In Episode #5, Nelson discusses three prevalent myths surrounding pet loss.


Topics in this Episode

• Who is anyone to sit in judgement of your pet loss? (0:43)
• Are you weak for grieving your companion animal? (1:22)
• Who experiences intense pet loss (1:29)
• Three celebrities that have suffered intense pet loss (2:06)
• Grieving the loss of a dear family member is healthy and normal (3:49)
• Pet loss is every bit as intense as human death-grief (4:11)
• Have you been grieving too long? (6:12)
• To rush the healing process is to disrespect the healing process (7:20)

Resources

Podcast: "The Toxicity of Judgment" | Abdi Assadi
Video: Joe Rogan & Kevin Smith Get Emotional Discussing Pet Loss
Video: Joe Rogan Gets Emotional Talking About His Dogs
Video: Tim Tebow Saying Goodbye to Beloved Bronco
Study: Death of Companion Cat or Dog Bereavement...
Study: Adjustment to the Death of a Companion Animal
Book: The Loss of a Pet - the Human-Animal Bond
Pet Loss Counseling, Workshops, and Retreats: Nelson Pahl

Memorable Quotes

• "Grief...if the price of love."

Next Episode: Does Your Attachment Style Impact Your Grief Severity?


Keywords

#pet loss #companion animal loss #pets #companion animals #family #dogs #cats #horses


Biography

Nelson Pahl is an experiential psychologist and leading expert on companion animal loss. He hosts The Pahl Paw Patch podcast and is author of No Time to Grieve: The Disenfranchising of Pet Loss. He maintains a private practice in KCMO and hosts online healing workshops entitled Grief Therapy in a Box, as well as luxury healing retreats called "Homage Retreats."

In this episode, Nelson discusses five reasons pet loss can be so intense.


Topics in this Episode

• Grief is the byproduct of love (1:06)
• The love you share with your pet is unconditional (1:24)
• We grieve when we lose our identity (2:23)
• With the death of a love one comes the loss a certain role (2:26)
• We grieve when we feel unsafe (4:31)
• We experience grief when we surrender our autonomy (6:29)
• With loss, we feel that certain dreams have gone unrealized (7:56)

Resources

Study: Changing Times, Changing Identities: Grieving for a Lost Self
Study: "I Am Not Who I Thought I Was"
Pet Loss Counseling, Workshops, and Retreats: Nelson Pahl

Memorable Quotes

• "Grief...if the price of love."

Next Episode: 3 Myths About Pet Loss


Keywords

#pet loss #companion animal loss #pets #companion animals #family #dogs #cats #horses


Biography

Nelson Pahl is an experiential psychologist and leading expert on companion animal loss. He hosts The Pahl Paw Patch podcast and is author of No Time to Grieve: The Disenfranchising of Pet Loss. He maintains a private practice in KCMO and hosts online healing workshops entitled Grief Therapy in a Box, as well as luxury healing retreats called "Homage Retreats."

In this episode, Nelson discusses the scholarly research regarding pet loss.


Topics in this Episode

• Companion animal loss is largely misunderstood and devalued (0:28)
• Pet loss is a form of disenfrachised grief (0:43)
• What is disenfranchised grief? (0:53)
• Companion animal loss can cause a host of physical ailments (1:23)
• Pet loss can cause long-term anxiety, depression, and even anger issues (1:46)
• Pet loss often causes neuroticism in the bereaved guardian (1:56)
• Untreated pet loss can manifest into complicated grief and even PTSD (2:07)
• Companion animal loss can rival and even surpass human death-grief (2:32)
• The guardian-pet dynamic mimics that of the parent-child dynamic (2:57)

Resources

Study: Grief after pet loss often misunderstood and devalued
Study: Pet loss grief largely treated as disenfranchised grief
Study: Loss of companion animal can cause serious physical ailments
Study: Pet loss grief can result in long-term anxiety, depression, and anger issues
Study: Grief after pet loss may manifest into complicated grief or PTSD
Study: Pet loss grief can be even more intense than human death-grief
Study: Frequency of neuroticism after pet loss
Study: Why people love their pets
Study: Why pet loss grief needs far more recognition from the health community
Pet Loss Counseling, Workshops, and Retreats: Nelson Pahl

Next Episode: 5 Reasons Pet Loss is So Intense


Keywords

#pet loss #companion animal loss #pets #companion animals #family #dogs #cats #horses


Biography

Nelson Pahl is an experiential psychologist and leading expert on companion animal loss. He hosts The Pahl Paw Patch podcast and is author of No Time to Grieve: The Disenfranchising of Pet Loss. He maintains a private practice in KCMO and hosts online healing workshops entitled Grief Therapy in a Box, as well as luxury healing retreats called "Homage Retreats."