This Too Is Rescue: Moral Injury and Staying Human in Animal Care
story + research + advocacy + soul If you’re drawn to the raw and real side of animal care, the part that goes beyond saving lives and asks what it means to be human while we do it: this is for you. We’ll explore the human-animal bond, the values that drive us, the morality we wrestle with, and the deeper question of what it means to work in animal care and hold onto humanity in the midst of it all. Jamie McNally, Ph.D, LPC is a mental health professional, wellness coach, trauma expert, moral injury researcher, military veteran, and active shelter volunteer at a high intake city shelter.
Episodes
In this episode, we begin to name the invisible weight many animal welfare professionals carry: the burden of moral stress and moral injury. These are real, cumulative, and deeply impactful experiences that arise when we’re forced to act (or are prevented from acting) in ways that violate our core values.
We introduce a foundational framework for understanding how this kind of harm affects every dimension of our being: biological, p...
In this episode of This Too Is Rescue, we take a deeper look at what it really means to "submit to the work" in animal care, not just as a job or a volunteer opportunity, but as a calling shaped by the values that led us here in the first place.
We talk about how, in the grind and heartbreak of this field, our personal values can become blurred or buried. And yet, those same values are the compass points that can help us m...
In this first episode of This Too Is Rescue, I speak honestly about what it means to begin, when the work feels too big, the message feels unfinished, and the path ahead is unclear. I reflect on how I've been holding back, and why I'm choosing to show up anyway.
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