Hello Darling,
This week finds me in a period of mourning. After a period of illness, a very close friend of mine has passed into Spirit recently and I am deeply saddened by his loss from my Earthly, physical life. 
As a spiritual healer and psychic, people often mistakenly assume that I am not so effected by the passing over of loved ones as I know that they are simply going back 'home' and at some point I will join them back there, as will we all.
However, while knowing this does offer some comfort, it does not compensate for the deep sense of grief at having lost the person from this physical life.
Yes, we are all spiritual beings - first, foremost and always. But while we are incarnated here on Earth, we are also physical beings and our bodies of skin and bone have their own consciousness and intelligence. The body craves for the touch and smell of our loved one, the body yearns to see that person, hear their voice and their laugh.
This chapter of their existence, though, is finished.
Yes, they simply move to another form of existence and we may even continue to have a relationship with that person while we are here and they are there but it's a different type of relationship. This new relationship state is to what we must adjust.
There is no avoiding the raw pain of grief that comes with the passing of a loved one. And no good is done by denying yourself the process of fully grieving. Emotions must be processed, felt and released, in order to transform into something lighter and more positive. This is simply part of the beautiful cycle in which we're participating. There is also an honouring of the person in the grieving process. I would advise though, that you also honour them by calling to mind the times they were at their best, their happiest, their most generous, their kindest. Remembering their earthy life this way is the greatest show of honour and respect you can give them. And please let me assure you, they are very aware of your thoughts and actions with regards to their memory. So, raise a glass to their name, light a candle to their memory, get a tattoo, make a donation to their favourite charity... they see it all.
My final thought is to let you know that death can in fact be the ultimate healing. Sometimes, when I am asked to work at the bedside of someone who is terminally ill, my role is not to try and heal them of their condition. My role is in fact to help them transition to Spirit as smoothly as lovingly as possible, without fear.

Lots of love, Zoë xx
PS I am now offering guidance and healing sessions over Skype/Zoom/Facetime - get in touch if you'd like to book an appointment! Just click here.
 

Hello Darling!
Or should I say, 'kia ora' because as I type this, I'm on the other side of the world from my UK home in Englefield Green, visiting my twin sister Zandra in New Zealand. Yes, our parents named us Zoë and Zandra, a nice ring for identical twins. 
My apologies if you're reading this while in Europe because I'm about to rave a little about the New Zealand summer. This burst of heat after months of winter in England feels wonderful. My depleted Vitamin D levels are getting a much needed top up and I understand why flowers are compelled to turn their heads towards the sun. Its healing and rejuvenating rays are literally life giving.
As well, I am always happy to be with my sister, the person with whom I've shared three score and ten or so years walking this planet. When we were born, our parents felt like we were a miracle.
I described in my book how our Mummy, through the earlier years of her marriage, suffered from four miscarriages. She just couldn’t hold her babies. About a year before our arrival and at the age of 40, in despair and with a last hope, she went to church and lit a candle. She silently wept as she sat in the pew and prayed to God and the angels for a child. A year later she had us. When we were told this later in our lives, she said we were the result of a miracle!
Zandra and I were always known as the Hall twins as no one could ever tell the difference to be able to identify ‘ourselves’. We were inseparable as children and never got tired of each other’s company. She, though, was the more studious one who did well in exams whilst I was the daydreamer, who did not.
Identical twins were rare where we lived in the 1940s so we were stared at a lot. Mummy loved it and all through the years until we left home, and for some time after, the local press would follow our lives with updates in the newspapers. Zandra and I hated always being pushed in front of the cameras. Our lives were all in print with photos, ‘the Hall twins’, with write-ups on the latest events of our lives.
The strong bond between us has remained with us all the way through our lives but there is a downside to this. I literally feel my sister's pain. Like the time she had to have an emergency peritonitis operation - I was awake all night in agony.
"At least you had anaesthetic for it!" I told her later.
The weirdest thing though, which still happens to this day, is that when we are together for any length of time and then part our ways, we swap characters on departure. We say our goodbyes, in tears more often than not, and then we are 'in' each other.
Although we look alike, our characters are quite different. Many a time once we are settled back to our own places, we ring each other and say, “Please will you get out of my body?” It is a strange feeling, I speak the way she speaks anyway, and we have the same mannerisms. However, we swap actions, she acts like me and vice versa.  This can last for a couple of days or even up to a week, and we always get ourselves back at the same time. So if I don't quite seem myself when I meet you back in England when I'm first home from New Zealand, that may be why. I'm not myself; I'm part Zandra!
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 Lots of love, Zoë xx
PS I am now offering guidance and healing sessions over Skype/Zoom/Facetime - get in touch if you'd like to book an appointment! Just click here.

