Whether or not you have a dog, you can probably picture one and, odds are, it’s excitedly running in circles at the sight of its leash or zooming around the park chasing a ball.

Dogs exude happiness. Which is exactly why Michelle Waitzman started thinking about what we can learn from them to be happier, ourselves.

The result is her book Be As Happy As Your Dog: 16 Dog-Tested Ways to Be Happier Using Pawsitive Psychology.

We’re chatting about a few of those ways today — plus what not to do that dogs do!

Michelle Waitzman is a writer, plain language consultant, and dog lover. She is the author of Be as Happy as Your Dog: 16 Dog-Tested Ways to Be Happier Using Pawsitive Psychology, Sex in a Tent: A Wild Couple’s Guide to Getting Naughty in Nature, Moon: Living Abroad in New Zealand, and Psychic Animals: Superstition, Science and Extraordinary Tales. Before her writing career, Michelle worked in TV production and corporate communications. She lives with her husband and two mixed-breed rescue dogs, Marlowe and Nuka, in Toronto, Canada.

https://www.beashappyasyourdog.com/ (You will find downloadable images and links to my previous podcast appearances on the “media” page.)https://www.facebook.com/BeAsHappyAsYourDog

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