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Holistic Healing: Herbs, Chakras & The Cat Connection · Back In The Closet - Two Crazy Cat Ladies

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I'm Jay, I'm Adrian, and together we are the 2 crazy cat
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ladies I'm gonna cut. You.
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I think I just peed. Buckle up.
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We're back in the closet. Welcome to another episode of
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Back in the Closet with the 2 Crazy Cat ladies.
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We are. We are having too much fun
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backstage right now, so we are very excited because many of you
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guys know we just partnered with Laura Lee Medley of moon mojo
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feline Hey girl, which who is here with us tonight to to
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discuss more than what we just did.
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But this weekend we launched the most groundbreaking amazing
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herbal playground for cats, the Phelan Essential Gardens by Moon
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Mojo, which is a all organic herbal garden as we call it for
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your. Keys, dried herbs, dried herbs I
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have. To give a shout out to the
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beautiful Julian Hart who originally pioneered this that
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we all fell in love with and then she was no longer able to
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offer them over from the UK. So years went by with us all in
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this desert of what do we do right?
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And there was a light bulb went on.
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If you guys missed the lunch video, go back, go back and
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watch it because it was just incredible Kismet with Laura Lee
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and what you do 'cause you had sent us a gift and it just made
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a light bulb go off for for Jay and then we.
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For all of us, I was just, I was given the torch and I and I, I,
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I grabbed it and we all said and I said, hey, are you on board?
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And we all said yes, let's. Do this.
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Let's do it. So it's a, it was, it's a
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beautiful partnership. We're very excited about that.
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If you guys haven't gotten your cats the an herb garden yet, go
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over to the website moonmojofeline.com or to
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crazycatladies.com and get your herb garden now for your
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kitties, 'cause you're going to just see that.
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You're going to see them light up in a, in a totally different
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way. However, tonight we are very
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excited to give you more information and get more
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information about Laura Lee Medley herself and what she
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does, all of the woo woo that she does and, and how she's
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changing the world with energy and, and specifically the cat
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world. So thank you so much for joining
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us. Laura Lee, Thank you for.
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Having me yay get to tell everybody about the woo woo.
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Right. Well, let's go back a little bit
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because we've known you now for are we gonna have five years?
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So to 2019 I became AVIP member. Wow.
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So we've met you. Oh, wow.
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And our special guest who? Who's our our surprise.
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Surprise. Yeah, same here.
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Wow. Oh, I love, I love it so much
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now. When we met you, you are an
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incredible human on so many levels.
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You were doing cat clinics, you do TNR, you do an amazing amount
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of work in the cat community already.
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You have a number of cats that you have rescued. 1818.
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And black. And you are a high school
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English teacher. High school English teacher,
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Yes. Yes.
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Wow, I don't know how you find the energy.
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Hey girls. It's OK.
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I don't know how you find the energy after a day with high
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schoolers to do all that you do for the cat community.
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And I feel like, well, let's talk about what I first remember
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because you really you're one of those people that that listens
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to your intuition, you follow your purpose, you let your,
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your, your, you have endless energy for what you're
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passionate about. And I really admire that.
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You are also one of my first things that I remember being so
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impressed about with you is that you're incredible wordsmith and
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I you're a high school English teacher.
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Which helps. With hand in hand, yeah.
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Right, but it's still very impressive to like read
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something these days that you that captivates you.
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So one of my most memorable memories of you was when you
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started the feline, the dedicated feline enthusiast.
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Yes, that's how it all started. What year was that?
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That was three years ago. Wow, wow.
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Yeah. OK, so tell share with us.
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Tell us how this like whole journey got started.
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Tell us. Tell us your journey.
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Yes. Oh my goodness.
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You know, it's crazy how it all came about.
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So it actually started four years ago when Monty, one of my
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cats who at age 4 was diagnosed with CKD and I was like how?
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How is this even possible? At the same time, Emmett was
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dealing with some health issues. So because I am an English
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teacher and research comes second nature for me, I started
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researching holistic approaches to help them both.
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I have a really good friend who does Reiki on humans and so she
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had been coming over and doing Reiki on Monty and I was seeing
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such a huge improvement in and I was like OK instead of waiting
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for her to come and do it, why don't I study and get certified?
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So that was my first one. So I had that and then didn't
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really like think I could do anything with that.
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So my sister was in college for web design and she was like,
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I'll make you a website, do you want to do it on the Reiki?
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And I was like, no, I really can't.
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I don't, I don't see how that's going to be like anything I can
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do, but I can write. So she created the dedicated
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feline enthusiast website for me.
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So I started blogging. So that went on for a Goodyear a
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year and a half. But then that that call to the
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woo woo kept pulling me. And it started with Julianne
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Hart. I was following her, attending
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her lives and everything. Started learning about cat
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chakras. And it's so weird because
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everything that I've learned about the woo woo I have always
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done on myself, just never thought to do it on my cats.
