Episodes

Trigger Warning! This episode discusses death, grief and loss, and emotional stories of pet loss. In this episode, I (your host Julie Marty-Pearson) talk about my experience fostering for the first time. I currently volunteer for my local animal shelter and recently decided I wanted to try fostering a kitten for the first time. I was given Bryce, aka Binx, to bring home and care for. He was a 5-week old kitten found alone, outside. When he was brought to the shelter he was covered in fleas and ...

In this episode, I welcome my guest, Sally Williams. She has dedicated her adult life to cats and nonprofits. Sally is a lifelong animal lover, former pet sitter, cat behaviorist, cat advocate, Founder of The Brodie Fund, speaker, proud cat mom and Founder and President of Mission Meow. She lives in New Jersey with her husband of 30 years, Scott, and their four cats! In this episode, part two of my interview with Sally Williams, you’ll meet Sally’s current cats, known as the Pawsome Foursome- W...

Trigger Warning! This episode discusses grief and loss, cancer diagnoses and treatments,and emotional stories of pet loss. In this episode, I welcome my guest, Sally Williams. She has dedicated her adult life to cats and nonprofits. Sally is a lifelong animal lover, former pet sitter, cat behaviorist, cat advocate, Founder of The Brodie Fund, speaker, proud cat mom and Founder and President of Mission Meow. She lives in New Jersey with her husband of 30 years, Scott. They have 4 amazing cats, n...

In episode 16, you get to hear your host, Julie Marty-Pearson tell stories about her childhood pets. You’ll meet Goldie the Golden Retriever, who was rescued from the local animal shelter and joined my family when I was 5 years old. She was an amazing and inspiring rescue dog! Connect with Me: Thanks so much for joining us. As always, you can visit our website to join our email list and learn more about being a guest on a future episode. https://linktr.ee/allthingspetsdrjulie You can also foll...

In episode 15, I welcome my guest, Amy Fagan. Amy lives in Maine with her husband and their rescue dog Whitney. They also have two cats, Clarence and Storm, and six chickens. She works from home and has her own jam business called Amy's Garden Jam, which she makes and sell jams with local fruits for peak freshness. Amy also has a podcast, Grounded in Maine, about sustainability and homesteading. Learn more about Amy, her jam business and podcast at the links below. https://www.facebook.com/Grou...

Episode 14: Memories of Chi the Adventure Cat and the New Life of Bonded Pair Jack and Sparrow In episode 13, I welcome my guest, Michelle Steiner. Michelle is an animal lover living in Pennsylvania with her husband and their two cats Jack and Sparrow. She works as a teacher's aide in a public school, helping teenage students with disabilities. She is also a disability writer and advocate, with her own blog, Michelle’s Mission, which she uses to empower, encourage, and education people on Learn...

In episode 13, I welcome my guest, Rebecca Houghton. Born and raised in Bakersfield, CA, Rebecca is a hobby farmer, homeschooling mom, and retired RN now living in Sonoma County, California her husband Greg and their two boys, Parker and Andrew. Rebecca grew up with different animals including snakes, mice, rats, hamsters, and cats. Even though she has since lived all over the US including Mississippi, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, they have had many family pets over the years. Currently, ...

In episode 12, I welcome my guest Berkeley Hanley. Born and raised in Bakersfield, CA Berkeley has always loved animals. She grew up with parents who were both high school biology teachers and her dad's 100+ animals in his classroom. She adopted her first rescue, Mickey, at the age of ten. Berkeley fell in love with animal shelter work during her senior year of high school and has been working in various positions at local animal shelters for the past 15 years. Currently, she is the Community En...

Fur Mom Ciara Barsotti is an animal lover who grew up with a menagerie of wonderful pets. As an artist, she explores and celebrates her love for nature and animals through her work. She also captures the personality of others’ pets through her commissioned pet portraits that highlight current pets and memorialize precious fur babies.

In episode 10, I welcome my guests Nataliia Kalantaienko and Karin Olson. Nataliia is 19 years old Ukrainian. She is a student of the international relations in Lviv University and Assistant to the CEO and Manager of the fundraising in the non-governmental organization, Ukrainian Volunteer Service. She and her family are helping to care for, and rescue abandoned and injured animals due to the War in Ukraine since the Russian invasion. She currently has 5 cats and a dog named Tyapa, that they res...

