The Pet Wisdom Podcast

This episode does not hold back! With the help of Fara, I talk about unexpressed anger and the havoc it wreaks on one's system, as well as the important difference between anger and violence. We explore the role that anger has in a person or being's becoming, using examples from Fara's life to paint a picture of how being unapologetic about this oft-demonized emotion can lead to immense growth and change. I also delve into the relationship between anger / loss of autonomy / control / being forced and how honouring the energy and offering witnessing to the anger allows for self-compassion and an understanding that for better or worse, violence is a natural reaction to a situation that is beyond a reasonable threshold. Fara is an embodied reminder of how the sensitive ones are here to break down the violent systems. Instead of externalizing or internalizing violence, what if you could find ways to see your anger and love it with deep respect and gratitude? Expression is medicine, and empowerment comes from saying exactly how you feel, even if it's just to yourself. This conversation is here to encourage you to update your relationship with anger, so you can go from forcing it away to finding the freedom it is calling you toward. Follow me on Instagram: @thatpetpoet Join my Patreon community to access bonus episode content, ask me the questions you have about your animals, and hone your own intuitive and artistic qualities through my flagship workshop, Open Your Animal Senses: Poetry and Intuitive Animal Communication Workshop https://www.patreon.com/c/channeledpetpoetrybyelsie/membership Book a custom Channeled Pet Poem and learn more about my work via my website: https://channeledpetpoetrybyelsie.com/ Please rate the podcast and share it with your animal-loving, spiritually curious friends!

We're in a brand new month, and it is time to step into the energy of receiving!  In today's episode, I share a couple of stories of how my animals have shown up for me and prompted me to lean in and embrace the support they want to provide - including this story about Sootfoot sending multiple four leaf clovers (!!) into my reality to let me know he'll always be there for me.  Letting yourself be taken care of, dissolving self-protective patterns and remaining open to magic and miracles is a skill and a choice - one that often comes from taking stock of your situation and deciding to be honest with yourself about what you really need, and want.  If you've been feeling the call towards cultivating more reciprocity in your life and reducing the strain of doing everything alone, then this is the conversation the animals have guided you to!  Resources mentioned in the episode:  My first big animal communication experience with Sootfoot and the four leaf clovers, read the full story on Patreon Lilly Ludwig https://www.lilludwiganimalintuitive.com/about Awakening with Equines Oracle Deck https://nicadrawsnature.myshopify.com/products/awakening-with-equines-oracle-deck Follow me on Instagram: @thatpetpoet Join my Patreon community to access bonus episode content, ask me the questions you have about your animals, and hone your own intuitive and artistic qualities through my flagship workshop, Open Your Animal Senses: Poetry and Intuitive Animal Communication Workshop https://www.patreon.com/c/channeledpetpoetrybyelsie/membership Book a custom Channeled Pet Poem and learn more about my work via my website: https://channeledpetpoetrybyelsie.com/ Please rate the podcast and share it with your animal-loving, spiritually curious friends!

Understanding the power of clear decision-making will fast-track you to creating the life you most desire.  In today's episode, I talk about the important link between decisions and identity, and why deciding WHO you are helps shape your actions into alignment with so much less effort. From this place, you experience a sense of freedom and direction without needing to be perfect (what a relief!).  I tell the story of how making a clear decision in my life with horses led to countless unexpected doors of new opportunity, and why quitting my job didn't automatically mean I had chosen my new creative, entrepreneurial life.  The conversation rounds out with an important call to action: I invite you to claim YOUR identity as an animal communicator, or anything else you want to be! No more planning required - your new life can start today :) Follow me on Instagram: @thatpetpoet Join my Patreon community to access bonus episode content, ask me the questions you have about your animals, and hone your own intuitive and artistic qualities through my flagship workshop, Open Your Animal Senses: Poetry and Intuitive Animal Communication Workshop https://www.patreon.com/c/channeledpetpoetrybyelsie/membership Book a custom Channeled Pet Poem and learn more about my work via my website: https://channeledpetpoetrybyelsie.com/ Please rate the podcast and share it with your animal-loving, spiritually curious friends!  

In this episode, I get into the nitty gritty of how I channel pets into poems, breaking down exactly how I co-create with animals and giving you my working definition of what I feel Channeled Pet Poetry is.  We all experience art subjectively, and this is beautiful! I talk about the importance of being your own authority when it comes to receiving intuitive guidance from sources outside of yourself, and how this relates to interpreting art forms like poetry.  If you've ever wondered about all the details that go into a poem when I actually sit down to write with an animal, this is the episode for you! Archie the cat also joins me in sharing his words so that you can experience first-hand the magic that comes through a channeled pet poem.  In the episode I reference this instagram post: Your Mini Guide to Channeled Pet Poetry by Elsie Follow me on Instagram: @thatpetpoet Join my Patreon community to access bonus episode content, ask me the questions you have about your animals, and hone your own intuitive and artistic qualities through my flagship workshop, Open Your Animal Senses: Poetry and Intuitive Animal Communication Workshop https://www.patreon.com/c/channeledpetpoetrybyelsie/membership Book a custom Channeled Pet Poem and learn more about my work via my website: https://channeledpetpoetrybyelsie.com/ Please rate the podcast and share it with your animal-loving, spiritually curious friends!    

