Celebrating 10 years of my Animal Led and Heart Led Healing Business - Part 2

Welcome to part two of my celebration of 10 years of my Animal led and Heart led healing business Self Selection For Animals. Here are 5 more highlights from the past decade of helping animals and their guardians.

1. The very first animal attunement was channelled through me in 2016. This was a new offering, guided by and asked for by the animals! The first one came through for a very special woman called Kristin who was concerned about her bees, while she was away from the USA and travelling in the UK. It was no coincidence that she is an artist and healer who draws Animal Totems for people looking for guidance. The alignment of our energies helped this new healing to be born. We didn’t know it then, but our deep connection and friendship led to us falling in love and getting married! Our shared love of animals, animal communication, healing and crystals enhances the strong foundation for the work I do and I’m so grateful for her compassionate support over the past eight and a half years.
2. One of my biggest goals is to share my knowledge and to empower others to help animals. I had an amazing day of sharing with fellow horse lovers, at the Equine Holistic Fair in 2024, where I gave a live and interactive demo of Applied Zoopharmacognosy with a pony called Lulu. The understanding and compassion that we can give to animals is so important and learning how to let them lead us in their own healing, is so very special and much needed. I’m really looking forward to doing another demo and also to teaching Applied Zoopharmacognosy in the classroom at the 2025 Equine Holistic Fair.
3. Another of my passions behind Self Selection For Animals is to spread the message that animals are sentient beings, evolved souls and that they are communicating with us on more than a physical level. All we need to do is to listen and take the steps to develop our own inner knowing and intuition so that we can hear them! This is why I say yes to giving so many talks and interviews. It’s so that I can share these important messages. I’ve been very fortunate in the opportunities that have come up for me to speak at holistic fairs, at wellbeing events, at charitable events and to be interviewed for podcasts. I was delighted to be invited to an interview on BBC Radio Solent earlier this year. I’m being encouraged by the animals, to get their message ‘out there’ and this was a wonderful opportunity to honour their request and reach a wider audience.
4. Helping traumatised and anxious animals to release their fears and live happier lives. When I trained in Applied Zoopharmacognosy with Caroline Ingraham and the study took place at Woodgreen Pets Charity in Godmanchester and HorseWorld in Bristol, it confirmed what I had always known deep down. That I was being asked to help animals who had lost their trust or been frightened or neglected by humans. I saw how I could do this, once I had the knowledge and gift of animal self selection. It’s also why my business is called Self Selection For Animals and why it has a capital F. It’s For the Animals and it’s about their choices and them guiding us in what help they need to achieve balanced wellbeing. My whole approach is “Animal led.” Witnessing the miraculous transformations of scared, angry and traumatised animals, via their selections of essential oils and herbs during my training, gave me the passion to continue to work with rescued and rehomed animals. We’re living in a time when many people and animals are suffering and are displaced in the world and I help fostered and adopted animals in the UK and those who are brought to the UK from Europe for rehabilitation and rehoming.
5.  Annual free healing for fear of fireworks. For many years I have been guided to send out healing for animals who are scared by fireworks. This has grown into an annual event where people can nominate their animals and local wildlife for my free healing over Halloween, Bonfire Night, Diwali and New Year’s Eve. There is a growing awareness through the hard work of animal charities and guardians that some of our human celebrations can adversely impact animals and that with increased care and consideration within our communities, we can take steps to help alleviate the stress and suffering of animals during firework season.

I’m really grateful for any positive changes I see happening in relation to animal wellbeing and I’ve seen really big steps forward in the past ten years. We can all continue to play our part by leading with compassion and advocating for animals.

I’m so grateful to look back over this amazing decade and for each and every animal and person. Thank you to all those who have walked with me on this healing journey and who continue to do so. It’s an honour and I’m thankful for every muddy, wet spaniel and soft nosed pony or sheep, for accepting my help in order to help themselves. I’m thankful for every open mind and every open heart. I wish to say thank you to my clients be they furry, feathery or scaled, every big hearted human, all my students, my incredible teachers and mentors both human and animal, my support team and my incredibly supportive family, friends and community. You are all so very special to me. Namaste and may you go forward in joy, love and light.