In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Edward Bassingthwaighte, aka The Healing Vet, to explore one of the most fascinating (and sometimes misunderstood) topics in animal care: energy healing. Dr. Edward shares his deeply personal journey from working in conventional vet hospitals to creating his own method of intuitive bodywork and energy healing to being forced to heal himself from Lyme disease and chronic fatigue when western medicine failed. We talk about how therapeutic touch helped him relieve pain and trauma in animals, and why your emotional state directly affects your pet’s well-being, something I know many of us have felt in our bones. He opens up about telepathic communication with animals (yep, it's a thing), what it’s like to connect with pets across the globe via Zoom, and how every single one of us can tap into our own healing abilities to help our pets. If you've ever wondered if your pet would benefit from energy healing or body work this episode is for you. 

KEY INSIGHTS:

• How Dr. Edward’s own health crisis led him to develop the Whole Energy Body Balance Method. 

• How animals taught him how to heal with touch. 

• How you can support your pet with anxiety, trauma, or pain through bodywork. 

• A wild story about a rescue dog who kept running away… until one energy healing session changed everything. 

• The truth about pets “mirroring” your emotions (and how to help them by healing yourself). 

• The one daily grounding practice every pet parent should do, for their sake and their pets. 

• How Dr. Edward learnt a technique to help horses who are lame walk again. 

• How to spot common signs of stress in your cat or dog.

• What it means if your pet doesn’t seem to have the ability to learn. 

• And how you can take Dr. Edward’s course and learn to do energy work on your own pet. 

  
  

  RESOURCES:

  Want to learn Dr. Edward’s healing techniques? Check out his courses 

  WholeEnergyBodyBalance.com 

  
  

  FOLLOW:

  Dr. Edward: @the_healing_vet

  Dr. Edward’s holistic vet practice TheHealingVet.com 

  Integrative Pet Wellness Center: https://integrativepet.com

  Integrative Pet Wellness Center on Instagram: @integrativepet

  Dr. Lily Chen on Instagram: @dr.lilychen @the.unicorn.vet 

  
  

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