Pet Loss

Helping Pet Parents Find Hope and Healing After Loss

Pet Loss| 12 Comments

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When Feebee passed away in April 2000, I was completely lost. He had been by my side for almost 16 years. He got me through my divorce and my mother’s death and quite literally saved my life during those dark days. After he died, all I felt was pain. It felt worse than the grief I experienced after my mother died a few years earlier. And then, after what seemed like endless days and weeks of trying to find something, anything, that would make the pain go away, I met Kathy Reiter.Continue Reading

Review: Heavenly Headbutts

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Grieving the death of a cat is a painful process, often complicated by the lack of understanding of just how devastating losing a beloved cat can be. Many of us find comfort in the thought that eventually, we will be reunited with our cherished cats, a thought so widespread that it gave rise to the well known phenomenon of the Rainbow Bridge. In Heavenly Headbutts: Reflections of Hope about Cats and Eternity, Allia Zobel Nolan offers photos, scripture, quotes, affirmations and anecdotes that support her belief that we will see our cats again in the afterlife.Continue Reading

When a Client’s Cat Dies: A Tribute to Belle

Author's Life, Pet Loss| 22 Comments

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As a Reiki Practitioner, I rarely work with young, healthy animals. Most of my feline (and canine) clients suffer from degenerative diseases. Some are terminally ill. Reiki can help bring healing and balance to these animals by reducing stress, providing pain relief, alleviating side effects of conventional treatments, and strengthening the immune system.

Unfortunately, working with older animals also makes it inevitable that eventually, I’m going to lose these clients. Continue Reading