Mystic Dog Mama

You are in for a TREAT! Today, my guest is Lisa Spector of My Zen Pet. Lisa has such an incredible story. From graduating from the world renowned Julliard School, to pursuing a concert career, opening up a music school, and even raising puppies for Guide Dogs for the Blind, Lisa has been on an incredible journey that has shown her the power that music holds - for dogs and humans alike.

In this episode, Lisa talks about her journey into canine sound therapy, and she shares with us some really useful ways we can use music to calm our dogs’ nervous systems to both prevent and treat all kinds of anxiety. And she also shares why just putting any ol’ classical music on for your dog when you go out during the day, or during fireworks, might not actually be a helpful thing! Don’t worry, Lisa shares exactly what IS helpful to your dog’s nervous system, too.

AND you’ll be treated to a mini concert you can share with your dog, as Lisa plays for us some of her calming music. It’s so beautiful, and you’re going to feel just as relaxed as your dog, so get comfy!

Check out Lisa’s website ⁠https://myzenpet.com⁠ to learn more about her Dog Gone Calm Training Program and to stream her Dog Gone Calm album for your dog! You can also follow Lisa on Instagram ⁠@my_zen_pet⁠.

Visit ⁠https://mysticdogmama.com⁠ for more information on booking a holistic nutrition and wellness consultation, and to get your copy of my ebook The N.E.W. Approach to feeding your dog!

Finally, can I please ask you for a favour? If you are enjoying the podcast, a simple and really meaningful way you can support me is by rating the podcast and leaving a review on Apple podcasts. I know, I wish Spotify allowed reviews, too! Alas! But seriously, it really helps me to know what you are enjoying, and it is SO HELPFUL for helping others to find the podcast, and find this beautiful community we are creating together. I am so grateful for each an every one of you!

OK, until next time!

In this week’s episode, I chat with Beth Bigler of Honoring Our Animals. Beth is a pet loss grief counsellor who is offering a really important and valuable space for us to explore the various kinds of grief we will inevitably experience in our lives, especially when we invite our four-legged beloveds into our lives.

Beth and I have one of the most important conversations I think I’ve had around the topic of grief, of our culture’s complete avoidance of the grieving and mourning experiences, and how we can transform with and through the process of honouring our animals, and honouring ourselves.This is not a sad conversation, don’t worry. But, it is a validating one.

We talk about all different kinds of grief - whether that’s the grief we feel around not having the kind of dog we thought we would have, or the grief of feeling we are not a good enough pet parent, as well as the grief of anticipating our pet’s passing, and the grief we feel when they have crossed over. Beth shares so many helpful tips, and she speaks from personal experience because it was her own experience of seeing a pet loss grief counsellor when her beloved cat Arnie was passing from cancer that catapulted her into this work.

Beth also shares how her relationship with Arnie has continued to grow and deepen even as he is on the other side.Whether you are currently experiencing grief, whether you did in the past and didn’t feel supported, whether you’re wanting to know how to support another who is in the grieving and mourning processes, or whether you just want to know more ways to deepen your relationship with your pet in life and on the other side, this is such an impactful episode.

And I hope that it helps create the space here in this community to honor, recognise, and hold space for us all as we experience the big emotions we have in our lives.

You can connect with Beth on her website https://honoringouranimals.com⁠ and Instagram ⁠https://instagram.com/honoringouranimals⁠

If you are enjoying the podcast, I would be SO GRATEFUL if you would consider subscribing and leaving a review on Apple podcast. I wish Spotify had that option, but only Apple does at the moment. Reviews are so helpful for me to know what you are enjoying so that I can make sure to create content you find helpful, and reviews also really help others to find the podcast and find the support they are looking for in this beautiful, beautiful community we are creating together! You guys are just so amazing, and I am so grateful for each and every one of you!⁠

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What if I told you that nourishing your dog (and yourself!) is NOT just about food?

Yep, that’s right, you heard it straight from the holistic canine nutrition and wellness consultant’s mouth!

Food is one component, but there's more...

What if I told you that what is ACTUALLY needed to help support your dog’s health is a N.E.W. Approach, one that takes a whole dog perspective and includes:

🥩🥦Nutrition

🔥❄Energetics

💚Wellbeing

When you bring these 3 components together, you have a recipe for health and nourishment! 

But, like an infomercial from the 1990s, "Wait! There's more!"

This N.E.W Approach to feeding your dog might actually hold the key to your spiritual awakening, and to you finding the deep sense of purpose and connection you have been seeking.

