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Podcast: The Companions Collective
Episode: The Art of Shifting Language
Description: I'm a word nerd.
I took linguistics courses toward my bachelor's degree and I've been a professional writer for more than 30 years.
Words matter to me.
And recently I've been spending a lot of time thinking about the language and words we use around death, loss and grief, particularly when we're talking about our companion animals.
So I brought back my fellow word nerd and friend of the pod, Beth Bigler, for her third appearance.
Beth, who has become so well known for her Instagram account, @honoringouranimals, is a...