Therapy Dog

Sadie, my therapy do in training, is such a trooper! As we get back into the office she is relearning her manners. She is a love bug, but wants to give that lover on her terms, so we are working to shape that behavior so…

        As this year comes to a close, I am grateful. Honestly, I am just grateful for this year to be over and I am cautiously optimistic that 2021 will be better. It would be easy to slip into listing all the…

So apparently Sadie does not know how to play frisbee. She actually accomplished this look all on her own! Seems like a metaphor for the year. There has been so much this year to cope with, to mourn, to adjust to. It’s been a lot.…

Those who are gentle and kind are this way despite the world. They are strong enough to be aware that each of us is fighting a battle they cannot see and to extend compassion and love to others. Sadie, my therapy dog and constant companion…

One strategy we’ve discussed for building resilience is developing an ‘attitude of gratitude.’ By putting into practice of noticing and reflecting on things for which you are grateful, this primes your mind to notice more things for which to be grateful. This is because our…

  Working with Sadie has been a big learning experience for me. She and I are both learning every day, about each other, how to communicate and what we each need from the other. Yesterday we had a big outing to Home Depot together. Given…