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This is true kinship with animals, a podcast that offers you stories, conversations and possibilities on how you might deepen your relationship with animals and relate to them through a new place of understanding. It’s also a reminder that true kinship is how you participate, not how others receive it. My name is Janet Roper, podcast host and your companion on this journey.
This episode covers the connection between the colonial standard of perfectionism and true kinship with animals. We’ll be exploring ways we can simply be with animals MINUS that perfectionistic lens and diving into some rabbit holes about perfection and our relationship with animals.
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This is true kinship with animals, a podcast that offers you stories, conversations and possibilities on how you might deepen your relationship with animals and relate to them through a new place of understanding. It’s also a reminder that true kinship is how you participate, not how others receive it. My name is Janet Roper, your companion on this journey.
Episode guest is Jen Pavich, an Executive Coach & Facilitator currently residing and resisting in Austin, TX. She has served on many nonprofit boards, and currently serves on the board of The New Philanthropists. Her experience in advocacy and policy work has enabled Jen to engage in conversations about economic, gender justice and equity.
Jen shares deeply personal stories about cats Luke & Wanda and we discuss the impact & process of grieving animal family members in our society today.
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Jen: “I don’t want to control [dog] Maisy, I want to communicate with her.”
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This is true kinship with animals, a podcast that offers you stories, conversations and possibilities on how you might deepen your relationship with animals and relate to them through a new place of understanding. My name is Janet Roper, your companion on this journey.
This episode addresses navigating rough spots when you come across folx who may not be open to hearing about true kinship.
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“As a matter of fact true kinship is the antithesis of a colonized system. It’s not a one-size-fits-all practice. Rather it is different things to different people at different times.”
“True kinship is how you participate, not how others receive it.”
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This is true kinship with animals, a podcast that offers you stories, conversations and possibilities on how you might deepen your relationship with animals and relate to them through a new place of understanding. My name is Janet Roper, your companion on this journey.
This episode addresses our human tendency to infantilize animals when we only see them as cute. Later in the episode I’ll be telling you about a book I’m writing on grieving the loss of animal family members and then requesting we work in reciprocity with the free online content I offer.
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“I’m not sure why, because it’s a basic truth that I do not spider as well as Spider nor hedgehog as well as Hedgehog and neither do you.”
“True kinship with animals works to eliminate the need to experience animals like humans in animal form. They are not. They are their own species with their own integrity and agency.
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This is true kinship with animals, a podcast that offers you stories, conversations and possibilities on how you might deepen your relationship with animals and relate to them through a new place of understanding. My name is Janet Roper, your companion on this journey.
This episode asks if the true kinship path is right for you.
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“It’s a relief to not have to downplay my relationship with animals and true kinship and what they are to me. It’s cathartic to be with an animal in kinship and not as a human overseer or master. Justifications are a thing of the past.”
“True kinship with animals is a service to the world that offers a vision and perspective for the future, not one that is marooned in the present.”
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On this episode of The True Kinship With Animals Podcast, I’m sharing a connection I see between true kinship and Lord of the Rings.
This podcast gives you stories, conversations and suggestions on how you can deepen your relationship with animals by freeing yourself from the inherited, colonized beliefs and assumptions we’ve all been socialized into and start relating to animals through a new place of understanding.
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“We create community together as we journey along in true kinship. As a matter of fact, it’s our individuality that builds true kinship and encourages us to know the community in our unique perspective. How does it get better than that?”
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On this episode of The True Kinship With Animals Podcast, frequent guest Deb Fate-Mental joins me in conversation about trivializing the weather and the effects that has nature.
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Your teacup is full, I can’t fit anything more tea in it. The guy thought he knew everything. So you really have to commence this and try to exist within this beginner’s mind and of course it’s really difficult sometimes to get it. I’m often having to stop myself feeling but do I really know this? Do I really know what’s going on or can I learn something there. Can I soften and open myself to what’s really going on. And you know, that often happens with animals.
