Holiday Chaos & Your Pet: How to Keep Them Calm, Connected & Stress-Free This Season with Joan Ranquet

The holiday season brings boxes, decorations, guests, new smells, loud fireworks, and a whole lot of chaos — and your pet is experiencing every bit of it. This week, Janet M. Taylor sits down with animal communicator Joan Ranquet to help pet parents think through one of the most overlooked aspects of holiday preparation: keeping your fur babies calm, safe, and stress-free through it all. Joan brings over 33 years of experience in animal communication and energy healing. She is the founder of Communication with All Life University, an online and in-person learning platform offering training in animal communication and energy healing. She is a TEDx speaker whose talk, The Rainbow Bridge: Animals in Transition, has over 473,000 views, and she has been featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, Dateline NBC, and Animal Planet. She is the author of several books including her newest, Animal Chakra Healing, and she lives on her ranchette in Southern California with four horses, three dogs, and three cats. In this conversation, Joan walks through what pets are actually experiencing when the holiday decorations come out, the biggest misconceptions pet owners have during the season, and which decorations pose hidden dangers to curious animals. She explains how to arrange your holiday tree with pets in mind, how to handle guests when your animal gets nervous or overwhelmed, and why the holiday season is absolutely not the time to push a shy or anxious pet into social situations. Joan also demonstrates the bladder meridian sweep from Chinese medicine as a powerful calming technique, introduces EFT tapping for pets, and shares practical advice for traveling with pets to someone else's home during the holidays. Janet shares a funny story about a very friendly dog who tracked her down in a client's basement while she was trying to work, and offers her own perspective as a non-pet owner on learning to read animal cues and give animals the space they need. This episode also includes Organizing with Janet, Taylor's Tip Time with four strategies for decorating your home with pets in mind, and a Toss It Tuesday reminder to donate old sheets, blankets, and towels to your local animal shelter as you make room for the new season. CONNECT WTH JOAN RANQUET Website: https://www.joanranquet.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanranquet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joanranquet YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/joanranquet Books: Available on Amazon — search Animal Chakra Healing & Emotional Freedom Technique CONNECT WITH JANET M. TAYLOR Book a Session: https://janetmtaylor.trafft.com/ Free 15-Min Consultation: https://linkly.link/2FBkK Website: https://www.janetmtaylor.com Podcast: https://www.gotcluttergetorganized.com Janet's eBooks: Prepared and Organized: https://linkly.link/2Eikc Get Your Affairs In Order: https://linkly.link/2FBnw 7 Affirmations to Organize Your Life: https://linkly.link/2Eikt Amazon Organizing Picks: https://linkly.link/2Zsk2 Support the Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gcgowithjanet Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livinglifetotallyorganized Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janettheorganizer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/janetmtaylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices