Giving Animals Voice

Giving Animals Voice

Author: Mind Body Spirit.fm June 23, 2025 Duration: 1:01:20
This week, our guests are Denise Nestel and Christine Noble Seller, Directors of Giving Animals Voice, a ground-breaking organization that is making animal communication a resource widely available to shelters, rescues, and sanctuaries. Their goal is to improve the well-being of animals and facilitate optimal adoptions as well as to develop practices, processes and data to share with other organizations and with those interested in the well-being of animals in care. Denise Nestel founded Giving Animals Voice, a small Michigan non-profit, after she conducted pilot projects to provide animal communication with animals in a local rescue and shelter in 2021. The staff of both affirmed the benefit to the animals AND to their caregiving so the organization was born. Having recently completed Pilot 3, Giving Animals Voice continues to focus on expanding free animal communication sessions to more organizations and making it easier and more impactful to deliver animal communication to animals in care. Christine Noble Seller is an interspecies communicator, sacred activist and advocate, and educator committed to amplifying the voices of animals, wildlife, and Nature—and helping humanity remember we are Nature too. Since 2014, she has raised awareness of Intuitive Interspecies Communication (IIC) and its transformative role in reshaping human relationships with the more-than-human world.  RESOURCES: GivingAnimalsVoice.org Do YOU want to be an animal communicator? Check out the new classes and Be Open Community offered by our teacher, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Danielle MacKinnon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. It’s a great place to learn Energy Management, trusting yourself and even how to do the inner work we mention in this episode.  Meet the hosts- Julie Hirt is a Certified Soul Level Animal Communicator®, Certified Heart Animal Soul Professional Communicator, Certified Soul Level Intuitive Coach® and Certified Spirit Animal Sacred Alchemy Practitioner. She writes the column ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠“Trust the Animals”⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Substack and is a teaching assistant for the Danielle MacKinnon School. Julie is also the Social Media Director for The Animal Communication Collective®. Find out more about her at her website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.juliehirt-intuitive.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Karen Dendy Smith is a Soul Level Animal Communicator®, Soul Level Intuitive Coach®, Pangu Shengong (qigong) Instructor and Energy Healer. She is an End-of-life Companion Animal Doula through the UVM certificate program and a teaching assistant for the Danielle MacKinnon School. She is also on the board of NicaLove Animal Rescue and the Founder and a Director of The Animal Communication Collective®. Find out more about her at her website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.karendendysmith.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Meredith Tollison is a Soul Level Animal Communicator®, Soul Level Intuitive Coach®, Let Animals Lead® Animal Reiki Practitioner, and certified dog trainer with a focus on behavior modification and positive reinforcement. She is also a Director of The Animal Communication Collective®. Find out more about her at her website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.meredithtollison.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can also learn more about podcast news, your hosts and upcoming events at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.theanimalcommunicationpodcast.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. And to learn more about the fundraising work Karen, Meredith and Julie do with The Animal Communication Collective, please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.animalcommunicationcollective.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever wondered what your pet is really thinking, or why a bird outside your window seems to pause just for you? The Animal Communication Podcast offers a rare window into those questions, guided by three experienced practitioners: Julie Hirt, Karen Dendy Smith, and Meredith Tollison. This isn't about training tips, but about connection. Each episode is built on their work as Soul Level Animal Communicators®, where they share candid stories and conversations that bridge our human world with the inner lives of animals. You'll hear them explore everyday mysteries-from puzzling behaviors and health concerns to the pure joy of play-as recounted by the animals themselves, both those sharing our homes and those in spirit. It’s a gentle, often surprising journey that redefines our relationship with all creatures, making it a unique listen for families, pet lovers, and anyone curious about the spiritual bonds we share. Presented by Mind Body Spirit.fm, this podcast invites you to slow down and listen in a whole new way.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 95

The Animal Communication Podcast
Podcast Episodes
How Animals Honor Boundaries [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:45
In this episode, Karen, Meredith, and Julie explore one of the most quietly powerful lessons our animals offer us: how to honor boundaries - our own, theirs, and each other's. Animals set boundaries without guilt, withou…
The WHY Behind Your Pet’s Health with Kara Hanrahan [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:49
What if the food in your pet's bowl — and on your own plate — is the missing piece of their health, and yours? This week, we sit down with Kara Hanrahan of Raw Remedies Holistic Health, a functional medicine nurse practi…
Muscle Testing for Your Pet's Health with Pam Roussell [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:47
What if your pet's body already knew exactly what it needed — and you just needed the right tool to ask? In this episode, we sit down with Pam Roussell of Perfectly Holistic, a holistic cat health practitioner who uses m…
When You Leave [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:07
In this heartfelt episode Meredith, Karen, and Julie explore a tender and often overlooked question: what happens for our animals when we are the ones who leave? Whether through travel, hospitalization, or death, the tri…
The Heart of Our Show [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:19
In this deeply personal episode, Julie Hirt, Karen Dendy Smith, and Meredith Tollison reflect on why The Animal Communication Podcast exists and how the animals themselves have shaped its heart. What begins with Julie’s…
Stephanie Banks - Intuitive Channel [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:02
In this episode of The Animal Communication Podcast, we welcome intuitive channeler Stephanie Banks for a deeply moving conversation about consciousness, trust, and connection beyond words. Stephanie shares how her chann…
Intuitively Navigating Trauma with Ronni Tichenor and Jennie Weaver [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:44
In this powerful conversation, we sit down with sisters Ronni and Jeannie - authors, intuitive coaches, animal communicators, and self-described cycle breakers - to explore healing from childhood trauma, rebuilding sibli…
Signs [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:39
In this episode of The Animal Communication Podcast, Julie, Karen and Meredith Tollison have a heartfelt conversation about signs and how our animals, both in spirit and in body, communicate with us through subtle, surpr…
The Year of the Fire Horse [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:51
As we approach the rare Year of the Fire Horse, Meredith, Julie and Karen explore what this bold, catalytic energy invites - and what it asks us to tend with care. Reflecting on personal astrology, Chinese zodiac wisdom,…