challenges

When you're feeling down about something you can get lost in a way of seeing things that offers you no relief. These automatic thoughts will keep you stuck unless you engage with them and start a two-way conversation. Your brain CANNOT have the last say!

When faced with difficulty and challenges we can either be the victim of our circumstances or the hero. And there may be time you truly were the victim but we can always change the way we tell our story. You survived what happened in the past and you're surviving now, that's heroic. This is powerful work that you can do on anything you're struggling with now or things from your past.

Emotional labor refers to employees having to suppress or discount their feelings at work in order to appease others. This may be around veterinary clients, someone surrendering a pet at your shelter, or even in a corporate setting where rules or guidelines have been put into place about what is acceptable and not acceptable despite how the other person may be behaving.