282 episodes
Rekindling: Compassion Fatigue Solutions for Animal Workers Julie Squires
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4.9 • 90 Ratings
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If you work with animals in veterinary medicine or animal welfare and sometimes feel the effects of compassion fatigue then this podcast is for YOU! Your host, Julie Squires, Certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist and Life Coach is all about helping you feel better by teaching you the tools you need to balance your work and your life and to have exceptional mental and emotional health so you can continue to help animals and make a difference in their lives.
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Ep#282 Making Time For Feelings
Perhaps the deepest self-care is making time to process your emotions. Compassion fatigue is what happens when we get so filled with the residue of repeatedly bearing witness to the trauma of others. There has to be an outlet for your emotions and I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it isn't wine!
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Ep# 281 Summer Series: The Hustle for Worthiness
This episode is all about self-worth and is one of my absolute favorite messages! It would make a great keynote speech to remind anyone who has ever doubted themselves. This will remind you of what you already know but may've forgotten.
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Ep# 280 Talking Conflict with Kelly B.
Conflict. Most animal workers don't like it. And we also don't know what to do with it. Do we manage it? Resolve it? Well Kelly and I have all the answers so pull up a chair and dive in!
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Ep# 279 Summer Series: Opening Your Heart To Yourself
Believing in yourself and your inherent worthiness is perhaps the secret to happiness. But we all have the critical voice within and also outside of us. We've likely been told we're "too this" or "too that". But the truth is that you're mere existence is a MIRACLE. Listening to this episode is giving yourself a huge gift, a huge hug and a huge amount of love. Enjoy!
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Ep# 278 Summer Series: What Perfectionism is Really About
Being a perfectionist may sound noble and like a virtue but it's actually anything but. What perfectionism really is may surprise you but understanding what it's based in will only help you grow.
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Ep# 277 Summer Series: What Is Intentional Thinking?
Today I have a great episode about intentional thinking. Intentional thinking is the skill of deliberately and on purpose deciding what you want to think. Most people don't know they can do this and while it may be a skill that requires practice, it's a skill that will improve your life 100-fold.
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I found Julie for one on one coaching after contemplating it for several years- and my only regret is not pulling the trigger sooner. I would undoubtedly have lived the last few years very differently, but HEY! Always better late than never. Yes the focus may seem to be Compassion Fatigue- and that’s a big topic. Don’t have it? I didn’t either. But I sure did have burnout! And a host of other belief systems, behaviors, and mindsets that were not serving me- and tackling them felt very overwhelming. So like we all do, I blamed myself for not doing better. About what? Insert topic here ( )- you can add more to that space if you like.
I was so busy overestimating my capabilities to run on fumes, and underestimating what I was bringing to my work, that I ran myself into the ground. I am begging you, not to let that be you.
I have had 6 sessions with her, and will have many more as long as she does what she does- for we all know, that we can always be a better version of ourselves. I am not fixed, because I was not broken- but I feel better, and I love better, and I want more of THAT!
What we all often don’t know is that we already are a better version of ourselves than we think we are, that there are SO MANY things to learn here that will just click and change your life, that we also have so many very shared, but sometimes enshrouded in shame, experiences.
Fortunately for us- she picked Veterinary workers as her client base. But guess what! You don’t have to be. Just be a caregiver! To someone! Lots of someones or to pets! You will learn a whole lot here, about how attending to yourself is critical, about how to do that, about how to ask for help (just listening to a podcast is asking for help- did you know??) and about how that will let you spread your wings and fly, with so much less effort, and so much more authentically. You will learn to SHINE!
If you are not sure about one on one, fine- don’t take my spot LOL! But maybe give a listen to any of her hundreds of podcasts.
You found your tribe. Right here. Now quit dimming your shine!
Insightful podcast
I’ve been listening to this podcast for several years. Julie encourages me to challenge how I perceive myself and the world. I would highly recommend to anyone who works with animals daily to listen to the podcast and get the help we all need.
Essential listening for those in animal welfare.
We see and do so much, and it can be so difficult to make sense of it all, appreciate it, grieve for it, and celebrate it. Julie has taught me so much about the ways to honor this work, the heartbreak and the hope. And she is honest, and funny, and compassionate. And she has wonderful guests that offer unique insights beyond her own.
Julie, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for lifting us up.
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