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  KATALYST FOR ANIMAL WHOLENESS, INC.

"COMPASSIONATE SUPPORT FOR BODY, MIND, SPIRIT & EMOTIONS"

 

Kathleen A. ("Kat") Berard

Animal Communicator,

Bach Flower Essences Practitioner, Wild Earth Animal Essences Practitioner,

Holistic Animal Care Consultant

and Intuitive/Spiritual Guidance for People

 

Offering Worldwide Services and Workshops

 

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Welcome!

Thank you for visiting my site, a true labor of love! My life's purpose and path is to serve animals and people in many different ways and at many different levels.  Some of the ways I do this are through the services I offer (see below), my free bi-monthly email newsletter, and the information provided on this site. This includes assisting others in deepening the bond with their animal friend through a communication session, including addressing performance and behavioral issues, offering body scans related to an animal's health issues, talking with animals who have crossed over and any other situation or issue except lost pets. I also offer consultations in holistic animal care, and Bach flower essence and Wild Earth Animal Essence treatment bottles for animals and people.

And finally, but not less important, I also thoroughly enjoy offering intuitive/spiritual guidance sessions for people!

On this site you'll find a lot of information. See vaccine issues and other pages related to specific issues (see instructions above for navigating this site's menus). As well, I assist people in moving forward on their life path via intuitive guidance sessions (see more information below).  This site was created with a lot of love and compassion, in honor of people and of animals of all species.  My greatest hope is that you will find the information here useful, eye-opening, heartwarming, life affirming and/or helpful in some way, and that it benefits you and you animal companions for years to come. Namaste, Kat 

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SERVICES OFFERED See Services Offered for details about the services I offer and fees associated therewith. It gives me great pleasure to be of service to animals and people! I'd be delighted to do an animal communication session, Bach or Wild Earth Animal Essences treatment bottle, intuitive guidance session, holistic animal care consultation, or other service with or for your animal friend or you. 

What is Animal Communication? You can read about it, and see case examples and testimonials, by clicking on the options listed in the dropdown menu under the "Communication" section on the main menu (just put your cursor over "Communication" and the dropdown menu will appear).

INTUITIVE/SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE In these sessions I call on your guardians, guides, angels and Higher Self for information and assistance to help you with any area of your life. General readings, specific issues/questions, relationships, business matters, etc. can be explored from a realistic and spiritual perspective. Learn what your guides want you to know at this time in your life. Tarot cards can be utilized (information from them is guided by my knowledge of their meanings, your guardians, angels, guides’ and Higher Self’s input, and my intuition), or I can just tap in and pass along what comes through from your guides, Higher Self and my intuition as we talk. To see some of the comments I've received about these sessions, visit my Services page and look under Intuitive/Spiritual Guidance. Sessions typically run 75-90 minutes. To book a session, call me at 210-402-1220 or contact me at kat@katberard.com. I would be honored to assist you on your life’s Journey in this way. I am able to tape sessions on standard cassette tapes. Fee is $100/hr., prorated in 15 minute increments, and includes the tapes and if you are in the US or Canada, I call you so you don't incur a long distance charge. For more information about how the sessions work and what I need from you to do a session, please see my Intuitive Guidance page.

A few feedback comments about sessions: “Just wanted to thank you for your time and your energy! Am thinking about it all and now feel more Free to make a decision. Love, J.J.” ~ “Thanks so much for taking the time for me, I really enjoyed the talk, and YOU. You are great to talk to.” A.K. ~ “Thank you very much for the guidance session. I received the help I had been praying for. Thanks for helping me visualize a new future.” B.C. ~ “Hi, Kat! You certainly gave me a lot to think about and explore! I have had many readings over the years, but what you told me was the most direct and most helpful!” C.B. To read more feedback comments, see the Services Offered page.

I highly recommend taking the appropriate Wild Earth Animal Essences in conjunction with working on issues that are addressed in a session. This will facilitate faster processing and movement towards your goals, whatever they may be (greater understanding, motivation, release of anger, clarity in relationships or business decisions, etc.). See the Wild Earth Animal Essence pages for more information.

