Here’s What You’ll Discover in this Episode About the Day I Realized Animal Rescue Wasn’t My Whole Midlife Story with Amy Castro:
- What led to the day I realized animal rescue wasn’t my whole midlife story.
- Why animal rescue and sheltering made sense as a career shift.
- Why burnout and compassion fatigue can happen with animal rescue and sheltering.
- How difficult it can be to deal with the reality of cruelty to animals.
- Why it’s the “wins” that you get while working in this field that make it worthwhile.
- How Amy went from volunteering at a local animal rescue to starting an animal rescue of her own.
- How personal tragedy and related grief can fuel your passion and help you move forward.
- How a hurricane helped with the insight to say “when” and stop doing what you’ve been doing to make a significant pivot in life.
- How to handle the stress and guilt related to shifting out of animal rescue.
- What it’s like to ultimately say goodbye to your animal rescue.
- The reality of what a transition like this with animal rescue looks like and feels like.
- The importance of getting the right help with your pet behavior challenges.
- How planning well can help you develop confidence about your life choices.
Welcome to another episode of the Women in the Middle® Podcast!
Today’s episode is about midlife shifts and ultimately saying goodbye an animal rescue in midlife.
My guest is Amy Castro.
Amy is a professional speaker, communication expert, and proud U.S. Air Force veteran who served during the Gulf War. For more than 25 years, she’s helped people communicate with confidence, set healthy boundaries, and speak up without backing down. But her most powerful reinventions didn’t happen on stage. They happened in the middle of real life.
In her 50s, Amy was living a comfortable suburban life and volunteering at a local animal shelter when a tragedy prompted her to start an animal rescue of her own. With the support of her family, she sold her home of 20 years and moved to a run-down property on a dead-end dirt road, transforming it into a working animal rescue ranch while still running her speaking and training business.
Amy shares her powerful story of following her passion for animals, animal welfare and the efforts to help them find safety, stability and love. Ultimately, she decided to say goodbye to her animal rescue; as an animal lover, this was an incredibly difficult decision. Amy shares what led to this midlife shift that was a critically important step in her midlife journey. Her story is one of resilience, reinvention, and the power of knowing when it’s time to turn the page.
Please enjoy this interview!
Mentioned in This Episode:
- Regarding Henry Movie
- Ep 191: Women in the Middle Podcast: Following Your Passion as an Educator in Midlife with Gail Baker
Connect with Amy Castro
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/amypcastro/
- www.amycastro.com
- Podcast: The Pet Parent Hotline: https://www.amycastro.com/pet-parent-podcast
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