I Know From My Own Clinical Work

Our Beliefs Create The Kind Of World We Believe In. We Project Our Feelings, Thoughts And Attitudes Onto The World. I Can Create A Different World By Changing My Belief About The World. Our Inner State Creates The Outer And Not Vice Versa.

Children Are Curious And Are Risk Takers. They Have Lots Of Courage. They Venture Out Into A World That Is Immense And Dangerous. A Child Initially Trusts Life And The Processes Of Life.

Most People Who Have Survived Abuse Have Great Strength.

Our Sadness Is An Energy We Discharge In Order To Heal. …sadness Is Painful. We Try To Avoid It. Actually Discharging Sadness Releases The Energy Involved In Our Emotional Pain. To Hold It In Is To Freeze The Pain Within Us. The Therapeutic Slogan Is That Grieving Is The ‘healing Feeling.’

The Capacity For Love That Makes Dogs Such Rewarding Companions Has A Flip-side: They Find It Difficult To Cope Without Us. Since We Humans Programmed This Vulnerability, It's Our Responsibility To Ensure That Our Dogs Do Not Suffer As A Result.