Following the response to Why We Keep Showing Up, Nick Cook and Sarah Prout-Rennie continue the conversation by asking an equally important question: How do we keep showing up without losing ourselves in the process? This episode moves beyond the typical idea of self-care and focuses instead on resilience built through boundaries, connection, community and joy. Nick and Sarah talk candidly about the exhaustion that comes with housing and homelessness work, the pressure to respond to every crisis, and the importance of recognizing that caring deeply does not mean being responsible for every outcome.

From learning to say no and identifying what is truly ours to carry, to accepting that advocacy does not always produce an immediate win, the conversation explores how service providers and advocates can stay grounded fo ...