The Last Look

I recently tried an exercise called The Last Look.

You stand in front of a mirror and imagine that this is the very last time you will ever see your physical self. Not symbolically. Not someday. This body. This face. This form that has carried your soul through a lifetime.

What I experienced was profound. I was deeply moved—even to tears. Not from sadness, but from immense gratitude and deep love. Instead of the familiar habit of scanning and judging, of casually noticing the places where time has quietly left its mark, something entirely different arose. I experienced the connection my physical body and my soul body have.

In my work, I spend a lot of time in meditation and sit with my soul self frequently. But on this occasion, I experienced the integration of my soul and my physical body in a truly beautiful way. What I felt was immense gratitude and deep love—for the body that has carried me, adapted, endured, and stayed.

The Last Look reveals something we rarely slow down enough to recognize: how sacred it is to be embodied at all. To have a physical form that senses, remembers, moves, holds experience, and carries us through this world. We often forget how extraordinary that is—until we pause long enough to truly see it.

In that moment, there was no separation between body and soul.

There was partnership. Not something to fix. Not something to improve. Just something to honor.

This experience opens a quiet but powerful question:

If this were the last time you would ever see your physical self—

What would you say?

Would you thank your body for staying with you? For carrying your soul through this lifetime? For everything it has held and moved through? Most of us have never spoken to ourselves this way. Yet when we imagine not having the chance again, the words come easily.

Before the year turns, I invite you to try the last look.

Stand in front of a mirror. Look at yourself and take yourself in. Imagine this is the very last time you will ever see your physical self.

Notice what arises.

And then ask yourself: What do I want to carry forward from this moment?

Let that, and a deep respect for the body and soul walking together through this life, be what stays with you.

How Animals Communicate — and How They Reawaken Our Intuition

Dec 16

Animals move through the world in a way that’s simple, honest, and deeply intuitive. They don’t filter, analyze, or talk themselves out of what they feel. They just feel it — and respond. Connecting with animals continues to teach me about presence, honesty, and pure love.

Animals don’t overthink the world the way humans do. They feel it first. They navigate life through energy and sensation — not in a mystical way, but as something completely natural to them.

Over time, I’ve come to realize that our pets don’t show up in our lives by accident. Each one brings something — a lesson, a mirror, a shift. Even the challenging ones with big emotions or quirky behaviors often turn out to be our clearest teachers.

Here are some of the ways animals communicate and how they quietly guide us back to our own intuition.

Animals Feel Energy First

Before words or behavior, animals feel your energy.

A dog senses your anxiety before you speak.

A horse picks up hesitation before your foot even lifts.

A cat feels the emotional temperature of a room before anyone says a word.

It’s not magic — it’s awareness.

Humans feel this too; we’ve just been trained to override it. Think about walking into a room that looks fine but feels off — the tension is obvious, even if you can’t pinpoint why. Or meeting someone new and instantly feeling drawn to them… or uneasy for no logical reason.

That is energy. Animals trust it immediately. We often talk ourselves out of it.

Animals Mirror Our Emotional State

If you want to understand what’s happening inside you, watch your animal.

They reflect stress, grief, excitement, tension, calmness — not because they’re copying you, but because they’re attuned to you.

When you soften, they soften.

When your heart is heavy, they stay close.

When your energy shifts, they respond before you even realize it.

You’ve probably had a day where you were holding everything together, only to find your dog glued to your side… or your cat watching you closely… or your horse becoming more gentle. They’re not reacting to your behavior — they’re responding to your inner world, the one you may not have even acknowledged yet.

Animals notice what we try to hide.

Animals Trust Their Inner Signals Instantly

While animals read the energy around them, they also do something humans struggle with — they trust their inner signals right away.

If something feels right, they move toward it.

If something feels wrong, they step back.

No overthinking. No doubt. No permission needed.

You can probably think of a moment when you instantly felt comfortable with someone — your body relaxed, your breath softened, something inside said, “I’m safe here.” We’ve all had the opposite too: a subtle pullback around someone for no obvious reason, only to later learn our instincts were right.

Animals live by these inner cues. Humans get them just as often — we just tend to ignore them.