TO SCHEDULE A SESSION OR CONSULTATION, ORDER A TREATMENT BOTTLE, ETC., the fastest way to get a response is via email kat@katberard.com or you can call me (see Contact page). If you have an immediate/urgent situation (such as immediate euthanasia question), please both email and call me so I can respond as quickly as possible. [Please note I am in Texas, in the Central time zone.]

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION WORKSHOPS: For more details see my workshop page, or contact me. [If you’re interested in hosting a workshop, hosts attend free in exchange for providing the location and helping spread the word about the workshop.] BASIC WORKSHOPS: San Antonio July 19-20, 2008 New Zealand November 1-2, 3-4 and 6-7, 2008 for Basic Workshop,and Nov. 8-11, 2008 for Intermediate Workshop. See Workshops page for dates for Basic Communication and Intermediate Communication workshops  For details about the workshops, see my Workshops page.

LOST ANIMAL CASES Due to schedule constraints, I am not accepting lost animal cases. For a list of communicators who do, please click on the link at the top of my Lost and Missing Animals page. On that page you'll also find in-depth information and suggestions for how you can greatly improve the chances of finding your lost pet.

 

If you'd like to receive my free bi-monthly email NEWSLETTER, "kat's journal" (topics include animal communication cases, what the animals teach us, behavioral issues, Bach flower essences, natural care, and more, as well as information about workshops etc.), please contact me at kat@katberard.com. Type "add to newsletter list" in the Subject line, and include your first and last name and your email address in the body of your email. If you have questions or subjects you’d like to see addressed in the newsletter, please let me know. Your contact information is never given or sold to others, this is a private mailing list. You can unsubscribe at any time by emailing me.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to schedule and time constraints, I am unable to answer requests for free advice except for rescue groups. To schedule a consultation, please contact me at kat@katberard.com. Please peruse my site for helpful information related to holistic care, health or behaviorial issues, choosing and using Bach essences and much more. Also, recommended books on these and many other topics can be found on my Recommended Books pages, and I am hopeful that this will be an excellent resource for you. (There is a chart at the top with various topic categories to choose from, and clicking on the category title will take you to the relevant page listing related books.) There is a "SEARCH" feature on the main menu to help you find what you're looking for. Also, searching the internet for your topic inquiry is highly recommended, as well as a consultation with your holistic or homeopathic veterinarian for diagnosis and treatment options. More options include joining chatlists on Yahoogroups which focus on your topic of interest; there's no charge to be a member of any list! You'll find information for some of the many animal related chatlists on the Lists-Holistic Care page. There are other pages on my site with more lists, please put your cursor over "Resources" on the main menu and click on what you're interested in on the drop-down menu.

My site is very extensive (over 100 pages and always growing). There's a lot of great information up here, which I have provided in the hopes of helping you help your animal friends in various ways and to educate you about a variety of topics that may interest you. Use the SEARCH feature (on the main menu) to make finding information easier if the drop-down menus don't get you where you want to go. Information provided on this site is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as veterinary or medical advice. Obtain a proper diagnosis from your veterinarian to help you determine best treatment options for your animal friends.

Holistic/Homeopathic Vets: finding one in your area, or ones Who Offer Phone Consultations See Links-Holistic Care for how to find a natural care vet or vet specialist in your area, and for a listing of a few vets whose work I recommend who can work with you by phone if you don't have a local holistic/homeopathic vet.


My favorite saying that I live by:
 

"If you don't know what your passion is,

realize that one reason for your existence on Earth

is to find it."  Oprah


If you don’t have at least one thing in your life that makes your heart sing, that shoots you the “juice”, that “revs” you up and makes you smile and feel content and fulfilled, and a creative human being, then go find one . . . or six!! My best advice for finding the key one that evokes your life essence is . . . look back at your life, especially childhood. What was the one thing (or maybe two or three?) that people chided you about, or laughed at you about because you were obsessed with it (and perhaps made them uncomfortable with your zealousness!!)?  That’s a place to start.  I was always rescuing animals and nursing them back to health, and it never occurred to me not to. I wanted to be a vet, a nurse, a horse trainer, a jockey . . . in the end it boiled down to helping people and animals recover from illness and to be understood by each other at a non-verbal level.  I bonded with animals very deeply in ways my friends and family could not truly understand. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I’d be doing what I’m doing today, back when I was a youngster.  But I can see the chain of events, the path, that led me to this moment.  Look at all the moments in your life, the links in the chain, and see where it is still leading you. 

