
Pet . Therapy. Notes...


Welcome!
...to a safe place where we openly share about our relationships with our pets.
Whether with people or animal companions, relationships are relationships, and - like any other connection - they can be complicated.
Here, we talk about ALL the feelings - love, loss, grief, companionship, and all of the beautiful ordinary moments in between.
...and the HARD feelings too - shame, frustration, disappointment, resentment. Feelings don't fit into concrete categories - they overlap, they change, they're unique yet universal.
We also talk A LOT about bereavement here - often a disenfranchised type of grief.
I've found that by hearing others' experiences, we have
AH-HA! moments when we see our feelings reflected in a way we couldn't have put into our own words. We feel seen. Understood.
Losing my “soul dog” crushed me, leaving me buried in a hole I couldn't see a way out of. Subsequently, adopting my next dog created a different type of grief I could have never anticipated. I felt ashamed that I struggled to connect with her, and it felt taboo to talk about...and that is how "Pet Therapy Notes" was born.
I dusted off my journal and wrote, and wrote, and wrote some more. I got the feelings out of my body and onto paper. And when I shared my writing and reading that of others, I started to heal.
While writing can be healing, it can also be painful. Tips here
So, let's talk...
To share your story (I would LOVE to hear from you) to be published on this site, please email me at:
lizweinerwrites@gmail.com
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