Animals Communicate Through Feeling, Imagery & Telepathy

Animals don’t use words. They communicate through emotion, imagery, sensation, and energetic impressions. They see, feel, and know — and yes, this is telepathy.

Most people have experienced this without realizing it: you suddenly know what your animal needs, or you get a mental picture of them, or you feel their emotion before you see any outward sign.

This isn’t dramatic or unusual. It’s simply how animals communicate.

Think of your animal across the room — and you suddenly feel their worry, their excitement, their “come here” energy. Or the way they tune into your emotional state before you even drop your bag at the door.

Humans receive this information all the time — we just don’t trust it the way animals do.

Animals Bring Us Back to Ourselves

The more time you spend with an animal, the more you naturally shift out of thinking and into feeling. Your breath slows. Your body softens. You land back in the moment.

Animals show us what it feels like to trust ourselves again — our instincts, our impressions, our quiet knowing. They reconnect us to a way of being that feels less forced and more aligned.

They don’t try to teach us anything.

They simply remind us of what we already know.

If You Want to Explore Your Own Intuition With Animals…

Here are two simple practices you can try:

1. Noticing Energy

Throughout your day, notice any moment when you feel something — a shift, a pull, a softness, a heaviness.

You don’t need to react to it or explain it.

Just observe it.

This alone strengthens intuitive awareness.

2. Checking In With Your Animal

Before interacting with your animal, take one breath and notice your own state.

Then spend a minute with them.

Notice what changes in you — your breath, mood, or body.

Their presence often brings us back to our natural intuition without any effort at all.

Animals have a way of bringing us back to ourselves — to what we feel, what we sense, and what we already know deep down. The more time you spend truly observing them, the more you start to recognize those same intuitive abilities in yourself.

✨And if you’ve ever wondered how this works or wanted to try it for yourself, I’m offering intro animal communication classes this spring. Nothing complicated — just practical ways to tune into what you’re already sensing.

A typical class includes:

• grounding to get out of your head and into your senses

• practicing telepathic connection with an animal

• working with photos of animals — here or in spirit

• learning how to receive information without forcing it

• sharing what you picked up (and noticing how accurate it often is)

• understanding animal emotions, personalities, and perspectives

• learning the ethics of working with animals

There’s no pressure, no performance, and no “getting it right.”

It’s simply learning to listen in a way most of us were never taught.

And here’s what surprises people the most:

By the end of the first session, almost everyone has a moment where they stop and say,

“Wait… how did I know that?”

Because animal communication isn’t about becoming something new —

it’s about realizing that this connection has been there all along.

A Frog in the Night : A sign from Charolette

Nov 29

How a simple request for a sign became a powerful moment of connection

I’m sharing part of a reading I did because it’s such a beautiful reminder that even when our loved ones—human or animal—are in the spirit world, they remain close. We can talk with them. The communication simply becomes more subtle.

During a session with Lisa Jayne, she wanted to know where her beloved dog, Charlotte, was and who she was with. Aside from the sweet and playful evidence Charlotte brought forward, I invited Lisa Jayne to do something simple but powerful:

Get quiet, and ask Charlotte directly for a sign that she was near.

The next morning, I received this message from Lisa Jayne:

Hey Wendy… I did what you said last night. I sat and meditated for a few minutes and asked Charlotte what our sign would be. The first thing that came to me was a frog. I immediately tried to reject it because I don’t see frogs very often. I remembered what you said about just going with the first thing, whatever it was, so I let it be.

A little while later I went to let Desmond out before we went to bed. I walked out on the front porch and looked up at all the stars and could hear 1000 frogs out in the distance. Every time I think about it I cry. Thank you.❤️🐶🐸

These are the moments that make me smile
Not because the sign was loud — but because it was perfectly, impossibly timed.

Animals in Spirit communicate in ways that match our openness, our memories, and the symbols they know we’ll recognize. Charlotte didn’t choose something dramatic; she chose something meaningful.

And once Lisa softened and allowed the first intuitive nudge to stand…
the universe responded in chorus.

We all have the ability to be silent and listen.
The signs are there.
Our animals want to connect with us — we just need to create the space to receive.

Thank you, Charlotte.
Thank you, Lisa Jayne.
✨💫💗