What Questions Should I Ask an Animal Communicator?

The short answer? Absolutely anything. Or everything.

Our animal companions know us.

And I mean they know us.

Those times you argued with your husband?

Yup.

That thing you said about your mother-in-law?

Sure did hear that one.

That time you were so sad and didn't even know why?

I was there with you. I listened to every word.

Our animal companions share our lives. They see us when we're happy, worried, frustrated, grieving, excited, confused, and trying to figure out what comes next.

And I believe they often have their own wisdom about how to help and support us.

So when someone asks me, “What questions can I ask during an animal communication session?”

My answer is:

What do you want to know?

You Can Ask About Them

You can ask the everyday questions.

Do you like tuna or sardines?

What's your favorite thing we do together?

Is there something you want more of?

And you can ask about behaviors that have you completely baffled.

A recent client wanted to know why her cat would use the litter box during the day—but not at night.

Another wanted to know:

Why in the world do you keep bringing rats into the house?!

That answer still makes me laugh.

The cat felt his human treated him like a roommate.

And apparently, roommates pay rent.

The rats were rent.

We got that misunderstanding cleared up.

You Can Ask the Big Questions

Your questions don't have to be about your animal companion.

Sometimes the questions are about you.

Should I change jobs?

What do I do next in my life?

Why did you come into my life?

What are we here to learn together?

Have we shared past lives?

And sometimes they're the questions that live in the quietest parts of our hearts.

Am I good enough?

Am I loved?

Those are welcome too.

Our animal companions often know us in ways we don't expect. Sometimes their perspective on our lives can be surprisingly simple, incredibly wise, or exactly what we need to hear.

You Can Ask the Hard Questions

Not every question is fun.

Sometimes we're facing illness, aging, or the end of an animal companion's physical life.

You may want to ask:

Are you comfortable?

What do you need from me?

How do you want to transition?

These can be incredibly difficult conversations.

But difficult questions are welcome.

So are tears.

And Please Ask the Silly Questions

I love these.

Why do you lick my face ALL THE TIME?

Why do you sleep there when you have five perfectly good beds?

What is your obsession with that one toy?

Nothing is too silly.

If you've wondered about it, ask.

Sometimes those questions give us the clearest glimpse into an animal's personality.

There Are a Few Questions I May Help You Reword

There is one area where animals often seem less interested in giving us a direct answer:

questions about another person.

Do you like Dad?

What do you think of my new boyfriend?

Rather than asking an animal companion to judge someone else, I'll often help you open the question up.

Instead of:

Do you like my new boyfriend?

We might ask:

What do you want me to know about my new boyfriend?

That gives your animal companion space to share whatever feels important without forcing them into a yes-or-no judgment.

I recently had a session with a wonderful woman who asked what her cat thought about her husband.

The cat's response through me was essentially:

He needs his own animal communication session.

Fair enough.

Some questions apparently require separate appointments.

You Can Ask About Other Animals Too

Sometimes we want to understand the relationships happening around us.

How would you feel about bringing another cat into our home?

What do you want me to understand about your relationship with the other animals here?

Or even:

Why is that one squirrel sitting on my fence every single day? Does he want me to know something?

Animals don't exist separately from the rest of the living world around them.

Sometimes the question that keeps tugging at you is worth asking.

You May Be Wondering…

What if I don't know what questions to ask?

Then don't worry about bringing a list.

You can come to an animal communication session with twenty questions.

Ten.

Three.

One.

Or none at all.

Because if you have only one question, I think this may be the most beautiful place to begin:

What do you want me to know?

Then we listen.

Sometimes the answer is funny.

Sometimes it's practical.

Sometimes it's something you never thought to ask.

And sometimes an animal companion takes us somewhere much deeper than any list of questions ever could.

The deep questions.

The silly ones.

The heartfelt ones.

The behavioral ones.

The everyday ones.

The ones you've been afraid to ask.

Bring them.

Or bring just one:

What do you want me to know?

And give your animal companion the opportunity to answer.

May you see the world through the eyes of love, remembering that we are all part of one living, sacred whole.