Marese Hickey has done aerobatics in a vintage Tiger Moth in New Zealand, meditated in Tibet, and has swum with wild dolphins in the Bahamas. A former general and paediatric nurse, she has worked as a clinical hypnotherapist for twenty one years. She is a Reiki and Seichem Master Healer, Past Life Regressionist, Spiritual Healer, Magnified Healing therapist and has a Diploma in Animal Healing. Marese has offered healing to animals for the last sixteen years. She is a servant to four cats and a volunteer healer with Dog's Aid animal sanctuary in Dublin for the last ten years, and St. Anne's City Farm for the last year. In both Dog's Aid and the City Farm she has trained volunteers in distant healing for animals.