🐾 Pudding’s Pawsitivity - The twisty feeling has a name

Pudding wants to talk about a feeling that’s a little tricky to admit to. 🐾

It’s the twisty feeling you get when someone else has something you want.

A toy. A bike. An invitation. Even attention from someone you care about.

That feeling is called jealousy, and here’s something important:

Everyone feels it. Grown-ups, children, even dogs (Pudding may have felt a flicker of something when another dog got a bigger treat once).

Jealousy isn’t a sign that you’re a bad friend, or a bad person.

It’s just your brain noticing something you’d like too.

Here’s what helps:

Name it: “I think I’m feeling jealous right now.”

Notice what you actually want: Not necessarily their exact thing — but what feeling or experience is underneath it?

Let the other person have their good thing without it taking away from yours.

You can feel a twist of jealousy and still be genuinely happy for someone.

Both things can live in you at the same time. 🐾🫶