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Epi 80: Vet Med Is Hard Enough: Why Are We Making It Harder on Each Other? (& What You Can Do About It)
We all know vet med is hard enough on a good day, but why does it seem like there are members of the profession who are making it harder for each other?
It can be tough to toe the line between wanting to stand up for...
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Epi 79: When Vet Med Becomes Your Whole Identity, How Do You Know If Itâs Time to Leave?
Youâve spent years, hundreds of thousands of dollars, and a ridiculous amount of blood, sweat, and tears getting here, so of course vet med can start to feel like your entire identity. And when you donât know who you...
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Epi 78: Making Vet Med Less Stressful (Part 4): Your Permission Slip to Stop Doing Work That Isnât Yours (A Client Success Story)
Being the dependable one at work can quietly turn into doing everyone elseâs job.
This client success story shows what changed when one veterinarian stopped automatically picking up work that wasnât hers and started...
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Epi 77: Making Vet Med LESS Stressful (Part 3): When Your Schedule Is Overbooked and You Feel Powerless
A typical day in vet med often means an overbooked, chaotic schedule and, worse, feeling like itâs completely out of your control. Iâm sharing the story of one of my coaching clients, a veterinarian who was exhausted...
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Epi 76: Making Vet Med LESS Stressful (Part 2): Hear Me Out! Letting Sh*t Hit the Fan Can Actually Reduce Your Stress
If you feel like you have to keep tabs on everyone and everything at work just to make sure things go smoothly, you donât want to miss this episode.
Iâm sharing the real-life challenges one of my coaching clients...
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Epi 75: Making Vet Med LESS Stressful (Part 1): Too Busy Being Interrupted to Get Anything Done
You finally walk out of the exam room, and before you can finish your next thought, three people need something from you. Sound familiar?!
What we donât truly appreciate is how constant task switching, âquick...
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Epi 74: Burnout Got You Questioning Your Vet Med Career? 4 Things to Know Before You Jump Ship
Burnout has a funny way of convincing you that your only two options are to stay miserable in vet med or change careers entirely, which might mean more school, more student loans, and more time and energy you...
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Epi 73: The #1 Burnout Trap My Coaching Clients Are Stuck in When They Find Me (and You Might Be Stuck in It Too)
This episode gets into one of the biggest traps I see in veterinary professionals who are burned out, especially when it feels like so much of whatâs draining you is outside of your control.
Weâll look at whatâs...
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Epi 72: Think Perfectionism Makes You a Better Veterinarian? Think Again. It Might Be Keeping You Burnt Out
You probably think your perfectionism is what makes you a great veterinarian, but what if it's one of the reasons you're exhausted and overwhelmed?
In this episode, you'll learn why perfectionism develops, how it...
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Epi 71: Still Skipping Lunch, Staying Late, and Taking Work Home? You Might Be Solving the Wrong Problem Behind Your Burnout
 What does an international spy story have to do with skipping lunch, staying late, and veterinary burnout? More than you might think.
If you keep trying to manage your time better, be more productive, or finally get...
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Epi 70: Still Working in the Place That's Burning You Out? Here Are 5 Ways to Start Healing Anyway
Think the only way to recover from burnout is to quit your job? Not so fast.
In this episode, Dr. Amber Parks is calling out one of the biggest myths about burnout and showing you what healing actually looks like when...
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Epi 69: Why You're Still Burned Out Even Though You've Tried Everything: The 3 Hidden Roadblocks
What if you're still burned out, not because you haven't tried hard enough, but because you've been focusing on the wrong things?
In this episode, Dr. Amber Parks shares the three hidden roadblocks that prevent...
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