{"id":1937,"date":"2025-06-04T16:12:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theoptimistmagazine.co.uk\/?p=1937"},"modified":"2025-06-06T15:34:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T14:34:39","slug":"the-best-job-in-the-world-tabby-teas-cafe-on-how-animals-can-help-your-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/theoptimist\/2025\/06\/04\/the-best-job-in-the-world-tabby-teas-cafe-on-how-animals-can-help-your-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Tabby Teas on how animals can help your mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>I went down to Sheffield\u2019s first cat caf\u00e9, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabbyteas.co.uk\/\">Tabby Teas<\/a>, to hear about how being around animals can be beneficial for our mental health.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">With the beautiful cats around us, some even jumping in our laps during filming, we heard the first-hand story of what the business means to the owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Co-owner Charlotte Pickering, 38, is a big lover of all animals, especially cats, and dreamed of combining her interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Tabby Teas caf\u00e9 on how animals can help your mental health\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wbHgyQLEldk?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI had worked in a caf\u00e9 for 10 years, I was managing in that caf\u00e9 and I thought this idea would be a marriage of both my interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Open for nearly eight years, the caf\u00e9 has been a safe space for many customers, including staff too.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Mads Shaw, a barista at Tabby Teas, said: \u201cI started as a volunteer a few years ago now. 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