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Yahoo
04-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Grief Expert Debuts New Book That Sparks a Cultural Shift in How We Mourn Our Animals
A groundbreaking, heart-forward guide to grief as connection, not closure LOS ANGELES, June 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Internationally recognized pet loss grief counselor Beth Bigler is breaking the silence around one of the most misunderstood forms of grief with the release of her deeply moving debut book, Honoring Our Animals: 365 Meditations for Healing After Pet Loss (Wellfleet Press/Quarto Publishing Group). In a world that often tells us to "move on" after losing a beloved animal, Bigler offers a brave and compassionate alternative: to move with the grief, honoring the unbreakable bond that remains. This transformative guide reframes pet loss not as an ending, but as an evolution of love, one that can continue long after the physical presence is gone. With 365 meditations, affirmations, and grounding practices, Honoring Our Animals becomes a daily companion for those navigating the profound sorrow of pet loss. Drawing on her years of experience as a grief counselor, animal chaplain, and end-of-life doula, Bigler walks with readers through the emotional landscape of loss and provides language, validation, and tools for resilience. "This book is a labor of love," says Bigler. "It holds the wisdom I've gathered from years of sitting with heartbreak. My hope is to help people stay connected—to the animal they loved, to their own strength, and to the truth that their grief is an expression of love, not weakness." With her signature heart-centered voice, Bigler introduces terms like "beloved" instead of "pet" and "transition" instead of "death," inviting readers to grieve with tenderness and intention. The book includes a "grief feelings wheel" and gentle journaling prompts designed to help readers process complex emotions like guilt, longing, unmooring, and anxiety. This is not a manual for "letting go." It is an invitation to stay close, to remember, to honor, and to continue the relationship in new and enduring ways. Honoring Our Animals is more than a book. It is a movement to bring pet grief into the light, to affirm the love that animals leave behind, and to create a culture where mourning them is met with understanding and care. Available now on Amazon and at major retailers in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. About the Author Beth Bigler is a globally respected pet loss grief counselor, certified end-of-life companion animal doula, pet chaplain, and founder of Honoring Our Animals. She supports individuals, families, and veterinary professionals around the world through anticipatory and post-loss grief. Her work is grounded in the belief that love never ends, and neither should the care we offer those who grieve. Follow Beth's journey and connect with the community at @honoringouranimals on Instagram. MEDIA CONTACTS: James Weir Anderson Group Public Relations AGPR@ 323-655-1008 or Laurie D. Muslow It's All Good Entertainment 818-808-0868 View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Beth Bigler Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
'Organized chaos': $19bn airport megaproject takes shape in cramped NY
New York's JFK airport is an overlapping patchwork of open terminals, giant building sites and burgeoning infrastructure, wedged in by thousands of homes on one side and the ocean on the other. Passengers and project executives alike describe the $19 billion mega-project to completely overhaul the United States' largest global aviation gateway as "organized chaos" -- even as the airport remains open and passenger numbers grow. "For me, it's the most complex project I've ever worked on," said Gina Bigler, a senior engineer of construction at the JFK Redevelopment Program to entirely remodel the airport that handles more international passengers than any other in North America. Around her, temporary bridges redirected roads to make space for new permanent crossings and flyovers, while giant excavators shifted sandy earth near two brand new terminals in varying stages of completion. "There's multiple different contractors and the fact is the passenger volume is way higher than other projects," said Bigler, wearing a hardhat and high-vis jacket as she watched the delivery of plastic piping to the site of a new parking garage. "We have the constant push and pull of who's going to go first. There's tons of conversations." A complex web of contractors, terminal tenants, investment consortiums and airlines all coordinate with the Port Authority of New York-New Jersey (PANYNJ) which oversees every aspect of the project, from what art will be displayed in terminals to the tiles selected for the bathrooms. - Political headwinds - Despite the Coronavirus disruption and the project's scale and complexity, currently the largest of its type in the US, the redevelopment remains on budget and on schedule. Collaboration between the airport owner and private businesses guaranteed "oversight from a public oversight perspective," said JFK Millennium Partners CEO Steve Thody, responsible for the airport's new Terminal Six. "But it allows you to bring private money into the deal, which allows you to advance infrastructure probably at a faster pace than you could do otherwise." PANYNJ executive director Rick Cotton said that approach -- with no taxpayer money involved -- meant the airport redevelopment was insulated from political headwinds as it did not depend on federal funding. The way Cotton's agency was structured meant it could "prioritize the transportation priorities of the region -- and it was precisely intended to have political considerations take a back seat." Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has threatened to withhold federal funds from states and cities that do not bend to his will, like Illinois over immigration sanctuary policies. At the airport, the new Terminal Six is long but narrow, wedged in to the limited space available between runways and a people-mover track. The largest piece of the puzzle is the entirely new Terminal One. Measuring 2.5 million square feet (232,000 square meters), the cavernous $9.5 billion megastructure is shaped like a butterfly taking flight and used as much steel as five Eiffel Towers. Financing came from an unprecedented public-private tie-up that reportedly included a $6.5 billion bank loan. - Environmental concerns - Ultimately, the goal is to create airy new terminal space and eradicate the massive traffic jams currently plaguing approaches to the airport. Recognizing the proximity to dense neighborhoods and businesses, the airport has worked to reduce dust, noise and traffic at the sprawling construction project. But campaigners are critical of green initiatives around inherently polluting sites like airports, with aviation accounting for two to three percent of total current global human-induced carbon emissions, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cotton, of the PANYNJ, acknowledged that "obviously, the transportation sector generates a lot of greenhouse gasses." But he said redeveloped JFK would offer airlines more sustainable fuel, as well as electrifying airside vehicles and installing New York's largest solar array. It has also made use of giant barges to ship in construction material and steel for the terminals and new bridges, taking some 300,000 truckloads off the congested local roads according to project leaders. gw/mlm
