These People And Their Pets Met With A Pet Psychic For The First Time And It Blew Their Minds

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“I hear an animal the way I hear anyone I’m having a conversation with.”

We brought in a pet psychic to help us find out WTF is going on inside the mind of our pets. Here's what happened:

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Meet Ellen Lance, pet communicator.

Ellen assured Kelsey right away that her cat Leo just wanted the option of going outside — but wasn't going to run away and get killed.

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Sure enough, one week later Kelsey left the door open and he didn't run away.

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This Chilling Story Of Postpartum Psychosis Will Make You Rethink Maternal Mental Illness

March 10, 2016, 10:01 am

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In 2001, Andrea Yates was America’s most notorious mom…but how did she get there?

Fifteen years ago, Andrea Yates drowned her five children in a bathtub. Six years and two trials later, she was found not guilty by reason of insanity. The following is an honest conversation about the Yates tragedy and maternal mental illness today:

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Two years before Andrea Yates committed murder, she was diagnosed with postpartum depression and psychosis following the birth of her fourth child. Only a month after her diagnosis, she attempted suicide for the first time.

Two years before Andrea Yates committed murder, she was diagnosed with postpartum depression and psychosis following the birth of her fourth child. Only a month after her diagnosis, she attempted suicide for the first time.

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After the birth of her fifth child and the death of her father, Andrea's psychosis returned full force. Within months, Andrea's psychiatrist opted to take her off of an antipsychotic prescribed to control her symptoms, citing concerns about side effects.

After the birth of her fifth child and the death of her father, Andrea's psychosis returned full force. Within months, Andrea's psychiatrist opted to take her off of an antipsychotic prescribed to control her symptoms, citing concerns about side effects.

Two days before Andrea drowned her children, her husband brought her back to the hospital. The doctor did not prescribe Andrea anything, nor was she admitted to the hospital.

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How These Kids And Shelter Pets Are Helping Each Other

April 8, 2016, 3:00 pm

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This will for sure be the cutest thing you see all day.

Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center, SPARC for short, launched a Reading To Animals program this past November.

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The kids come in after school and have the option of either reading a book or doing their homework, while hanging out with some of the animals.

I mean, just look how cute they are.

Nicky Gore-Jones, the executive director of the shelter, sees the obvious benefits the program has on the kids.

However, the kids are more concerned with how they’re helping these animals.

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“If I don’t do it, nobody else is going to.”

This is Marc Ching, a small business owner and dog lover in Los Angeles.

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Ching owns two businesses. The first, The PetStaurant, provides healthy food and nutrition for pets. The second, the Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation, focuses on rescuing abused or neglected dogs in the L.A. area.

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The foundation not only rescues the pups, but rehabilitates them and helps them find forever homes.

"What makes us different from other rescues is that the animals we take in are not shelter animals or stray," the foundation says on its website. "They are animals we saved from severe abuse cases. They've been beaten and tortured for years and have been waiting for the day that someone would come to save them."