How to decrease stress and start loving work again
Two experts talk strategies to destress at the office and fight against burnout and compassion fatigue
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This episode of The Vet Blast Podcast features Rachel Teichberg, CVPM, CVBL, and Shawn McVey, MA, MSW, of Veterinary Growth Partners. The pair tackle the growing issues of stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue in the veterinary profession. They share strategies for dealing with these issues to help improve well-being and a sense of work-life satisfaction.
Below is a partial transcript. Listen to the full podcast for more.
Rachel Teichberg, CVPM, CVBL: It's not that we don't love veterinary medicine. It's not that we've lost our passion or our commitment to the industry, necessarily. But I think that that love for work, that wake up in the morning and be excited to go to work, has started to fade because we have really just been struggling. I mean, the pandemic was hard on all of our teams. We worked incredibly long hours. We had more patients for many of the practices that they really knew what to do with.
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