Hello Darling!
I want to talk about animal communication this week. I've had some clients in the last few days who've come to me for healing for their pets. Cats and dogs, specifically, although over the years I've had sessions with all manner of feathered, furred and scaly beasties.
It's reinforced for me once again how blessed we are to have our animals in our lives. These divine, pure spirits that walk this earth in animal bodies are here to teach us about unconditional love, which is what they offer us in abundance.
What many of my clients are surprised to realise though is that, when they come to me with an animal that has an illness of some kind, be that a physical or mental disorder, the root cause is invariably their human companion (you  may call yourself your pet's 'owner' but this is no more true than calling yourself the owner of your spouse and children). 
I had a man this week who had a session with me over Skype as he and his dog were based in Europe. The dog was anxious and depressed and had a rash on his skin. The cause? The man's own high stress and anxiety levels. 
"You must heal your own issues in order to help your dog," I told the man. In truth, he was in far more need of healing than his beautiful canine friend so he booked a session for himself.
Our animals will take on our conditions in order to relieve us of them. I've known horses that get arthritis in their knee just like their 'owner'. This is why domestic animals get human conditions like diabetes and obesity. No animal that lives in the wild ever gets diabetes!
As well, your animal is highly sensitive to the atmosphere and energy of your home as well as to your personal energy. The best thing you can do for your pet is not bring your stresses home.
I want to leave you with a small tip on how to communicate with your pet. First, be aware that your pet can read your thoughts, this is why they always know when, for example, you're going on holiday. The have 'snatched' the images from your head as you've thought about it. We can use the same method to deliberately communicate. So instead of talking to your pet and expecting them to understand English, communicate with them in the language of images and emotions. Sit for a few moments in quiet meditation and 'send' your pet images and feelings of love. This method can also be used to reassure a pet about something like a house move, 'send' your pet images of them being happy in the new home, images of sunshine, grassy lawns, log fires... along with feelings of being cosy, safe and happy.
Before I finish, just a little diary info. If you or anyone you know are in Bath this coming weekend on Saturday 10 February, there's a wonderful Holistic Wellbeing Fayre fundraiser happening at Bath Guildhall from 10.30am till the evening. It's being held to raise money for HorseWorld, a Bristol-based charity dedicated to saving the lives of abandoned, neglected and mistreated horses, ponies and donkeys.
HorseWorld cares for more than 100 horses, ponies and donkeys at its Bristol site and provides after-care and support for around 300 more, who have been re-homed throughout the South-West. It's motto is rescue, rehabilitate and rehome. More information here: ​holistichorsewelfarefundraiser.webs.com

Lots of love, Zoë xx
PS I am now offering guidance and healing sessions over Skype/Zoom/Facetime - get in touch if you'd like to book an appointment! Just click here.

Hello Darling!
I know you might not expect a spiritual healer to talk about plastic pollution but this week that's what I feel very moved to talk about. 
Thank goodness we seem to at last be waking up to the urgent need to address the terrible damage we are doing to our beautiful Mother Earth through the thoughtless use of plastic. As an energy healer, I'm very aware that all sentient beings experience pain and suffering and, on our planet today, many creatures great and small are suffering as a result of plastic. 
Did you know that UK supermarkets currently generate one million tons of plastic every year? We are choking in plastic and poisoning ourselves with the chemicals they leech into soil and waters. It's bad enough that we're doing it to ourselves but in my opinion it's far worse that we are subjecting all the other creatures who live on this planet to the same fate. I spend enough time in Dubai to know that camels roaming the deserts are dying due to stomachs distended with plastic waste from humans. The same thing is happening to the whales in our oceans. The question is, what can we do about it? There's no use feeling that the problem is too large and that nothing can be done. I believe we can stage a revolution and transform the way we think about the 'convenience' of plastic. Is it really so convenient to have mountains of plastic waste clogging up our countryside, rivers and lakes? That's why I signed a Greenpeace petition this week aimed at plastic-free UK supermarkets (if you feel so moved, here is the link https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/plastic-free-supermarket-ef)
We must clean up our act and even the smallest of gestures counts... like saying no to a disposable coffee cup, refusing plastic bags when you shop... I shall be thinking of more ways that I can reduce my use of plastic and I would love to hear your suggestions as well. If you want to share your thoughts, please leave your ideas in the comments section.
Meanwhile, just a reminder that I am now offering healing and intuitive guidance sessions online as well as face to face - this can be for you or for your pet. You can see my calendar and just book yourself in at a time that suits... the links are below.

