Cari

“I just can’t do this anymore.” Most of us in the veterinary profession have said those words… at least to ourselves. Maybe the last time was after a particularly sad euthanasia. Or, maybe after an ugly encounter with a client. Or, perhaps, when leaving work hours after the scheduled end of your shift. There comes […]

Veterinary medicine brings us the opportunity to feel all the feels. You might struggle with that part. I did. I still do, sometimes. If you’re anything like me, you probably have a tendency toward perfectionism. Perhaps you beat yourself up from time to time. And, maybe, you use things like junk food, television, shopping, and

Our world is full of never-ending opportunities to be stimulated. Veterinary jobs reinforce this with overbooked schedules and chaotic days. The unpredictable nature of practicing medicine doesn’t help. Many of us get through our days with a combination of adrenaline and caffeine. We then collapse in physical exhaustion when we get home… but the looping

Are you experiencing the compounding effect of anxiety and stress? Does it seem like it’s getting heavier than usual? You aren’t alone! If you’re like me, your mind drifts frequently to the “what if…” And, let’s face it… with the pandemic, election-related activities, and our own personal and professional challenges… we have a lot of

We often experience an emotional rollercoaster in veterinary medicine. There are extreme moments of happiness, relief, and appreciation… And there are also extreme moments of grief, regret, and fear. However, the framework of our veterinary careers, and entire lives, actually creates no emotion for us at all. Life has two components: Framework Experience The framework is created

There are Four Root Causes of all Anxiety in Vet Med: Unexpected Outcomes Personal Inexperience Human Interactions Prior Decisions These causes have two things in common: None of them are within our control. All of them are anchored in Fear. Because they are anchored in fear, they feel extra terrible. They feel like something we

The new year is coming. So, where do you land? In the camp of excited anticipation? Or in the camp of dread, doubt, uneasiness, and a little bit of fear? No doubt, 2020 threw us a hefty dose of the unexpected… But… …not really more than any other year. Read that again… Not really more

The decisions we make exclusively from our emotional experience often do not create the results we ultimately want. We make decisions this way because we want to feel better. And when we make these decisions rashly. It’s simply evidenced that we want to feel better immediately. It works… for a while. When we change our

Thinking about quitting Vet Med? You aren’t alone. Thoughts of leaving this sh*twshow behind are pretty common for a lot of us. Ya, Really! But, why? Here’s where it gets interesting… Why are you thinking about leaving your job? Why are you thinking about ditching the profession altogether? My guess: the VMVs… Blame directed at the Vet

We put a lot of pressure on happiness. We’ve turned it into the measure of the quality of our life and career. Of course, we want to be happy! But in pursuit of that, we’ve turned the absence of happiness into something that it is not. Absence of happiness does not mean something is going