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Episode 136 | Navigating Internal Conflict in Veterinary Hospitals

Internal conflict in veterinary hospitals is a very common occurrence. In addition to being super-uncomfortable to witness, it also has a very real and negative impact on client service and patient care. Everyone who is aware of the conflict plays a part in its perpetuation if they don’t speak up. When we ignore the conflicts, …

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Episode 131 | Negativity, Positivity & Optimism: Why your future depends on the choice you make today

Most of us don’t enjoy being around negative people… … but we don’t recognize we’re one of them ourselves. We want to embrace a positive perspective… … and then we argue against its existence. We want the future to be better than what we are experiencing right now… … but we resist the very simple …

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Episode 130 | Starting over

When we are unhappy or discontent in veterinary medicine, or any area of our lives, we begin searching for the cause. We then draw conclusions about our circumstances and determine the way to be happier is to get away from the “bad” circumstances we’ve identified. In VetMed these “bad” circumstances are typically jobs, fellow veterinary …

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Episode 128 | React or Respond? How Your Emotional Wellbeing Depends On Your Choice

Did you know that reacting and responding are actually two different things? Not only that, our emotional experience of any situation depends on which path we choose. When we react, we engage without deliberate choice. In doing so, it is easy to believe we are at the mercy of our circumstances and what is happening …

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Episode 127 | The Corporate Divide in Vet Med: True Threat or Fabricated Foe?

Corporate veterinary practice is a common villain of choice for veterinary professionals… especially those who have had a bad experience working for a corporation. The commiseration around bad corporate experiences is wide-spread, often showing up as attacks on the organizations themselves, and the veterinary professionals who elect to work there. But why? Is corporate veterinary …

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