EBD091 Hard Lessons from a Heart Dog

Some of our most important life lessons come from our hardest dogs. We all have high and low points with our dogs and Kathy is no exception. Like the rest of us, Kathy has had her fair share of challenges and struggles throughout the years. But, instead of looking at them as ‘mistakes,’ or ‘failures,’ – she views them as important life lessons. It was these very same lessons that led Kathy on the path towards enlightenment and she has her hardest dog, a border collie named Phoenix, to thank for it. In this deep and insightful episode of Enlightened By Dogs, Kathy shares a heart-breaking story that many struggling dog moms will relate to. Hear how she overcame difficult challenges and learn how her hardest dog taught her the true meaning of living a joy-filled partnership lifestyle with dogs. It’s a candid episode that might just fill your eyes with tears…but your heart with hope.   In This Episode: Kathy talks about a time when she really struggled and almost gave up on her dreams The importance of resilience and not giving up on a hard dog Kathy’s enlightened epiphany that inspired her to chase her dreams Life lessons Kathy learned from the hardest dog she ever had The true meaning of being a great leader for your dog   Quotes: “Trust is awarded by our dogs to someone that they trust to keep them safe.” “Dogs are desperate for loving leadership.” “I dreamt of a million dancing hearts of dog moms just like you and me, living a joy-filled partnership lifestyle with the dogs they loved so much.”   Want More of Kathy? Brilliant Partners Academy Enlightened by Dogs Website Facebook Community To read the blog post on this topic, click here.

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Welcome to our podcast where we dog moms discuss modern, enlightened dog parenting! Each week, we’ll take a dive deep into the human-dog connection and explore strategies that will inspire you to create connection and cooperation with your dog...no obedience training needed! We meet up at the intersection where training and behavior meet Heart and Soul...and where we leave behind the 'power over' obedience training paradigm we inherited and lead the way to an enlightened 'power with' approach. Join us for an inspirational and educational journey as we explore what living in cooperative partnership with our beautiful dogs looks like in real life. Brilliant Partners are kind, loving, calm, clear, confident, and cooperative ... and when WE learn how to be a Brilliant Partner, our dogs do too. Kathy Kawalec is an author, writer, the founder of Dancing Hearts Dog Academy and creator of the Brilliant Partners Academy, The Foundation Formula, Herding Partners Academy, and Creative Alchemy Passion Plan.