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
'Organized chaos': $19bn airport megaproject takes shape in cramped NY
New York's JFK airport is an overlapping patchwork of open terminals, giant building sites and burgeoning infrastructure, wedged in by thousands of homes on one side and the ocean on the other. Passengers and project executives alike describe the $19 billion mega-project to completely overhaul the United States' largest global aviation gateway as "organized chaos" -- even as the airport remains open and passenger numbers grow. "For me, it's the most complex project I've ever worked on," said Gina Bigler, a senior engineer of construction at the JFK Redevelopment Program to entirely remodel the airport that handles more international passengers than any other in North America. Around her, temporary bridges redirected roads to make space for new permanent crossings and flyovers, while giant excavators shifted sandy earth near two brand new terminals in varying stages of completion. "There's multiple different contractors and the fact is the passenger volume is way higher than other projects," said Bigler, wearing a hardhat and high-vis jacket as she watched the delivery of plastic piping to the site of a new parking garage. "We have the constant push and pull of who's going to go first. There's tons of conversations." A complex web of contractors, terminal tenants, investment consortiums and airlines all coordinate with the Port Authority of New York-New Jersey (PANYNJ) which oversees every aspect of the project, from what art will be displayed in terminals to the tiles selected for the bathrooms. - Political headwinds - Despite the Coronavirus disruption and the project's scale and complexity, currently the largest of its type in the US, the redevelopment remains on budget and on schedule. Collaboration between the airport owner and private businesses guaranteed "oversight from a public oversight perspective," said JFK Millennium Partners CEO Steve Thody, responsible for the airport's new Terminal Six. "But it allows you to bring private money into the deal, which allows you to advance infrastructure probably at a faster pace than you could do otherwise." PANYNJ executive director Rick Cotton said that approach -- with no taxpayer money involved -- meant the airport redevelopment was insulated from political headwinds as it did not depend on federal funding. The way Cotton's agency was structured meant it could "prioritize the transportation priorities of the region -- and it was precisely intended to have political considerations take a back seat." Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has threatened to withhold federal funds from states and cities that do not bend to his will, like Illinois over immigration sanctuary policies. At the airport, the new Terminal Six is long but narrow, wedged in to the limited space available between runways and a people-mover track. The largest piece of the puzzle is the entirely new Terminal One. Measuring 2.5 million square feet (232,000 square meters), the cavernous $9.5 billion megastructure is shaped like a butterfly taking flight and used as much steel as five Eiffel Towers. Financing came from an unprecedented public-private tie-up that reportedly included a $6.5 billion bank loan. - Environmental concerns - Ultimately, the goal is to create airy new terminal space and eradicate the massive traffic jams currently plaguing approaches to the airport. Recognizing the proximity to dense neighborhoods and businesses, the airport has worked to reduce dust, noise and traffic at the sprawling construction project. But campaigners are critical of green initiatives around inherently polluting sites like airports, with aviation accounting for two to three percent of total current global human-induced carbon emissions, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cotton, of the PANYNJ, acknowledged that "obviously, the transportation sector generates a lot of greenhouse gasses." But he said redeveloped JFK would offer airlines more sustainable fuel, as well as electrifying airside vehicles and installing New York's largest solar array. It has also made use of giant barges to ship in construction material and steel for the terminals and new bridges, taking some 300,000 truckloads off the congested local roads according to project leaders. gw/mlm
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Resident concerned about south Goshen speeding
GOSHEN — A Goshen resident came to the Elkhart County Commissioners meeting on Monday to express concerns about traffic on C.R. 40. Tom Bigler of Goshen told commissioners the concern was at the interchange where residential and industry. 'At C.R. 27 to the east as you are traveling that, you hit a four-way stop and see a 45 mile an hour speed limit sign, and they do it real quickly — but we have buses, like I say, it's residential,' Bigler said. Bigler said there's a lot a lot of truck traffic on the roadway as they avoid C.R. 38, which was more aptly designed for truck traffic, to get to the overpass and to Ind. 15. Bigler requested the speed limit dropped until Evergreen Drive. 'The traffic is just screaming down through there,' he said. 'Almost weekly there's a fresh set of semi tire skid marks because they're going too fast down through there.' Elkhart County Commissioner Brag Rogers said they could check with the highway department about seeing if a traffic study could be conducted in the area. OTHER BOARD ITEMS: • Commissioners approved use of the courthouse lawn for the Arbor Day Celebration in conjunction with First Fridays. • In connection with the extension of the substantial and final completion dates of the courthouse project, the commissioners approved an extension of the independent contractor agreement with North River Consulting. • Commissioners approved the annual agreement with Bashor Home. This year, the county's contribution was $82,000. • Funds from the NorthWest Gateway TIF were approved at $600,000 to cover the costs of resurfacing C.R. 10, C.R. 3 north of C.R. 12 and C.R. 3 north of U.S. 33.
