Wellbeing & Lifestyle

Asking pet owners, colleagues and the rest of the world to be nice to us is not going to solve our veterinary professions problems with burnout, mental health and suicide. Its time to better manage our emotional and conversational boundaries.

A path to build wealth. A willingness to learn to be a better delegator and leader. A calling to provide a healthy place for veterinary professionals to bloom. That’s all possible as the owner of a veterinary hospital.

Long running attention to details yields dividends for industry veteran.

You need a fresh perspective. You need to breathe the air somewhere else. Break out of your veterinary practice world into a new city or a new country and get a new state of mind.

You work a lot of hours helping patients in need and probably have felt more than a little stress in the past week. Thats the life of a veterinary professional. But you need to take time to take care of you, too.

It's a new day. This veterinarian has recommendations to keep feeling good.

Losing a pet is hard on owners and veterinarians alike, but knowing how grief works may help navigate the loss.

Well-being research explores personality traits in veterinary medicine; results revealed at WVC.

My journey from practicing veterinarian to long-time animal health company executive was a long one. But a big, fun leap for me in the past year was heading to a female-focused, working-parent-friendly new chain of clinics.

Burnout and compassion fatigue are nothing new and it can be hard to keep going. Here are some other veterinary professionals struggling to find their spark and some words of encouragement.

The WVLDI crew demonstrates the game.

Featured speaker for upcoming Fetch dvm360 Baltimore, Alane Cahalane, shares advice on taking chances, chasing joy and learning from others.

Ever noticed that people tend to be a lot more honest about their life choices when asked to tell the truth in a game? This phenomenon is exactly what Drs. Caitlin DeWilde and Kimberly-Ann Therrien and I experienced when we used a popular party game to teach life lessons in Women's Veterinary Leadership Development Initiative sessions at Fetch dvm360.

The dvm360 team decided to put our money where our mouth is and try out a 12-week yoga program.

Moms—who are also veterinarians—chime in on what makes this arrangement difficult.

Decision-making shortcuts can ward off mental fatigue in your life and veterinary practice.

Balancing the demands of parenthood with a veterinary associate job is no easy undertaking. Neither is running a successful business. Here both sides plead their case.

DEK: Parenthood evolves our careers, it doesnt end themeven if some of us choose to quit the profession altogether.

Not everyone working in a veterinary hospital has kids (or wants them). How can you, as a practice owner or manager, fairly accommodate everybodys work schedules?

With a variety of different state and federal policies, knowing what leave you're entitled to can be an arduous task.

Strike a balance between responsibilities at home and at your veterinary practice with these tips.

Male veterinarians are 2.1 times, and female veterinarians 3.5 times, more likely to die by suicide than the general U.S. population, according to new research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In the middle of learning to be a better person and a better doctor or veterinary team member every day, dont fixate too much on how youre not satisfying everyone. Drs. Mary Gardner and Andy Roark shared with a packed house at Fetch dvm360 in San Diego why you shouldnt let the unsatisfied client unravel your passion and workday.

Sure, there are tough days to balance family and my career, but heres how I make it workand tips for you.

Working in a helping profession, its hard to say no. But something has to give.

Do we need to institute a fever-free-for-24-hours policy at veterinary hospitals?

Parents in veterinary medicine often find themselves missing out on milestones.

Have you built up stress and tightness working in the veterinary practice? Stretch out this hard-to-reach spot and push it all away.

If you find yourself feeling overwhelmed and anxious by festivities and obligations this holiday season, try these 6 tricks to destress.

Maybe you know the signs, but you just tried to power through. When youre ready to tackle your exhaustion, lack of motivation and feeling detached from your work in the veterinary practice, dive in here.