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Bird Therapy

10,000 Birds

And while we may at times help others with their mental health issues, we pastors must also attend to our own emotional stability. Yes, birding can be a wonderful tool for maintaining mental health. Why is birding such an effective mental health tool? Among other things… I go birding.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Many animals also display wide-ranging emotions, including joy, happiness, empathy, compassion, grief, and even resentment and embarrassment. It’s not surprising that animals—especially, but not only, mammals—share many emotions with us because we also share brain structures—located in the limbic system—that are the seat of our emotions.

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PROJECT: Pet Slim Down (giveaway)

4 The Love Of Animals

Target and Purina have joined forces to create this awesome program which includes downloadable tools, and even a $1 coupon for any Purina ONE brand product. Studies have shown that there are benefits of regular exercise/play for pets, with the most important ones being emotional. Luckily, there is an easy and FUN solution!

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Meditation on the Cheap

Animal Person

You can learn yoga, Pilates and meditation , and after having meditated for nearly two decades I can say that, for instance, the " Meditation on Emotions " is a perfect introduction to meditation and is actually very much like what I do at least a couple of times a week. I sometimes experience despair thinking about all of the suffering.

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Can we talk about Cecil the Lion?

10,000 Birds

Today I want to talk about how it also damages conservation by, in much the same way as other media does, by reducing issues to pithy statements, devoid of nuance and heavily laden with emotion, and shaping the opinion of millions as it does so. But there has to be a conversation.

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Unlikely Healer Walks on Three Paws

4 The Love Of Animals

Ever tech-savvy and always looking for new ways to reach those in need, Henry recently pioneered the development of the world’s first emotional bandage, an Apple iPad app entitled, “Ouch! Emotional bandage,” which conveys some of his lessons. Any animal group in the world can use these materials as fundraising tools.

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Rescue for the rescuer.

4 The Love Of Animals

Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, Emotional Exhaustion these are all familiar topics to those of us who spend our time helping animals. They shared with me that they have the ability to sense our emotions and feelings.

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