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The Unexpected Emotions of Pet Loss
Pet Loss Grief is Expansive and Life Changing — Here is How You Can Navigate
If you are familiar with the normal emotions of grief and loss keep in mind that the variety and expansiveness of the emotions can be difficult to manage and can change without notice.
Sometimes grief has a way of being quiet when you are experiencing the journey of pet loss. Your body needs this the peace — grief needs to take a break so your nervous systems can relax for a bit. This process is extremely import for healing to take place. Yet, the thing about grief is when your body is in “rest mode” your emotions then have the tendency to show up out-of-the-blue or in unanticipated places.
Be Ready for the Change
To be ready for sudden or bewildering physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and/or spiritual feelings of grief and loss that you are not counting on I would encourage you to consider learning as much as you can about what your body, mind, and spirit will experience with any pending loss or loss that has already occurred. This knowledge will guide and support you when you least expect it.
As an animal lover, it is important for you to figure out ways to support yourself. Gathering the meaning of what you are going through, what you are feeling, and what you are questioning…
