About Holli Shan
Holli has been an animal communicator for show dogs and their handlers for the past 6 years. As A show dog coach, she helps owner handlers with their dogs to become champions in the show ring.
For the past 14 years, Holli has been communicating with animals and coaching their people. Whether it's the dog having a problem with the judge, the dogs simply won’t listen to you or you notice you tend to become easily frustrated, every client is treated with dignity, respect, compassion and understanding.
Holli has been featured on the PAL (Professional Animal Lovers) podcast, where she talked about grieving over the loss of a family pet. And has been a guest on the Hacks & Hobbies, and Animals of a New Earth with Kerri Lake podcasts. Where she spoke about communicating with animals on a more intuitive level. Holli is also a TEDx speaker where she delivered her talk “Communicating Intuitively with Animals: More Than Sit, Stay, Get Down From There”.
Holli firmly believes that compassion is the key to bridging the gap of communication between people and their pets. As beings, we not only want to be heard, but also understood.
When Holli isn’t coaching at a dog show, or helping her clients - she enjoys mounted archery with her horse - Odin, going on cruises with her spouse and working on performance titles with her dog, Finn.
WATCH! Holli's Encore Presentation!
By popular request, Holli gave an encore presentation of her Communicating Intuitively with Animals: More Than "Sit, Stay, Get Down from There!!" talk from April 2019. This speech was given at Rowan Tree in Henrdon, VA on September 16th 2019.
In this talk, you are taken through the journey of what intuitive communication is, some examples of when a communication has occurred and how we can bridge the gap of communication between ourselves and our animal companions.
Listen to Holli's Guest Interview at Hacks and Hobbies!
At Holli's TEDxAshburn talk, she met Junaid Ahmed, who hosts the Hacks and Hobbies podcast. He asked Holli to participate in an interview for him to talk about her Animal Communications experiences, and even drifted into science fiction, including Star Trek, The Orville, and Dr. Who. The interview took place on April 25, 2019.