Make your life a richer experience by learning about and embracing that which brings you joy. Accepting that my passion is animals in all forms and conditions and situations, then opening myself to the many avenues I could explore to be of service to them, and then choosing those which most resonate with me, has taken me places I never dreamed of.  I am a student of life and of animals. My learning is never done, so this site will expand and change over time. Please check back and browse again when you feel so moved.

May the joy of discovery of the common thread that defines your path be yours! May you receive rich blessings and experience interesting, character building challenges in your lives. May that combination of blessings and challenges brings you understanding, acceptance, peace, joy and/or gratitude for what was, what is and what will be. And most of all, may you allow yourself to choose freedom in some small way this year from situations and things that don’t bring you joy, and find new ones that do. If you’ve already found your joy, then may it be renewed and refreshed and present itself through you more vibrantly than ever. Your gift to the Universe and the All That Is, the One, is being fully who you are.  Your gift to humanity is sharing your joy with all of us, which makes our world a better place to be.

To keep the juices flowing, here's my most favorite mantra: "All the people, places and opportunities that are for my best and highest good come into my life now." Know that what comes to you is also for its/their best and highest good, so it's a win-win situation. Say this phrase every morning with a genuine smile on your face and gratitude in your heart for the good things and blessings you do have now, and watch the movement happen in your life!

Wishing you and yours many blessings and prosperity in all ways! Namaste, Kat
 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Wild Earth Animal Essences The Bach flower essences have been very helpful for so many animals and people. Now available: for people dealing with life issues, spiritual issues, blocks to personal growth, or who need assistance with moving forward on their path, there is a line called Wild Earth Animal Essences. These are “gentle remedies for support and transformation. In the tradition of flower essences, Wild Earth Animal Essences nurture you with the wisdom and power of wild animals.” Note that no animals are captured or harmed in the development process. Unlike Bach and other vibrational essences which are made from a distilling or other process using the plant or flower, the Wild Earth Animal Essence line is made through a ceremonial process during which the spirit of the animal is invoked. These essences are amazingly helpful for people. I will be working on how these might benefit animals as well. See the Wild Earth Animal Essences page for details.

Young Living Essential Oils  These are the highest quality oils you'll find, and they're therapeutic grade (unlike other lines, especially the synthetic ones). They are helpful for mental, emotional, physical and spiritual issues and conditions, and I've seen them do amazing things for myself and my animal friends. See My Essential Oils page for information.

Amazon.com Donations  By linking to Amazon.com through my site to purchase books (whether you are purchasing any of them listed on my site, or another selection), Amazon.com returns 5% of your purchase to me. In turn I donate that to rescue groups around the country. PLEASE bookmark my Books page and make your future purchases from Amazon.com by clicking on any title on any of my book pages to take you to Amazon.com. You don't have to purchase any of the books listed on my site, you can select whatever you want once you get to Amazon.com. Thank you so much for helping rescued animals in this way! Every dollar counts!

 

Animal Wellness Magazine is the #1 Magazine to read for the latest information on holistic care options and treatments, alternative healing modalities, animal health issues, disease prevention, natural diets and nutrition, addressing behavioral issues, gentle training techniques, new products and services on the market, unique topics and stories, book reviews, and so much more. Please take a moment to check it out! I recommend every dog and cat lover subscribe to this magazine, even if they don't practice holistic care. This is money well spent! [Click on the icon to be taken to the AWM site.]

 

"Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." [Helen Keller]

"As long as you're going to think anyway, think big." [Donald Trump]

"There isn't a person anywhere that ain't capable of doing more than he thinks he can." [Henry Ford]      

"The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into
momentum."
[Frances Willard]  

"Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true

to their ideals and beliefs and commitments." [Kevin Costner]

 

"The inferior teacher tells you that something is wrong with you and offers to fix it.

The superior teacher tells you that something is right with you and helps you bring it forth." [Alan Cohen]


YOU STAND IN YOUR OWN LIGHT; MAKE IT SHINE!
 

Copyright © 2006 Kathleen A. Berard, All Rights Reserved.  Material on this site may not be broadcast, published, rewritten or redistributed without prior written permission from author.

 
 
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