote? Well I do, because I read every damn one of them whiling away the time, trying to fall asleep.  

28. There are 28 books in "The Cat Who..." mystery series featuring former journalist James Qwilleran and his cats Yum Yum and Koko.

After college I worked at Border's stocking mystery books, among which were "The Cat Who" books. Gawd, By the end of my tenure there, I loathed those books, but 25 years later? An effing life saver.

Reading is how I have always helped myself fall asleep. and I finally managed to start sleeping well around the end of December, thank to Lilliam Jackson Braun, James Qwilleran, and marijuana.

Then... March 2020. All bets were off. Stress. Anxiety. I went back on the sleep meds.

Now , a year later I am once again weening myself off of them.  This year's late night reads? The Montague and Strong Case Files series by Orlando Sanchez. Great literature? Nope. But, God love him there are 12 books in the series all available through Kindle Unlimited, and they are thoroughly readable and enjoyable. So I spend my nights with Monty and Simon (as they are known), and am beginning to see the sleep at the end of the perpetual wakefulness tunnel.
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    Hi. My name is Ann Lally and I'm a 25 year practicing intuitive. I help people deepen their relationships with their animals.

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