Talking with Death: Dr. Isla Fishburn

About this episode

Dr. Isla Fishburn discusses her experiences with death and grief, exploring the sacred consciousness of death and its relationship with animals.

In this deeply moving conversation, the hosts of The Animal Communication Podcast welcome Dr. Isla Fishburn of Kachina Canine - intuitive medicine teacher, shamanic practitioner, grief tender, and author - for a conversation that truly transcends the ordinary. Dr. Isla shares her remarkable "long walk": a lifelong initiation into the consciousness of death, woven through early losses, a near-death experience, an abusive marriage, and the profound teachings of her wolf dog, Tunkashila. Together, they explore death not as an ending to be feared, but as a sacred, intelligent consciousness, an ancient ally that has always been waiting at the edge of our circle, asking to be let in. From the concept of "soulspan" and animals as body-hoppers across infinite lifetimes, to the lost art of ceremony and the village that once held us in grief, to the beautiful truth that a heart that breaks is a heart that wakes, this episode will shift the way you think about loss, love, and the animals who walk us home. RESOURCES: ⁠Dr. Isla Fishburn’s website - Kachina Canine⁠ - https://kachinacanine.com Do YOU want to be an animal communicator or learn more about Soul Level Intuitive Coaching®? Check out…

People in this episode

Host: Julie

Guest: Dr. Isla Fishburn

Topics covered

• death
• grief
• animal communication
• soulspan
• intuitive medicine
• ceremony
• loss and love

Keywords

• death
• grief
• animal communication
• intuitive medicine
• soulspan
• ceremony
• loss
• love
• Tunkashila
• shamanic practitioner

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kachina Canine

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