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Epi 67: What's Really in Your Contract? Hidden Details That Impact Your Stress, Salary, and Well-being (Part II)
Most veterinarians focus on salary when reviewing a contract, but the details hidden in the rest of the agreement often have a much bigger impact on stress, job satisfaction, and long-term burnout.
In Part II of this...
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Epi 66: What's Really in Your Contract? Hidden Details That Impact Your Stress, Salary, and Well-being (Part I)
Whether you're signing your first employment agreement or renegotiating a long-term position or getting a promotion, your contract can shape far more than your paycheck.
In Part I of this two-part series, Dr. Amber...
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Epi 65: Top 3 Workplace Challenges Driving Veterinary Burnout and How to Stop Letting Them Drain You
Veterinary burnout is often blamed on long hours and difficult cases, but the daily stress many professionals experience comes from something else: people.
Dr. Amber Parks shares the three most common workplace...
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Epi 64: What to Do When You Feel Trapped in Veterinary Medicine and Leaving Doesn't Feel Possible
If you've been fantasizing about leaving veterinary medicine altogether, you're not alone. But before you map out your escape plan, what if the real problem isn't the profession itself, but a burned-out brain and...
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Epi 63: The Real Reason You Can't Break the Burnout Cycle: The Missing Piece of Burnout Recovery
You've taken time off. You've gone to therapy. Maybe you've even changed jobs. So why does burnout keep coming back?
Weâre exploring a surprising driver of burnout that most high-achieving veterinary professionals...
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Epi 62: Stop Treating Everything Like Itâs Urgent: How to Break the Burnout Stress Cycle
Weâre talking about the hidden âaddictionâ to urgency that keeps so many veterinary professionals trapped in chronic stress and burnout.
Not just veterinary professionals, but high achievers, perfectionists, and...
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Epi 61: Is External Validation Feeding Your Burnout, Overthinking & Self-Doubt? How to Finally Stop Letting Other Peopleâs Opinions Control You
When one comment, bad interaction, or frustrated client can completely change your mood, itâs usually not about the moment itself. Itâs about the weight youâre carrying around other peopleâs approval.
In this episode,...
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Bonus Episode: Burnout and the Parts of Vet Med Nobody Prepares You For with Dr. Gunila Pedersen, MRCVS
Veterinary medicine can feel emotionally exhausting in ways nobody truly prepares you for. In this candid conversation, veterinarian and colleague Dr. Gunila Pedersen and I explore the hidden realities behind...
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Epi 60: The 3 Biggest Myths about Healing Burnout in Vet Med and What To Do Instead
In this episode, Dr. Amber Parks breaks down the 3 biggest myths veterinary professionals believe about healing burnout and why those beliefs may actually be keeping you stuck in the same cycle of stress, exhaustion,...
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Epi 59: The Constant Pressure to Keep Clients Happy in Vet Med (Plus: How to Avoid Burning Out Because of It)
Veterinary medicine has always been a customer-focused industry, and many veterinary professionals are paying the emotional price for it.
In this episode, weâre chatting about how client expectations, online reviews,...
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Epi 58: The Subtle Ways Youâre Sabotaging Your Confidence & Quietly Fueling Your Overthinking
You already know what you need to do: speak up, say âno,â stop taking on everything for everyone else, or have an uncomfortable conversation. But knowing isnât the hard partâŚdoing it is, especially when fear is...
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Epi 57: Dealing With the Same Frustrating Issues at Work? Hereâs What to Do When Youâre Not the Boss
Have you ever walked into work already dreading the same frustrating situations, feeling like nothing is ever going to change? And worse, youâre convinced that because youâre not a manager or owner, you canât change...
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