The Pet Loss Companion
By Kenneth Dolan-Del Vecchio & Nancy Saxton-Lopez
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Hosted by family therapists Nancy Saxton-Lopez and Ken Dolan-Del Vecchio, authors of the bestselling book The Pet Loss Companion: Healing Advice from Family Therapists Who Lead Pet Loss Groups, this podcast shares experiences, recommendations, and reflections that help listeners with the loss of their animal companions. Ken and Nancy help listeners celebrate the gifts and navigate the challenges that come when we share our lives with beloved pets. Contact us at nsaxtonlopez@csmpc.com and kenddv@gmail.com. https://www.amazon.com/Pet-Loss-Companion-Healing-Therapists/dp/1484918266/ref=sr_1_3?dch
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#230 Your Comments
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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#229 "The Loss I Felt For Dug Was Like No Other"
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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#228 "I Feel I Am Not Grieving Enough For Her"
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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#227 "Murphy Didn't Deserve This"
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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#226 "Losing Him Still Feels Impossible to Grasp"
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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#225 "The Most Agonising Hours of My Life"
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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#224 "Everything in the House Reminds Us of Her"
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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#223 "I Had Never Experienced Such Profound Agony"
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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#222 "We Didn't Want Any More Suffering"
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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#221 "Here's Hoping We All Find Peace Soon"
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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#220 On Becoming A Grief Coach, with Crystal Soucy
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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#219 "My Heart Feels Broken in Ways I Can't Explain"
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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#218 "My Beautiful Wild Boy"
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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#217 "A Lack of Attention Cost My Girl's Life"
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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#216 "I Am Feeling So Alone With This Grief"
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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#215 "Delicious, Please Wait for Me?"
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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#214 "What I've Learned In This First Year of Grief"
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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#213 "My Most Loyal Friend"
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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#212 Kate LaSala: Managing Feelings After Your Foster is Adopted and The Wisdom That Follows Loss
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May 29, 2025 |
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#211 "I Don't Want To Feel Like Everything is Normal Again"
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May 22, 2025 |
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#210 "The Grief and Shock are Ovewhelming"
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May 15, 2025 |
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#209 "They Were My Everything. My Anchor. My Soul."
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May 08, 2025 |
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#208 "I Keep Reliving That Horrible 3AM Phone Call"
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May 01, 2025 |
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#207 A Conversation with New Yorker Cartoonist Harry Bliss on his Graphic Memoir, You Can Never Die
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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#206 "I Can't Be Sure I Did the Right Thing"
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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#205 "The Quick Decline Was So Unexpected"
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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#204 Creativity and Healing: A Conversation with Dr. Ken Gorczyca.
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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#203 "I'm Feeling Fortunate in That I Don't Feel Any Guilt"
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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#202 "They Are and Were Everything To Me"
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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#201 Your Comments
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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#200 "I Feel Like She Was Robbed Of Her Life"
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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#199 A Conversation with Canine Behavior Consultant Kate LaSala on Behavioral Euthanasia
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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#198 "The Images That Loom Largest Are Those Last Ones"
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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#197 Your Comments
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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#196 Challenges That Often Arise After Loss
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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#195 "I...Saw Her...Like a Hologram Image"
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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#194 "I Had Her for 8 Years Loved Her So Completely"
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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# 193 "I Was Robbed of So Many More Years with Her"
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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#192 Audience Members' Comments
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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#191 "He Was My Everything"
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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#190 Grief During the Holidays
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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#189 "I Think We're All Blaming Ourselves"
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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#188 "He Was Extraordinary, Joyful, Unique and So Deeply Loved"
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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#187 "We Have No Body and No Way of Ever Knowing What Happened"
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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#186 A Conversation with Canine Behavior Consultant Kate LaSala
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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#185 "It Still Feels Like I Just Lost Her Yesterday"
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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#184 "The Second We Laid Eyes on Each Other, the Bond Was Instant"
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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#183 When You're Ready to Adopt Again: A Converstion with Author Amy Castro
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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#182 "How Do You Sum Up 17 Years of Someone's Life?"
