Hi everyone I'm Diana Palm from dianapalm.com and today I want to discuss
with you how much we love our pets if you have ever lost a pet that you love
you may not have received the kind of love and support from your family and
friends because they simply do not understand how much we love these guys
and how special they are to us and how meaningful they make our lives so if you
have lost a pet and you feel like you're still grieving and you didn't receive
the love and support stay tuned because this video is for you
this is punky and he has been with me for 16 long years he's actually moved
across the country he has lived in over a dozen homes
he's been on airplanes moving trucks convertibles you name it this little guy
has been everywhere with me and I can barely think about my life without him
because he's been such a significant part of my life forever
he has brought so many wonderful things to my life he helps me with my healing
clients he monitors the house he keeps us on time so he's our alarm clock he
wakes us up in the morning he keeps our schedule regular he doesn't let us sleep
in or miss our appointment so somehow his role in our family is very important
and our animals they all serve a purpose to us that is significant to them and to
their connection with us so it stands to reason that when it comes time for us to
either put our pet down or maybe they died suddenly that it leaves a huge hole
in our lives that our hearts feel like they literally are breaking and that we
really truly feel grief as if we lost a family member and some people even feel
that they've lost a child I feel that it's very natural for us to love animals
very easily but when somebody's not bonding with an animal they may have a
childhood wound from an animal that passed went missing or maybe one or both
parents dropped their pet off at a shelter or a neighborhood farm and they
didn't tell you about it I have some wounds like that in my childhood too and I
know my brothers and sisters and I would search and search and search for our
missing animals and then only to find out years later that one of my parents
had actually dropped them off at somebody's farm to get rid of them now
they didn't tell us about it and of course we were devastated and searched
for them forever so as I was growing up I thought maybe I didn't like cats
because I had a cat wound but then upon my daughter's insistence we did get
punky he wrapped me around his little heart
immediately so what I want you to do is just try to send understanding and
forgiveness to the people in your family that truly don't understand your pain
right now they may have their own childhood wound or trauma surrounding
animals or the loss of an animal or perhaps they never got that opportunity
to bond with an animal when they were young enough to really develop an
understanding for them some of the things that you can do if you feel like
you're going through this process alone is reach out to other animal lovers
reach out to other people that have also lost an animal so that you can find the
love and comfort that you need while you're grieving your grieving process is
real and losing a beloved animal is losing a family member so go through
this process and take the time you need you will probably still experience all
the same stages of grief that we do when we lose a human family member and so
remember that too so if you're feeling extremely angry
because your family members are not supporting or understanding you that's
also a natural stage of grief sometimes we regret things and we think well maybe
if I switch their food or maybe if I watched them and they wouldn't have
gotten out of the house and gotten hit by a car or you know there's many many
scenarios that we can run through our mind but it's really important that you
don't get stuck in that energy of looking for someone to blame even if
that's yourself it's really important to move you through this process with the
understanding that if you love your animal so much that you're grieving
them right now they know how much you love them and they always did and they
can still feel your love for them right now so there truly is nothing to regret
we all have a psychic connection with our animals and that's why it's so
miraculous that they can keep in contact with us even after they pass when you do
lose your pet no matter if it's suddenly or through euthanasia that they will
still be able to visit you and give you signs I'll go ahead and share a link to
one of my other video's the talks about the loss of a pet and if
you have the choice going through the death process the things that you should
look for for the right timing of when to put your pet down it also includes ten
signs that your pet is visiting you from the afterlife sometimes family and
friends they don't understand this especially if they're not pet lovers I
don't know what the percentage is but in my family it's kind of half and half
some of us love animals so much I have veterinarians in the family at least
half of us have a rescued pets we've taken in strays three-legged animals and
some of my family members were breeders but there are some people in my family
that never (Meow) but there are some people in my family that really never were able to
bond with animals and so they don't understand what it's like when we're
loving our sick animal or when we're spoiling them with treats or when we're
grieving them when they pass so one of the most valuable things that we can do
for each other here is to really validate that the pain you're going
through is real and that you deserve to feel every single tear and every
heartbreak when you lose an animal you are grieving and this is really
important for you to honor that process with yourself even if others around you
don't get it reach out to others who are going through it there are actually pet
loss support groups and if there's not one in your own community perhaps you
can join one online or connect with other people here on this channel that
have certainly lost pets and understand what you're going through I'd also like
to share a book that my little sister wrote she was a veterinarian and she had
more three-legged animals than anybody I've ever met
she's actually in spirit now herself she's passed but she wrote this really
wonderful children's book called Zoe's Good-bye and she illustrated the whole
thing with her own art but it really takes you through the process of being
able to let an animal go so when it gets to that time if you have that choice and
if you have an elderly or sick animal I found that this book was really really
helpful to understand on a spiritual level when is the right time and to be
able to make that decision so as you're moving through this process be very
gentle and kind with yourself and if you are not sure what to do for the sadness
that you're feeling in your heart just feel it but also take special care to
nurture yourself during this time it feels like at this moment that your
heart may never mend but I guarantee it will mend and it's very important to
your pet that you lost that they know you're gonna be okay I want to thank you
again for being here and if you have any other questions about the spirit world
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thanks so much for being here have a great day