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Mindfulness Tools Help With Grief

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Reading Time: 4 minutes …of us moves through grief differently, and at different speeds, can the tools of mindfulness help us move through grief? Whether the objects of our sorrow are cats, dogs, other…

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Animal Mourning: Recognizing A Pet’s Grief

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Reading Time: 3 minutes …with our pets about difficult passages in life. However, with compassion, patience and understanding we can help them through their grief. When Pets Mourn We’re still learning about animal emotions…

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Why the Loss of a Pet Is So Challenging & Tips for Coping With Grief

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Reading Time: 3 minutes …Ways to Cope With Grief Although pet lovers can relate to the heartbreak, grieving the loss of a pet, as opposed to a human, is still a disenfranchised grief in…

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When Cats Grieve: How to Help

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Reading Time: 4 minutesGrief is the price we pay for love. When one of our cats dies, we have lost a beloved family member, and we feel it deeply. We…

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The Guilt in Goodbye

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Reading Time: 3 minutes …says Stephanie Rogers, GCCA-C, CT, a certified grief counselor and thanatologist with specializations in child and adolescent grief and animal companion loss recovery in Tampa, Florida. “It is especially prevalent in situations…

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A Death in the Family: Facing Loss With Your Dog

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Reading Time: 4 minutes …and too full of grief to recognize just how stressed and sad you actually are. Not only that, we humans are masters at protecting ourselves during terrible times by feeling…

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Pets Make A Difference In Handling The Holidays

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Reading Time: 3 minutes …image of the jovial family gathered around a handsomely dressed holiday bird isn’t reality for many. Grief One of the toughest emotions to deal with at Thanksgiving is grief. Sitting…

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Cats Life at Home

Is This New Cat “The One”?

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Reading Time: 3 minutes …can we remain mindful and aware, and not let feelings of grief or hoping for an “identical replacement” cloud a good adoption decision for a new cat? Love Lost I’ve…

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How to Cope When You Hear the “C” Word

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Reading Time: 4 minutes …right back in that place,” she says. Meeting Needs After the subsequent deaths of her other dog, Karma, and guinea pig, Boogie, Slagle decided to channel her grief into a…

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Love and Loss: Helping Children Grieve When a Pet Dies

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Reading Time: 3 minutes …able to effectively cope and grieve with loss of the animals I love in my own life. No single approach is best for helping a child through the grief that…