Welcome to The Furever Forest

Pet Loss Support when your pet was your person. 

If your pet wasn’t just a pet...
If your pet grief feels invisible to the outside world...
If you’re longing for comfort, guidance, and a space to exhale your grief... our community is made for you.

🌿 What is The Furever Forest?

This is more than a pet loss support group. Or a therapy session once a week.

It’s an online sanctuary that includes:

• ✍️ Journaling + reflective prompts

• 🎨 Creative workshops + rituals to remember your pet

• 🐾 Memorial spaces + check-ins

• ❤️ A compassionate community that truly understands

• 🕊️ A soft space to land on hard days

• 💬 Option to attend Live support sessions + conversations with expert speakers

💕 How joining our community supports your healing:

• Saves time: No more Googling oversimplified grief advice in your most difficult moments. You’ll find trusted tools, prompts, and authentic connection all in one place, whenever you need it.

• Saves money: For less than the cost of a single therapy session (or a late-night retail therapy shopping spree), you get ongoing support, workshops, and expert guidance. 

• Improves mental & emotional wellbeing: Feel less overwhelmed and more in control of your emotions. Learn how to tend to your grief in ways that bring relief, clarity, and healing - at your own pace.

• Improves relationships: When your pain has a safe place to land, you can release it, and show up more fully with people you love in your everyday life.  

• Brings peace: You don’t have to hide your emotions or “move on.” Here, you can honor and celebrate your pet’s memory openly—with others who truly understand the kind of love you shared.

💬 What Members Are Saying:

"After losing my best friend and dog, Koda, I joined The Furever Forest after trying to cope alone. The group’s outpouring of love and support was exactly what I needed. Thank you, Paige, for creating this judgment-free space filled with shared stories, hugs, and continued support. I don’t know how I would be doing without our community."

- Mark F.
Honoring Koda

"The Furever Forest is life-changing for me. The exercises have shifted my focus from the sadness of Maizie's illness to the joyful memories of her frisbee catching days and our time together. Your prompts have helped me pull out those cherished memories, allowing me to celebrate her essence instead of remaining numb. I truly appreciate the space you've created to remember and honor my beloved Maizie. 

- Michelle D.
Honoring Maizie

"When I was hurting from losing my Luke, I sought support from like-minded people. Paige encourages us to share not only our grief but also happy memories and reflections. Posting pictures of my beloved Luke felt like a powerful way to honor him. This community has been a significant part of my healing, and I’ve especially enjoyed the live sessions where we discuss grief and healing."

- Jennifer P
Honoring Luke

✨ Inside Furever Forest, you might discover...

• A journaling prompt that finally puts your grief into words

• A new friend who has felt their pet's presence in the same way as you

• A creative practice that helps you feel close to your pet's spirit

• A place to grieve without having to explain yourself

• A new insight that turns an ordinary day into a moment of meaning

• How "staying strong" might actually be making your grief harder

• Ways to experience your sadness without drowning in it

• Why always staying busy might be blocking what your heart needs most

• Memories resurfacing of your pet you didn’t know you needed

🛠️ The Algorithm Doesn’t Get Grief

If you’ve ever searched for support online after losing your pet, you’ve probably been met with:

• One-size-fits-all advice or support options.

• Ads for adoption before you're ready.

• Cookie cutter advice that doesn’t touch your real pain.

• Forums that feel cold, impersonal, or overly clinical.

The Furever Forest is the opposite of that:

• Off social media.

• Private, safe, and spam-free.

• A place to say the things you can’t say anywhere else.

• Curated by a bereaved pet parent who is also a licensed therapist.

Whether you want to connect, reflect, or simply have a safe place to turn when you need it, there’s something here for you:

• 🖊️ Journaling meetups for when you don’t want to talk, but need to get it out

• 💬 Support chat drop-ins for the days you need connection without turning on your camera

• 🎧 Guest speaker events for when you just want to listen and feel understood

• 🌙 24/7 online forum for middle-of-the-night thoughts, memories, or emotions that need a place to land

• 🎨 Creative workshops for when you want to express yourself through art to keep your pet’s spirit close 

• 🗣️ Live peer support sessions for when you’re ready to share your story and find relief

• 📚 Pet loss resources to help you cope on hard days and heal at your own pace

This is pet loss support made for how you feel today, a year from now, and any given moment in between.

🌿 The Furever Forest is for you if…

• Your grief runs deeper than most people understand

• You still talk to your pet or carry their ashes with you—and don’t plan to stop

• You’re not looking to “move on,” but to carry the love forward

• You appreciate outside-the-box approaches to healing

• You want a space that honors your grief without rushing it

• Your pet feels far away and you want to connect to their spirit

• You're a kind, animal-loving human

🚫 The Furever Forest is not for you if…

• You are in a crisis state after losing your pet and need immediate help right now (if that is the case, please click here for additional resources)
• You’re looking for a quick fix to your grief, “get over it” advice, and want to move on ASAP
• You’re looking for medical or mental health advice (The Furever Forest is a supportive addition to therapy—but it’s not a replacement for professional or clinical care)
• You don’t believe grief for animals is as real as grief for humans
• You had to surrender or give away your pet (although your grief is 100% valid, our group is not intended for this kind of loss).

Hi there, I'm Paige Rechtman.

I'm a bereaved pet parent and a Licensed Therapist.

And I'm the Founder of the Furever Forest. 

And this here is my beloved soul-creature-kitty, Squiggles, who sadly passed away in June of 2023 and is the inspiration for this community.

If you have found yourself here, I am SO very sorry for your loss.

Saying goodbye to a soulmate pet shatters your heart. And can disrupt your routine, your identity, your sense of peace and comfort.

Our community understands that. We have created a space where your loss isn’t spoken about once and then tucked away.

A space where you can remember, express, create, and keep honoring your pet for as long as you need to.

That’s what The Furever Forest is.

A support system, a community, a sanctuary.

A sacred space where your grief is welcome and your pet’s memory lives on, furever.

The grief you're experiencing is so intense because it is also a testament to the insurmountable amount of love you have for your soulmate pet.

And that love does not go away when your pet's soul transitions into the next realm. Or when you bury them in your yard. It is very much alive inside of you, and always will be. 

The Furever Forest is a space to express that love so you can find ways to live your life as fully in your pet's honor. 

* Please note: This community is not a substitute for therapy, counseling, or professional mental health services. While created by a licensed therapist, no persons are acting as a therapist in this group. The information and interactions within this community are for peer support and educational purposes only.

Please reach out to me if you have any questions about joining at [email protected]. 

See you in the Forest 🌳✨