In this guest blog Clare, one of the participants of my Become a soul led cat guardian (SLG) programme shares with you her journey and an honest reflection of how the programme has impacted her.
Back in June 2023 I came across an Instagram post that caught my eye, there it was asking if I am an empath or a highly sensitive person, and do I want to connect with my cats?
I have 3 cats that are my absolute world: Tilly, Lila and Woody. Who wouldn’t want to be able to communicate with them? If I can communicate and understand them better, then I can make sure I am providing for them in every way possible. Giving them the best life that they deserve.
After years of just surviving and having a life that was closed off to feeling, to living, and to loving, I was finally ready to do something for myself. It was time I invested in me and after realising a year or so ago I was an empath, this post really called out to me.
I wasn’t sure what it was all about, and normally I wouldn’t have pursued an interaction on Instagram, but I did. Something about the post called to me and it is honestly the best thing I have done in a very long time.
I had a call with Julie-Anne to look into it further and see if it would be suitable for me. Julie-Anne put me at ease and before I knew it, I was sharing information that I had spent years pushing down, never speaking to anyone about, and hiding from. She has such a gentle way to help you see your truth and I felt really held by her on the call.
I knew I wanted to change my life, I was stuck and at the same time my household seemed chaotic. Woody, my boy cat, was acting up and attacking the girls for what seemed like no good reason.
Lila, my eldest cat and my soul cat, was pulling away from me emotionally and physically. This was sending me into a tailspin. Why was this happening? Does she not love me anymore? What can I do to change this? What have I done wrong? What’s the matter with her, with me?
All these negative thoughts running through my mind, on repeat, making me feel more down and frustrated. Something had to change.
The programme is about you. It’s not focussed on your cat(s), it’s not an animal communication course.
It starts with exploring your emotions, helping you to actually connect with how you are feeling in the moment. Other lessons include learning about energy and how this impacts us. Learning about head space vs heart space.
The lessons are teaching you to be in your heart space and once there, you can communicate with your cat(s). That’s what makes SLG different from other courses and classes I’d looked at online.
I was able to work through my emotions, the low and high ones. Finally being able to face the low emotions, work through why they were there and then best of all, being able to release them. The lessons guided me through range of tools that I could use (and still use to this day) to connect and work with my emotions. Which then impacts my energy and my cats.
I finally had tools and support to set boundaries for myself, critical for empaths and highly sensitive people. Things were falling into place, I understood more about myself, how I can navigate my life better.
Julie-Anne provided a safe space for like-minded people to come together. I was participating in group sessions on the regular support calls, and in the private community group, something I thought I would never do.
Life is not good all the time, we can all attest to this. There are low vibrations and negative emotions, but I could now find them, feel them and release them. (A core foundation of the SLG programme and a mantra I now live by.)
I am a year in, and it wasn’t all plain sailing. When I joined the SLG programme I was in a good place, feeling high vibrations, feeling love and joy, being grateful for the beauty around me.
I was changing, evolving and I was more grounded, and the cats were more peaceful, less fighting, less chaotic. I was learning about myself and my relationship with them and I was changing this for the better.
5 months in things got harder. My head was perpetuating negative thoughts, I was struggling to see and feel the good things in life. I had gone into a dark cave and didn’t know how to or at times even want to come out of it. What I got was support from Julie-Anne and the other soul led guardian peeps. It helped me to navigate this part of me, this part of my journey, myself, my life.
With the work I have done from the programme, I have pulled through these dark times, and the light is all the sweeter because of it.
I was then able to re-connect and celebrate with the other SLG participants. Recognising how far I’d come, how much strength I had found and how much belief and courage I had in me to deal with these tricky waters.
If you love your cat(s) and want the opportunity to evolve, to learn more about yourself, then book a call with Julie-Anne. It’s just a call and ultimately after a conversation it might not be for you, but it also could be the best thing you ever do.
There was no pressure from Julie-Anne when we spoke. She didn’t ‘sell’ me the programme we simply talked about where I was, what was going on with me and what I wanted for myself and my cats.
I am stronger, more confident, more open, actually allowing myself to feel…finally. I am realising my self-worth and my power and all within the last 12 months. I am proud of myself at how far I have come. I am not the same person that signed up 12 months ago. I recently attended a busy social event and actually enjoyed it, people were giving me compliments saying how different I looked, they could feel and see my shift of energy and emotions. I feel like a new me, now being able to love and honour myself, which of course the cats can feel.
We meditate and journal together now. There is significantly less fighting in our home and just last month Lila and Tilly started to sleep together on the same bed! The first time in over 10 years! It’s amazing.
I love being part of the SLG community and this just might be the place for you too!
Thank you for reading.
Soul led guardian participant and cat guardian to Lila, Tilly and Woody.
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