“What am I supposed to do?” is a question I hear a lot in my intuitive practice. A more challenging question is: “How do I become my best self?” This melds the search for identity and meaning with the practical, emotional, mystical, and, yes, fun aspects of our personal and professional lives. The best thing? […]
Signs, Symbols, and Surviving Grief
It’s been six months since I lost my beloved Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Murphy. The devastating fog is lifting, but the sadness lingers. I’ve received many wonderful stories from people who’ve been touched by my family’s journey through grief as recounted in my e-book, My Dog Is Dying: The Real Life Crappy Choice Diary. Somehow […]
My Dog Is Dying: The Real Life Crappy Choice Diary, Entry 21 (How the Human-Animal Bond Meets, and Survives, Death)
It’s hard to say goodbye to a beloved animal companion. It’s harder to live the goodbye. Murphy and I managed to live our goodbye, accompanied by Alki and Grace the Cat. We found the courage, fortitude, and love to fully and gracefully embrace it, adding depth to the many years we’d shared. It’s not easy, […]
“Murphy’s Choice”—Save Our Dogs
I know, wishful thinking that this is the face of the last dog who died from splenic cancer. Truth is, splenic cancer is epidemic in the United States. They say they don’t know why, but they are lying to us. It’s early spay/neuter. Yes, early spay/neuter is causing splenic cancer in our dogs. Maybe other […]
Yes, It’s Lettuce
Add it up! Take one amateur photographer. Discover fascination with brilliant red lettuce. Take up close and possibly way too personal photographs. Don’t make people guess what it is. Happy summer from Seattle. © 2012 Robyn M Fritz
Lavender: When Summer Makes You Smile
We joke about summer in Seattle all year—and can’t stop smiling when it shows up! Bonus is, it also smells great, especially when the lavender harvest is in. I am so grateful when I work to establish good relationships with people who love their work, and then I enjoy the fruits of our mutual labor! […]
How To Be a Watermelon Intuitive
Relaxing is one of the best ways to tap your intuition. No pressure, no anxiety, nothing but a bit of time to play. Sounds like August, right? So try this. Get a watermelon. Yes, a watermelon. Take it outside and explore it: look, touch, smell, taste, thump it (hear it). Get messy with watermelon: experience it […]
Our Birthday Wish for Your Animal Family
Today, July 16, 2012, my beloved Murphy would have been 14 years old. Instead, I lost her on March 8, 2012, to splenic cancer, one of many diseases I now learn is linked to early spay/neuter. Yes, my grief is compounded because I did what the animal care community, from veterinarians to shelters to breeders, […]
How Do We Really Define Land of the Free?
The Fourth of July in America has become a puzzle for me. We’ve devolved into an ‘us or them’ paradigm, it seems, where the only thing that matters is our military. Why is that? Seriously, why is that? I honor every American who works hard at whatever he or she does: from serving in the […]
Vets Say “No” to Early Spay/Neuter, Too
People are starting to listen to those of us who are learning the truth about early spay/neuter. Vets are starting to speak up as well. Like all pioneers and good-thinking people, they are not always treated well by the establishment. Why? Speaking the truth upsets the status quo, and that often means an income loss […]