Rekindling with Julie Squires:

In this episode I interview LVT Kimberly Shaffer. Kimberly has 20 years of experience working in vet med and we riff on all of it!  -How low-stress handling isn't just a benefit for the patient but al

Our emotions and behaviors can affect each other positively or negatively. We call this emotional contagion and it turns out that it's pretty normal to be affected by others mood, facial expressions a

Compassion fatigue is an imbalance. Too much secondary trauma and not enough opportunity or resources to offset it.  My guest in this episode is In Home Euthanasia veterinarian Dr. Amanda Doran. She h

Patience is the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset. Sound like a pipe dream? Well maybe it's more available than you think.  In this episode I t

When you work with animals you can have many unconscious beliefs about their lives. Especially ones that relate to the impact you believe  you have over their unintentional death.  Beliefs like "If I

It's not what happens, it's how you treat yourself. We all have seasons in our lives. Times we are growing, times we are raising kids, times we're expanding in our career, times we're grieving and tim