240: Being a Pet Detective with Arden Moore

Do you see yourself as an investigator? What about an educator and writer? We think you should, and Arden Moore agrees. Arden has a lifetime of not only educating but also communicating difficult topics, and encourages us to take those seriously. She shares how to ask good questions, and how the right question can save you time. She also gives tips on writing and the importance of self-editing what we create.

Topics on this episode:

• Asking good questions
• Think like a first responder
• Your role as an educator
• Getting better at writing

Main take away: As an educator, it's ok to admit when you don't know something. Research the topic and come back with a better answer.

About our guest:

Arden grew up in a Brady Bunch-like family in a town called Crown Point located near Chicago in Northwest Indiana.

During her first year in high school, she cajoled the editor of the local weekly newspaper into hiring her to be a sports writer. As a corn-fed Hoosier, she valued her Midwest roots, but knew she needed to experience other places. Her insatiable curiosity led to spending the next 20 years chasing stories as a reporter and editor for daily newspapers in Indiana and Florida. This is where Arden honed her amazing interviewing and writing skills!

From there, she entered the publishing world at the family-owned Rodale Press. At Rodale, her "day job" was senior health writer for the book division, but she also moonlighted as a writer for their new magazine called Pets: Part of the Family.

That is where Arden realized that she could tap her love of writing and interviewing to help people become healthier, and to tout the power of her other lifelong passion, pets. Pets and people — that's what Arden is all about.

Fast forward to today, and Arden has done just that, in her trademark edu-taining style. Today, Arden happily shares her home in Dallas with her wife, Julie, and their furry Brady Bunch of three cats, three dogs and an overworked vacuum cleaner.

*Links: *
www.ardenmoore.com
www.petfirstaid4u.com
www.propethero.com
www.catvets.com
www.fearfreehappyhomes.com
American kennel club: https://www.akc.org
Cat Fancier Association: https://www.cfa.org
American Vet Medical Association: https://www.avma.org

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