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
Your Awakening Animal [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:10
Have you had an animal change your life? Perhaps one that cracked you open and/or allowed you to see the world in a completely different way? In this episode, Karen, Meredith and Julie discuss what an “awakening animal”…
Animal Mediumship [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:41
What is an Animal Medium and how does it differ - if it does - from Animal Communicator? Today, Julie, Karen and Meredith discuss the word Medium itself and all that it can mean. Connecting with an animal who is in-spiri…
Animals and Interconnectivity [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:05
In this episode, Meredith, Julie, and Karen continue the conversation about wild animals, and dive deeper into what it means to be “wild”. They discuss how the animals are inviting us to see that we are part of something…
Special Guest - The Two Crazy Cat Ladies [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:56
In this episode Karen, Meredith, and Julie talk with Jae and Adrienne, the fantastic founders of Two Crazy Cat Ladies. Learn about their passion to help cats and their parents live better, happier lives together and what…
Communicating with Wild Animals [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:05
In this episode, Julie, Karen and Meredith share ways we can communicate with wildlife. From a bird flying toward you to the moose laying down in the bog, the three co-hosts share their own encounters and conversations a…
Mirroring and Modeling Behavior [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:49
In this episode Meredith, Julie and Karen discuss how our animals use mirroring and modeling behavior to get their humans attention in an effort to highlight areas and paths for growth and expansion. Providing definition…
Animal Communication and Wellness [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:28
In this episode Karen, Meredith and Julie talk about animal communication and wellness from the animal’s perspective. There are a lot of ways our animals let us know how they are feeling, from body mapping and energy sys…
Animals and Tarot with Special Guest - Radleigh Valentine [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:09
In this episode Julie, Karen and Meredith talk with Radleigh Valentine, host of the Angel Tarot Show right here on MindBodySpirt.fm. He is also the best-selling Hay House author and creator of several oracle and tarot de…
Missing Pets [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:16
In this episode Meredith, Julie, and Karen discuss how animal communication can be used when it comes to locating missing pets. It can be one of the most difficult and rewarding situations for an animal communicator and…
The Rainbow Bridge [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:39
In this episode, Karen, Meredith and Julie talk about The Rainbow Bridge - what it is, where the concept started, and what the animals have to say about it. They even touch on the topic of Pet Loss Grief and how the anim…