You don’t have to grieve alone.
Right now, everything feels unbearable:
This isn’t weakness. This isn’t you “failing at grief.”
It’s love, aching for somewhere to land.
Grief is love with nowhere to go.
🐾 Free Guide:
When Someone Says ‘It’s Just a Dog’
(Or Cat, or Horse…)
If someone has ever dismissed your grief with “It’s just a...,” you know how painful that can feel.
This gentle guide offers compassionate ways to respond—or simply protect your heart.
You’ll find words, wisdom, and comfort to remind you: your love was sacred, and so is your grief.
01.
The Descent
Make sense of the chaos. Name what you’re feeling so it no longer feels like you’re losing your mind.
02.
The Crossing
Step out of your head and into your body. Learn how to be with your emotions so they stop controlling you
03.
The Rising
Begin to feel lighter, steadier, and ready to carry the love of your animal with you as you create your next chapter.
What’s waiting for you on the other side of this journey...
This work isn’t about “getting over it.” It’s about learning how to live again, carrying the love of your animal in a new way.
Grief is not the end of love. It’s an invitation to rediscover your strength, your wholeness, and the bond you still carry with your beloved animal.
By Walking This Path, You Will:
Make Peace
...with your guilt and self-doubt.
Find Steadiness
...in your body and your breath.
Reconnect
...with your own strength and clarity.
Keep Your Animal Close
...not in memory alone, but as part of who you are becoming.
Meet Donna Carlson
"I know this ache—and I know the way through."
Grief is not an idea to me. It’s something I’ve lived. I have lost beloved husbands, pets, and horses. I know what it’s like for your world to collapse into silence, for everything familiar to suddenly feel unbearable.
That’s why I created Soul & Tail Collective. That's why I’m a certified grief and pet loss coach and a doctoral student in Animal Communication.
My Mission
Teach and educate on the importance of animals and how they help us heal.
Animals are not “just pets”—they are healers, teachers, and mirrors. And when they leave us, they don’t just leave absence—they leave us with an invitation to live differently, more deeply, more aligned.
Here, your grief is not minimized. Here, the love you shared is honored as sacred. Together, we’ll walk the path of grief not as an ending, but as a passage into wholeness.
🐾 Free Guide:
How to Support Someone Who’s Grieving a Pet
When someone you care about loses a beloved animal, it’s hard to know what to say.
This short guide gives you simple, kind ways to show up with empathy—without overstepping or freezing up.
Learn what helps, what hurts, and how to gently remind them that love came first.
Your grief is sacred. You don’t have to walk it alone.
Losing a beloved animal changes everything.
But it doesn’t mean you have to stay lost in the silence, the guilt, or the emptiness. There is a way forward—one that honors your love, steadies your heart, and helps you carry their presence into your next chapter.
This is the work we’ll do together inside Soul & Tail Collective.
A sanctuary for your grief. A pathway back to wholeness. A way to live again, without leaving their love behind.
👉 Start Your Healing Journey Today
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From Grief to Joy
“When I met Donna, I was feeling hopeless with grief. After six months of healing, I’m hopeful with joy.
I learned to let myself feel the difficult emotions I’d been hiding from and to face them with the healing strength of the herd. Once I could do that, I began to move through my grief.
I opened my broken heart one more time to receive the healing Donna offered—and I’m so glad I did.
I am forever grateful for this life-transforming experience.”
— Christine, PA
Changed My Life
“Donna changed my life with this beautiful healing experience—it’s like nothing you’ve ever done before.
She helps you heal yourself, and she does it with compassion and empathy like no one else.
Simply magical. I highly recommend!”
— Alix K., PA
Reflections
Gentle words for tender hearts.
Here you’ll find short reflections on love, loss, and the healing gifts our animals leave behind. Each piece is written to bring a little light to the ache—reminding you that grief is not the end of love, but the way it continues to speak.
Kindness & Light
“I want to express my deepest gratitude to Donna. When we first reached out after losing our beloved dog, Chachi, we hoped only for a bit of ease.
Donna immediately understood our sadness. Her attentiveness, compassion, and wisdom allowed us to be vulnerable and to begin finding peace.
She reminded us that Chachi knew he was loved and admired, and her guidance brought comfort and hope back into our days.
Thank you, Donna, for your kindness and the light you shared with us during such a difficult time.”
— Danielle
Renewed Gratitude
“As a veterinarian, I’ve experienced many losses—professionally and personally. Losing my soul dog, Roscoe, one day before his 13th birthday, when I was already struggling with depression, shattered me.
Having known Donna through personal coaching, I trusted her grace and her work with her therapy horses. When she began offering pet-loss support, I knew she could help me process the grief and guilt I still carried.
Before our session, I was anxious about what I might feel. Donna immediately put me at ease. As she coached me through my grief, I left with renewed gratitude for the time and love Roscoe and I shared.
I now feel Roscoe’s presence more clearly, and it brings me comfort and joy.
Donna is an amazing coach. I’m so thankful for her dedication to healing the human-animal bond.”
— Dr. C., Veterinarian
