Mount Pleasant Magazine Jan/Feb 2018

42 www.CharlestonBrides.com | www.MPMcalendar.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com feature “E veryone has blind spots,” said Mount Pleasant relationship counselor Todd Steiner. Steiner was not talking about Cupid, the mischievous and notoriously blind god of desire from ancient mythology, but he might as well have been. Love, after all, always looks easier in someone else’s life, much like that verdant grass in the old adage. “The grass is not greener on the other side,” argued Jennifer Brown, a college Psychology professor and professional counselor at Lifeworks Charleston. “The grass is greener where you water it.” All across Mount Pleasant, local residents are growing love. It just might not be in the first place you’d think to look. “It all started when my now-husband and I got our first dog – a puppy,” said Mallory Cooper. Puppy love is exactly what inspired Cooper to start her company, Charleston Dog Walker. Not what you expected to hear in a discussion about love? Look no further than the number of YouTube views on puppy videos and the proliferation of pet-spoiling products like BarkBox for By Enid Spitz All You Need is Love Mount Pleasant Has ManyManifestations