Cat Coach Café

June is knocking on our door, and it’s time to welcome it in together with summer.
In today’s episode, the last episode of season 2, we will learn about the magic of Summer Solstice and Midsummer Night - the one night it is said we can understand animals.
And if that wasn’t enough, we have invited a professional animal communicator to the Cat Coach Café today, to explain how we can all learn to communicate with animals at any time of the year.
So tune in to listen to the powerful messages from animals delivered via Pea Horsley - as well as your Cat Coach Aragorn’s one!
Cat Coach Princ will then also share his seasonal wisdom through Cat Coach Diaries and invite you all to seek joy in the upcoming summer months.
After that, Cat Coach Café will close for the summer months, but will be back as soon as the darker days arrive once more…
This episode includes:
* Interview with animal communicator and author Pea Horsley
* Summer Solstice and Midsummer Night
* The 9 Midsummer herbs
* Seasonal prompts (see list below)
Pea Horsley links:
Pea’s Website - go here for info about her workshops, membership, and books!
Follow Pea on Facebook
Other Links:
Cat Coach Diaries
Ko-fi - contribute to season 3 of Cat Coach Café and buy your Cat Coaches some kibble 😺
Spotify Playlists
The Official Cat Coach Café Playlist
Summer Days | Happy Instrumentals
Journaling prompts:
* What is something you can never do at any other time of the year and which you look forward to in the summer? What’s the one thing that sparks joy?
* How can you rejuvenate and best take care of yourself when summer and its outward energy become too much? How can you go inward?
* How can you bring more sweetness into your life?
* Are your goals bringing some sweetness into your life? And if not, what can you plant next time so they do?
* June determines the weather conditions of the upcoming two months - what can you do in June, to determine successful summer for yourself or one that feels good?
* Go for a mindful walk around Midsummer and see what herbs and plants can become your sacred 9 :) Then journal about the experience, why each plant spoke to you or how it makes you feel, and what you noticed while walking in nature.


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Welcome to May, the month that’s dressed in the color of pink, soft pastels and mesmerizing scents that fill the air.
In today’s episode, we will tune into it all and welcome joy and love into our lives. We’ll look after the seeds we have planted earlier this year, to see them through to harvest. We will focus on finding balance between the masculine and feminine energies, and learn where we need to be more strategic and where we need to soften.
And we will welcome back into the Cat Coach Café author Alex Howard, who will share the story of his brand new book The Ship’s Cat, that will inspire you to open your heart and heal. Alex will also share an exclusive preview from the book with us ahead of its publication on May 7th.
We will also celebrate the Cat Coaches’ 14th birthday and Aragorn will share some of his wisdom on this special occasion.
All that and more is waiting for you in May’s Cat Coach Café.
This episode includes:
* Interview with author Alex Howard and exclusive preview from his book The Ship’s Cat
* Maypoles and other May folk traditions (kiss under the cherry tree, the Three Ice Men)
* Seasonal journaling prompts (see list below)
* Finding balance between the masculine and feminine energies and what they represent
* Celebrating Cat Coaches’ 14th Birthday and Aragorn’s birthday wisdom
* The myth and magic of the Elderberry tree
Alex Howard links:
Pre-order The Ship's Cat
Follow Alex on Instagram
Follow Alex on Threads
Follow Alex on TikTok
All other links
Other Links:
Cat Coach Diaries
Spotify Playlists
The Official Cat Coach Café Playlist
Spring Mornings Instrumentals
Journaling prompts:
* Masculine energy represents drive, action, logic and goal-setting and is often described as the “doing” energy. Ask yourself, where in your life do you need to be more active and strategic perhaps?
* Feminine energy is all about intuition, creativity, flow, feeling and sensuality - where do you need to soften? Where have you been holding on too tight, pushing too hard… or being too strong for far too long? Not letting your mind see other options… Where do you need to let go, surrender, listen to your intuition and feel more?
* How can you best look after the seeds you planted in the past weeks and months and protect them from bad influences so you can see them grow all the way through to harvest?
* How can you show some extra love to yourself this month? How can you bring more soft love into your life?
* How can you show more soft love to the people and animals in your life?
* How would “magical thinking” change the way you experience your life?


