The Overwhelmed Vet Podcast
Learn how to tackle the overwhelm, difficult clients (and colleagues!), emotional toll, high expectations and the general craziness we all experience in vet med.
Your host Gunila Pedersen is a Small Animal Veterinarian working in ER and also a Master Certified Life Coach. She burnt out after owning her own clinic, and managed to find the way back through life coaching.
Today she shares insights, relatable topics, tactical advice and the tools and inspiration that will help you fall head over heels in love with vet med again just as she did.
Podcasting since 2024 • 75 episodes
The Overwhelmed Vet Podcast
Latest Episodes
Ep. 75: Why perfectionism will make you a worse vet.
You may know intellectually that no one is perfect.But your brain may be pushing perfectionism on you without you even realising it.This episode is a teaching from my 12 week course “Happy in Vet Med”, and I’m sha...
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Ep. 74: Boundaries with stabilizers
You’re not a whole person, really, if you don’t know where other people end and YOU start.Boundaries are ESSENTIAL for this, for you to have a solid identity, minimal stress and zero resentment towards others.In t...
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Ep. 73: Experience - but with intention
“I’m not experienced enough".This is such a vague statement, because - enough for what? When ARE you experienced enough?How many procedures do you need to do to be experienced “enough”? Why?...
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Ep. 72: How do I speak to myself when I wasn’t excellent?
Even when a patient’s outcome is good, we can still find causes to beat ourselves up: “I didn’t diagnose it quick enough”, “It should have been me saving it”, “Why didn’t I think of that” can be thoughts that quickly send us spinning out in ...
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Ep. 71: Toxic workplace? My 5 tools to create safety for yourself.
Creating a safe workplace is important for leaders, managers and clinic owners - but what if YOU are the employee and you’re stuck in a toxic workplace??Not feeling respected, someone belittling you, management not firing rude ...
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