Animal Harmony

The effect I have on animals 🤣
This is LP, who lives in New South Wales, Australia.
I was doing a online communication with his owner and when she went outside to see him he was fast asleep 💤 💜

Your fur babies need you!! please can you sign this petition, get your family & friends wherever they are in the world, to sign then share to EVERY page you belong to, because everyone knows a horse rider.
This legislation change will save the lives of New Zealand’s horses. Please & Thank you.

https://petitions.parliament.nz/7903bbe1-bef3-4a14-3e6e-08dca632fe79

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I feel so privileged that I’m able to talk with fur babies and their humans and link them together again ❤️💜

Recently I had the privilege to help Simone and her beloved horse Ash through their toughest time together. Making the decision enough was enough was made easier by Ash communicating with her his wishes. She sent me these lovely words ❤️💜

‘Ash: I recently had to make the difficult decision to lay my beautiful horse to rest. Tina had only just relocated into our area a couple of weeks prior and a friend of mine recommended her. She came and met Ash who immediately connected with her by placing his head on her chest. Without my giving Tina any background whatsoever about Ash the information about his pain, stress issues were correct. Her communication with him was of great comfort and valuable to me and to Ash. She is the best animal communicator and psychic medium I have ever met (I’ve met quite a few over the years). I highly recommend her’

This is so true. We ask so much of our fur babies without even realizing it, caught up in our own hectic lives.
Many communication sessions mainly consist of the question why and explaining to the fur baby
Please take a moment to breathe with our animals, apologize for ignoring their needs and explain why. You will both feel better for it ❤️💜

"New Home Syndrome"🤓

I am coining this term to bring recognition, respect, and understanding to what happens to horses when they move homes. This situation involves removing them from an environment and set of routines they have become familiar with, and placing them somewhere completely different with new people and different ways of doing things.

Why call it a syndrome?

Well, really it is! A syndrome is a term used to describe a set of symptoms that consistently occur together and can be tied to certain factors such as infections, genetic predispositions, conditions, or environmental influences. It is also used when the exact cause of the symptoms is not fully understood or when it is not connected with a well-defined disease. In this case, "New Home Syndrome" is connected to a horse being placed in a new home where its entire world changes, leading to psychological and physiological impacts. While it might be transient, the ramifications can be significant for both the horse and anyone handling or riding it.

Let me explain...

Think about how good it feels to get home after a busy day. How comfortable your favourite clothes are, how well you sleep in your own bed compared to a strange bed, and how you can really relax at home. This is because home is safe and familiar. At home, the part of you that keeps an eye out for potential danger turns down to a low setting. It does this because home is your safe place (and if it is not, this blog will also explain why a lack of a safe place is detrimental).

Therefore, the first symptom of horses experiencing "New Home Syndrome" is being unsettled, prone to anxiety, or difficult behaviour. If you have owned them before you moved them, you struggle to recognise your horse, feeling as if your horse has been replaced by a frustrating version. If the horse is new to you, you might wonder if you were conned, if the horse was drugged when you rode it, or if you were lied to about the horse's true nature.

A horse with "New Home Syndrome" will be a stressed version of itself, on high alert, with a drastically reduced ability to cope. Horses don't handle change like humans do. If you appreciate the comfort of your own home and how you can relax there, you should be able to understand what the horse is experiencing.

Respecting that horses interpret and process their environments differently from us helps in understanding why your horse is being frustrating and recognising that there is a good chance you were not lied to or that the horse was not drugged.

Horses have survived through evolution by being highly aware of their environments. Change is a significant challenge for them because they notice the slightest differences, not just visually but also through sound, smell, feel, and other senses. Humans generalise and categorise, making it easy for us to navigate familiar environments like shopping centres. Horses do not generalise in the same way; everything new is different to them, and they need proof of safety before they can habituate and feel secure. When their entire world changes, it is deeply stressful.

They struggle to sleep until they feel safe, leading to sleep deprivation and increased difficulty.

But there is more...

Not only do you find comfort in your home environment and your nervous system downregulates, but you also find comfort in routines. Routines are habits, and habits are easy. When a routine changes or something has to be navigated differently, things get difficult. For example, my local supermarket is undergoing renovations. After four years of shopping there, it is extremely frustrating to have to work out where everything is now. Every day it gets moved due to the store being refitted section by section. This annoyance is shared by other shoppers and even the staff.

