Animal workers are deeply passionate and can carry strong opinions about what's "best" for animals. The problem is that judgment creeps in, hijacks your nervous system and narrows your options to choose empathy and compassion instead of judgement. In this episode, we swap judgment for steadiness with a quick pause-and-reset and "what else could be true?" prompts that pair compassion with accountability, so you leave with tiny practices that calm your body and open better paths for animals and people.