A space for pet loss, grief, and healing

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The Pet Loss Diaries

A podcast by Megan Adams

Welcome to The Pet Loss Diaries -

a podcast about pet loss grief, healing, mental health, trauma, nervous system healing, and learning how to live after losing a soul pet.

Hosted by Megan, this podcast was created after losing her soul dog, Otis, and navigating the devastating reality of grief, identity loss, anxiety, depression, and rebuilding life after heartbreak.

This is a space for honest conversations around:

• pet loss grief

• grieving a dog or cat

• coping with pet loss

• mental health after loss

• healing after trauma

• nervous system regulation

• loneliness and identity shifts

• rebuilding confidence

• spirituality and grief

• surviving suicidal thoughts

• life after losing a pet

If you've ever been told:

“it was just a dog”

“just get another pet”

or felt misunderstood in your grief…

you are not alone here.

New episode every Sunday | 9am | 🎙️ Listen below

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Episode 1

In this first episode of The Pet Loss Diaries, Megan shares the deeply personal story behind losing her soul dog, Otis, and how that loss completely changed her life.

This episode explores the reality of pet loss grief, trauma, mental health struggles after losing a pet, suicidal thoughts, nervous system dysregulation, loneliness, identity shifts after grief, and the long process of rebuilding life after devastating loss.

Originally created from the healing journey behind House of Her, The Pet Loss Diaries is a podcast dedicated to honest conversations around:

• grieving a dog or cat

• pet loss grief

• healing after trauma

• nervous system healing

• mental health and grief

• rebuilding confidence after loss

• loneliness and identity shifts

• spirituality and soul pets

• learning how to live after heartbreak

If you’ve ever been told “it was just a dog” while silently carrying unbearable grief, this space is for you.

You are not alone.

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Episode 2

In Episode 2 of The Pet Loss Diaries, Megan explores the psychology and nervous system impact of pet loss grief after losing her soul dog, Otis.

This episode dives into:

- why pet loss can feel traumatic

- grief and the nervous system

- survival mode after loss

- emotional numbness and anxiety

- anticipatory grief

- identity shifts after losing a pet

- loneliness and isolation during grief

- rebuilding safety and self-trust after loss

Megan also discusses research around grief and attachment, alongside books and resources that helped her navigate healing after losing Otis.

Books mentioned:

📚 The Grieving Brain - Mary-Frances O’Connor

📚 Signs - Laura Lynne Jackson

📚 The Amazing Afterlife of Animals - Karen A. Anderson

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Episode 3

Losing a pet can leave us carrying more than grief - for many people, it also leaves guilt.

In this episode of The Pet Loss Diaries, I'm talking about one of the most common yet least understood parts of pet loss: the questions we can't stop replaying after they're gone.

Whether your pet died through euthanasia, illness, an accident, old age, or sudden and unexpected circumstances, guilt often finds a way in.

Did I do enough?

Did I wait too long?

Did I make the right decision?

Could I have prevented this?

As someone who lost my soul dog, Otis, suddenly and traumatically at just two years old, I know how consuming these thoughts can become. In this episode, we explore why guilt shows up after loss, how grief affects the brain, and how we begin separating responsibility from hindsight.

Topics covered:

• Pet loss guilt

• Euthanasia guilt

• Sudden and traumatic pet loss

• Losing a dog unexpectedly

• Grief and self-blame

• Counterfactual thinking after loss

• Nervous system responses to grief

• Healing after pet loss

• Coping with guilt after losing a pet

• Finding self-compassion during grief

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