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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#181 "No One Will Every Replace My Gentle Giant"
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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#180 A Conversation with Ben Sheperde, Author of "Rememberer with Dog"
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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#179 "We Never Dreamed We Would Lose Both Our Babies Within Six Weeks of Each Other"
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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#178 "I Feel So Angry and Hurt Because He was Just a Baby"
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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#177 After-Death Contact from Our Animal Companions
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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#176 "I Would've Done Anything For Him"
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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#175 Audience Members' Comments
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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#174 "My Best Friend, My Housemate, My Child"
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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#173 Nancy's Story about Her Beloved Ellie
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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#172 "After She Passed, I Kind Of Went Numb....I Thought Something Was Wrong With Me"
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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#171 "You Were My Favorite Hello and My Hardest Goodbye"
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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#170 When Your Loss Is From The Decision to Rehome Your Companion
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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#169 "He Was Our Little Shadow"
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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#168 A Conversation with E.B. Bartels, Author of Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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#167 "Letting Him Go Today Was The Hardest Decision In A Year of Hard Decisions"
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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#166 "My Life Changed Forever When BooBoo Arrived"
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May 30, 2024 |
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#165 Comments/Short Stories from Audience Members
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May 23, 2024 |
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#164 "What is a Mother Whose Children Have All Died?"
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May 16, 2024 |
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#163 "Every Decision I Made, Every Effort, Was Driven By My Love and Dedication to Khan"
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May 09, 2024 |
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#162 "Every Single Day . . . I Told Her I Loved Her and Thanked Her for Being My Dog"
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May 02, 2024 |
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#161 "He Was My Home and My Family"
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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#160 Dr. Caitlin Vaugh Interviewing Nancy and Ken
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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#159 A Conversation with Dr. Karen Fine, Author of The Other Family Doctor
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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#158 "Since the First Days We Knew He Was Our Whole World"
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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#157 "I Want To Stay in My Despair To Be Closer to Him"
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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#156 Saying Goodbye to Our Sunshine Bear
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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#155 A Conversation with Author and Animal Companion Advocate Kathy Finley
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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#154 My Greatest Love, My Shadow, My Heart
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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#153 "Chris and I Have Our Own Way of Grieving But We Are Being Kind to Each Other"
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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#152 A Conversation with Pet Loss Doula Angela Shook
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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#151 "Matty Gave Me a Sense of Family, Love and Warmth."
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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#150 “Zoe and I Will Be Linked to My Last Day When I Hope to See Her Again”
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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#149 "I Decided That the Way I Wanted to Heal Was Through Connection and Love."
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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#148 "He Was More Than A Cat To Me; He Was My Rock, My Support"
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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#147 Jo Anne and Eddie's Story
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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# 146 Nate and Maggie's Story
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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#145 "Piper Was An Old Soul"
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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#144 "I Lost My Best Friend Macy Over Thanksgiving."
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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#143 "I Still Speak to Him Constantly, Just Like I Always Did."
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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#142 Complicated Losses: Tara and Chris' Stories
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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#141 Turning Loss Into A Message of Love, with Author Rick Rozman
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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#140 "She Was My Saving Grace"
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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#139 When Sudden Onset Illness Claims Your Best Friend
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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#138 Life After Loss: Notes from Listeners Whose Stories We First Shared in May, 2023, and Aug, 2022
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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#137 When an Accident Takes Our Animal Companion's Life
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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#136 The Human Element of Veterinary Care with Dr. Andraya Cole
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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#135 A Story That Teaches the Differences Between Futile, Palliative, and Curative Care
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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#134 When We Lose A Young Animal Companion
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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#133 Celebrating "Freddie: The Rescue Dog Who Rescued Me," Grant Hayter-Menzies' New Book
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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# 132 How Do We Keep Her Memory and Spirit Alive without Being So Sad All the Time?
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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#131 "I'm Afraid If I Stop Crying, I Lose Him"
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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# 130 "My Work Cat" Plus 2 Poems
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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#129 For the Love of Labrador Retrievers
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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# 128 "How Do We Support Each Other When We're All Struggling?"
