• • • During the COVID-19 pandemic, an unlikely hero has emerged: pets. “In addition to helping us navigate an increasingly frightening and lonely world, our pets can also help us manage the interpersonal relationships inside our own walls.” As COVID-19 raged across the world, stranding Americans...
Read More♠ While wasp stings can certainly be random and unfortunate, they can also teach us about ourselves and our perspective on life. What is the spiritual meaning of a wasp sting? Stung by a wasp? This could, of course, be a random coincidence, and a wasp sting...
Read More◊ Prayerful Words to Help You Weather the Emotional Storm • • • Pet loss can be as impactful as losing a human companion. Utilize these four affirmations to support yourself through the grieving process. Losing an animal companion can be profoundly emotional. An increasing body of research attests...
Read More♠ In their emotionally connected presence, pets can be a powerful ally for optimal mental health. Most “how pets improve mental health” articles focus on scientific research. Dedicated to empirical evidence they highlight how dogs and cats act as natural mood-enhancers that reduce the likelihood of illnesses...
Read More♠ Authenticity, a minimal amount of emotional work, and the ability to gain trust are just some of the reasons empaths value their relationships with animals and with nature. Empaths not only feel the emotions of others in their own bodies, but both psychologists and empaths themselves have said...
Read More♠ “Our pet companions negotiate everything about our vital relationship with them through energetics. But how can we receive and interpret our pet companion’s various messages?” ↓ “You really need to put that puppy on a diet,” my girlfriend lectured me. Lucky the yellow Labrador was a little pudgy. I...
Read MoreTapping into the wisdom of “prey” species. Long before I became a brain surgeon, I fell in love with horses—one of the ultimate “prey” species. Nowadays, I spend a large part of my time not so much training horses but teaching people through horses. I think...
Read More↓ For one, it’s possible to be slow and fast at the same time. “How does she do that?” I exclaimed, peering out the window at the stationary-yet-buzzing ruby-throated hummingbird outside my window. Considering myself a quite different animal, I realized maybe that’s not so, as I...
Read MoreHow Dogs Can Help Us Heal and Inspire Prayerful Practices ↓ ↓ Praying to dog? Studies have shown prayer has a positive impact on mental and physical health and healing—regardless of who or what you pray to. When it comes to divine attribution, felines generally grab the limelight over...
Read More↓ Time to adopt a furry friend? Your four-legged friend’s company helps relieve touch deprivation and feelings of isolation. The men and women came with their furry friends to the park. I was sitting at a picnic table across from them, working on my colored pencil art....
Read MoreHow Animatronic Animals are Helping Cure Loneliness Robo-dog? Sounds straight out of a sci-fi movie. Technology has come a long way since the 1997 release of the Tamagotchi. Still, today robopets continue to bring comfort and cure loneliness. In the summer of 1997, bouncing along a dirt...
Read MoreTapping into the wisdom of “prey” species. Long before I became a brain surgeon, I fell in love with horses—one of the ultimate “prey” species. Nowadays, I spend a large part of my time not so much training horses but teaching people through horses. I think...
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