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Prepare to journey into the spiritual realms of Canine Spirit Guides with our extraordinary guest, Heather Leigh Strom. Known for her unique talent of communicating with these celestial entities, Heather takes us through her personal healing journey, detailing how she discovered the intergalactic versions of our beloved dogs that are here to aid humanity's healing. She offers intriguing insights into the profound messages these Spirit Guides convey and shares her experiences from virtual healing sessions.

Heather unveils the profound bond between humans and their canine companions, enlightening us on the energy systems dogs possess and their incredible influence on our life changes. Ever considered the spiritual advancement of dogs? Host, Douglas James Cottrell, and Heather discuss this fascinating topic, shedding light on how dogs have agreed to exist on this plane as part of a universal game. They also delve into the intriguing concept of dogs being able to sense approaching energy and individuals, sparking thoughts on the mysterious connection between a person's energy and their clothing.

Finally, we traverse the path of healing energy, exploring how a deep, divine connection can be cultivated and experienced with our loyal canine companions. Whether it's soldiers returning from the battlefield or individuals dealing with life's challenges, the therapeutic potential of this bond is undeniable. Heather also lends her expertise on energetic cleansing and how the audio recording from a healing session can be used to integrate changes. Get ready to embrace the future as Heather foretells of her career's trajectory, aiming to help humanity cleanse hidden pain, karma, and ancestral issues. Join us on this enlightening journey for wisdom and healing that you certainly won't want to miss!

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Hosted by Douglas James Cottrell. This episode was produced by Paul Hughes, with co-production by Jack Bialik and audio engineering by Doug M Cottrell.

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Intro (00:00):
Welcome to Wake Up with Dr Douglas James Cottrell, your
source for helpful information,advice and tips to live your
life in a mindful way in thisincreasingly chaotic world.
For over four decades, DrDouglas has been teaching people
how to develop their intuitionand live their lives in a
conscious way.
His news and views of the worldtomorrow, today, are always

(00:21):
informative and revealing.
To learn more about Dr Douglas,be sure to visit his website,
douglasjamescottrell.
com, where you can downloadself-help exercises you can do
right in the comfort of your ownhome.
And now here's your host, DrDouglas James Cottrell.

Douglas James Cottrell (00:43):
Welcome to the show everyone.
I'm your host, douglasJames-Cotrell.
I have an amazing woman with metoday who has an extra-special
talent.
You're going to love findingout about Heather Leigh Strom.
She is a communicatorextraordinaire.
Her specialty is in dealingwith our canine friends and she

(01:05):
has written a book called CanineSpirit Guide.
Hope you're as fascinated aboutwhat this woman does.
Welcome to the show, heather.
It's great to have you here.
What is it you do and tell usabout yourself.

Heather Leigh Strom (01:18):
Well, thank you for having me, douglas.
I'm really excited to shareabout the Canine Spirit Guides.
They're a whole new concept tohumanity and I only learned
about them as they instructed meto write their first book.
I had no psychic ability that Iknew of before last year.
I didn't write at all beforelast year, so I'm not a

(01:42):
traditional author.
As they were instructing me onwriting their book, they also
led me through a journey ofhealing that I desperately
needed.
These Canine Spirit Guides areactually not the spirit of our
dogs.

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They are the galactic version,the intergalactic version of our
dogs.
They're like the spirit guidesof dogs.
People have spirit guides, butdogs carry these spirit guides
with them as they interact inour lives and interact with us.

(02:23):
The spirit guides are here notfor the dogs, but they're here
for humanity.
They chose to identify with thedog, the Canine, because of the
heartfelt connection we havewith this animal.
We just open our hearts up tothem and we embrace them, we

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accept them, we love themunconditionally.
This is a really bigopportunity to interact with
humanity with this open heart.

Douglas James Cottrell (02:53):
Would that be along the lines of
therapy dogs?
Everybody likes to have alittle puppy and you can love
that puppy.
A puppy unconditionally lovesyou back.
Matter of fact, that's one ofthe things about dogs.
Dogs love you unconditionally,no matter how you treat them
back, they always stand therewagging their tail, they want to

(03:15):
be your friend and they aremost loyal.
As we know, some of the clichesare playing out here.
This consciousness, thesespirit guides tell us more about
that.
It's fascinating.

Heather Leigh Strom (03:28):
It is really fascinating.
It took me a long time tounderstand exactly what I was
dealing with.
I just started writing the book.
Just stories about dogs thatI've had in my life.
I've been a dog trainer for 30years, or actually all my life.
I've had a long history withdogs.
I've owned probably 30 dogsover 50 years.

