What if the longings you feel, the questions about leadership, intuition, service, and responsibility… are not random at all?

What if the being guiding you into them is the one lying at your feet?

In this profound and wide-ranging conversation, I sit down with Kiki Keskinen, founder of Witch School Canada, to explore what it means to become a woman who can trust herself in a time when the world is asking for new forms of leadership.

Together we wander through history, lineage, and the living, breathing practice of embodiment.

We talk about witches — not as aesthetics or trends — but as women committed to deep listening: to the land, to ancestors, to other generations, to one another, and to the animals walking beside us.

And yes… we talk about dogs as familiars, initiators, and mirrors.

Because again and again, they ask us the same sovereign question:

Who am I?
And where are we headed together?

Inside this episode, we explore:

✨ how the conquering of the wild is intertwined with the conquering of women
✨ what feminine leadership looks like as old systems unravel
✨ the role of the crone in our particular moment in history
✨ expanding our understanding of motherhood (hello, Mystic Dog Mamas)
✨ the medicine of discernment
✨ learning to serve rather than control
✨ why trusting yourself is a practice
✨ shapeshifting as a skill we urgently need right now
✨ and simple beginning exercises to strengthen your intuitive muscle

This conversation is both philosophical and practical, ancestral and immediate.

It will meet you wherever you are on your path - whether you’re just beginning to sense your intuition or already feeling the call to lead, to protect life, and to participate in healing our relationship with the Earth.

Your dog may have brought you here.

Let’s listen.

For more information on Witch School Canada, please visit https://witchschool.ca

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Disclaimer: The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease, or replace medical guidance. Please speak with your veterinarian.

Our dogs have a way of ushering us into the exact lessons we need.

In this episode, I’m joined by psychologist and resilience specialist Dr Kate Lund to talk about what happens when the life we imagined falls apart — and how we build something meaningful on the other side.

Dr Kate shares the story of her childhood diagnosis of hydrocephalus, the many hospitalisations that followed, and how her dog Peanut helped her cultivate courage, hope, and orientation toward possibility. Those early experiences inspired her life’s work supporting paediatric patients and families navigating illness, trauma, and profound change.

We discuss why resilience is not toughness, positivity, or spiritual bypassing. It’s the set of skills, supports, and perspectives that help us optimise within the reality we are living.

You’ll hear:

✨ What resilience actually means in real life
✨ Why we must move through difficulty, not around it
✨ How strengthening our own resilience changes the way we show up for our dogs
✨ The surprising ways dogs demonstrate resilience every day
✨ How Dr Kate supported her own children through the terror of a lost puppy
✨ How that experience led her to partner with her therapy dog Wally serving families at a children’s hospital in Seattle
✨ Practical ways to build confidence and agency in kids and dogs
✨ What it means to “find a new normal”
✨ Why dogs so often arrive exactly when we need them most

I also share how Lucky has continually invited me to become more resilient — especially in the moments I doubted myself most — and how recognising his resilience changed our relationship.

If you’ve ever wondered how to stay open-hearted while the ground beneath you shifts… this conversation is for you!.

Connect with Dr Kate Lund: https://www.katelundspeaks.com/

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Website: https://mysticdogmama.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com

Come join my free Facebook group,  FETCH First Light. It’s my sanctuary where soulful dog mamas like you find clarity, confidence, and connection https://facebook.com/groups/fetchfirstlight

Disclaimer: The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease, or replace medical guidance. Please speak with your veterinarian.

What if our cats aren’t here to be “managed” — but to initiate us?

In this episode of Mystic Dog Mama, I’m joined by Pam Roussell of Purrrfectly Holistic -  holistic pet health practitioner and devoted Cat Mom, for a conversation that invites us to slow down, listen more deeply, and rethink what health really means - for our animals and for ourselves.

Pam shares her journey from the fitness industry into holistic pet health, shaped by her own healing and profoundly catalysed by the loss of her beloved cat, Snow Bear. His passing became a threshold moment — one that called Pam into a deeper relationship with intuition, energetics, and the wisdom of the body.

