childhood trauma

How Animal Wisdom Heals Emotional Wounds Radio Interview

Posted by Barbara Techel

You can catch an interview that I recently did with host Charyl Kayle of Mind, Body, Paws on Empower Radio. I appreciated how Charly really did her due diligence in learning about my work and my book and asked some great questions, plus shared her thoughts on a dream I share in my book from her experience as a dream interpreter workshop facilitator.

Just click here to listen.

Next week I’ll share another interview I did with her as she invited me to do back-to-back interviews. The second one is something I’ve not had the opportunity to talk about in some time and it’s all about wheelie dogs and IVDD!

xo,

Barbara

My Memoir I’m Fine Just the Way I Am – Now Available as E-Book!

Posted by Barbara Techel

I want to first take a moment to thank those who hung in there and ordered a paperback copy of my new memoir even though the shipping time was longer than usual or perhaps you are still waiting for your copy to arrive. Thank you, thank you, and thanks so much for your patience! 

I’m happy to share that my memoir is now also available as an e-book through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Smashwords.

A recent review…thank you, Cynthia!

This is a courageous story of a woman’s deepening into her soul’s truth. While it’s very specific, it’s also a universal story. How do we find the courage to be our true selves? How do we love another without sacrificing our well-being? How do we find our way from our spiritual center and not from the ego?

Barb tells the story of her dog, Gidget, and the tough decisions she had to make in their life together. She pulls on resources she knew were available and discovered new support systems.

An easy to read, inspiring story that gives a sense of what’s possible when we connect with what’s true within us.

~Cynthia Morris, Writer’s Coach and author of The Busy Woman’s Guide to Writing a World-Changing Book

Thank you again for your support of my writing and work. It means so much!

xo,

Barbara

Forget Me Not. Never.

Posted by Barbara Techel
Forget-me-nots peeking through…

I sometimes find it intriguing how at times it seems I ‘miss’ things. But then perhaps, and what I really believe, is that I was meant to see something just at the time I did.

This morning is when such an occurrence happened. As I waited for the time to arrive to record my first interview with host, Lori Smashnuk Leduc of The Wiener Dog Lover’s podcast, to talk about my new book, I’m Fine Just the Way I Am, I was putt-sing around the house and doing some household chores. I then decided to clean out the birdbath and fill it with fresh water.

As I took the birdbath off the deck railing I glanced down and under the hydrangea tree I noticed the green leaves of the forget-me-not’s peeking their way out of hibernation.

I planted them last May in honor and memory of Gidget. She rests just a few feet away from them. At first, I wondered why I’d first noticed them today. Surely they were there before this, but I’d just not noticed.

But then I smiled. Of course, I noticed today. It was a nudge from Gidget cheering me on as I get ready to do the interview today. And how did I know? Because I felt a wave of emotion run through my entire body.

While there is always a tinge of sadness mixed in because I miss her sweet self, I also felt joy for the connection her and I still share. And so I welcome it all.

Thank you sweet, girl. I can’t wait to talk about you today with Lori and share it with others soon!

xo,

Barbara