Is yours one of the 90 million American families that have pets? I’m not a pet parent at the moment, but our family had a German Shepherd when I was growing up, I had an orange tabby in my 30s, and I became stepmom to a Lab mix when I was married. That was the last of my pet parenting days, but if I’m ever fortunate to have another house with a fenced yard, I’d love to adopt or foster a pair of shelter pups.
Animals provide extraordinary wellness benefits to their humans, including reduced stress and blood pressure levels, improved heart health and emotional support.
They also require lots of care and gear. I wrote about the latest tips and trends in setting up your home for a pet in my latest Forbes.com piece. You can read that here.
You can also visit with my three expert sources this afternoon on Clubhouse to get pet feature tips and trends. That starts at 4 PM Eastern / 1 PM Pacific. Here’s a link to connect. (If you miss today’s conversation, you can either catch a Replay on Clubhouse or a recording in Gold Notes next week.
Dogs like to hang out in home offices with their humans
(Photo: Pexels)
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BONUS NUGGET
Every year, I write wellness design-themed Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day pieces. Yesterday’s Memorial Day story looked at the wellness benefits of home tributes for Gold Star families. It was truly an honor to learn about these from two remarkable women, and to get insights on the subject from a grief counselor. Here’s a link to the piece.
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SOCIAL GOLD
Today on Clubhouse!
I’ll be talking about wellness design and pets with a panel of experts today, June 1, at 4 pm EST, 1 pm PST and all the related time zones. I hope you’ll join us!
- 6/1 Wellness Design and Pets
- 6/15 Designing with Plants
- 7/6 Beat the Heat
- 7/20 Wellness Benefits of Co-Living
- 8/3 Creating Healthy Back to School Home Spaces
- 8/17 Creating Healthy Work from Home Spaces
- 9/7 New Smart Home Technology and Wellness Design
- 9/21 Creating Healthy Garage Spaces
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Past Clubhouse Recordings
Here are links to Clubhouse recordings from past sessions:
2022 Recordings:
- 5/18 Wellness Design and Art — Recording Link
- 5/4 Spa Bathrooms — Recording Link
- 4/20 Wellness Design and Appliances — Recording Link
- 3/16 Healthy Bedroom Spaces — Recording Link
- 3/2 Wellness Design and Tile Trends — Recording Link
- 2/16 Wellness Design and Autism — Recording Link
- 2/2 New Technology Ideas — Recording Link
- 1/19 Healthy Pantry Spaces — Recording Link
- 1/5 Top 2022 Wellness Design Trends — Recording Link
2021 Recordings:
- 6/2 Smart Homes / Healthy Homes — Recording Link
- 6/16 Home Fitness Spaces — Recording Link
- 7/7 DIY-Friendly Outdoor Wellness Design — Recording Link
- 7/21 Healthy Kid Spaces — Recording Link
- 8/4 Healthy Work from Home Spaces — Recording Link
- 8/18 Smart Home CEDIA Expo Preview — Recording Link
- 9/1 Great Grill Centers (in time for Labor Day) — Recording Link
- 9/15 Laundry and Flex Rooms — Recording Link
- 10/6 Small Appliances for Healthy Living — Recording Link
- 10/20 Healthy Beverage Centers — Recording Link
- 11/3 Healthy Holiday Entertaining at Home — Recording Link
- 11/17 Self Care Spaces — Recording Link
- 12/1 Healthy Home Holiday Gift Ideas (And Pro Shopping Tips) — Recording Link
- 12/15 Achieving Your New Year’s Resolutions with Wellness Design — Recording Link
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GOLD DUST
Gold Dust will return next week.
