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AUGUST 2020 PUBLISHER

Marisa MacLean | marisa.maclean@lifestylepubs.com EDITORIAL SUPERVISOR

Robin Moyer Chung | robin.chung@lifestylepubs.com AD DESIGNER

DEAR READERS,

Miranda Williams

This August, we celebrate our children, whose lives are shaped by where we stand,

LAYOUT DESIGNER

how we speak and what we say. So we speak and stand with intent and care, for

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someday they’ll shape the lives of our grandchildren. These children live in an idyllic coastal community, but we raise them in a town of the world. Westport is home to some of the most creative, outspoken, and engaged minds in the country.

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John Videler, Mindy Briar, Jerri Graham, Dylan Goodman, Lisa Garcia CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

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Craig Melvin, news anchor for NBC’s Today, covered the George Floyd funeral in Houston. Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the FDA, is helping to lead the United States through the pandemic. Ruth Steinkraus Cohen herself, who established jUNe Day on June 27, 1965, was secretary to Eleanor Roosevelt and a National Board Member of UNA-USA. The Ruth Steinkraus Cohen bridge is home to protests and rallies, from the Vietnam war to Iraq to Black Lives Matter. Our history of activism, even in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, remains peaceful and positive, our engagement reflecting who we are and what we believe.

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INSIDE THE ISSUE AUGUST 2020

FEATURES 20 Congratulations Class of 2020! You Did It!

26 Children and Mental Illness: Innovative Treatment Gray Matters is Changing How We Help Our Kids

32 "Mama" How Racism Affects Our Families

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44 A Health Food Store for... Animals? Millions of Earth Animal Customers Can't Be Wrong

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FEED IT FORWARD Thank you to Amanda Thaw for Feed It Forward! Amanda helped feed the frontline personnel by reaching out to booster clubs and coaches. She asked each team to choose a group of frontline workers and bring them dinner from a local restaurant. Tennis, football, soccer, lacrosse and other teams fed police and hospital workers and more. Of course, all of our great restaurants were happy to pitch in.

MAILED WITH LOVE Our names are Olivia Beck and Dani Barnes, we created Mailed With Love to bring joy to the children at Yale-New Haven Hospital who have been affected by Covid-19 as visitation has been restricted. This is a great opportunity to get together and help support a good cause by creating letters and drawings for children. For information email mailedwithlovewestport@gmail.com.

CARDS FOR THE ELDERLY Soon after the start of the pandemic, Spencer and Samantha Henske started to collect letters to send to seniors in the community, many of which are living in isolation. They have partnered with the Met Council, a charitable organization based in New York City, to distribute these letters to those seniors who are experiencing fear, loneliness, and anxiety during these times. If you are interested in helping with this initiative, you can bring letters, artwork, poetry and cards to 10 Poplar Plains Road, and drop them in the donation box. Spenske24@yahoo.com

CAELIN REILLY, SCHOLASTIC GOLD KEY WINNER

HEARTS ON DOORS: HEARTS FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS I started Hearts for Healthcare Workers as

Congratulations, Caelin Reilly SHS ‘21! She

something that all Westporters would want to do,

won a prestigious Scholastic Gold Key this year

something that all neighbors and healthcare work-

for her poem, The Middle. In addition, she’s won

ers could see and would create a sense of commu-

a Scholastic Silver Key and Honorable Mention for

nity and love, fostering unity and appreciation for

her poetry, the Staples High School PTA Reflection

our heroes.

Contest twice, and is published four times in

Our nonprofit Kidz Give Back Foundation which I

Creative Communications “A Celebration of Poets.”

do with my sister Layla Wofsy, creates red adoption certificates for stuffed animal gifts. Since our spring events were canceled we used that red card stock for CONTINUED >

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Westport has leveraged its stunning Helmut Lang

who could not create their own but wished to honor

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to create a powerful online piano concert series showcasing the most talented musicians from across Fairfield County. Designed to entertain and inspire, the free virtual concerts feature several young pianists from Staples High School, including the duo of Patrick Looby and Lucas Lieberman (who played together at Carnegie Hall in 2019), and Sasha Maskoff (pictured). The series can be viewed on the MoCA Westport YouTube channel or by visiting mocawestport.org. The Museum will continue its Concert Series in the 2020-21 season, including both virtual and in-person performances.

