Thank you for joining us for episode 382 of Live Happy Now.

As we all settle into our post-summer routine, there are certain family members that

sometimes get overlooked.

I'm your host, Paula Phelps, and this week I'm welcoming back therapist Brittany Darenbacher,

a certified grief and pet loss

specialist, founder of the special needs animal rescue Luna Bell's moonbows, and owner of

Sunshine Healing and Empowerment in Louisville, Kentucky.

Brittany is here to talk about how the end of summer change and routine can affect our

furry family members, and she has several

tips on what you can do to decrease their anxiety, make mornings more enjoyable for everyone in the

home, and ease your pet stress of being left home alone. Britney, thank you for coming back on Live

Happy Now. Yeah, thank you for having me. I'm so excited to be back. We have been talking so much

about back to school on the show, and this came out of a conversation you and I had because we talk

about all these aspects, how parents can take care of themselves, how they can take care of their

children better, and one thing that often gets overlooked is pets. Can you talk about how pets can be affected during this time of year

as we go back to school and there's so much change going on? Absolutely. And I think in order for us to

have this conversation, we have to address something pretty important first. And that's that our

animals have feelings, right? Right.

Our animals can grieve. Our animals can have anxiety due to separation and routine change,

just as humans do. And I think like oftentimes humans, we kind of feel like we own the

copyrights to love and to grief, right?

All the feelings.

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