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Make Your Passion for Helping Animals Sustainable!
Mental health resources for animal welfare warriors. Manage compassion fatigue, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress while building resilience!
Mental Health Resources for Animal Welfare Warriors
Check out my virtual sanctuary equipped with tools for relaxation, stress relief, and emotional regulation.
Discover my books focused on managing compassion fatigue in animal welfare.
Valuable information and tools to help you manage compassion fatigue, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress.
Organizations I've worked with include:
-California Animal Welfare Association
-Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit
-Detroit Animal Care & Control
-Jackson County Animal Shelter
-Paws for Life Rescue
-Fairbanks North Star Borough Animal Control
-Kimball Animal Hospital
-National Animal Care & Control Association
-Livingston County Animal Control & Shelter
-Farm Sanctuary
-In Defense of Animals
-Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society
-Macomb County Animal Shelter
-Last Day Dog Rescue
-Lake County Humane Society
-Midwest Veterinary Conference
-Animal Place
-Michigan Humane
Hello!
My name is Jen Blough and I have been involved in animal welfare and activism since I was a teen. I'm also a licensed professional counselor certified in compassion fatigue, pet loss grief, and trauma. As a vegan, shelter volunteer, and former shelter worker/animal control officer, I have an extensive background in animal welfare and am passionate about helping those who love, care for, and work to protect animals! I'm the author of To Save a Starfish: A Compassion Fatigue Workbook for the Animal Welfare Warrior and am in the process of writing a new book on trauma and PTSD within animal welfare. Want to get tips on managing compassion fatigue or be updated about the new book?
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Here's what a few readers have to say!
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"This is a must read for animal advocates, professionals, volunteers, and then ones caring for animals. The raw truth, the science, and very helpful advice. Highly recommended."
-Marie M.
"An excellent read for anyone in the animal welfare field. Allows the reader to really work through their emotions in a way that is specific to animal welfare and written by someone who understands. In a world where working in animal welfare can be so heavily judged, it is comforting to take a step back and self-reflect without judgement, guided by someone who has been there."
-Kate
"This book will be going into my self-care toolbox as an added resource to deal with compassion fatigue. I loved reading "To Save a Starfish: A Compassion-Fatigue Workbook for the Animal-Welfare Warrior" by Jennifer A. Blough, and found myself relating to many of the feelings she addresses..."
-Florence C.