Losing our Animal Family Members with Naz Riahi

Writer and filmmaker Naz Riahi joins us to talk about the  devastation of losing our animal soulmates. What is the particular character of loss we experience when we lose the daily physical presence and companionship of our dogs, cats and other pets?  What about the isolation we encounter while grieving our pets, especially because grief for non-humans can be diminished or judged as "inappropriate"? And what are the realms of spirituality we touch upon in these moments of loss? Catapult Essay on Loss of Father: https://magazine.catapult.co/family/stories/all-that-is-lost-all-that-is-remembered-father-naz-riahi