Author Archives: JBWagner

One true dog woman to another… I have the weirdest way of having fun. I’m learning though, as I try to find my way back to being my dog woman self, that leaning into it makes being myself a lot easier than resisting it because I think there’s something wrong with me for what IContinue reading “Value is Relative”

One true dog woman to another… I failed HARD today. The whole morning I was dreaming up a training plan for my dogs, because I’m going to train them every day! (*Nervous laughter* at my own intensity). Then I realized I had fallen into my old trap of researching, researching, researching and planning, planning, planningContinue reading “Error Rate vs. Rate of Reinforcement”

One true dog woman to another… I get ahead of myself. And I often miss what is really going on for what I want to have going on because I have the perfect fix for it. But it’s not a fix if I have misunderstood the problem. Which is why the lightbulb I had thisContinue reading “Get Connected and Get Curious”

One true dog woman to another… I get distracted easily. I forget the point of why I want to do something because I’m worried about being the best at it or proving that I’m the most knowledgeable or capable. Even if I’m the only person I’m trying to prove that to. I worry about thingsContinue reading “Foundational Layers vs. High Distractions”

One true dog woman to another… I worry way too much. No matter what I’m doing I’m often thinking about the other things that need to be done but can’t be because of what I’m busy doing, or where I’m busy doing it. For example, I am spending a week at my mom’s place withContinue reading “Unconscious Presence”

One true dog woman to another… I’ve been away for a while. Like, a long while. Not just from this website. Not just from my dreams of being a dog woman. But from my identity as a dog person. Why? I told myself it was because I was finding myself as a mother, but I’mContinue reading “Values Driven”