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So I learned about cat chakras and what happens when there's
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energy blockages or stuck energy and how that can present itself
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in health and behavior issues. Then that led me to researching
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more what can I do to help these cats, mainly my cats with, you
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know, block chakras. So then I went to herbalism
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using herbs, became certified in herbalism for animals.
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Then I discovered you can use crystals with your cats, became
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certified in crystal energy for animals, and then finally topped
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it off about oh a year and a half ago.
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I started a holistic cat practitioner animal communicator
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course. It was a very intense 7 month
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course and finish that. And so now I'm a holistic cat
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practitioner, animal communicator.
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I work with cats, I connect with them on their unique vibrational
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frequency on a soul level and I can help clear blockages, past
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trauma, any messages that they may have for their guardians.
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What's their purpose? Just Yeah.
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And I get to use all of my woo woo, my herbs and my crystals
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and my Reiki and my chakras, all of that with them.
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So that's awesome. So let's so tell me this.
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You said you've always done this with your with yourself too.
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How long when were you as a as a human prior to your cat?
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When were you introduced? Or do you even remember the
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moment where you were like, I need to start using crystals, or
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I need crystals in my house, or I need herbs or anything like
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that for you personally? Well, so I was born and raised
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in Massachusetts, not far from Salem.
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So the the woo woo has always been a part of my life, actively
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doing like crystals and like tarot cards and all of that.
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I was probably 1920. Wow.
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Yeah. And I mean, I've always had
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crystals in my house. I always wear crystals.
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I mean, I drink herbal tea, you know, I used the central oils.
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Never thought, and I should have because you know, they always
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say, you know, witches always have their cat familiars.
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I should have realized that there was a connection between
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the two, but never, never did make that connection.
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Even after with so many kitties have found you.
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And black ones at that too, so you know.
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The 18 are are are black. I love that so much.
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I think it's fascinating because I I still, I will still say that
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I feel like we're a little new to woo for for our cats.
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And yet so much of we've been put into situations where it has
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really been extraordinary. Pam Russell was our. 1st and
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what's introduction? Yeah.
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And what's funny is that we met Pam Russell in 2019 too.
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This is nuts. So in 19 was our like
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introduction to the same, same like we weren't like necessarily
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crystals and and all the, you know, all the typical we're from
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Tennessee, but but they don't do that there.
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Very much here in North Carolina, either.
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Not the Bible, but but but we were very much into we we would
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call it our hoodly Dooley is what we would call it rightly
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and we actually physically no like no joking, we we saw art
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like we would heal each other and certain ailments that we
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would have we. Literally by using our hoodly
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by. Using what we would call our
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hoodly dooly, but it was literally by using energy.
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We knew what it was. We'd read all the books.
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We were, you know, like we were totally into that.
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We understood that on a human level.
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And it wasn't until meeting Pam Roussel from Perfectly Holistic
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that we were like when she said I do this for cats.
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And we were like. That's not a thing.
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That's that's weird, but I I mean like it works for us, so.
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Why would we I? Don't know why.
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Pam actually helped me with Monty, like she was working with
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Monty and I actually learned how to do muscle testing.
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I can do muscle testing. I've learned how to do muscle
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testing through Pam. So yeah.
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But it's interesting that all of like 2019, what was going on?
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It was pre pandemic. It was right pre pandemic.
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Right. Yeah, it.
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Was the calm before the storm? It was the.
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It was the. Apparently, all of us
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enlightened ones needed to. Right, right.
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We got through the the pandemic, right.
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But all together, All together, yeah.
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Yeah, I, I, I love that we, our special guest is about to pop in
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right here. We also met in 2019 and I feel
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like, you know, it's very, it's been, it's been like the over
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the top thing that we've been excited about for so long to
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launch these herb gardens with you.
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So excited about each one being hand packed by your beautiful
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self. And we're already starting to
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get our, you know, people sending us DMS with their babies
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and their. But I really did want to expose
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people to just how much you you do and how much will you do.
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'Cause you're more than just an herbalist, that's.
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More than just an herbalist. Yeah, yeah.
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And it's, and it's really exciting, I think for people
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that are are willing to look into it for people.
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You know, we've been in natural health for cats for a long time.
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And I feel like, oh, natural supplements for cats, people
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find us at the end of their proverbial rope.
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You know, they find us, you know, when they're really
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desperate. And I would love to introduce
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the, the possibility of, of this world that we're very excited to
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be a part of to people before it becomes, you know, the end of.
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It and and that's the thing, you know, a lot of times because
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every cat has a purpose in our life and there's different
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purposes. You know, we have the teachers
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like Annie is a teacher. There she is, she's the teacher.
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We have the protector cats like Zazzles is my protector, Friday
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is Jay's protector. You know, we have the joy
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bringers whose sole purpose in our life is just to bring us
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joy. And what's crazy is it was 8
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months after Monty passed and I was feeling so much guilt
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because of it that I did a TNR trap neuter return at my school.
