Are your Hearts Larger than your Hands?

 

Do you feel compassion Burnout and Fatigue?

 

Whether we work directly with the animals or in a role that supports the mission of helping animals, all of us share loving dedication to save all of them. This work opens us up to immense joy and fulfillment and, sometimes, sadness and frustration. 

 

Come and learn some strategies that can help you balance the happiness with the heartbreak in this special workshop led by Dr. Linda Harper, a clinical psychologist in the Chicago area for more than 30 years, and author of The Power of Joy in Giving to Animals (foreword and contributions by Faith Maloney, co-founder of Best Friends Animals Society).  

 

Linda is a regular presenter at the Best Friends Conference and leads the Giving Heart Retreat with Faith Maloney and co-facilitates Above and Beyond: Meeting the Challenges of Special Needs Animals at the Sanctuary. She is also an international speaker at a host of shelters and conferences and facilitates the pet loss support group for the Chicago Veterinary Medical Association. 

 

Having been an animal advocate all of her life and founder of Blessed Bonds, a foster-based organization, she understands the unique challenges of following one's passion to improve the life of animals.