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Neuroplastic Mantras
SUPER CHARGING ARP
AN ANCIENT TECHNIQUE ADAPTED THROUGH MODERN SCIENCE
Reputations. They can often make or break someone, or something. And far too often reputations are built by dis- tractors, and not based in direct experience.
I’ve had dogs since I was a child. Dogs are unconditional love, and love is one of the best cures for stress and anxiety.
Many years ago I had a dog named Maggie. Maggie finally had to be put to sleep when the challenges of old age exceeded her capacity to enjoy her life of pampering. She lived a glorious life of chasing balls, endless begging for bacon, and this adorable but relentless habit of sticking her nose under your hand – regardless of what you were doing – to demand a pat, or ideally a cuddle.
At 50 pounds Maggie was no lap dog. Maggie had no idea. After all, a lap was a warm comfy place where belly rubs were pretty much assured. Maggie slept every night with me, carefully positioned to keep my toes warms. She wasn’t a morning type of girl. Even a morning pee could wait if Dad
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