(03:50):
They chose 10 of my dogs for meto write about.
As I shared stories about thesedogs, they showed me where these
canine guides were trying tocommunicate with me and trying
to teach me and help me healwith certain situations that
were happening in my life.
The canine guides were drawingto me to draw my attention to

(04:14):
them, to provide me anopportunity to heal certain
things.
Of course, I was oblivious toit.
I didn't see what they weretrying to show me because I
didn't know any of this washappening.
They just laid it all out forme in the book.
This is what I share in the bookis this process.
The guides have very specificmessages based on what guided is

(04:38):
, what specific things.
They are here to help humanityheal and the energy that they
wish to share with humanity.
Ever since writing my book, mycareer path has changed.
I've been a lifelong healer,but it's mostly for 30 years
been about healing the physicalbody.
Now, all of a sudden, I'm doingenergetic healings with these

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canine spirit guides, based onwhat they focus on.
I might have a person insession with me and the guides
will tell me who needs to workwith them based on what they
need at that moment.
Then we'll enter into abeautiful healing session with
that canine spirit guide.

Douglas James Cottrell (05:22):
So laying on of hands, reiki,
energy work people are familiarwith those terms, but when the
canines, if I can call them that, I hope they're not insulted if
I say canine.
But when the canines arecommunicating with you, is there
kind of like an intuition thatthey're guiding you where to

(05:42):
work on the person or what theproblem is.
How does that work exactly?

Heather Leigh Strom (05:47):
Well, I'm not doing anything in person,
it's all virtual, like our callhere today.
So usually what I do is I justtune into that person's energy
after I get their permission andwhile I'm in that person's
energy, I connect with thecanine guides and I inquire who
needs to work with this soultoday?
What does this soul need toknow about their journey?

(06:08):
Some questions that they needanswered at this moment, and
then the guide will tell.
The guides as a collective willtell me answer those questions.
So sometimes they'll givepeople insight into their
purpose.
Why are they here?
What are they here to do?
What do they need to know?
Maybe about the people in theirlives or about the journey that
they've been on?
Is there something they need toheal from this lifetime or

(06:31):
maybe other lifetimes?
Are they from another planet?
You know what do they need toknow right now to help them on
their journey?
And then they will decide.
They will tell me who's goingto work with that person in this
session.
One of the guides will comeforward, describe to me what
needs to happen in the session.
Then, when I meet with theperson virtually, I share what

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I've been told and I give themthe option to accept the offer
or to not, and they all acceptit.
And then we enter into a guidedmeditation type of session where
I do, the guide comes in, theenergy comes in, I channel the
energy in and I just describe tothe person, as we sit in a nice
meditative state, exactlywhat's happening in their energy

(07:17):
field, what the guide is doing,what they're removing from
their energy field, what they'rerepairing.
Sometimes they're offeringupgrades, so they offer really
powerful tools, which they havetold me is an advancement in
what we've ever known before.
You know, humanity has grown acertain extent here recently,

(07:40):
and so now we have access to newI'll say new technology for
healing energetically, and sothey're bringing in new
technology for us that works alot faster than what we're used
to at working.
My healing process for many,many lifetimes was only six
months long, and I healed fromthings that have devastated me

(08:03):
my entire life, this life, andwould have prevented me from
ever stepping out into thepublic eye and delivering this
message.
So I had to heal all of thatfirst before I could get to the
point where I could offer myself, offer my service.

Douglas James Cottrell (08:20):
Well, that makes perfect sense.
I mean, you know, the proof isin the pudding, as they say, and
since you were doing poorly andyou had this experience or
experiences, my model's faith isbuilt upon belief, beliefs
built on evidence, and so youhave evidence of this invisible
connection, if I can call itthat.
You mentioned some terms thatyou know some of our audience

(08:42):
members might not be toofamiliar with, and so I would
just like to sort of explorethat a little further, because
it's extremely interesting andfascinating.
When you were saying that youwere given this information, I
assume you, if I took it right,this was in advance of talking
to the person virtually orcontacting them.

Heather Leigh Strom (09:02):
Yes.
So I meet with their energybefore I get on the call with
them, because I want to makesure I'm in a clean space, a
pure space, and I'm notinfluenced by anything else the
person might say or do.
So I connect with them before Iever get on the call with them.
It's very it's usually rightbefore the call so that things
don't change before I actuallyget on the call with them.

(09:24):
So that happens before the calland the rest of it happens in
front of the other person, withthat person.

Douglas James Cottrell (09:33):
That's kind of amazing.
You know, like you never metsomebody and you're about to
talk to them and you have allthis information coming to you.

Heather Leigh Strom (09:40):
Yeah, I'm blown away, absolutely blown
away, especially since I nevercould do it before.

Douglas James Cottrell (09:49):
That's usually in my experience.
That's usually the case.
That's why my podcast is calledWake Up, because as you wake up
to these events, you've notdone it before, you've been kind
of spiritually asleep and youwake up and you have this
revelation of this source ofinformation.
So you know, as these spiritualguides are beings, can I call

(10:14):
them that?
It seems like they call themmore like that than canine,
because so they do operatethrough real doggies, right,
canines?
Yeah, I love my dogs A greatthing, by the way.
And yeah, he's got me trainedperfectly.
You know, feed him, walk him,whatever.
You know all that stuff.
So, but let's look a little bitinto the spiritual realm.

