Have you read the book ‘Thrive’? 📘📖 In her chapter dedicated entirely to pets, “(Furry) Friends with (Different) Benefits,” Ariana Huffington shows us how pets help us thrive.

As an animal lover and pet advocate, with a passion for holistic health and wellbeing, I am always excited to share interesting perspectives on how animals manage to effortlessly better our lives 🐩🐕🐈. Learning how pets can contribute to your personal path to success might wake you up to a whole level of fulfillment and joy that you never knew existed 🌠.

5 Ways That Pets Help Us Thrive:

🐶 Pets Activate Loving – they help us open up instead of shut down.

🐶 They Teach Us To Live In The Moment.

🐶 Pets Mirror a Furry Version of Our Best Selves – they connect us with our ability to love, feel and give.

🐶 Pets Heal a Myriad of Hurts.

🐶 Pets Enhance Our Social Network.

“They also add a sense of responsibility, regular activity, a set routine, and reliable companionship, which can be an invaluable source of healing,” writes Huffington.

‘Studies have also found that pet owners have lower blood pressure, a reduced risk of heart disease, and lower levels of stress. All with no side effects, other than the occasional chewed furniture leg. Pets can also be a plus in the workplace. A 2012 study published in the International Journal of Workplace Health Management found that in the course of the workday, stress levels decreased for workers who brought in their dogs. “The differences in perceived stress between days the dog was present and absent were significant,” said Randolph Barker, professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. “The employees as a whole had higher job satisfaction than industry norms.”’ (Huffington, excerpt from Thrive).

Luckily for us at FUELLED, we have Bella, pictured above. 💕🐶💕

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Agathe xo

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