How to avoid prolonged grief after pet loss

Yellow Flowers In Sunlight

If you are grieving the death of a beloved pet, you are likely to be facing one or more of the following challenges: The people around you don’t understand or acknowledge your grief. You’re looking for compassion and answers, and all you get is something like: “It’s just a pet”, or “you can just get [Click to Read More...]

Can you mourn a guinea pig or a fish?

Marianne and her guinea pig

Most of the time when we talk about pets, we are referring to cats and dogs. Although cats and dogs are the most common pets, many people have other kinds of animals as a pet. It is the bond and not the size or species that matters And it doesn’t matter, how small or exotic [Click to Read More...]

Love never dies

Phoenix

When our pet dies, it feels like our heart is breaking in a thousand pieces, and saying goodbye can be almost too painful. But one thing is worth reminding ourselves of, and that is that while our pet’s physical body is gone, the love we shared does not die. Listen here to Celine Dion and [Click to Read More...]

You never know who will show up!

Cat with wolf shadow

Power animals and other helping spirits can be of great help to you and your pet, both while your pet is alive and after your pet has died (see “Power animals – a little known source of healing after pet loss“). You may have an idea of what kind of helpers you and your pet [Click to Read More...]

Power Animals – a little known source of healing after pet loss

Male lion

  Many people have heard of power animals, but few are aware of the benefits and support they can bring you in daily life, especially in connection with the death of a pet. The help you and your pets can get from power animals and other spirit guides can be invaluable. I have not seen [Click to Read More...]

Golden Shore – music for healing pet loss

Golden shore

              The amazing song I am going to share with you, I first heard just a few days before my beautiful cat Pittiput died. It felt like Pittiput was singing his personal message directly into my heart. Whenever I hear this song, I feel connected with him. If you [Click to Read More...]

Bonding with your pet beyond thought

Little Tut in the sun

  Little Tut in the sun Usually, when we think of communicating or connecting with our pet, we automatically think in terms of talking to them or doing something with them. But one of my cats, Little Tut, taught me how to be together with him. Just being together with someone is not something most [Click to Read More...]

Does distance healing work?

Beach with sun shining on water.

One question I am often met with is whether the shamanic journeying and healing I do is as good or effective as being there and getting the work done in person. Whereas actually being there in the room when the shamanic journey or healing is being done for you gives you a more personal experience, [Click to Read More...]

Tears in heaven

Heaven

A common emotion after the death of a pet is guilt. Here are some situations, where we might experience guilt after the loss of a pet: If our pet died alone, for instance at home or among strangers, we feel guilty and think that if we were there we might have been able to save [Click to Read More...]

A frequently asked question

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One of the frequently asked questions I get is: “How can shamanic journeying help me after pet loss?” There is so much good information out there on helping you cope with the grief after the death of a pet. What is so special about shamanic journeying? There are several reasons why shamanic journeying can be [Click to Read More...]