Not a Party Animal! Simba’s Story told in Testimonial from her Owner

Sometimes the best way to understand the impact of an animal communication session is to hear it directly from the animal’s person. Here’s what Simba’s human had to say after our in-person session in Cornwall:

“Simba joined us as a foster cat whilst her owners decided on her next home as she had disappeared nearly 8 years previously and then turned up 30 miles away from her home. We fell in love with her during our foster period even though we weren’t quite planning on having a cat at this stage whilst managing a young baby and busy lives.

We were keen to work with Kathryn as we had a lot of unanswered questions about Simba. She was very very nervous and rarely spent time in the same room as us and would run skittishly away if we tried to walk past her. Any visitors to the house refused to even believe that we had a cat as she was so rarely seen, often hiding behind furniture if a guest arrived.

The in-person session with Kathryn was amazing. I’ll admit a part of me was pretty sceptical about animal communication and how much difference it would really make to her but I can genuinely say I’m amazed.

Throughout the session Kathryn had her eyes closed and was not looking at Simba or aware of her movements around the room. I was watching them both closely and took photos of Simba at certain points to stop myself from squealing ‘did you see that?!’ And breaking the session flow, because it was so very clear that the correlation between the words Kathryn was speaking and Simba’s physical actions were so aligned. It was unusual enough for Simba to stay in the room that long with a visitor but what happened next was amazing:

Much of the focus of our session was to see what we could do to support Simba in becoming more settled and confident in her new home and how we could help her.

We started with her raising her complaint about the disruption to the house over the last few days. We had decorated the house with party decorations for our baby’s first birthday and had lots of visitors. Kathryn calmly explained to her that this was not the norm but warned her that it would happen a few times a year. (I’m less worried about the Christmas tree now!) Simba spent this time looking pointedly at the decorations on the wall. And didn’t have an impressed expression on!

We asked about her health and how her back was… At this point she performed a bendy manoeuvre with her back legs that would make any yogi proud. I was watching closely as Kathryn (still eyes closed!) said at that exact moment ‘I’m still very bendy, but I would like some salmon oil added to my diet’.
Next we discussed her discomfort with her digestion and Simba moved to look pointedly at her stomach and anal glands where the multiple vet visits had been for. Again, the timing was precisely as Kathryn was speaking to this and translating Simbas own dietary suggestions and ideas to discuss with our vet.

We moved onto discussing the home environment and her requests around this. They were clear, specific and surprisingly helpful. We reiterated several times that we wanted to ensure that she was happy in the home and she made suggestions about what would help her confidence and trust in us. She described members of the family and her relationship with them. We confirmed that she would always have space to retreat when she needed.

The session gave us so much insight into Simbas perspective and needs and I feel we are a better family for her because of it and better able to meet her needs.

I did however interrupt the session with my giggles when Kathryn asked ‘is there anything else you want to ask Simba?’ And I said ‘oh, claws!’ (I wanted to ask her permission to trim her claws at home rather than vet visits as she had been catching one particular front claw in the carpet) At which exact point Simba stretched out her paw and released her claws whilst staring at me as Kathryn responded from Simba ‘yes… claws, I have them!’ Fortunately I managed to get a photo of that moment through my giggles and trying to clarify my question!

The reading was scattered with these astonishingly detailed and beautiful moments of true connection.

Later that day we walked past her on the stairs for the first time without her rushing away, and every visitor to the house since has announced in surprise ‘oh you really do have a cat!’ as they get to meet her now that she stays relaxed in the lounge with them. She even voluntarily moved closer to our baby on one occasion (previously she wouldn’t stay in the room at all if he entered!) and let him stroke her. Simba is clearly more comfortable, understood, settled and content since the reading and even our sceptical visitors can’t help but agree something changed in Simba since Kathryn’s session. This cat is very happy to have had her voice heard!”

If Simba’s story resonates with you and you’d like to give your own animal the chance to be truly heard, you can book a communication session with me here.