Learn the five bolsters of The Veterinary Compassion Fatigue Project and how they can help cultivate radiance. They are love, compassion, direction, training and delegation.

Finding your soul animal can be life changing.

One of the most exhausting challenges is dealing with the angry client. I hope this blog helps.

Meditation is about finding out who we truly are, not who we think we are. It is about getting in touch with our souls. Meditation is finding the quiet to take with you as you reenter the chaotic world.

Living in fight or flight, in our first chakra, is no way to exist long term and will ultimately prove deleterious effects on our bodies. Living in our second chakra of emotions is exhausting. Living in our third chakra of our ego is isolating. So we know that we must live in our hearts, our fourth chakra, where we have a sense of connectedness, love and compassion that does not fatigue.

Feelings of gratitude release toxic emotions, help us regardless if we share it, and that while benefits of gratitude take time to accumulate, it actually changes our brains by increasing prefrontal cortex activity.

We need each other. We are the only ones that know what we go through- the good and the bad. 

Why are we so notoriously hard on ourselves accepting nothing left than perfection?

By keeping our animal care work heart-centered, we are much less likely to succumb to fatigue. While it is easy for us to connect to clients and pets, often we forget the most important part - release. Their stories, their problems are not ours to carry.

What does compassion fatigue actually mean? Let's explore what the term means and begin to understand some of the first signs.