Cathy is a coach and well-being consultant/educator with Make Headway. Prior to this, she worked as a veterinarian, trainer and manager in private, university and corporate practices for 25 years. Please visit her website to make an enquiry about coaching or to find out more.
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Ignoring toxic attitudes and behaviours in your veterinary practice is easiest..right? You are busy, your mind is on other things and you choose to walk past toxic attitudes and behaviours in your workplace. It might avoid badness in the short term…..
Things are changing in the veterinary industry – but for some it’s not changing fast enough. Many, maybe even most employers are cognizant of their duty of care to the physical and psychological health of their employees but there are a few recalcitrants
Have you got a bad habit going? Something that is not only failing to add anything to your life but may even be subtracting from it? Something you want to change but don’t know how to? Follow this logical and science-backed approach to show
Are you a gunna (I’m gunna do it) or a doer? Or, like many of us, are you a doer at work and a gunna at home great at setting and achieving work-related goals but somehow never quite getting to exercise or going to bed on time or calling your mum?
Mind churn… it’s a common occurence in the veterinary industry. You go to work, work hard, do your best and head off home to rest and recover in preparation for repeating the process the next day. You get home, change into clothes that don’t smell …
If you work in a veterinary practice, you’ll know how diffcult it is to NOT take everything on…. There is a lovely little video on dvm360 where they use the analogy of loading more and more monkeys on your back as you go through your day. the monkeys re
In my simplistic view of the world, I consider people to be a lot like cars. We put fuel in our cars and this allows us to drive where we need to go. Similarly, practising self-care (think adequate sleep, good nutrition, exercise and supportive relations
I am (just) old enough to remember the days when cars didn’t have seat-belts. We three kids used to bounce around on the back seat of the Toyota Corolla. Gradually, the evidence mounted around the reduction in injury and death associated with wearing sea
Make lunch breaks the norm and take one small step towards a healthier workplace. Why is it that unhelpful habits form so easily? You have a busy week and get behind on your work, so you choose to skip lunch or maybe to eat it whilst you are doing …..
Studying? It’s that time of the year….. I’ve noticed lots of posts on social media with the hashtags #vetstudent #nosleep #sacrifice #examtime so I thought I’d ask Dr Cathy Warburton for some tips to help with study and exams