(10:37):
I was fascinated when you saidyou use the term they and
there's a group and there's aconsciousness out there.
Can you elaborate a little moreabout what you think that is?

Heather Leigh Strom (10:48):
Yeah, it's a collective consciousness and
there's this energy system ingolf, about 52 different
varieties of what they have toshare with humanity.
My book is about the first four, which they call themselves the
core four.
They're core values and coretechniques and principles that

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humanity needs to be familiarwith and aware of before we can
move on to the next stage.
The next book will be the EliteEight.
They've already been feeding methe next few that are going to
come in, but the core four workon foundation principles that we
need to clear up and getcomfortable with before we can

(11:33):
escalate to the next level.
But it is a collective, so Ihaven't met all of them yet.
I've just met the first four.
They're starting to introducethe next set to me bit by bit,
because I'm a little overwhelmedwith trying to get the word out
about this book and geteveryone familiar with them
first, and then, once the wordgets out, it's going to pick up

(11:53):
pretty quickly and I do privatesessions with them as well as
group sessions with them.

Douglas James Cottrell (12:00):
Okay, well, at this point, let's tell
everybody where they can findthis amazing book and how they
can get to your website.

Heather Leigh Strom (12:07):
Yeah, Canine Spirit Guides by Heather
Lee Strom is available anywhereAmazon, barnes, noble.
It's also an audible audioversion.
I recorded it myself so thefrequency is pure and they can
find me.
You can find me atheatherleighstrom.
com.

(12:31):
In all of my services andoffers.
I have some free downloadsavailable from the guides on my
webpage, so check that out.

Douglas James Cottrell (12:39):
And people can come and have a
personal consultation with you,right.

Heather Leigh Strom (12:43):
Yes, they can schedule.
And also I have my own podcastwhere we dig deeply into the
messages, the channeled messages, from the Canine Guides.

Douglas James Cottrell (12:52):
What is one of the most remarkable
stories?
You know everybody hasfavorites.
I have a couple, you know theyjust like they impress the heck
out of you when it happens andyou're participating in the
event.
What's one of the most well,not one of the most, but one of
the remarkable stories that yourecall?

Heather Leigh Strom (13:09):
About my experience.

Douglas James Cottrell (13:11):
About your experiences.
Yeah, maybe something that wassaid or something that you met.
You know one of those keepers,you know, you just remember.
You go like, wow, that wasamazing.
Well, I'm sort of replying alittle bit, but I think the
audience would love to know.

Heather Leigh Strom (13:24):
So are you mean?
Do you mean like with my clientinteraction, or with with the
dogs that I've had come in andcountered with?

Douglas James Cottrell (13:32):
I would love to hear about the dogs.
I mean all the dog lovers outthere are just panting, pardon
me, at the yeah yeah.
More of what's going on withthe dogs, so let's talk about
the dogs.

Heather Leigh Strom (13:45):
So the dog that's on, or the guide that's
on the cover of the book, she'sOregon.
She is a.
The guides resonate with a dogbreed, which kind of gives us
the personality of the guide andthe certain personality traits
about us that we need to look at, and they also identify with a
wild animal.
So Oregon and the wild animalgives us the energy they wish to

(14:09):
share.
So Oregon is the Basingi dogbreed and the Black Panther
spirit, spirit, guide or spiritanimal, and she's incredibly
powerful and she helps usconnect with our divine soul,
which I had never met my soul,before.

(14:31):
This whole process of healing,when, when she actually
introduced me to my soul and Iknow that most people have never
met their soul, because if theyhad there would be no violence,
no hatred, no anger, noinsecurity, because when you're
in that soul space there isnothing but pure love and joy

(14:53):
and you just can't experienceanything else.
It's impossible.
So that's what she does sheintroduces us to our souls and
the dog that she came through,that I wasn't aware of in my
lifetime was a dog named Apache,and when she started out as a
puppy she's a pretty bold dog.

(15:15):
She definitely stood out toeverybody that met her when she
started out as a puppy.
She was very insecure.
She didn't like people, shedidn't like to be touched, she
didn't want strangers looking ather and she was.
It was questionable whether shewould be able to become a
performance dog, which is what Idid at the time was I competed

(15:37):
in dog sports with my dog, so Iwas very concerned about her
future, even though I was verydrawn to her and we had a very
incredible bond.
Well, as I worked with her, shebegan to evolve and to come out
of her cocoon and she becamethis magnificent butterfly that

(15:57):
just bloomed out of her cocoon,incredibly confident, dominant.
She competed with me in threedifferent dog sports, knew three
different languages anddominated the field in every
sport she did.
And what she explained to meduring the writing of this book

(16:19):
was that she was showing me mypath that I was going to
experience as I finally came outof my cocoon.
While I was undergoing thishealing process that they took
me through while I was writingthe book, I finally came out of
my cocoon and I could finallysee my greatness, just like she

(16:42):
saw hers.
It was beautiful and there is apoint from her in that and her
that part of the book because itwas just beautiful.