Together, we explore the medicine of cats - why it’s time to bring cats fully into holistic health conversations, and what they can teach us about curiosity, mysticism, and conscious care. We talk about the importance of getting to root causes rather than treating symptoms, the unique stressors many cats face (especially indoor cats), and how emotional, energetic, spiritual, and physical health are inseparable.

This is also a conversation about agency - becoming your pet’s health advocate, trusting your intuition, and how learning to advocate for your animals inevitably helps you step into deeper advocacy for yourself.

We touch on the shadow side of the holistic health world, the danger of “doing everything right,” and why asking why matters more than ever. Pam also reflects on the spiritual significance of ailments, the different roles cats and dogs play in our spiritual development, and what the astrological shifts of 2026 and beyond are calling forward in how we think about health, healing, and support.

Pam also shares gentle, practical insights for supporting your feline companions, along with her own daily practices with her cats - grounding this expansive conversation in everyday devotion.

If your cat feels like a teacher, a mirror, or a guide in your life, this episode is an invitation to listen.

Learn more about Pam’s work: https://purrrfectlyholistic.com

Connect with me!

Website: ⁠https://mysticdogmama.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠https://instagram.com⁠

Come join my free Facebook group,  FETCH First Light. It’s my sanctuary where soulful dog mamas like you find clarity, confidence, and connection ⁠https://facebook.com/groups/fetchfirstlight⁠

Disclaimer: The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease, or replace medical guidance. Please speak with your veterinarian.

Dog waste is one of those everyday realities most of us would prefer not to think about. We bag it, bin it, and move on. But what if the way we currently deal with dog poo is part of a bigger environmental and cultural problem? And what if it could be approached differently?

In this episode, I’m joined by Cllr Gill Thomas, a local councillor in Stroud and for litter and clean environment who is exploring an early-stage, experimental initiative to rethink how dog waste is handled - including the possibility of composting it safely and responsibly.

Gill brings a background in the creative arts into her work in local politics, and that perspective shapes how she approaches complex, often uncomfortable issues. Rather than defaulting to enforcement or blame, she’s asking questions about responsibility, systems, and what becomes possible when curiosity leads the way.

In our conversation, we explore:

• Why dog waste is more than just a nuisance - and its real impact on the environment
• How creative problem-solving can open new pathways in governance
• What it means to take initiative without having all the answers
• The early conversations Gill is having with scientists and researchers
• Why pilot projects matter, and how local experiments can inspire wider change

This isn’t a polished solution or a finished programme. It’s a live inquiry into how we care for shared spaces, how we relate to waste, and what regeneration can look like at a very local, very human scale.

If you’re interested in conscious dog guardianship, environmental responsibility, and how meaningful change often starts with the things we’d rather not see - then this episode is for you.

To connect with Cllr Gill Thomas:

facebook.com/cllrgillthomas

Email:  [email protected]

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Website: https://mysticdogmama.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com

Come join my free Facebook group,  FETCH First Light. It’s my sanctuary where soulful dog mamas like you find clarity, confidence, and connection https://facebook.com/groups/fetchfirstlight

Disclaimer: The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease, or replace medical guidance. Please speak with your veterinarian.

Some dogs find being handled difficult.
And for guardians who are trying to support them, that reality can feel confusing, limiting, and quietly heartbreaking.

In this episode, I am joined by Lucy Tyrrell, a Galen Myotherapist and founder of Pawsitive Touch, for an honest, grounded conversation about consent-based bodywork for dogs — particularly dogs who are touch-averse, reactive, sensitive, or carrying trauma in their bodies.

Together, they explore what it means to truly listen to a dog’s nervous system, how to move away from the idea that care requires compliance, and how guardians can support their dogs without pushing past their boundaries.

As a mama of a dog who finds handling challenging, I know this episode will help other dog mamas who share the frustration of wanting to build a supportive care team, and feeling that some complementary therapies may not be accessible or appropriate for our dogs right now. Fortunately, as Lucy talks about positive and practical ways forward.

This episode is for you if:

• Your dog struggles with being handled by others
• You’ve felt unsure or conflicted about hands-on therapies
• You want to support your dog’s body in a way that feels safe and respectful
• You’re curious about consent-based approaches to care
• You want to learn how to do less forcing and more listening

✨ Stay tuned until the end of the episode, where Lucy shares details about a special online workshop designed to help guardians learn powerful, practical, consent-based massage techniques they can use themselves to support their dogs at home.

