All Episodes

#275 "I am Terrified of Losing Her"

#274 Bracing for Loss/Hoping for Peace

#273 "I Will Carry You With Me Forever"

#272 "Each of Them Deserves a Story"

#271 "You Can't Just Talk To Anyone About This Loss"

#270 Anticipatory Grief Is So Hard

#269 "He Was Always There"

#268 "The House Doesn't Feel Like Home Anymore"

#267 "Nothing Could Prepare Me For This"

#266 A Conversation on Guilt

#265 "Writing This Was Very Therapeutic"

#264 "Why Do I Feel a Sense of Relief?"

#263 "How can I help my six-year-old son if I cannot even get through this grief myself?"

#262 In A Moment of Inattention

#261 "He Was My Constant During A Time Of Turmoil"

#260 "She Has Taught Me How To Live And Love In Grief"

#259 A Conversation with Dr. Kevin Toman, DVM, on End of Life Care

#258 "Part of You is with Them and Part of Them is Here with You"

#257 A Conversation with Pet Loss Grief Coach and Certified Grief Educator Crystal Soucy

#256 A Conversation with Animal Communicator and Medium Nancy Mello

#255 "It Was Like Her Spirit Was in the Air Now All Around Us"

#254 "Next Week Marks Two Years"

#253 "I've Never Loved Anyone As Much"

#252 "I Keep Replaying Everything . . . And Questioning My Decisions"

#251 "Moving Through Grief I've Never Experienced

#250 "He Followed Me Around the House Like a Shadow"

#249 "I Can't Believe It's 12 Months Today Since My Little Lump of Mischief Left Me"

#248 "Our Hearts and Souls Are Connected"

#247 "Even Though Trained as a Pet Grief Counselor, It Made No Difference in the Heartache I Felt"

#246 "She Left This World Way Too Soon"

#245 "I Am Living With Intense Guilt and Regret

#244 "She Lived Through So Many Seasons of My Life"

#243 "I've Had To Make A Deal With Grief"

#242 "How Hard It Is to Deal With This When You Have No Support"

#241 "I Just Feel Like I Was A Different Kind of Dog Mom"

#240 "Buddy Was My Life Partner For Nearly A Decade. He Made Me A Mother. We Were A Family"

#239 "I Find That I Am Almost Desperate To Find A Way To Blame Myself

238 "I Traumatically Lost My Best Friend. How Do I Learn to Live Without Him?"

#237 "I Wanted To Share Her Story So Some Good Can Come From It"

#236 Audience Member Comments

#235 "I Never Knew This Kind of Pain Existed"

#234 "I Keep Thinking She Is Going to Walk Into the Room and Jump On My Lap"

#233 Spiritual Insights on Pet Loss and Eternal Bonds with Miki Jacobs

#232 "He is Literally a Part of My Soul and Who I Am"

#230 Your Comments

#229 "The Loss I Felt For Dug Was Like No Other"

#228 "I Feel I Am Not Grieving Enough For Her"

#227 "Murphy Didn't Deserve This"

#226 "Losing Him Still Feels Impossible to Grasp"

#225 "The Most Agonising Hours of My Life"

#224 "Everything in the House Reminds Us of Her"

#223 "I Had Never Experienced Such Profound Agony"

#222 "We Didn't Want Any More Suffering"

#221 "Here's Hoping We All Find Peace Soon"

#220 On Becoming A Grief Coach, with Crystal Soucy

#219 "My Heart Feels Broken in Ways I Can't Explain"

#218 "My Beautiful Wild Boy"

#217 "A Lack of Attention Cost My Girl's Life"

#216 "I Am Feeling So Alone With This Grief"

#215 "Delicious, Please Wait for Me?"

#214 "What I've Learned In This First Year of Grief"

#213 "My Most Loyal Friend"

#212 Kate LaSala: Managing Feelings After Your Foster is Adopted and The Wisdom That Follows Loss

#211 "I Don't Want To Feel Like Everything is Normal Again"

#210 "The Grief and Shock are Ovewhelming"

#209 "They Were My Everything. My Anchor. My Soul."

#208 "I Keep Reliving That Horrible 3AM Phone Call"

#207 A Conversation with New Yorker Cartoonist Harry Bliss on his Graphic Memoir, You Can Never Die

#206 "I Can't Be Sure I Did the Right Thing"

#205 "The Quick Decline Was So Unexpected"

#204 Creativity and Healing: A Conversation with Dr. Ken Gorczyca.

