Yeah

...

so people understand it.

And, uh, this is L-I-T-E, okay? So it turns out that what you think of as you is, to a large extent, not really you.

I mean, it, it, it's...

You have these trillions of organisms that live inside you that do a lot of the work of your body, including things like neurotransmitter signaling, that y- you, I, we need more serotonin here, like things that you think of as brain function.

They call the gut the second brain.

Let's, let's do it.

And can you talk a little bit more about what that means to you, what that looks like?

Yeah.

Okay.

So I think the biggest thing, it's be aware of social pressure and be prepared for it.

Because when you're faced with authority or social convention that you know on some level doesn't sit right with you for your puppy, you're not gonna have the wherewithal in the moment to think on your feet and gracefully resist that.

It is something that you really have to cultivate, the confidence, and also the play- the playbook.

You know? That, okay, I'm out with my puppy, I'm paying attention to my puppy, and Chatty Cathy is here, and she wants to talk to me about the town council meeting.

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