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These are truly unprecedented times. Even the most seasoned of veterinary professionals have not experienced our “new normal”. From streamlining services to only what is considered urgent, emergent, or essential…

At a time when burnout, moral stress, compassion fatigue, and suicide are dominating conversations regarding wellbeing in the veterinary industry, self-care has been broadly advocated as a necessary practice for…

It seems that whenever I present a keynote on self-care or mention self-care in a webinar, someone in the audience asks, “but what if you can’t practice self-care”? In the…

Rather than competing over who has it worse in the veterinary profession, veterinary team members are urged to model healthy behaviors that promote wellbeing.

Do you feel emotionally drained by your clients? Are you frustrated by your work or feel that you are working too hard? Does working with people all day require massive…

Veterinarians are notorious for struggling to maintain healthy boundaries. I cannot tell you have many veterinarians I know who go into work on their days off, follow-up with clients from…

So much of the recent news related to veterinary health and well-being has focused on the mental health struggles, psychological stressors, and suicides.  Rather than reiterating what we already know,…