Douglas James Cottrell (16:52):
Okay.
Well, next question theaudience is thinking intuitively
, telepathically, picking is up.
How do they give you thosemessages?

Heather Leigh Strom (17:02):
So I first learned to hear them through
meditation, which I also learnedto do just to write the book.

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Really.

Heather Leigh Strom (17:09):
Yeah, yeah.
So this is all new to me.
So in meditation I learned toset up a recorder and as I got
my ego out of the way and Ilearned to just trust with the
information that was coming in,I would just dictate it into the
recorder.
And so as I was getting visualbecause I was getting visual I

(17:30):
was hearing, I was feeling, Iwas getting all the clairs
almost all at once and I wouldjust dictate into the recorder
everything that was happening,everything I was seeing, feeling
, all the energy that was movingand what they were telling me.
And so sometimes in mymeditations I'm just dictating
word for word what to put in thebook.

(17:52):
They would write certainchapters for me just by
dictation.
I tried automatic writing andthat just didn't work for me.
It's just a bunch of scribble,didn't work out.
So, I switched to the recordingmethod and that worked really
great.
And now they just constantlydownload.
I mean, they'll give mechapters when I'm on my bicycle

(18:14):
and I'm like, okay, not now, Idon't have any way to record
that.

Douglas James Cottrell (18:17):
Just wait a minute, you know a lot of
business people I know have areinspired, usually in the little
room in their house somewhere.
That's where they get theirinspirations and they and they
have the same let me call itmethodology, where the thoughts
come and they have a problemwhatever, but also for those
people wondering.
You know, just thinking to yournow saying this may be a little

(18:38):
strange or unusual.
I believe the entire HarryPotter story was like that.
The woman was on the train andHarry appeared to this, the
author, and out of that camethis amazing story.
So this, this pipeline ofinformation that came to you, is
as well established indifferent mediums already.

(19:02):
But, I was listening to you andyou said it was not just you
know thoughts, you heard clearaudience, lee.
You felt clear, sentient Lee.
You were probably seeing thingsclairvoyantly, and so those
intuitive abilities all wrappedup one.
They're all the same, you know.

(19:22):
It's gravities everywhere, butit's different, If you know what
I mean, and this is the samething.
So, as people are listening tothis, it seems to you connect
very deeply and, as you said,you were novice or a neophyte
and you didn't have a clue whatmeditation was.
I'm sure same as me, by the way, my mentor, ross Peterson, said

(19:43):
he doesn't know the differencebetween meditation or vegetation
.
Of course there were, therewere several people in the room,
but he was pointing that out.
So I was kind of like oh no, Ineed to go from an introverted
person to an extroverted person.
Is what you said.
I was your journey.

(20:03):
A lot of stars that I've methave had that same thing.
They've been very introvertedand private, but when they get
on or they're out there, they'reover.
They're not, I was gonna sayoverwhelmed, but this energy
comes through them.
So I'm drawing parallels hereto the people are wondering how
can Heather do this?
Well, it's already establishedin various different areas, as
I'm trying to trying to putforward here.

(20:24):
But as as you had all thesedifferent, again being a
neophyte and not knowing theterms or whatever, and you're
having these things given to you.
What a wonderful opportunity.
No adulteration, no prejudice.
No, I wonder what that's allabout.
Has anybody ever I'm going toask you this, you know, because
they might get it asked to hasanybody ever said, heather,

(20:47):
that's the dark side, watch out.

Heather Leigh Strom (20:50):
Something that to you, no one's ever said
that to me.
I know people think it, youknow because I can pick up on it
.
I know people think it, but andI've had people ask me that in
interviews or they've asked meso, what do other people think
about all this big transitionyou had?
And my response is you know,you, before I went through the

(21:10):
healing, it would have botheredme.
Before I changed, before I cameout of the cocoon, before they
healed me.
It would have bothered mebecause my ego would have been
wrapped up in it.
Yeah, but now that I've I'mhealed, I have no attachment to
that and I don't really carewhat people think.
I'm speaking my truth.
I'm speaking what they'retelling me to speak, and if that

(21:33):
doesn't resonate with people,then I'm not meant to speak to
them.

