Feb 10, 2022 | Building your skills, Veterinary Nurse / Vet Tech
“Wow – you’re amazing!” Words to make you glow with pride….Or shrink into a tiny ball of embarrassment? If accepting compliments makes you cringe a little (or a lot), you might be surprised to know you’re not alone. Over the years a few researchers have...
Sep 5, 2019 | Our Veterinary Life
Most veterinarians have a long history of success & achievement, so when faced with the embarrassment of failure, it can be an uncomfortable space to occupy. It’s the weekend. You’ve had a challenging week at work, but you coped, and it’s over. You’re sitting in...
Apr 26, 2017 | Mental health resources
If you work in a veterinary practice, you’ll know how difficult it is to NOT take everything on…. There is a lovely little video on dvm360 (Not my circus, not my monkeys) where they use the analogy of loading more and more monkeys on your back as you go...
Aug 13, 2015 | Building your skills, Growing Your Business
As a veterinarian, I will admit that, at times, I’ve had a love-hate relationship with dentistry. In my second practice as a recent graduate, I was working sole charge and had to extract a carnassial on a Labrador….I was still going an hour later. After being...