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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#127 "The Perfect Cat for Us"
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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#126 "She Was Woven Into Every Part of My Life"
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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#125 Tragedy, Grief, and Resilience
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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#124 The Lingering Impact of Loss and Grief
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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# 123 A Conversation with Renowned Animal Communicator and Author Danielle MacKinnon
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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#122 Rob's Story: Giving A Senior Adoptee Their Best Years
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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#121 Vicky's Story: From Tragic Loss to Adopting Again
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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#120 "He Taught Me How to Slow Down and Embrace Each Moment"
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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#119 Reflecting on Loss One Year Later
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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#118 When a Veterinary Professional has the Courage to Share His Struggle with Grief and Depression
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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#117 "If You Have Any Advice On How To Heal, I Would Greatly Appreciate It. "
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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#116 Anticipatory Grief Vs Grief Following the Death of Our Animal Companion
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May 25, 2023 |
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#115 Making the Euthanasia Decision: Two Stories
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May 18, 2023 |
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#114 When an Accident Causes Our Animal Companion's Death
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May 11, 2023 |
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#113 We're Often Left With So Many Questions
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May 04, 2023 |
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#112 Euthansia: "The Unknowns and Repercussions of Rushed Decisions"
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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#111 When We Lose A Nontraditional Animal Companion
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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#110 Loss Strikes Us All: Nancy and Jack's Story
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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#109 Healing After Tragic Loss
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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#108 A Conversation with Hospice & Palliative Care Veterinary Specialist Dr. Shelagh McCaffrey
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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#107 "I Knew He Would Teach Me to Say Goodbye." Melica and Ollie's Story
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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#106 When You Write A Book Memorializing Your Beloved Dog, with Grant Hayter-Menzies
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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#105 The Burden of Uncertainty
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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#104 Turning Loss into a Heartfelt Mission with Erica Messer
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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#103 Grief Sucks No Matter How Old or Young Our Pet is When We Lose Them
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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#102 When Euthanasia Does Not Go Smoothly
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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#101 "He Got Me Through the Worst Times of My Life."
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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#100 "Our Souls Were Knit Together." Sarah and Fozzy's Story
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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#99 Navigating the Costs of Veterinary Care: A Conversation with Dr Andraya Cole
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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#98 Trying to Move Past Anger: A Couple's Grief After Tragic Loss
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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#97 "We Were Meant to Take Care of Her, But She Ended Up Taking Care of Us"
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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#96 "We Kept Each Other Strong." Sarah and Jax's Story, and Monica's Letter to Kodi
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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#95 When the Loss of Your Pet Leaves You Hypervigilant about the Health of Your Surviving Pets
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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#94 Grief Does Not Destroy Us
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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# 93 "A Miracle Ending to Her Life on Earth"
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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#92 Intro to Aquamation with Alan Hillsberg
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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#91 "It Was All My Fault!" When Our Decisions are Linked to the Loss of Our Pet
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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#90 "This is so Damn Hard." Jack and Diesel's Story
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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#89 Rescued Pets: Knowing We Gave Them Their Best Years
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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#88 Dispelling the Stigma That Shrouds Despair
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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#87 When You Adopt a Pet Who Has Special Health Needs
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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#86 When You're Single with No Family Nearby and You Lose Your Beloved Pet
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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#85 Mom's Letter to Koda: How Writing to Our Pets Can Help
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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#84 Tony and Cebu's Story
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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#83 Colleen and Moca's Story; When We Must Leave a Pet Behind
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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#82 Behavioral Euthanasia and Other Audience Members' Stories
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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#81 When You Lose the Pet You Grew Up With, and Other Stories
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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#80 Stories of Loss and Healing
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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#79 More on the Questions Raised in Malkia and Stephanie's Story
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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#78 Five Countries, One Special Dog: Malkia and Stephanie's Story
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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#77 Those Moments When Grief Returns
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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#76 Funk: A Dog's Life Story
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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# 75 The Spiritual Journey of Loss and Healing
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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#74 When Our Pet Was Our Teammate, Navigating Anniversaries, and Other Challenges
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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#73 Guests Interview: A Couple's Story of Loss, Grief, and Adopting Again
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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#72 Grief in the Midst of Other Life Stressors
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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#71 Until We Say Goodbye: Caring for Our Pet During Their Final Days
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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#70 Reassuring Dreams, When a Pet Gets Lost, and Other Stories
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May 26, 2022 |
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#69 How Family History Shapes Love and Grief (and Everything Else)
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May 19, 2022 |
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#68 When Chickens are Family and Other Stories of Love and Loss
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May 12, 2022 |
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#67 Compassion Fatigue
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May 05, 2022 |
