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Griffin's Heart: Mourning Your Pet With No Apologies
Griffin's Heart: Mourning Your Pet With No Apologies
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There’s no other pet loss book like Griffin’s Heart — because it’s more than a book — it’s a grief guide / journal / workbook / keepsake all-in-one. Readers actively participate in the healing process through guided journaling, placing photos, practical healing exercises, art & music therapy, and more. When finished, Griffin’s Heart becomes a keepsake filled with memories to honor and remember a life lived. It’s the perfect gift for anyone who is suffering from the loss of a beloved pet and struggling to navigate the grief process.
Griffin’s Heart was created by author and actress Reagan Pasternak (HBO’s Sharp Objects, HULU’s Being Erica, BET’s Ms. Pat, Freeform's Good Trouble, CBC's Little Bird). Reagan tells her own story of loss while offering comfort, insights, and engaging readers to explore their grief and find meaning—with no apologies.

A note from the creator about Griffin's Heart pet loss book/journal/keepsake
"I created Griffin’s Heart to be a multifunctional guide through the complex journey of losing an animal. It is so much more than a book as it is interactive and uses creative and therapeutic exercises so that it ends up serving as a keepsake and a tribute to the pet they loved and lost. Ultimately, Griffin's Heart is a path that has helped thousands of readers know that their pain is valid and that there is a way through the hardest parts of grief."
This book is so special! It’s hard to know what to do when a pet you love so much passes away. I felt sad, frozen, and lost. This book helped give me somewhere to go to process my feelings and hold space for my experience. It definitely provides comfort and reminds you you’re not alone.
Love this book. It's really helping me process my grief and celebrate my kitty's life!
I gifted this to a friend who is grieving a pet--first of all--I love the idea behind it's creation--it was created out of loss and necessity--My friend informed me that 3 people gifted her similar items, but this was the most beautiful and relevant. She also is an actor, and loves that it was written by a fellow artist, who lost a dear friend. She said she started reading and immediately started crying, so it's really going to be a powerful tool to help her process! This will be my go-to gift when my friends lose their furry companions!!
Love this book and everything about it .
I've just started this book. We lost our little guy, Mo, on 1.2.25. I was looking for something to help me process my grief and emotions. This seems like a very sweet book that will help.
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This book is so special! It’s hard to know what to do when a pet you love so much passes away. I felt sad, frozen, and lost. This book helped give me somewhere to go to process my feelings and hold space for my experience. It definitely provides comfort and reminds you you’re not alone.
Thank you for this book. Actually I just started to read it. So far so good it really hits home for me. I sit quietly by myself and read a little every night. It’s nice to know that there actually is a human out there that understands and respects me and so many others going through this difficult time. My heart will never be whole again but with your help I know I’m. Not Alone ! Thank you again Debi Andre 💔🐈⬛🙏🌈
Love this book. It's really helping me process my grief and celebrate my kitty's life!
I gifted this to a friend who is grieving a pet--first of all--I love the idea behind it's creation--it was created out of loss and necessity--My friend informed me that 3 people gifted her similar items, but this was the most beautiful and relevant. She also is an actor, and loves that it was written by a fellow artist, who lost a dear friend. She said she started reading and immediately started crying, so it's really going to be a powerful tool to help her process! This will be my go-to gift when my friends lose their furry companions!!
Love this book and everything about it .
I've just started this book. We lost our little guy, Mo, on 1.2.25. I was looking for something to help me process my grief and emotions. This seems like a very sweet book that will help.
When I lost my precious Joshi to lymphoma, I thought I would die with her. I had her from birth to the day she died in my arms with me telling her how much I loved her 14 years later. A good friend bought me this journal book and it saved me. I thank you from my heart. I love this book. It has a special place where I keep it. This is my heart, Joshi.
Being able to write my feelings and answer the tough questions you asked in book after each topic was really helpful. It was painful but I had to do it. ♥️ THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOUVE DONE FOR ME AND CONTINUE TO DO!!!! Thank you is not enough honestly!!!!!
I cannot thank you enough for this resource. I was scared of the part where I had to write a poem because I’m not creative and all, but I opened my heart gave & it a try…my pen just poured out words I never knew lived in me. Thank you for bringing me to that special moment in my pet loss journey ❤️❤️❤️
I’ve had tears rolling down my cheeks everyday for 3 weeks now. But I did purchase your book and started it this morning but I have to pace myself. My heart can only take so much. Thanks for creating something that can validate what we feel about our fur babies. And that they are NOT just animals.
