When You've Lost a Loved One, turn to Dr. Bach

Losing a loved one - be they human or a beloved pet - brings on a range of negative emotions that can simply be overwhelming.

Your emotions run from loneliness to rage, fear, depression, and helplessness. In addition, you have to deal with an unwanted change in your life.

It may feel like life is not worth living - and as if you'll never experience another happy moment. But still, you know you must cope. If not for yourself, for others who share your life.

Most of us are not allowed to withdraw - or to cry all day every day. We have to get on with our responsibilities, and those responsibilities include letting others enjoy life, even when we're desperately unhappy.

No remedy can bring back a loved one, and no remedy can make you forget them. But Dr. Bach's remedies can make it easier to get through the day - and to eventually see some sunshine coming back into your life.

If you're suffering from the loss of a loved one, visit FeelBach! and take the questionnaire. Really examine your own emotions as you answer the questions and answer as honestly and completely as you can. The result will be a formula that helps you work through the grief more easily, so you can think about and talk about your loved one with joy in remembrance.

Remember that the children in your life are probably experiencing emotions similar to yours, so help them fill out the children's questionnaire as well.

Those who love you want you to find peace - so do it for them.

Bach Flower Essences for Birds

Many years ago, when my firstborn son was small, he wanted baby chicks. So... we got baby chicks. They were cute and little and were living in a paper towel box in my office.

Then they started to grow, and the day the insurance man came to visit, one got out of the box and started running around the house, with my small son in hot pursuit. That night I told my husband that he really did have to fix up a chicken house outdoors.

Eventually the chicks got big enough to lay eggs and we enjoyed the fresh supply, but it didn't take too many months for mom to tire of cleaning a chicken house, so I gave them to a neighbor who had lots of chickens. I know, most people would have eaten them, but that wasn't an option for me.

That was my first and only experience with owning a bird, so the fact that they can suffer from emotional turmoil had never entered my mind. That is, not until today when I started looking around the web to see what different people had to say about Bach Flower Essences.

It turns out that since flower essences are natural and it isn't possible to overdose, they're a perfect remedy for pet birds. Who knew?

The blog posts I read didn't mention it, but I would guess that the same pet questionaire that serves for cats and dogs would allow bird owners to identify the specific combination of flower essences needed to ease their birds' maladies.

If you've used flower essences for your birds, why not write and tell us about your experiences...