Lots of love, Zoë xx
PS I am now offering guidance and healing sessions over Skype/Zoom/Facetime - get in touch if you'd like to book an appointment! Just click here.

Hello Darling!
With my first angel workshop of the year happening in a few days, I am feeling a little angel-focused today so I'm just going to go with that. As I prepare for the workshop, I've been reminded about the questions that usually pop up as people begin to play with the idea of angelic realms, angelic beings, and guardian angels. I'm going to address some of these here. First, people ask me, 'if angels exist, why can't I hear mine?' There are several possible reasons. One is that your belief about how you will receive guidance is too limited. The messages might not be coming in the way you expect.
Just like a British tourist who travels to some exotic far-flung country and gets frustrated when he can't communicate with the locals. What does he do? Uses the same language but louder. Still he's not understood so he starts shouting. He gets angry and assumes these people are ignoring him or making fun of him. He does not consider that there are many modes of communication - not everyone speaks his dialect of English language. If he calmed down he would realise there are many other communication channels available to him if would just broaden his idea of how messages can be given and received, for example, he could draw a picture or use sign language. 
Our angels communicate with us in a myriad of ways -- many of which are as subtle as a summer breeze so you need to pay attention. Our angels may send us guidance in the form of a nudge towards a book or a movie; they may send a symbol in the form of an animal or bird; they may send healing via a bird song you hear; it may just be a thought that keeps popping into your head; it may be via a conversation you overhear on the bus or in a cafe. It could be a repeated symbol such as heart shapes being offered to you in all sorts of ways. It may be the words written on the side of the truck that just cut you off, or the sensation of rain on your cheek.
Yes, it would be nice if your guardian angel appeared in front of you in full angelic splendour and sat down with you for a chat to answer all your questions. I'm not saying something like that never happens, it does, but in only the rarest circumstances because God did not task his angel messengers to work with us in this way. They are our guides, protectors and friends in Spirit. Not unlike, perhaps, the friends who volunteer to be on the sidelines when you  run a marathon -- they will make sure you stay on the right path, offer you a cup of water as you pass by desperate for a drink, they will pass you a banana or glucose sachet to keep your energy up, and they will cheer you on, clapping and assuring you that you can do it when you hit 'the wall' and are ready to give up. They won't though, carry you on their backs, run the race for you, or go into in-depth discussion about training schedules whilst you're mid-run. They'll be there at the end of the race though, ready to give you a big hug and a congratulations.
Finally, one of my biggest tips for re-setting your brain to be more receptive to Spirit messages and guidance is get out in nature. Every day. Breathe that ionised air and, ideally, let your bare feet stand on the earth. I will finish with a poem by Carrie Latet:

Ever felt an angel's breath in the gentle breeze?
A teardrop in the falling rain?
Hear a whisper amongst the rustle of leaves?
Or been kissed by a lone snowflake?
Nature is an angel's favourite hiding place.
Carrie Latet

