Wellbeing & Lifestyle

When your practice is facing changes, consider the necessity of two different outlooks.

By disclosing clinical mistakes and dealing with the consequences and emotions that result, veterinary professionals can gain greater resilience and reduce burnout and depression.

Thinking of hitting the open road but don’t want to break the bank? Here are four budget-saving tips to make your road trip less stressful.

Were these veterinary conference attendees feeling compassion fatigue, burnout or secondary traumatic stress? Are you? Find out here.

Returning back to work after a vacation can disappointing. Here’s how to make it better.

Use these tips provided by the AVMA to support a healthy lifestyle both at home and at your veterinary practice.

There are myriad recommendations for improving one’s mental health and well-being, but many of these suggestions have no data to back them up. Here are three proven interventions for improving your mental health.

Regular exercise can help us handle not only the grueling years of vet school but the stresses well face throughout our professional lives.

Imagine a world where you knew exactly how much coffee you needed to reach super-veterinarian status. There might soon be an app for that.

People ask me why I pay to volunteer to provide veterinary services thousands of miles from home. My simple answer? Because it makes me feel good.

A recent study suggests it may be possible to catch up on the benefits of sleep by hitting the snooze button on the weekend.

Who couldn’t benefit from a little less stress? Use these six techniques to help navigate your next taxing situation.

Forget the notion that you need a passport to access the best beaches in the world. Here are five spectacular shorelines that have been named the best in the country.

Sometimes we need to embrace "I don't know" and move forward.

Some people swear by to-do lists to increase productivity, but others believe in an entirely contrary method: creating a list of what not to do.

As a working mother, does your state offer you enough support?

Everything a veterinary team needs to know about this all-too-common condition in dogs.

This textbook veterinary surgery went according to textbookuntil the patient didnt wake up.

Do you live in one of the most fun states in the country?

Meditation is proven to have positive effects, but can you expect results after your very first session? New research says yes.

Think of a convention program as a map, with unfamiliar topics like unexplored cities.

We all have bad days at work, but when we let bad days get to us we usually toss and turn at night, new research reveals. A new study uncovers trends in workplace incivility — and what can be done to ameliorate the problem.

Whether you’re traveling or just looking for a delicious new experience, these five food finder apps can point you to the best eateries in town.

Despite what may be intuitive, having a higher position at work may improve your work-life balance.

Well, a LOT of pennies for your thoughts. As in, well pay you for the brilliant problem-solving ideas youve come up with within the veterinary world.

While DVMs were in veterinary school, who was teaching you how to run one of these crazy animal hospitals? Hey. Well help.

When it comes to intelligence, we don’t often think about our emotions — but maybe we should. It turns out that emotional intelligence plays a pretty big role in how successful we are.

You may never have heard of it, but experts say the odds are high that you suffer from it. What is imposter syndrome, and how can you conquer your self-doubt and learn to enjoy your success?

Whether its a tip for studying, saving money or just plain ol destressing, we want to hear and share them with fellow students like you!

Researchers looked into how people respond to life’s daily stressors and found that holding onto negative feelings takes its toll on your physical wellbeing.