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
When Clients Become Flow Stoppers
We take on needless suffering if we take personally anything another person says or does.
Personal Wellness
Stay in Bounds
Setting boundaries and enforcing them isn’t easy but doing it will facilitate healthier interactions on the job and in life.
Government/Regulations
10 Trends Worthy of Attention
Knowing that only fools predict the future and knowing further that I qualify as a fool — my kids regularly remind me — I’ll take a stab at 10 veterinary profession trends to watch.
Personal Wellness
The Power of Me, We and Us
Improving everyone’s well-being in a veterinary practice requires microinterventions at the individual, team and organizational levels.
Personal Wellness
What’s Missing in Your Workplace?
In the absence of psychological safety, fear can become the enemy of flourishing and flow.
Personal Wellness
Times Have Changed
Graduations symbolize and make real the transition from one state of our lives to another.
Personal Wellness
Work Less, Play More
Practice managers must learn to free themselves from their job when time off beckons.
Personal Wellness
Q&A: Workaholics, Responsibilities and Doctor Duties
Opening Shots columnist Dr. Ernie Ward answers your questions.