At the time of recording, I’m on Day 42 of sheltering-in-place solo, and I think by now we can all attest to how important social connections are to our health and wellness. For some of us, its even more important than a healthy diet, exercising, or even sleep! The only thing keeping me company is my puppy girl, Coco Pop! I am so grateful to have her with me because this experience would have been so lonely without her and I know many of you feel the same way about your pets as well. Joining me today is Samantha Vaccaro. She’s a public health professional but she’s also known as Poppy the Doodle’s mom. We’re both crazy dog mom’s who have Instagram accounts for our doodles, Coco Pop and Poppy, and that’s how we connected. In this episode you’ll hear us chat about: How we’re each sheltering in place solo and how our puppy girls are helping us through it How having a canine companion can teach us, humans, how to have structure, routines, and boundaries, which are pretty vital to our health How our pups help us maintain social connections, especially as adults when its so harder to meet people and make new friendships READ THE SHOW NOTES: http://www.livefablife.com/126 ASK A QUESTION: http://www.livefablife.com/podcast  LEARN MORE ABOUT WORKING WITH ME: http://www.livefablife.com/services CONNECT ON INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/livefablifewithnaomi