In this episode, I discuss 5 Widely Accepted beliefs about Veterinary Medicine and how these beliefs block our potential both individually, and as a profession as a whole. FEATURED ON THE SHOW Imposter Syndrome Compassion Fatigue Workplace Toxicity Education Debt Veterinary Suicide RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: Free Masterclass: How to Create Infinite Possibility in Your Life & Career as a Veterinarian or Veterinary Technician. Join here >>> https://joyfuldvm.com/masterclass Thank yo...
Dec 23, 2021•30 min•Ep. 69
In this episode, I share common expectations veterinary professionals have for their clients, and how the focus we give to client failure holds us back, makes our jobs harder than they need to be, and fosters resentment on both sides of the client relationship. FEATURED ON THE SHOW Seven examples of how veterinary professionals judge clients How judgment makes it impossible to behave with intention The go-to alternative perspective about veterinary medicine that will always serve you better RESO...
Dec 16, 2021•16 min•Ep. 68
In this episode, I share four tips for triumphing over veterinary workplace toxicity. Tips 1 & 2 allow you to change your veterinary experience immediately. Tips 3 & 4 show you how to contribute to resolving toxicity long term. FEATURED ON THE SHOW: The 5 Components of Veterinary Organizational Culture Managing Emotion Moment by Moment 4 Things You Can Do to Triumph over Toxicity RESOURCES: Episode 7: The Impact of Toxic Veterinary Work Environment https://joyfuldvm.com/7 Episode 43: Wha...
Dec 10, 2021•29 min•Ep. 67
In this episode I share about the categories of Vet Med Stress and explain how trying to control facets of the veterinary care cycle outside of our control contributes to frustration, anxiety and burnout. FEATURED ON THE SHOW Categories of Vet Med Stress Veterinary Care Cycle Responsibilities of veterinary professionals, clients and patients What falls outside the scope of responsibility of veterinary professionals Vet Life Academy https://joyfuldvm.com/vetlifeacademy CONNECT WITH ME Instagram: ...
Dec 03, 2021•15 min•Ep. 66
In this episode I explain where all veterinary frustration originates, and explain how it's nearly impossible to be consumed with frustration when we focus on our duties as veterinary healthcare providers. FEATURED ON THE SHOW The origin of frustration in veterinary medicine Net Emotional State Why all veterinary hospitals exist 3 positive by-products of Focus The ripple effect created by one focused veterinary team member RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: Vet Life Academy https://joyfuldvm.com/vetli...
Nov 26, 2021•14 min•Ep. 65
The culture in veterinary medicine as a whole is in great need of improvement. The dialogue around this often includes blame and abdication of responsibility for this culture to people and organizations other than ourselves. We are the victims. But are we? In this episode I explore how we have unintentionally created a culture of resentment and fear that is compounded with each new generation. I also share what we can do about it, and why it won't require massive career-level changes to start mo...
Nov 18, 2021•20 min•Ep. 64
In this episode I share about the compounding effect of stress and the opportunities for self discovery and emotional wellbeing we can discover when we are curious about our stressful experiences. I also share tips on managing stress as veterinary professionals and explore the intimate relationship between feeling stress and experiencing fear. FEATURED ON THE SHOW How stress compounds in veterinary medicine, and the effect it has on wellbeing. What veterinarians and veterinary technicians fear m...
Nov 11, 2021•22 min•Ep. 63
In this episode I chat with Dr. Cindy Trice from Relief Rover. We cover it all... from the increase in demand for relief veterinarians and relief veterinary technicians / veterinary nurses and what happened to this veterinary niche at the peak of the pandemic; the characteristics of veterinary professionals that make them best suited to be veterinary independent contractors, and how to get started with this exciting and flexible career path. FEATURED ON THE SHOW How long you should practice befo...
Nov 05, 2021•37 min•Ep. 62
Opinions in veterinary medicine are strong. In this episode I explore where our opinions regarding our veterinary careers come from, and how unknowingly adopting the opinions of our colleagues is having a huge impact on the state of wellbeing for veterinarians, veterinary technicians and entire veterinary teams. Music Credit: Music by Lesfm from Pixabay...
Oct 30, 2021•19 min•Ep. 61
Why you’ve got to check out today’s episode: The Joyful DVM Podcast experienced an unplanned hiatus in the summer of 2021. In this episode, host Dr. Cari Wise shared exactly what happened that halted production, and valuable lessons she learned about slowing down, and letting go, along the way. Resources: Get the support you need from Joyful DVM (www.joyfuldvm.com) to increase your joy, wellbeing, and balance so you can enjoy your life and your Vet Med career. Connect with me! Instagram: www.ins...
