Colleen Pelar

UNLEASHED (at work & home) with Colleen Pelar

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Unleashed (at work & home). Honest conversations with pet professionals about real life and how to show up for yourself with grace and compassion. If you worry that you aren’t doing enough for the animals and clients you serve—yet what you’re already doing feels exhausting and unsustainable—you’re not alone. In each episode, I talk with fellow pet professionals about what drew them to this work, what keeps them going, and what drains them. We explore the meaningful words, quotes, or mantras that guide them, and discover what they wish they could magically change for all of us in this field. Th...

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Colleen Pelar

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016. Listening - Laurie Schulze 09.05.2018 34:11

Laurie Schulze, DVM, talked with Colleen Pelar about listening. Showing curiosity and withholding judgment help people feel safe to share their reality with you. www.colleenpelar.com/16

015. Play - Rise VanFleet 26.04.2018 35:36

Rise VanFleet, PhD, talked with Colleen Pelar about play. Play loosens us up, adds to our flexibility, and actually helps us function in our work better. www.colleenpelar.com/15

014. Personality - Neika Smessaert 12.04.2018 30:53

Neika Smessaert talked with Colleen Pelar about personality traits and how knowing a bit about your own personality and that of your coworkers can help make the workday go more smoothly. www.colleenpelar.com/14

013. Dedication - April Kung 29.03.2018 33:27

April Kung, DVM, talked with Colleen Pelar about dedication—specifically how pursuing resilience skills requires the same kind of focus and dedication as academic achievement (or a dog trying to get the last bit of peanut butter out of a Kong). www.colleenpelar.com/13

012. Flexibility - Sherrie Yuschak 15.03.2018 36:57

Sherrie Yuschak, RVT and faculty member of the Karen Pryor Academy, talked with Colleen Pelar about having some flexibility in our responses can make us feel happier, healthier, and more in control of our lives. www.colleenpelar.com/12

009. Resourcefulness - Overcoming Obstacles 18.01.2018 35:51

Occupational therapist Melissa Winkle with her team of canine helpers applies creativity and ingenuity to help her clients meet their goals. She talked with Colleen Pelar on UNLEASHED (at work & home) about resourcefulness and shared tips for strengthening your own ability to think outside the box. www.colleenpelar.com/9

007. Emotions - Are your emotions helping or hurting you? 07.12.2017 48:41

Dr. Patricia McConnell discusses emotions with Colleen Pelar on the UNLEASHED (at work & home) podcast. Learn how emotions help us and how they can trip us up. A fascinating look at the behavior of dogs and of people. www.colleenpelar.com/7

004. Consent - Agreement based on understanding 26.10.2017 43:49

There's an important distinction to be made between consent and compliance. There are many ways to coerce people into doing things they're not entirely comfortable with, so you can't always look at what people are doing to know what they believe. Dr. Leslie Stewart, an assistant professor of counseling at Idaho State University , shared her ideas about what truly consent means and how having a bet...