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In March, when Westport locked down to flat-

ics like Star Wars Droid Building and Harry Potter

ten the curve of COVID-19, Cameron Robinson, an

Spell Casting, students leave feeling a sense of

art teacher at Greens Farms School, challenged

accomplishment and success. Our 5-day courses

her fourth-grade students to make art to reflect

and summer camps have a proven track record for

gratitude. Daphne Eisenberger and her family took

maximizing student growth and engagement. Visit

this challenge to “heart” and paint rocks for the

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them, then placed them around town - the Greens

an entering sophomore at Staples High School.]

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CO N GRATULATION S CLASS OF 2020! ARTICLE ROBIN MOYER CHUNG | PHOTOGRAPHY MINDY BRIAR AND READER SUBMITTED PHOTOS

Staples 2020 valedictorian Benjamin Spector (right) and salutatorian Benjamin Schussheim (left).

INTRODUCING THE STAPLES HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2020 VALEDICTORIAN AND SALUTATORIAN!!! 20

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BEFORE MARCH FOUND YOU SHACKLED TO YOUR HOMES AND SPENDING FAR MORE QUALITY TIME WITH FAMILY Though salty-eyed or steely glassed

THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE, YOU WERE PREP-

What happens now will soon be passed

PING FOR PROMS AND INTERNSHIPS, COMPETITIONS, PAR-

So celebrate, no matter how

TIES, AND SNEAKING IN A MYRIAD OF LAST-MINUTE HIGH

The life that you are leading now

SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS.

For just as sun defines the night

Thank you for sending us your photos - we’re so happy to congrat-

One must measure dark by light

ulate you all in this issue. Special congratulations to valedictorian

A day must end for every dawn

Benjamin Spector and salutatorian Benjamin Schussheim!

Joy must come, so carry on.

Go forth and succeed in every possible way. Take what you’ve learned from your years in Westport and from the transformative events of 2020 and become the person you most wish to be, the individual who makes you most proud.

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CHILDREN AND MENTAL ILLNESS: INNOVATIVE TREATMENT GRAY MATTERS IS CHANGING HOW WE HELP OUR KIDS ARTICLE ROBIN MOYER CHUNG PHOTOGRAPHY JOHN VIDELER

FEW THINGS ARE MORE INSUFFERABLE THAN A NEW PARENT WITH OPINIONS ABOUT RAISING A CHILD. One of my favorites is “I will never Ferberize my child.” Amazing how six months of sleep deprivation sways a conviction. Or “I will sterilize my bottles after every feeding.” Really? Boil a bottle for 20 minutes every 2-3 hours? You have no idea what the other moms are saying about you in baby group.” Another biggie is “I will never put my child on medication.” Uhh… if your child has ADHD, anxiety and/or depression, if he/she is failing classes and unable to make friends, I have news: love and therapy are great. But you’ll want a prescription. Unfortunately, finding the right medication is tricky. Kids swallow pill after pill while parents monitor any alleviation of distress. For weeks, months, even years, they hope to find something to correct signs of their child’s diagnosis while not even knowing if the diagnosis is accurate. The number of unknowns can be staggering, depleting. Here’s the good news: we’re on the crest of a sea change in the way our children - and ourselves - are diagnosed and treated for mental afflictions, ranging from ADHD and depression to PTSD and addiction. These psychological conditions can be accurately pinpointed, eliminating most of the need for trial and error in determining the correct medication. Even better, however, one can treat these afflictions medication-free with brain imaging and neurofeedback. While it’s not fairy dust nor a magic pill, it’s part of a fascinating and effective new healing process. Anthony Silver, a psychotherapist with board certifications in both neurofeedback and functional brain imaging and one of only around 100 clinicians in the U.S. awarded Diplomate status by the International qEEG Certification Board, founded Gray Matters (GM) on the premise that “training” one’s brain activity to re-regulate itself should mitigate some mental afflictions. 26

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Anthony Silver.