Animal lover Julie Marty-Pearson starts a pet podcast to document and immortalize our favorite pets, but discovers a much more compelling story: the fight for animal welfare, rescue, and adoption. Connect with me: Thanks so much for joining us. As always, you can visit our website to join our email list and learn more about being a guest on a future episode. https://linktr.ee/allthingspetsdrjulie You can also follow the podcast on Instagram! https://instagram.com/thestoryofmypetpodcast You ca...

The Story of My Pet Podcast Episode 1! In today's episode I chat with my lifelong friend Karin Bousquet Olson. We remember stories of her childhood pet Mardi the Boston Terrier. We also discuss our love of cats and the several we each have had as adults. Finally, Karin details how her and her family found her current dogs Ginger and Cocoa, aka Puggy the Pug. I also add my experiences with her dogs as their pet sitter. I hope you enjoy our trip down memory lane. The animal rescue organization h...

In episode 9, I welcome my guests Olivia Ting and Annette Jannotta to talk about their friendship, collaboration and mutual love of animals. Annette is an architect having worked in San Francisco and Singapore, now residing in Seattle. Olivia is a graphic designer and sound artist living in San Francisco and often caring for her friends’ pets. Together they are a hybrid artist-architect team exploring multi-sensory experiences; creating site-specific art installations that inspire connection, co...

In episode 8, I welcome my guest Tess Vergara to tell the story of her faithful companion of 14 years Charlie. She talks all about the amazing adventures they had together and how she keeps his memory alive and a part of her daily life. When we lose a pet, the grieve can be overwhelming. Talking about your pet to others and keeping their memory alive is an important part of the grief process. For more information about the pet grief coaching services I provide, please email me at julie@thestory...

In Episode 7, I welcome my guest Linda Katz, a life coach and Qoya teacher. Linda loves animals and all things WILD! Born in Sweden, Linda now lives in a suburb of Dallas, Texas with her husband Eric and soul creature, Sophie. Sophie, Linda's thirteen-year-old pit bull, has been instrumental on Linda's journey to coming back home to herself and unearthing her authentic self. Through learning to love Sophie exactly as she is (silly, sensitive, contrarian, loving and mischievous...to name a few), ...

In Episode 6 of The Story of My Pet Podcast I welcome my guest, Carolyn Smith-Keune. Carolyn, a Doctor of Marine and Molecular Biology, has worked as a marine biologist on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia for almost a decade. Later in her career she switched to working in Aquaculture Genetics research when she started her family, where she manages a genetics research lab (predominately animal and plant genetics). Currently on leave of absence to heal from past trauma and PTSD (post-traumatic ...

In Episode 5 of The Story of My Pet Podcast I welcome my guest, Lois Strachan. Lois is a disability advocate, a professional speaker, author of 6 books, a blogger, podcaster, a sometime rock musician, and an intensely grateful guide dog owner. She became blind at the age of 21 as a result of diabetes. Lois lives in Cape Town, South Africa with her husband and a house full of dogs (you’ll hear from a few during the podcast). In this episode, Lois and I chat about the 3 guide dogs she has been ho...

In Episode 4 of The Story of My Pet Podcast I welcome my guest, Desiree Argentina. Des and I chat about her rescue work with cats in both New York and Colorado. We discuss the importance of fostering and volunteering for local shelters. Most importantly, fostering needed for orphaned kittens and mom cats with their litters which place huge demands on shelters and small rescue groups. Des explains the process of TNR and TSR (Trap Neuter Release or Trap Spay Release) for feral cats to reduce the b...

In Episode 3 of The Story of My Pet Podcast I welcome my guest Suzana Ioana. Originally from Romania, Suzana now resides in Dublin, Ireland with her precious poodle Jewel. Growing up with family dogs including cocker spaniel and poodles, Suzana has always loved the companionship that pets provide. When she met Jewel, it was “love at first sight” and he has by her side for the last 9 years. Suzana works as a civil engineer and runs her own life coaching business. You can follow her and Jewel on t...

In Episode 2 of The Story of My Pet Podcast I welcomed guest Tara Jabbari, a digital media consultant and podcast producer. She connects experts and entrepreneurs with podcasters to promote and educate listeners across the globe through their engaging conversations. She also helps with her clients digital presence through social media marketing. You can also find and follow Tara on Instagram @tara_jabbari Tara also has an autobiographical podcast called Who was she? Check out season 2 now! Tar...