This conversation offers a different way forward — one rooted in trust, agency, and meeting the dog in front of you.

To connect with Lucy and learn more about her upcoming workshop on Sunday, 8th February at 12pm UK time, email her at: [email protected]

To find a Galen Myotherapy practitioner near you:

https://www.galenmyotherapy.com/team

For more information on the Galen Myotherapy Distance Support Programme: 

https://www.galenmyotherapy.com/dsp

Connect with me!

Website: https://mysticdogmama.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com

Come join my free Facebook group,  FETCH First Light. It’s my sanctuary where soulful dog mamas like you find clarity, confidence, and connection https://facebook.com/groups/fetchfirstlight

Disclaimer: The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease, or replace medical guidance. Please speak with your veterinarian.

In this rich and soulful conversation, I’m joined by Anja Žekelj, founder of Wigglebeat, to explore what it really means to heal our dogs, and ourselves, when we move beyond fixing, forcing, or striving for perfection.

Anja shares her journey of working with dogs and the evolution of her Herbal Ball Therapy, a gentle, deeply intuitive modality that supports the nervous system, circulation, and emotional well-being of dogs - especially those who are sensitive, aging, or navigating recovery.

But this conversation goes far beyond any single therapy.

Together, we talk about:

• What it looks like to follow intuition and inner guidance when caring for our dogs, and how to tell the difference between fear and true knowing
• The challenges and shadows of the holistic dog world, including pressure, comparison, and the subtle belief that we should be able to “do it all right”
• Why healing is not the same as fixing, and how acceptance can be one of the most loving and confronting acts of care
• The emotional complexity of supporting a dog through change, decline, or uncertainty
• Anja’s deeply personal experience of caring for her senior dog after a stroke, and what that journey has taught her about presence, grief, trust, and letting go

If you’ve ever felt caught between your heart, your intuition, and the overwhelming noise of “shoulds” in the holistic space, then this episode is for you.

To connect with Anja and learn more about her work, including her upcoming Herbal Ball Therapy workshop, visit her website:

https://wigglebeat.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/wigglebeat

Connect with me!

Website: https://mysticdogmama.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/mysticdogmama

Come join my free Facebook group,  FETCH First Light. It’s my sanctuary where soulful dog mamas like you find clarity, confidence, and connection

https://facebook.com/groups/fetchfirstlight

Disclaimer: The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease, or replace medical guidance. Please speak with your veterinarian.

This episode is a little different.

It was recorded outside, on a quiet winter dog walk with Lucky. No polish. Just presence.

As the Winter Solstice arrives I wanted to mark what’s ready to be released, and what’s quietly asking to be carried forward.

In this episode, I share:

• A simple, grounded Winter Solstice ritual you can do with (or without) your dog
• The guiding word I’ve chosen for 2026, and how it emerged not from force, but from feeling
• Reflections on rest, darkness, and the wisdom of not rushing the light

Instead of New Year’s resolutions or becoming a “better” version of yourself, this is about declarations.

It’s about honouring the in-between.
Letting the dark do its work.

Come meet me here, at the threshold.

Connect with me:

https://instagram.com/mysticdogmama

https://mysticdogmama.com

Come join my free Facebook group, FETCH First Light - my sanctuary where soulful dog mamas like you find clarity, confidence, and connection

https://facebook.com/groups/fetchfirstlight

Disclaimer: The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease, or replace medical guidance. Please speak with your veterinarian.

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by all the things you “should” be doing to live a low-tox life, for yourself or for your dog, this conversation is going to feel like a deep exhale.

I’m joined by Alexx Stuart, founder of Low Tox Life and someone who has spent over a decade exploring what it really means to reduce our toxic load - physically, emotionally, environmentally, and spiritually. Alexx has interviewed more than 450 leading voices in health and wellbeing, but what I love most about her approach is how permission-giving and grounded she is. This isn’t about perfection. It isn’t about throwing everything out or hitting some imaginary benchmark of purity.

It’s about presence.

It’s about starting exactly where you are.

