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The Invisible Shift: Resilience of Single-Parent Shelter Directors | The Difference We Make
In this episode of The Difference We Make, host Ashling Scallon explores the profound and often invisible emotional labor of single-parent shelter directors. Through the intimate story of Elena, a director who balances running a crisis shelter with raising her own seven-year-old daughter, we examine the heavy toll of compassion fatigue and the systemic barriers that leave these women unsupported. This narrative moves beyond romanticized notions of resilience to reveal the messy, exhausting reality of being both a sanctuary and a storm for vulnerable families.
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