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And it was a mom and an older and older child, I guess, And
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then two little kittens. And I was just going to foster
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the kittens until they were ready to be adopted.
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And a black one and a Gray one and the black 1 Lily.
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Every now and then I would like out of the corner of my eye, I
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would see Monty. Like I would like, you know, I
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called her Monty a couple of times and so we landed up
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keeping both of them. And Lily, I found out later on,
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Monty sent Lily. She's my joy bringer.
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Monty sent her because I needed joy back in my heart.
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So, you know, they're, they all have purposes and a lot of times
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once you find out what their purpose is, then things start
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chilling out. Yes, they start making sense.
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Yes, yes, everything that they do, especially if you have a
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meerkat. If you have a meerkat, yeah, pay
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attention to what they're doing and where they're doing it,
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because they're trying to get you to look at yourself.
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Oh, a mirror cat? Yeah.
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Oh, what did you think? She's Americat.
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And I was like, I don't know what kind of cat that is.
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OK, I want to I without without brothers.
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I thought we were going to start with we're almost 15 minutes in
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and we have a very special guest because this is something that
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you guys already know and love. We just had a podcast with her
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recently. It's important though, I think
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for people to understand like a real, a real life experience
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working with you and what it's like and how it works.
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And so, without further ado, we would like to welcome back to
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the stage the one and only Erin Lighting found her.
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Bestie. Great Foster.
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Mom to a particularly special cat right now.
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Businesswoman extraordinary. Our businesswoman.
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Thank you. Through.
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What's that? And a cat lover through and
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through, yes. Thank you.
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How are you? Doing amazing.
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I am so excited to be here with you guys.
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This is so much fun. We're excited to hear this story
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because we, we actually haven't heard the whole story yet.
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So we, we've heard bits and pieces, but we're very excited
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to hear this, this story. First of all, we had a question
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today to each other and neither one of us knew the answer.
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So could you tell us how the two of you met?
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Yes. Yes.
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So first of all, I just want to say I've I've known the name
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Laura Lee since 2019 when we both became VIPs and she's very
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active in the group and would be part of the Friday night calls
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and all that. So I've known the name Laura Lee
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and she's like this, you know, this famous person out there.
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And then I'm, I make, I make a last second decision to fly to
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Cat Con in 2023 as a Mission Meow grant recipient, right?
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That's right. And that's where I meet Laura
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Lee. Oh wow, we were there for that,
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yes. Yep.
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You're yes. You're at the celebration
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dinner, yes? Yep, it was that Friday.
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That Friday night, Yeah, Yep. And it was like 2 lost souls
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finding each other, yeah. And it has been.
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It has been such an honor to watch Laura Lee's business just
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grow the way it has. And I get emotional thinking
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about it. I mean, I've been crying for her
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when the herb gardens show up, when the launch happened, I'm
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like tears and chills and all that.
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So it has been so much fun watching her journey.
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And so I first learned about what she does in 2023 at Cat Con
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and then Fast forward to Cat Con 2024 and she's has her
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communication license and all that.
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And so I quickly connected with her and got a communication
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package for our resident kitties.
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And that's when we started working together was right after
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the cat colon of 2024 last year. And so she started working with
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my resident kitties and I have my, my 4th Kitty to join was
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Elsa and she was at a colony. She was one of our TNR kitties,
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but just had the sweetest, sweetest demeanor.
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We ended up keeping her and she kind of, as Laura Lee said, she
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kind of rocked the boat. She rocked the boat because we
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had three other kitties who are getting along really well.
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And Elsa rocked the boat and she was hiding under a bed and
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didn't have a ton of confidence and was being bullied by one of
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our kitties. And so Laura Lee worked with all
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of them, learned about all of them and what their purpose is
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and like why they're here and why they're behaving the way
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they're behaving and did a lot of shifting, energy shifting and
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like the chakra cleansing and the blockages and all that.
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And Elsa became a totally different cat like within a week
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or two because she worked with her for maybe 3 or 4 sessions.
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And Elsa became a totally different cat.
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And she has so much more confidence.
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She doesn't spend as much time under the bed.
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She's out in genpop with the rest of the kitties.
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And she like holds her own. Like she has her own confidence
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and puts up her own little force shield.
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So the other kitties leave her alone.
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And I mean, we still have some chasing and all that going on,
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but she's just a a lot more confident than she was.
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So I remember. I remember telling Elsa that she
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needed to find her roar. I, I, I gave her the image of
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like The Lion King when he's trying to learn his roar.
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I gave her that image and I told her also, like you had said, to
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put a little, to put a little bubble around her, that she
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could keep them away. And she did.
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They're they, they're all getting well now.
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They're. Those four are.
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In genpop as you say. Yeah, we're doing better.
