Diary of a Cat Mom

About Diary of a Cat Mom

Diary of a Cat Mom is a reflective cat podcast created and hosted by Dagmar Gatell about understanding cats more deeply — and creating a calmer, more connected life for both you and your cats. Based on real experiences caring for over 50 cats throughout her life, each episode shares quiet observations, emotional moments, caregiving reflections, and gentle insights from everyday life with cats. From routines, behavior, and emotional wellbeing to grief, gratitude, overstimulation, trust, and the small meaningful moments many people overlook — this is not a traditional “how-to” podcast, but a space for understanding, awareness, and lived experience. Beyond cat care itself, Diary of a Cat Mom also explores our connection to nature, emotional presence, personal growth, and the way our inner state can influence the animals who share our lives. Because living with cats is never only about feeding and routines — it’s also about energy, safety, trust, patience, and how we show up emotionally in the spaces we create together. Created especially for cat moms 35+ in multi‑cat homes who see their cats as family, this podcast offers companionship, reassurance, perspective, and emotional support during seasons of caregiving, uncertainty, healing, change, and letting go. Diary of a Cat Mom is a personal storytelling podcast and does not replace professional veterinary advice. Every cat is unique, and medical or behavioral concerns should always be discussed with a trusted veterinarian or qualified professional. You’re not alone on this journey. We’re learning, loving, and growing together — one paw print at a time.

Publisher

By Dagmar Gatell — Creator & Host of Diary of a Cat Mom

Category

education · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Dec 2025

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

141 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   How Has Cat Care Changed Since the 1970s? A German Childhood Memory | Ep 141

   Listen to this episode to hear the day a five-year-old girl in a small German village learned where kittens went. Her father told her they "went to heaven." The next morning, she and her little sister climbed onto a box, lifted the lid of the green water barrel behind the house, and looked inside to see what heaven looked like. In this very personal episode of Diary of a Cat Mom, Dagmar looks back fifty years to a time when cats were rodent control rather than family. They ate leftover potato...

2. 

   22 Sept 2026

   From Stray to Stay: Cat Adoption, Fostering & Shelter Help with Sean-Patrick Malloy | Ep. 140

   Listen to this Diary of a Cat Mom podcast episode and picture a scared little kitten hiding at the back of a shelter room, refusing to come out. Then picture a quiet check-in, a covered bed, and a little patience, until a sassy, cuddly personality shows up. That is a normal day for Sean-Patrick Malloy, Behavior and Enrichment Specialist at the SPCA Finger Lakes. In this interview, host Dagmar sits down with Sean-Patrick for a practical, heartfelt guide to helping animals. It covers five segme...

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   16 Sept 2026

   Divorce: What Happens to the Cat Left Behind? | Ela's Story | Ep. 139

   Listen to this episode to meet Ela, a huge orange Maine Coon who came into Dagmar's life after his owners' divorce and Ela stayed with the ex-husband. When the marriage ended, there were three cats to split up — and Ela was the one left behind. Found on a Florida porch with a moldy water bowl, an empty food dish, and fur so matted it needed serious care, Ela was anxious, constantly bolting for the door, and desperate to run away. In this episode, Dagmar shares how patience, brushing, safe wal...

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