Recently, Janean Strong invited me, Barbara Shor, to be interviewed on her podcast. The name of her podcast is Keepin It Real with Janean. We had a delightful conversation that I would like to share with you. Janean also communicates with animals, so it was fun to trade stories. In our conversation, I share about how I went from working as a veterinarian to becoming an animal communicator more than 30 years ago.   We discuss what animal communication is, how it works, and how you can know if you are on track by paying attention to validation signals. We talk about elephant consciousness, who they are and why they are here. And about my new book, soon to be published, called Soul of the Wild Book ll: The Wisdom of Elephants. I share about my recent trip to Africa. If you would like to go to Bit Chute or Rumble and watch this podcast, you'll see a slide show of some of the animal photos I took while I was there. Janean and I also talked about how to win the love and trust of animals, especially wild ones. And about my experience of swimming with a humpback mother whale and her baby in Tonga. And finally, I share about the brilliance of our own companion animals and give some tips about how to connect with and communicate with them. I hope you will enjoy it! You can find Janean and this podcast, with links to other venues where you can see the slides while you listen to the interview at: https://realjanean.com/index.php?podcast=1493 Here is Janean's podcast site: https://www.realjanean.com/