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We're there's still work to do. So Laura Lee actually has a a
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monthly membership program. So I'm joining her monthly
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membership program so we can work, she can work with them on
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a monthly basis. So yeah, it's.
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Because I, I want, I want, I want the more connection and
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like, I want to know, I want to know what messages do they have
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for me? What, what can I do?
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How can I improve? And sometimes, sometimes they
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give you messages that you don't want to hear, but the whole
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mirror, like if the grace is my mirror.
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And so she's, she's being a bit of a stinker.
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She won't, she won't totally open up to Laura Lee.
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And she's my mirror. And that's a direct reflection
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of me because I'm, I'm not one to open up to people.
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So yeah. Get.
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It get it? Totally, totally.
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All right. So tell me more, tell me more.
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There's there's more because there's there's a special.
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It was a special soul. And I want to I want to hear the
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the whole story. Well, Poppy, yeah, we.
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Poppy was trapped at one of our trapping locations and went to
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the clinic to get fixed and was we were told he was too sick to
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get fixed. He was too weak.
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He had mycoplasma anemia, lots of things.
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There he is. Yeah.
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So Poppy had to get better. And I worked with, I worked with
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Doctor Katie's because I'm in Doctor Kitty Woodley's program.
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So worked with her and Laura Lee.
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And from Doctor Katie learned to feed him Turkey because Turkey
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feeds helps heal anemia. So he's been on raw Turkey and
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freeze dried Turkey and all that.
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And Laura Lee suggested the the beef hearts and all that and
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then some color therapy. She said he needs turquoise.
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So you'll see him laying on a turquoise blanket and of course
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recently gave him some herbs. So he got, he got better.
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He was finally, he went back to the vet to get fixed.
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They did a whole panel of blood work and found out everything
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was fine. His mycoplasma was healing, his
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anemia was gone. His values were great.
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So that was like, I don't know, four or five weeks of healing.
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So then we've been Laura Lee's been connecting with him on a
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fairly regular basis and giving me messages and, and what he
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needs and all that. So he's had a pretty traumatic
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life. And so she's working with, you
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know, helping him through that and to be patient.
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But the message what's funny? And I'll have Laura Lee expand
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on this, but what's funny is he called me a cheater.
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What? Poppy called, Poppy called her
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so Poppy is so they made a soul contract before this
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incarnation. They made a soul contract and
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Poppy is not supposed to stay with Aaron.
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Aaron is just a step in his journey, but for her, his
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purpose for her is. A.
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Teacher and a mirror. OK, now he told me in a
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connection that because I'm asking her like, I'm asking him
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questions and everything, like what does Aaron need to know and
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everything? And he was like, she was a
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cheater because she was using me to get the answers from him that
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she needed to learn these lessons herself.
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I couldn't like give her shortcuts.
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So yeah, that was that was pretty funny.
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He's got some sass to him. Wow, look at.
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Him though, look at him. Sure, he he just, he looks like
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he's. Oh, and those tiny little paws.
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So kind of bring us through the journey.
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So this was in in May. Yes, mid-May.
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Mid-May is when I started working with him.
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And he's was he just kind of was he having behavioral issues?
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Was what was the. So he was, he was so hot mess.
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He was poor Poppy was a hot mess.
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But when I connected to him, he had such the sweetest soul.
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Like he was just so sweet. It's just so much had happened
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to him. He had so much trauma, and it
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was all just like clinging to him.
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And so the first thing that we did that I did with him was I
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worked with him to get him healthy because he was not
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fixed. And I knew that once we got that
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testosterone out, it would be easier to work with him.
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So we did a lot of energy healing with him.
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I did a lot of because he had anemia.
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I did AI did this visualization technique where I like
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visualized iron, good iron going through his bloodstream.
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And so we we got him healthy enough to to have a surgery.
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What was funny was I connected with him after his neuter
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surgery just to see how he was doing.
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And he was so loopy. And he kept telling me I'm a
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handsome boy. And I'm like, OK, yes, you are,
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but how are you feeling? Are you feeling OK?
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I feel good boy, but what was funny was apparently at the time
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I was connecting with him they were in the office and the vet
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was telling him that. Oh my.
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God, he was just like repeating what he was hearing.
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So. So that was the first with
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Poppy. But then Poppy has some behavior
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issues. He still has some but like the
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picture of him and Aaron, yes, when Aaron sent me that picture,
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I literally cried. It was just I was like, because
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he had he, I like to call him Jekyll and Hyde.
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He was very Jekyll and Hyde. His fight or flight survival
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instincts were strong with him. So he would go from being super
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sweet and loving to like lashing wild at her.
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And she was like, I don't, I don't know.
26:44
I don't what in the world, but it was just he was like just so
26:49
distrusting of humans, even though, and it was funny he was
26:53
so torn because he knew he had this soul contract with Aaron.
