Soul Love: How A Dog Taught Me To Breathe Again

Grief, growth, love and life are on tap today as Teresa Bitner, the author of Soul Love: How A Dog Taught Me To Breathe Again, is joining Kathy on today’s episode of Enlightened By Dogs!

We talk about how a dog taught Teresa and her sons how to live, love and breathe again after their family is struck by tragedy. Teresa then takes us on a journey of grief stages and how we can navigate that difficult path … and how we can support our friends and loved ones when they are grieving.

One of the topics we cover is the added layer of grieving the loss of a beloved dog … and how so many around us don’t understand the depth of our grief, and expect us to ‘get over it’ quickly because it’s just a dog.

Teresa is coach, speaker, and author specializing in resiliency, change, and loss. She partners with those who have been knocked down by life who want to build resiliency and move forward to a bold life. 

In This Episode

• Teresa starts the life of her dreams and having it change in a flash, and writing about it
• Finding Hans, and how he helped the family heal
• Perspective and tips on coping, and the stages of grief
• How do we support a loved one in need

Quotes

“I lost myself. I didn’t know who I was afterwards”

“I do encourage people to write about your loss”

“There is such a special bond you can form”

“Figure out how to let yourself grieve”

“Listen more. Talk less.”

“Are you able to find love right here where you’re at?”

Teresa is coach, speaker, and author specializing in resiliency, change, and loss. She partners with those who have been knocked down by life who want to build resiliency and move forward to a bold life. Teresa has been coaching and mentoring professionals for over 20 years in various roles as an IT software developer, team lead, manager, project manager, educator, mentor, and leader.  Teresa brings to the coaching relationship many unique and challenging life experiences including career transitions, personal losses of first spouse and mother and forging resiliency.

Teresa is the author of Soul Love: How A Dog Taught Me To Breathe Again

Learn more about Teresa!
www.boldfulfilledlifecoach.com

More Kathy!
www.dancingheartsacademy.com/

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