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Introducing A Pet Into

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You’ve finally made the decision. After lengthy
discussions as to the pros and cons of owning a
pet, you’ve decided that the time is right. Your
children are no longer infants; they have spent
plenty of quality time withWhen you arrive
home, orient him to his new surroundings -walk
him around your home and introduce him to
your back yard while he’s still on leash. Bring
him into the house and take him to his special
“place” –then guide him through your house
slowly and calmly so that he will become
familiar with it. Allow him to experience the
“scent” of each room. Finally, show him his
bed and his special place and remove his leash.
Give him fresh water and talk to and pet him
gently. Give him some doggie toys to play with.
Hold him in your lap -cradle him in your arms
and welcome him into your family!
Dr. Pomerance created and established the Pet also received her B.A. in History and Speech
So, now, you’ve completed all your
Grief Counseling Program for the SPCA of from the University of Michigan along with a
homework. You’ve read and researched. You’ve
Texas in 2000. It is a free service open to the secondary education
asked the appropriate questions and received
public which offers bi-monthly grief recovery teaching certification.
answers to them. Your expectations are realistic
groups as well as telephone and one-on-one Diane loves animals and nature. She also
–And you have finally found the dog of your
counseling. All of the grief counselors are loves to travel and has been to most parts of the
family’s dreams. Good job –well done! You and
specially trained SPCA of Texas volunteers. world from Africa to Australia, South America
your family are now ready to enter into one of
Spirituality has been the passion, the to Asia, Europe to South America, and so on.
life’s most enjoyable, rich and rewarding
“calling” of her life, and she has dedicated her She has an innate love of and respect for
relationships and to experience the
life to spiritual research and exploration. A dear indigenous peoples and all non-violent cultures.
unconditional love and acceptance that only a
friend of hers introduced her (at age 15) to a Her exciting new book, Katherine: A Woman of
beloved companion animal can provide!!!
book that would transform her life. It was called Vision is now available for purchase! You can
Congratulations!!!
An Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa get it on Amazon or on Kindle!
Yogananda at. At about the same time she was
About Dr. Diane Pomerance: also introduced to an Indian guru of the Sant www.
Mat religious movement and spent a weekend
retreat with him in Toronto, Canada. She was a drdianepomerance.
voracious reader and felt a powerful affinity for
the teachings of Sant Mat. com
For many years Diane studied and
conducted research into various world religions
and philosophies ranging from Hinduism and
Buddhism, Spiritualism and Theosophy, Sufi to
Subud, etc.and was privileged to study with
many great spiritual teachers and masters
including J. Krishnamurti, Swami Muktananda,
Gurumayi Chidvilisananda, Sri Daya Mata and
contemporary life teachers such as M. Scott
Peck, Jack Canfield and Dr. Leo Buscaglia.
She spent five years studying with and then
Diane Pomerance is the author of nine books, writing the biography of her remarkable spiritual
seven of which are nonfiction about animals. teacher and mentor, British psychic,
She has a deep love and profound respect for medium/healer, Katherine Hayward who had
nature and all living creatures, and she writes been born in Wales in 1899 and had an out-of-
and speaks of the interconnectedness and the-body experience at the age of 7. Angelic Katherine Sedonia Hayward was a
interdependence of the whole of life. She is an beings encouraged her to return to the physical renowned British psychic, medium and
ardent animal lover and advocate who has body and Katherine awoke in agonizing pain but healer. Born in Wales, in 1899, she had an
rescued, rehabilitated and adopted more than 46 speaking in a full, mature adult voice and being out-of-the-body experience at age 7 that
dogs over the past decades. She is deeply able to predict the future. Diane researched and forever changed her life: she found herself
involved with animal welfare and the witnessed numerous examples of psychic on another plane of existence, surrounded
environment. phenomena. Above all else, she learned a body by "angelic beings" who told her that she
She is also a Grief Recovery Specialist of spiritual teachings that Katherine and her had much work to do on earth and that she
who helps people recover from grief over any family had received from their Spirit Guides for must return to her physical body. Upon
kind of loss, but has a special interest in helping a 6-month period of daily instruction during the awakening, she felt peculiar, spoke in a full
those who have lost a beloved animal early 1920’s regarding Life & Death – their
mature adult voice and knew the past, the
companion to cope with and recover from their meaning and purpose.
present, and the future. Keep up to date
grief. Animals are dearly loved and respected Diane holds a Ph.D. degree in Mass
with announcements and news about
family members to many of us, and yet we have Media/Communications from the University of
Katherine: A Woman of Vision by liking
been socialized to feel ashamed or embarrassed Michigan, Ann Arbor. She earned her M.A. in the page on Facebook!
by the intense grief we feel following their loss. Theater from the University of Michigan. She