Episodes

Monday Oct 31, 2022
True Kinship With Animals With Guest Deb Fate-Mental
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today I’m delighted to have Deb Fate-Mental with us as a guest. Deb is an animist shamanic practitioner, herbalist and wise woman, blending both Irish and British traditions in her work to help and educate people. She is an avid gardener, nature lover, mother, and keeper of many animals.
Deb and I are going to delve into what she considers to be true kinship with animals and how she practices that with the animals in her own life.
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Friday Oct 28, 2022
Announcing the New Guest Segment!
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Announcing! A new feature that I think you’ll find valuable and inspiring: Guest Talk - conversations with guests about how they experience true kinship with animals. These conversations are deep and real, giving you a bird’s eye view on how they experience and practice true kinship with animals in their daily lives.
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Thursday Oct 20, 2022
In Short: What True Kinship With Animals& Ginsu Knives Have In Common
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Making change isn’t just checking things off a list. It’s most effective when exterior changes are the result of interior changes that create in-depth transformation, going beyond knowledge and becoming a felt body sense of the animal’s agency.
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Friday Oct 14, 2022
In Short: True Kinship Is Not A Glamour Shot
Friday Oct 14, 2022
Friday Oct 14, 2022
Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today’s episode covers a misconstrued belief - that true kinship can look like a glamour shot. In reality it’s made up of real life and our daily muddled engagements with each other.
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Thursday Oct 06, 2022
In Short: Of Cats, Boxes And Moving
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
In today’s episode we talk about including an animal's agency when you are getting ready to move.
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Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
In Short: Resistance As A Form of Relationship
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
In today’s episode we talk about what might seem like an oxymoron - resistance as a form of true kinship with animals.
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Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
In Short: The Dog Who Resisted Doggie Day Care
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today’s episode is about the good intentions we have for animals. But what if a good intention is not enough?
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Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
In Short: Join The Spirit Animal Tele summit
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
This is a special episode of True Kinship With Animals because I am excited to share with you something special I helped create a while back: The Guardian Gateway Spirit Animal Telesummit. I hope you will be able to join this special tele summit with the free 2 day all access pass.
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Friday Sep 09, 2022
In Short: Animals, Clouds & True Kinship - Oh My!
Friday Sep 09, 2022
Friday Sep 09, 2022
Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today’s topic - what would it be like to call a cloud a pet???
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Friday Aug 26, 2022
In Short: Agency As You Grieve Your Animal Pal
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Welcome to True Kinship With Animals: In Short — a mini podcast that in three minutes or less gives you bite sized tidbits of true kinship to snack on at your convenience. Subscribe to the show to receive notification of the latest episode.
Today’s episode is accepting our own agency as we grieve for our animal pals.
Support this podcast by making a financial contribution, a purchase from my Amazon Wish List and/or sharing/liking/leaving a comment. Links on the show page.
If you’d like to hang out on social media can find me on Twitter and Instagram at @janetroper.
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Book: The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise by Martin Prechtel