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This podcast is for veterinary professionals who are looking for better ways of working and living. We discuss mind-sets, mind skills, behaviours and habits, which support sustainable performance and wellbeing in a challenging profession, and allow us to develop our own 'best veterinary self'. Podcast hosts Petra Agthe and Alison Collings (two vets with a long-standing interest in psychology and related disciplines) interview interesting guests, ranging from veterinary colleagues to psychologists, who share their knowledge, experiences and insights on specific subjects. Occasionally, we also schedule a 'rest and digest' episode in which we discuss and reflect on previous topics. This is a podcast for the whole veterinary community and we encourage listeners to provide feedback and enter the discussion! You can do this by sending us an email to vetmindworks@gmail.com. We are happily funding this podcast ourselves to keep it independent. However, you can show your support by donating towards a fundraising campaign in aid of a mental health project for Ukrainian veterinary colleagues: https://galaxyvets.foundation/campaigns/mental-health-support-for-ukrainian-veterinary-professionals/
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In this episode you can find out more about the podcast and its founders. Contents include: Brief summary of purpose of the show, its schedule and planned contents for future episodes.Monica, Alison and Petra introduce themselves and discuss:Their professional and personal challenges to date, and the resulting insights and learning points Their main motivation for starting the podcastWhich contents and topics are particularly important to themWho they would like the podcast to be fo...
Welcome to our very first episode with a guest! We are starting our podcast with a mini-series on the personal resources, which are essential for performance and wellbeing: attention, energy and time. We firmly belief that learning to manage these resources well is key to a sustainable and enjoyable work life- but of course this is not always easy and so we are inviting guests who can share their own insights and experiences around resource management. Our first guest is Steph Sorrell, E...
Join host Petra and our guest Marie Holowaychuk (Emergency and Critical Care Specialist, yoga and mindfulness teacher and coach) for an insightful discussion all around the topic of energy.0:56 Introduction to episode and about Marie6:00 Importance of energy regulation 8:07 About energy management and change10:42 Interconnection of energy management with awareness, time management and boundary setting12:56 Why the term 'balance' can sometimes be unhelpful14:56 Importance of b...
Are you also struggling to find enough time to do all the things you need and want to do? You are certainly in good company as this is a phenomenon affecting most of us. And while there is no way to increase this finite resource, there are a few things that we can do to help us feel a little more in control. Our guest Karla Borland is a busy veterinary anaesthetist and competitive long-distance runner who has tried out a few things herself and is sharing her insights and experiences with host...
Are you interested in how to deliver the best care for our patients and applying our clinical skills to the best of our ability? And would you like to know what our wellbeing has to do with it? Then you may want to listen to this conversation between host Petra Agthe and our guest Dan Tipney, who is an expert in human factors with experience in a variety of professions including sports, aviation, human healthcare and veterinary medicine. In this episode, Dan shares lots of interesting informa...
The psychologist Carl Jung once said that “until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate”. In this episode we are taking a deeper dive and explore why knowing ourselves can be so powerful and how we may achieve a greater degree of self-awareness, so that we can be more in charge of our lives. Our guest Clive Elwood is a specialist in small animal internal medicine as well as an executive coach and author of the book Leadership in Veterinary Medic...
Values - what could be a better topic at the start of a new year!? Values can serve as an 'inner compass' helping us to make sure that our life has direction, depth and meaning. Join the conversation between host Petra Agthe and our guest Liv Oginska, who explore some important questions and facts around this topic, including: 0:57 Introduction to this episode and introducing Liv3:30 What are values and why are they important?9:14 ...
Let’s face it: we are often better at looking after others than we are looking after ourselves. But why is it so difficult to put our own proverbial oxygen mask on even when it comes to our basic physiological needs, and why is it so important that we do? These are just some of the questions that we are exploring in the conversation between Dan Tipney and host Petra Agthe. Dan Tipney is an expert in human factors with experience in a variety of professions including sports, aviation, human he...
Do you also introduce yourself to others with your job title, such as 'Hello, my name is XX and I am a vet/vet nurse/...'? Well, you may think again after this episode! Having a sense of identity can be really important to us. It gives us an idea of who we are and where we belong. However, sometimes identity can also trip us up and we can identify so much with our jobs that there is little else left. Our guest Ebony Escalona founder of the veterinary community Vets: Stay, Go or Diversify...