~Deb Fate-Mental
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Does perfectionism have a spot in true kinship with animals? That probably depends on your cosmology and perspective. Perfectionism - that’s what we’re exploring in today’s episode of the True Kinship With Animals Podcast.
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“Listen up folx, this is important: Animals are not an extension of our agency. But it’s so insidious how that assumption sneaks in!!! Here I was thinking I was doing the best I could for cat Raven, having his best interest at heart, and at the same time I was invalidating his agency.”
“Then I had the sudden realization — like a light bulb going on — that’s not realistic. That’s an illusion that points the spotlight on ME and what I want, what I think our life together SHOULD be. It left Raven’s wants and needs out of the picture and assumed he wanted what I did.”
“I don’t know about you, but I don’t spider nearly as well as a spider does.”
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Wondering about what reciprocal relationship looks like with animals? You’re in the right place - that’s what we’re covering in this episode!
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“Reciprocal kinship is not about you, it not about getting your needs met. It’s not about what you think you’re entitled to receive from the animal. That’s privilege.”
“Kinship involves reciprocity. We all claim we practice this, because that is our intent. But when we examine our actions closer and with an honest appraisal, are we practicing reciprocity or entitlement?”
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In this episode we’re talking about some changes we humans can make in practicing true kinship with animals.
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“You're sentient, the animals are sentient, it's time to come together.
Come together is such a nebulous phrase though, isn't it? I mean you already live with them, care for them, love, honor and respect them. What more is there to coming together?”
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This episode explores the vast topic of how you’re supported while you’re grieving animal family members. Because you don’t have to be alone.
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“It’s easy to forget we humans need care too. We need tending, nurturing, conversation, community and support. We need witnessing, not fixing.”
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“What would it be like to have a support team, both in every day life and online, that you reach out to when you’re feeling the need to have your grief witnessed, acknowledged or even held for you until you’re ready to take on the grief mantle again?”
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With us today is guest Angel Sullivan. Angel is here to be a light in the darkness, and to remind you of yours. She’s also here to build and re-build mutually beneficial nourishing connections with people of all kinds (human and non-human). she does that in lots of ways, but the most present in the moment are the lenses of archetypal astrology and a deep and visceral awareness of Death as an ally in life. Her websites are listed in the show links below.
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“I feel a connection. Not only with that person, but with Life in general. THIS is part of Ordinary Magick for me. When I'm paying attention in this way, everything becomes enlivened and my life becomes more magick-full.”
~Angel Sullivan
“That - truly - the only way this world is going to change (including all the things we are seeing and don't like seeing) is if each of us is brave enough to step into our full beingness and our Truth. That includes how we're interacting with each other (and not just human others).”
~Angel Sullivan
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Today’s episode is all about true kinship with animals stories. That’s a story about how you coexist with animals so that you’re no longer the “owner” and they’re no longer the “pet”. In other words, moving from power-over to relationship-with animals. There’s one story about a cat and another about a horse.
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““That coat - and I still have it and wear it - is laden with memories from when horse Shiloh and I came together in 1998. It has 18 years of Shiloh chewing on it, pulling on it, slobbering on it, spitting unwanted medicine on it, dribbling water on it and rubbing up against it. And the smell, it still carries his smell, as faint as it’s becoming.”
“This podcast is devoted to helping you show up in the world for animals from the fullness of your authentic self. encouraging you to look at your relationship with animals differently so that a new place of understanding begins to open for you.” Host Janet Roper
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On this episode animist shamanic practitioner Deb Fate Mental joins us in taking about the effects climate change has on local ecosystems and animals.
