The Grounded Communicator

This episode is a little bit different and one that has been highly requested.

Today, we’re diving into the Akashic Records! What they are, how they work, and how they can support both you and your animals from a deeper, soul-level perspective.

There’s been a lot of conversation around the Akashic Records lately, and my intention with this episode is to bring a grounded and approachable understanding to something that can often feel a bit abstract or misunderstood.

At its core, the Akashic Records are an energetic field of consciousness often described as a library, a blueprint, or an imprint of your soul’s existence. It’s a space where we can access insight, perspective, and understanding beyond the physical experience we’re living.

In this episode, I share how I personally experience and work within the Records and what it can look like to enter into that space. How they are a collaborative space for deeper awareness, clarity, and connection to your highest self.

Whether you’re curious about the Akashic Records for yourself, your animal, or even your business, this episode offers a foundational look into what’s possible within this work. It can open the door to seeing yourself and your animal in a completely different way.

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For this episode, I did things a little bit differently.

I brought a curiosity to the Animal Collective and opened the space to channel a message directly from them to all of us.

The intention I held was: “What do animals want us to know about animal communication?”

What came through was a series of reflections, reminders, and perspectives that speak to how animals experience communication with us, and how they are already engaging in this exchange far more than we often realize.

Their messages weren't about structure or technique, it was about understanding.

My intention with this episode is to offer you a broader and more felt sense of what animal communication is from their perspective and to expand the way you may already be experiencing it.

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In this episode, we’re talking about something so many of us hope for, and yet often feel unprepared for, supporting our animals through their senior years.

Aging is a natural part of life, and when our animals reach this stage, it can be both beautiful and incredibly challenging. Their needs begin to shift, their bodies change, and the way they engage with the world isn’t always the same as it once was.

This episode is a look into what it really means to support our animals through this phase of life.

Through my personal experiences, I share what it has looked like to navigate different aging journeys and the ongoing process of learning how to meet them where they are and what they are communicating.

One of the greatest ways we can support our senior animals is by allowing all versions of them to be seen, supported, and loved without expectation.

This is an episode for anyone walking alongside a senior animal, or anyone who wants to feel more prepared, grounded, and connected as their animal moves into this stage of life.

And above all, it’s a reminder to keep asking: “What do they need from me now?”

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In this episode, we’re exploring a perspective that has the potential to shift the way you see and relate to your animals in a really meaningful way — animal sovereignty.

This isn’t just about giving our animals choices or a voice in their lives. It’s about recognizing that they are innately sovereign beings with their own awareness, agency, and ability to participate in shaping their lives and experiences.

Together, we look at what sovereignty actually means, and how this shows up in both the everyday moments you share with your animals, as well as from a deeper, soul-level perspective.

From the subtle ways they communicate preferences and boundaries, to the more obvious ways they express a “yes” or a “no,” there is so much available for us to notice when we start paying attention.

We also expand into a broader perspective, one that considers how animals may play a role in the homes, environments, and experiences they find themselves in. This way of seeing can gently shift them out of the role of being passive participants in their lives, and instead into beings who are actively engaged in their own journey.

When we start to truly see them as sovereign, everything about the relationship and the way we view other relationships begins to shift.

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This is an episode that has been requested for a long time… A conversation around receiving from animals and what it actually means to open the channel of communication.

In this episode, I take a broad look at the process, while emphasizing something I believe deeply: there is no one “right” way to receive and hold this.

Animal communication works through the transfer of thought, emotion, and energy, but how that information is received, interpreted, and understood is entirely unique to each individual. This episode is an invitation to explore and reflect on your own way of connecting.

I also share why I tend to move away from rigid labels of understanding how we receive and instead encourage a deeper understanding of your own felt experience, allowing space for animals to communicate in the way that feels most natural for them, not just what we expect.

This episode is about building a foundation, developing trust in your own experience, and learning how to become a more open and neutral channel over time.

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In this episode, I’m answering your questions about what happens when our animals transition from their physical bodies.

Over the past few months, I’ve been quietly collecting the questions you’ve asked about death, dying, and what I often refer to as “Transitions.” This episode focuses specifically on what the process looks like from the soul’s perspective, what it can feel like for them, what I observe when connecting with animals who have crossed over, and some of the nuances that don’t always get talked about.

We explore questions like:

Does a seamless transition mean it was more “aligned”?

What happens in sudden or unexpected deaths?

Do other souls meet them when they cross over?

Are they in their “best” or most vibrant form on the other side?

Do animals remember past deaths or previous incarnations?

I share what animals have shown me about the threshold between realms, how preparation (or lack of it) can influence the transition experience, and why alignment is often much more layered than we assume.

This episode isn’t meant to provide absolute answers, but rather to offer perspective from the connections I’ve had with animals in spirit. This is a gentle, expansive conversation about what happens beyond the physical and about remembering that the soul’s journey is often far bigger than our human understanding of loss.

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In this episode, I am joined by Mariana Nagy-Reis, founder of Alchemy Queen, for a conversation that moves far beyond the surface of animal healing and into the shared energetic field between humans, animals, and the Earth.