A Greenwich couple, Jane and Ted, allowed me to follow their son Nick’s* experience with GM. Nick had been diagnosed with ADHD, had tried medication and refused to go to therapy. He had frequent tantrums in which he swore and threatened self-harm. At the first meeting, Anthony placed an electrode cap on Nick’s head. This cloth cap with a rainbow of wires streaming from the back recorded the electrical activity from Nick’s brain at the scalp (EEG.) As Nick sat quietly, a series of jagged horizontal lines moved across Anthony’s computer screen. A computer process compared these recordings to an extensive database of “normal” brain activity for people of all ages, used by hospitals and clinicians all over the world. After 20 minutes, Anthony had collected enough data to produce a slew of charts I couldn’t begin to understand. However, I did understand the illustrations: different views of the brain (top, cross-section, etc.) with colors to denote activity; green for “normal” with shades of blue, yellow, orange, and red for increasing degrees of deviation and arousal. Pages of images showed activity in each area of Nick’s brain with easy-to-read stylized pictures. The EEG biomarker for ADHD is frontal slowing, or reduced activity in the frontal lobes (which is why a stimulant is effective). However, Nick’s data showed over-arousal, indicating anxiety and dis-regulation. Anthony explains, “Many of the children we see have tried a series of stimulant medications before turning to us for a qEEG… Difficulties commonly described as ADHD can be caused by an almost infinite number of issues, very few of which are improved by ADHD medications. Brain imaging easily identifies these differences and the root cause of the difficulties, clarifying treatment.” He recommends a course of neurofeedback sessions to, literally, re-wire the brain. A “session” is watching 40 minutes of a movie while wearing an electrode cap. The GM office has six individual movie-watching cubicles and a large selection of movies and TV shows. As Nick watches the movie we notice the screen dim and lighten. When the brain activity shows improved function, the screen brightens, giving the brain a “reward” for moving in the right direction. Unlike muscle, which takes a while to build and can be lost without exercise, the brain builds quickly and adapts to what it’s doing. The brain, literally, will change in the direction in which it is rewarded. “Neurofeedback uses our understanding of brain plasticity to directly Anthony places a cloth "electrode" cap onto the patient.

train the brain to improve function,” states Anthony. He shares remarkable success stories: + A pilot from the Iraqi war still suffered from PTSD over a decade after he had returned home. Anthony explains, “Sometimes people are not ready or able to talk.” He targeted the over-aroused areas of the soldier’s brain. During the soldier’s sessions, the screen brightened as he calmed. Neurofeedback eventually reduced the veteran’s acute anxiety until he was able to discuss his experiences and feelings. “[Neurofeedback] is not intrusive – it normalizes brain function to the point where they’re CONTINUED >

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HEALTHY LIFESTYLE (CONTINUED) able to discuss their feelings in a way they couldn’t before, so a therapist can work with them more effectively.” + A two-year old boy with a speech delay was erroneously diagnosed with autism.** With the correct diagnosis from GM (later supported by clinicians at Yale) and three months of sessions he was chatting and smiling. + A girl with a family history of depression had been on every conceivable type of anti-depressant and mood stabilizer. Anthony discovered her issues would not be solved by medication and she is now improving with neurofeedback. “I don’t want to make crazy claims,” Anthony states. “Obviously children will develop at their own pace and with different interventions, but we believe we often play a large role in their improvement.” Regardless, the statistics aren’t so crazy. Of the 3,000 individuals who have done neurofeedback with GM: + Approx. 90% of GM clients on medication were able to come off medication successfully and are doing better than they were on meds. + Of the GM patients who were considering a prescription, approx. 90% no longer feel the need for medication. As for Nick, “He used to have two or three meltdowns every day,” Ted explained, “Suddenly it was only once a week, then less.” Nick’s mood lightened and he showed more commitment to finishing homework and other chores.

