After pet loss, affirmations can displace negative thoughts, help overcome anxiety, and literally train your brain to be nicer to you.
Unique At-Home Bucket List Ideas for an Aging or Sick Pet
Bucket lists are fun and meaningful. But sometimes we need a list for the ones that can’t adventure or walk as well anymore. Who have lost some of their senses, but still have others. This list is for pets but it’s for us pet parents too.
Four Grief Clichés That Could Use a Makeover
Well-known expressions are not only easy for people to say and feel like they’re being supportive, but they can provide grievers something to aim for and can offer glimmers of hope. And hope is really important to hold on to. But there are a few of these catchphrases that activate something inside of me and elicit a serious ick factor.
Love, Grief and Senior Adoption. A Bittersweet Journey
When you’ve adopted a senior and you get four years together, everyone tells you how lucky you are. Such a paradox. Lucky to have gotten to love him for just four short years. My mind understands the logic, but my heart doesn’t comprehend.
5 Unexpected Grief Reactions You Might Experience Early in Pet Loss
Day one of grief, is a raw and unimaginable pain. I think when we experience physical pain, it’s easier for our brain to understand and make the connection – I got hurt and now I’m in pain. But when someone dies, it’s so surreal that our brain does not easily process it.