Rekindling: Compassion Fatigue Solutions For Animal Workers

Women as leaders is not new but with the swearing in of Madame Vice President Kamala Harris last week, it's on so many of our minds. But not only in politics do women have a rightly deserved "seat at the table". Women now dominate the student body of veterinary schools, are owning veterinary practices like never before and are running Fortune 500 companies. The future is not only female, so is the present. Join my guest Kelly Burich (animal health professional an MA in Organizational Leadership) and I as we talk this up!

If you're feeling burned out right now, you're in good company. For so many of you, your work has gotten very busy and the workload has increased drastically. That sets up the ideal environment for burnout. Too much demand and not enough resources to meet that demand. What starts to happen to dedicated, caring and hard-working animal workers is that they then start to feel inadequate and like a failure because they can't keep up. That thinking creates more burnout and so the cycle feeds itself. Unless we do an interrupt. This episode is an interrupt. To find out more about scheduling a Discovery session with me to learn more about me coaching you, visit www.rekindlesolutions.com

I'm pretty sure Albert Einstein was a Life Coach but didn't know it. He said, "We can't solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created it". Exactly. In that way we can't create our future from the same thinking we created our current life with. We have to connect to the future version of ourself, who we WANT to be in order to become that version. She/he/they have all of your answers. I'll tell you how to get them. Interested in 1:1 coaching? www.rekindlesolutions.com Want to bring a webinar to your practice of organization? www.rekindlesolutions.com

In this episode I share with you the top 10 things I've learned about myself and others during the pandemic. Some learnings are brand new and some are things I already knew but now I know them at a much deeper level. Some of these learning are about you and some are about me. Take a listen and see what you think! To join my email list: Text REKINDLE to 66866

Anything is possible for you in 2021. Anything. No matter what your circumstances may be. Allow yourself to dream a little. Set some intentions of what you want 2021 to be like and more importantly who you want to BE in it. Worksheet is available at www. rekindlesolutions.com/97 Discovery sessions can be scheduled by emailing Julie at Julie@rekindlesolutions.com.

Year-end reflection is such a great exercise to show you where you've been and where you are now. 2020 has been a year like no other and I think this year is essential to reflect on. It's been hard year but even in the most challenging times you might just be surprised by what you find!  Handout available at www.rekindlesolutions.com/96

Here comes winter and the holidays! Ready or not. But winter and the holidays don't have to be a downer. There's no law that says we all have to experience the "winter blues" or be pessimistic about the holidays. Turns out the happiest countries are some of the coldest and darkest. So this time of year does not have to equate to depression and misery. We can actually learn what the happiest countries do to maintain their psychological wellbeing. In this episode I'll teach you the 2 most important factors in avoiding the "winter and holiday blues".

Between the pandemic, holidays that won't feel normal and impending winter, it's easy to get down. Many people experience a change in mood this time of year but experts expect it to be worse this year. Whether it's just the "winter blues" or Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), diet can make a difference. Listen to find out the 10 Power Foods that combat depression as well as 4 foods you should limit this time of year.

My compassion fatigue work spans 3 different aspects of animal workers: veterinary medicine, animal welfare/advocacy and lab animal research. I'm so proud of the work they all do each and every day to help animals and people. But today's episode is in honor of my beloved research community. For those involved, the use of animals in research is not benign. It weighs heavy on their hearts, they experience compassion fatigue at high rates and often feel unable to talk about it to others for fear of judgement and misunderstanding. This episode is equally for them as it is for anyone, as we've all benefitted from their work in advancing science, finding cures and creating innovation in medicine and technology. At the time of this recording we are currently still in a pandemic, but the first shipments of vaccines were shipped this week! You can thank these heroes for the work they do that will eventually allow us to be able to hug each other again. I couldn't be more proud of them.

If you regularly overeat, over drink, spend too much time on your phone, over work or spend too much shopping online, I have news for you... You have a normal functioning brain. We're living in a world filled with highly concentrated things that naturally only create more desire for them. I will share with you a 4-step process for stopping an "overing" behavior. It's actually the exact process I used to end a 3+ decade bingeing habit.

Compassion fatigue and mental health issues in veterinary medicine span the globe. But we don't all have the same resources or even access to the same resources. Today's guest is Yukari Ogawa, LVT, CCFP and the CEO of Translation for Animal Professionals where she helps translate for the Japanese veterinary community. Yukari, based in New York is also the co-founder of an online community, CVP just for Japanese veterinary professionals where she is helping to raise awareness for compassion fatigue and professional grief in and among veterinary professionals in Japan. You can check out their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/cvetpro And you can read Yukari's article she wrote about Byron Katie's The Work at www.rekindlesolutions.com/TNJ  

This piece of writing "The Invitation" hit me straight in the HUT (heart+ gut) when I first heard it many years ago. In these times of unrest, turmoil and uncertainty it reminds me of what matters. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! You can find out more about Oriah at her website http://oriahmountaindreamer.com/.

