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Susan Mifsud is mental health peer specialist and health equity advocate. Her passion for writing and positive psychology research came together in her book, My Year of Practicing Positive Psychology: 50 Fabulous Feats @ 50 published through Balboa Press. You can find more of her posts at Silverliningfrog.com

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How My Old Dog Taught Me New Tricks

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“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ~Lao Tzu

With two rambunctious kids, a stressful job, and a house to maintain, life was hectic. For many years, my children begged for a dog, and I would always say, “When you are older and life slows down a bit.”

Time was ticking by, but life was no less chaotic when my then preteens made yet another pitch. With more than a little trepidation, we brought home a little ball of Golden Doodle fluff who we called Murphy. How much trouble could he be?

In a short time, our cute puppy …