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Compassion in Balance 

Podcasts:

• Just a Dog Podcast with Nadine Burzler: Animal rescue + shelter burnout
• The Paws and Rewards Podcast with Marissa Martino: The Antidote to Empathetic Distress
• The Animal Training Academy with Ryan Cartlidge, Part One and Part Two
• The Animal That Changed You  with Katya and Jenny
• Joining the Threads on resisting self-care with Suzy of Two Green Threads
• Animal Concepts Podcast  with Sabrina Brando
• Best Friends Podcast 
• City of Dogs Podcast on Vicarious Resilience with Ken Foster
• Canine Education for Humans Podcast with Lori Nanan

Videos and webinars:

• Maddie's Fund Community Conversations Webinar on Debriefing, 2022
• Animals Asia Veterinary Resilience Series with Chinese translations of videos and PDFs, 2022
• Practicing Compassionate Badassery: Shifting from Self-Care to We-Care Recorded Talk + Resources, 2021
• Grey Muzzle Organization Webinar: Compassion Fatigue for Senior Pet Caregivers, 2021
• Two Green Threads Webinar: Learning to Surf the Waves of Stress, 2021
• In Defense of Animals: Write to Resilience Webinar (using journal writing to increase compassion resilience), 2017

Articles and handouts: 

• HumanePro: Adopters Welcome: The mind-body connection – How organizations and individuals can lay the groundwork for an open adoptions approach
• Where do your stories go?
• Simple self-care tips
• Animal Culture Magazine: The 7 Rs of Reducing Compassion Fatigue
• Want to be a CF Educator or hire one? Read this: Compassion Fatigue Education Mental Health Model
• IAABC Journal: Expressive Writing for Resilience in Animal Care Professions
• Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science: In Their Own Words: What Qualitative Analysis of Online Discussions with Students Reveals about Their Experiences with Compassion Fatigue in Shelter Medicine

Additional Resources:

• Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project
• TEND Academy
• AVMA’s Wellness Resources
• HSUS Animal Sheltering articles by Lauren Glickman
•  SAVE: U of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine (hotline assistance available to all animal care + welfare professionals)
• In Defense of Animals Council of Sustainable Activism
• Dr. Michele Gaspar: Healing the Wounded Healer
• NOMV (Not One More Vet) for veterinarians and veterinary students
• Vets4Vets® and Support4Support confidential support groups
• MightyVet education and mentorship

Organizational Health in Sheltering:

• Shifting from Self Care to We Care Handout (resources for Jessica’s conference presentation)
• Euthanasia-related strain and coping strategies
• Employee turnover in animal shelters
• Improving Organizational Communication
• The People Practices Self-Check
• Hiring the Right People for Your Culture
• Please Curb Your Volunteer 

Books I recommend:

• When Helping Hurts: Compassion Fatigue in the Veterinary Profession by Kathleen Ayl, PsD

• Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky

• The Compassion Fatigue Workbook by Françoise Mathieu

• The Burnout Epidemic by Jennifer Moss

• Burnout by Emily Nagoski

• Reducing Secondary Traumatic Stress by Brian Miller