26:58
He told me it. He also knew that she meant him
27:01
no harm and that he was where he was supposed to be right now.
27:05
But that instinct and that like PTSD almost was really like
27:12
wreaking havoc on him. So I worked a lot, clearing
27:18
energy and removing, and he showed me some of the things
27:21
that happened to him before Aaron got him.
27:25
But he didn't want to dwell on the past.
27:27
He also just like, gave me like little, little like glimpses.
27:31
Like I saw some little humans chasing him.
27:34
I saw a man kicking at him. I saw him being locked in a
27:41
dumpster overnight, you know, So it was, it was a lot of trauma
27:47
that he was holding on to. So we, we used my energy healing
27:54
and crystals and herbs and color therapy.
28:00
Color therapy has been a big thing with Poppy because it's
28:03
been so easy to use. With him so.
28:07
Wow, wow. Yeah, it's so it's, it's amazing
28:12
to watch, to think where we were to where we are now and just
28:16
observing his behavior. And he was, he was such a boy
28:21
cat, such a boy cat and behaving like a boy cat.
28:25
And that has since diminished. He's he's now making sweet
28:30
biscuits. He was like a super aggressive,
28:33
very loud me hour and very intense biscuit maker.
28:36
And now he purrs and makes soft biscuits.
28:39
And yeah. So it's, it's been really neat
28:43
to watch the transition and it I mean, what May, June, July like
28:48
to three months and we've we've such amazing progress.
28:52
Yeah, but puppies available for adoption.
28:54
Oh yeah, there's anybody watching.
28:59
Well, and you know, what's also interesting is so one of Aaron's
29:05
cats, Graham, who I told Aaron today, I don't understand how I
29:12
can have so much love for a cat that I have not met physically
29:17
because the amount of love that I have for Graham is just like
29:20
immense. But it's because Graham's a
29:22
Joybringer. And anytime I connect with
29:25
Joybringers, it's just, I'm just like overwhelming.
29:29
Oh goodness. But Graham started like going
29:35
down the stairs, which he never ever does.
29:39
Started going down the stairs to where Poppy's room is and he was
29:46
very interested. And I remember there was also
29:49
one session that Graham kind of like showed up for, like he
29:56
popped in because, and it was the session where Poppy was
30:02
telling me about like what happened in like his past.
30:07
And Graham was like, I need to lighten the mood here because
30:10
this this has this has the possibility to be like really
30:15
dark and kind of intense. So that was really cool.
30:20
Then I connected with them on the 4th to like prepare them for
30:25
the, the big booms and you know, all of that.
30:28
And so I just brought Aaron's like OG four President 4.
30:35
And I brought Poppy in at the same time.
30:37
And it was funny because the four went off to one side and
30:41
Poppy was kind of standing off by himself over here.
30:44
But Graham was on the side closest to Poppy.
30:47
And Graham kept scooching closer.
30:50
And he'd look at Poppy and he'd go, hey, friend, hey, new
30:53
friend. And I was like, Graham, I'm
30:57
telling you, I just, we just love him so much.
31:00
So. So the other cats like Graham
31:04
especially, have been like helpful with Poppy's journey.
31:10
That is extraordinary. I think it's underestimated how
31:13
much energy work can help our cats.
31:16
You know, like I remember the first time that we had you guys
31:20
know our Pooh Bear. Many of you guys listening may
31:22
know or remember our Pooh Bear. He was such a new experience for
31:27
us and not a very affectionate cat was one of those, you know.
31:32
That's a very nice way of putting it.
31:34
It was not a very affectionate but you need like work coat and
31:37
gloves to put in. Yeah, but we did, you know, over
31:40
time we were working with the behaviors at that time.
31:42
And over time we were able to let him into Gen.
31:44
Pop where we didn't think that he was going to kill one of
31:46
other cats because he was a big boy.
31:48
And it was around that time that we were working with Pam and.
31:51
And that when you said that changes that you saw with Elsa
31:56
and we remember, you know, with Pam, it was it was all very new
32:00
to us. Yeah.
32:01
And so she said, I can just do some muscle testing with him and
32:04
some energy clearing. And we're like, OK, OK.
32:07
Yeah. And so sent her, like,
32:09
information, a picture of him, you know, all the.
32:12
Oh. And I'll never forget it was a
32:17
Thursday night. It was.
32:18
A Thursday. Night and we were laying in bed
32:22
and Hoo Bear jumped up on Jay's side of the bed.
32:25
It's a platform bed jumped up on her side of the bed, which was
32:28
kind of like, uh oh. Is my face OK going to get
32:32
attacked? And then he came up onto the bed
32:37
and laid down and let her pet him.
32:40
And we were like what is going on?
32:43
And we he OK he. Forgot about Pam doing this work
32:48
with him. Like and like, we didn't even
32:50
correlate it. We were just like Oh my God,
32:52
this is really cool. This is really cool.