Douglas James Cottrell (21:37):
Well, you know, there's people that
believe and the people thatdon't believe.
The people that don't believe,well, they never will Right.
People who have a curiosity forthis, and that's why that's why
I'm, by asking these questions,I'm attempting to provoke the
audience into thinking has thisever happened to me?
And I'm going to, I'm going toask you this question, but I

(22:00):
already know the answer.
Have people ever come to youand you said you know, my dog
told me they need to go to thevet.
Or my dog told me they need tohave more vegetables, or my dog
told me they need to go for awalk like a dog whisperer.
Have they ever inadvertentlybeen communicating with their
own pet and they need to talk toyou to find that out?

(22:21):
Oh, yes, you get thisinformation.
Is that happening to me?
You know, of course it is, but,like I said, I knew the answer
to the question, or at least Ithought it, but I wanted to get
your take on that.

Heather Leigh Strom (22:33):
I well.
What's interesting is I've hadsome people want to talk to me
like in an interview setting,and really it wasn't the best
interview opportunity.
But what I picked up on wasthat they needed to work with
the canine guides.
That's why they were drawn tome.

Douglas James Cottrell (22:52):
Well, you know, canines use the
military, they're used in thepolice force, they're used as
therapy dogs.

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Yeah.

Douglas James Cottrell (22:58):
My dog Max, is.
He's the master.
I'm the guy that's trained, youknow so, and I've always had
great things.
I've had other dogs as well,but I just love them to pieces.
Either you're a dog person or acat person, or you're a budgie
person or something like that.
But you know, I find thatpeople who love dogs and are dog

(23:19):
people, there's a certain trust, you know, there's a certain
spirit around them already.
So I'm wondering do all caninesdogs in our, in our house, do
you think?
But they have a little bit ofthis influence from above and
they're sharing their mastersand that that dog is supposed to
be with that person.

Heather Leigh Strom (23:38):
Yeah, absolutely, you know.
I wondered that before all thishappened I was like well, I
wonder if, because all of thedogs I've ever had have called
to me to come find them.
So I've had dogs who called tome from Germany, belgium, and I
had to go find them.

Douglas James Cottrell (23:57):
Really Wow.

Heather Leigh Strom (23:58):
Yeah, I've had and this is before I even
knew that I had, you know,psychic abilities.
I was locating these dogs thatwere calling to me.
I had no idea that's what washappening, but I write about it
in the book because now Iunderstand all of that.
But yes, all the dogs that arein our lives, actually all the
animals that are in our lives,are there for a reason.

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They are all part of our soulfamily.
So they understand our soulpath and they understand why
we're here and they know it'sbeen pre organized that they're
here to trigger certainactivations in us as a bookmark.

(24:39):
So remember, this is when youwanted to do this at this point.
They're here to trigger that,to get us to move, to activate
us, to agitate us.
All those dogs that rip up thehouse or constantly escape,
they're here to agitate thatenergy, to get us to look at it,
to remember, to make a changein our lives.

(25:02):
Yes, they're all here for areason and they remember us.
Some of our dogs look at uslike don't you know who I am?

Douglas James Cottrell (25:13):
Okay, let's leave it right there.
We'll be right back after aquick break.

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Douglas James Cottrell (26:31):
Well, you know, Heather, just before
the break you were saying dogscome to teach us things and
whatever.
My dog decided to redecorate myhouse, especially around the
woodwork on the door.
You know he didn't like thenice square, he liked to make
them a little chewy up and, ofcourse, when he was a puppy, he

(26:53):
was doing the things on thefloor and it took a long time
and it was frustrating on onehand, but we always would say,
well, just a little bit longer,he'll get out of this, and he
did, of course.
So when the animals come to you, I believe there's a spiritual
connection.
I've had the experience ofdreaming about my future pets
months in advance and then whenthey show up, it's like oh, it's

(27:18):
you.

Heather Leigh Strom (27:19):
Yeah.

Douglas James Cottrell (27:21):
I had a Max the Wonder dog.
I had a dream about him andI've always had black great
Danes or brown great Danes, andI had a dream where I was a
black and white grade Dane, agreat Dane called Harlequin, and
he had this black patch, likeour gang Spanky from the 1930s,
and it took a year.
I looked several places, youknow, looking for him, just like

(27:45):
you saying he was calling me.

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Douglas James Cottrell (27:48):
And I decided at that time not to have
another dog.
One day, after lookingeverywhere around, where I live,
100 miles away, I was intriguedto hear you went to different
countries, but anyway, Well, Ididn't travel there.
Oh, okay, well, you found themin these places.
Okay, that's cool.
Wow, that's, that's it.

(28:10):
I ended up finding this dog atthe northern part of my city,
about 20 minutes away, afterlooking far and white.

Heather Leigh Strom (28:18):
Yeah.

Douglas James Cottrell (28:19):
Casual way.
So there he was, went in, andthere he was, black and white
men in the litter he haddiffused.
There were black dogs, therewere brown dogs and he was the
only black and white one.
And so we, we paid a fortunefor him or brought him home, and
I've been paying ever since.
I'm not sure what the lesson isthere, but the bottom line is

(28:42):
so that he did call out to meand other pets I've had.
I've had a dream about them.
Is that common or is that the?

