Had to set things straight with my dachshund friend this morning. She finally agreed that from now on when she needs to make a ‘lump sum deposit’ that, instead of hinting with a soft hardly audible growl from the other room for me to hurry and lift her off the bed in time, she will, […]
Author: Jane Broccolo
Ask Any Barking Dog
Like any animal, humans have an innate capacity for empathy: the ability to feel in our bodies what someone else is feeling in his/her own body, i.e., suppressed emotions. Sometimes, when I cho0se not to funnel my anger through non-violent communication, I dramatize it much to the chagrin of who(m)ever is within earshot. The good […]
Recycling Pain…
This morning I woke up far from a teardrop of joy in my eye. I felt anchored to the bottom of the sea with lead in my heart. Whenever depressed, I have no other choice but to breathe deep within to find the cause. Usually, the heavy feeling is caused by my thoughts about poor […]
A World No Longer Run by Half-Wits
Some of us connect more easily with animals and nature because we let our intelligence thrive naturally like an animal, in circular all inclusive whole-brain patterns of thought. Free beyond the limitations of exclusive linear logic used by men and women confined to the boundaries of the frontal cortex. If we are ever to become […]
The Existential Cat Who Was Clear About Pain
I received a strong impression from a cat that she wanted frowns on her friends’ faces, instead of their constant gooey smiles of affection regarding her feline self. She communicated that she began biting the base of her tail making it bald and inflamed because undying affection was driving her mad with boredom. When I […]
The Horse Who Bucked for Love
A client called about her horse’s aloof behavior. I quickly assumed that the equine wanted to be alone and didn’t like exercise because it was her nature to be lazy and withdrawn. We invent logical reasons to say why an animal acts the way s/he does; easier and more convenient than breathing deep beneath the […]
Although this post is for the weak at heart, it might be too gritty for the weak at heart to read.
Rod Lurie says in his online Huffingtonpost article that the film, “The Reader,” is a denial of the accountability and memorability of the Nazi’s industrialized slaughter of Jews during the Holocaust. As if there is only one holocaust we should be concerned about. Which brings to my mind and heart, Abe Lincoln’s beautiful concern for […]
Dying to Live
A woman wondered if Dobie, her dog, was sick and wanted to die because for weeks he seemed fatigued and depressed. In a session on the phone with the woman, I got that Dobie was saying, yes, he was sick and tired, and that he was dying because death was looking like a more lively […]
Animals: Masters of the Art of Letting Go
In response to my January 3rd post, a reader emailed me to ask if the blood disease in the cat was treatable. I emailed her back to say that since my posting, the cat had new test results showing that the disease was losing power. Through vet-medication, plus a discussion with the cat where she […]
Which Came First…
Yet more proof that stress in our bodies is usually reflected in the bodies of our beloved pets as well, and, apparently vice versa. Zorro, a dog, was limping on his right leg. During a healing session by phone, I got that the limp was due to stress lodged in between his shoulder blades and […]
