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Julie Squires & Derek Walter

Two friends, one unruly conversation! Julie Squires and Derek Walter have teamed up to talk about the messy, tender and funny parts of life, in and outside of animal work.

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44 episodes

  1. Ep# 43 Do Cats Have A Conscience? 55:55
  2. Ep#42 Whose Rules Are You Living By? 39:59
  3. Ep# 41 What Deserves Your Energy? 51:26
  4. Ep #40 Caring Can't Prevent Every Bad Thing 45:28
  5. Ep# 30 When Life Changes You 51:02
  6. Ep# 37 Things We Don't Need to Be Good At Anymore 45:11
  7. Ep# Post-Caregiver Syndrome: Who Are You Now? 46:17
  8. Ep# 35 Connection: The Four Ways We Find Meaning 57:00
  9. Ep# 34 Is Appreciation An Inside Job? 47:29
  10. Ep# 33 Lessons From Life 42:08
  11. Ep#34 Are The Aliens Coming To Save Us? 47:04
  12. Ep# 33 If You Could Have One Wish Granted For Animals 1:01:07
  13. Ep# 32 The Future of Animal Communication 43:15
  14. Ep# 31 What Is "Good Enough" For Animals? 54:42
  15. Ep# 30 Loving The Work, Losing Yourself 47:50
  16. Ep# 29 People Suck and Animals Are Great 34:25
  17. Ep# 28 Don't Stop Unbelieving 54:12
  18. Ep#27 The Way We Care 37:39
  19. Ep# 26 Don't Confuse Caring With Carrying 40:41
  20. Ep# 25 Derek in the Hot Seat 50:16
  21. Ep# 24 Emotional Numbness In Animal Work 45:28
  22. Ep# 23 Past and Future Self Wisdom 49:51
  23. Ep# 22 When Self-Care Pisses People Off 48:30
  24. Ep# 21 Kind Advocacy 51:02
  25. Ep#20 Anthropic Moments 41:58
  26. Ep# 19 Discomfort Is Not Danger 53:16
  27. Ep#18 The Decisions We Never Wanted 48:32
  28. Ep# 17 When Caring Turns Into Resentment 50:31
  29. Ep#16 Love Wins: Olympics + Puppy Bowl Edition 51:21
  30. Ep# 15 What Winter Teaches Caregivers 51:21
  31. Ep# 14 Serving Animals in a Messy World 50:16
  32. Ep# 13 A Peace Practice 45:42
  33. Ep#12 Too Exhausted To Feel Joy 52:01
  34. Ep# 11 Let's Giddy Up Into 2026: Year-End Check-In 56:09
  35. Ep# 10 Grief Is Your Friend 48:35
  36. Ep#9 Trusting Your Yes and No 58:17
  37. Ep# 8 Boozy Hay & Big Soul Questions 50:20
  38. Ep#7 Guilt and The Wolf You Feed 56:47
  39. Ep#6 Life After The Loss of Your Parents 49:04
  40. Ep# 5 Walking With Elephants in Asia 55:16
  41. Ep#4 The Courage To Be Free (and Disliked) 52:35
  42. Ep# 3 What Animals Teach Us About Letting Go 50:31
  43. Ep#2 The Secret Conversations of the Animal World 1:08:04
  44. Ep# 1: Where Are All The Men in Animal Work? 43:33