Lots of love, Zoë xx

Hello Darling
As 2017 rolls away, I am excited about entering the vibration of 2018, which is a Universal Energy number of 11. Eleven is a Master number, it's a spiritual and an intuitive number so wouldn't it be marvellous if the world entered a phase of greater spirituality in this coming year? 
I read an article this week that made me hopeful the world is at last bringing spiritual and energy healing more into the mainstream. In the December 2017 issue of What Doctors Don't Tell You there was an article about spiritual healing and which modalities worked best. They looked at Therapeutic Touch, Healing Touch, Reiki, Qijong, and Reconnective Healing. Personally, I think all of them work - like anything, it's more about the practitioner rather than the modality when you don't get the results you hope. I've been giving hands-on healing since I was a small child when I started healing our ill pets and I know with 100 per cent certainty that it's powerful and effective.  It lifts my heart to see that scientists are beginning to understand what they were simply unable to understand or explain in the past. The WDDTY article states that, in 2003, a systematic review of 90 clinical and laboratory studies examining hands-on and distance healing revealed that 70.5 per cent of the clinical studies reported positive outcomes, as did 62 per cent of the laboratory studies. Why is this important? Well, one of the reasons is the skyrocketing cost of conventional healthcare and the nasty effects of the medication so many people are taking. Frankly, we need alternatives! Happily, we have them as more and more people are becoming healers and more people are turning to energy healing. Long may it continue into 2018!
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Lots of love and a happy new year, Zoë xx

PS I am now offering guidance and healing sessions over Skype/Zoom/Facetime - get in touch if you'd like to book an appointment! Just click here.

Hello Darling,
Best wishes of the season! Christmas is such an interesting time isn't it. On the one hand we all talk of love, forgiveness, goodwill to everyone... and on the other we're all rushing about in a panic about gift buying, card sending, turkey pre-ordering. Then we get stressed about how much money we've spent and even as we're still eating the last of the mince pies on Boxing Day, we start stressing about how much we've eaten and drunk over Christmas and we start planning our weight-loss and fitness strategies for the new year... which will start just as soon as we've finished that enormous tin of Celebration chocolates someone brought round. Oh alright, yes, empty the last of the cream liqueur into my glass as well. 
Forget all that for a minute though because I want to bring angels back into the Christmas story. We sometimes forget about the more spiritual side of Christmas when we're preoccupied with the material side of it. Christmas is a time though when our angels can come closer so if you're ever going to get a sense of them, it could be over the next few weeks.
If you're keen to feel or sense your angels, first off, ask them to please come closer so you can feel their energy or ask them for a sign that they're around. They are always around of course but most of the time we are too preoccupied to notice or we dismiss any angelic synchronicities in our lives as "just coincidence" or "my imagination". Of course they are always delighted when you ask for their help with something too. Our angels get great joy from helping us but because our universe operates under the law of free will, the angels cannot step in and take action in our lives until we ask them for help. So, what would you like help with? Don't be shy, ask. I think the best ways to do this is either by talking to them out loud or by writing to them. If you have any amazing or just interesting results, I'd love to hear about them in the comments section below this blog.
Have a very merry Christmas!
Lots of love, Zoë

PS I'm holding a day-long Angel Workshop on the 20th and the 26th of January 2018 in Surrey. Click here for more details. 

I am not usually the most political of animals. Generally I prefer to put all my energies into my healing work and grandchildren. It doesn't leave much time for paying heed to the political squabbles of the day. However, I felt a deep anger boiling up inside me earlier today when I read on the internet about a petition going around to repeal an amendment UK that MPs have just voted on which would scrap key animal protections. Basically, the MPs are claiming that animals can't feel emotions or pain. This vote strips animals of the rights they had under EU law as sentient beings, which is a foundation stone of animal welfare.

As an animal communicator and healer, I know with every cell of my being that animals feel just the same emotions as humans. Sadness, joy, delight, irritation... In fact, many animals go one better than humans in that they are capable of unconditional love. Something which is extremely rare in the human species.

I've worked with animals suffering traumas and depression from cruelty and neglect; I've worked with animals who take on the illnesses and stress of their human guardians to relieve their human friends of it. 

Whether you're a Brexiteer or a Remainer, surely we all want Britain to forge a better, kinder version of itself as we go forward. Why can't we take this opportunity to increase the protections on animals? To massively boost our environmental standards? We could lead the world in this way. Be trailblazers for animal rights and the environment. 

EU law protects animal welfare and I do not want a Brexit Britain that treats animals like commodities that exist purely for our benefit. As it says in the petition, the only reason to deny animal sentience would be to make it easier to exploit them. Strip away that recognition and there’s no reason to worry about animal testing, barbaric hunting games, and gruesome slaughterhouses.

