“Life often offers miracles; you just have to see them and take action.” – Max
Sometimes life calls upon us to take matters into our own paws.
Soul Cats is a book that carries with it a very special and personal mission. The dying wish of “soul cat” Max was for his human guardian to write this very book, as he passed away just a few short weeks after.
Within the pages lies a story overflowing with deep love between Max, Flix, Howy, and their human guardians. Together, their love is the prevailing force that sees them through times of significant challenges.
Our animal-human relationships exist on a plane of consciousness that transcends that of our relationships between other humans. Soul Cats puts the reader in the perfect center of our animal-human relationship, engaging in a journey about communication, true connection, distress, and the light that gets us all through it.
We all come with our own mental and physical baggage, something that older cats from the animal shelter share in common with us. Soul Cats explores the symbiotic healing power of cats and their humans caring for one another until they one day cross the rainbow bridge on their own terms.
Soul Cats is teeming with stories—following the alpha cat Max, cerebral thinker Flix, and the ever-bright Howy. The cats and their human guardians experience situations laced with joy and emotion, but also those of profound and sobering reality.
At its core, Soul Cats makes an indisputable case for how conventional medicine, natural healing methods, and energy clearing work can create a powerful trinity of relief and deep meaning in our lives.
The experience of reading Soul Cats is one that touches the soul of the reader. It’s a beautiful story that weaves together courage, deep care, and shows the power that a legacy of love can produce.
“Let love and joy be your guiding principles.” – Howy
Author Tamara Schenk owes her passion for writing to her soul cat Max. Max, in his divine feline wisdom, knew that his human guardian loved to write. That intuition is what helped to influence Tamara to write Soul Cats with the right divine timing.
Tamara Schenk is the founder of Energy Field Mastery, where she works together with humans (as well as their animals) to clear auric, karmic, and soul level blockages. As these blockages are often the root of so many challenges, Tamara’s process is cultivated from the ground up to reconnect humans with their soul insights and purpose and reignite their true potential.
She is a highly recognized thought leader and speaker in the field of sales enablement, as a director at Bartlett Schenk & Company. Tamara has repeatedly demonstrated a deep mastery of re-energizing people and setting a fire within their hearts.
In Soul Cats, Tamara speaks through the experiences of Max, Flix, and Howy and how they all helped Tamara Schenk to find her mission—to empower humans to live out their soul’s potential and heal the human-animal relationship on the planet.
I fully expected this book to actually be from the viewpoint of the cats in the story. I fully expected to see that floor's-eye view from Max, Flix and Howy, but never did. Everything was from the Cat Mum's perspective. That said, I did enjoy this book, as it took me back to many times I dealt with the same issues with sick cats needing help and proper care. I related very much with those, reminding me of the emotional ringer I went through with my beloved Khan, Phantom, Kai and others who suffered CKD, cancer and other lesser fatal illnesses. I commend the author's dedication to Max, Flix and Howy in their last days. The reason of four stars instead of five, well, in addition to the above preconception, though I believe in a soul connection between beloved animals and their humans, I don't believe in so-called animal communicators, who claim to have long conversations with animals, which do not sound like how a cat might actually convey what they feel. I found it hard to suspend my disbelief with this, and the ideas of "cleansings" and other aura related "practices", even though my own work has some metaphysical elements dealing with the idea of reincarnation. I did like it enough to gloss over what I did not believe in, and concentrate on Max, Flix and Howy. I would have loved to see that story truly through their eyes.