Oct 20, 2021•9 min
Every action we take has a consequence. Some of them are positive. Others are negative. But, do you realize that your mind is conditioned to seek out the negative consequences? Are you aware that creating intentional consequences is the key to getting the clients you want and doing the practice you dream of in your Vet Med career? In this episode, I tell a little story about the birds in my backyard and how it relates to what we all experience every day as veterinarians. I explain why avoiding n...
Jul 06, 2021•19 min•Ep. 60
Client interactions are one of the greatest stressors in veterinary medicine. Unpleasant encounters stay with us, often looping in our minds for hours or even days… The most disrespectful and aggressive clients are often repeated offenders. When we see them on the schedule, our hearts sink, and dread sets in. The impact of these clients on our mood and confidence is real. Some say it’s “just part of the job”. I disagree... It’s this exact mentality that keeps us accepting this behavior…. It’s th...
Jun 29, 2021•27 min•Ep. 59
Vet Med can’t make you happy. It can’t make you unhappy either. It does, however, enhance your awareness of your personal level of happiness. Success and failure in veterinary medicine are intangible concepts. They can’t be measured. They are elusive and unattainable. Yet, our personal belief in our own success or failure in veterinary jobs contributes greatly to our overall wellbeing. Our beliefs squash our happiness, kill our confidence, and put into question our individual self-worth… Vet Med...
Jun 24, 2021•16 min
Veterinary Career Alignment Score MCMF. Misaligned Choice, Misaligned Fit. Most veterinary professionals who take the Vet Med Career Alignment Scores Quiz anticipate receiving a score of MCMF Alignment because they are burned out, frustrated or unhappy. Turns out, this is the least common score received on the Vet Med Career Alignment Score quiz! An individual with MCMF alignment chose to pursue a career in veterinary medicine for reasons other than a deep desire and calling to this work, and th...
Jun 22, 2021•24 min•Ep. 58
Veterinary Career Alignment Score ACMF. Aligned Choice, Misaligned Fit. ACMF Alignment is the most common score on the Vet Med Career Alignment Score quiz. An individual with ACMF alignment made an intentional, focused choice to pursue a career in veterinary medicine but the type of work they are doing currently is not a good fit. Their awareness of the bad fit, especially if they have experienced multiple bad fit jobs, can lead ACMF aligned people to believe they made a wrong choice pursuing a ...
Jun 15, 2021•22 min•Ep. 57
Veterinary Career Alignment Score ACAF. Aligned Choice, Aligned Fit. An individual with ACAF alignment made an intentional, focused choice to pursue a career in veterinary medicine. The type of work they currently do is also a good fit. But... They are likely restless. ACAF Aligned people are often surprised by their results because they often take the Career Alignment Score assessment because they feel like something is missing in their lives. What they are recognizing is the desire for somethi...
Jun 08, 2021•11 min•Ep. 56
Veterinarians, Veterinary Technicians, and all members of the veterinary healthcare team often grapple with the question "Am I cut out for a career in Vet Med" at some point in their careers. The complex experience of being a veterinary professional, along with the negative emotional impact that often accompanies it, has many concluding they are not personally equipped for what this job requires. However, the question does not have a binary, all-or-nothing, answer. The job and the career are dif...
Jun 01, 2021•14 min•Ep. 55
Nobody likes a bully. In Vet Med bullies exist everywhere... Clients Leadership Co-workers Unfortunately, the high-pressure, high-stakes field of veterinary medicine can catalyze bullying behavior... but that doesn't mean it's acceptable or should be tolerated. This behavior greatly contributes to degrading veterinary culture and employee morale. The reasons it is allowed to continue are multifaceted and complex... but not irreversible. The two things that drive bullying behavior are the same tw...
May 25, 2021•37 min•Ep. 54
Are you feeling stuck? Does it seem like your veterinary career, your relationships, and your life are not moving forward? Have you begun to doubt that any of it will ever be different or better than it is right now? Many of us doubt... We recognize we are unhappy or discontent... We try to make sense of it... We try to figure out how we became stuck in a repeating pattern we don't particularly enjoy... We become angry, bitter, resentful. We become frustrated. We may even become hopeless. What's...
May 18, 2021•28 min•Ep. 53
What’s possible for you regarding your career? What’s possible for you regarding your relationships? What’s possible for you regarding your finances? What’s possible for you regarding your future? Your answers to the questions above... that’s your filter. Your filter holds your potential. A filter that is clogged up with emotional and mental garbage will hold you back. It’s that simple. Our individual potential is only restricted by what we believe. What we believe becomes the filter through whi...
