Pals refers to pets as animals, loved ones, companions, best friends, family members, and soulmates. This platform offers gentle, grounded support for those experiencing the painful grief of losing a beloved animal companion. In honoring the sensitivity of each person’s emotions, pals keeps heavy memorials and triggering imagery to a minimum. Our goal is to maintain a peaceful on-line resource where compassionate guidance and healing support is serene and self-paced.

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Dear Pal: A Note About Our Grassroots Mission

Founder Lisa’s agonizing loss of her soulmate dog Tickles in 2024, and her inability to find reliable, consistent support for animal loss grief, led her into a year of healing through trauma therapy, daily writing, envisioning, and creating this genuine, heartfelt platform for all of us. Every moment of comfort and every word that resonates here, flows from Lisa's broken heart.

Pals guides were written by Lisa over hundreds of quiet, tear-filled hours, with professional advice from therapists and grief counselors, as she questioned whether the subject of animal loss was too overwhelming to take on. At times, she wasn’t sure she could even complete them. But she followed the call to provide a healing portal that arose from the love of Tickles, with empathy for everyone facing the devastating loss of their beloved animals.

This platform is not a corporate initiative. It’s an independent offering layered with compassion and soul by Lisa, a small group of animal parents, and professional collaborators. Each of whom has love and respect for the animals who would want their humans to find peace after their transition to Spirit.

Therefore, we appreciate respect for the originality, vulnerability, and spiritual intention that continues to shape this work.

Photo credit on our welcome page: Patrick Hendry.

PALS™ (Processing Animal Loss Supportively) is the official trademark of PALS LLC, protected under multiple international and US classifications as of 2024.
All content and materials on this website, including, but not limited to, written works, guide structures and frameworks, thematic organization, logo designs, brand architecture, schematics, visuals, trade dress, UI/UX components, unique form-based Q&A, signature merchandise, podcast concepts, recordings and sequencing, and proprietary digital processes, are the exclusive intellectual property of PALS LLC.
This includes the federally published and copyrighted 2024 original written works PREPARE, HEAL, BOND, HOLIDAY, ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY, CONNECT, and PALS KIDS, and PALS SENIORS, all of which are part of the official PALS™ platform.
All tools, features, and content currently in development, including thoughtfully-designed digital support systems and companion experiences, interactive technologies, and PALS™ patent-pending SaaS software, are similarly protected under U.S. copyright and patent laws.
Any imitation, reverse engineering, or misappropriation of the PALS platform, including its educational guides structure, digital user experience, original brand language, or community organization features, is strictly prohibited and subject to legal action under applicable intellectual property laws. PALS LLC monitors for infringement, including derivative works and lookalike services.

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