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#66 Laura and Tallulah's Story
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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#65 Pet Loss and Post-Traumatic Growth
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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#64 When It Feels like Sharing My Grief Will Overwhelm Loved Ones
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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#63 Grief as a Judgment-Free Zone
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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#62 Living with Our Grief
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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# 61 Integrating Loss into Our Life Stories
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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#60 Grief is the Cost of Having Loved
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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#59 When Our Animal Family Members are Elderly
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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# 58 A Heart-Rending Dilemma
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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#57 More Audience Members' Stories: Anticipatory Grief, Multiple Losses
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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#56 Audience Members' Stories
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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#55 A Conversation with Veterinarian and Author Joanne Connolly
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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#54 When Grief Seems Endless
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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#53 Finding Inspiration in Our Animal Companions' Life Stories
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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#52 Conversation with Zan Ottaway, Animal Communicator
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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#51 Grief and Mental Illness
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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#50 What We May Learn From Our Grief
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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#49 Your Holiday Self-Care Practices and More
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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#48 When We Lose A Pet Who Was Our Emotional Oasis
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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#47 When It's Time to Adopt Again, When Therapists Fail Us, and Other Listener Stories
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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# 46 Losing a Very Young Pet, Sudden Death, & Other Particularly Trying Circumstances
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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#45 When We're Grieving During the Holidays
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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#44 You Are Not Alone--The Common Features of Our Stories of Loss and Resilience
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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#43 When People Who are Close to Us Don't Understand
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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#42 Is Grief Different When a Veterinarian Loses Their Pet?
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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#41 When Our Pet's Death Causes Great Anxiety About the Health of Our Surviving Pets
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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#40 A Language Beyond Words: How We and Our Animal Companions Communicate
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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#39 "How Can I Keep the Memory of My Pet Alive?" and Other Questions From Listeners
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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#38 Communicating with Our Deceased Pets
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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#37 When Euthanasia Means Losing Your Work Partner and Other Special Circumstances
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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#36 Letting Go of the Would'ves, Could'ves, and Should'ves
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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#35 The Animal-Human Bond
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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#34 Guilt and Self-Forgiveness
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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#33 Perspectives on Death, Dying, and Spirituality
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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#32 When Tragedy Strikes A Pet Who is Being Cared for by a Family Member, and Other Complicated Losses
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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# 31 Should I See a Therapist?
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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#30 Living Beyond Loss, with Special Guests Heidi Gutierrez & Dave Gruben
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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#29 No Wrong Way to Grieve
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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#28 Our Season of Loss
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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#27 Do People of Different Genders Grieve Differently?
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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#26 Supports and Self-Care While Grieving
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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#25 Many Different, Perfect, and Beautiful Memorials
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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#24 Responses to Some Difficult and Complicated Questions
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May 27, 2021 |
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#23 Should I Adopt Another Pet?
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May 20, 2021 |
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#22 Do Animals Have Souls?
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May 13, 2021 |
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#21 The Deeper Meaning of "Who Rescued Who?"
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May 06, 2021 |
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#20 Nancy's Personal Loss
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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#19 The Questions That Never Go Away
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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#18 Why is My Grief Lasting So Long?
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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#17 Making the Euthanasia Decision
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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#16 Helping a Friend Whose Pet is Gravely Ill . . . and More
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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#15 Caring For Your Pet and Yourself During Anticipatory Grief
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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#14 Helping A Child Prepare for Their Pet's Euthanasia . . . and More
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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#13 Knowing When It's Time To Adopt Again...and More
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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#12 Support & Guidance for Living Beyond Loss
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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#11 Ambiguous and Complicated Losses
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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#10 Grief and Clinical Depression
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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#9 When Good People Say the Wrong Things
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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#8 Helping Our Kids with Pet Loss
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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#7 Pet Loss Rituals and Memorials
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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#6 The Afterlife and Our Pets
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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#5 Is My Grief Normal?
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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#4 Coming to Terms with Guilt
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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#3 2020 Holiday Greeting
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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#2 The Gift of Animal Companions--What They Mean to Us Every Day
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Dec 19, 2020 |
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#1 Grief During the Holidays
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Dec 14, 2020 |