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CatHobbyist.com, PetSupport.net PHChristy: On behalf of Jeff Barringer and all of us at pethobbyist.com, I'm very pleased to welcome Marta Williams to our Eighth Annual Chat Week! PHChristy: Marta is the author of "Learning Their Language: Intuitive Communication with Animals and Nature" and "Beyond Words Talking with Animals and Nature." PHChristy: Marta has a background in science and academia, with a BS in Resource Conservation from the University of California at Berkeley, and a MS in Biology and Systematic Ecology from San Francisco State University. She spent many years studying wildlife in the field, rehabilitating ill and injured animals, and working as an environmental scientist. PHChristy: Marta began studying intuitive communication with animals in 1989, and learned to communicate intuitively with animals by taking classes and by practicing with all sorts of animals in all kinds of situations, using verifiable exercises. PHChristy: Marta now works full-time as an animal communicator, offering consultations for animals worldwide to help solve behavior problems, find lost animals, assist animals during illness and death, and bring people and animals and people and nature closer together. She teaches workshops and classes helping people learn how to develop their own intuitive abilities. PHChristy: I'll now invite Marta to open with a few comments.... take it away, Marta! MartaWilliams: The book is stories from students clients and friends of the incredible experiences they have had in communicating with animals and nature MartaWilliams: I believe everyone has this ability. It is latent and sometimes hard to uncover for some, but everyone has it. MartaWilliams: I hope the stories in my new book, from regular people, will help convince others that they also can do this MartaWilliams: I recently went to New York to tape a segment for Animal Planet Report that will air on March 17 at 6 pm PST just to let you know PHChristy: :) PHChristy: that will be great, Marta! MartaWilliams: Also please do check out my website for more info on this and my first book for detailed instructions on how to do intuitive communication. I am ready for questions now . ga PHCatByte: nyc, you're first! NYC_NYIfan: I adopted a cat 8 months ago yesterday who had been surrendered by the family who owned him most of his life. He came to me afraid of a lot of things (like jumping on the bed), and very frightened even of basic affection. How can I help to learn what his previous life was like so I can understand him better? He's made a lot of progress since I adopted him, but think that if I understood him better, I could help him more. GA MartaWilliams: Well intuitive communication can help with that but it might be hard to tackle that as your first attempt! MartaWilliams: You could call on a professional, or read my first book and try the experiment I have there MartaWilliams: You can also base your approach on reading body language. You know what he is afraid of by how he acts MartaWilliams: So then reassure him verbally that you are different Talk to him ALOT out loud as if he can completely understand you that is a start. ga PHCatByte: jory, you had a question? Jory_nr: My girl Bailey..a 4 year old female Rottie, has a mystery favoring of her left rear leg and I would like to know how I can find out exactly where the problem is. Several vets have tried and can't find it. A Reiki Master says it's a pinch nerve, but where ? I am not getting from her where the problem is..or maybe I am not hearing it ? How can I help her ? I am a REiki Level One practitioner and also do T Touch on Bailey. I am 'feeling' that the problem is in her foot or lower back .g/a MartaWilliams: Again you could have someone do medical intuition but as a first project that would be a bit ambitious for you to try. You have to start a bit smaller when learning MartaWilliams: If it were my dog I would try going to a good chiropractor to see if they can get to the bottom of it. GA Jory_nr: We ARE actually seeing a chiropractor with her g/s PHCatByte: clicker, you had a comment? Jory_nr: Thanks Marta :) Clicker59: I Like that Animal Report on Animal Planet. ga/a PHDaisy: Hi Marta, I am a professional groomer. That means that I spend a couple of hours with other people's pets (dogs and cats). Sometimes they're good, and other times they're downright nasty. I have been bit a couple of times. (only once that sent me to the hospital) Is there any advice you can give to how pets can communicate with total strangers who manipulate their body and do things that they definitely don't like. I try to read body language, but on the smaller dogs it's very hard. MartaWilliams: Re Bailey. Then probably it would be good to do a session with a professional communicator. MartaWilliams: I would recommend explaining everything to them before hand out loud and as you go along as if they can totally understand you. Jory_nr: Thanks Marta PHDaisy: the main problem I encounter is when I try to trim their nails MartaWilliams: Then also send them visual images of doing what you intend to do and of them being calm and pleasant with you. MartaWilliams: Ask them to do something smaller than a bite to tell you when they are at their max and then make sure to respond if they show you that sign. GA Nevaeh: I breed and raise Persian cats, I also take in special needs Persian cats occasionally and work with their social behaviors and find them loving pet homes. I have two cats here that are special needs and one of them is antisocial and the other has poor grooming and litter box habits. I am wondering if there was a way of communicating with them to make them feel accepted and make them more social so I can place them. GA MartaWilliams: Nails is a big one. I have a dog that is bad with nails too. Have you tried doing a grinder instead? GA MartaWilliams: I would recommend a few things all predicated on talking to them and believing as an experiment