"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.” – Anatole France

*Trigger Warning: In this episode, you'll hear some sensitive topics. So if you got little ones around, please grab your headphones now.

Today's interview is my new friend, Karen Hixson, a Certified Animal Communicator, Shamanic Practitioner and Teacher.  From a deep love of animals at a young age, what was Karen's life experiences that led to her awakening of her spiritual gifts in communicating with animals?  In today's interview, we dive into:

1. Karen Hixson's origin story
2. Her courageous story of Toby dying that sparked her to journey of a new chapter
3. Example of her inner knowing: Fire alarm story
4. Is communicating with animals a form of mediumship?
5. Difference between animal communication and shamanic healing.
6. The variety of services that Karen offers her clients.

Show Notes

[2:30] Welcome to episode 89 of the Boom Vision podcast! I'm delighted to share today's interview with my new friend, Karen Hixson. I was connected to Karen through my wife Ruby. When she was sharing how she knew this wonderful person in her energy healing class, as my wife was describing Karen's gifts, I felt this pull that should invite her on my show. 

As a brief background:

Karen Hixson is a certified animal communicator, shamanic practitioner, shamanic teacher, energy healing practitioner, and evidential medium.  She uses her animal communication and shamanic skills to reveal and deepen the bonds between humans, their animals, and the spirit world.  Karen works with the Compassionate Spirits to bring healing for the animal and the human.  She helps people discover the Soul Level Lesson® that their animal, whether living or in spirit, is here to teach their human.  She also guides clients to the deeper meaning behind difficult animals and challenging situations.  Her specialty is helping people feel and understand the incredible love and compassion animals and spirits have for those in physical form.  

[4:22] - Karen's Origin Story

[10:35] (BY) This knowing of Toby's end of chapter, was that your intuition telling you?

[12:33] (BY) What gave you the courage to still keep the path, knowing someone will depart from your ship?

[18:15] (BY) Speaking of divine intervention, would you consider yourself a spiritual person? Or did that come into your life as you going through this journey of pain?

[17:57] (BY) Were you open to spirituality as such a young age, or what allowed you to be open to explore these different modalities?

[21:55] (BY) My intuition is telling me you've done this for many lifetimes before, this probably isn't your first rodeo.  Do you feel the same way? and can you share how you feel about that?

[24:12] (BY) Karen: Example of still following that inner knowing - Fire alarm story

[37:56] (BY) Animal Communicator - What is it? and do you work with live animals or ones that cross over? What does that entail?

[40:15] (BY) What has been a occurring pattern of why people reach out when they want to communicate with their animals?

[43:15] (BY) When you're helping a client communicate with an animal that crossed over, is that a form of mediumship? Or how does that work?

[50:57] (BY) When you're the conduct in communicating between human and spirit, what's the difference between that and shamanism?

[57:11] (BY) Have clients shared their transformations with you after your sessions?

[1:00:31] (BY) Can you share the different services that you provide to your clients?

[1:02:01] (BY) Time Travel Question: What would you share with your younger self?

[1:03:49] (BY) Where can our listeners find you?

• Karen's Website: https://www.karenhixson.com

If there's a quote I can share that is inspired from what I learned in today's interview, it's this: 

Quote: "The spiritual connection between humans and animals is a sacred bond that transcends words, a silent language of mutual understanding." ― Unknown

If you feel inspired by Karen's story, please share it with someone you feel that shares the love of animals!