Hear other episodes with Deb talking about seasonal change and the ecosystem: #71, #65 and #56
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“Up here in the Northeast we’ve had beavers come back, and I’ve been to several places where beavers have been at work for 5-6 years, and have created this liminal space and it’s no longer just a pond, but the beavers have created space for not only animals to return, but liminal beings to come back.” Guest Deb Fate Mental
“She’s very fancy, her name is Fancy……she grew these long elaborate fins, she’s very interactive with me. It’s interesting to watch how she interacts with humans.” Guest Deb Fate Mental
“This podcast is devoted to helping you show up in the world for animals from the fullness of your authentic self. encouraging you to look at your relationship with animals differently so that a new place of understanding begins to open for you.” Host Janet Roper
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and on this podcast you hear stories, conversations and suggestions on how you can radically recreate your relationship with animals by freeing yourself from the inherited, colonized beliefs and assumptions we’ve all been socialized into.
In this episode you’ll learn ways you can be more interconnected with animals through true kinship that are pretty straightforward to implement in your everyday life.
I’m putting a call out for stories from listeners! Stories help us make sense of the world in a way that is memorable, understandable and relatable. We need them. What’s one of your true kinship stories you’d like to share? I’d love to hear it. Click the link below to submit it.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
In this episode I’m sharing my story about the 30+ years body of work I created with now deceased animal helpers dog Teddy, horse Shiloh and cat Raven. It was definitely created as a labor of love. It still is and yet it has changed now that I am doing it solo. Here’s my story of what that’s like for me.
I’m putting a call out for stories from listeners! Stories help us make sense of the world in a way that is memorable, understandable and relatable. We need them. What’s one of your true kinship stories you’d like to share? I’d love to hear it. Click the link below to submit it.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
I’m putting a call out for stories from listeners! Stories help us make sense of the world in a way that is memorable, understandable and relatable. We need them. What’s one of your true kinship stories you’d like to share? I’d love to hear it. Click the link below to submit it.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
I would LOVE to hear your true kinship with animals stories. What’s one of your stories you’d like to share? Click the link below to submit it.
On this episode we’re joined by guest Deb Fate-Mental. Deb, a returning guest, is an animist, shamanic practitioner, herbalist and wise woman. Listen in and hear a sweet chicken story and how the change of season affects the animals in your neighborhood and your ecosystem.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
Content warning: This episode talks about death, dying & grief over cat family member Raven.
Disclaimer: Each of us experiences grief differently. What I am sharing in this episode is my personal experiences and the understandings that have come to me with the death of cat Raven. It is not meant to advise or counsel you. I am simply sharing my story with you.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
It’s that time of the year again - time to talk about animal safety over the 4th of July. In this episode you’ll hear some really good news about how alternatives to traditional firework displays are being explored. You’ll also hear how traditional fireworks affect domesticated animals, animals in the wild and farm animals, plus what you can do to help them.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
You know those times when you’re feeling so overwhelmed with life that true kinship ends up taking a back seat, even though that’s not your intention? Happens to all of us. Last time that happened to me I discovered it’s OK for true kinship to be ‘good enough’. Here’s my story.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
Today we’re delving into some language complications that exist in celebrating human-centric holidays, such as the upcoming ones celebrating parents.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
With over 20 years specializing in Dog and baby/toddler safety and dynamics, our guest today is Jennifer Shryock. She has a duo degree in Special Education with many years experience prior to change in career. Jen is the founder of Family Paws Parent education with educators supporting families.
In this episode Jen shares her experiences with true kinship as she works with dogs, toddlers and parents.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
On today’s episode we’re joined by guest Deb Fate-Mental. Deb is an animist, shamanic practitioner, herbalist and wise woman, blending both Irish and British traditions in her work to help and educate people. She is an avid gardener, nature lover, mother, and keeper of many animals.
In this episode Deb shares her experiences in true kinship as she greets non-human neighbors with the return of spring and how she introduced her young daughters to the local wildlife.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
In this episode I share how you can navigate true kinship during the season change.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
Guest Kelley Harrell is an animist, author, and deathwalker living on Sissipihaw and Tuscarora land in North Carolina. She writes The Weekly Rune and host the podcast What in the Wyrd.
