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12/12/2024

Animal shelter and rescue work is meaningful, but can be tough. Need support? National University is offering free, 10-week online support groups for shelter/rescue employees and volunteers.

💬 Connect with others who get it.
📅 Multiple group options from mid-Jan to mid-March.

Learn more and sign up here: https://sites.google.com/view/animalgroup/home

03/12/2024

Frances Dauster joined me on Unleashed (at work & home) to talk about the importance of flexibility, what an incident at boarding school taught her about integrity, and the humbling experience of training chickens.

Listen in at https://colleenpelar.com/129

20/04/2024

I'm way behind on posting podcast episodes to Facebook. Have you heard my conversations with Carol Miller Sumbry, Kristina Bryte, and Kym Iffert? https://colleenpelar.com/podcast

I loved talking with them. 💛 Who do you recommend I talk to next?

13/08/2023

Do you find yourself holding back, waiting for a clear signal that it’s the right time to do what you’ve been thinking about for so long?

Well, here’s your sign!

What are you going to take action on today?

12/08/2023

This is YOUR hour to focus on what matters to you.

The more you show up for yourself and your own priorities, the happier and the more productive you'll be.

These free weekly sessions are super-casual. We start with a short welcome and you share in the chat what you'll be doing (e.g., knitting, bookkeeping, meditating, *anything* that matters to you!).

Then we dive in, each focused on our own activity.

Shortly before the end of the hour, we do a brief check-in where you can share whatever thoughts you'd like about your experience, and we have a quick closing to wrap things up.

We'll be done at the top of the hour. And for those who'd like to visit a bit, I'll keep the room open for an extra 15 minutes to chat.

Cameras can be on or off. (I'd love if you'd keep your camera on to help us create a greater sense of community.)

These are free, ongoing, drop-in sessions. Wednesday mornings, 11am-12pm ET/8-9 am PT.

We'll always be delighted to welcome you as you practice the art of showing up for yourself. https://colleenpelar.com/sufy?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

Want more strategies for managing your stress and finding more joy? Sign up to stay in touch; click the link in my bio.

11/08/2023

What does it mean to be a bold learner? That's a phrase Dr. Susan Friedman uses often in her lectures, and it resonated with me.

As children, many of us (me!) absorbed the message that being wrong was bad, that mistakes would be penalized, and that revealing ignorance was cause for shame.

Often this turned us into timid learners, scrabbling for a foothold and trying to figure things out as we went, hoping no one would notice our incompetence. (Again, me!)

But there's another way to teach, a way that embraces mistakes as honest attempts to learn and understand, that encourages curiosity as a route to discovery, and rewards participation to stimulate personal growth.

I hope you'll listen in on this great conversation. We explored the freeing aspects of getting away from the labels we ascribe to behavior (e.g., stubborn, dominant, stupid, selfish, clingy). Labels and stories can help or hurt behavior.

Each of us is the result of our personal learning history. By being aware of ways it has helped us and ways it has held us back, we can become bold learners in our own right. https://colleenpelar.com/26/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

Want more strategies for managing your stress and finding more joy? Sign up to stay in touch; click the link in my bio.

11/08/2023

Discover the magic that lives inside you. Be curious and kind toward yourself.

10/08/2023

You watch body language all day long in animals.�� How good are you at observing it in people?

10/08/2023

Your worth is not measured by how busy you are or how many tasks you complete. You matter on a much deeper, more profound level. 💛

Join other pet professionals on Wednesday morning for our FREE weekly Show Up for Yourself sessions. (11am-12pm ET/8-9am PT)

Spend the hour doing something that matters to YOU (e.g., reading a novel, writing in your journal, brushing your dog, prepping meals, *anything* that matters to you).

These magic hours are powerful. https://colleenpelar.com/sufy?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

Want more strategies for managing your stress and finding more joy? Sign up to stay in touch; click the link in my bio.

09/08/2023

You can't force your brain to think the way you want it to. You can't banish negative thoughts or just say no to worry.

But your wiser self, your "rider," can employ strategies that help regulate your emotions and behavior.

You can train your brain. There are many simple, useful techniques that can help. Send me a DM if you'd like to learn more.

09/08/2023

Self-compassion is widely misunderstood and yet it's one of the best tools you have for developing resilience. Self-compassion, quite simply, is treating yourself as your best friend would when times are tough.

When your best friend is struggling, you don't beat up them for making a simple, human error. Instead you say--and sincerely believe--things like, "Accidents happen," "Everyone makes mistakes," and "It's going to be okay."

Do you find it difficult to extend that same grace to yourself? Many people do.

Michele Gaspar joined me to talk about self-compassion and how learning to be comfortable with discomfort can help us grow.

She's a veterinarian who is board-certified in feline practice AND a psychotherapist. (Love of learning is clearly one of her top strengths!) https://colleenpelar.com/28/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

Want more strategies for managing your stress and finding more joy? Sign up to stay in touch; click the link in my bio.

08/08/2023

You don't need to work harder. Or sacrifice more of your time and energy. Or spend any time beating yourself up for not accomplishing everything on your to-do list.

Instead you need to give yourself the gift of a little bit of consistent time, energy, and attention that focuses on what you're doing right, what matters most to you, and what changes you'd like to make.

Helping Yourself to Help Others (HYHO) is a program for pet professionals who'd like weekly support and encouragement at changing the way they work.

Learn to show up for yourself with greater ease and joy--and get more done. https://colleenpelar.com/hyho?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

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Pet professionals are overworked and undervalued. Resilient and Thriving Pet Pros provides community, support, and learning opportunities that help veterinarians, vet techs, dog trainers, shelter and rescue folks, and other pet professionals continue making a difference without burning themselves out.

Far too many talented, caring pet professionals feel overwhelmed and frustrated.

When you're operating under chronic stress, the effects spill over into other parts of your life and can feel overwhelming.

To protect yourself from feeling too much, you wind up a little more numbed than you want.

In fact, some days the good stuff doesn't even register because you're buried under a caseload that never ends. No matter how much you do, there’s always another animal in need.

That can really leave you with a lack of joy in your life. And no energy. None.

You wind up feeling stuck, sad, and lonely.

You never want to let anyone down, but you wonder how much longer you can keep stuffing your feelings down and pretending everything is fine.

It's become a catch-22 because you're talented at your job and really care about doing good work, which leaves you feeling guilty and not good enough.

And on top of all of that, there’s the fear of being ripped apart in a nasty review on social media. All your years of education and helping animals seem to disappear in a cloud of toxic smoke when an angry client sits behind their keyboard. You’re left feeling so frustrated and like there’s nothing you can do to stop it.

It doesn't have to be this way.

Resilient and Thriving Pet Pros provides proven strategies for boosting your resilience, easing your stress, and making you smile easily and often.

𝘽𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮. 𝘽𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜. 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜.

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