Pam Baren Kaplan

Pam Baren Kaplan, Certified Professional Coach specializes in pet loss grief recovery, life and career coaching. As founder and facilitator of Paws to Celebrate she has earned the official title, “Leader of the Pack." Since August 14th, 2015, Pam has developed a highly interactive, supportive and healing global community for grieving pet parents to work through their grief.

With over three decades of corporate experience in employee development and management; human resources, operations and project management, Pam has reinvented herself over the years to adapt to the changing economic climate until an emergency triple bypass changed the course of her life forever. With new life purpose and a passion for helping people and animals, Paws to Celebrate is now her life.

Between coaching private clients world-wide and designing handmade jewelry using the ashes of her client’s angels, Pam lives in a suburb of Chicago with her longtime high school sweetheart- husband Lou and their two chocolate Lab, 4-legger girls; Zuzu and Frankie. She has three wonderful 2-legger children; Jon, Dani and Adrianne and a 4-legger grandoggie, Penny.