Soul Retreival

I've had several of my own "Soul Retreival" parts return to myself. A new one just last night. Most of them have occured during the dreamtime and have been spontaneous...in other words I did not intend to do a soul retreival last night. Though I have several times asked during prayer/meditation sessions to have a return of all my power that I may have lost over several lifetimes come back to me now, so I can stand in my own power in the here and now. I have struggled my whole life with standing up for myself and having the confidence to do or say what needs to be done or said. Well I have had a few soul splinters return now over the past few months and I've discovered that they always take the form of a cat for me. It is different for everyone.....some people will see a little child version of themself, others will see an object that has a personal meaning, or an animal. I however did not realize a few years ago when I had a couple of cat rescue dreams, that it was in fact a soul retrieval. In retrospect now I can see it clearly. In these dreams I am always rescueing a cat (often a kitten) from either drowning or starvation or one time it was squashed and I was trying to breathe life back in to it. The cat is always scraggley, dirty, hungry, injured, lost. Always I end up holding them tight to my chest, which is how a Shaman would integrated the soul part back into one's energy field. The one last night was on the verge of starvation, but was overjoyed to see me and the reunion was so emotionally moving for me.