Monie Forrs
Cat Coach Café
Your monthly dose of cosiness - a podcast that combines love for books and cats with seasonal wellbeing. Your purrfect place to slow down and cosy up! monieforrs.substack.com
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Monie Forrs
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May 29, 2026
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Episodes
S02E11 Midsummer Spells & Learning to Communicate with Animals with Pea Horsley 29.05.2026 1:15:17
June is knocking on our door, and it’s time to welcome it in together with summer. In today’s episode, the last episode of season 2, we will learn about the magic of Summer Solstice and Midsummer Night - the one night it is said we can understand animals. And if that wasn’t enough, we have invited a professional animal communicator to the Cat Coach Café today, to explain how we can all learn to co...
S02E10 May Joys & Soft Loving with The Ship's Cat and Alex Howard 01.05.2026 1:40:05
Welcome to May, the month that’s dressed in the color of pink, soft pastels and mesmerizing scents that fill the air. In today’s episode, we will tune into it all and welcome joy and love into our lives. We’ll look after the seeds we have planted earlier this year, to see them through to harvest. We will focus on finding balance between the masculine and feminine energies, and learn where we need...
S02E09 Celebrating Easter & New Life with Rachel Wells' Alfie the Doorstep Cat 03.04.2026 1:13:46
Welcome to the Easter episode of the Cat Coach Café! It is time to cleanse, look for the magic and receive the lifeforce necessary for a prosperous year ahead. Together we will look at some of the well known Czech Easter traditions, the symbolism of the ceremonial leaven pastries, and we will look for magic on Good Friday. We will welcome a very special guest too - author of the beloved Alfie the...
S02E08 Designing Life & Logos Inspired by Cats with Ian Paget, the Logo Geek 06.03.2026 1:38:16
As we welcome spring together, and prepare for the Spring Equinox, coming on March 20th, we take a look at our lives to see where we need to change our perspective, put some dates to our plans, and what we need to let go of to grow in this new chapter. We will declutter our space as well as our mind, say goodbye to winter by welcoming the Spring Goddess Vesna, and send the Goddess of Winter and De...
S02E07 Preparing for a Year of Mystical Thinking with Emma Howarth 06.02.2026 1:20:20
This month we welcome in more intentional magic inside the Cat Coach Café - and beyond. Author Emma Howarth comes to share with us some secrets to bringing more magic into our lives, exploring our passions and what it truly means to have a sustainable (mystical) self-care practice that works for you. And of course, she tells us all about her own cat master and how he inspired her life. We dive int...
S02E06 Gentle January, Wintering & Life as a Cat with Carlie Sorosiak 09.01.2026 1:14:20
Welcome to the first episode of 2026 and to the beatiful month of January which offers us a unique opportunity to reset - gently, and delightfully. There is no reason to rush anywhere or to set any goals just yet, it’s time to rest, dream and notice the wonders of winter. And also… to look at life through the eyes of an alien cat with Carlie Sorosiak and her heartwarming book Leonard: My Life as a...
S02E05 Christmases Around the World with Friends and the Cats 19.12.2025 1:19:45
Welcome to the Christmas Special of the Cat Coach Café! Where we gather with friends old and new, joined by your Cat Coaches, to share on the Christmas spirit and talk all things Christmas! CJ Fentiman , the author of The Cat with Three Passports and the The Zen of Cat , joins us to tell us all about Christmas in Japan, and her Christmas favorites, as will returning authors Alex Howard , Fiona Fer...
S02E04 Preparing Chic Christmas with Fiona Ferris & the Magic of December 28.11.2025 1:28:05
It’s time to prepare for Christmas! But also - to enjoy the time that leads up to it. In this episode we talk to Fiona Ferris , author of the lifestyle series of books about living a “chic” life, and an expert in simplifying things and brining joy to our everyday. Fiona shares many practical tips for stress-free December and Christmas, how Kiwis celebrate Christmas in sunny New Zealand, her favori...
S02E03 Entering the Dark Season with Lili Hayward, Magical Tails & Cornish Folklore 31.10.2025 1:18:50
In this episode we talk all about honoring our ancestors, the magic of the Celtic New Year and the thinning veil between our worlds and how we can use it for our self-growth. We embrace November’s feasting as well as the energy of rest and slowly start preparing for Christmas. With our guest, Lili Hayward, author of A Midwiner’s Tail and The Cat of Yule Cottage (also known as the best-selling writ...
S02E02 The Season of the Witch with Bethany Ellison, The Yogi Witch 03.10.2025 1:29:54
Subscribe to get notified about new episodes! Welcome back to the Cat Coach Café - and to the Season of the Witch! We have entered a magical season that invites us to connect to our inner wisdom, and our magic within. In today’s episode we will explore the autumn energies, the theme of letting go, invite in some magic, talk all things witchcraft and debunk some myths surrounding it, and of course...
S02E01 Cats of Edinburgh with Alex Howard & the Start of the Cosy Season 05.09.2025 1:24:19
Subscribe now to not a miss an episode! Welcome back to the Cat Coach Café - we are official open for season 2! With all your favorite bits - seasonal tune-ins, Czech folk traditions, cosy conversations featuring cats, Cat Coach Diaries and the drink meditation to start with. Yes, it’s time to slow down once more, and from now on, we’ll do so every four weeks together, all year round. Today we wel...