In this episode Kelley and I chat about why people sometimes say they relate better to animals than other people.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
Guest Bowie aka Rainbow joins me in starting off this celebratory second season of the True Kinship With Animals podcast. Rainbow is a gender doula and neurodivergent support coach with a background in art, education, activism and mental health.
In this episode Rainbow and I chat about what true kinship with animals means to them and how their expression is are deeply shaped by their platonic nesting partner Rufus (who is a cat).
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
Today’s episode covers bolting dogs and true kinship. I also announce True Kinship With Animals one year birthday and what you can look forward to in celebration!
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today’s In Short tip guides you in leaving the wash, rinse, repeat cycle and reaching towards true kinship.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
How do you make the move to true kinship with animals when you don’t know where or how to start and you have concerns about the effect it will have with the animals in your life. If that sounds like you, this episode is for you.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
What happens when society expects you to treat animals as animals but you know in your heart of heart they are kin? That’s the question we’re addressing on today’s episode. You’ll also hear about the free workshop I’m offering, Kindred, a way to be in true kinship with animals.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
Owl is sharing some words of wisdom with you on today’s episode.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
Returning to chat with us is Deb Fate-Mental, who you first heard on episode #44. Deb is an animist shamanic practitioner, herbalist and wise woman, blending both Irish and British traditions in her work to help and educate people. She is an avid gardener, nature lover, mother, and keeper of many animals.
In this episode Deb and I address a sensitive topic: that of the impact of the Enlightenment Period, New Age and entitlement practices on true kinship with animals.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
This episode tells you about Kindred, a new subscription based service soon launching. Through monthly written offerings and live webinar sessions Kindred guides you as you unhook from ineffective patterns so you are living in true kinship with animals.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
On today’s episode we’re joined by guest Kelley Harrell. Kelley is an animist, author, and deathwalker living on Sissipihaw and Tuscarora land in North Carolina. She writes The Weekly Rune and hosts the podcast What in the Wyrd.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
On this episode I share a true story about dogs chasing kittens and how I learned to be a compassionate witness for myself.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
Here is another holiday topic for you from a true kinship perspective - that of gifting pets. Using a sentient being as a gift is not as adorable as we are led to believe.
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Episode #50 The Language We Use With Animals Guest Tracie Nichols
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how you can begin to dismantle your connection with colonized influences so that you can deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
The topic today is a dear yet challenging one - that of grieving the death of an animal family member during the holidays. If you have experienced this, you know what a challenge it is. You’re not alone when it comes to feeling that challenge.
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Welcome to True Kinship with Animals where we believe we all do better when ALL creatures do better. I’m your host Janet Roper and each week you’ll hear stories and suggestions on how to deepen your relationship with animals, moving you from ownership to true kinship, one animal at a time.
Our guest today is Tracie Nichols, a Transformative Language Artist helping women write themselves home. In this episode Tracie speaks about the importance of using respectful words, creating a healthy relationship with the animals.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
This episode’s topic is the necessity of pausing before moving forward in relationship, which adds ‘pawsibility’ to the pause.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
In today’s episode you’ll hear about the three facets of a relationship: you, the animal and the relationship itself.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
When you and your dog go for a walk, do you have the same experience? In this episode you’ll hear how animals own their experiences which don’t need to be validated through the human lens.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
You are going to love hearing from guest Tracy Liberty on this episode. Tracy is a shamanic practitioner/healer and psychic medium. Her healing practice focuses on allowing people to REBIRTH themselves by facilitating their transformation through intuitive guidance/channeling, soul tending, and ceremonial work. She also works with tarot and oracle cards to provide clarity for her clients when they are seeking answers and are doubting themselves.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
This episode covers the importance of building, nurturing and tending true kinship through new perspectives inspired by participating in real conversations that hold space for change and transformation.
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Book: Divergent Mind: Thriving In A World That Wasn’t Designed For You by Jenara Nerenberg
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today I’m delighted to have Deb Fate-Mental with us as a guest. Deb is an animist shamanic practitioner, herbalist and wise woman, blending both Irish and British traditions in her work to help and educate people. She is an avid gardener, nature lover, mother, and keeper of many animals.
