Dr. Isla Fishburn - Medicine from the Canine Soul: Healing Through Connection

What if your dog was more than just a pet - what if they were a mirror, a teacher, and a soul companion on your personal journey?In this profound episode, I’m joined by Dr. Isla Fishburn, a conservation biologist turned canine wellness intuitive and shamanic practitioner. With a background in zoology, wolf conservation, and spiritual healing, Isla offers a truly unique perspective on our relationship with dogs - not as training subjects or health projects, but as complex ecosystems and sacred beings that walk beside us through life, and even beyond.From the science of terrain theory to the wisdom of soul consciousness, Isla bridges biology and spirit in a way that will transform how you see your animal companions, and maybe even yourself.Whether you’re a devoted dog guardian, a soulful seeker, or someone feeling the call to connect more deeply with nature, this conversation will open doors you didn’t know existed.Listen in and discover:Why your dog is a living ecosystem - and what that really means.How soul connection with your dog can accelerate your own healing.The role of intuitive communication in creating harmony with your animal.Practical steps to strengthen your dog’s resilience - without the overwhelm.This isn’t just another pet episode. It’s an invitation into a richer, deeper, more conscious way of living, guided by the animals who already love us unconditionally.00:00 Introduction to the Podcast00:24 Meet Our Guest: Isla01:23 Isla's Journey with Dogs02:59 Understanding Dogs as Ecosystems05:33 The Concept of Individual Ecosystems06:34 The Terrain Theory Hypothesis10:36 Starting Your Dog's Wellness Journey12:16 Unconditional Love and Healing15:44 Dogs as Teachers16:31 Reflecting on Our Emotions17:34 Exploring Emotional Projections onto Dogs17:55 Dogs as Teachers and Healers19:38 Books and Resources for Dog Lovers21:28 Understanding and Connecting with Your Dog22:21 The Spiritual Connection with Dogs24:22 Managing Emotions and Behavior in Dogs27:33 The Role of Energy and Consciousness in Dog Behavior31:02 How to Connect and Work with the Speaker32:53 Conclusion and Listener EngagementFind out more and connect with Dr. Isla:Website: https://www.kachinacanine.comBio: Dr Isla Fishburn has been working with, exploring and understanding life with our canine friends for over 15 years. She began this journey as a Zoologist before gaining a PhD in Conservation Biology. Wanting to explore wolf conversation she began to work with captive wolves for three years whilst at the same time learning about domestic dogs. It was during this time that she recognised there was a need to explain and teach how to support our dogs as biological ecosystems and their individual wellness as well as being sources of consciousness. To support a canine guardian to begin this journey with their dog, she created her canine wellness course before studying, exploring and becoming a shamanic practitioner, channeller and teacher of soul consciousness, ceremonies, healing and connecting with the unseen – the infinite consciousness. Isla serves as a canine wellness intuitive, shamanic practitioner and channeller of animal consciousness and spirit consciousness. Isla explores how to support an animal guardian in to their soul evolution with their animal friend and heal together. Isla holds many offerings for an animal guardian to explore for themselves, for their animal friend or both to co-exist from this place of soul connection, conversation and healing in this life and in the transition of their animal friend, which Isla has a keen interest in teaching. You can explore more about her offerings and work through her business, Kachina Canine. She is also the author of two books, “Tunkasila’s Teachings: Wisdom from the Canine Soul, Medicine for the Human Heart” and “How the Canine People Helped the Humans Return to Ceremony.”Social media links:Instagram: Kachina_Canine_WellnessFB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002647440378FB: https://www.facebook.com/kachinacanine/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@drislafishburn-kachinacani1312As always, all about Soul Touched by Dogs at https://soultouchedbydogs.com