Hi
Would you like to see how I ask questions during a real animal communication session? (Names of client and animal changed - everything else kept true.)
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing how I listen, explore, and gently navigate conversations with animals on behalf of their people - especially when the questions are layered, emotional, and don’t have straightforward answers.
Here’s the first of these question-led sessions I’d love to share with you.
🧭 Why Annabel reached out
Annabel contacted me after her horse, Jamil, experienced a terrifying episode of colic. Despite emergency vet visits, she was left shaken - uncertain what Jamil had gone through, how he truly felt, and what he would want if it ever happened again.
She needed guidance, not just medically, but emotionally.
What would Jamil choose - if he had a voice?
💬 Here were some of Annabel’s questions:
- “What should I do if the colic happens again?”
- “Would Jamil want to go to hospital for surgery?”
- “Can he give me signs beforehand if something’s building?”
- “How can I prevent this happening again?”
- “Would he be okay with being walked more?”
- “Where would he want to pass if it came to that?”
These weren’t questions with easy answers - but they were ones she hoped Jamil himself could guide.
🪄 What happened next was the real work of communication:
Rather than rushing toward answers, I had to:
- Tune into Jamil’s emotional state (he was still holding fear from the episode)
- Acknowledge how his sensitivity shaped the way he wanted to be cared for
- Hold space for clarity to emerge - at his pace, in his way
🗣️ What I asked Jamil:
- “What was the scariest part for you?”
- “Is there anything you’d want your person to do differently next time?”
- “Do you feel safe in your current field?”
- “Are there any early signs or feelings you experience before the pain starts?”
- “What kind of discomfort are you most sensitive to?”
- “Is there anything you want more or less of in your food or environment to help you feel balanced?”
- “Do you feel movement or walking would help your body feel better - or do you prefer to manage that yourself?”
- “Would leaving your home for treatment feel more or less stressful than the condition itself?”
- “If there were a way to ease your fear, what would help?”
And sometimes…
I had to go “around the houses” - circling gently until he volunteered something himself. That’s where true communication lives: not in demanding answers, but in building trust to receive them.
🌿 What Annabel took away:
- Jamil’s clear wish: if colic ever returns, pain relief must come before any other decision
- His strong preference not to be taken away for treatment unless there’s certainty he’ll return
- Insight into how her own stress had amplified his experience
- Confidence in the lifestyle changes she could make - diet, essential oils, planning
- And the clarity she needed to honour his wishes, should end-of-life decisions ever be needed
Would you like to see more real sessions broken down like this?
Just hit reply and let me know - this might become your new favourite series!
Until the next conversation,
Joanne