Blog Posts

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

A serious stigma regarding mental health exists in the veterinary profession and it’s time for it to stop. Much of the discussion regarding mental health in the veterinary profession recently…

The research is clear in human medicine: patients have better outcomes when they are managed by a physician who demonstrates empathy. Patients of empathic doctors communicate more openly, follow doctor’s…

Whenever I meet someone new and they inevitably ask what I do, when I explain that I am a promoter of veterinary wellbeing, they look at me with confusion and…

I was a bit taken aback a few weeks ago when I received a comment on one of my blogs accusing me of “discriminating against male veterinarians”. Having not been…

Work-related stress is a huge contributor to cynicism, exhaustion, and feeling ineffective…and if you didn’t know this already, these are classic signs of burnout.  Stress in the workplace has also…

Conflict is a word that makes many of us shudder—and something most of us would rather avoid at all costs. In a 2013 survey published by DVM360, 51% of veterinary…

I attended the Art of Leadership for Women conference last week and had the pleasure of listening to Tiffany Dufu speak.  Tiffany is the founder of a peer coaching company…

One of the most common questions I get asked by my veterinary colleagues and friends is “can you tell me how to find a good therapist?”.  I am always so…