Testimonial

When my cat of 12 years suddenly became ill with cancer I was unprepared for the wide range of feelings that welled up inside of me. I ran from specialist to specialist trying to find a magic cure to keep him in my life. Of course, that cure didn’t exist. My big brave black cat held on for 7 months becoming frailer, thinner by the minute. One day in November he limped into the kitchen gasping for breath and tried to eat a morsel of food. That was the day I knew I had to bring him to the vet and put him down. I watched as he was given an injection and held him while he took his last breath.

The feelings I experienced were deep but very conflicting. My cat had been a close companion to me in the sad months following my divorce. He provided me with happiness and unconditional love. I felt crushed to see my pal die. At the same time I felt relieved that he would no longer be suffering. I also felt a little silly to be so grief stricken over the death of a pet. After all, this wasn’t even a human being. Yet, I felt washed up in a sea of sorrow.

Today I know I was experiencing grief, which is a normal and natural reaction to loss. The sorrow I felt seemed huge. In doing a survey of my losses up until that moment, I now understand that the loss of my cat came on top of other losses that were never really completed.

A few years before the death of my cat I went through a painful divorce. In fact, it was my cat that helped me through the painful process of separation from a loved one. I had also experienced the loss of some good friends over that period of time and some very significant loss of trust issues. These devastating losses significantly altered my feelings about life. It wasn’t only about the death of my cat. It was a great deal about unresolved grief issues.

It was only by experiencing the Grief Recovery Program that I realized how significant and powerful loss is to every individual. It doesn’t mean that this program will make loss any painful. However, it did enable me to take action that lead to the completion of the pain I experienced about loss in my life. It gave me specific tools to deal with past losses and a guide to help in the future.

Recovery from loss is accomplished by discovering and completing all of the undelivered communications that accrue in relationships. We are all advised to "let go" and "move on" after losses of all kinds. Most of us would do that if we knew how.

Completion of pain caused by loss is what allows us to let go and move on. It is almost impossible to move on without first taking a series of actions that lead to completion. The Grief Recovery Program enabled me to move on with my life in a very powerful way.

I’m grateful to the program and honored to have the ability to share this amazing, extremely powerful program.