The vote narrowly passed in parliament and will go to the Lords. The online petition is about giving the Lords the backing they need to overturn this amendment as well as the loud message that the British people do not want a callous Britain.  

If you feel as certain as I do that animals are most definitely sentient beings who have feelings and emotions, I would urge you to sign this online petition and pass it around to all your social platforms.
 https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/uk_animal_bill_loc/?cREFDab

Hello Darling!
Today my thoughts are with my father and I wanted to share with you how grateful I am to him for instilling in me from such an early age a deep love for animals.
My father was the original Doctor Doolittle. Although his 'day job' was with human patients, he filled our home with all manner of sick and injured patients of the feathery, furry and scaly type.
It was the 1940s and we lived in a little village called Stanely, near Perth, in the heart of the Scottish countryside. Daddy ran a medical practice with two other doctors but his passion for animals was equal to the care he gave to humans. He could never pass any animal that needed help and had a habit of stopping the car when we were out on visits to rescue those that were in distress, be they a sheep, deer, cat, dog or bird, my father would make sure they were ok before he left the scene. He would often tend to a wounded bird or untangle a sheep from barbed wire.
Our home was basically an animal sanctuary. We had a large house with seven bedrooms and on the third floor there was a vast area that had been turned into an animal hospital.
We rescued many injured birds, of all kinds, mostly with broken wings. Daddy would splint them up and then they would have the freedom of the ‘animal hospital’ to relax with no fear of predators.
When their wings were mended, my twin sister Zandra and I helped them to find the confidence in flying again. One of us would hold a cushion and the other, from the far end of the room, would throw the bird up. It would fly across the room and be caught on the soft cushion landing. By this time, they had become very tame and we would have them on our laps, stroking, talking and giving them healing energy to bring them into total recovery. 
Throughout the years, we must have had at least 30 different animals come to stay with us for healing. Including a chimpanzee, two baby alligators and several small snakes - one of Daddy's friends ran Edinburgh Zoo. On one trip to the seaside, we even ended up bringing home a sick seal.
Is it any wonder that I've had a lifelong passion for healing but especially for healing animals? It brings me no end of joy to see an animal return to health and they are beautiful to work on because, unlike humans, animals are open to receiving the healing energies of the universe. They have no blocks of ego and resistance so often found in humans.
So today, I raise a glass to my father and thank him for giving me the love of animals that has filled my life with such joy.
Lots of love,
Zoë xx

Hello Beautiful Soul!
As we move into the energy of the new moon a few days ago, I've realised it's a wonderful time for completing a lot of the 'stuff' that there is a tendency to ignore in the hope it goes away... it never goes away though, does it. And the longer we ignore it, the bigger it bites back when we least expect it! Or is that just me? 
Anyway, I don't know about you but I have had a lot of 'stuff' on my plate lately and have been running about in all directions. As a result, I'm suffering from a little burn-out and fatigue so today I wanted to write a little bit about the health of people who spend their lives looking after the health and wellbeing of others -- healers. 
If you're a healer, people seem to think you're not allowed to get sick yourself. As though, if you do, it shows you can't be very good at healing. But of course healers also get sick and tired just like anyone else.
As someone who's been an intuitive healer for most of the 71 years I've been lucky enough to walk this beautiful planet, I know very well that it doesn't matter how great a healer you are for others - you're still going to go down with some lurgy or ailment yourself at times. This is because we healers tend to do the very thing we advise our clients not to do... we work too much and burn ourselves out. We run around juggling clients, admin, friends and loved ones, animals, grandchildren (maybe just me again)... there's not much time left to sit down and turn those healing energies on ourselves. Of course, healers are still humans as well, with our own lessons to learn and mistakes to make and ailments of the mind, body and spirit simply reflect this. So-called dis-ease is not to be feared or denied in the 'oh no, I'm fine, I can still do it all...' kind of way. It is a beautiful message from Source Energy that something is out of balance - and how would we know that something needs rebalancing without these heavenly nudges? 
All I really want to say to you is that if you're feeling under the weather, don't ignore the signs or drown them out with over-the-counter medications so that you can continue your gruelling schedule... love yourself enough to stop, rest, recover and regroup. If that means two days on the sofa with lemon and honey drinks and a DVD boxset, then that is my prescription for you!
Lots of love, Zoë