Signs from your pet are one way to hold on to that connection and feel that, although not physically here, they are still very present.
Anticipatory Pet Loss: Navigating the Journey with 8 Empowering Tips
Knowing that you’ll soon be faced with farewell and living in a changed world, can be extremely overwhelming. How can you survive this sometimes torturous time when you’ve got life obligations, your pet and grief all vying for your attention?
Coping With Anxiety For Your Remaining Pet After Pet Loss
When you have other pets at home, it’s normal to have a heightened sense of fear and anxiety that something may happen to them. Your psyche is working overtime to try to ensure that you’ll never have to live through this again.
Healing Hearts: A Pet Loss Grief Scavenger Hunt
This scavenger hunt is a tool. These are small milestones and things to notice or work towards that might help give grief some motion.
20 Ways to Support a Grieving Pet Parent
It’s a wonderful thing to want to support a grieving pet parent. Knowing exactly how, is not always the most intuitive. Platitudes, silver linings and pointing out the brightside is actually the opposite of what a griever needs.
Pet Loss and Exploring the Decision to Get a New Pet
Exploring the decision to get a new pet is not as easy as some people may think. Delve into the complexities and considerations, when all anyone wants to know or suggest is about “getting another one”.
Pet Grief and ‘Micro Losses’: Coping with Unexpected Sorrows
Pets are so ingrained into our lives, it’s not surprising that we deeply dread anticipated firsts like holidays and birthdays. But what about the small things? The micro losses.
The Bully Within: Confronting Guilt in Pet Loss
Guilt and regret are such heavy and pervasive emotions, especially in grief. Double especially in pet loss. I’ve always said that one of the hardest parts about grief is having this human brain. It can really go wild and convince us that whatever it’s conjuring up to make us feel bad, is the unquestionable truth.