Beyond Compassion Fatigue

About Beyond Compassion Fatigue

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.

Publisher

Jen Blough

Category

health & fitness · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Jun 2025

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

72 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Ep. 70: Finding Purpose on the Other Side of Loss with Dan Trachtenberg and Michelle Nielsen

   In this episode, I’m joined by Dan “The Cat Man” Trachtenberg and Michelle Nielsen, hosts of The Shelter Cats Podcast, for an honest conversation about what it’s really like to spend so much of your life focused on cats, rescue, and animal welfare. Dan and Michelle share what compassion fatigue has looked like for them, how they cope when the work starts taking an emotional toll, and what keeps them going when things get hard.

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Ep. 69: You Are Enough: Identity and Self-Worth Affirmations for Animal Advocates

   In animal welfare, it’s easy to fall into the belief that we’re only valuable when we’re helping, or that we’re never doing enough. After years of exposure to suffering, trauma, and loss, those beliefs can become deeply ingrained.

3. 

   10 Sept 2026

   Ep. 68: Is it Compassion Fatigue...or PTSD?

   In this episode of Beyond Compassion Fatigue, I explore the similarities and differences between PTSD, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion fatigue, and why understanding the distinction matters for people working and volunteering in animal welfare.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 27 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

40

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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