In my experience in visiting and observing your animal family members, there are several things that increase their level of joy. Over the next weeks, I will share some of these with you. One of the biggest is conscious attention and connection. What does that mean exactly?

Much of the last twenty-three years for me has been walking through the uncomfortable from social norms to business to restaurants to being at ease in my own body. Shaking, tremors, and whatever label you want to give them often can put the person on edge. Most often with themselves facing and being aware …

Do you have a dog that sometimes you wonder whether they are a cat?  Or a cat that acts like a dog?

Often the actions and behaviors of our animal companions can take on the personalities of whatever or whomever they were raised with or by. So, if your dog as a puppy was raised around an older sibling that is a cat,

Traveling into the unknown can put us on the edge. As I mentioned in my previous blog on our travels to Europe, one of our experiences was with money. However, we have impactful experiences in releasing the role of expectations. Flying here in the states, we don’t think about passport checks when going from state to state despite the states being of similar size to the countries in much of Europe. Flying back from….

This past week, I noticed a variety of emotions surfacing in connection with my dad. Partially as I was re-reading through the first round of edits for my upcoming book. The part I was at involved my walk with my dad…

If you have ever been around both households with single pets and those with multiple animal family members or are a parent of the latter, these statements may have been heard…

If you like the fastpass found at many well-known amusement parks, then you will love the Skip the Line offerings in certain tours available for purchase before you arrive at your destination. For us, we learned that Skip the Line and small groups were the best bet for maneuvering the summer busy time. We had six people in our first tour at the Vatican Museum whereas at the Coliseum there were 25 in our group…