Resources

Here you’ll find compassionate tools, readings, and community resources to help you navigate grief, connect spiritually, and support your well-being and the animals you love.




Teacher & School Downloads

Welcome to the resource hub for Colleen Furmanski. Here you’ll find author visit information, downloadable materials for teachers, book links, and wildlife education resources.

Everything here is approved for sharing with principals, teachers, librarians, PTA/PTO groups and families.

Book Links

Buy Eros Gets A New Home. https://a.co/d/30N72cY

Buy Blue’s Big Day Out https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKBNK9CH?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_TJEZ8E089FZ14MPZAF7N_1&bestFormat=true

Teacher Resources

Teacher Welcome Letter Teacher Welcome Letter.pdf

Teacher Resource Packet and Coloring Pages Teacher Resource Packet

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These tools are meant to be shared. If you know someone navigating a loss, send them a link to this page. Compassion grows when it is shared.


Mindfulness and Meditations

Grounding Meditation PDF

Grounding Meditation Audio

🌿 Grounding Meditation (with a little help from Eros)

*This guided meditation was recorded during a quiet evening in my space—well, mostly quiet. Near the end, you may hear a small crash in the background. That’s Eros, my ever-curious boa, reminding us that grounding doesn’t always mean stillness. Sometimes it’s about staying centered even when the world (or your snake) decides to rearrange the room.

Take a few deep breaths, settle into the earth beneath you, and let this practice guide you back into calm presence—noise and all.


Veterinary Community

Compassion Fatigue Checklist