Parkland Hospital & Healthcare System

✨ We’re celebrating ONE YEAR of Purrceptive Ponderings on our next live! 🐾

We honestly can’t believe it’s already been a full year of cat behavior, wellbeing, advocacy, enrichment, and thoughtful conversations with all of you. 💛

For this special anniversary live, we’d love to answer your questions! Send us your cat behavior, wellbeing, advocacy, or human-cat relationship questions in the comments or DMs before the live.

We always love our Q&A-style discussions, and this feels like the perfect way to celebrate one year together. ✨

Can’t make it live? No worries! The replay will be posted afterward on ’s feed.

🗓️ May 14
🕓 4 PM ET
🕑 2 PM MT

Hello 👋! Welcome to this cozy and nurturing kitty corner 🐾💞!

😻My name is Stephanie Merlin, and I love guiding and supporting cat parents, caregivers, and advocates.

💞I'm passionate about helping people understand and support cats' emotional well-being and the human-animal bond.

🫶🏻Equally, I love to educate, support, and advocate for fellow cat advocates and caregivers struggling with compassion fatigue, burnout, and caregiver burden.

📚I have certifications and education in feline behavior & health, compassion fatigue, and trauma-informed care, which has helped me fine-tune my focus in supporting the emotional well-being of both cats and their human companions.

🐾I started working with cats by volunteering in shelters in 2013 and have continued this work. I am passionate about showing love and care for cats during this challenging time in their lives as they await their new forever homes.

✨My approach is compassionate, holistic, empathetically driven and is about supporting the individual cat and human.

😸Some other things about me:

📍I was born and raised in Dallas, TX, but have been calling Orlando, FL, home since 2007.

📍I'm 36 years now, which scares me. Where did the time go?

📍I live with my significant other of 13 years, Joseph, who is a fantastic cat dad.

📍My guilty pleasure is trashy Bravo reality shows which surprises many people.

📍 I am left-handed.

📍I'm an INFJ, 1w2, Cancer ☀️ /Capricorn 🌙 and rising, and a Generator in Human Design—-can you tell I like personality stuff 😅?