In this episode, I share with you 5 ways that The N.E.W Approach to feeding Lucky transformed my life, and how you can apply its principles to transform yours, too!

Don't forget, you can receive 15% off canine nutrition + wellness packages booked in September! If The N.E.W. Approach to feeding your dog resonates with you, and you'd like my help in optimising your dog's diet, get in touch on my website https://mysticdogmama.com, or on Instagram @mysticdogmama to find out more!

Listen to my interview with Dr Tom Lonsdale on the importance of Raw Meaty Bones that I reference in this episode:

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/bArm5gEYEMb

In our last Summer Season Special, I share with you how holistic kinesiology (muscle testing) has helped me with Lucky's health journey, and how it has helped several of my canine nutrition clients!

I share with you how a random visit to a homeopath provided me with the missing key to Lucky's health issues, and catapulted us onto a path of thriving! It's why I learned these energy healing modalities and now use them in my canine nutrition and wellness services.

You'll learn a couple of techniques and how to use them with your own dog!

If you have enjoyed these summer series sessions and want me to continue doing shorter, focused content, let me know! What topics would you like me to address? What questions do you have about nourishing your dog mind body, and soul? What are you feeling overwhelmed with when it comes to feeding your dog? Let me know and I'll make future episodes for you!

Leave a comment, message me on Instagram @mysticdogmama, or email me by visiting my website https://mysticdogmama.com

*ANNOUNCEMENT* To celebrate back-to-school, I am offering 15% off all of my canine nutrition + wellness packages booked in the month of September! To learn more, visit https://mysticdogmama.com, or reach out to me with any questions on Instagram @mysticdogmama

Until next time!

DISCLAIMER: This is not a substitute for medical advice or other relevant professional advice.

Happy Dog Days of Summer!

How do we help ourselves and our dogs move through triggering situations more quickly, and become more empowered in the process?

This is a short episode I made after reflecting on a conversation I had with Sharon Vincuilla of Holistic Dog Expert, who I will be interviewing for an upcoming podcast episode! Sharon and I were talking about the idea of co-regulating with our dogs (which we will do a deep dive into, so if you want me to ask her specific questions, let me know!). And in the conversation, we talked about the power of asking different questions to help us through difficult situations, and to help us learn from them.

So, in this Sumer Series episode I share some tips I have found helpful when it comes to using questions to reframe issues in my own life or with Lucky with the intention that this help you when you encounter triggers.

Have you found any particular ways of helping you work through triggers? I'd love to hear! Either leave a comment, or message me on Instagram ⁠@mysticdogmama⁠ and let me know!

And also let me know if you'd like me to create future episodes on any particular topics related to nourishing your dog, and yourself, mind, body and soul!

As we close out summer and head towards autumn, I have opened up special Back to School spots for holistic canine nutrition and wellness packages with a 15% discount! This is a fantastic opportunity if you have been wanting to get some support and guidance on how to support your dog with a fresh food diet, if you have a dog with a health challenge, or if you would like to experience an animal communication session or reiki session. You can find more information on ⁠https://mysticdogmama.com⁠

To learn more about Sharon, visit her website:

⁠https://holisticdogexpert.com⁠

In this episode of the Summer Series, I'm doing a refresher on your dog's energetics, after a lovely listener reached out after trying to figure out her own dogs' energetics.

I give some tips and tricks on how to identify your dog's primary element of their constitution, as well as whether or not they run more towards cool or warm, and how you can then balance this with food. I also share ways to check your dog's behavioural quirks, and how the time of day they do them might point us to areas of imbalance.

As always, let me know what topics you'd like me to cover in future episodes, or any guests you'd like me to reach out to! Just message me on Instagram @mysticdogmama, or leave a comment on YouTube or Spotify

Enjoy this episode, and enjoy your dog days of summer!

Until next time!

Book I mentioned (This is an Amazon Affiliate link. I receive commission if you choose to purchase through this link, at no cost to you. This helps keep the podcast up and running, so thank you for considering it!)

Dr Cheryl Schwarz Four Paws Five Directions

Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/3Allx10

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/46Ju0r0

And here's a link to Dr Judy Morgan's free pet personality quiz:

https://drjudymorgan.com/products/pet-personality-quiz

Welcome to another Solo Summer Series episode! This week's topic: Nutrition!