So, consider the horse. Not only are they confronted with the challenge of figuring out whether they are safe in all aspects of their new home while being sleep deprived, but every single routine and encounter is different. Then, their owner or new owner starts getting critical and concerned because the horse suddenly seems untrained or difficult. The horse they thought they owned or bought is not meeting their expectations, leading to conflict, resistance, explosiveness, hypersensitivity, and frustration.

The horse acts as if it knows little because it is stressed and because the routines and habits it has learned have disappeared. If you are a new human for the horse, you feel, move, and communicate differently from what it is used to. The way you hold the reins, your body movements in the saddle, the position of your leg – every single routine of communication between horse and person is now different. I explain to people that when you get a new horse, you have to imprint yourself and your way of communicating onto the horse. You have to introduce yourself and take the time to spell out your cues so that they get to know you.

Therefore, when you move a horse to a new home or get a new horse, your horse will go through a phase called "New Home Syndrome," and it will be significant for them. Appreciating this helps them get through it because they are incredible and can succeed. The more you understand and help the horse learn it is safe in its new environment and navigate the new routines and habits you introduce, the faster "New Home Syndrome" will pass.
"New Home Syndrome" will be prevalent in a horse’s life until they have learned to trust the safety of the environment (and all that entails) and the humans they meet and interact with. With strategic and understanding approaches, this may take weeks, and their nervous systems will start downgrading their high alert status. However, for some horses, it can take a couple of years to fully feel at ease in their new home.

So, next time you move your horse or acquire a new horse and it starts behaving erratically or being difficult, it is not being "stupid", you might not have been lied to or the horse "drugged" - your horse is just experiencing an episode of understandable "New Home Syndrome." And you can help this.❤

I would be grateful if you could please share, this reality for horses needs to be better appreciated ❤
‼️When I say SHARE that does not mean plagiarise my work…it is seriously not cool to copy and paste these words and make out you have written it yourself‼️

Thank you Debbie for the lovely review. It was great to meet you and Lou ❤️💜

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Just love it when the horses don’t want to get out of bed 💜💜

Thought of the day…

A recent message from Darcy’s mum ❤️💜

I just want to say Thank you very much for my reading last week. It gave me the closure I desperately needed with my wee boy. Miss him so much everyday, and thanks to you and your incredible gift I was able to find some peace in my heart ❤️x

Animal communication sessions
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$100 the session

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Kia Ora,
Are you feeling stressed, anxious, depressed. Life is spinning and you can’t stop it? Something you want to shift but you don’t know how?
I am privileged to live in a beautiful location with amazing nature, wildlife and animals. Come with me to sit in nature and with the help of relaxation we will walk you through a peaceful journey providing help and healing as we go.
To enhance nature fully it will take place whatever the weather.

Here is what some of my clients have said:

Ms K: This journey helped in the healing process with CFS/ME since 2015. I feel lighter and can move easier. My walking has improved and I’m in a much better space mentally.
Nuture in Nature sessions, in my opinion, far exceeded an office based counseling session.

Ms S: The gentle caring way that Tina guides you makes you feel safe, and in control. I experienced peace and some big emotions. She helped me understand them and make sense of them.
I was able to begin to break through a fear I’ve had for many years, and for me that was huge.

Your journey consists of three weekly sessions with the option for top up sessions if needed.
The cost is $250 for 3 sessions
$90 for additional sessions

I’m based in Moonshine Valley, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

I look forward to welcoming you to Nurture in Nature 💜💚
Tina x

Happy 2023 to all the fur babies and their humans 💜❤️

Kia Ora to all my clients and their humans, hope you have a wonderful Christmas. Please help your human to have a relaxing, fun and love filled time 💜❤️ see you in 2023 💕

Kia Ora universe, my break took a bit long than expected, but I’m back, ready and it feels good. So get in touch and book your online animal communication. I look forward to meeting you ❤️

Happy Christmas to all my customers, followers and their fur babies. My apologies for not being around this year, I have really struggled with my mental health and had to take a break from my work. The good news is that I’m feeling a lot better but unsure when I will be working again, but hopefully soon. Thanks for your understanding. Have a wonderful 2022