Hi been reading your book & it is really helping me- got to the part when yr Being says" it ok" hit me like a ton of bricks because that is what I heard after my Being passed & that validated that I wasn't hearing things- tks so much
I absolutely loved this; thank you so much üíõ
Just received “Griffins heart” I lost my rescue cairn terrier Tobee we had 14 beautiful years. The last year was tough to see his health deteriorate
Tobee rescued me. My heart is broken
This book is helping me so much. Thank you for writing this! My copy sits on my desk with a pic of my Bernie taped to the box it came in.
Thank you so much for this amazing book! üôèüß°
My dog KC was 13 years old when he died and he was very sick and his organs where shutting down and I had to put him down this December 26 2021 it's been very hard on me thank you for making this book it is very helpful and just to let you know I do t do much reading and I am stuck in this book and I am so grateful you wrote this book it means so much to me thanks. You are a very great person for writing this book it has helped me in way you don't know thanks for all you did to make this book.
I lost my beautiful Lacey a month ago, about a year after losing my mother. A friend gave me your book, and I can barely breathe.
My Oliver has been gone a week. He was my 8 year old pug and my heart dog. I miss him so much. I’m working my way through your book and it’s helping my grieving process.
I was so touched by the feelings for your own cat that it made me feel like the author truly understood. Sending all the best to you. ü§ç
I found your book today, after having to put my beloved Chicken Honey to sleep yesterday. She was the best, and I’m going to miss her so very much. Thank you for this book, and your words reminding us all that these beings really do have a soul connection with us, and that we don’t need to hide our grief ❤️
Hi- I finished your book on Sunday night. I also purchased a copy for a girlfriend who just lost her cat.
I am thankful for the opportunity to reframe my grief with gratitude. I am still suffering. A lot. And feeling like I‚Äôm going insane. But your book helped me a lot in validating my grief. Thank you üåà
Thank you! Your book has been helping me so much the past couple of weeks. ❤️
Your book was highly recommended and I got it. This is for my Max, my wonderful beautiful brown lab that I had to say goodbye to 5-28-21. I had him for 7 1/2 wonderful years and he changed my life for the better every day. I miss him more than I could say or explain to anyone. Thank you üôèüèª so much. It was amazing and is helping me little by little every day.
Just finishing the book. It's amazing and I thank you so much❤️
3 wks ago, 5/1/22, I had to let Tink goüåà
I fostered him when he was 8yo & in return he rescued me. I quickly became renamed Tink's Mom & am very proud of that. We had 9 wonderful years together.
He lived a wonderfully happy, spoiled life.
He was a fighter! He had multiple seizures weekly until 2018 when we started acupuncture. He had spine & knee problems and a collapsing trachea.
He was a dog w 2 cancers- oral melanoma and finally cutaneous lymphoma.
The only thing he adored more than me was food. He loved riding in the car, flying in airplanes, begging for treats, grilling, greeting me when I came home and bossing me. He was the joy to every piece of every day. Those memories & that energy will never fade‚ù§Ô∏èüíì
Bc of your book I feel I can honor him completely and keep hope within me.
Hi there, just wanted to thank you again for your book. I am still working through it six months later. Still can’t print any pics. Still cry. It was interesting that you had hooponopono in there because I naturally started doing it even before his death. I am grateful to have a place to hold all my memories and thoughts. ❤️
2 months and still brings me to tears; thank u for the journal/book. ❤️
I lost Bodhi last Wednesday. He was my best friend. I just bought your book and am looking forward to working through my grief.
I got 4 of your books so that both my girls and my partner could possibly benefit as well. I‚Äôve ended up sending one to a friend who not long ago lost her precious dog under horrible circumstances so I‚Äôm hoping in time it might help her.ü§ûüèª. Thanks again.
I lost my baby boy a few weeks ago. He was only 4. A friend of mine sent me your book and it’s been a lot for me but the healing process with this book has been really helpful for me. He was only 4 and it was so sudden. I’m so horribly broken and so lost. I look forward to continuing this book and to healing.