Grief Support & Afterloss

There are moments when words land so deeply that they feel less like something we read and more like something we remember. This passage is one of those moments for me.

 

Over the years, during my animal communication sessions, animals have described their experience of life — and of passing — in ways that mirror this wisdom almost exactly.

 

Again and again, animals share that they do not identify themselves as their physical bodies in the way humans often do. They speak of the body as a beloved vessel, a temporary home, something to be honored and cared for — but not something that defines who they are.

 

From their perspective, they are awareness. Presence. Energy. Love in motion.

 

When animals speak about transition, they do not describe it as an ending. They describe it as a threshold, a gentle doorway, a shift in frequency. Many have shown me the feeling of stepping out of a heavy coat, or moving from one room into another filled with light. There is no fear in their sharing — only curiosity, peace, and a sense of continuation.

 

They often remind us that nothing essential is lost.

 

Even after physical death, animals communicate with the same unique essence, humor, affection, and unmistakable personality they had in life. Their love does not diminish. Their bond does not weaken. If anything, it becomes less filtered, less bound by time and distance.

 

I’ve heard animals describe reunion not as a single event, but as an ongoing dance — a meeting again and again in different forms, in different moments, across lifetimes and layers of existence. Exactly as this quote so beautifully expresses.

 

This understanding can be profoundly comforting, especially for those grieving the loss of a beloved animal companion. From the animals’ perspective, separation is often more painful for the human than for them. They remain deeply aware of us. They feel our love. They step close when we speak to them, think of them, or hold them in our hearts.

 

They know we will meet again.
 

Animal communication continually invites us to soften our rigid ideas about life, death, and identity. It gently asks us to remember that we, too, are more than our bodies. That love is not confined to form. That connection does not end when the physical changes.

 

Just as Thich Nhat Hanh writes, birth and death are part of a sacred game of hide and seek — and love is the thread that ensures we are never truly lost to one another.

 

May this reflection offer you comfort, remembrance, and a deepening trust in the unseen bonds that continue to hold us all. 

With love,
Tanja
in gratitude to the animals who continue to teach us