Chickens for the Soul, Workhorse Mentality & the Root Cause with Dr. Towle

Thank you for coming back for Season 2, which is all about HEALTH & HEALING. 

This episode is dedicated to all Essential Workers who kept us alive and worked tirelessly to figure out ways to keep our society going through the pandemic.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!

Horses, Mountains & Dogs will be our lens for those we interview and a gateway to health and healing in this second season of our show.  Animals and nature help us get and stay healthy, and are also a great way of measuring how we are doing mentally, emotionally & spiritually, as well as physically.  Often, the greatest healing available to us does not come through the hospital, but comes from the unconditional love and lessons available to us through working with animals and getting outside.  

In this episode, we interview Dr. Lauren Towle about her perspective on health, medicine and her unexpected experience of healing with animals.  A self proclaimed "Chicken Mama," Lauren was surprised to learn that her lifelong dream of owning chickens was not only for her, but served her entire family in unexpected ways she never could have planned for.  The chickens were exactly what she needed - and perhaps, in some form or another, they are what we all need!

At the beginning of this episode, we have a 7 minute current introduction followed by the full length interview we did together in the fall.  The Full length interview begins around minute 8 where I share my Get Fit with Your Dog spot!

(**Full disclosure here - there are a few things I wish were better in this podcast, and one is that it is a bit confusing having two introductions!  Another is that the music on the dog spot is too loud...  Hopefully you made it to the show-notes for an explanation.  I am reminded and would like to remind my audience that sometimes "done" is better than perfect, and that there is value in allowing ourselves to imperfectly release work when we recognize that we have done the best that we could with the time that we have.  Try this affirmation on for size: "Even though it isn't perfect, I love and accept myself and am grateful for the opportunity to remember it is okay to be imperfect!"  Infact, in some cultures, a knot is always left out of place to signify our humanity, which is imperfect, and point to the divinity of the universe, or God, who is the only one who can and will be perfect.**)

But I digress from the amazing beauty and knowledge imparted in this interview.  You will not want to miss us unpacking the stigma around mental health, chicken egg prices today, the immeasureable, unexpected gifts of the pandemic, talking to our children about death, workhorse mentality, grief as a universal experience, giving yourself permission, functional medicine, homeostasis and the general sickness that is so prevalent in many of our lives these days.  Dr. Towle offers us hope, perspective and the beautiful possibilities available to each of us in healing the root cause, and the journey of discovering it.

Thank you so much for listening!  Keep coming back for more great interviews about how horses may heal us with Horses for Mental Health, among others in Season 2.  In case anyone has not told you today, I LOVE YOU, and so does an animal or nature preserve near you.  May you feel the fur and find yourself outside in fresh air today!

If you would like to get in touch with Dr. Towle, you can find her in the following ways:

@laurentowlemd
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If you would like to work with Cat, you can apply for the Get Fit With Your Dog program, or learn about other offerings in the following ways:

@catcaldwellmyers
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www.catcaldwellmyers.com

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