We begin by exploring the idea of interspecies healing. The understanding that the well-being of our animals is deeply intertwined with our own. Mariana shares her journey from being a biologist to becoming an animal communicator, including the life-changing experience with her horse that opened the door to a completely new way of seeing healing, connection, and consciousness.

As the conversation unfolds, we explore how animals act as mirrors, reflecting our emotional states, inner imbalances, and unhealed parts. We speak about twin-flame bonds between humans and animals, how animals hold memory codes that help us remember who we truly are, and the subtle ways they guide us back into alignment with our own frequency and truth.

We also touch on elemental and energetic consciousness, the way animals bridge different realms of awareness, and what it truly means to be an alchemist in this work.

About Marianna Nagy-Reis

Mariana is an Animal Communicator whose work is rooted in Animal Alchemy — an embodied, relational approach that emerges from the lived dynamics between people, animals, and nature.

Together with her mare Amelia and her goat DeeDee, she is the co-creator of Alchemy Queen: a multidimensional space where science (PhD), symbolism, and energy meet to empower co-creation with animals as active and sovereign participants in shaping a more authentic and meaningful way of living.

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In this episode, we’re talking about something so many of us navigate: going on vacation while our animals stay home.

Whether you’re travelling for a weekend or heading away for an extended trip, time apart can impact our animals in ways we don’t always fully consider. 

I share how I personally prepare my animals before I leave, practically, emotionally, and energetically. From choosing the right caretaker based on each animal’s unique needs, to communicating through visualization, showing them how long I’ll be gone, and preparing them for the shift in routine.

This episode is about creating smoother transitions, honouring your animals’ needs, and remembering that while you may be on vacation, their world feels different in your absence.

With intention, communication, and awareness, time apart doesn’t have to feel disruptive, it can become something your animals can navigate with trust and certainty.

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This episode has been on my list for a while. Over the years, I kept receiving questions about how I work, how sessions unfold, and what the process actually looks like behind the scenes.

So in this episode, I’m offering an honest look into my animal communication practice.

I walk you through how sessions are held, from the moment someone books, to how I prepare my body and space, to the way I open and close the channel of communication with an animal. I share why I work the way I do, how boundaries and neutrality are woven into my process, and why intention, environment, and energetic consent matter so deeply to me in this work.

It’s an invitation into the why behind my choices, the care I bring into each session, and the respect I hold for the individuality of every animal I connect with.

Whether you’re curious about animal communication, have worked with me before, or simply feel drawn to the layers of connection between humans and animals, my hope is that this episode offers clarity, transparency, and a deeper sense of the space I hold when I sit down to listen.

As always, thank you for being here and for your curiosity.

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In this episode of The Grounded Communicator, I’m joined by the wonderful and magical Jacki Holland for a conversation that I have been wanting to have since starting this podcast—flower essences.

This episode was born from something I see again and again in animal communication sessions: when animals are moving through emotional patterns, transitions, or deeper inner shifts, they so often ask for flower essences. Not as a fix, but as support. As companionship. As something gentle that meets them where they are.

Jacki and I explore flower essences as a relationship with nature, with emotion, and with the subtle layers that animals so intuitively understand. We talk about how flower essences work, why animals are drawn to them, and how flowers essences create harmony rather than force change.

We also share stories of animals choosing their essences, of unexpected transformations, and of the quiet intelligence animals bring to their own healing journeys. From administering essences in ways animals actually enjoy, to choosing ethical, high-quality sources, this conversation is an invitation to soften, listen, and trust nature’s wisdom.

If you’ve ever felt your animal was asking for support that words, training, or traditional supplements couldn’t quite reach—this episode is for you.

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About Jacki Holland:

Jacki is an artist, a mother, a horse guardian, and an animist devoted to the unseen. Her practice is an ever-evolving ritual shaped by the wisdom of horses and the subtle, transformative medicine of the natural world. Whether she is crafting talismanic jewelry, creating ritual art objects, preparing flower essences, or guiding equine-supported sessions, her work becomes a dialogue between the physical and the more-than-human realms. Each offering is infused with intentionality, and reverence for the numinous forces that move quietly through our lives.

Horses stand at the center of her work. They are keepers of ancient wisdom and kin, who call us back to embodied presence. In their company, she invites others into coherence and deeper connection with the Divine. Her equine sessions unfold as rituals of listening and reciprocity, supported by ritual and ceremony that help open, and integrate the subtle energetic shifts that arise.

For her, ritual is an act of resistance in a world that often rushes past the sacred. Through creation, she reclaims presence, honors the land, and tends to the delicate threads that bind us to the unseen. Her studio and the pasture alike serve as altar and sanctuary- spaces where Spirit guides her hands and the horses offer their wordless wisdom. Every piece, every essence, every session becomes a vessel of inner knowing and path to becoming that which we know.

Through her offerings, she invites others to step into their own ritual with the more-than-human world, and into the quiet knowing that all beings, seen and unseen, are deeply interconnected.

Bloom Book by Heidi Smith
Flower Essence Repertory

Flower Essence Society 

Alaskan Essences

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