I’m sitting in an empty room at a conference trying to decide if I’m upset that no one showed to hear my lecture. I’m about 90% not taking it personally, and 10% feeling small and unimportant. Read More
Wellness
Are You Feeding the Wolves of Vet Med?
One story circling social media is “The Story of Two Wolves.” In this story, a boy walks with an elder and begins telling of a struggle. Two wolves are fighting within him. The first wolf is made up of all negative emotions; anger, hate, ego, and maliciousness. The second wolf encompasses positive emotion; love, kindness,… Read More
10 Things You Should Know About Suicide
We skirt the cage this tiger circles in. We’ve been taught over decades to walk carefully around this topic and its people like they are in the middle of a mandala and the path is eggshells. Read More
A Note to the Crying Nurse
Last week I worked with a freshly-minted veterinary nurse who recently joined our practice. Read More
Five Things We Have to Stop Doing in Vet Med
1. Putting ourselves last. We all care immensely about our jobs. Read More
Finding Happiness in The Journey That is Veterinary Medicine
“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” Philosopher Albert Camus. Read More