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This guest article by Val Heart shows how emotional steadiness and heart presence transform animal communication, allowing deeper messages, clarity, and trust.

This month, I came across a powerful article in The Guardian that gave me a breath of genuine hope. Journalist Megan Mayhew Bergman described what she calls the “last frontier of empathy”: seeing ourselves not as superior to animals but as animals too—kin among kin.

When I began my professional career as an animal communicator in the 1970s, I made a conscious decision: I would not refer to animals as pets or to people as their owners.

My 11-month-old dog, Pico, and I set out on the longest adventure of his young life so far—driving from Arizona to Nevada and all the way to the Bay Area, north of San Francisco.

I am usually not available for consultations, but when animal communicator, Danielle Tremblay, contacted me about a problem with her turtle, Oliver, I felt called to help solve the mystery.

On June 12, 2025, I received an email from a woman asking if I could help a wild grizzly bear who swam to Texada island on the coast of British Columbia, Canada.

For five summers, a desert spiny lizard visited my front porch to chill out in the shade and enjoy the spray from the fountain I placed there. I always looked forward to seeing him.

Rediscovering our innate ability to communicate telepathically with animals is a spiritual journey. This journey prompts us to examine hidden depths of our being to identify what may be hindering fruitful exploration and recovery.

Since I began teaching in the 1970s, the results of helping people how to open to their ability to communicate with animals have been overwhelmingly positive. As telepathic communication with animals became more widespread, I began hearing more stories of how individuals using this skill upset people and animal companions.