Normalizing the Pet Grief Process So You Know What to Expect and What Actually Helps

Our modern word grief hails from two Latin words: gravis, or heavy, and gravare, or to burden.

And isn’t it true that no heavier emotional burden exists than grief! This is precisely what we meet here to talk through. Pet grief – what is normal? What can you expect?

What actually does help you get through it? We must start with a strange truth that needs facing – as pet parents, we actually sign up for eventual grief. In fact, most of us are repeat visitors to the grief experience. How could this possibly be? It is because our precious pets nearly always pass before we do. Whether we are aware of it at the time or not, we go into the pet parent experience with our eyes wide open to the inevitable days of grief up ahead. In a weird way, this is actually good news. How can this be….READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

Additional resources:

• Pet Grief Support Guide
• Pet Grief Recovery on Let’s Talk to Animals Podcast