I've Got Your Goat!!
Join me as I chat with Cora Moore Bruffy, the Founder & CEO of Faerylands Farm in Tennessee. At the Farm everything Goat is about educating, therapy and Reiki. These charming animals are smart and very friendly. And they can be great partners for therapy. They also understand human language and can detect our different accents. Cora explains goats can provide comfort and support. Goats are one of the oldest of domesticated animals going back thousands of years. They are mischievous and very sociable with a license to be cute.
BIO:
Hi You guys! My name is Cora Moore-Bruffy. I earned a MA in History & Culture: Archaeology, and I am working on my PhD in General Psychology. My PhD thesis focus is on mindfulness and animal therapy and I am certified in psychology, child psychology, pet psychology, pet nutrition, animal reiki, and pet first aid, so, I do goat animal-assisted therapy and animal education for humans and animal reiki healing for animals. Animals have always been a big part of my life. I believe that for us humans to truly heal ourselves and move forward in positive and productive ways, we need animals and nature in our lives. Animals and nature provide us with the means to live and they can provide us with better physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual states so that we achieve optimal happiness and well-being in our lives. I believe animals can not only help us achieve those states, but they too want to have optimal happiness and well-being. Animals want to know that they are safe and loved just like us humans and animal reiki is a great way to help our animals improve their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual states and it helps improve their connection to us.
I have been practicing meditation and mindfulness for many decades and animals and nature have always been a deep part of my practice. My animals are my life, and I extend that love and compassion to all animals because I love animals.
In addition, I have over 10 years’ experience teaching college course and I previously worked in archaeology for about 14 years. My Master’s thesis focused on the use of mounds within southeastern ceremonialism. I teach many social science classes from Psychology, Archaeology/Anthropology to American, World, and Contemporary History, Cultural Diversity, Sociology, and Philosophy.
I have worked with many Native Americans groups on social and environmental justice issues. I worked with the Oglala Lakota to help end the illegal flow of drugs and alcohol onto the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota as well as helping end the poverty on the reservation. Additionally, I have worked with many groups all over the world helping with preservation and cultural diversity issues. I work to preserve culture, nature, and animals because these things are the structural foundation of our cultures and behaviors. In addition to teaching online, my career path is indeed a learning and growing experience for me of which I do not know the outcome. However, my desire is to continue educating others as well as preserving culture and nature because these things are important to understanding how societies and individuals learn and grow.
I live outside Nashville, Tennessee where we have a little goat farm with our Lab/Sheppard mix (Little Bear who is close to 18 years old), Lab pup (Max who is around 2), ducks, chickens, guineas, turtles, fish, cats, rabbits, donkey….and goats, of course! My animals are very spoiled.
I lived in Alabama for about 22 years, Colorado for a few years, and California for a year before settling in Tennessee. I have lived on many army bases too because my dad was a chaplain’s assistant in the Army, and I lived in Germany. In archaeology, I traveled all over the continental United Sates. This is a beautiful country, but I love the Appalachians the most. My husband has been in the field of carpentry/construction for over 20 years and we have a small carpentry business. I also like to paint and draw when I get a chance to relax. Most of all, I like to learn, relax, and enjoy life hanging out with the animals.