About

I get how vulnerable it can feel to reach out to a new practitioner for support, only to leave feeling smaller and less connected to your center or to your animal friends.

It can suck the magic and hope right out of you.

That’s not what I do here.

I’m here to lift you up and help you reconnect with your own knowing and deepen your intuitive connection with your animals, so you understand what your pets are feeling and wanting, and you feel aligned with your intuition again.

My Values

Exquisitely grounded Intuitive support rooted in ethical integrity and empathy

Ethical Integrity

As we wade into the deep watery intuitive realms together, I believe that maintaining clear, transparent ethical integrity creates a solid and safe container for both of us.

This means working only with consent, transparency, and strong, loving boundaries.

No gross power-over dynamics

I feel so incredibly lucky to work with clients who are sensitive empaths. You already have baskets full of tools and intuitive skills that you work with every day. 

This means we get to work as a team in everything we do: you, me, and your pets.

Understanding

I believe that when we truly understand something, we feel safer to get curious and deepen our connection with it. This includes our connection with our pets and ourselves.

The goal is a spot-on, bone-deep knowing from within you that will guide you forward.

My background

II began my journey into all things witchy and intuitive at the tender age of 12 with classes in Reiki, channeling, automatic writing, and animal communication.

I opened my healing practice wayyy back in 1996.  Back then, my focus was on supporting women with trauma histories to feel safe in their bodies. My modality of choice at the time was intuitive massage therapy paired with shamanic practices and dreamy energy work, like bone unwinding, Polarity and Chakra Balancing.

In 2008, after decades of study and years of apprenticeships, I shifted gears to focus on animal communication and intuitive mentoring. Even though I’ve retired from massage therapy, what it taught me about embodiment and space holding is deeply woven into all of the witchy, intuitive work I do. 

In every way possible, I am wired for this work. I have a knack for seeing the big picture and patterns, holding space for tender matters of the heart, and using my finely tuned intuitive goggles to sense and transform the emotional and spiritual baggage that can get in the way of true connection.

I believe that the role of intuitive work is to draw our attention closer to our body, heart center, and our own intuitive knowing.

This includes animal communication.

I love how good intuitive work nudges us to get out of our heads and ground home to our hearts. It is like Kryptonite to our heady habits of guessing, assuming, and projecting, which disconnects us from our intuition and prevents genuine connection with our center and our pets.

And in today’s world, where lightning-fast two-line AI summaries are rapidly crowding out the spaciousness once held by curiosity and genuine understanding, intuitive work gives you a soft, sacred space to land to renew your connections to your center and your animal friends in beautiful, embodied, breath-filled ways.

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A few fun facts about me….

  • I’m an energy-sensitive homebody who loves cozy vibes, spicy chi tea and witchy podcasts

  • I’m an animist and genuinely believe in fairies and the intelligence of nature

  • I have been blissfully married to my animal-loving, auto mechanic husband, Steve, for over 30 years

  • I prefer human or animal connections over AI, and words written or spoken from the heart.

  • Oh! and I once took my dog paragliding in Canada, because flying was on his bucket list. He loved it.

My kryptonite?

Dogs in PUFFY JACKETS. Pure Joy!

How we can work together

  • Joanna the animal communicator sitting with her dog in the grass

    Reclaiming Center

    When the world feels like it’s spinning too fast, and solid ground feels out of reach, these intuitive sessions will help you tap back into your inner resources and strengthen your connection with your own intuitive center

  • Joanna the Animal Communicator hugging her dog in the garden

    Animal Communication

    See the world through your pet’s eyes and understand what your pets have to share with you about what they feel and need to feel safe, loved, and intuitively connected with you

  • Senior Pet Package

    From creaky joints to potty changes, this deeply supportive package helps you understand what your senior pet is feeling and wanting so you can support them with love and patience in this precious stage of life.

Here are my promises to YOU:

Your privacy matters

I consider all of your information, your pets, and your session details sacred and private. I don’t talk about clients, their pets or sessions with anyone for any reason, unless I am required by law or I have your written permission.

Your humanness is welcome here

I witness daily the power that comes with finally hearing what your animal friends have to share with you and the profound nature that this work has to open hearts and deepen bonds. You are safe here and your tears and joy and everything in between are welcome.

I believe in you

I believe in your intuitive gifts. Working with an animal communicator doesn’t mean you are not intuitive; it means you understand we all need support. My role is to support you, your pets (and your own intuitive knowing).

You are safe here

Feeling safe is a non-negotiable around here, for you and me. To support us both, I have a code of ethics to guide me, and do intuitive work only with consent and stick within the scope of practice and agreed-upon services.

Intuitive one, I am honored to begin with you.

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