Episode Summary

Holly B. is joined by Natalie Labrie, an energy worker and spiritual healer from the East Coast of Canada, for a relaxed evening chat about animals, intuition, and healing. Holly joins fresh off a three-day hike on the Bruce Trail with her son Rogan, and the conversation drifts naturally between dogs, horses, nature, and the stories that shape us.

Natalie shares how a career-ending hockey injury sent her into a dark stretch of life, and how getting a puppy gave her a reason to get outside, care for another being, and slowly find joy again. That dog set her on the path toward the work she does today. She also talks about growing up as the only girl in a family of five kids, sensing the world as a child, and how those abilities went quiet during her hockey years before returning, and frightening her, when she was around 21.

• Meet Natalie's pets: Mack, her 14-year-old border collie, and Lenny (aka "Lenny Pancake"), a nine-week-old mini poodle

• How Mack's "bubble" and parallel walking help the two dogs get along

• How a hockey injury led to a life-changing puppy and a new purpose

• What Natalie's energy work looks like, including her "roadmap" approach and starting each session with a single-word intention

• Natalie's childhood sensitivity to nature, animals, and other people's feelings

• The blindfold exercise in an advanced spiritual development class that changed everything

• How Natalie's dogs and cats tell her when she's out of alignment

Natalie works primarily by word of mouth and offers both in-person and online sessions. She's planning a website and online courses for 2026.

Thanks for listening. If you take three deep breaths today, we've done our job.