Heather Leigh Strom (28:49):
is that the collective sort of thing,
they're letting you know they'recoming and the thing is you may
not remember the dream.
You know only a few of us willremember the dream, so
unconsciously, you willrecognize them on a soul level.
Even if you're not conscious ofit, It'll trigger you.

Douglas James Cottrell (29:09):
Makes sense.

Heather Leigh Strom (29:10):
Yeah.
So those of us who are reallyconnected with our dreams will
remember it and be able to makesense of it.
We'll be like, oh, I know whatI need to do, I know what's
happening, I know who's coming,and that works not just with
dogs, but everything.

Douglas James Cottrell (29:28):
I was going to mention that I've had
dreams of when I was in thecountry, had horses.
I have a dream of horses comingand other animals.
When we were there, when thekids were little, you know, a
calf was going to be born orsomething.
So there's this spiritualconnection with animals.
And we've always been in ourlife, but dogs seem to have been

(29:50):
.
Even when we were living incaves, there were dogs.

Heather Leigh Strom (29:55):
Yes.

Douglas James Cottrell (29:56):
I mean, I love horses and other animals
as well, but do you think thedog has this like special
connection?
I guess you would in your bookabout canine spirit guides?
I mean, they would be there.
I know what they're guard dogsor watch dogs.
You know they're pets.
Sometimes you've heard storiesabout somebody passes on and the

(30:18):
dog sits on their grave formonths, if not more than that.
So where I'm going with that islike somewhere in the Akashic
and the Akashic field or therecords there's.
This place where these beings,these canine beings, are, is
kind of like are they thewatchers or they kind of, you

(30:39):
know, like a spiritual hierarchythat we say, well, that's just
a dog, but really it's a wholelot more.

Heather Leigh Strom (30:45):
Yeah, I know, I know where you're going
with that and that's reallyexciting.
What I've been shown is thatnumber one.
The reason I have this job isbecause I've had it always in
other dimensions, otherlifetimes, and I've always
served as the guardian of thesespiritual entities, these
collectives that identify withanimals In other dimensions.

(31:09):
Animals are different than theyare here.
They're much more spirituallyadvanced beings than the
humanoids are, and the humanoidstend to collaborate with them,
sit in council with them inorder to learn from them.
And that's how.
That's why animals here on thisplane animals, are kind of

(31:30):
taking a backseat.
They're undercover.
They've agreed to be here as asubservient partner as part of
the game, and they're kind ofjust waiting for us to.
You know, they have the grin ontheir face.
They're kind of just waitingfor us to figure it out.
You know, and that's whythey're so patient, and that's
why they're so all knowing,because they know the truth.

(31:52):
You know when, when you evolvespiritually and you know the
truth, it's so much easier totake the bad stuff because
you're just like, ah, you know,it's not that big of a deal.
You know, that's kind of wherethey're sitting right now and
they're hoping that we wake upthat we see it, and this is.
This is part of the push forthe canine guys to come through
now.
They've been with us always,but they're coming through now

(32:16):
because of all the transitionthat's happening with humanity.
We need their help to move alot of energy, to heal a lot of
pain and to get us to that nextlevel.
And yes, they are much moreadvanced spiritually than any
human I've met.

Douglas James Cottrell (32:33):
Right.
Well, they certainly have afeel, a certain aura or a
certain connection.
You know, which pops my mind isyou know, when I, when I was
younger, there was always these,like you know, rintin, tin kind

(32:54):
of things, and you know skyking and bullet, the wonder dog
you know with with Roy Rogers,and it was here, sniff this
jacket, go find them and the dogcan take off.
And I thought what the heck,how can you possibly sniff
somebody's shoe, jacket,whatever, and then they take off

(33:15):
and find a person.
I wonder if that's some sort ofyou know, like the dissensing,
the vibration of the person onthe garment, and then they kind
of you know, tune into wherethey're going.
I don't think it's going to get, but they sniff a lot, so I
don't know.

Heather Leigh Strom (33:29):
Well, they're playing.
They're playing a role withsniffing.
I mean, energetically, theyknow where the person is, but
they're maintaining their coverby being a dog, right, having to
rely on the scent, the scenttrack, to find that person.
They're playing a role.
But yes, you're right,energetically they know where

(33:49):
that person is, they don't needto smell, right?
Yeah.

Douglas James Cottrell (33:53):
Well, my friend George Carlin the
comedian, I was in his house oneday and he was talking about,
you know, the cat just got upand he wondered well he got up,
went in the other room andthere's the cat you know, on on
the, on a chair and he's like.
So what was the urgency?
That you both over there, andit was like.

