Learn about the spiritual bond between humans and their pets and how it continues after physical death.

My guest Miki Jacobs is an internationally acclaimed medium, speaker, and author who shares Wisdom and teachings from the spirit world with audiences worldwide. Her lifelong Love of animals led her, along with her husband Clayton, to create a sanctuary for rescued animals on their ranch in Southern California. In her book Sacred Wild: The Spiritual World of Animals, Including Pets, and its Interconnectedness with Ours – she explores the spiritual nature of animals and the sacred bond they share with humans, which we discuss in this episode. Learn more at her website:

mikijacobs.com

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This episode includes:

• How Miki developed her connection with animals and with the spiritual realm
• We can all teach ourselves to communicate with “the other side” if we choose to and do the necessary spiritual work
• How mediumship helps with the fear of death
• Animals are capable of unconditional love because they don’t have an ego
• For humans our true selves can be obscured by the energy of the ego
• Animals can detect our wellbeing and recognize when someone is Dying
• The pets we have are meant to be with us if we are open to that – we have “soul contracts” with them
• Why Miki believes that our animal companions have a spiritual existence after death and continue to accompany us
• Signs that our departed animal companions might send to us in everyday life or dreams
• Spiritual Growth is hard but the benefits are beautiful – we grow through challenges
• How connecting with a pet could be the pathway to spiritual growth, including teaching us about impermanence

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