A MUM ditched her six-figure salary to take up an eyebrow-raising job, but insists she’s never been happier.
Deep-pocketed Gemma Cantillon called time on her city career where she reached the dizzy heights of several large multi-national companies.
SWNSGemma Cantillon gave up her corporate job to practice reiki on animals[/caption]
SWNSGemma Cantillon left behind her career in HR to spiritually heal afflicted animals[/caption]
In 2020, the mum-of-one, from Grantham, Lincolnshire, trained as a Reiki healer and now helps to improve the mental health of pets and farm animals, LincolnshireLive reported.
Gemma pockets £65 per session to nurture depressed dogs, anxious cats and distressed birds, among others.
The former corporate climber uses meditation techniques to communicate with the furry friends and then reports back the source of their issues to owners.
When she can’t make the session in-person, Gemma offers a remote service using images of the creature as a conduit.
“There are two ways to do animal communication. You can go face to face or you can do it remotely,” she said.
“I often do it remotely and I ask the pet owner for a good quality recent photograph with the animals eyes visible. I meditate and look at the photograph and study it.
“Once I feel I have the connection I close my eyes and ask the animal questions. I ask general, open questions to start the process.
“I’ve never had an animal say they won’t communicate with me, sometimes it takes several sessions.
“I’m listening through my body for responses, sometimes I hear words. I do a face-to-face feedback session.
“Sometimes I have no idea what these messages mean, I tell the human what the animal has told me.
“I follow up with a full written report to the client. The most frequent ones that I work with are cats, dogs and horses but my training means I can communicate with any animal.”
Like other professionals, Gemma’s role is bound by confidentiality – meaning she can’t communicate with the animals without their owner’s blessing.
She continued: “Animal communicators can’t diagnose anything medical in a session. It’s about respecting confidentiality. Sometimes animals share important messages things for their humans.
“I had a particular client with her dog Marley. It was the first time I worked with this client.
“This client asked me to communicate with their dog. They asked me some general questions, I think they were just intrigued.
“I went in and did that. The dog shared with me some personal things that they wanted to happen when they passed away.
“I asked the animal what their wishes were. The dog said it would stop eating and stop drinking within 48 hours and that it will become lethargic.
“Once I feel I have the connection I close my eyes and ask the animal questions. I ask general, open questions to start the process.
Gemma Cantillon
“I went in really gently and told her what her animal said. She just took it gracefully.
“Then nine days later the dog passed and she was able to meet his needs. I say we’re all souls living in a different vehicle, my belief is my soul is equal to any animal’s soul.
“I did communicate with a chicken who wanted red grapes not green grapes. They have their own wants.”
Striving to find her “purpose”, Gemma took the plunge into animal communication after becoming disillusioned with the corporate grind.
“I worked in HR for almost 25 years, I worked in various organisations for big corporate businesses,” she revealed.
“All my roles were lead HR roles. I left HR and my role in 2018 and I took a pause from my HR work and it was during that time I felt it was time for a change.
“The corporate world wasn’t resonating with me anymore.
“I tried to find my purpose, I had another half of my life to find something.
“I had heard about animal communication and I had no idea what it was about. I started doing animal communication courses and training. It was one year after my training that I went for it.
“I found people with animals who would let me work with them.”
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