Ceremony & Ritual for Pet Loss

For Anyone Who Has Ever Loved a Pet & Mourned Their Loss

Pet Loss Ceremonies & Rituals

We share an intense love and bond with our pets and animal companions whether they are furry, feathered or scaled. For us, a pet is part of the family who brought companionship and joy into our lives. Many people are blindsided by the intensity of grief they feel when a pet dies. I honour the pain that you are feeling. Pet loss grief is real and profound. Your relationship with your animal companion is unlike any other & may be one of the most significant and loving relationships in your life. Imagine creating a ceremony or ritual that honours the bond that you and your family shared with your pet. Together, we can explore meaningful healing ceremony and ritual; and create a special space to grieve, which can help you integrate your loss and your ability to adjust to life without your animal companion.  You can have a funeral ceremony for a pet, create a grief ritual for picking up your pet’s ashes, or memorialize a significant date. Please reach out and we can discuss how you can honour, celebrate and remember your beloved animal companion.

Pet Loss Grief Support Sessions

Loss is an inevitable part of sharing your life with an animal companion, and mourning is a natural part of the healing process. Time alone does not heal grief; active mourning does. Are you struggling to move forward in your life and heal from the loss, and/or are you feeling overwhelmed and confused on your grief journey? Healing rituals can help create a space to grieve or to find a way to continue the bond with your pet. My passion is creating & holding gentle space where all the painful pieces emerge around loss and grief. I can assist you to learn healing, intuitive coping and self-care tools that will help you work through this challenging time.

Grief Support Sessions

I will work with you to explore the creation of healing ritual as a task of mourning over 5 one hour online or phone sessions.

We will create a soul nourishing, safe space to express and honour the emotions that have come with your loss.

Through the steps of the healing ritual creation process, we will explore intention, the restorative power of the natural elements, weaving memory through your senses, sharing your pet’s life story and treasured objects & integrating new insights and connection in this present moment.

Each session you will be gifted a little ritual that honours the exploration, expression, meaning making and transcendence of processing your grief.

ONLINE Grief Support Sessions are available.

“When we lose our pet, we may be left with great pain, as we’ve also lost one of our greatest sources of comfort. No wonder the pain is so intense.”

From “On Loss and Healing” by Elizabeth Babcock                     

Supportive Resources for Pet Loss

Your grief is valid and painfully real, regardless of its origin. The love of, and attachment to an animal can equal that of a human relationship. Likewise, the loss of an animal can be just as devastating. J. Morgan

Here are some supportive resources for pet loss and grief.

P.S. I Love You More Than Tuna by Sarah Chauncey

Losing My Best Friend by Jeannie Wycherley

When A Pet Dies by Fred Rogers

The Golden Cord by Sarah-Jane Farrell

The Amazing Afterlife of Animals by Karen Anderson

The Grief Recovery Handbook for Pet Loss by Russell Friedman

Paw Prints in the Stars by Warren Hanson