The Thais Gibson Podcast How to Process Grief from A Loss of A Pet or Loved One (Personal Share)
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When Grief Feels Overwhelming, You Don’t Have to Go Through It Alone.
Grief can feel heavy, confusing, and isolating especially when you lose a beloved pet or someone who mattered deeply to you. In this deeply personal and compassionate masterclass, Thais Gibson shares her real time experience of grief after losing her dog Simba, while walking you through a grounded, somatic framework to help you process loss in a healthy, supportive way.
Episode Summary
This episode isn’t about “getting over” grief; it’s about learning how to be with it, understanding what’s really happening in your mind and body, and gently moving through the healing process with self-attunement, compassion, and clarity.
In this video, Thais explores what grief truly is not just the loss of physical presence, but the loss of the needs, identities, and parts of ourselves that were expressed in relationship to those we loved. Drawing from neuroscience, attachment theory, and somatic processing, she introduces five powerful pillars to help you move through grief without suppressing emotions or getting stuck in painful stories.
Whether you’re grieving a pet, a loved one, or another meaningful loss, this episode offers tools you can return to again and again especially during moments when grief resurfaces unexpectedly.
Key Takeaways
• Why grief is love with nowhere to go and how to give it a new place
• How to practice self-attunement when emotions feel intense or overwhelming
• The role attachment wounds and subconscious stories play in prolonging grief
• How to identify the needs your relationship met and meet them in new ways
• Why grief isn’t just about who you lost, but who you got to be with them
• How to stay connected to memories in a healthy, grounding way without getting stuck in the past
Timestamps
00:00 – Processing Grief
00:57 – Losing a Pet
04:27 – The Backstory: Simba
10:37 – Grief Is the Void Left by Non-Physical Loss
12:39 – Grief as the Mind & Body’s Response to Loss
14:22 – 1. Practice Self-Attunement
21:29 – 2. Examine the Stories You Tell Yourself
28:04 – Could There Be Another Truth?
30:22 – Somatic Course Promo
30:42 – We Attach to the Needs They Met
36:46 – 3. Identify Needs & Meet Them in New Ways
37:53 – 4. Express the Most Sacred Parts of Yourself
44:23 – 5A. Healthy Connection Without Living in the Past
47:23 – 5B. Healthy, Sustained Connection
50:02 – Summary
Meet the Host
Thais Gibson is the founder of The Personal Development School and a world leader in attachment theory. With a Ph.D. and over a dozen certifications, she’s helped more than 70,000 people reprogram their subconscious and build thriving relationships.
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