The Aromatic Cat: How to Use Herbs, Hydrosols And Essential Oils For Your Cats' Wellbeing
Michelle Fern chats cats with Julie-Anne Thorne, holistic cat behaviorist, and author of the book, The Aromatic Cat: How to Use Herbs, Hydrosols And Essential Oils For Your Cats' Wellbeing. Behavior modification is such a crucial factor in supporting our beloved felines. Julie-Anne doesn’t just stop the problem behavior by suggesting changes to the cat’s environment she will also help your cat find better ways to cope. This could be using botanical remedies such as a herb garden to support their emotional state or it could be suggesting extra, cat specific, playtime. It really depends on each individual cat and their circumstance.
BIO:
Julie-Anne Thorne is a holistic feline behaviourist. She founded Naturally Cats to provide holistic help for cats and their guardians. She uses a combination of environment enrichment, behaviour modification and botanical remedies to help support cats emotionally to reduce and remove problem behaviours.
She has recently co-authored the first book of its kind, The Aromatic Cat which details how to use herbs, hydrosols and essential oils safely with cats. Julie-Anne believes that understanding the emotional state of a cat is key to supporting problem behaviours. And that through using botanical remedies the cats wellness can be balanced, which in turn affects it behaviour.
Julie-Anne uses a holistic approach when working with a cat looking at all elements that affect it such as (but not limited to) diet, nutrition, environment, resources and family relationships. She is not a traditional cat behaviourist as she also uses tools such as Reiki healing and animal communication to connect with the cat.
Her mission is to give cats a voice. She adapts her approach and recommended treatment plan for each unique situation when working with a family. She helps to educate feline guardians so they can provide for their cat and watch them thrive rather than simply survive. She connects with the family through the perspective of their cat.