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Your Holistic Animal Care Mentor
Naturopathy, Nutrition, Plant Medicine, Energy & Spirituality
ABOUT
Hello, I'm Ruth. Thank you for joining me here.
I’m certain that you are a lover of animals. If you weren’t you wouldn’t be here, right?
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Perhaps you have a cat or a dog, or a horse or a chicken. You’ve probably found me because you’re seeking out natural ways of helping your animal to be healthy. To get better from a health condition, or to ensure that they stay healthy for as long as possible.
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You’re feeling confused by the conflicting information that you read, that you’re told, about what’s the best way to care for your animal. What food to feed them, what medications they need to be on.
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You’re not convinced that a processed diet or pharmaceutical medications are the best for them. You want to try a more natural way, a safer way, to care for them.
You’ve probably been searching for a solution or for support for some time.
I can, and I would love to, help you.
What I Do
Animal Naturopathy
& Pet Nutrition
I have a diploma in small animal naturopathy from the National College of Traditional Medicine. As a qualified and experienced animal naturopath and pet nutritionist, I help animals be super healthy using nutritional therapy, plant medicine and bodywork therapy (including massage).
Nutrition lays the foundation for good health. Feeding your animal a diet that is species appropriate, containing fresh and whole foods, is essential for your animal to thrive.
And supporting your animal with natural forms of medicine means they will have a real chance of healing and preventing disease due to the balancing effects of natural medicines. It also means that they won't suffer from the negative side effects associated with pharmaceutical medicines.
Energy Healing
I am a qualified Reiki, Seichim and Ashati practitioner. As an energy worker, I help animals and their humans heal and achieve optimum wellness, using energy medicine.
Animals can respond really well to energy healing. The benefits can include providing comfort, pain relief, relieving stress, anxiety, fear, accelerating healing, resolving emotional trauma such as neglect, loss and abuse and assisting in their journey over the rainbow bridge.
Energy healing is a great way to support your animal's emotional wellbeing. It's also a great way to help ease your stress and worry, which can have a negative impact on your animal. Read more about this here.
One of my favourite ways to practice energy healing is through my signature offering - Reiki For You & Your Fur Baby.
The path I took to get here…
I have loved animals since I was a little girl. Cats and dogs were always a part of our family. I was so lucky to share my childhood with Fred, Ginger, Tilly, Kitty Pride, Storm, Lockheed, Mirage, Wolverine and Alf.
Growing up with cats and dogs helped to instil in me a great love for our furry friends. So much so that when I was 11, I made the decision to stop eating my friends. I became vegetarian.
16 years later, I chose to forsake all animal products, not just in my food but in every product I use - I chose a vegan lifestyle.
As an animal lover, it seemed nonsensical to eat them or indeed, use products that contain parts of them. How can I love one and eat or use another?
My qualifications
My Qualifications:
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Bachelor of Laws/Arts (Journalism)
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Diploma of Small Animal Naturopathy
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Certificate in Nutrition for Companion Pets
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Certificate in Canine Myofunctional Therapy
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Certificate in Manufacturing & Dispensing Herbal Medicine for Companion Pets
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Practising Certificate in Herbal Medicine for Companion Pets
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Certificate in Seichim Reiki Level One
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Certificate in Usui Reiki Level One
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Certificate in Usui Reiki Level Two
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Certificiate in Usui Reiki Master Level Three
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Certificate in Ashati One
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Certificate in Ashati Two - Ashati Practitioner
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Certificate in Alsemia One
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Certified Low Tox Coach
My Memberships:
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Animal Health Professional - College of Integrative Veterinary Therapies
As a girl, I dreamed of being a forest ranger. I wanted to surround myself with nature, be amongst the animals. But that was not the career path I chose. Rather, I became a lawyer - a construction lawyer.
After some time, as my calling to help the animals grew, I pondered how I could use my legal career to help animals. I stumbled across animal law and my life changed. I decided that I wanted to be a legal advocate for animals. I started attending animal law lectures and got involved with a university animal protection group.
In 2010, I was giving the tremendous opportunity to live my dream to become an animal lawyer - I was offered a job as legal counsel at Voiceless - The Animal Protection Institute in Sydney, Australia.
Despite being my dream job, it was emotionally taxing. I had to stay up to speed with our two focus areas - the commercial kangaroo industry and the factory farming industry - and was regularly exposed to the cruelties that are inherent in these industries.
What kept me going was the direct interaction I had at the end of every day with my cats, Lilly, Max and Elvy. This direct interaction proved to be a non-negotiable and an important factor in my future career choice.
I returned to Brisbane, Australia after three years of living the dream. I returned to work as lawyer in private practice. The frustration at not living my purpose grew. I wanted to do more. I wanted every day to take action to help animals.
I was helping animals through various pro bono involvements I had with animal groups and through speaking at animal rights rallies - but I wanted more. I wanted direct interaction with animals - those who reminded me why I do what I do.
And so came the idea to pursue animal naturopathy. Not only was this a profession that would allow me to spend my days directly interacting with animals, it also satisfied my interest in health and nutrition. I immediately started studying a Diploma in Small Animal Naturopathy through the National College of Traditional Medicine, and the rest they say is history.