10/15/2026
Meet Bella 🐾❤️
Bella is my super-needy, four-year-old girl who I adopted along with her sister when they were only 5–6 weeks old. Their mom had been hit on the road when they were very young, so the litter went into a foster home to be cared for. ❤️
Bella has always been incredibly sweet and affectionate, but her need for attention goes far beyond wanting a few pets throughout the day. She wants to be with you, touching you, licking you, and chasing your hands so you’ll pet her. She wants to be close, and I knew there was something deeper she was showing me. I just couldn’t quite put my finger on it.
Moving across Canada with my animals brought a lot of stress and changes for all of us. Bella started throwing up, and I tried changing her food. I bought two different types of food, added wet food, and nothing seemed to make a difference.
During a session with my mentor, she suggested something that really made me stop and think. What if I let my guard down and allowed Bella to come in, be held, and have that need of being needed fulfilled? At the same time, I needed to hold space for myself and acknowledge that it was okay for that part of me that was so desperately needing something to be seen, felt, and held, too.
I thought, What the heck do I have to lose? So I decided to give it a try.
And almost instantly, something shifted. Not only with Bella, but within me, too. ❤️
Bella stopped throwing up, and now she knows she can come to me when she needs to be held and loved, and then go off and do her own thing. She no longer seems to need to constantly seek that reassurance.
It has been truly incredible to watch this unfold.
Sometimes, our animals show us things about ourselves that we haven’t yet been able to recognize. They can bring our awareness to the parts of us that are still longing for connection, comfort, safety, or permission to simply be.
When we begin to understand what might be happening beneath the surface, we have an opportunity to shift something — not only for our animals, but for ourselves, too.
Our animals can be such beautiful mirrors, guiding us toward a deeper understanding of ourselves. 🐾❤️✨
Bella, thank you for being one of my teachers. You have no idea how much you’ve helped me grow. 🌸