Behavioral & Emotional Health

You know how you can feel like you’re juggling ten things at once...work stuff, relational drama, emotional weigh‑ins...and your body might be giving subtle (or not‑so‑subtle) signs? Well. I recently had one of those weeks. A relational issue, emotional drain, tears, mentally overthinking, the full package...

If you’ve been around here a while, or read my previous post about Lars and his glorious emotional baggage, you know that this sweet boy has separation anxiety with a capital S-A. At home? He’s a dream. A slightly dramatic dream, but a dream nonetheless. He plays, purrs, eats well, snuggles like a pro and patrols the hallway like he’s got rent to pay...

I never expected to become that person who gets excited about bacteria…but here we are. Once I saw how much of a difference probiotics made for my cats, and for my own health, I was fully convinced of the amazingness of gut wellness. Turns out, when you support the belly, everything else starts working better....

If you’re like me, you probably spent the first few days, or weeks, after bringing your new cat or kitten home in an absolute playtime frenzy. It was adorable. They were energetic. You were obsessed. Feather toys, laser dots, crinkle mice flying across the floor like tumbleweeds...it was the best...

If you’ve read about Lars before, you know he’s my tender little soul...sweet, snuggly and absolutely wrecked when we go on vacation. And when I say I tried everything to help him, I mean everything. Here’s some of the ideas I tried for helping Lars with separation anxiety that I got from lots of online searches...

Zigrit is our smallest cat. She’s got the tiniest frame, the most delicate paws and the kind of eyes that make you feel like she’s always five seconds away from asking to borrow your cardigan and a tissue...

When we adopted Lars and his sister Zigrit, we already had a cat sitter we trusted deeply. She’d been with us for years...she knew our house, our rhythms, our cats. She was part of the family. Lars, being young and still figuring things out, eventually accepted her as part of his new world. At first, he hid. Then, over time, he’d perch halfway down the stairs to watch her from a safe distance...