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The Rainbow Connection

One of the best songs ever.  :)   Was singing this on the golf course yesterday as we saw a double rainbow during a blustery round!!  Click on the thumbnail images below to see the “big picture”…

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Courage Comes in Many Sizes and Guises

Talent shows on TV have become the rage, particularly those with singing and dancing.  It takes a certain amount of courage for anyone to put themselves out there in public, for judges to give the thumbs up or down, and for millions of viewers to potentially deride or laugh at them. A different brand of courage [...]

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Silly, thoughtful dogs…

Silly, thoughtful dogs…

  Here’s a video Get Well card to a dear friend in Boulder who’s fighting her way back to radiant health.

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Friends With Benefits

BIG day of radio interviews today! KPNW in Eugene, OR (ABC radio network), then the nationally syndicated Frankie Boyer show, then the Kim Pagano show on KKZZ in LA, then the nationally syndicated Richard Stevens show. Whew! Commenting on the Time Magazine cover story “Friends with Benefits”, tying that in with my book Wag, Live, [...]

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Huh? Doctors Learning from Musicians?

The central premise of Wag, Live, Love is that we humans can learn really useful lessons from observing dogs.  The same premise can be applied to professionals learning from professionals in other fields. In this article from the New York Times blog, http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/what-doctors-can-learn-from-musicians/  a Danielle Ofri, a very experienced doctor, shares what she’s learned from being an amateur [...]

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Dogs Change Lives for the Better

In the February 2, 2012 New York Times Magazine, Melissa Fay Green told the incredible story of Iyal Winokur, a boy in Atlanta, GA, 4 Paws for Ability (http://www.4pawsforability.org/), an organization in Ohio that trains service dogs for children, and Chancer, a Golden Retriever who in no small sense of the words is a Life [...]

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Why Dogs were the stars of the 2012 Super Bowl ads

I just did a really fun live radio interview this afternoon with Ken Johannessen of KPQ-AM 560 (Wenatchee, WA) about how dogs were the stars of this year’s Super Bowl ads, and about my book Wag, Live, Love – What Dogs Teach Us About Happiness and Life. I think Super Bowl advertisers are capitalizing on [...]

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What Moves the Needle for You?

I talk a lot about “The Happiness Meter” – how happy you are on a scale of 1-10 at any given moment.  If you’re at 8 or above, pay attention to what has you there, so you can (a) sustain it; and (b) have some clues about how to get back there when you dip [...]

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People Are Awesome – Video

To be inspired with what the human body and mind is capable of, watch this incredible video. May all of us reach beyond our limits this year and discover more of our potential.

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I Believe She’s Amazing Flash Mob – Toronto Eaton Centre

This Flash Mob Dance Video was organized by Kim MacGregor. Kim created this as a tribute to her best friend Erika Heller who died of  cancer last year at age 31. Each and every telephone conversation they ever had, Erika would end by telling Kim “You’re an amazing woman!” Well, Kim wanted to do something [...]

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