What if your best is yet to come? Notice how it feels to think that. Exhilarating right? And what if you truly believed that? What opportunities might you consider, attempt or say yes to? Your legacy is currently under construction. Believe in your greatness and the promise that the future has for you. 

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Most people set some kind of a goal or intention at the beginning of the year. Here it is the second half of January and you may've found your motivation sliding. You may find yourself using some excuses that feel really justified for why you can't or haven't done what you said you wanted. 

This episode will teach you how to spot your excuses and dismantle them to achieve the things you want in your life. 

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Are you familiar with the "messy middle"? It's the place of misery we often find ourselves in until we have clarity, insight or the revelation. Interestingly enough, not many people talk about their "messy middle" so we don't have a lot of mentors for how to navigate through the tough stuff of life. 

Well in this episode I will not only teach you about the "messy middle" but show you how normal it is and how to navigate it with grace. You'll want to listen to this one! 

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Happy New Year! It's time to put some thought and intention into what you want 2023 to be. The possibilities are endless. The only thing limiting you is your mind. In this episode, I walk you through a worksheet I created to help bring some intention to this upcoming year. 

You can get the worksheet at www.rekindlesolutions.com/201

Today is episode # 200 and I have the most special guest on with me, the Founder and Executive Director of my “happy place” Catskill Animal Sanctuary (CAS). More than 300 rescued farmed animals call CAS’s 150-acres “home”. I couldn’t be more delighted to invite you into this intimate conversation about my favorite topic, animals. 

In this episode we discuss: -How Kathy went from high school English teacher to animal sanctuary founder -How she navigates compassion fatigue -What our food industry doesn’t want us to think about…the animals -Why she believes loving animals isn’t enough -The most profound thing she’s ever learned from an animal

 

Catskill Animal Sanctuary

Kathy Stevens' books: Where the Blind Horse Sings: Love and Healing at an Animal Sanctuary 

Animal Camp: Reflections on a Decade of Love, Hope and Veganism At Catskill Animal Sanctuary 

My Favorite Cookbook (and I was a recipe tester!) Compassionate Cuisine: 125 Plant-Based Recipes from Our Vegan Kitchen

Documentaries: Cowspiracy Forks Over Knives What The Health Eating Our Way To Extinction The Game Changers (Netflix)

Vegan Restaurant Resource: Happy Cow 

Other favorite farm animal sanctuaries: Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary ON, Canada  Farm Sanctuary NY and CA  Luvin Arms Animal Sanctuary, CO  Wildwood Farm Sanctuary, OR 

 

 

It's that time of year to take stock of 2022. To look back and see your accomplishments, challenges and look honestly and compassionately at how you're living your life. This is a "no judgement" practice. Just one in which we look in the rear-view mirror and assess it all. Then we can look ahead to create the future we want in 2023 (that will be coming up in E# 201).

Some asks in this episode: 1. Make sure you're on my mailing list so you can enter the Word Of The Year contest. Text REKINDLE to 66866 to join my email list.  2. Leave me a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. Here's an article to explain how.  3.Print off this worksheet so you can do this insightful and fun year-end exercise. 

Leadership in vet med (and globally) is male-dominated and homogeneous. But vet med and animal welfare are predominately female. Why aren't more women securing leadership roles and what is the cost to women in these professions if their views, ideas and needs aren't being represented at the leadership level?    In this episode I speak to Dr. Jenni Rizzo, emergency veterinarian and founder of Lone Star Veterinary Academy. We talk about: -the current landscape of veterinary leadership -what the risk is to women in the profession of the absence of women leaders -how being an introvert may play into this disparity - a recent experience she had in which she backed out of an interview -a project we are working on together (FREE WEBINAR!)     Dr. Rizzo:[email protected]   Lone Star Veterinary Academy https://lonestarvetacademy.com/

The holidays are tough for many people and can be even more so if you work with animals. Euthanasia rates seem to increase right around the holidays, stress  and obligation seem to rise as well. It's no wonder that so many animal workers tell me they feel higher levels of compassion fatigue this time of year. It makes sense. 

I have some suggestions in this episode of things I think can help you. 

My two favorite charities I mention in this episode are:

Catskill Animal Sanctuary (where I was a tour guide for 6 years and am still a supporter of) https://casanctuary.org/

and Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary (H.E.E.F.S), home of Esther the Wonder Pig https://www.happilyeveresther.ca/

Your money goes directly to helping rescued farmed animals! 

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In this modern age is not easy to leave work at work. Whether it's bringing home the actual work, being connected digitally or bringing it home in your mind, it's hard to leave it there. And yet if you don't have a clear separation, you will have a constant source of contributing factors for compassion fatigue and burnout. 

In this episode I'll share my top 6 steps to leaving work at home that when practiced routinely will leave you with the restoration, recharging and replenishment you need in working with animals. 

My annual year-end inventory for 2022 and intention-setting for 2023 episodes are coming up! Don't miss them. And text REKINDLE to 66866 to join me bi-weekly e-inspiration email list. 

One of the hardest things to do is love ourselves unconditionally. We are our own loudest critics. But what if the things you don't like about yourself actually serve you in some way? What if the parts of you that you don't like are just part of the 50/50 of life? No one is perfect. No one. When you can see that the things you think are so wrong with you are actually an asset, well that is when you grow. Exponentially. 

Join me to explore: -the things you don't like about you -how they may actually be helping you -how to love yourself not in spite of those things but because of those things -how loving yourself allows you to love others more

The end of the year is coming and I have a Word of The Year contest that I want to invite you to. But you have to be on my email list. So text REKINDLE to 66866 to get on my list.