Deb and I are going to delve into what she considers to be true kinship with animals and how she practices that with the animals in her own life.
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Book Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Announcing! A new feature that I think you’ll find valuable and inspiring: Guest Talk - conversations with guests about how they experience true kinship with animals. These conversations are deep and real, giving you a bird’s eye view on how they experience and practice true kinship with animals in their daily lives.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Making change isn’t just checking things off a list. It’s most effective when exterior changes are the result of interior changes that create in-depth transformation, going beyond knowledge and becoming a felt body sense of the animal’s agency.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today’s episode covers a misconstrued belief - that true kinship can look like a glamour shot. In reality it’s made up of real life and our daily muddled engagements with each other.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
In today’s episode we talk about including an animal's agency when you are getting ready to move.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
In today’s episode we talk about what might seem like an oxymoron - resistance as a form of true kinship with animals.
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Today’s episode is about the good intentions we have for animals. But what if a good intention is not enough?
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
This is a special episode of True Kinship With Animals because I am excited to share with you something special I helped create a while back: The Guardian Gateway Spirit Animal Telesummit. I hope you will be able to join this special tele summit with the free 2 day all access pass.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today’s topic - what would it be like to call a cloud a pet???
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today’s episode is accepting our own agency as we grieve for our animal pals.
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Book: The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise by Martin Prechtel
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In today’s episode we cover how your animal pals may already be using their agency at home - that's a good thing!
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today’s episode is about Infantilizing animals and how it appears benign but actually delegate animals to 2nd class citizens status.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today’s episode is about the difficulties of bridging the gap of being a person willing to stand with animals in a world that denies animals their agency and some suggestions how how to do so.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today’s tidbit topic is coexisting with animals we fear.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
How many times have you missed seeing animals that are right in front of you? That’s the topic today, in particular about me not seeing a beetle in my sink.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today's tidbit is finding clarity about your inner narrative about animals.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today's tidbit is about bringing new animal family members into your household in an animistic, true kinship way.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today’s tidbit is tips and suggestions to help keep your animal pal safe over the 4th of July holiday,
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In today's tidbit, you get to witness a dog sitting in their agency.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today's tidbit is about animals tell you their name.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today's tidbit is about our relationship with lightening bugs.
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Book: The Voice of the Infinite in the Small: Re-Visioning the Insect-Human Connection by Joanne Lauck
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Today's tidbit is about living with aging animals.
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This episode of True Kinship with animals is a twofer - covering two distinct topics. The first is how being an animist helped me integrate true kinship into my animal communication practice and the second is some tips and suggestions on what to look for in a reputable animal communicator.
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Embodied soul tending through nature
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Today's tidbit is about when you and your dog are taking a walk and enjoying a seamless connection.
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Today's tidbit is about a horse, agency and anthropomorphism
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Leave a comment and let me know how you like this.
Today's tidbit is about the language you use with animals.
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Before we get started today, I have an announcement - I’ve created a companion podcast to this one! It’s True Kinship with Animals: In Short, a mini podcast that gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship in 3 minutes or less. It’s available on most podcast platforms and I encourage you to give it a listen! It comes out a couple of times a week, so be sure to give it a like so you’ll know when a new one is available.
In today's episode we’re talking about ethics, consent and permission when we’re connecting with animals. This is a complex conversation, yet a necessary one. Why? Because our colonized society supports the hierarchal structure of humans having dominion over animals.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Leave a comment and let me know how you like this.
Today's tidbit is about observing animals.
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Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Leave a comment and let me know how you like this.
You'll hear how true kinship is not the same as Dr. Doolittle and get 2 ways you can move towards true kinship right now.
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This episode of True Kinship With Animals brings you a bit of a change from previous episodes. In this episode we’re focusing on our senior animal pals and what life is like as we age together and the grief that can set in because they’re aging.
