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A raw and authentic podcast for those who work or volunteer in animal care, welfare, or activism, who are struggling with compassion fatigue, burnout, grief and loss, secondary traumatic stress, and other mental health concerns. Through both solo and guest episodes, I blend science, psychology, spirituality, and even a touch of "woo woo" to help you manage compassion fatigue, build resilience, and make your passion for helping animals sustainable. If you're involved in animal caregiving, rescue, trap-neuter return (TNR), sheltering, animal control, cruelty investigations, veterinary medicine, fostering, wildlife or marine rehabilitation and conservation, animal law or lobbying, ethical veganism, or any other role in animal care, welfare, or activism, and struggling with the consequences of caring so much that it hurts, this podcast is for you!
The host, Jen Blough, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor, compassion fatigue coach and speaker, and author with more than 35 years of experience in animal welfare and activism. She is the author of To Save a Starfish: A Compassion Fatigue Workbook for the Animal Welfare Warrior and the upcoming book, Beyond Compassion Fatigue.
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Friday Aug 01, 2025
Friday Aug 01, 2025
In today's episode, we explore the different types of trauma that can be common in animal care, welfare, and activism. We'll learn about:
- What is trauma?
- Why trauma is actually subjective
- Primary and secondary trauma
- Secondary traumatic stress
- Symptoms of trauma
- How trauma contributes to compassion fatigue
- Collective trauma
- Perpetration Induced Traumatic Stress
- Acute and chronic trauma
- Acute stress reaction
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