EP #207: Lessons My Dog Taught Me About Aging What You’ll Learn in this Episode about Lessons My Dog Taught Me about Aging. What my dog taught me about aging. Why my dog’s jowls seem adorable but mine aren’t. How you can learn about unconditional love from your dog. How your sense of time...
Continue readingEP #72: Life after an Unexpected Divorce with Lynne Ellen
What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Life after an Unexpected Divorce in Midlife: What it’s like to be surprised by an unexpected divorce. How Facebook makes it easy to reconnect with people from your past and is becoming more and more related to reasons for divorce. How noticing your spouse’s strange behavior with...
Continue readingEP #52: Is It Time for an Empty Nest Dog?
What You’ll Learn from this Episode: Why bringing a dog into your family can be great when you have an empty nest. How your relationship with your dog can help with loneliness and sadness. What some of the powerful research findings are regarding pets and people. How a dog can help bring some welcomed...
Continue readingHow to be less grouchy about winter
I have a proven track record of being grouchy about winter. It’s not very becoming actually. I’m not the type of person who complains a lot. Yet…when it’s winter and it’s freezing, I’m a different person. Complaining regularly. This is not the kind of midlife mom I want to be. I find myself talking...
Continue readingBig dogs and little owners: How I avoided a midlife crisis
Dogs were always part of my life. Big dogs, little dogs, slobbery dogs, messy dogs. The works. My family bred St. Bernards when I was a young child. We did the dog show thing too and I showed in the puppy class. My dad even became a dog show judge. Having five St. Bernards...
Continue readingCan you teach an old dog new tricks? Midlife and learning new things
We are older and we have a young dog. When my husband signed us up for a two-day carting workshop (my dog, Niko the Landseer Newfoundland, my husband and me), I was hesitant. I didn’t see why my dog would embrace the strange skill of actually pulling a large cart. I thought things like:...
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