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Practice Management
What the Best Medical Directors Have in Common
Our profession needs more clinicians who can lead others and advocate effectively for medical standards and patient care.
Personal Wellness
Giving Grace to Difficult Clients
At some point, we all begin to take criticism and distrust personally. Here are some shortcuts to a better mindset.
Personal/Professional Development
Veterinarians Still Wield Immense Power
The potential to marry medicine and operations and create an industry that serves pets and clients in new and exciting ways is very real.
Personal Wellness
Why Aren’t We Happier?
What truly matters in life and practice is what we focus on and the experiences we choose to have.
Personal Wellness
Personal Wellness Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All
Framing mundane problems as mental health challenges sends us down a medical path instead of a communication or management one.
Personal/Professional Development
It’s Time for GPs to Define Their Future
Expanding one’s scope of practice isn’t just for technicians.
Personal/Professional Development
Sharing Your Crystal Ball
Gazing together can give clarity, comfort and a feeling of control to those we want to develop and retain.
Personal Wellness
Why Are We So Afraid?
We don’t need fear to drive us to be good at our jobs or to take care of our patients.
Personal/Professional Development
The Trouble With Pattern Recognition
Certainty in a world full of randomness is rarely possible.
Personal/Professional Development
Hopepunk Rebellion
Let’s cultivate a counterculture of hope and optimism.
Personal Wellness
Measuring Sticks
Regardless of the rulers you apply to your life, be sure they make sense.
Personal/Professional Development
Our Profession’s Growth Spurt
Unstoppable tectonic forces are driving innovation and forcing us to rethink access to veterinary care.
Personal/Professional Development
The Art of Kindness in an Imperfect World
Let’s be intentional about how we define success for ourselves.
Personal Wellness
Strategic Stress
Recognizing we can’t control other people, the past or the future is a huge step toward eyes-wide-open acceptance of our situations.
Personal Wellness
Times Have Changed
Graduations symbolize and make real the transition from one state of our lives to another.
Personal/Professional Development
Reality Check
Is someone a “real vet” when they step back from the clinic? I’m just contributing to my field in a different way.
Human Resources
How to Fare Well When Good Staff Leave
Our job as leaders is to grow people, regardless of whether they stay or eventually depart.
Personal Wellness
Trying to Keep Everything in Balance
Don’t be so focused on showing up for your job that you forget to show up for the rest of your life.
Personal Wellness
How We See Ourselves Matters
Choosing how we see ourselves is within our power, even as we simultaneously work to overcome external challenges.
Personal Wellness
Rekindling the Love of Work
We’ve been on a quest to capture the dragon so long that we don’t know what the dragon is anymore.
Practice Management
Our Complicated Relationships
Part of setting healthy boundaries is being willing to walk away from the relationship if those boundaries aren’t respected.
Personal/Professional Development
The Upside of Letting Go
When goals and deadlines are treated as inflexible absolutes, they can lead people to behave in ways that don’t make sense.
Human Resources
Save a life
A “four eyes” approach to drug security and a well-publicized employee assistance program are two crucial steps your practice can take today to help prevent suicide in veterinary medicine.