32:53
Don't move too fast. I think it was Monday.
32:56
I think it was Monday before we reconnected with Pam.
32:59
And she was like, so I was able to do blah, blah, blah and this
33:02
and that and doodly, doodly woo, woo, yeah, Yeah.
33:06
And we were like, OK, yeah, but when did you do it?
33:09
Yeah. And she was like, oh, it was
33:12
Thursday, Thursday evening. We were like, oh.
33:16
My God. Wow.
33:18
Yeah. OK, we believe.
33:21
We believe. It's it's, it's amazing.
33:23
And it's because our cats are so energetic anyways, they respond
33:32
to this like we have always that, OK, did that really happen
33:38
because of this? It could be we're trying to
33:41
figure, like logically why something happened.
33:44
The cats don't. They just, they're like, thank
33:48
you. They know.
33:50
And so they respond to it, which on the flip side, they respond
33:55
just as well to negative energy. So you've got to check your own
34:01
energy because your cats will like, you know, absorb it, react
34:07
to it. So it just forces us to be
34:11
mindful. Aaron, that's a follow up
34:13
question for you then while you are working with Poppy, because
34:16
I know well the feeling of, you know, kind of the Jekyll and hi
34:19
Kitty where it's like, oh, I think, I think we're starting to
34:22
get along. And then it's like, Oh yeah, you
34:24
just ripped my arm open. Was it, what was your process
34:29
like with this? I mean, when you think about
34:31
like energy, fear is one of those most overwhelming things.
34:34
Even if you talk yourself into like you're I'm, you'll still be
34:38
jumpy. You know what I mean?
34:40
What was your? How did you handle your energy
34:44
during this? Yeah.
34:45
No, excellent question. And Laura Lee and I worked a lot
34:48
on that as well. So Poppy is Poppy was a biter
34:52
and he and he bit me a few times really good.
34:55
He's still he's still nipping like he it's been a long time
34:59
since he broke skin, but he still just kind of does that,
35:02
you know, like this puts his mouth on your arm.
35:06
Hasn't broken skin, thank goodness.
35:08
But then and so then it's time for me to leave the room.
35:10
And the only way I can actually get out of the room and close
35:12
the door is if I give him a chew retreat so that I'm now I'm
35:15
teaching him, you bite me, you get a chew retreat.
35:17
So Laura Lee, Laura Lee was like, don't do it right away.
35:21
It's like it's OK to give him a chew retreat, but don't do it so
35:24
quickly. So, so I had to, I had to like
35:27
prepare myself like I had to like do my little deep breathing
35:31
and meditation and calm myself 'cause I, I knew my fear and
35:37
anxiety was rubbing off on him. And if you know me, that
35:40
picture, that's a, that's a tense picture of me, right?
35:43
I don't look calm in that picture so.
35:48
No, I can tell you're not. You're like, is he going to a
35:50
different? Face is he going to?
35:54
Are you gonna write? Me a little skipping, yeah,
35:56
right. But I so in times like this, I
36:00
would say you're gonna be a nice boy and I'm gonna be gentle and
36:04
we're gonna everything's gonna be OK.
36:06
And so I like soft voice and deep breathing and like, try to
36:11
try to just have a feeling of gratitude and calm.
36:14
And you have to very consciously do that to, to shift it.
36:19
So, so that would that's what I would do.
36:21
And I still do that now. And like, I'll go spend time
36:24
with him and I'll just sit on the floor and I'll let him come
36:28
to me and he'll, I like, I let him kind of own what we do,
36:32
whether he wants pets or not. And so I it's.
36:35
Yeah, it's. And so, you know, he's giving me
36:39
my lesson in patience and learning and, you know, relaxing
36:43
and yeah. That's a hard thing.
36:47
That's a hard one. Yeah, especially for poor Aaron,
36:50
because when I sent her all of that, she was like, seriously?
36:54
Really. OK I just want the answers just
36:57
tell me what to do, don't make me figure it out.
36:59
I mean, you're. Such a you're such a rapid fire.
37:01
You, you do so much. I mean, I, we're, we really do
37:04
stand in awe of. How many hats?
37:07
You wear and how many hats you wear and how well you wear all
37:10
those hats. Thank you.
37:12
I feel like it's, you know, to to kind of be Privy to this
37:16
journey with Poppy is fascinating because it really it
37:19
really strips away all the all the, you know, you can't just
37:24
show up as this person can't see right through that all the times
37:29
can't just like this one. This is Jaysmir Friday.
37:35
So it's, it is, it's, it's, it's an, it's a fascinating journey
37:38
when you, you know, I still say that I feel like we're new to
37:41
this, but it is a fascinating broadening of perspective when,
37:48
when, and I and I think my, my advice to anyone who's curious
37:52
about it or that understands the power of energy in their own
37:57
life with humans understands the power of prayer.
38:00
I was going to say you can use it in so many words.
