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Daily writing prompt: 5 strategies to maintain my health and well-being

On By shannonlynbradyIn Animal Rescue, Santa Fe, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Daily writing promptWhat strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being?View all responses 1. Move my body How and when varies, but generally it happens within an hour of waking up. For years I started moving by running an outdoor trail, taking a power yoga class or swimming 1500 yards. But since adopting …

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Why I didn’t want a dog, and adopted one anyway

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Two months into volunteering at Santa Fe Animal Shelter, I came home with a scruffy 18-pound mutt. I'll just foster him for a weekend, I thought. Give the little guy a shelter break. I mean..how could I not? The week prior to bringing him home, I'd walked him a few times, only to leave him …

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