What do you do …
when a tiny kitten appears on your garden deck and peeks from behind the oregano?
When more little kittens arrive?
When you have extreme cat allergies?
You sprinkle some cat magic all over yourself, click your flip-flops three times, and take them all in. You feed them. You keep them warm. You love them. And … you mysteriously lose your lifelong cat allergy.
Best of all, you are gifted with the experience of little hearts who generously and with unquestioning faith give everything they possess to you. No questions asked.
And so my journey with eleven cats (oops – now 13) leads me to share the researcher in me as I become a student of cats and emerge as a ‘closet’ cat empath – using radio as the medium to help other cat ‘advocats’ become the best caretakers they can be.
So join me and put your cat glasses on to view a cat’s world through its eyes.
Pat Rullo
Whodini shares Pat’s bio
When she’s not raking litter boxes into mindful and zen-like circles, Pat interviews guests for her radio networks, speaks at live events, studies, researches, produces her radio programs, and hangs out with me. I think I’m her favorite unless it’s Tiny who is deaf. Or maybe Stripe, since she was the first one. No – I think it’s me.
My real mother dropped my four siblings and me off at Pat’s back deck. I tried to run around with my brothers and sisters but couldn’t keep up. I couldn’t breathe. So I mostly sat hunched in a ball, just passing the time. You see, during my first eleven months, I was very sick and quite underweight, thanks to a massive polyp that ran from my ears and down the back of my throat. Luckily Pat saw my struggles and hand-fed me at least ten times a day out of a spoon as we sat together on the kitchen floor, took me to four veterinarians, syringe-fed my vitamins, and helped me to survive a childhood I would never have on my own.
So now I follow her everywhere – yes – even into the bathroom. I sleep with her at night under my own afghan, wake her up with my scratchy meow, and then hang out with her all day. Even though I can’t speak, she knows what I want. I think I taught her some cat language which I’m sure she’ll share on upcoming radio shows. I run the show around here, and I’ve heard Bob say I’m spoiled. Imagine that?
And now – here’s the usual human bio that some humans like to read.
Patricia J. Rullo is the author of the book – Speak Up and Stay Alive, a patient advocate hospital survival guide. She speaks nationally on the subject of patient safety. As the hostess and producer of her national radio shows, she stresses the need to have an advocate at all times and shares the dangers – what they are, why and how they happen, and how to survive them.
Before becoming the voice for patient safety – Pat was known as a speaker and coach in the insurance industry and has served on the advisory boards of New York Life Insurance Company and Transamerica Life Insurance Company. In addition, she is recognized through Consulting Psychologists Press as a certified administrator and interpreter of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. This assessment instrument provides in-depth insights into personality type and behavior. In addition, she is the author of numerous business magazine articles and the books – Worksite Marketing, a promise to deliver and Succeed With Style.
She also founded THE SPEAK UP TALK RADIO NETWORK, author and podcasting services with a charitable twist! Speak Up Talk Radio is home to the prestigious Firebird Book Awards and the Positive Change Podcast Awards.