Anna Breytenbach

And so we went through to the laundry and she locked me in the laundry with the cat. He was traumatized, clearly feeling unwanted, in distress at having dogs nearby, didn't know what was going on. And there was no plan for her as such. But she did say she would like a name that would help her feel like she belonged. So I said, well, do you have any ideas what name you'd like?

And so we went through to the laundry and she locked me in the laundry with the cat. He was traumatized, clearly feeling unwanted, in distress at having dogs nearby, didn't know what was going on. And there was no plan for her as such. But she did say she would like a name that would help her feel like she belonged. So I said, well, do you have any ideas what name you'd like?

Knowing full well that animals often don't identify with name, but she'd asked for one. I said, well, any idea what names you like? She said, yes, I'd like to be called Minky or Lear. So I wrote those down and shrugged and went back and gave feedback to her vet person who almost fainted because apparently this vet's best friend from childhood's name was Minky and she had a daughter named Leah.

Knowing full well that animals often don't identify with name, but she'd asked for one. I said, well, any idea what names you like? She said, yes, I'd like to be called Minky or Lear. So I wrote those down and shrugged and went back and gave feedback to her vet person who almost fainted because apparently this vet's best friend from childhood's name was Minky and she had a daughter named Leah.

So somehow this cat had known that those were the people that mattered the most to the vet and she was asking for the same name because she wanted to be that close to her. So my vet friend, she became a friend. She dropped her skepticism and became a friend. She kept the cat.

So somehow this cat had known that those were the people that mattered the most to the vet and she was asking for the same name because she wanted to be that close to her. So my vet friend, she became a friend. She dropped her skepticism and became a friend. She kept the cat.

And from time to time, she'd refer very difficult cases to me and she would tell their people, look, I'm going to call in an animal communicator and I'm just letting you know. I don't say I believe in how it works. I don't know how it works. I don't want to know, but it works.

And from time to time, she'd refer very difficult cases to me and she would tell their people, look, I'm going to call in an animal communicator and I'm just letting you know. I don't say I believe in how it works. I don't know how it works. I don't want to know, but it works.

And so I really laud her courage for following the proof and following the heart of the matter, even though her mind could never really resolve how it works.

And so I really laud her courage for following the proof and following the heart of the matter, even though her mind could never really resolve how it works.

Trust is super important in both directions. Well, in the sense of for us to communicate effectively and get over the inner skeptic, we do need to trust ourselves and give ourselves a break. Just say we're trying our best, but to trust ourselves, to try our best, to trust that there is a sentience on the other side of it. And I must say the animals have to trust us as well. They really do.

Trust is super important in both directions. Well, in the sense of for us to communicate effectively and get over the inner skeptic, we do need to trust ourselves and give ourselves a break. Just say we're trying our best, but to trust ourselves, to try our best, to trust that there is a sentience on the other side of it. And I must say the animals have to trust us as well. They really do.

They have to trust us in the moment and that means our energetic integrity as well and our emotional state if we are in the same environment as them and not working remotely. We need to be managing our energy state and just basically being clean energetically. If we have an ulterior motive, for example, that's not going to work.

They have to trust us in the moment and that means our energetic integrity as well and our emotional state if we are in the same environment as them and not working remotely. We need to be managing our energy state and just basically being clean energetically. If we have an ulterior motive, for example, that's not going to work.

Let's say someone's coming in to talk with, you know, have a communication connection with a non-speaking person or with an animal because they're going to record it and then be all like, look at me on social media. The animal's going to pick that up and not trust them and not open up. We need to be absolutely clean energetically.

Let's say someone's coming in to talk with, you know, have a communication connection with a non-speaking person or with an animal because they're going to record it and then be all like, look at me on social media. The animal's going to pick that up and not trust them and not open up. We need to be absolutely clean energetically.

I've had a personal experience where I fell out of trust and the animal's behavior changed immediately right in front of me. I had been working in the wilds of Botswana and had fallen feverish and very ill in a way that couldn't be understood and was dangerous. So I was waiting to be medically evacuated by a small bush plane that was going to be sent a couple of hours later.

I've had a personal experience where I fell out of trust and the animal's behavior changed immediately right in front of me. I had been working in the wilds of Botswana and had fallen feverish and very ill in a way that couldn't be understood and was dangerous. So I was waiting to be medically evacuated by a small bush plane that was going to be sent a couple of hours later.

So I was sitting on a chair by the cold fire pit of the morning. Everyone else had gone off on their activities and just the camp cook and assistant were in the background. And a large bull elephant who was sauntering by, feeding, you know, a good sort of 200 feet away, he saw me sitting there, picked up on how dejected I was feeling and sort of backtracked and came towards me.

So I was sitting on a chair by the cold fire pit of the morning. Everyone else had gone off on their activities and just the camp cook and assistant were in the background. And a large bull elephant who was sauntering by, feeding, you know, a good sort of 200 feet away, he saw me sitting there, picked up on how dejected I was feeling and sort of backtracked and came towards me.