Many of you have been reaching out with questions on how to best feed your dog a fresh food diet, and you asked what my take on the new Forever Dog Life Book is. So, in this episode I give a rundown of my thoughts on this new recipe book for fresh feeders, and share my "food pyramid" for dogs and how I put together Lucky's diet and nutrition plans for clients.

I will be doing a series of episodes on nutrition, so if you would like me to dive into a specific topic or area to help you better feed your dog, just let me know! DM me on Instagram @mysticdogmama

And if you would like my support in building a fresh food diet for your dog, or creating a therapeutic nutrition and wellness plan for your dog with a health condition, I am now opening up bookings for canine nutrition and wellness consults! Reach out to me on Instagram to find out more!

Links I mentioned:

Feed Real Institute Calculator

https://www.feedreal.com/calculator

WSAVA Body Condition Score Guide:

https://wsava.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Body-Condition-Score-Dog.pdf

It's 8/8 today! And you know what that means, Lion's Gate! The time when the Dog Star meets the Sun in Leo. This is an amazing time for reflecting on and creating all the wonderful things life has to offer.

And as the Dog meets the Lion, it's also an invitation for deep self-inquiry to explore how we can learn from our dogs and live a much more heart-led, self-compassionate life.

I share with you 5 questions and practices I will be using for myself today to take advantage of this auspicious time in order to create a more soulful life for myself and Lucky, and I invite you to try them out if you feel called!

Wishing you a happy and bountiful Lion's Gate!

Let me know if you find this helpful! You can DM me on Instagram @mysticdogmama

Hello hello! This is the first of the Dog Days of Summer Series where I cover topics you're curious about, and answer your questions on how to best nourish your dog - and yourself - mind, body, and soul.

Today's episode is all about animal communication, and I share a few simple ways you can deepen your intuition and develop your skills so you can communicate with your own dog!

If there's a topic you'd like me to cover in this summer series, just send me a DM on Instagram @mysticdogmama and let me know!

If you would like to make an animal communication session booking with me, or if you're interested in learning to communicate with animals and would like me to create a workshop for your, let me know! Reach out on Instagram @mysticdogmama!

Things I mentioned:

Mat Auryn's book Psychic Witch

Affiliate links (I may receive a commission if you purchase through these links at no cost to you):

Amazon USA https://amzn.to/3Ac1EJy

Amazon UK https://amzn.to/46uJkHY

Maureen Scanlon's podcast I Never Knew But My Dog Did

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i-never-knew-ink-but-my-dog-did-by-lifecoach-maureen/id1633091784

I’m really excited to share this week’s conversation that I had with Annika McDade of Canine Connection Coaching and Training. Annika is such a beautiful soul, and her approach to working with dogs, and their humans, is so resonant, so in alignment with the Mystic Dog Mama philosophy. She brings science and soul to her approach in training dogs, but also in supporting their humans to develop deeper connections with their canine companions, and ultimately with themselves.

Annika and I talk about the concept of our dogs being a sacred mirror for us, and she shares her own experiences and journey of exploring how dogs serve as these mirrors, inviting us to deepen our connections to them and ourselves. She also shares some really useful tips and tricks that you can use to practically deal with some of your dog’s reactive behaviours and anxiety.

So, if you have been curious about how to deepen your relationship with your dog - mind, heart, and soul - then this is the episode for you!

Connect with Annika McDade:

Instagram: @canineconnectioncoaching

Website: https://canineconnectioncoaching.ca

If you would like me to do a short episode on a particular topic related to nourishing your dog - or yourself - mind, body, or soul, for my upcoming series, just send me a message on Instagram @mysticdogmama!

I am also opening my books up for canine nutrition and wellness consultations! So, if you are curious about how fresh food can benefit your dog’s health, or if your dog is struggling with a health condition, or you’re already a fresh feeder but you would like to learn how to optimise your dog’s diet, I’d love to help you! Some really beautiful feedback I have received from clients has been “this is the first time I’ve felt really heard by anyone in the veterinary field,” and “oh my goodness, this is so helpful, for the first time I feel really hopeful about my dog’s health journey and our relationship”. So, if you need some help and support, just DM me on Instagram @mysticdogmama, and I’ll be happy to have a chat!

This episode was sponsored by Aspirationery, which, in full transparency, is another project of mine where we create books, notebooks, and stationery to help you become all you aspire to be. You can check out our shadow work and moon magic journals and workbooks, as well as our popular “My First Period Tracker” for young girls and tweens on Instagram @aspirationery

DISCLAIMER: This is not a substitute for medical advice or other relevant professional advice.