I had the privilege of speaking with someone whose work has profoundly shaped my own understanding of connection: Anna Breytenbach, the world-renowned interspecies communicator, conservationist, and activist.

Many of you may know Anna from the viral documentary The Animal Communicator, and from the now-iconic encounter with a black leopard named Diablo — a moment that opened millions of hearts to the possibility that our relationship with the natural world is far deeper and more intelligent than we’ve been taught.

This episode goes far beyond the usual conversation about intuition or “animal communication.” Anna takes us back to something far more original and intimate: The innate capacity every human being is born with to perceive truth beyond the five senses.

In this conversation, we explore:

• The real story behind her awakening as a communicator

• How tracking animals taught her to “see through their eyes”

• Why intuition is not mystical — but our original evolutionary intelligence

• How animals perceive death, suffering, presence, fear, and the human world

• What wildlife teaches us about grace, humility, and eldership

• Why our culture has become disconnected from the wider web of life

• How to begin cultivating intuitive connection in your own life

• The dangers of spiritual ego and the need for genuine emptiness

• And how returning to nature is ultimately a returning to ourselves

This is one of the most beautiful and revealing conversations I’ve had. Anna doesn’t just speak about animals — she speaks from a place of attunement that reconfigures your sense of what being alive even means.

If you’ve ever felt, even as a child, that animals carried messages we weren’t taught to listen for…

If you’ve ever had a moment where intuition arrived more clearly than thought…

If you’ve wondered whether our consciousness is part of something much larger…

This episode will feel like coming home.

Anna is an internationally respected telepathic animal communicator with nearly two decades of experience working with wildlife, conservation NGOs, rehabilitation centres, and endangered species programs. She is the founder of AnimalSpirit — a platform dedicated to conscious connection with the more-than-human world — and she offers her conservation consulting work entirely pro bono, driven by a profound devotion to the dignity of all life.

Her work bridges Indigenous knowledge systems, quantum science, deep ecology, and an embodied spiritual sensibility that reminds us that communication is not merely something we do — it is something we are.

Feelings with Strangers

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https://youtu.be/kmDja4q83i8?si=xIl7TbBrdeCEk5dh

Learn more about Anna’s work

Site / NGO: https://www.animalspirit.org

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@AnimalSpirit

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064733016753&ref=embed_page

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna_breytenbach/?hl=en

Donations to support Anna’s wildlife work

https://www.animalspirit.org/donations

The Animal Communicator Documentary

https://youtu.be/T2vhV63lx2k?si=P6oR7vNw83EzsniE