​I am working in my hometown Wolfsberg in Carinthia again (09 - 12 December 2025).

​If you are interested in an individual or group session or want to learn about being a shaman, storytelling and ceremonies or Winterfire and Animal Wisdom Speaks, send me a message via e-mail or give me a call. I am looking forward to meeting you.
 
I'll be drawing, too, of course, so if you want me to draw your spirit animal or are interested in a drawing you have seen on my websites or social media, send me a message and we can arrange a meeting. 
 
You will be able to find me in one of the cafés in town as well, enjoying steaming hot black coffee with salt or a hot chocolate while drawing.
 
​Kristin Raphaela Otti

Ich arbeite im Augenblick wieder in meiner Heimatstadt Wolfsberg in Kärnten (09 - 12 Dezember 2025). Wenn ihr  Interesse an einer Einzel- oder Gruppensitzung habt oder ihr mehr über Schamanen, das Geschichtenerzählen und Zeremonien oder Winterfeuer und Animal Wisdom Speaks erfahren wollt, meldet euch gerne via E-Mail, schickt eine Nachricht oder ruft an. Ich freue mich darauf, euch kennenzulernen.
 
Ich werde natürlich auch zeichnen. Falls also jemand von euch Interesse daran hat, dass ich sein Krafttier male oder ihr euch für eine der Zeichnungen interessiert, die ihr auf meinen Webseiten oder Social Media gesehen habt, gebt Bescheid und wir machen uns einen Termin aus.
 
Ihr könnt mich zeichnenderweise auch bei einem heißen schwarzen Kaffee mit Salz oder einer heißen Schokolade in einem der Cafés in der Stadt finden.
 
Kristin Raphaela Otti

To learn more about the Bellbird and its wisdom go to

​I am working in my hometown Wolfsberg in Carinthia right now. If you are interested in an individual or group session or want to learn more about being a shaman, storytelling and ceremonies or "Winterfire", send me a message via e-mail or give me a call. I am looking forward to meeting you.
 
I'll be drawing, too, of course, so if you want me to draw your spirit animal, commission a drawing, are interested in a drawing you have seen on my websites or social media, send me a message and we can arrange a meeting. 
 
If the drawing that sparked your interest has already found a home, you can always get a print (on canvas). 
 
You will be able to find me in one of the cafés in town as well, enjoying steaming hot black coffee with salt while drawing.
 
​Kristin Raphaela Otti

Ich arbeite im Augenblick in meiner Heimatstadt Wolfsberg in Kärnten. Bei Interesse an einer Einzel- oder Gruppensitzung oder wenn ihr mehr über Schamanen, das Geschichtenerzählen und Zeremonien oder "Winterfeuer" erfahren wollt, meldet euch gerne via E-Mail oder ruft an. Ich freue mich darauf, euch kennenzulernen.
 
Ich werde natürlich auch zeichnen. Falls also jemand von euch Interesse daran hat, dass ich sein Krafttier male, ihr eine Zeichnung oder Illustrationen in Auftrag geben wollt oder euch für eine der Zeichnungen interessiert, die ihr auf meinen Webseiten oder Social Media gesehen habt, gebt Bescheid und wir machen uns einen Termin aus.
 
Sollte eine Zeichnung schon eine Heimat gefunden haben, gibt es auch Drucke auf Leinwand auf Anfrage.
 
Ihr könnt mich zeichnenderweise auch bei einem heißen schwarzen Kaffee mit Salz in einem der Cafés in der Stadt finden.
 
Kristin Raphaela Otti

November has arrived and Animal Wisdom Speaks is dedicated to the Snake. Snakes are mentors that teach us about forgiveness and letting go instead of striking and biting back and the choice of leaving a situation or an old you behind that is slowly taking your breath away, suffocating your heart.
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​Snakes shed their skin, leaving behind what they have outgrown without looking back. The skin shed becomes one with Mother Earth again, nourishment to the plants, and the snake enters a new cycle of growth, experiencing her world with eyes that are older and wiser, her body albeit young once more and shining.
 
Forgiveness means giving yourself the closure someone else or a situation never offered to you, allowing yourself the freedom to heal, to find your peace and to set out on your path again with renewed hope and trust in yourself and in your heart.

​To learn more about the Snake and her wisdom go to

Toucans feel no need to impress anyone. They aren’t good flyers. They flap forcefully and then glide for a while, knowing that you don’t need to take every step on your way elegantly and in an expert way, but you simply need to take it, trying and giving your best. Be yourself and come out of hiding, take the first step and smile.​

Toucan says, "Show your beautiful colours, you are enough in all you are. You are the gift."

Kristin Raphaela Otti ​

To learn more about Toucans and their wisdom go to 

​I will be working in my hometown Wolfsberg (Carinthia, Austria) again for a few days (06 - 10 October 2025). It has been quite a while. If you are interested in an individual or group session, send me a message via e-mail or WhatsApp or give me a call. I am looking forward to meeting you.
 
I'll be drawing, too, of course, so if you want me to draw your spirit animal, commission a drawing, are interested in a drawing you have seen on my websites or social media or want me to illustrate one of your stories, send me a message and we can arrange a meeting. 
 
If the drawing that sparked your interest has already found a home, you can always get a print (on canvas). 
 
You will be able to find me in one of the cafés in town as well, enjoying either steaming hot black coffee with salt – delicious! – or – and that may very well come as a surprise – a hot chocolate.

