Davina HerbertLet me take you back to another time and another place. It feels like a lifetime ago that I was working a corporate job. I was reasonably happy. I had a good job that paid the bills. I had loving friends and family around me. Yet I wanted, and was asking for, more in my life. Whilst I was very good at my corporate job, I had a hunger at a soul level for more. It felt like I wasn’t doing what I needed to do in this lifetime. I didn’t want to be laying on my death bed with regrets saying “I wish that I had….” So I asked and I asked and I asked for something more to add to my life. Then when I was ready (though I certainly didn’t feel that way at the time), the Universe answered. It seemed like my life changed dramatically overnight. I had been doing some animal communication sessions with people and the joy that I felt when I did those sessions could not be found in my corporate work. Yet I was really attached to a regular pay cheque. Not only that, I knew who Corporate Davina was. My weeks were ‘cookie cutter’ weeks – all basically the same. During the week I would get up, got to work, return home and go to bed. Sure there was also some animal interaction in there, but most of my week days were spent in a corporate office. I didn’t have to think or create, I was just living my life by routine.
Then one day, I woke up and started following my passion for working with animals and their humans. In addition, I was helping to care for one of the grandkids. My days were so different from what they had been. No two were the same. I had to start consciously creating my life. No longer was I able to follow the old routine that had been in place for years. Now I had to listen to and respect my intuition all of the time – not just when I was working with animals and their humans. Being in tune with myself and what I wanted had to be a way of life – instead of the people pleasing that had been a theme in the past.
I have not always found the road easy. Along the way I have had times where I have had to deal with fear, doubt and uncertainty. I have questioned myself many times. ‘What was I thinking to change course?’ Yet who was I to not listen to the urgings of my spirit? The one constant in my ever-changing world was the love of my family and friends – both two and four footed. Recently someone asked me to imagine what my life would have been like without the animals. Frankly I could not even imagine it and have no intention doing so. They have been the ones with whom I have been able to be my most raw. They have been my mirrors to let me know what’s going on for me. Doll, my mare, was an excellent mirror for me, prior to her passing. When I was in a ratty mood and I was interacting with her, she would be a bit ratty back at me. Of course my first instinct was to ‘blame’ her. “What’s your problem, Doll?” Doll would just look at me. ‘Opps, my bad – it’s about me, not you.’ I can honestly say that I am a better person for the animal influence in my life.
When we ask for things, we do it to make our life easier or better. Often, when they turn up, they don’t turn up in the way or form that we expected. So then we have to work out how to go forward from there. For me, I always find comfort and solace in my animal friends. They help me to be the best version of me.
For March, there is a special deal on my book “Dancing with Doll”. In it I talk about Doll and other animals that I have encountered during my life. It is normally $35 plus postage. For the month of March, 2025, it is $30 plus postage. You can buy my book from my website using the link below.
When our animals misbehave, there is often a message there for us. Sometimes that can be hard to see. That’s where a Pet Energy Therapy Session helps. Pet Energy Therapy is about helping you to communicate better with your furred companion. The advantage is that you then also start to communicate better in every aspect of your life – not just with your animals.
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