and welcome to Psychic Teachers. I am your host Deb Bowen.

And I'm Samantha Faye.

And we are just delighted and honored that you are joining us this week,

going to be talking about a topic that many of you have asked us to help you clarify

and process. We're going to be talking about animal people this week. So we're so happy to be

with you. And in light of that, Samantha has an animal person that she's going to discuss with you

that we've never talked about before. I don't think it's all yours Samantha.

This is from Power Animal Oracle Cards Deck. And the animal I chose is Koala.

And the Koala represents empathy. It says speak less and listen more.

It seems that a lot of folks use lots of words many more than are really needed.

It's rather narrow to consider communication to always be about words.

You can fill the air with words and sometimes even use them to cloud deeper sentiments and feelings.

Talking so much can take away from the elegant pleasures inherent in stillness.

As the old adage goes, be still and know that I am.

Talk less and you'll find immense opportunities to not only listen but to really hear.

Even though it might sound strange, you can even hear silence.

Get to know others in a different way. Ask simple questions.

Then tune in and only to the words they say. But more important to the subtle bodies language

with which they express the words. You'll pick up the nuances of feelings and meanings.

Some that even the speaker isn't aware of. Listen closely as you walk through the woods.

You can hear the sound of your heartbeat and breathing the song of birds.

The whispery crunch as various critters make their way through the forest.

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