Forget the Rookies, Bring up the Reserves
It's time to flip the focus. Head back to the proverbial drawing board. Not for recruitment, but for retention.
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A Profession in Crisis
There is an urgent need to be trained to see our perceived failures in new ways that allow us to grow. Clinics must create a culture that supports a community centered on wellness in their business models. The stakes are too high not to. #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #veterinary #veterinarymedicine #vetmed #veterinarylife #training #support #listen #act #savealife
Stressed is Delicious Backwards
Stress is always on the menu, and it's up to us what we choose to get with it. It can be delicious or it can be detrimental - what's your choice? #stress #vetmed #choosing #delicious #wellbeing #mentalhealthmatters #DEI #veterinarylife
Making it Personal, Keepin’ it Real
Only then can we start to normalize the pressures that come with our personality traits and find avenues where they are most helpful while recognizing others that need redirecting for more healthy practices and in the veterinary profession.
Fighting is Easy. Leading is harder.
Fighting is Easy. Leading is harder. It might be ringing in your brain as you’re thinking I’ve heard that somewhere before. That’s because it’s a riff on a wonderful line…
Veterinary Compassion Fatigue – Part II
What is normal anyway? It can be so hard to separate what is normal for us to feel and what is true compassion fatigue. To a certain extent, we need…
Veterinary Compassion Fatigue – Part I
Guest Blogger: Andraya Cole, DVM If you’ve read my last post, you know my journey with burnout. We tend to lump burnout and compassion fatigue together and while they certainly…
When Burnout Gets Personal
"I believe the first step is to recognize burnout and how it affects us as practitioners and as people." - Andraya Cole
What the Actual…
Incredulity does not equal inaction. This nation is fractured, our hearts are broken, so what are we going to do about it?
Just. Be. Cause.
So many of us swear up and down that we won’t use the "Just. Be. Cause" phrase with our kids when faced with the dreaded, “Why????” But sometimes, it…
