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Conscious Cat Sunday: how are your New Year’s resolutions holding up?

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. – Lao Tzu

The new year is only five days old today. How are your New Year’s resolutions holding up?

I’m all about reinventing yourself, and finding your bliss, and the clean slate of a new year seems to be as good a time for it as any. And therein probably lies one of the reasons why so many New Year’s resolution fail. Why only pick January 1 to change your life? You can change your life on any given day- it’s YOUR choice, YOUR time.

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Mews and Nips: cats enhance creativity, a guide cat for the blind, and more

When I came across anarticle titled How Cats Boost Your Creativity, I was intrigued, although not surprised. My two feline muses inspire me every single day. Brain Pickings shared apassage from Muriel Spark’s A FarCry from Kensington that provides one explanation of why this is so: “If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat. Alone with the cat in the room where you work … the cat will invariably get up on yo...

Review and giveaway: In the Kitchen with Cookie 2013 calendar

If you’re still looking for a calendar for the new year, you’re going to love Cookie in the Kitchen, created by animal artist Bernadette Kazmarski of The Creative Cat.

This calendar, which comes both as a wall calendar and as a journal calendar, is a sweet tribute to Bernadette’s tortoiseshell cat Cookie, who passed away a year ago. Cookie’s intrepid spirit of curiosity often landed her in bowls and other kitchen accessories, and Bernadette captured her in a series of photos exploring alternat...

Giveaway: Turbo Scratcher with Turbo Teaser Toy

Our first giveaway of the new year is one your kitties are going to go wild for: a Turbo Scratcher® with Turbo Teaser™ toy from Bergan!

My cats have had Turbo Scratchers for as long as I can remember. I still have the original Bergan Turbo Scratcher Toy I bought for Feebee in the 1980′s! I just replace the center cardboard scratcher part periodically – and one of the things I love about this product is that even after all these years, they still make replacement scratchers and they still fit....

The Conscious Cat passes one million page views!

We just reached a huge milestone: a few minutes ago, The Conscious Cat passed one million page views! I never could have dreamed this would happen when I started this site in March of 2009 – and it never would have happened without all of you!

A million thank you’sforreading this blog every day, commenting here and on our Facebook page, and sharing what you read with your friends and followers.

We have some exciting things planned for you for this new year, and with your help, we know the next...

Kitties for Kids brings kitten therapy to the community of Newtown

When news of the shooting in Newtown started breaking, Robin Olson watched, along with the rest of the world, horrified at what was happening in her community:the shooter lived only a few streets away from her Sandy Hook home. Robin shared her emotions in a gripping series of blog posts titled The Saddest Place on Earth: Sandy Hook, CT. But writing about it wasn’t enough. Robin wanted to help her community heal.

Out of the sadness, pain and horror, Robin created something beautiful: her progra...

Happy New Year

Happy New Year

from Allegra, Ruby and Ingrid
May your year be filled with health, happiness and purrs!

The year in review, one blog post at a time

2012 has been a wonderful year for all of us here at The Conscious Cat. We won multiple awards,and our readership and fanbase grew rapidly. None of it would have happened without all of you who read this blog every day, comment here and on our Facebook page, and share what you read with your friends and followers. Allegra, Ruby and I appreciate your support more than words can say.

I thought it would be fun to look back over the year and share some of my favorite posts. I hope you enjoy this l...

Conscious Cat Sunday: declutter your life before the New Year

The week between Christmas and New Year can be a good time to clear the clutter from your life – and that includes both physical and mental clutter.

The physical surroundings we live in every day in our homes, offices and cars have a strong impact on us.Cluttered environments drain your energy.Just think about the last time you organized a drawer or cleaned your car – do you remember how accomplished you felt, and how you were able to approach the rest of your day from a much lighter perspecti...

Mews and Nips: Santa comes to a shelter, Maru’s best moments of the year, and more

We’ll start our final Mews and Nips of the year with a heartwarming holiday story. An anonymous donor came to the Larimer Humane Society in Colorado a few days before Christmas and paid the adoption fees for all the adoptable cats and kittens at the shelter, including Cody, the handsome 6-year-old boyin the photo above. Read the full story on the LarimerHumane Society Facebook page.

If you’re a fan of Maru, the world famous Japanese Scottish Fold, you’ll love Catsparella’s delightful round up...