May 11, 2021•23 min•Ep. 52
Your individual energetic frequency creates your experience. It also influences the experience of others. Toxic Culture makes so much more sense when we understand the energy dynamic of what's happening. As we begin to understand the Veterinary Energetics, we can also identify the opportunities to create massive, positive, permanent shifts that rapidly improve culture. We also start to understand that our personal experience is never "at the mercy" of our coworkers and clients... WE ALONE contro...
May 04, 2021•32 min•Ep. 51
I hadn't planned on sharing this story. Other than my husband, nobody knew this had even occurred... Until I shared it on Facebook... And turned it into a Podcast Episode... Now everyone will know. (Okay, okay... that's dramatic...) So why share it? Because I felt led to tell you what happened, and what I learned from it... Because there are lessons there we can all apply to our lives, and our careers... Because if we keep the bad things to ourselves, they turn on us... ... we begin to believe W...
Apr 27, 2021•26 min•Ep. 50
I don't know what to do. How many times have you said that to yourself, or even shared it out loud? On its own, it seems innocent enough... But... Often it is accompanied by a parallel belief, " I SHOULD know what to do..." with the "shoulds" come judgment... with the "shoulds" come shame... with the "shoulds" come unrealistic expectations... (expectations that have never even been defined!) All of this highlights a very real way in which we are using our brains the Wrong Way! In this episode, I...
Apr 20, 2021•18 min•Ep. 49
Joy and Happiness are NOT the same things. Joy is more than an emotion... It is a way of being... It is most highly experienced when we develop truth for ourselves in nine key areas... the nine buckets of alignment as I like to call them. Our human experience, left unquestioned and absent of intention, cannot (and will not) fill these nine buckets. That is our job. It is our mission. Only through the journey of exploring these buckets, dumping out what was never supposed to occupying them, filli...
Apr 13, 2021•22 min•Ep. 48
Our experience in veterinary medicine is determined by our thoughts about it. Habit thoughts... Thoughts we’ve been imprinted with from those around us (parents, teachers, colleagues, clients, media, etc.)... Thoughts we haven’t intentionally chosen for ourselves... So WHY? Why are some of us greatly influenced by others, and some of us are not? Why are some of us able to quickly embrace and implement the skill of intentional thinking, and others of us struggle? Why do some of us have seemingly ...
Apr 06, 2021•14 min•Ep. 47
The Covid-19 pandemic has been with us for a year now and will continue to linger for the indefinite future in some way, shape, or form. Veterinary Medicine, like many industries, has been forced to adjust and adapt. A year in, our colleagues in clinical practice are exhausted. Like much of the rest of the world, we’re dreaming of getting back to normal... .... but, we forget that “normal” wasn’t that great. Unicorn Practices... Our profession uses this term to describe those practices where emp...
Mar 30, 2021•33 min•Ep. 46
I don't care whether or not you stay in veterinary practice, or totally leave every potential job related to a veterinary license behind. I really don't. I care about your personal well-being. I care about your future happiness. I care about your purpose (I KNOW you have one, even if you aren't so sure). I also care about the decision many of us keep making to stay in terrible situations... Jobs that fuel our insecurity. Jobs that squash our self-confidence. Jobs that are literally dangerous, me...
Mar 23, 2021•28 min•Ep. 45
What do you hate about Vet Med? I'm guessing creating that list would come pretty easily. I suspect justifying that list with your personal experiences would be effortless. I bet you could even round up a group of colleagues who would agree with you... ... who would share their similar experiences... ... who would create their own, very similar, list. Herein lies one of the sneakiest problems in Vet Med. Commiseration. There is a comfort that comes in sharing our experiences with our colleagues....
Mar 17, 2021•21 min•Ep. 44
The most common response to discomfort is to take action that results in a change. Makes sense from a survival perspective... (especially if you are being pursued by predators.) BUT... this "habit of leaving" isn't doing us any favors in the pursuit of our best lives. Sure, there will be jobs, relationships, and other circumstances in our lives that are not "right fits" for us... And, the first evidence of the "wrong fit" will likely be the negative emotions we experience... stress, anxiety, dre...
Mar 09, 2021•13 min•Ep. 43
As a veterinary professional you are likely a very smart person. After all, it wasn't by accident that you were able to pass those board examinations to secure your licensure... But something happens to many of us once we get into practice... The real-world becomes overwhelming and confusing. Our logical and strategic left-brained thinking tries to make sense of our experience. Tries. Fails. Why can't we figure this out? We can't fix what is making us stressed and unhappy if we can't identify it...
Mar 02, 2021•22 min•Ep. 42
