Rekindling with Julie Squires:

Compassion Fatigue Solutions for Animal Workers

THE podcast for veterinary professionals and animal care workers who want to make a difference and improve animals’ lives without burning themselves out. Listen in and rekindle your spark!

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Episode 34
Burnout In Veterinary Technicians
Episode 34
burnout
veterinary technicians

Burnout In Veterinary Technicians

In honor of National Veterinary Technician Week I'm talking about burnout in this episode. Specifically as it relates to vet techs. Check out my interview with Josh Vaisman of Flourish Veterinary Cons
Episode 33
Misanthropy
Episode 33
relationships

Misanthropy

Misanthropy is the hatred or distrust of humans. When we are exposed to situations where humans have harmed animals we can start to believe that "People Suck". Our brain then goes to work to constantl
Episode 32
Failing To Grow
Episode 32
failure

Failing To Grow

We've been culturally conditioned to view failure of any kind as a bad thing. But what if it's actually essentially for our growth? We're either succeeding or learning, seeing things as a failure is t
Episode 31
Compassion Satisfaction
Episode 31
compassion satisfaction

Compassion Satisfaction

The opposite of compassion fatigue is compassion satisfaction and we don't talk about it enough. It's an antidote to compassion fatigue in a sense. Compassion satisfaction is what lights us up about o
Episode 30
Victim Mentality
Episode 30
victim mentality

Victim Mentality

When we blame others for our negative emotions, we embody victim mentality and essentially abdicate all of our power to the other person(s). But here's where we go wrong, believing someone else's word
Episode 29
Getting Real About Mental Health With Dr. Bethany Sabatino, DVM, DACVIM
Episode 29
mental health

Getting Real About Mental Health With Dr. Bethany Sabatino, DVM, DACVIM

What if we talked about mental health issues like we do the common cold? What if we weren't afraid to be open, honest and share these parts of ourselves with each other without shame? If we ever want