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Welcome to the Easter episode of the Cat Coach Café! It is time to cleanse, look for the magic and receive the lifeforce necessary for a prosperous year ahead.
Together we will look at some of the well known Czech Easter traditions, the symbolism of the ceremonial leaven pastries, and we will look for magic on Good Friday.
We will welcome a very special guest too - author of the beloved Alfie the Doorstep Cat series, Rachel Wells, and talk about her favorite Easter traditions, her love for cats, the inspiration behind her famous cat character, and so much more.
We will also connect with the elements of Water, Earth, and Fire, which played such an integral part in the lives of our ancestors. We’ll discover the magic of the Witches' Night / Burning Witches, and I will share many journaling prompts to get you thinking about how you can make this year your best year yet.
And last but not least, your Cat Coach Aragorn will share his 12 rules for Pawesome life.
All that and more is waiting for you inside April’s Cat Coach Café.
This episode includes:
* Interview with author Rachel Wells
* Easter traditions in Czech and Slavic folklore
* Seasonal journaling prompts (see list below)
* Connecting with the elements of Earth, fire and water
* The tradition of the Witches Night / Burning Witches on April 30th (also known as Walpurgis Night)
* Cat Coach Diaries with Cat Coach Aragorn and his 12 Rules for a Pawesome Life
Rachel Wells links:
Buy Rachel Wells’ Alfie Books on Amazon
Follow Rachel Wells on Instagram
Other Links:
Cat Coach Diaries
Spotify Playlists
The Official Cat Coach Café Playlist
Spring Mornings Instrumentals
Journaling prompts:
* If you had that magical hazel twig and saw the light coming from the rock… what treasure would you like to find there? What does your heart desire? And why?
* Next, take a piece of paper and cut it into small pieces and each day, when you notice anything that brings you joy, write that down and put it into a glass jar, a box, or anything you have at hand. Recognize the “treasures” you already have in your life.
* How can you ensure your dreams rise just as the dough? What kind of conditions do they need to rise and how can you provide it?
* Think of the ways you can give back to Earth this year, or ways you can help protect it, or even bring you closer to Earth. On a more spiritual level, where in your life do you need to feel more grounded?
* How can you utilize the element of fire in your life this year? Where do you need to bring more of it and most importantly, how can you best maintain it so it doesn’t burn you nor burns out?
* And lastly, water - how can you use water more mindfully this year? And where in your life do you need to surrender and go with the flow more?
* Burning Witches Night Journaling:
* What do you want to protect yourself from? What do you want to send away?
* And what do you want to promote in your life this year?
I invite you to sit down and contemplate on these questions, then write down your answers and burn the paper with your answers on this magical night.



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As we welcome spring together, and prepare for the Spring Equinox, coming on March 20th, we take a look at our lives to see where we need to change our perspective, put some dates to our plans, and what we need to let go of to grow in this new chapter.
We will declutter our space as well as our mind, say goodbye to winter by welcoming the Spring Goddess Vesna, and send the Goddess of Winter and Death, Morena, on her way.
We’ll chat to my dear friend, Ian Paget, a successful and incredibly gifted logo designer, about not just cats in design and how you can leverage cats for your brand, but also about the ways his cat Scarlett changed his mindset about life-work balance and so much more. He will also share his journey of writing and publishing a book, and tips to stay on the course of your dreams.
We’ll plan for some Easter baking, talk about the traditions of Death Sunday and Bloom Sunday, wear our best dress, and of course, listen to some wisdom of your Cat Coach Aragorn - this time all about finding your purr.
All that and more is waiting for you inside the March Cat Coach Café!
This episode includes:
* Interview with author Ian Paget
* Spring planning and decluttering
* Journaling prompts (see list below)
* Spring Equinox celebration
* Customs connected with Slavic goddesses Vesna and Morena
* Cat Coach Diaries with Cat Coach Aragorn
Key topics covered in this month’s interview:
* How to achieve more life-work balance and increase creativity - inspired by cats
* Cats in logo design
* Logo design process
* The challenges of writing a book
* Tips to keep going after your dreams
Ian Paget / Logo Geek links:
Logo Geek Website
Buy “Make Living Designing Logos” book on Amazon
Follow Logo Geek on Instagram
Other Links:
Cat Coach Diaries
Spotify Playlists
The Official Cat Coach Café Playlist
Spring Mornings Instrumentals
Journaling prompts:
* What darkness or evil have accumulated in your life over the winter? What are you ready to let go of?
* What are the things in your home that no longer bring you joy?
* Where in your life do you need to make more space so you can welcome some new things?
* What are the things, or skills, or even mindset, you’re going to be needing in this new cycle? How can you get all that you need ready ahead of the Spring Equinox?
* Where in your life do you want to start fresh? Where are you ready to start over?
* Where in your life would you benefit from a new perspective? Or from a new idea?
* What and when do you need to do the things you need to do to achieve your goals? What are the steps you need to take at each phase? How are you going to nurture your seeds to see them all through the harvest?
* What “spells” are you ready to cast? What do you want to manifest in your life?


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This month we welcome in more intentional magic inside the Cat Coach Café - and beyond.
Author Emma Howarth comes to share with us some secrets to bringing more magic into our lives, exploring our passions and what it truly means to have a sustainable (mystical) self-care practice that works for you. And of course, she tells us all about her own cat master and how he inspired her life.
We dive into some (Czech) February folk traditions which once again offer an opportunity for feasting, explore the fascinating history of St Valentine’s Day, and find out what the year of Fire Horse has in store for us according to the Chinese calendar.
We will revisit our childhood hobbies and see why they are so good for us even today, we will rise from the ashed like Phoenix inspired by Ash Wednesday, and finally, it wouldn’t be Cat Coach Café without some wisdom from your Cat Coaches, and this time it’s Princ who stands up to the task, and who will invite you to be curious and explore the new things as well as the old.
This episode includes:
Interview with author Emma Howarth
February wisdom from your Cat Coach Princ
Czech folk traditions: Masopust (Carniva), Fat Thursday, Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday
Brief history of St Valentine’s Day
The meaning of the Year of the Fire Horse
Emma Howarth links:
Emma Howarth Website
A Year of Mystical Thinking
Follow Emma Howarth on Instagram
Other Links:
Cat Coach Diaries
Spotify Playlists
The Official Cat Coach Café Playlist
Winter Evenings Magic Playlist



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