Paws to Comfort: An Everyday Guide to Learning How You Can Help Mend Our Disconnected World author talk and book signing on Monday, November 18th at the Lounsbury House featuring author Jen Marr and designer Skye Quinn.
The author talk and signing will be hosted by the Lounsbury House and moderated by Richard Hastings, Executive Board member of Compassionate Ridgefield.
Doors open at 6:30 pm, and event begins at 7 pm. Books are available for purchase and signing at the event, and will be available at Books on the Common starting November 15th!
PRAISE FOR PAWS TO COMFORT
“If you want to learn more about the power of human connection as a means to bring comfort in a time when such connection can be rare and fleeting, this book is for you.”
- Joseph E. Auon, President, Northeastern University
“Empathy is something every business needs to succeed going forward. This book points the way.”
- Beth Comstock, author, Imagine It Forward and former Vice Chair, GE.
"I have witnessed how explicitly teaching comfort has enriched the authentic, compassionate interactions among children,
teachers and staff in the aftermath of a school crisis. The ability to freely give comfort to others increases its deep impact with
every intentional action."
- Dr. Lynn Allen, Assistant Superintendent, Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES New York
ABOUT THE CREATORS OF PAWS TO COMFORT
Jen Marr, Founder of Inspiring Comfort LLC, is passionate about the skill of comfort. Her years of working with comfort
dogs in crisis response settings opened her eyes to the depth of the need of comfort. She felt compelled to write Paws To
Comfort after realizing yes, comforting can be awkward, but it’s a critical skill to our society’s connectedness and is a skill
that can be taught in a simple way. Dogs can be some of our best teachers on the subject.
Skye Quinn is the Senior Design Coordinator at TIME, where she has been involved in producing its iconic weekly covers
since 2005. She was attracted to working with Jen on Paws to Comfort seeing the need to communicate the role dogs play
in teaching us all how to comfort others and realizing that everyone around her could benefit from learning this skill.
Inspiring Comfort LLC is a social good company founded on the belief that today’s increasingly isolated, disconnected
world demands that we do a better job of caring for one another. We believe comforting those who feel forgotten or
alone goes deeper than just being kind and that comfort is a skill that can be learned. Inspired by the powerful way dogs
instinctively provide comfort, our evidenced-based programs teach how to compassionately care for, connect with and
understand each other better. The vision of Founder Jen Marr and Co-Founders Jill Bornstein and Mary Perry is to create a
culture of comfort with the hopes of mending our divided world.The book will be available at Books on the Common starting Thursday, November 14.Learn more here.