Collecting brain activity data measured by the electrode cap.

Granted, several things changed during these weeks: help from Nick’s teachers and guidance counselor, his parents reactions to his tirades, general maturity. However Jane and Ted consider GM a key player in Nick’s progress. They’ve recommended GM to friends, three of whom are now patients. All of them are combining neurofeedback with other forms of recovery, i.e. therapy, medication, exercise. Though it’s tough to extrapolate what’s helping most, all agree they’re happier and more energetic than when they began. As one of them said, “I feel a heck of a lot better. I believe in it.” The medical community is trying to replace the potentially dangerous “trial and error” method of finding the correct medicine, from parmacogenomics (DNA testing) to observing patient characteristics. For mental illness, brain imaging and neurofeedback may be exactly the solution we need. *Names changed. **There are other therapists claiming to use QEEG diagnostically, and neurofeedback for treatment. Anthony warns that the field is still quite unregulated, with a huge variability in the quality of treatment. Having the right board certifications helps to identify qualified clinicians. Gray Matters GrayMattersCt.com 28

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"Mama" HOW RACISM AFFECTS WESTPORT FAMILIES IN THE WAKE OF OUR NATION’S TRAGEDIES,

REV. ADAM AND DR. TEGAN MOORE, BI-RACIAL

WESTPORT LIFESTYLE AND PERSONA HAVE

FAMILY AND FOUNDERS OF WHEELHOUSE CENTER.

PARTNERED TO START IMPORTANT COMMUNITY

Rob Simmelkjaer: How do you expose your chil-

DIALOGUES ABOUT BLACK LIVES AND RACIAL

dren to the reality of the world when you live in a ‘bub-

TOLERANCE. While these conversations touch upon

ble’ like Westport?:

a number of topics, we’ve printed excerpts focusing

Tegan: “We had a neighbor who was incredibly

on family and children. For the full interviews follow

threatened by Adam. Multiple times police were called

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to our house within the first six months that we moved

app. (Note: all comments are edited for print.)

here. …we lived on high alert for a year and questioned

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our intentions on staying. What is it that we moved here for and can we actually get what we moved here for? The kids had an abrupt and negative experience in the sense they felt outed and (felt) racial tension…” Rob: Adam, from your point of view how do these conversations (about racism) differ for a family like yours versus a family that’s all black or all white? Dr. Tegan and Adam Moore and family (Photo: Jerri Graham)

Adam: “My learning curve was to not just assume that because I’m speaking about the struggle of AfricanAmericans that (this) struggle doesn’t also impact my wife. You know, [she’s] part of a particular heritage [caucasian] and doesn’t like how [other caucasians] are operating in the world and yet it’s a deep, rich part of her identity… it’s challenging to be in a situation when you can’t as easily celebrate [one’s] heritage as a caucasian. ...then you’re skewing your children’s understanding about what to be proud about; one is going to be public, and the other is going to be unspoken…” “I told my kids, you can call yourselves whatever you want… You can be mixed, you can be interracial, you can be mocha… but you will not be accepted as white.” CRAIG MELVIN, FATHER OF BI-RACIAL FAMILY AND ANCHOR OF NBC NEWS’ TODAY, CO-HOST OF 3RD HOUR OF TODAY AND ANCHOR ON MSNBC

Craig Melvin and his family. Photo: @lindsaycz

Rob: What can you relay from your own personal experience as to the role this plays in the parenting experience of black people? Craig: “My mom was the first to integrate her high school back in the ‘60s. My mom experienced 1960’s racism. Even in the early ‘70s in South Carolina she didn’t sit in the front of the bus. Naturally, when she had two boys of her own it would come up when there had been an incident; she would use that as an opportunity to talk to us about it. “My parents worked very hard to assimilate us, they exposed us to lots of things and people they weren’t exposed to. My mother was very deliberate. She wanted to make sure we had experiences that she didn’t have and she also wanted to make sure we didn’t see color as she saw color, as my dad saw color. I think we benefitted from that in a lot of ways but I do think there were some drawbacks. I’ve grappled with those over the past few weeks because you don’t want your children to see color as the first thing. But

