About Maribeth
I came by my love of animals and intuition from my family.
I grew up with cats and regularly took care of my neighbor’s dog, Bootsie, a standard poodle.
I considered my cats and Bootsie family.
As a kid, I spent time outdoors looking for critters in a nearby stream when I wasn’t reading.
Intuition runs in my family, especially on my Dad’s side.
I grew up with incredible stories of encounters with deceased family members and other beings from my Dad and my Grandmother.
I had a spiritual experience at 13 years old when I asked God if God existed. I received an incredible response from a loving, intelligent presence. I was overwhelmed and grateful. Still am.
This experience happened in the woods; that’s where the name, Sacred Grove originates.
Working on my bachelor’s degree in pre-med, I was forced to do live experiments on mice and turtles. As an empath, I felt the pain and terror of the animals, but had to push the feelings down to complete the course. But the horror stuck with me and I support many animal charities as a result.
After graduating, I became a Navy officer and was stationed in Puerto Rico. By that time, I drank pretty heavily. The chaplain noticed and gave me a book on sobriety — and a street puppy, Pee Wee. Unluckily, no light bulb went off – I didn’t “get” that the Chaplain hoped this sweet dog would change my behavior.
So my dog parenting skills were at best, a C-. I wasn’t cruel, but I was neglectful. I felt a lot of guilt and remorse in later years. Lucky for Pee Wee, my parents took her when I received orders to Japan.
God has a sense of humor and sent me to a training center where I taught sailors about responsible drinking.
Finally, the light bulb turned on – I’ve been sober ever since.
When I became a Reiki Master, my deceased dogs started communicating with me. I was shocked!
Eddy transitioned a day before I had to leave for a business trip, leaving me devastated.
As I sat in the aisle seat of the airplane, I felt Eddy’s presence in the aisle and even petted her.
Eddy stayed with me the first night in the hotel to make sure I was able to support the meeting.
I wouldn’t have made it through the meeting without her support!
Later, Timmie, who also passed, visited me at home. I saw him out of the corner of my eye. He was a full body apparition, grinning to communicate that he was OK, he was happy and he loved me!
I yelled, “Timmie!”, turned to look at him and he was gone. I thought, “That was cool,” and went back to making dinner.
Mitsubishi saw me use Reiki healing on Eddy before she died. She still died, but it eased her transition.
Later, I started doing energy healing on Mitsubishi while we sat on the couch.
Mitsubishi looked into my eyes and I thought, “If Mitsubishi could talk, he just said, ‘Don’t try that shit on me; it killed Eddy!’”
Then Mitsu jumped off the couch. I wasn’t sure what happened!
After I learned to communicate, I told Mitsu that I didn’t hurt Eddy, but I did help her transition. After that, he let me do energy healing on him.
I finally understood that animal communication was worth pursuing when Tibor came into my life.
He was a rescue dog, with a broken tooth, scars and some aggression issues based on fear, yet he was a really nice guy.
Every time I sat next to Tibor, I saw a picture of a man wearing this huge protective suit with a German Shepherd grabbing his arm. Tibor was sharing it with me, I soon realized – there was no other explanation.
I thought, “I don’t know what’s going on here, but I’ve got to find out.” A friend told me about animal communicators. So I took animal communication courses to be able to communicate at will.
Dogs brought out my “soul purpose.” Now I work with animals to help them become better family members through intuitive communication, medical intuition, and energy healing. I help improve behavioral issues, explain changes in the family routine and help animals move gracefully through end-of-life transition.
An intuitive conversation is possible??
Oh yeah — with Maribeth’s help!