110- Pet Loss and Grieving with Coleen Ellis

Summary: Processing the loss of any pet is difficult. Processing the loss of a clients pet can add complications and uncertainty of how to handle it on both a professional and personal level. Coleen Ellis, Founder of Two Heart Pet Loss Center, joins us to help break down our role as pet care providers, how to care for ourselves while grieving, and help everyone in the mourning work.

Topics on this episode:

• Giving permission to grieve
• Rules of conversation with a grieving pet parent
• Caring for ourselves
• Being advocates for higher standard in pet loss and grief

Main take away? Give YOURSELF permission to grieve and remember that everyone's process looks different.

Links

Two Hearts Pet Loss Center

Coleen's courses on grieving

International Association for Animal Hospice and Palliative Care

Read the full transcripts here

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