Book a call

The Supported Pet Playlist

Supporting you to support your pet through stress, anxiety and high sensitivity.

Let's Talk to Animals podcast

FOCUS ON: Pet Anxiety, Trauma & High Sensitivity

Ā 

Each episode in this curated playlist sheds light on a different supportive aspect of managing pet anxiety, healing pet trauma, and nurturing a highly sensitive animal. Wherever you are on your pet parenting journey, you will find the deep validation and practical tools you need to soothe your companion's nervous system, decode their emotional triggers, and restore a sense of peaceful safety to your home.

Understanding Pet Anxiety

There is a huge difference between normal situational stress and true anxiety.Ā These episodes pull back the curtain on what your pet's anxietyĀ is desperately trying to tell youĀ about why it is happening and what they need to find healing and calm.

Pet Anxiety: what is it and how animal communication can help your anxious pet

What does anxiety actually feel like from an animal’s perspective? In this core episode, discover how professional animal communication bridges the gap between your pet's internal fears and your understanding, giving you actionable tools to help them feel safe and grounded again.

Listen Now

Is your pet really anxious? Three alternate explanations for anxious pet behavior

Before you label your companion as "anxious," make sure you aren't misinterpreting their signals. Explore three surprising, alternate explanations for nervous pet behaviors that look exactly like anxiety but require a completely different approach to resolve.

Listen Now

Pet Stress vs Anxiety vs Sensitivity: how to tell which one affects your pet

What are the key similarities and differences between pet stress, pet anxiety and pet high sensitivity? Understanding the nuances, which of these three can overlap, the one that has a true genetic basis, and how to help your pet cope.

Listen Now

Animal communication transforms an itchy and anxious dog's life

Physical symptoms and emotional distress are deeply linked in our animals. Listen to this powerful, real-life case study of how opening a direct line of intuitive communication dramatically turned around the life of a dog suffering from chronic, stress-induced itching and severe anxiety.

Listen Now

Nervous System Co-Regulation for Pets and Their People

Our pets are energetic sponges that constantly mirror our internal stress. Learn the fascinating science and practice of nervous system co-regulation, and discover how calming your own energy can automatically soothe and balance your pet’s frantic nervous system.

Listen Now

Navigating Pet Trauma

Whether dealing with a rescue animal's complex past or handling stressful vet visits, healing deep-seated trauma requires deep empathy. Ā These episodes offer a gentle roadmap to recoveryĀ .

Boost Your Pet Parent Empathy to Reduce Pet Trauma During Routine and Urgent Care

Medical checkups, grooming appointments, and sudden emergencies can easily traumatize a sensitive animal. Learn how to cultivate intentional "pet parent empathy" to buffer your animal's fear, manage their expectations, and minimize stress during essential care routines.

Listen Now

What Animals Say About Enduring Trauma and Abuse from Humans

In this deeply vulnerable and insightful session, Shannon shares what animals themselves communicate about their experiences surviving human-inflicted hardship and abuse. Discover their incredible capacity for resilience and what they truly need from us to fully heal and trust again.

Listen Now

The Highly Sensitive Pet

Just like humans, certain animals possess a highly refined sensory system that leaves them easily overwhelmed by the world around them. Learn how to support the "other HSP" in your household.

How animal communication can help the other HSP the Highly Sensitive Pet

Does your pet startle at tiny noises, stress over minor environmental changes, or display intense emotional depth? Meet the "Highly Sensitive Pet" (HSP) and learn how intuitive communication can help you decode their sensory overload and create a peaceful environment tailored to their unique traits.

Listen Now

Highly sensitive pets & highly sensitive pet parents with Shannon & HSP coach Jane Marie

When a highly sensitive human cares for a highly sensitive animal, the emotional connection is profound—but the shared overwhelm can be exhausting. Join Shannon and expert HSP coach Jane Marie as they map out survival strategies, healthy boundaries, and deep connection tips for empathic pet parents.

Listen Now

The Shift: Empowerment & Transformation

How to stop looking at your pet through the narrow lens of their "anxiety" or behavioral issues, and instead view your challenges as a shared initiation. Shannon breaks down how to help your pet move past a victim or panic mindset so you can both step out of survival mode and into your highest potential together.

The Hero's Journey, Pet Edition — How to Empower Your Pet to Step Into Their Best Life With You

How to stop looking at your pet through the lens of their "problems" and instead view your challenges as a shared initiation. Discover how to help your pet move past anxiety so you can both step into your highest potential together.

Listen Now

Listen to the podcast & vlogcast

Streaming audio & video on all your favorite platforms.Ā 

Let's Talk to Animals Podcast
Animal Love Languages Youtube