In this episode, we explore:

• Alexx’s personal health journey and how it led her to found Low Tox Life
• The most impactful first steps for reducing toxin load for you and your dog
• Why “start where you’re at” is the foundation of sustainable change
• The emotional and mental toxins that often go overlooked
• How to navigate the destabilisation that can happen when your worldview shifts
• The surprising patterns Alexx has noticed after interviewing more than 450 health and wellbeing experts
• How supporting your dog’s health can become a doorway into deeper self-awareness
• Simple, practical, non-overwhelming changes you can make today

If this episode resonated, please share it with a fellow dog mama who’s craving a simpler, gentler, more conscious approach to supporting her and her dog’s wellbeing.

Connect with Alexx Stuart:

https://lowtoxlife.com

https://instagram.com/lowtoxlife

Connect with me:

https://mysticdogmama.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com

Come join my free Facebook group,  FETCH First Light. It’s my sanctuary where soulful dog mamas like you find clarity, confidence, and connection https://facebook.com/groups/fetchfirstlight

Disclaimer: The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease, or replace medical guidance. Please speak with your veterinarian.

This episode is an invitation to rethink what “clean,” “healthy,” and “balanced” actually mean - for our dogs, our homes, and the wider living systems we’re part of.

I sit down with Joe Flanagan, founder of Ingenious Probiotics, whose journey into the world of beneficial bacteria began in the most unexpected place: temperature control and air quality. What unfolded from there is a story that reaches far beyond products or protocols. It’s about remembering a way of living that honours life instead of fighting it.

Together we explore the anti-bacterial paradigm so many of us were raised inside, and what really happens when we wipe life away… and the ways Mother Nature inevitably fills the vacuum we create.

We touch on:

🌿 Why bacteria aren’t the enemy, and how they actually support balance on every level
🐾 Dogs as our early warning system (the “canaries in the coal mine” of our modern environment)
🏡 Viewing the home as a living ecosystem, not a battlefield
🧴 The quiet harm of chemical cleaning products and the pressure to sterilise everything
💧 How probiotic cleaning supports harmony, not domination
✨ Why animal lovers are often the ones leading the ecological shift
🌍 Wholeness as a practice  

💗 Making choices from love rather than fear, for ourselves and our dogs

What Joe shares isn’t about buying another thing. It’s about a deeper remembering:
*that nature is not something to overpower,
*that our homes are living systems,
*and that our dogs are guiding us toward a more life-affirming way of being.

If you’re longing for a gentler, wiser, more connected approach to health - for yourself, your home, and your dog - this episode is for you!

Connect with Joe Flanagan:

https://ingenious-probiotics.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/ingeniousprobiotics

Connect with me:

https://mysticdogmama.com

https://instagram.com/mysticdogmama

Come join FETCH First Light - my sanctuary where soulful dog mamas like you find clarity, confidence, and connection https://facebook.com/groups/fetchfirstlight

Disclaimer: The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease, or replace medical guidance. Please speak with your veterinarian.

In this final FETCH First Friday of the year, I’m coming to you solo with a gentle winter reflection for you and your dog.

There are some exciting developments unfolding behind the scenes, and even though I’m here alone this month, I’ll be sharing more with you soon.

Inside this episode:

• Winter as a Sacred PauseWhy the darker months call us to slow down, rest, and tend to our inner roots, and how our dogs naturally model this seasonal wisdom.

• The Water Element + Kidney Support (TCM) Simple ways to nourish the water element in both you and your dog, including warming foods, broths, lifestyle shifts, and energetic themes of the season.

• A Season of ReleaseAs we move from a 9 year into a 1 year (and toward the Year of the Horse in February), this is a natural time to acknowledge what we’ve shed, and what we’re still ready to let go of with gratitude.

• Not “New Year, New You”Why I follow the seasonal wheel instead of rushing into resolutions, and how January can become a month of deep rest, clarity, and seed-planting.

This episode is an invitation to enter winter with softness, presence, and trust — in yourself, your dog, and the slow magic working beneath the surface.

Connect with me!

Instagram: https://instagram.com/mysticdogmama

Website: https://mysticdogmama.com

Disclaimer: The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease, or replace medical guidance. Please speak with your veterinarian.