Post-Traumatic Growth(PTG) is the positive psychological change that some individuals experience after a life crisis or traumatic event. So it is not merely a bouncing back to the level of functioning prior to the trauma, but rather a sense of positive growth beyond pre-trauma functioning. There are some factors that influence PTG that I'll share with you in this episode.

Feelings, we all have them but few of us actually know what to do with them. Where do they come from? How do we feel them? How can we generate the ones we want? THESE are the skills of emotional and mental health. And the ROI on learning how to recognize and feel your feelings (even the negative ones!) is immense. In this episode you will learn The 5 Skills For An Amazing Life. 1. Awareness 2. Separate your feelings from circumstances 3. Not being afraid to feel 4. How to process negative feelings 5. How to generate feelings ON DEMAND Worksheet: www.rekindlesolutions.com/88

You were born full of self-belief and self-worth. You were born believing you were the most incredible person that's ever lived. You were born loving yourself unconditionally. What happened? You started to borrow other's opinion of you. Usually not the most favorable of ones. And so ensued a process of moving away from yourself and into self-criticism, doubt and self-judgment. But it can all be reversed. Follow the 3 steps I have laid out in this episode and you will reclaim your self-worth, that which was yours from the very beginning! Worksheet: rekindlesolutions.com/87

This is National Veterinary Technician Appreciation Week. The journey of a veterinary technician can take many twists and turns. This career has so many possibilities such: -hospitals and clinics -academia -research -non-profits -government -industry My guest today is Melissa J. Supernor, CVT, VTS (SAIM), CFE, CCFP. Her career has spanned 30 years as a vet tech (and still counting!). She supports the technician community in so many ways as a lecturer and consultant bringing her expertise and specific skill sets around bullying, suicide awareness, personal development as well as Internal Medicine topics. You can find out more about Melissa at her Educational Advocates for the Veterinary Team (EdAVT) website www.edavtheals.com.

"Leadership" seems to be one of those catch-all phrases with everyone interpreting it a bit different. But in this episode my guest Kelly Burich, who works in animal health and holds a Masters degree in Organizational Leadership is going to break it all down for us. We talk about what's needed in leadership in veterinary medicine as well as other animal-related organizations to make teams thrive. Things mentioned in this episode along with resources: Ken Blanchard and Paul Hersey – Self Leadership and The One Minute Manager - https://www.kenblanchard.com/Products-Services/SLII Center for Leadership Studies - https://situational.com/ St. Ambrose University MOL Professional Leadership Studies - https://www.sau.edu/master-of-organizational-leadership USC Leadership Assessment - https://eml.usc.edu/leadership-style-quiz Free Leadership Assessment Tools: https://www.skillpacks.com/free-leadership-self-assessment-tools/  

This episodes release date just happens to coincide with World Vegetarian Day. None of us want to inflict harm on animals yet our food choices, if they includes animals, does. In this episode I share my journey to vegetarianism and eventual veganism. It didn't happen overnight! If you love animals, I invite you to listen to this episode where my goal isn't to convince you of anything other than considering what aligns with your beliefs, morals and values. Some links mention: Catskill Animal Sanctuary www.casanctuary.org Esther The Wonder Pig www.estherthewonderpig.com Documentaries: Food, Inc. Farm to Fridge Conspiracy What the Health Earthlings Eating Animals

It's election season here in the U.S. and everywhere you look you will see heated conversations. I've had them too and if I'm honest I haven't always liked the way I've behaved. So I've tried to do better. I've tried to listen more and try to understand others who don't support the same candidate I do. It's not easy but if you want to maintain relationships with others who have differing opinions than you (in politics and in other areas), you have to learn how to have these conversations. This episode will show you how!

We're going to the horses in this episode! I interview mom, equine veterinarian and podcaster Dr. Stacey Cordivano. I love learning about things I don't know much about and equine medicine and being an equine veterinarian is certainly one of those things. We talk about: -when she first knew she wanted to be a vet -sexism as an equine veterinarian -what she learned (or didn't!) about wellbeing from her mentors -how compassion fatigue looks in equine medicine and factors that contribute -euthanasia of large animals and special considerations -her journey to personal development and what made her start a podcast -what lights her up! You can find out more about Stacey at the following links. Websites: www.claycreekequine.com www.thewholeveterinarian.com Podcast: https://thewholeveterinarian.buzzsprout.com/ Social Media: Instagram: @thewholeveterinarian Email: thewholeveterinarian@gmail.com