​Kristin Raphaela Otti 

Ich arbeite vom 06. bis zum 10. Oktober 2025 wieder für ein paar Tage in meiner Heimatstadt Wolfsberg in Kärnten. Es ist eine Weile her. Bei Interesse an einer Einzel- oder Gruppensitzung meldet euch gerne via E-Mail, WhatsApp oder ruft an. Ich freue mich darauf, euch kennenzulernen.
 
Ich werde natürlich auch zeichnen. Falls also jemand von euch Interesse daran hat, dass ich sein Krafttier male, ihr eine Zeichnung oder Illustrationen in Auftrag geben wollt oder euch für eine der Zeichnungen interessiert, die ihr auf meinen Webseiten oder Social Media gesehen habt, gebt Bescheid und wir machen uns einen Termin aus.

Sollte eine Zeichnung schon eine Heimat gefunden haben, gibt es auch Drucke auf Leinwand auf Anfrage.
 
Ihr könnt mich zeichnenderweise auch bei einem heißen schwarzen Kaffee mit Salz – köstlich! – oder – und das mag überraschend kommen – bei einer heißen Schokolade in einem der Cafés in der Stadt finden.

Kristin Raphaela Otti 

To learn more about the Squirrel and her wisdom go to
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There are two sides to every page in a book. Only reading the odd-numbered pages never gives you the full story. 
 
Dare to read both and go beyond the cover. 
 
Dare to use your eyes to observe the letters, not someone else’s reading glasses but your own, your own mind to put them together into words and your heart to see and feel the story through the lense of your own experience and truth.

Kristin Raphaela Otti 

Today is 16 July, World Snake Day.
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​Snakes shed their skin, leaving behind what they have outgrown without looking back. The skin shed becomes one with Mother Earth again, nourishment to the plants, and the snake enters a new cycle of growth, experiencing her world with eyes that are older and wiser, her body albeit young once more and shining. 
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​To me, snakes are mentors that teach us about forgiveness and letting go, instead of striking and biting back, and the choice of leaving a situation or an old you behind that is slowly taking your breath away, suffocating your heart. 
 
Forgiveness is a letting go of the resentment and the blaming of yourself for not knowing better, the what ifs and the should have beens. It is the shedding of the old skin and the growing of a new you.
 
Forgiveness means giving yourself the closure someone else or a situation never offered to you, allowing yourself the freedom to heal, to find your peace and to set out on your path again with renewed hope and trust in yourself and in your heart. ​

The United Nations General Assembly has designated 12 July as the International Day of Hope — a day to celebrate and promote hope as a guiding principle for individuals, communities, and nations alike.

​In September of 2024, I held a speech during a United Nations Summit of the Future Action Days Online Live Event. I spoke about letting go of fear and becoming the hope, daring to tell our stories as they are and thus inspire and initiate change:

​First within ourselves and our own hearts and then by daring to speak and tell our personal stories, share our medicine and wisdom and by doing so, become the hope and the gardeners tending to the garden in which the dreamers of tomorrow, our children, can take root, grow in their own time, blossom and come into full bloom sharing their unique beauty and gifts.

The title was “Voices of Change – Empowering Communities through Inclusive Dialogue and Storytelling”. Here is my speech in a transcript:

“My name is Kristin Raphaela Otti. I was born and raised in the Lavant Valley in Southern Austria, a province called Carinthia. I am a shaman, storyteller and artist. 

Above all, I love learning and listening to stories. I remember the time, when I was allowed to play cards with my grandma and listen to her stories very fondly. She was a businesswoman and in politics, so our conversations were a never-ending stream of new information, adventures and learning. I am also a change manager, organizational designer and teacher by trade.

​One might think that there is a contradiction in being a shaman and being in business, but a shaman empowers people by listening and by telling stories and a change manager does the same.

We go into organizations and businesses, listen to the stories told and then by telling new stories, we help shape the future of the organizations and businesses. 

As in everything, the stories told by the people, the individuals coming to us or by the businesses and organizations vary.

​There are stories of hope that are beautiful. There are stories of despair, demise and fear. There are stories filled with fear of the past and the hurt that was being done and inflicted upon us. 

In the end, there is no story that cannot be told. There is no story that is not worth being listened to. There is no story that is better or worse, none is bigger or smaller than anybody else’s. 

​Stories and storytelling are the fabric of our world. They have always been used to create either division or unity. Every word spoken bears power. 

A single word can grow into a sentence, a sentence can grow into judgment and thus become a sword dividing. And yet, a single word can grow into a seed of change, blossoming and blooming, and become an open hand and a guide into a new tomorrow. 

In working together, in telling our stories in conversation, on social media, in daily life, in business, there is always a choice: We can be the fear that brings division and despair or we can be the hope of a new dawn, a new day, a new tomorrow.

Let us choose to be the hope. 

Let us come together in a circle, listen to each other with open hearts, as equals, standing side by side. 

Through listening to one another with open hearts instead of trying to seem bigger or better, let us welcome different points of view and diversity in approaching matters and life.

Let us turn our stories into hope and whatever we have experienced as individuals, as the children we are, as communities, as people - Let those stories grow into seeds of hope! 

I have done so in my life and at the moment, I am building and creating three organizations that aim to helping people become healers instead of being victims and to bring change. 

Animal Wisdom Speaks helps through storytelling to make aware of environmental issues and by having storytelling events at schools aims to empower children and teenagers to stand tall and powerful.

The past is a teacher not a place to live in or dwell on, the present is the moment, we can shape with our stories. The future is the playground we create for the dreamers of tomorrow, for our children. 

Let go of the past, let go of fear.

Dare to dream. 

Dare to be the hope of a new tomorrow.

Dare to tell your story. 

Dare to inspire.”

​Kristin Raphaela Otti