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Some of the hardest components of a veterinary career are amplified by four things: Stressful Client Interactions Unexpected Patient Death Board Complaints / Negative Performance Evaluations Negative Online Business Reviews We try our best to avoid these things…  … to keep them from happening. And then when they do, we turn inward… > we blame […]

In veterinary medicine and life, happiness is never something to be found, it is only something to be created. Happiness is an emotion. Emotions are never created by the events of the world. This faulty conclusion we’ve drawn about the things that happen to be the cause of the way we feel is defeating. When

In an uncontrollable world, there is one thing you can control one hundred percent of the time… You. Unfortunately, many of us give away that control, which compounds the impact. The ways in which we give up our control are subtle. We don’t recognize these three simple things have a massive negative impact on our

The Vet Med journey is not predictable. Despite the shared experiences of those who’ve gone before, the journeys of others are not indicative of our own. We will forge our own paths. Left to chance, those paths look very similar. But, intentionally decided, they look very different. Vet Med is simply a catalyst. The ultimate

In this week’s episode, I pull back the curtain and share some exciting changes coming to Joyful DVM and Vet Life Academy.  I also share how you can Reboot your Vet Life and career with the help of our brand new course: Vet Life Reboot. In just six weeks you can improve work-life balance and

Remember the Bluebirds I talked about back in Episode 11? They taught me a great lesson, which I shared on the podcast, about how to overcome obstacles. (If you haven’t listened to Episode 11, consider checking it out.) Turns out, they had more wisdom to share. Perseverance: The ability to keep doing something despite how

Uncertainty creates fear. Veterinary Medicine is full of uncertainty. It’s no wonder many of us feel stressed, anxious, and worried a lot of the time. Under all of those emotions is fear. We’ve tried our best to eliminate the uncertainty. We’ve become control freaks & perfectionists. (okay, okay… so maybe those aren’t new traits… but they are

Fear is a powerful motivator. It makes perfect since when we remember the original purpose of this emotion… Self Preservation. Fear is part of our built-in alert system. Super useful when our ancestors were being hunted by predators, not so much today. The alert system still exists… and it’s really good at sending off false