Ep. 59: Cognitive Shuffling: A Simple Tool for Anxiety, Trauma, and Sleep
About this episode
The episode discusses cognitive shuffling as a technique to manage intrusive thoughts and improve sleep for those in animal care and related fields.
I explore how intrusive thoughts, trauma memories, grief, chronic stress, and secondary traumatic stress often intensify at night, especially for those working in animal care, welfare, rescue, veterinary medicine, sheltering, and activism. I explain why the harder we try to suppress distressing thoughts, the stronger they often become, and how cognitive shuffling works differently by gently redirecting the brain into a more relaxed, sleep-friendly state.
People in this episode
Host: Jen Blough
Topics covered
- anxiety
- trauma
- sleep
- cognitive shuffling
- animal care
- mental health
Keywords
- cognitive shuffling
- anxiety
- trauma
- sleep
- mental health
- animal care
- stress
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