(34:18):
I've seen that before myself andI've seen the dog do it.
You know, and I'm justreminiscing a little bit, but
you know, when somebody comes Ihave a man that takes Max for a
walk or I have somebody to helparound the house before they get
here.
Even my son coming home in thecar, like he's down the street a
little bit, max is at thewindow or Max stands up.

(34:41):
So I'm wondering if thatperception of that awareness it,
it cannot be, you know, superhearing or super smelling or
whatever.
It has to be something that'sintuitive like that.

Heather Leigh Strom (34:55):
Yeah, they pick up on the energy.
Yeah, they feel the approachingenergy.

Douglas James Cottrell (34:59):
Yeah, I'm going to ask you this
question.
Maybe it's a little bit off,but in some of my researches I
found that they had dogs.
They, meaning the medicalresearchers, had dogs.
Sniff out diseases in peoplecancer.

Heather Leigh Strom (35:13):
Yeah.

Douglas James Cottrell (35:14):
Have you ever heard about that?

Heather Leigh Strom (35:15):
Oh yeah, it's very common Even detect
COVID.
Yeah, so it has a well, and thehuman version it has a scent,
right, but in the spiritualversion it's all energy.
I mean, it's just energy.
So they're picking up on theenergy.
Just like you know, when I,when I work with certain people,

(35:36):
I'll pick up on the energy ofParkinson's and I'll know this
person has Parkinson'sParkinson's even though they
don't know, they don't have anysymptoms.
I can pick up on the energy ofit.

Douglas James Cottrell (35:48):
That makes sense.
So there goes.
The extreme of that is if they,if the doggy can say this is
the problem.
Maybe if we were to put a bunchof chemicals or jars or
whatever and say, okay, whichone's the right one, that we can
, I mean they can do it.

Heather Leigh Strom (36:07):
They can be trained to identify anything.

Douglas James Cottrell (36:09):
I'm asking that with a smile on my
face because that might be awonderful idea, but you know
that place down there there'sreally hot would have to freeze
over before they would get achance to do that.
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Douglas James Cottrell (37:39):
We're back again and we're getting
near the end of our interviewtime here.
It's a lovely discussion we'rehaving.

Heather Leigh Strom (37:45):
I'm learning a lot from you, heather
, and it's how long have youbeen doing this, I guess, and
yeah, yeah, I began writing thebook in in March of 2022, so the
book was written by Septemberof 2022 and it hit the market in

(38:08):
May of 23.

Douglas James Cottrell (38:10):
Where can people get a?

Heather Leigh Strom (38:11):
get a copy of that again that you can get
the book on Amazon, barnes andNoble.
You can also get get it onaudible, give the audio version.
You can get it on ebook as welland you can find all those
links on my web page.
Heather Lee, strong, calm.
Or you can go to canine spiritguides calm K the number nine

(38:32):
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Douglas James Cottrell (38:34):
Okay.
So I'm gonna say, hey,everybody, if you're a dog lover
or if you want to know moreabout how dogs love us, go get
canine spirit guide.
It's an amazing book and youknow the interview today.
I've learned a lot about howyou got started and some of your
experiences.
But is there a profoundConnection with the great divine

(38:57):
?
I mean, here we are goingthrough, you know, the
possibility of the worldentering into another world war.
The tinderbox the Middle Eastis is, well, you know, it's all
all not so good.
So as we, as we come to thistime in our world, it would make
sense that we would have someextra help.
But if you had a profoundExperience yourself, a closer

(39:23):
you know, connection with God.

Heather Leigh Strom (39:26):
Oh, yes, I've resisted being part of any
organized religion because Ijust felt like it didn't fit me.
It didn't hold Everything thatI knew the divine to be, and my
father was a preacher, so I grewup in the religious realm.
But, yes, so I never understoodwhy I felt that way until this

(39:48):
awakening experience.
And through my awakeningexperience I have a direct
connection now and I can feel itconstantly.
And as I've healed myself andI've elevated my frequency, it's
almost like I'm walking aboveall that In the lower vibrations
now.
So all the war, the anger, thehate, I can't even feel it

(40:11):
anymore because I'm up here, I'maware of it, because I hear
about it, but it doesn't hit achord, if that makes sense.

Douglas James Cottre (40:20):
Absolutely .
I'm thinking right now Soldierscoming home who have been
maimed, dogs that have been, youknow, hurt, and there's a
movement on where the veteranand they and they abuse dog get
together and they're liketherapy for each other.

Heather Leigh Strom (40:37):
Yeah.

Douglas James Cottrell (40:39):
I mean, here's some big, strong soldier
who's probably been in battleand had the worst of the worst
and Now he's got this dog thathe loves absolutely, and the dog
loves him back and it's such abond that that post traumatic
stress fades away.
And whatever happened to thedog, well, dogs have this
remarkable and resilient ability, in my opinion, to forgive or

(41:02):
forget and just wag their tail.
Yeah, that's another thing.
You can't mix up.
You know.
You can't misunderstand a dogeither.
If he's growling or he'swagging his tail, there's no in,
there's no fudging it, thatkind of thing you know when
people come to you for, forconsultations.