#203 "I'm Feeling Fortunate in That I Don't Feel Any Guilt"

#202 "They Are and Were Everything To Me"

#201 Your Comments

#200 "I Feel Like She Was Robbed Of Her Life"

#199 A Conversation with Canine Behavior Consultant Kate LaSala on Behavioral Euthanasia

#198 "The Images That Loom Largest Are Those Last Ones"

#197 Your Comments

#196 Challenges That Often Arise After Loss

#195 "I...Saw Her...Like a Hologram Image"

#194 "I Had Her for 8 Years Loved Her So Completely"

# 193 "I Was Robbed of So Many More Years with Her"

#192 Audience Members' Comments

#191 "He Was My Everything"

#190 Grief During the Holidays

#189 "I Think We're All Blaming Ourselves"

#188 "He Was Extraordinary, Joyful, Unique and So Deeply Loved"

#187 "We Have No Body and No Way of Ever Knowing What Happened"

#186 A Conversation with Canine Behavior Consultant Kate LaSala

#185 "It Still Feels Like I Just Lost Her Yesterday"

#184 "The Second We Laid Eyes on Each Other, the Bond Was Instant"

#183 When You're Ready to Adopt Again: A Converstion with Author Amy Castro

#182 "How Do You Sum Up 17 Years of Someone's Life?"

#181 "No One Will Every Replace My Gentle Giant"

#180 A Conversation with Ben Sheperde, Author of "Rememberer with Dog"

#179 "We Never Dreamed We Would Lose Both Our Babies Within Six Weeks of Each Other"

#178 "I Feel So Angry and Hurt Because He was Just a Baby"

#177 After-Death Contact from Our Animal Companions

#176 "I Would've Done Anything For Him"

#175 Audience Members' Comments

#174 "My Best Friend, My Housemate, My Child"

#173 Nancy's Story about Her Beloved Ellie

#172 "After She Passed, I Kind Of Went Numb....I Thought Something Was Wrong With Me"

#171 "You Were My Favorite Hello and My Hardest Goodbye"

#170 When Your Loss Is From The Decision to Rehome Your Companion

#169 "He Was Our Little Shadow"

#168 A Conversation with E.B. Bartels, Author of Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter

#167 "Letting Him Go Today Was The Hardest Decision In A Year of Hard Decisions"

#166 "My Life Changed Forever When BooBoo Arrived"

#165 Comments/Short Stories from Audience Members

#164 "What is a Mother Whose Children Have All Died?"

#163 "Every Decision I Made, Every Effort, Was Driven By My Love and Dedication to Khan"

#162 "Every Single Day . . . I Told Her I Loved Her and Thanked Her for Being My Dog"

#161 "He Was My Home and My Family"

#160 Dr. Caitlin Vaugh Interviewing Nancy and Ken

#159 A Conversation with Dr. Karen Fine, Author of The Other Family Doctor

#158 "Since the First Days We Knew He Was Our Whole World"

#157 "I Want To Stay in My Despair To Be Closer to Him"

#156 Saying Goodbye to Our Sunshine Bear

#155 A Conversation with Author and Animal Companion Advocate Kathy Finley

#154 My Greatest Love, My Shadow, My Heart

#153 "Chris and I Have Our Own Way of Grieving But We Are Being Kind to Each Other"

#152 A Conversation with Pet Loss Doula Angela Shook

#151 "Matty Gave Me a Sense of Family, Love and Warmth."

#150 “Zoe and I Will Be Linked to My Last Day When I Hope to See Her Again”

#149 "I Decided That the Way I Wanted to Heal Was Through Connection and Love."

#148 "He Was More Than A Cat To Me; He Was My Rock, My Support"

#147 Jo Anne and Eddie's Story

# 146 Nate and Maggie's Story

#145 "Piper Was An Old Soul"

#144 "I Lost My Best Friend Macy Over Thanksgiving."

#143 "I Still Speak to Him Constantly, Just Like I Always Did."

