{"id":280770,"date":"2025-06-08T04:40:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T04:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/somatic-grief-and-pet-loss-how-the-body-holds-grief\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T04:40:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T04:40:40","slug":"somatic-grief-and-pet-loss-how-the-body-holds-grief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=280770","title":{"rendered":"Somatic Grief and Pet Loss: How the Body Holds Grief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=726404661175187&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1\"\/> <!-- End Facebook Pixel Code --><meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"kfnhkPyWMrDmbqyW4wkN_2aV54d1msoyzUVjiFeD7ck\"\/><meta name=\"\u201dviewport\u201d\" content=\"\u201dwidth=device-width,\" initial-scale=\"1\u2033\"\/> <!-- Google tag (gtag.js) -->   <a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"boxed-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"wrapper\" class=\"fusion-wrapper\">\n<header class=\"fusion-header-wrapper\"\/><main id=\"main\" class=\"clearfix \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-row\" style=\"\">\n<section id=\"content\" style=\"float: left;\">\n<article id=\"post-6285\" class=\"post post-6285 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sharing-box fusion-theme-sharing-box fusion-single-sharing-box\">\n<h4>Share The Support to Help Others<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"about-author\">\n<div class=\"about-author-container\">\n<div class=\"avatar\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7706ab210c5947b3f8f83d1b4b910631cea8971dd992b1497ad92c0b9d40019?s=72&amp;d=mm&amp;r=pg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7706ab210c5947b3f8f83d1b4b910631cea8971dd992b1497ad92c0b9d40019?s=144&amp;d=mm&amp;r=pg 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-72 photo lazyload\" height=\"72\" width=\"72\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 72px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 72\/72;\"\/><\/div>\n<p> Wendy Van de Poll, MS, CEOL is a certified pet loss grief coach, bestselling author, animal medium and communicator, and Certified Essence of Enneagram Practitioner. 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