In the original intended spirit of this podcast, today's episode is a beautiful, timely transmission from Fara, my heart mare. Simply press play to find out what she had to say to me, and why it left me feeling so inspired I just had to sit down and hit record!  Overall, I delve into some of the technicalities behind my personal animal communication practice, to lay the foundation for how I receive these messages from my animals, and then get into how Fara's words of wisdom are reflective of themes in my own life currently. If you have been going through a time of big change, are chasing a dream, or are just feeling the load of lots of inputs - I truly believe this conversation holds an invitation for you!  Follow me on Instagram: @thatpetpoet Join my Patreon community to access bonus episode content, ask me the questions you have about your animals, and hone your own intuitive and artistic qualities through my flagship workshop, Open Your Animal Senses: Poetry and Intuitive Animal Communication Workshop https://www.patreon.com/c/channeledpetpoetrybyelsie/membership Book a custom Channeled Pet Poem and learn more about my work via my website: https://channeledpetpoetrybyelsie.com/ Please rate the podcast and share it with your animal-loving, spiritually curious friends!    

Today's episode is the first in what is sure to be an ongoing segment on the show, which is a walk through how my relationships with animals have prepared me to navigate countless other experiences in my life.  In this conversation, I use the example of how finding my way through an incredibly intense, tumultuous chapter in my journey with my horses Ike and Fara set me up for being able to deal with a period of upheaval and unravelling in my personal life four years later.  Inside the episode I reference this instagram post  Follow me on Instagram: @thatpetpoet Join my Patreon community to access bonus episode content, ask me the questions you have about your animals, and hone your own intuitive and artistic qualities through my flagship workshop, Open Your Animal Senses: Poetry and Intuitive Animal Communication Workshop https://www.patreon.com/c/channeledpetpoetrybyelsie/membership Book a custom Channeled Pet Poem and learn more about my work via my website: https://channeledpetpoetrybyelsie.com/ Please rate the podcast and share it with your animal-loving, spiritually curious friends!

Listen to the introduction of my first piece of published work, "Coming Home" - the chapter I wrote for the co-authored international book project Unlocking the Wisdom Of Horses Within You. Access the exclusive full-length reading on my Patreon + the PDF version of the story which includes artwork by Nica Quinn  by becoming a member of the Pet Wisdom Club or by purchasing it as a stand-alone product in my shop: https://www.patreon.com/cw/ChanneledPetPoetrybyElsie/membership https://www.patreon.com/cw/ChanneledPetPoetrybyElsie/shop Follow me on Instagram: @thatpetpoet Join my Patreon community to access bonus episode content, ask me the questions you have about your animals, and hone your own intuitive and artistic qualities through my flagship workshop, Open Your Animal Senses: Poetry and Intuitive Animal Communication Workshop https://www.patreon.com/c/channeledpetpoetrybyelsie/membership Book a custom Channeled Pet Poem and learn more about my work via my website: https://channeledpetpoetrybyelsie.com/ Please rate the podcast and share it with your animal-loving, spiritually curious friends!

If you've ever grappled with the fear of wasting your potential, and wondered whether what you're doing right now is contributing to your path in life… I have good news! You might have seen the quote recently that states, "Everything is a win when the goal is experience." In today's episode, I walk you through one of my favourite stories about how my gelding Ike came into my life, and how witnessing his path proves to me that anything is possible no matter where it is you find yourself currently. Plus, you'll learn a few extra bits about my personal journey - including how I went from wanting to be an Olympian to living a life led by animals with the help of my mare, Fara - and how despite all the times I've felt fearful and unsure, and struggled immensely along the way, I can confidently say now that it's all been leading me to exactly where I am today. Follow me on Instagram: @thatpetpoet Join my Patreon community to access bonus episode content, ask me the questions you have about your animals, and hone your own intuitive and artistic qualities through my flagship workshop, Open Your Animal Senses: Poetry and Intuitive Animal Communication Workshop https://www.patreon.com/c/channeledpetpoetrybyelsie/membership Book a custom Channeled Pet Poem and learn more about my work via my website: https://channeledpetpoetrybyelsie.com/ Please rate the podcast and share it with your animal-loving, spiritually curious friends!