#142 Complicated Losses: Tara and Chris' Stories

#141 Turning Loss Into A Message of Love, with Author Rick Rozman

#140 "She Was My Saving Grace"

#139 When Sudden Onset Illness Claims Your Best Friend

#138 Life After Loss: Notes from Listeners Whose Stories We First Shared in May, 2023, and Aug, 2022

#137 When an Accident Takes Our Animal Companion's Life

#136 The Human Element of Veterinary Care with Dr. Andraya Cole

#135 A Story That Teaches the Differences Between Futile, Palliative, and Curative Care

#134 When We Lose A Young Animal Companion

#133 Celebrating "Freddie: The Rescue Dog Who Rescued Me," Grant Hayter-Menzies' New Book

# 132 How Do We Keep Her Memory and Spirit Alive without Being So Sad All the Time?

#131 "I'm Afraid If I Stop Crying, I Lose Him"

# 130 "My Work Cat" Plus 2 Poems

#129 For the Love of Labrador Retrievers

# 128 "How Do We Support Each Other When We're All Struggling?"

#127 "The Perfect Cat for Us"

#126 "She Was Woven Into Every Part of My Life"

#125 Tragedy, Grief, and Resilience

#124 The Lingering Impact of Loss and Grief

# 123 A Conversation with Renowned Animal Communicator and Author Danielle MacKinnon

#122 Rob's Story: Giving A Senior Adoptee Their Best Years

#121 Vicky's Story: From Tragic Loss to Adopting Again

#120 "He Taught Me How to Slow Down and Embrace Each Moment"

#119 Reflecting on Loss One Year Later

#118 When a Veterinary Professional has the Courage to Share His Struggle with Grief and Depression

#117 "If You Have Any Advice On How To Heal, I Would Greatly Appreciate It. "

#116 Anticipatory Grief Vs Grief Following the Death of Our Animal Companion

#115 Making the Euthanasia Decision: Two Stories

#114 When an Accident Causes Our Animal Companion's Death

#113 We're Often Left With So Many Questions

#112 Euthansia: "The Unknowns and Repercussions of Rushed Decisions"

#111 When We Lose A Nontraditional Animal Companion

#110 Loss Strikes Us All: Nancy and Jack's Story

#109 Healing After Tragic Loss

#108 A Conversation with Hospice & Palliative Care Veterinary Specialist Dr. Shelagh McCaffrey

#107 "I Knew He Would Teach Me to Say Goodbye." Melica and Ollie's Story

#106 When You Write A Book Memorializing Your Beloved Dog, with Grant Hayter-Menzies

#105 The Burden of Uncertainty

#104 Turning Loss into a Heartfelt Mission with Erica Messer

#103 Grief Sucks No Matter How Old or Young Our Pet is When We Lose Them

#102 When Euthanasia Does Not Go Smoothly

#101 "He Got Me Through the Worst Times of My Life."

#100 "Our Souls Were Knit Together." Sarah and Fozzy's Story

#99 Navigating the Costs of Veterinary Care: A Conversation with Dr Andraya Cole

#98 Trying to Move Past Anger: A Couple's Grief After Tragic Loss

#97 "We Were Meant to Take Care of Her, But She Ended Up Taking Care of Us"

#96 "We Kept Each Other Strong." Sarah and Jax's Story, and Monica's Letter to Kodi

#95 When the Loss of Your Pet Leaves You Hypervigilant about the Health of Your Surviving Pets

#94 Grief Does Not Destroy Us

# 93 "A Miracle Ending to Her Life on Earth"

#92 Intro to Aquamation with Alan Hillsberg

#91 "It Was All My Fault!" When Our Decisions are Linked to the Loss of Our Pet

#90 "This is so Damn Hard." Jack and Diesel's Story

#89 Rescued Pets: Knowing We Gave Them Their Best Years

#88 Dispelling the Stigma That Shrouds Despair

#87 When You Adopt a Pet Who Has Special Health Needs

#86 When You're Single with No Family Nearby and You Lose Your Beloved Pet

#85 Mom's Letter to Koda: How Writing to Our Pets Can Help

#84 Tony and Cebu's Story

#83 Colleen and Moca's Story; When We Must Leave a Pet Behind

#82 Behavioral Euthanasia and Other Audience Members' Stories

#81 When You Lose the Pet You Grew Up With, and Other Stories

#80 Stories of Loss and Healing

#79 More on the Questions Raised in Malkia and Stephanie's Story

#78 Five Countries, One Special Dog: Malkia and Stephanie's Story

#77 Those Moments When Grief Returns

#76 Funk: A Dog's Life Story

# 75 The Spiritual Journey of Loss and Healing

#74 When Our Pet Was Our Teammate, Navigating Anniversaries, and Other Challenges