38:03
You know, like. Prayer is 1.
38:05
Linguistics you're familiar with or comfortable with.
38:09
When you recognize that it's that our cats and I think pets
38:13
in general, animals in general live in such a elevated energy
38:18
field, you know, they're it's incredible the stuff I learned
38:21
about pigeons, girls. I mean, I I'm fascinated by
38:26
these birds. I'm fascinated by all when I
38:29
feel like we somehow one way or another.
38:33
Lorelei, I love that you use the word soul contract.
38:36
These beings that come into our life that we share our home with
38:38
our everyday with our every moments with there is purpose to
38:43
that, there's meaning to that. And when you kind of allow
38:47
yourself to explore what that may be beyond our own
38:50
understanding, take what resonates because it it can
38:56
really change. It can change everything.
39:00
Yeah, you'll, you'll look at your cats differently.
39:03
Like Emmett. You know, Emmett's had health
39:06
issues since he was a year old and he's 7 now.
39:11
And I mean, so for six years I've been like working to keep
39:17
this cat healthy and like, it was insane.
39:21
And then found out he is my teacher and all of the lessons
39:29
that I have been learning from him about his different
39:34
conditions. Because first we thought he had
39:36
FIP, then there was this mass in his GI tract that we just knew
39:42
was cancer. He didn't have FIP.
39:45
It wasn't cancer. Then a heart murmur turned into
39:50
a heart condition. Then that caused him to have
39:53
asthma. I mean, it's just been one thing
39:55
after another. But he told me that everything
40:01
that he's going through is for me to learn and how to help cats
40:06
in the future. And wouldn't you know it like
40:09
literally, oh, it was probably a week after we discovered like
40:17
diagnosed him with asthma. I got a client and one of her
40:20
cats has asthma. And I'm like, I have never like
40:26
had a cat with asthma before. Nobody close to me has ever had
40:30
a cat with asthma before. But now I'm working with a cat
40:35
that has asthma also. So I look at Emmett and I'm
40:40
like, can we, can we just layoff of the lessons for a little bit?
40:44
Give me a break. Come on.
40:46
Can I get a spring break or? Something.
40:47
Yeah, Yeah, not even a summer break.
40:49
Just give me a spring break. Just.
40:51
Give me are. Cats keeping us lessons is
40:53
something that really resonates with all of us in the community.
40:56
I feel like all of us know that our counts.
40:59
Are our best teachers? They are our best teachers and
41:03
in whatever way that we. Choose to listen.
41:06
Right, or, or learn. I think it's I I think it's
41:10
fascinating. I think that's why it's one of
41:12
the reasons why we want to do this podcast.
41:14
I feel like there's a lot of people that are just kind of
41:16
chomping at the bit curious about what's available And I
41:21
think you know Laura Lee, what you what you do, it's one thing
41:25
God bless you to to use your your certification.
41:32
What's the word I'm looking for knowledge yeah to or gardens and
41:38
I think that's I'm so I'm so excited to do that especially,
41:42
you know, knowing how much joy they brought and how enriching
41:45
they are and how healing they can be for them mentally and
41:49
emotionally physically. It's to watch that happen with
41:52
the power of self selection. Incredible.
41:55
But exposing people to what you do, all of what you do, I think
42:00
is. Important.
42:01
Important for people that are that are curious because.
42:04
And it should make everyone love their gardens even more, right?
42:07
Because you're, you're someone who is, who is that in tune?
42:13
And you've studied it, you've dedicated your life to it.
42:16
And you, you are, you are all in.
42:19
You're not, you're not like that.
42:20
The half asser like you know. I don't, I don't, I don't do
42:24
anything. That's why I have all of those
42:25
certifications because if I'm going to, if I'm going to
42:29
research about it and read about it, then I'm going to like,
42:31
learn. I am going to like get it.
42:37
And so yeah. And it's funny because I'm
42:39
actually like human like degree. I'm only two classes away from a
42:47
bachelor's in psychology, but that would have required me to
42:52
go to summer school. And I was just like, yeah, I
42:54
don't need it. I'm probably, I mean, I got what
42:56
I need to be able to teach. It's all good.
42:59
Little did I know that working with cats, the psychology was
43:07
going to help with working with their garden.
43:11
Yeah. Yeah.
43:13
I'm like, I'm not sure how I became a human therapist, but
43:20
that's, that's what I do now. All right.
43:22
So. Yeah.
43:23
It's beautiful though, and it's so important, right?
43:26
Like, I mean, it's, it's a huge part.
43:27
I, I say that all the time. Like we work with cats.
43:30
No, we actually work with humans, right?
43:31
We work with humans who work with their cats, right?
43:35
We just, we just help them better understand how they can
43:40
better help their cats, right And, and I, I, I love all the
43:44
things that you do. I love all the things that you
43:47
offer. The link is in the description
43:49
here. If you guys want to reach out to
43:51
Laura Lee, ask more about what she.
