Support within Shared Experiences

Sometimes it takes a village!

I often hear from individuals who are seeking out support because they feel they are treading water in navigating concerns they have with their dog’s behavior.

I learn about how they are struggling with knowing if they are doing the right thing.

They are striving for answers to how to move from where they are to where they take the next steps.

For one woman I spoke with today, I shared with her there’s playbook that will exactly lay out how you implement a behavior modification plan in the environment you’re living in, with the exact routine you have or how you handle when your own feelings show up and how your dog’s behavior can impact them.

You may also not be aware that when you have no neural pathways for handling a challenge because you’ve never been dealt that concern before in life, this new issue is a new experience for you too.

How can you expect to know everything there is to know about anything.

An openness to learning is what will be your lantern.

You may not be aware of how important it is in this moment to have compassion for yourself and how extending the same to your dog can be vital in how you find the motivation in moving forward.

So many times, we find ourselves as islands in a sea of others who have a difference of opinion and understanding of how to address the concerns we are facing in our lives with our dogs.

We forget or don’t even realize that everyone is living with the stories that they’ve learned and that have been passed down to them and how these stories perpetuate beliefs impacting how they see the world.

How they see the world, may not align with your vision or how you want to authentically create a life for yourself and with your dog.

When you take the steps to learn, you first have to unlearn these patterns and beliefs that no longer serve your highest self.

When you start dismantling these stories, you take the steps in creating how you get to move forward because you can experience the choices you make align with your values and your inner wisdom.

Learning from others and sharing our stories of growth and connection to how we show up in a heart centered way illuminate our paths.

I invite you all to join the Community Connections Group Membership program.

This is a community where you can feel understood, find support when you feel stuck, be seen and heard.

Your wisdom matters and this group can greatly be impacted by your presence.

We begin on Saturday, 14 January at 8am PDT/11am EST. We will be meeting every 2nd Saturday of the following months at the same time.

Join us! I’m so excited to see you there!

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With Growth Comes Contraction

Shaking things loose will allow the things in your life to move more freely.

Desiring your life to look and feel differently starts from feeling the contrast of how you’re experiencing life right now.

The heavy and sinking sensations overwhelm your ability to experience the expansiveness and the opportunities that within your grasp.

The desire for change still resides within you, but you are looking for support in getting you to the next step on your journey.

This first step of having awareness that something in your life needs to change, you begin unlearning the stories you’ve be taught to listen to and follow.

You start opening yourself up to another way of doing things. You explore more about what fits into your life and how you want to live more authentically.

As your awareness shifts into expanding your worldview, you also recognize how others in your life also have stories which sound similar to you, but not comforted by them at all.

You want to break free from what other people are doing and saying and cultivate something for your life which emanates from your heart and can be shared with others so they can also break out from the mold they were casted in.

Experiencing this openness to deepening your self awareness, you can reimagine the life you want to live.

You can envision spending heart centered time with your friends and family.

You can see how a loving relationship with your dog expands into how you can live a more integrated life too.

You take the next step and take action building a new understanding that truly resonates with you.

You read all the books about understanding the emotional lives of dogs and the impact on the bond with humans.

Books like:

“Dog is Love”

“The Other End of the Leash”

Reading books and watching how to videos on learning a skill is a wonderful first step.

Your exposure to this new way of life gets you excited.

But you’ve hit a roadblock.

Your gremlin shows up and tells you “this isn’t going to work” or even questions why do you want to change in the first place.

You even wonder, if what the books share are true, why isn’t this part of the larger picture.

You ask, “why aren’t more people talking about this!”

Now, the forward momentum starts grinding to a halt in the pendulum swing going back towards what you’ve known in order to keep you from growing.

With growth comes contraction and is totally normal. This is the space where you make the choice again. To move forward or to go back to where you were.

The books and videos don’t provide you with support and understanding when you’re feeling contracted.

When contraction hits and you want to turn around, receiving a higher level of support through a coaching partnership moves beyond the teacher trainings.

Our partnership gives you a safe place to explore where you want to go on your journey.

You get to receive connected conversations, space for self reflection and introspection and of course opportunities to take action in moving through your tailored training and action plan.

I serve individuals and families that are no longer putting themselves on the back burner. They are willing to recommit to themselves, so they can fully show up and live from a place of exploration, connection and gratitude.

If you’re curious about how a higher level of support can guide you towards deepening relationships with others and the dogs in your life, set up a Discovery Call with me!

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Facing Fear

When you’re struggling with something new like embarking on a new project, being presented with a challenge within a relationship with your partner or feeling uncertainty with a concerning behavior your dog is expressing, you feel fear.

Fear creeps in because what you’re presented with is unchartered territory and you have no experience with addressing this, you’re being pushed out of your comfort zone.

Your confidence lags.

You “think” gathering more information on the specific area of focus will somehow bestow confidence on you.

You scour FB groups, read blogs and check out websites to find the solution.

Still, the confidence doesn’t show up.

You feel lost and directionless.

Our minds are terrific at processing information and laying out a plan.

What you’re missing in your quest in gaining confidence for yourself and your situation is turning on the light within yourself that you believe you can get to the other side of the problem.

You aren’t just your thoughts. You are experiencing the world outside of yourself through you ability to see, taste, hear, touch and of course feeling what is is happening within and outside of you.

When you allow yourself to experience the world coming through you and listening to you inner knowing of where you go from here, you create your plan.

The individuals and families I serve value their dogs’ emotional needs because they are emotionally invested in their dogs’ well-being.

They have carefully researched their options and link up with me because we are on the same page. Our partnership is based on mutual trust and we have shared values!

This alone allows for sharing of thoughts and ideas which makes it easy for them to implement the skills.

When they do, they see changes take shape before their eyes. But the doing isn’t the only thing that’s most important.

The felt experience of of their dogs feeling more comfortable, relaxed and safe allows their people to also experience the same. Together, they feel more hope and experience more confidence in handling any situation that comes along.

They’ve quieted the fear.

Now, they can see their path illuminate and see what’s possible.