Losing a pet is hard. Here's how to cope

Life Kit

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🗓️ 25 July 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Losing a pet can be devastating. Here's how to process the loss of your special friend and open yourself up to the love and lessons they left behind.

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0:00.0	You're listening to LifeKit from NPR.
0:05.7	Hey everybody, it's MaryL.
0:07.9	You may know TKDutests.
0:09.6	She's done some of my favorite episodes of LifeKit.
0:12.9	Earlier this year, her cat died.
0:15.4	A week later, TK did an Instagram live.
0:18.8	Hey y'all, it's one week,
0:22.4	life after Mrs. P body,
0:25.0	pressing piece to my little baby cat.
0:28.6	It was just her walking in Brooklyn and processing.
0:31.6	You know, I've been dealing with grief
0:33.3	and the unexpected ways that grief shows up.
0:38.7	And I realized in my heartbreak,
0:42.0	in my pain,
0:43.8	and my just exhaust, yo, my body hurt, y'all.
0:50.0	There's something about the moment right after a loss.
0:53.1	It can open something up inside of you.
0:55.5	You feel this raw pain.
0:57.6	And with it come these flashes of insight.
1:02.1	TK had a lot of those.
1:03.6	The video was a celebration of her relationship
1:06.0	with Mrs. P body,
	...

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