How to be Earth's Champion
The earth is getting colder and it’s a dire emergency. Wait – maybe the earth is getting warmer and it’s a dire emergency. In the past 50 years, climate change has been front and center, with strident...
View ArticleIs It Selfish to Want What You Want?
If you knew it could be granted, what would you wish for? Would your wish change if you knew you were approaching the end of your life here on Earth?The most common wishes are for health, happiness,...
View ArticleThe Secret Life of Pets: Sneaky Guardians of Human Health
Once upon a time, in living rooms, backyards, and sunlit windowsills, a team of tiny, furry (and sometimes feathered or finny) guardians set out on a mission: to keep their humans healthy and...
View ArticleCan You Give Up Tomorrow?
I love writing this newsletter – it’s an excuse to learn things for me and a way to spread good and potentially useful information to you.I learned today about an observance I’ve never heard of, and...
View ArticleAre All Rescues Created Equal?
This week’s newsletter might make you smile. This week’s newsletter might make you angry. This week's newsletter might do both and it also might just surprise you with information you didn’t know.Today...
View ArticleAre Clubs Completely Irrelevant?
What do service clubs, civic clubs, and dog clubs have in common? Two major things, it turns out.Are you in a club, or maybe more than one? It could be Rotary, Toastmaster, PTA, or your local kennel...
View ArticleCan You Appreciate Loss?
Hi {{ first_name }},Have you ever lost a pet? Can you remember the physicalness of the pain – the pain in your chest, the hollowness of your being, the emptiness in your home? What is that? Why is...
View ArticleWhen Dogs and People Fight
Have you ever watched dogs playing together? It’s so entertaining to watch them play – right up until it’s not. Maybe you’ve seen this – two dogs playing together and suddenly they’re squared up and...
View ArticleThe Seasons, Change, and Your Emotions
Saturday was the first day of summer in the northern hemisphere and the first day of winter in the southern. That makes this a good time to think about change.I’ve been thinking about change a lot...
View ArticleDreaming, Doing, and Goal-Setting
Here we are with half of the year behind us. First of all, how the heck did that happen? Time flies faster than Kacey the Siberian scarfs down her food, and she’s an epic eater!Are you a person who...
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