S01E11 Spring Dreaming & Second Chances with Donna Bradley-Brown 14.03.2025 1:16:54
Subscribe to not miss any future episodes! In our last episode of Season 1, we’ll tune to the powerful spring energies and we will take some bold actions towards our dreams. This is the time to make a plan for the year ahead and start acting upon it. As our energies turn from the inward to outward, we are called to create and show up in the world. We will also talk about all of Donna Bradley-Brown...
S01E10 Waking Up to Life with CJ Fentiman, Japan & the Zen Cats 28.02.2025 1:04:06
Today’s episode is a treat! Together with our today’s guest author CJ Fentiman, we immerse ourselves in Japanese culture, slow down, find our ikigai, learn all about ichigo ichie AND the many ways cats are celebrated and roothed in Japanese tradition. Apart from that, we’ll tune in to the season and slowly start preparing for the arrival of spring, welcoming in any necessary endings, so we can beg...
S01E09 February Self-love & Kindness Side Effects with Dr David Hamilton 14.02.2025 1:12:48
Subscribe to not miss any new episodes! Today’s episode is inspired by love! It’s time to create the conditions for the new seeds to grow and that’s why the second half of February is dedicated to self-love, so we too can grow once spring arrives. We also talk about new ways to approach Valentine’s Day no matter your relationship status and welcome our special guest, Dr David Hamilton. Together we...
S01E08 New Beginnings & Adventuring with Bao Zi 31.01.2025 57:20
Subscribe now to not miss any episodes of Cat Coach Café! February is a time for envisioning, gaining clarity and planting those seeds of a successful year ahead - so we can begin the necessary growth as we come out of our hibernation in spring. Leave your fears behind and get inspired by a cat who went from an extremely anxious cat living in a basemenet to a true adventurer who visited over 13 co...
S01E07 Dreaming Up the Year & Finding Comfort with James Norbury 16.01.2025 1:06:02
We are starting the year off in a very gentle way. January is all about rest and slowly letting the vision for the year emerge. Let go of any New Year’s resolutions pressure and do what you were meant to do - the same thing nature does at this time of year, which is rest. So grab a hot drink, cosy up and listen to some winter wellbeing tips and to my conversation with James Norbury, author of the...
S01E06 Christmas at the Cat Coach Café with Family & Friends 20.12.2024 1:28:31
Today’s episode is a little longer than we’re used to, but that’s only because there is so much goodness in store for you. It is a “special” after all, and our little celebration to end the year together as the Cat Coach Café will close until January 10. Come and join in on some Winter Solstice inspired rituals and get inspired by Czech Christmas. Listen to our guests, future and past, to share th...
S01E05 Pre-Christmas Self-Care & Inside Rachel Rowlands' Catpurrcino 13.12.2024 1:07:21
In today’s episode we explore ways to give ourselves some love in the last week leading up to Christmas. I will share tips for some free online resources to help you slow down and care for yourself, as well as share a little bit of history of gift giving and the role books played in it. Finally, we will sit down with author Rachel Rowlands to talk about her beautiful new book Snowed in at the Cat...
S01E04 Hopeful December & Planting Seeds of Magic with Sheri Fink 29.11.2024 1:04:26
In this week’s episode, we go back to the roots of some Christmas traditions to re-ignite the magic of the season no matter how we feel about Christmas this year. We bring hope and peace to the season and plant seeds for a magical future while chatting to this week’s guest, author and inspirational speaker, Sheri Fink, who introduces her latest chidlren’s book Magenta. Cat Coach Diaries: catcoachd...
S01E03 Christmas Preparations & the Story of Senior Cat Lola 15.11.2024 1:02:29
Welcome back to the Cat Coach Café! This episode is all about November well-being, gratitude and slowly preparing for the Advent time, as well as appreciating senior cats as we welcome Niki, the owner of 'Lola and the Boys' Instagram account, inside the Cat Coach Café. Cat Coach Diaries: catcoachdiaries.substack.com Get your FREE Christmas Planner: https://payhip.com/b/MxuRF Follow Lola and Her Bo...
S01E02 Story-telling November & Bibliotherapy with Bijal Shah 01.11.2024 1:00:04
November is time of stories and thus the perfect time to chat to Bijal Shah, the author of Bibliotherapy - The Healing Power of Reading. Get notified about new episodes! Subscribe for free and support my work. Cat Coach Diaries: catcoachdiaries.substack.com Bijal Shah https://www.instagram.com/booktherapy_by_bijal/ All Bibliotherapy links: https://linktr.ee/booktherapy_by_bijal Cat Coach Café Play...
S01E01 Halloween Magic & the Cat Coaches Origin Story 25.10.2024 1:03:44
Get notified about new episodes! Subscribe for free and support my work. Welcome to the first episode of the Cat Coach Café podcast! Me and my Cat Coaches are delighted to have you. Let’s together tune into the season, slow down and let me share the story of how the Cat Coaches came into my life. Cat Coach Diaries: catcoachdiaries.substack.com Cozy October playlist on Spotify: Cat Coach Café Playl...
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