Today is World Kindness Day. Taglines about kindness are everywhere: “In a world where you can be anything, be kind,” “It doesn’t cost anything to be kind,” and “Practice random acts of kindness” are just a few examples. Ellen Degeneres has an entire line of products, including T-shirts, socks, mugs and even shoelaces with the… Read More
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Are You Making This Mistake with Your Clients?
How to ace the blame game. 8 questions you need to know. My daughter trips and drops her lego on the floor. The lego that she just spent 2 hours creating. Immediately she is in a rage and her rage is directed at me. She’s yelling at me because it is my fault that she… Read More
Grow Through What You Go Through
“If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” –Frank A. Clark It’s a wonderful time of year. There’s still nice weather, football is in full swing, and for some, a recent new beginning in vet school, the start of another year, or perhaps a starting a new job. It really… Read More
What is Reasonable?
Yesterday I received a client’s email that was as interesting as it was disturbing. I became a life coach for veterinarians because the people in our profession are stressed out, overworked and underpaid. They have many daily stresses that “normal” people, like our clients, do not understand. They are peed on, pooped on, bitten, scratched,… Read More
The 4 Most Important Lessons I’ve Learned From Being a Manager
As a technician, I was always the go-to person. I was the one to problem solve, answer questions, place the difficult IV catheter or listen and guide my coworkers. I felt the need to point my veterinary career towards leadership and 2 years ago I made the jump and became a practice manager. I was… Read More
There, I Said It: I Was Gaslighted
Are you familiar with the term “gaslighting?” You may be a victim of this form of abuse and not even know it. Gaslighting is a form of manipulation in which the gaslighter, in an attempt to gain power over an individual, tries to make them question their own sanity and themselves. This can be a… Read More