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On this episode of True Kinship With Animals podcast, we are talking about the connection you have with your beyond-human neighbors: the animals in your local ecosystem. I don’t know about you, but when I consider we have a shared, daily, physical reality with the animals it sure makes it easier to be in true kinship with them, instead of claiming power-over.
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Do you ever get stuck in knowing how to be with animals?
I mean how do you be with an animal without your mind jumping to the ‘shoulds’, the ’what ifs’ and the comparisons to other people and the lives they have with their animals?
Another way to put it is how to simply be with animals MINUS the perfectionistic lens we humans are so good at using? That’s what we’re diving into on today’s episode.
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In today’s episode we going to go deeper into the topic of love, human entitlement and animals using the egocentric lens. We’re also talking about the Bandwagon Fallacy. Follow along, because I believe you too will see a connection between entitlement, the egocentric lens, the Bandwagon Fallacy and how they manipulate our relationship with animals and our love for them.
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Today we’re focusing on domesticated animals - our animal family. How do you show up for your animal family? Ha, I bet you're saying right now, "Janet that's a no-brainer! I know how I show up for my animal family!”
True, you do, and yet there are so. many. different. ways. to show up for them.
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In today’s episode I’m going to share with you a story my guides told me I was to share with all. It’s the story about how eons ago we were in true kinship with animals, how that was lost and how it is returning.
But first, some background on true kinship, animism and the lens I use as I talk about this.
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What’s true for you when it comes to the animals in your life?
The reason I ask this is because we are influenced by so many outside sources that it can be easy to unconsciously abandon your own truth and agency for someone else’s.
That surrender sneaks up slowly, it is often subtle and insidious. You think you’re living your truth and the next thing you know it has taken a back seat in a discussion you participated in online. How the heck did that happen???
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It's not going to be a big surprise to you, but we humans are awfully good at being human. Some of our best qualities shine forth when we are using our creativity, our integrity, our compassion, or intelligence or our wit, just to name a few. These qualities can definitely aide us on our journey to being in true kinship with animals.
But then, on the other hand, we have other qualities that pop up and stand in the way of our being in true kinship with animals. Today one of those qualities we’re going to deep dive into is entitlement.
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Thanks for your patience with the sound - I didn’t realize I had placed the mic incorrectly.
Today’s episode is a tad different than the previous ones, as it’s coming from a more personal and practical spin. I want to take the time to introduce myself and to share with you in far more detail how I show up and support true kinship with animals to the world at large. Also covered is how being in true kinship with animals is moving from an egocentric to ecocentric state of being.
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In this episode we’re tackling the common, everyday language we use when we are referring to our domesticated animals and the relationship we have with them. Common words we use like ‘pet’, ‘owner’, ‘fur-kid’, ‘dog mom’ are outdated, inadequate and unsatisfactory. These words create a hierarchy - one of humans having power over animals. This is the antithesis of true kinship and animism as it doesn’t permit or even encourage equality between the species.
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In this week’s episode of True Kinship With Animals we’re covering what it’s like when you have a certain dream or goal about your relationship with animals and reality falls short of that dream - because it happens to all of us.
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On this episode of True Kinship With Animals we’re taking a deep dive into animism by examining the lenses we use in our relationship with animals and human responsibility in animism. If you liked what you hear, you can support this podcast by making a financial contribution, giving the show a like and a follow and/or sharing with your friends and family. To make a financial contribution visit my website at janetroper.com where you will also be able to discover more about true kinship with animals. If you’d like to hang out on social media can find me on Twitter and Instagram at janetroper.
5 steps on how to move away from the conventional view of relationship with pets - that of ownership and power over - to true kinship.
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Hi there, my name is Janet Roper and I’m the person you come to when you’re ready to have a deeper relationship with animals.
In the True Kinship With Animals podcast I’m going to be sharing inspirational stories and suggestions to help get you started NOW on that path.
So follow the show and join me each week as we delve into helping you deepen your relationship to true kinship with animals.