#73 Guests Interview: A Couple's Story of Loss, Grief, and Adopting Again

#72 Grief in the Midst of Other Life Stressors

#71 Until We Say Goodbye: Caring for Our Pet During Their Final Days

#70 Reassuring Dreams, When a Pet Gets Lost, and Other Stories

#69 How Family History Shapes Love and Grief (and Everything Else)

#68 When Chickens are Family and Other Stories of Love and Loss

#67 Compassion Fatigue

#66 Laura and Tallulah's Story

#65 Pet Loss and Post-Traumatic Growth

#64 When It Feels like Sharing My Grief Will Overwhelm Loved Ones

#63 Grief as a Judgment-Free Zone

#62 Living with Our Grief

# 61 Integrating Loss into Our Life Stories

#60 Grief is the Cost of Having Loved

#59 When Our Animal Family Members are Elderly

# 58 A Heart-Rending Dilemma

#57 More Audience Members' Stories: Anticipatory Grief, Multiple Losses

#56 Audience Members' Stories

#55 A Conversation with Veterinarian and Author Joanne Connolly

#54 When Grief Seems Endless

#53 Finding Inspiration in Our Animal Companions' Life Stories

#52 Conversation with Zan Ottaway, Animal Communicator

#51 Grief and Mental Illness

#50 What We May Learn From Our Grief

#49 Your Holiday Self-Care Practices and More

#48 When We Lose A Pet Who Was Our Emotional Oasis

#47 When It's Time to Adopt Again, When Therapists Fail Us, and Other Listener Stories

# 46 Losing a Very Young Pet, Sudden Death, & Other Particularly Trying Circumstances

#45 When We're Grieving During the Holidays

#44 You Are Not Alone--The Common Features of Our Stories of Loss and Resilience

#43 When People Who are Close to Us Don't Understand

#42 Is Grief Different When a Veterinarian Loses Their Pet?

#41 When Our Pet's Death Causes Great Anxiety About the Health of Our Surviving Pets

#40 A Language Beyond Words: How We and Our Animal Companions Communicate

#39 "How Can I Keep the Memory of My Pet Alive?" and Other Questions From Listeners

#38 Communicating with Our Deceased Pets

#37 When Euthanasia Means Losing Your Work Partner and Other Special Circumstances

#36 Letting Go of the Would'ves, Could'ves, and Should'ves

#35 The Animal-Human Bond

#34 Guilt and Self-Forgiveness

#33 Perspectives on Death, Dying, and Spirituality

#32 When Tragedy Strikes A Pet Who is Being Cared for by a Family Member, and Other Complicated Losses

# 31 Should I See a Therapist?

#30 Living Beyond Loss, with Special Guests Heidi Gutierrez & Dave Gruben

#29 No Wrong Way to Grieve

#28 Our Season of Loss

#27 Do People of Different Genders Grieve Differently?

#26 Supports and Self-Care While Grieving

#25 Many Different, Perfect, and Beautiful Memorials

#24 Responses to Some Difficult and Complicated Questions

#23 Should I Adopt Another Pet?

#22 Do Animals Have Souls?

#21 The Deeper Meaning of "Who Rescued Who?"

#20 Nancy's Personal Loss

#19 The Questions That Never Go Away

#18 Why is My Grief Lasting So Long?

#17 Making the Euthanasia Decision

#16 Helping a Friend Whose Pet is Gravely Ill . . . and More

#15 Caring For Your Pet and Yourself During Anticipatory Grief

#14 Helping A Child Prepare for Their Pet's Euthanasia . . . and More

#13 Knowing When It's Time To Adopt Again...and More

#12 Support & Guidance for Living Beyond Loss

#11 Ambiguous and Complicated Losses

#10 Grief and Clinical Depression

#9 When Good People Say the Wrong Things

#8 Helping Our Kids with Pet Loss

#7 Pet Loss Rituals and Memorials

#6 The Afterlife and Our Pets

#5 Is My Grief Normal?

#4 Coming to Terms with Guilt

#3 2020 Holiday Greeting

#2 The Gift of Animal Companions--What They Mean to Us Every Day

#1 Grief During the Holidays