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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…

I traveled to Las Vegas this past weekend to speak at the Women’s Veterinary Summit and was struck by a disappointing realization. Despite a gender gap characterized by a veterinary…

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…

The term burnout has been getting thrown around a lot lately and is certainly rampant among my colleagues working in emergency and critical care. Burnout is characterized by emotional exhaustion,…

For years, experts have questioned whether spending time on social media is helpful or hurtful to mental health. I use social media (i.e., Linkedin, Facebook, and Twitter) for my business,…

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…

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,…

A recent headline that came over my Google alerts caught my attention: “Majority of veterinarians don’t recommend the profession”.  At first, I was surprised, but when I considered this statement…

With more than a decade passed since I graduated from veterinary school, I have enough years under my belt that I can look back and consider some things that I…