With the magnitude of injustice and crisis going on in the world today, it's incredibly easy to underestimate the magnitude of our impact as individuals.  Especially when you might be devoting a lot of your free-time and money towards your relationships with your animals, you, like me, may have questioned: how is this contributing to the greater good? Should I be putting my energy elsewhere right now in order to have a better impact on humanity? In today's episode, I invite you to consider how cultivating a life in connection to animals ripples into shaping you as a person who is primed to be more compassionate, reverent and curious towards all life on earth - and how you can use this awareness to expand your influence even more.  Featured reading: "The Summer Day" poem by Mary Oliver  Follow me on Instagram: @thatpetpoet Join my Patreon community to access bonus episode content, ask me the questions you have about your animals, and hone your own intuitive and artistic qualities through my flagship workshop, Open Your Animal Senses: Poetry and Intuitive Animal Communication Workshop (20% off until April 30th, 2026 to celebrate National Poetry Writing Month) https://www.patreon.com/c/channeledpetpoetrybyelsie/membership Book a custom Channeled Pet Poem and learn more about my work via my website: https://channeledpetpoetrybyelsie.com/ Please rate the podcast and share it with your animal-loving, spiritually curious friends!

Taking opposite action denotes consciously deciding to choose an emotional state or reaction that opposes our initial fear-based instincts, so we can experience greater ease and empowerment in times of stress with our animals. I explain this simple but powerful protocol in today's episode, with the help of an experience I went through shortly after learning it: Ike breaking a tooth and being unable to chew properly for over 24 hours.  If you're prone to worrying and becoming anxious about your animals' health and well-being (who isn't?) then today's podcast is sure to bring a grounding perspective on what it is you CAN do when stress and circumstances are pushing you to feel out of control.  Follow me on Instagram: @thatpetpoet Join my Patreon community to access bonus episode content, ask me the questions you have about your animals, and hone your own intuitive and artistic qualities through my flagship workshop, Open Your Animal Senses: Poetry and Intuitive Animal Communication Workshop (20% off until April 30th, 2026 to celebrate National Poetry Writing Month!) https://www.patreon.com/c/channeledpetpoetrybyelsie/membership Book a custom Channeled Pet Poem and learn more about my work via my website: https://channeledpetpoetrybyelsie.com/ Please rate the podcast and share it with your animal-loving, spiritually curious friends!

Have you ever noticed that magical things start to happen when you listen to yourself and lean into your true needs, preferences and personal operating style?  I like to think of finding your flow and ease in life as hopping into the car and noticing with glee when you're met with a string of greenlights. Perhaps you've also met significant animals and people at just the right time, or landed in a dream situation almost by miracle. But have you ever thought about how these moments of alignment come in direct response to honouring yourself?   I love reflecting on the magic of timing, and in this episode I share several stories of how timing aligned perfectly to bring me some seriously meaningful and beautiful circumstances and experiences - and how in hindsight I've come to correlate these synchronicities with following my inner truth and values.  Welcome to a fun storytime and be sure to listen through for my top tip on following your current of flow!  Follow me on Instagram: @thatpetpoet Join my Patreon community to access bonus episode content, ask me the questions you have about your animals, and hone your own intuitive and artistic qualities through my flagship workshop, Open Your Animal Senses: Poetry and Intuitive Animal Communication Workshop https://www.patreon.com/c/channeledpetpoetrybyelsie/membership Book a custom Channeled Pet Poem and learn more about my work via my website: https://channeledpetpoetrybyelsie.com/ Please rate the podcast and share it with your animal-loving, spiritually curious friends!

Learning to trust yourself, your gifts and your voice is a rite of passage for many of us - as well as an on-going journey.  In this episode, I share how my two horses, Fara and Ike, supported me in crafting one of the most special and profoundly healing projects I've ever created in my life: the chapter I shared in the co-authored international book, Unlocking the Wisdom of Horses Within You. Writing this story invited me more deeply into trusting myself and my words than anything I'd ever experienced, and I describe what that process looked like for me in today's show.  Stay tuned for a special bonus episode where I read out a sample of my chapter! Follow me on Instagram: @thatpetpoet Join my Patreon community to access bonus episode content, ask me the questions you have about your animals, and hone your own intuitive and artistic qualities through my flagship workshop, Open Your Animal Senses: Poetry and Intuitive Animal Communication Workshop https://www.patreon.com/c/channeledpetpoetrybyelsie/membership Book a custom Channeled Pet Poem and learn more about my work via my website: https://channeledpetpoetrybyelsie.com/ Please rate the podcast and share it with your animal-loving, spiritually curious friends!

If you, like me, have ever experienced colic with your horse, you know how de-stabilizing of a health event it can be for both your horse and you - especially if you are already providing a species' appropriate environment and routine.  But have you ever considered the wisdom behind this common ailment?  Join me for a discussion about what I've learned from navigating this equine health concern with my gelding Ike.  Follow me on Instagram: @thatpetpoet Join my Patreon community to access bonus episode content, ask me the questions you have about your animals, and hone your own intuitive and artistic qualities through my flagship workshop, Open Your Animal Senses: Poetry and Intuitive Animal Communication Workshop https://www.patreon.com/c/channeledpetpoetrybyelsie/membership Book a custom Channeled Pet poem and learn more about my work via my website: https://channeledpetpoetrybyelsie.com/ Please rate the podcast and share it with your animal-loving, spiritually curious friends!