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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Summer Series: Your Joy Prescription
Summer Series: Your Joy Prescription
Joy is medicine and you need to take your dose regularly.
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Wanting To Be Liked
Wanting To Be Liked
We all want to be liked but few of us really understand what we stand to lose when we prioritize wanting to be liked over being who we are.

Disenfranchised Grief
Disenfranchised Grief
There's a name for grief we don't feel like we're allowed to have or that is not acknowledged by society, it's called disenfranchised grief.

Social Media & Mental Health
Social Media & Mental Health
I believe social media should come with a warning similar to what alcohol and cigarettes do. CAUTION: Engaging with this could be harmful to your mental health. Especially when we are already feeling vulnerable due to burnout and compassion fatigue that comes with your work of helping animals.

Embracing Unproductivity
Embracing Unproductivity
In this age of hustle culture, overwhelm and anxiety, it's no wonder we're burning out in record numbers. We've equated being "productive" with success. I've got news for you, the two have nothing to do with each other!

Managing Guilt
Managing Guilt
Guilt is an emotion that is no stranger to animal workers. Those that work to improve the lives of animals can be exceptionally hard on themselves and often find themselves wrestling with feelings of guilt. And guilt can be one of those emotions that we need some strategies to help loosen it's grip on our psyche.

Good Enough
Good Enough
In a culture that for women glorifies perfection, it can feel unnerving to consider that our actions or ourselves could be "good enough". For most women (and some men) that is an impossible concept to make peace with as they constantly beat themselves up to do better and better.