that they can understand everything you say, think, all feelings you send and all images you form in your mind and direct toward them MartaWilliams: Explain the goal of getting them a great home. Explain what is needed. Show them mental movies of them doing and being how you want them to be. MartaWilliams: Also build them up by complimenting them about something different every day and send lots of feelings of love MartaWilliams: Also if there is the slightest change, make sure to make a big deal give praise and treats. GA Nevaeh: Thank you Martha GA I will be sure to give that a try! PHCatByte: wis, your question? Wiscats: I have 3 disabled cats: 2 have CH and one is a "twisty" cat. That one, a male, I have had for 5 years and he still will not come to me nor allow me to pet him very much. Only at meal time can I and that is due to a "game" he has made up wherein he gets up on a shelf and waits for me to pick him up and put him on the floor by his dish. He was brought to the shelter by his former "family" when he was about 9 months old. They said he was "Crippled and crabby," but I think he must have suffered either abuse or was completely ignored at their house. I want so much to let him know that he is loved and safe, but I'm afraid that after this much time he will always be a cat who is fearful. Is there some way I can let him know that I love him and that this is his FOREVER home? MartaWilliams: Well all questions are leading to Rome here MartaWilliams: You have the same situation as the previous person etc MartaWilliams: Start by realizing that animals are experts at intuitive reception MartaWilliams: Whatever you wish to convey they will receive there is no need to ever doubt that even over long distances and across time MartaWilliams: Tell him how you feel just as you told us. Tell him what your dreams are for him and assure him of your intentions MartaWilliams: Then do the making movies technique. Say to him this is my dream of how things could be then imagine it and feel it as if it were real He will get that and I suspect it will change his behavior MartaWilliams: I Have seen cases like this turn around amazingly GA Wiscats: thank you PHCatByte: christy, you have a question? PHChristy: Marta, you've mentioned that a couple of things would be too daunting for a beginner to try on their own. Can you suggest how people could start communicating with their animals, with something that wouldn't be beyond them to start out with? GA MartaWilliams: Yes. And I do have a whole chapter about it in my first book MartaWilliams: I tell people with their own animals to start by asking things that arent loaded. ie dont ask about health or anything charged MartaWilliams: Instead ask their opinion about something, the sillier the better, like how do you like the color I did the bathroom. MartaWilliams: Then you pay attention to any intuitive bit that comes in. a feeling a word a sense of something MartaWilliams: At the point you ask the question anything that occurs could be from the animal MartaWilliams: Your job is to capture the data and be unbiased and nonjudgmental MartaWilliams: So when you start out I advise that you do non charged exercies and accept whatever you get as coming from your animal MartaWilliams: Another exercies you can do is to ask them if they have a question for you MartaWilliams: You ask and then close your eyes and sense if there is a question MartaWilliams: whatever it is assume it is from them and answer it as best you can MartaWilliams: If there are none then tell them you will ask another day MartaWilliams: To really learn though you have to do verifiable exercises with other peoples animals MartaWilliams: SO THAT you can prove to yourself that this is real MartaWilliams: I explain how to do that in my first book. GA PHChristy: thank you! GA PHCatByte: cindier, you have a question for marta? cindier_nr: Is there a book you can recommend that is better then another on how to better develop your communication skills with cats? Yours or someone elses? and which was your first book? MartaWilliams: I think my book is the most comprehensive I wrote it because I felt there was a lack of such a guide in the field. I have not seen anything that would work as well or beginners MartaWilliams: though there are a number of books that I recommend for more advanced students sensationalfelin: ? MartaWilliams: My first book has a big white horse on it MartaWilliams: and it is called Learning Their Language MartaWilliams: but it includes stories about all animals and nature MartaWilliams: and you can use it to learn how to talk to anything that is alive PHChristy: here is a link to Marta's first book: http://www.petsupport.net/books/bookdetail.php?ASIN=1577312430 PHCatByte: munchie, your turn! MunchieScrunchie: Do you communicate with animals that have crossed over too? I have been practicing some of the techniques with my own cats and at times I do feel like I am getting through to them. But I would like to be able to convey some feelings to my animals that have crossed over that I never was able to tell them when they were alive. Are the techniques the same? g/a cindier_nr: Thank you I have Baarnes and noble up just didn't know which was the first. I have talked to my cats occassionally but not regularly and would like for it to be more often. MartaWilliams: Yes you can use the same techniques for talking to animals that have died MartaWilliams: I am working on a new newsletter for my website should be up in a week or so and it will have a lead story about that very issue so look for it in a week or so MartaWilliams: Again the animals are masters at this Never ever ever worry if they can hear you. The MartaWilliams: the trick is just to learn to hear them MartaWilliams: And it starts with trusting your feelings and hunches ga MunchieScrunchie: thank you, marta ga PHCatByte: nevaeh, you have another question? Nevaeh: I had an animal communicator come in to my home for my last rescue and she asked a few “silly“ questions like what they liked them most. At that time I had just changed to silica litter and the cat described that as their favorite thing!! NYC_NYIfan: ? MartaWilliams: Was that a questio?ga Nevaeh: I was able to place this cat shortly after, would you recomend that have a pro come into your house, or can it be done over the phone? MartaWilliams: It can be done over the phone and there is no need to have the person there in person. ga Nevaeh: Ok thank you again! Ga PHCatByte: sensational, you're up sensationalfelin: Where can I purchase the beginner book-Chapters Book store, can it be ordered?