(41:22):
Let's talk a little bit aboutthat.

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Douglas James Cottrell (41:25):
What happens when they come to you.
I mean, you've told you startoff by saying you sort of pick
up the energy ahead of time, butjust describe it for our
friends who might want to cometo you.

Heather Leigh Strom (41:34):
Yeah, so I will connect with their energy.
First, when they make theirappointment, I get their consent
to get into their energeticfield and On the day of our
apartment usually I will spendsome time in that energetic
field.
Some of the clients will feelit.
They'll notice like a differentfeeling come over them.
It's usually a calmingsensation and as I connect with

(41:55):
their, in their energy and theenergy of the canine guide that
wishes to work with them intheir healing session, I'd kind
of download what's going tohappen in that healing session.
They kind of tell me what'sgoing to happen, what needs to
happen, what they need to know,and then when I get on the call
with a client, I walk themthrough an energetic cleansing

(42:16):
and healing and shift.
And these people, whether ornot they have any history with
meditation or energy, somepeople have never done anything
like this before and they don'thave to have a dog, so they
don't have to be dog loversbecause the really no Seeing.

Douglas James Cottrell (42:34):
That's amazing.

Heather Leigh Strom (42:35):
They're here to help humanity heal, so
they don't care if you have adog.
I'd say 75% of my clients don'thave dogs, so yeah.
So then when I get in thesession with you, you'll feel
the energy moving.
You might even see what I'mdescribing to you and some of my
clients see it before Idescribe it, because it takes me

(42:56):
a minute to get it out in aword, right?
So, and they'll feel the energymove and shift.
And then afterwards they'reusually pretty Tired and they
need some time to integrate theenergy shift.
And what is so unique about thisprocess is I actually record

(43:16):
the healing portion separatelyon an audio file and the guides
will have the clients work withthat recording because it
contains the energetic frequencyof the healing.
So they'll tell me how toinstruct the client to use that
recording over the next fewweeks to help Continue to
integrate the changes.

(43:37):
Because what's so Frustratingabout healing is that there
tends to be a rebound, right?
We tend to forget the more timethat goes by after the healing,
we tend to forget that newfrequency and we want to go home
to the old frequency.
So the guides have them workwith the session we just did,

(44:01):
per their instructions over thenext few weeks to keep that
level.
The new energetic addressIntegrated into their memory.
So that's really interesting.
I've not seen that anywherebefore.

Douglas James Cottrell (44:14):
No, I was just thinking that's an
amazing support Love, becauseyou know people go on diets and
they quit.
People decide they're not gonnadrink anymore and then they do
People, I'm not gonna eatchocolate anymore.
Well, then they, so it's asliding back and they get out of
it.
You need that reinforcement.
So that's amazing that youbrought that out and they also

(44:36):
like that.
You know you can work withpeople who, who, Don't have dogs
.
Don't have dogs.
It's amazing.
So so as as we get to towardsthe end the interview, let me
ask you when do you see thisgoing in the future?
Where do you see your, yourcareer going?

Heather Leigh Strom (44:51):
They've shown me that this is going big,
that this is going to become amovement, and just about anybody
who's gotten into my energeticfield has also said this to me
and it kind of scares me alittle bit.
But this is going to move intoWorkshops, weekend workshops,

(45:11):
week-long retreats, because themore guides that come through,
the more energy is going tostart to move and I'm going to
be helping humanity cleanse alot of hidden pain, karma,
ancestral patterning that needsto just be ripped out of the
energetic field so that we canbe cleaned and move forward in

(45:34):
the Energetic space that we weredesigned to experience earth in
.

Douglas James Cottrell (45:40):
Well, there you go.
That's amazing.
I wish you well on your journey.
I've been talking to HeatherLee Strom, who has written the
book Canine Spirit Guide, andyour website again is yes.

Heather Leigh Strom (45:54):
Heather Lee Strom at Gmailcom is my email
and also my website is HeatherLee Stromcom.
You can find book informationat canine spirit guidescom and I
do private sessions as well asmentoring, immersion programs
and group sessions, so all ofthat information is on my

(46:15):
website.
I do have events Constantlygoing on and there's an events
page on my website so you cansign up for a group event if you
want to do that.

Douglas James Cottrell (46:24):
Well, I'm glad you got all this extra
energy, because all these thingsyou're doing you're good at
need it.
Listen, it's been a delight anda pleasure.
We'll have you come backsometime and update us on what's
going on.
The journey doesn't end here aswe close this interview.
It's just beginning.
Take care, and God bless.

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