This is Dexter and a normal sized cat bed called a "sherpa".The bed isn't too small for other cats.... so you do the math.
I have found a lot of helpful and sound advice for living from Dr. Christiane Northrup, OB/GYN (you may have seen her on PBS). Ever since I heard her talk about a way to create positive chemical and hormonal reactions inside one's body to encourage health, I've tried to keep that as a priority. She said that the easiest way for a woman to achieve this is to think of something that makes her inner nurturing core glow.
Sounds too "new age"? Keep reading because it's sound medical advice backed by science.
Making your inner nurturing core glow is basically when you get warm fuzzies and are all fluttery inside because something has touched that nurturing place unique to women's brains. Dr. Northrup gave examples of what it means to make your inner nurturing core glow. For some it is the thought of a newborn baby. For others it is the thought of baby birds or puppies. For some (like me) it is the thought of baby kittens. It's the "ahhhhh" response that gets all those good "juices" firing off inside our brains. And those good "juices" create health and wellness.
Nurturing and emotional bonding (as well as other important things) are processed in a specific part of our brains--the limbic. And the limbic is larger in women than in men (explains why we are such good nurturers).
So, according to Dr. Northrup, the antidote for all the stress responses that I am barraged with daily is to find things that give me the warm fuzzies (or "cute attacks" as Hubby and I call them).
Now, I have to ask... what prompts you to have a "cute attack"?