-in Canada ga MartaWilliams: You can get it online through amazon and barnesandnoble or your local store can order it and it should be in a lot of the bigger stores PHChristy: I know they have it on amazon.ca Jory_nr: ? MartaWilliams: that was ga PHCatByte: staffordmom, your question? staffordmom: are some species easier to "read" than others? GA MartaWilliams: I dont really think so no. It is more individual animals can be just like people and it isnt reading them it is more like how responsive are they. staffordmom: k ty GA MartaWilliams: some are chatty cathys and some especially abused can be afraid and reticent. ga PHCatByte: nyc, your question? staffordmom: ? NYC_NYIfan: I also have a problem with Justin (the cat who came here fearful) being very physically aggressive towards my other cat. This has also improved, but sometimes he really gets out of line. What's the best way to deal with it, re: communcication? g/a MartaWilliams: I tend to do the kitchen sink approach with something like that MartaWilliams: I talk to both find out what there shtick is and why they are fighting and do counseling MartaWilliams: I would do the movies thing and talking thing big time NYC_NYIfan: I think there is a strong territorial issue with them MartaWilliams: and also intercede like a rattlesnake before they can get into it MartaWilliams: Well if it is territory you would try to negoitiate. None of these cases is simple I guess is what I am saying NYC_NYIfan: thanks ga MartaWilliams: Needs to be a multi faceted approach. ga PHCatByte: cavex, your turn! cavex2_nr: If you do a consult by phone, what basic info on my pet would you need up front and why? Also I have 8 dogs and does that make it harder to communicate with only 1 of my dogs? ga MartaWilliams: I ask for name age sex and description and whatyou want me to do. It is not a problem to talk to just one of 8 unless the issue involves more than one of the dogs MartaWilliams: in which case it would be best to talk to all invovled. ga cavex2_nr: Do other pets butt into your conversations? MartaWilliams: It can happen. I have not had that happen very often but it can. ga cavex2_nr: thank you. ga PHCatByte: jory, your question? Jory_nr: I have used animal communicators years ago..over the phone...can it also be done in e-mail with sending a picture of the animal? g/a MartaWilliams: I do email all the time without a photo. ga Jory_nr: Your web address ? ga/.... MartaWilliams: You can find my email through my website. my url is PHChristy: Marta's website is at www.martawilliams.com Jory_nr: Thank you :) g/a PHCatByte: ashnzade, your question? ashnzade: Am I just being silly, or do you think this is possible? Or do cats just not work that way? MartaWilliams: I missed the first part of this. ga ashnzade: Oh sorry -- ashnzade: I would just like to "chat" with my cats sometimes -- to ask them how their day went -- casual small talk MartaWilliams: What do the do that you are wondering about? ga MartaWilliams: I think that is a super idea ashnzade: that was the first part -- LOL MartaWilliams: And that everyone should do that with their animals regurlarly. ashnzade: Are you able to do that with your pets? ashnzade: ga MartaWilliams: Include them more in your life and your thoughts and your decisions PHChristy: <---has chatted with Marta's pets PHChristy: LOL ashnzade: Cool Christy!!!! MartaWilliams: Yes I do that with my animals all the time and I ask them for help with things too. MartaWilliams: Like my horse helped me find my new place I am sure of it. ga ashnzade: My life kind of revolves around them as it is LOL PHChristy: Marta's animals are very used to people talking to them, they chat very readily MartaWilliams: as it should be. ga PHChristy: it's very noticeable when you meet them ashnzade: Well we kind of asked ours for help on picking out our new RV since they travel with us -- PHChristy: sorry for interrupting MartaWilliams: any other questions? ga PHChristy: I'll be good now PHCatByte: staffordmom, you had a question? PHChristy: I think we have time for one more staffordmom: if you wouldn't mind explaining, how can you tell anything about an animal without seeing him/her? like over the telephone. How does that work? GA MartaWilliams: You are always good Christy ga PHChristy: LOL MartaWilliams: I will try to give a small answer to a big queaiton MartaWilliams: I have the intention of tuning in to that animal in particulr MartaWilliams: Iform an image of the animal and imagine interacting with it as if we are actually togerther physically MartaWilliams: I introduce myself and start talking. I try to get info that will prove I am talking to the animal I intented to connect with staffordmom: ok ty MartaWilliams: Usually i do get something that proves it to me anyway and then I go ahead with the issue athand. ga PHChristy: Marta, do you have time for one more question before we wrap this up? MartaWilliams: yes ga PHChristy: OK, aussieaddict, please go ahead with your question :) PHCatByte: aussieaddict, your turn! aussieaddict: How expensive is it to work with a animal communicator? MartaWilliams: It depends on the person. I usually work for about a half an hour which is $60 but I can do session for less if it is more simple ga PHChristy: Everyone, that's all we have time for tonight. Marta, on behalf of all of us at PetHobbyist.com, thank you so much for being our guest tonight! |