In this episode, I explore a concept that more and more pet parents and animal caregivers are beginning to recognize within their relationships with animals: mirroring.
What can it look like when our animals reflect something back to us through their behaviour, emotions, reactivity, or even their physical experiences?
Our animals live in energetic relationship with us. When we look at animals through the lens of their instinctual nature, such as a pack of wolves or a colony of cats, we can begin to understand just how deeply connected animals are to the energy of those around them.
Within our homes, we become part of that family system. We share space, routines, emotions, experiences, and energy.
And sometimes, our animals can become powerful mirrors for us.If your animal is experiencing a behavioural challenge, illness, anxiety, aggression, reactivity, or something else that feels difficult, there can be an opportunity to become curious about whether mirroring may be part of the bigger picture.
This does not mean that every behaviour, illness, or experience is a mirror. But sometimes, our animals can bring our awareness to something within ourselves that may also be asking for attention.
Mirroring can invite us to become curious about the energetic relationship we share with our animals and to explore whether there may be something happening within us that is connected to what we are witnessing in them.
In this episode, I share personal examples from my relationship with my beautiful soul friend, Cheech, and how his behaviours have helped me recognize things within myself that needed greater awareness.
Rather than simply looking at those behaviours as something that needed to be fixed, I began asking what I could work with within myself that might also help support him.
Through that process, Cheech’s behaviours became an opportunity for me to recognize what needed my attention.
As I began supporting and working with those parts of myself, those shifts also created an opportunity to support him.
We’ll also explore how to look beyond what is happening on the surface and begin noticing the layers underneath a behaviour or experience.
Instead of immediately asking, “How do I stop this behaviour?” we can begin asking deeper questions about what may be happening within our animal, within ourselves, and within the relationship we share.
𝐁𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮:
- recognize when mirroring may be something worth exploring within the relationship you share with your animal;
- shift away from feeling that you must carry responsibility for everything your animal is experiencing and instead begin approaching it with curiosity, awareness, and personal responsibility for what is yours;
- look beneath the surface of a behaviour or experience to explore the deeper layers;- become more aware of your own emotional and energetic state;identify what may be yours to work with while still honouring your animal’s own individual experience; and
- understand how supporting yourself can sometimes create positive shifts within the relationship you share with your animal.
When an animal shares something with us through mirroring, it can become an opportunity to become more aware.
Aware of ourselves, of our animal, and of the relationship we share.
This episode is about learning to notice what our animals may be showing us, looking beyond the surface, and allowing that awareness to become an opportunity for growth, understanding, and a deeper connection with one another.
Thank you for joining me on this journey!
With blessings,
Marybeth
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