Craig Melvin and his family. Photo: @lindsaycz

I think it may have come at a cost, I did see things through rose-colored glasses longer than I should have.” CONTINUED >

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HAROLD AND BERNICESTINE BAILEY, FOUNDERS OF TEAM WESTPORT Rob: What do you think kids need to be sent out in the world with from a place like Westport? Bernicestine: “We just had a recent call [from an alumn of the

Friendship by Elise Mergenthaler. Artwork provided by One River School, Westport.

Westport school system] to say that they did feel unprepared when they were in college because other students from around the country had either interacted with students of color in their high schools

Reverend Dr. Bernard Wilson

or at least there’d been some discussion, whereas here they said there was nothing. “We are working with a group of alumnae to develop something to reinforce the principle that we do need to have some type of education with regards to schools and students so they are prepared. It’s not something that should start at the high school. We’re also working with the pre-schools and the curriculum coordinators in the elementary and the middle as well in order to get some program together. In addition, we need training for the teachers because we’re hearing the teachers do not feel comfortable - and that make sense - talking about race because the environment here has not been one where you do talk about race. “We’re beginning to get traction now. We’re developing curriculum and courses that will expose our students to what to expect in the outside world. Now is the perfect moment to do that.” REVEREND DR. BERNARD WILSON, SENIOR MINISTER OF NORFIELD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN WESTON Rob: How do you talk to white kids (in your congregation) about this problem? They can be a big part of the solution of systemic racism. Rev. Wilson: “I begin by saying, ‘Just the fact that I walk through the doors of that church is a social justice action statement.’ You have these kids who are growing up with this minister who is African-American and I think that brings a sensitivity to them that wasn’t seen before. “One of my favorite things that happened when I arrived here, in Christian education discovery hour they asked the kids to draw pictures of God. Several of them drew pictures of a black God; these were white kids who probably would not have done that except for my presence. Part of that is just my being here, but then parents have been instrumental in bringing them to see me and to see [Pastor] Thomas and to ask some tough questions about what it means to be an African-American in this town, in this city, in this country. I’ve had 34

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opportunities to share stories with them of what it feels like and I try to mix it with both ‘here are the good things that have happened in my life and here are some challenging ones that I’ve had to deal with.” Rob: How can religion be a positive force here? Rev. Wilson: “It begins with us talking and listening to one another. If liberal churches, black churches, conservative, whatever can’t come together and have sacred conversations about the tough and challenging times we’re facing, I don’t know where else it happens.” WESTPORT CHIEF OF POLICE, FOTI KOSKINAS Officer Koskinas: “If I want cultural change, I have to lead from the top down. My goal is if people see what I’m doing, and with the staff I have here, I want them to believe in what I’m doing and ultimately follow that.” Rob: What’s your advice to an African American young male when it comes to dealing with police interactions? Officer Koskinas: “…depending on how they were treated, how a parent or a grandparent was treated, or a peer, their mind is made up in some way [about the police]. So part of it is trying to evaluate where they are on that spectrum because the work I have to do to gain their trust is going to vary greatly based on their prior experiChief of Police Foti Koskinas (photo: John Videler)

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Will Holleman.

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MY TEXT: “WHEN YOU SAY SLICED

opens and when it closes and the average

ROAST BEEF ON YOUR LIST, DO YOU

wait time at Trader Joe’s. I’m sure Will Matar,

MEAN DELI ROAST BEEF OR SOME-

Charlotte Robins, Hannah Matteson, Clara

THING ELSE?”

and Will Holleman, Quinn Markham and

Her text: “At Trader Joe, ask GUYS @

Jared Parnes can say the same.

CUSTOMER Service desk: in a box, to cook,

None of us are legal adults and because of

and it is sliced roast beef in that box. Should

our age COVID is not as high of a threat to us

be in Refrigerator section, ask?”

as it is to adults. Every time we completed a

My text: “What?”

delivery it was one person who would not have

I’m a junior in high school. This made no

to compromise their health to get groceries.

sense to me.

