This Year's Resolutions For You & Your Pets

So while you were eating too much, running around spending too much, or spending too much time with people that you don't see all year, what was your pet doing at home during the holiday season? Now is a great time to hit the restart button and make some New Years resolutions that include your pet. Let's give up guilt.

As an Animal Communicator, one of the most common things I see is how much our animals reflect our state of being. When things are overly busy and we're going at 1,000 miles an hour and particularly this time of year, it's easy to shorten the walk or spend less time at home. Then the few moments we do have at home, we want to flop on the couch instead of going to the dog park. So then what follows? We feel guilty. Then, many people don't make the correlation between bad behavior and guilt. But it's right there like a map with a booby prize instead of the treasure we thought we were creating at home.

Animals really go along with quite a bit. Yes, they have their own karma. Yes, they have their own history. Yes, they have their own issues. But then they integrate with our karma, history, issues and other key members of the household. Sometimes it just doesn't go as planned!! Many things go into that special recipe of mishaps like poop by the door, or peeing outside the box or the other marvelous things that we scratch our head and say "why is this happening now?" Nine times out of ten, we set it up. But that's not an invitation to feel even guiltier. Just become aware that maybe one of the key ingredients in the special recipe is our guilt.

When people call me about separation anxiety a lot of times, I have to remind the person that A. they don't have to take on the guilt of the person that had the dog before that left him/her behind. B. they can't feel guilty about going to work or other silly things we humans have to do. (They'd hate the drycleaners or standing in line at the DMV - come on!!) Animals pick up on our pictures, words and feelings. If we are hanging on to both of those components (feeling guilty about their past and feeling guilty about how we are feeding into their issues presently), that is a no-win situation.

One woman said to me that she had to get rid of her dog because she felt so guilty that he was at home all day while she was working. I said "why don't you get rid of the guilt instead?" She looked at me like I was crazy. I said "Just try it for 3 days". I saw her 3 days later and she was ebullient. She said that she was amazed what that had done not just for her dog but for her kids! She said that prior to our meeting the dog was overly rambunctious when she got home. Now he was very calm as if he was aware of the quality time she was willing to spend with him even if it was just a little while vs. the usual burden she treated him like, thus resulting in naughty behavior for attention. Not only that but her children bonded even more with the dog and there was no turning back now.

We can set the tone in the household and be emotional leaders. We don't have to remain hostage to how our animals are acting out. That's why as a group intention - it would be fun to give up guilt. Even if you just manage to do it for a day - see how it goes.

Joan Ranquet, is an Animal Communicator, Author and Speaker. Joan's book Communication with All Life, Revelations of an Animal Communicator is published by Hay House. She has also released two CD's: "A Guided Meditation for Communication with All Life" and "Animal Alchemy, Healing Modalities for All Life". Joan has acted as a translator for healing human/animal relations, helping with behavior problems, isolating the discomforts of illnesses and easing crossing over. She teaches Beginning, Advanced Animal Communication and Animal Alchemy (Energy Work for All Life).

Joan has been featured in dozens of media including Pet Nation on Dateline NBC, The Today Show on NBC, Good Morning America on ABC, Animal Planet, the National Enquirer, The Los Angeles Times, The Sun Sentinel, and The Palm Beach Post. She was the "celebrity animal communicator" in a short documentary on the AMC Channel. For more info go to: http://www.joanranquet.com .

Joan Ranquet, is an Animal Communicator, Author and Speaker. Joan's book Communication with All Life, Revelations of an Animal Communicator is published by Hay House. http://www.joanranquet.com

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