43:54
What, she doesn't have a monthly membership?
43:56
I don't know how I did realize. So the monthly membership are
43:59
for like past clients, people that I've already worked with.
44:05
And so it's and it's because it's kind of a selfish thing for
44:11
me because connecting with these cats as many times as I do when
44:16
their guardians purchase the, you know, the sessions, I become
44:21
close to these cats, like I, I'm like, they're part of my
44:25
clouder. So, you know, I don't want to
44:28
not connect with them anymore because like not being able to
44:32
connect with Graham. And I know that Aaron would have
44:35
no problem if I decided to, you know, have a chit chat with
44:38
Graham just to, you know, catch up and see how things are going.
44:42
But you know, it's that connection with them.
44:46
So the monthly membership allows them to, they get, so they every
44:53
every 3rd month they get a deep dive and then the other months
44:58
it's just like a quick check in just to, you know, hey, things
45:02
going OK, anything, you know, anything major I need to clear
45:06
or anything like that. But then on the, you know, third
45:08
month, then I do like a really good deep dive and resolve any
45:14
issues that may be happening so. I love it.
45:19
Right before we wrap up a couple comments I USMC2146, I said
45:24
making a compress with grated organic carrots and a warm
45:27
washcloth pulls out any infection due to cat bites.
45:32
No antibiotics needed. I wish it was.
45:35
About 26 years ago. Right.
45:38
I know my arm to a cat bite and Marilyn is in the house.
45:42
Marilyn, I love you so much, she said.
45:43
Laura Lee, I was out of the room for a minute.
45:45
Came back to hear you're coming about a cat with asthma.
45:47
My cat, my husband's cat WO has asthma.
45:51
So hey, a fellow VIP here. Yeah.
45:54
Fellow VIP here. You guys know where to find each
45:57
other? Yeah.
45:58
Yeah, we can chat. I'm writing Marilyn.
46:02
Yeah, yeah, do the zoom Maryland this Friday's Zoom.
46:06
Yeah, this Friday is the VIP Zoom.
46:08
Join, join. Let's do it.
46:09
Let's talk about it. Let's talk about it.
46:11
So thank you, girls, so much for joining us.
46:13
Thank you for everything that you do, both of you.
46:16
Yes, for sharing the, for sharing the stories and for
46:20
helping other cats and helping other cat parents help their
46:22
cats. You both are such jewels.
46:26
We are so excited to see you in a week and a half.
46:29
Yeah, at the same booth together at Cagmark booth #615 we will
46:35
all be there. Just.
46:36
Honey layer, man, I'm telling you it's going.
46:39
To. Be a it's going to go I.
46:41
Really, I'm really like, I'm so excited, but I don't think
46:46
Catcon's prepared for like, all of us plus Sally.
46:51
At the same. Booth in the same booth.
46:53
Like, I don't, I don't think. It's going to be, it's going to
46:57
be quite nuts and very exciting, but, but yeah, we're going to
47:01
be. Our hearts are open.
47:02
Our our minds are open. We are here for everyone.
47:07
So if you guys are coming to Cat Con, come to our booth, come by,
47:11
get a hug, ask your questions. We will do everything.
47:14
All of us will do anything that we can to help your kiddies
47:18
thrive and live the best lives possible.
47:21
And if there happens to be a home for Poppy in LA, I'll bring
47:25
them. Oh, did you hear that?
47:30
So I'm so we have Ohio, Vegas, North Carolina, LA.
47:35
So if anybody is interested in Poppy in any of those areas will
47:39
travel. Yep.
47:41
Oh my. God, wow, Poppy, you're Poppy.
47:44
You're. Poppy Bar.
47:46
Everyone is watching live. This is the sweet boy.
47:48
Oh. My goodness, so precious.
47:52
I wonder what his forever home is going to be like.
47:56
Right. Orally, maybe you should ask.
47:58
Him, he's kind of giving me a clue.
48:04
OK, we'll talk about that off camera.
48:06
We. Love.
48:07
You guys so much to you asking if we'll be there for the first
48:11
day. Yes, we will be there the whole
48:12
weekend at booth number 615615. We will be there the whole
48:16
weekend. We are speaking on Saturday
48:19
morning at 11 AM and then on Sunday morning at 11 AM.
48:23
We are hosting hugs and hellos at our booth.
48:25
So I grab, grab your, grab your hug, grab your hello, ask your
48:30
questions and. Come hug these awesome ladies
48:33
too. Come hug.
48:34
We're all giving out free hugs for the weekend.
48:38
Yeah, yeah. Even me who's not let
48:39
necessarily like a huge hugger. I I will hug.
48:44
I will hug all weekend. So.
48:45
So come join us. We love you guys so much.
48:47
Thank you so much for joining us.
48:48
Orally, Aaron, thank you so much.