Will Matar says, “My favorite part of my

I started Guys Helping in March, about

experience in this group is how Westport

a week after Governor Lamont declared a

has become smaller through the many

state of emergency. My mom, actually, had

interactions I am fortunate enough to have.

the idea; my grandmother lives in Cape Cod

Having the opportunity to be able to serve

and wouldn’t we love to have someone run

my community like this truly makes me feel

errands for her? So why not help someone

lucky.” I certainly wasn’t looking for any

else’s grandmother here?

wildly transcendent vision, but it did become

I called some friends and asked if they

liberating to a certain degree. We’re high

wanted to run errands for people who were

schoolers. But suddenly adults are relying

seniors or couldn’t leave their homes. Most

on us instead of us relying on them.

of them said yes, so there were about ten of

That being said, our original expectation of

us. My mom sent word out on social media

Guys Helping was nothing like what it turned

and Dan Woog posted it in his blog. Pretty

into. Clara Holleman (with her brother, Will)

soon we were on Lisa Wexler’s morning

writes “We initially volunteered for Guys

radio show and Channel 12. Teen Vogue

Helping because we thought it was a nice

and Westport News wrote articles about us.

way to spend a few weeks helping transport

Even the Today show called!

food and medication to Westport’s more vul-

We all looked at each other and shrugged.

nerable community. What we didn’t expect

To us, we weren’t any of the things the

was the joy of singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to a

news called us: heroes? We were just a

woman who was confined in her home with

group of teenagers trying to navigate peo-

no family or friends there to celebrate with

ple’s oddly specific orange juice requests. I

her. We also didn’t expect the positive expe-

guess pulp is kind of a polarizing thing.

rience of making the connections with a few

Going from the occasional grocery trip

friendly adults in the community.”

with my mom to 300-item lists was a wild

We work pretty hard. We spend hours,

step up: I learned a lot. Fast. My aisle knowl-

going from store to store to get the right

edge of Stop & Shop may now rival that of

orange juice and whatever roast beef they

an employee’s. I know when Whole Foods

want. Because we can. Because we have to.

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Ty Chung making a delivery.

Will Matar shopping in Trader Joe's.

Singing "Happy Birthday" to a woman on her 85th birthday.

Delivering groceries.

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gas on flea collars to paralyze pests. It was arguably not the most auspicious time to be a pet. Now, Dr. Bob began his career as a conventional veterinarian before his two Aha moments. When their dog, Leigh, developed crippling arthritis, Dr. Bob routinely injected her with cortisone and chemicals to ease the pain. Instead of showing signs of improvement

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It all started with their rescue golden retriever.

she began showing signs of chronic drug use. Around the same time

By 1979, while we feasted on Cup O’ Noodles and ignored the

they noticed a parade of pups suffering from liver and kidney prob-

sweat-inducing properties of synthetic fabrics, Susan opened a

lems caused by poisonous flea collars.

health food store in Westport for Rover and Fluffy.

Good for business. Bad for animal-lovers. I imagine Susan and Dr. Bob blinked once or twice before unwittingly hurling themselves into the next phase of their lives. They met

Most of us scratched our heads in confusion while she and Dr. Bob created organic, all-natural, sustainable treats and vitamins for animals, including an organic dog food for Newman’s Own.

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But she who has the last laugh and all that. Today, Earth Animal

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is a global brand and the Goldsteins are innovating at full force,

They created vitamins for Leigh and fed her juices and home-cooked

creating incredible earth-friendly food, treats, and supplements for

foods. According to Susan, these were “amazing transformations for

our furry bffs.

us… We had no idea what we were doing.” But it worked!

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bearing exercise or just need to burn off energy. Custom made for their facility, Wag’s pool is heated to a pooch-friendly 86 degrees and has a zero entry step design so instructors can work with each pup at their comfort level. The pool is cleaned with UV light technology and uses little to no chemicals.

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