Compassion Fatigue Education for Animal Shelters and More!

How I'm Learning, Listening, and Making Repairs

Let's cut right to it, so you don't have to waste any energy wondering where I stand:

Black Lives Mat...

For the past couple of days, I’ve been posting videos on IGTV and FB and I wanted to share the lates...

5 Practical Self-Care Tips For Coping with COVID-19

If you’re a helping professional, the following tips would apply on any typical day of high-stress, ...

Does Your Cat Have Better Boundaries Than You?

You know who doesn’t need to work on their boundaries?

CATS.

Also, dogs.

And probably parr

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I Got Fired For Saying NO.

The very first time I said NO to a client, I got fired.

Picture this: South Philly, 2003. I was run...

Are You an Asker or a Guesser?

Are you stressed out by all the requests you get?

No matter what you do for a living, if you’re lik...

My 30 Day Social Media Sabbatical

On January 1^st, 2020 I logged off of social media for 30 days. I wrote about that here.

You all had...

The Compassionate Badassery Manifesto

Practicing compassionate badassery is my shorthand for helping professionals who are making courageo...

I’m Taking a Social Media Break

Happy New Year! I love how the start of a new calendar year creates a natural pause for reflection a...

That's When I Knew I Had Crossed the Line

Last month I was talking with a wonderful manager of a small, under-resourced animal shelter. She wa...