Although today's episode is perhaps a little more lighthearted, it is still important and relates back our most recent episode with Ebony Escalona on Identity (https://vetmindworks.buzzsprout.com/2020620/12307186) and also illustrates how our activities outside work can not only benefit our mental wellbeing and physical health, but how they actually support our carriers and work satisfaction.This easy-going episode with guest Alasdair Hotston Moore and host Petra Agthe includes: 01:02 ...
How can we prevent getting tired of our jobs and losing the sparkle? Our wonderful guest Andrew Ciccolini works for two non-for profit organisations including the Galaxy Vets Foundation, and has a few tips to share. This conversation with host Petra Agthe covers a large range of aspects including:00:58 Introduction to episode and why Andrew is a very special guest02:57 Introducing our new partner VIN03:53 Introducing Andrew Ciccolini05:42 The ways in which job diversification worked for Andre...
This is our first Vet Mind Works podcast episode with host Alison Collings! Alison is joined by Rachael Paul, owner of Simply Veterinary, a headhunting and coaching firm dedicated solely to the veterinary industry. Rachael specializes in helping veterinary leaders become inspirational by raising their self-awareness to a whole new level. Rachel talks about how we can cultivate confidence.In this episode, we discuss:Developing trust in oneselfTechniques to cultivate confidenceWhat to do when y...
How can we stay human when we work in a challenging profession? And how can mindful awareness (= noticing our present moment experiences with curiosity and acceptance) help us in this process? How can we become better in emotion regulation and what has situation awareness (aka de-centring or reframing) to do with it? Join us for a deep dive into the answers to these and other questions in this week's episode. Our guest Dr Carter Lebares, MD FACS is a pioneer in the research of surgeon wellbei...
Welcome to our anniversary episode! We are so excited that the Vet Mind Works Podcast has been going for a full year. This episode is also very special, because it touches on many topics that we have already covered, and it relates to some other subjects yet to explore! Host Petra Agthe and our guest nutritionist and intuitive eating counsellor Ela Law we are discussing all around the topic of food and nutrition, and how we can best support our brains and bodies best in our busy lives. T...
This is an episode about a very special skill, which may sound soft but has been shown to make us anything but soft or weak. Self-compassion has been shown to help us adopt a growth mindset, reduce feelings of shame, be more motivated, experience greater happiness and life satisfaction, better relationships, greater physical and mental health (including reduced burnout and compassion fatigue) as well as the ability to cope better with stressful life events including failure (academic or other...
Today's episode is all about a delicate subject and deeply unpleasant emotion, namely shame. Shame can be a powerful driver of behaviours and attitudes in human medicine, impacting clinical practice, medical education, experiences relating to medical errors, wellbeing of healthcare workers and more. In this deeply insightful episode, host Petra Agthe and shame researcher Professor Luna Dolezal are exploring the topic of shame, its potential relevance in human and veterinary medicine, as well ...
This is a deep dive into the topic of being good enough! Host Petra Agthe is exploring the topic with guests Clive Elwood and Ruth Serlin, who have many insights to share.Timestamps:00:00:56 Introduction to episode00:03:49 About our partner VIN Europe00:04:34 Welcoming Clive and Ruth00:05:08 What does 'good enough' mean?00:21:04 How Clive and Ruth have found their 'good enough' space00:29:55 About identity, striving for perfection and 'the Gold Standard' 00:34:34 The discomfort of imperfectio...
Courage is something often associated with great bravery and heroism, but what if it was actually about something more subtle and quiet? What if it was a life skill for every day? In this episode, host Petra had the great pleasure to talk to veterinary specialist, CPD provider and fellow podcaster Scott Kilpatrick, who brings a lot of wisdom and lived experience to the topic of courage. Scott explains how courage features for him every day, even though it may not necessarily feel courageous i...
Welcome to another juicy episode! This time, host Petra is exploring the topic of self-regulation with Crina Dragu, who works as a veterinary dentist and has had a very diverse life experience. This is a deep conversation about how to master the challenges of life in general and of veterinary work in particular using the skill of finding 'calmness in uncomfortable situations'. Full contents of this episode include:00:57 Introduction to episode02:20 Introducing Crina04:27 About our partne...
In this episode, host Petra Agthe and guest Katie Ford are looking at a previously covered topic from a specific perspective: The skill of self-compassion and how this can help us to navigate imposterism or imposter feelings (more commonly known as imposter syndrome, which is why we stuck to it in the title). In the conversation, Katie shares her own experiences and helpful insights. We are also touching on some previous themes such as shame, identity, courage and confidence, so it may be wor...
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