Coleen Ellis understands and appreciates the depth of love pet guardians have for their companion animals.
She's felt it many times over.
Her dogs, her fur kids, are her world and as each one leaves her physical world she finds ways thoughtful, impactful ways to honor the lives they lived here on Earth with her.
Coleen started the nation’s first stand-alone pet funeral home, Pet Angel Memorial Center, which now has locations across the Midwest, southeast and Carolinas.
Coleen also recently released her first book, Pet Parents: A Journey Through Unconditional Love and Grief.
She also operates Two Hearts Pet Loss Center, an online resource for pet professionals to learn more about the grief journey pet parents endure. I am a certified pet loss grief companion under Two Hearts Pet Loss Center.
She is a student herself of Dr. Alan Wolfelt, who teaches that people in grief need a companion, someone to listen and be present, rather than treatment.
Because we are not broken. We simply need others to witness our pain and loss, and support us on our new paths.
Coleen is an incredibly engaging, dynamic interview and I am so proud to have my teacher, my mentor and my friend on the podcast today to talk about the ways we can keep our best fur friends alive in our hearts and in our stories.
And with that, we talk about how to make those final days with your pet peaceful, empowering and memorable.
Have a listen. It is a long one but Coleen gives us so much great information and advice.
What to listen for:
8:56: What will you do right now to make the end perfect?
11:30: The rules for pet loss are written by the 30% who don't get it.
31:24: How we can honor the memories of our pets through art.
43:05: Making the decision to attend -- or not -- your pet's euthanasia
Find Coleen:
Two Hearts Pet Loss Center
Pet Angel Memorial Center
Buy her book on Amazon:
Pet Parents: A Journey Through Unconditional Love and Grief

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