
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 • 61 episodes
The Overwhelmed Vet Podcast
Latest Episodes
Ep 61: A loooong complaint JUST about me - here’s how I handled it
Last week of night shifts was a CHALLENGING one, and on top of everything I got a complaint!!A lot went through my head when I read the (long) complaint, and a lot of emotions too 🫣.In this episode I take you thro...
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Ep. 60: Don’t add to the suffering!
What has my daughters peritonitis, WW3 and vets leaving a practice got to do with each other?They are all out of our control!!When things like these happen, it’s easy to get caught in a spiral of stress, anxiety a...
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Ep. 59: Coming back from “I’ve messed up my whole life”. Interview with Sarah Garven, Scottish veterinarian and personal/career coach.
Sarah burnt out in 2004 and left vet med after having tried several modalities of veterinary practice. Since being a new grad she never felt she got a handle on it, and deeply believed she had to be right all the time in o...
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Ep. 58: When enough is never enough
Do you struggle with a constant feeling of not doing enough?Maybe you don’t feel you’re doing enough for your patients?Or enough for your family? Or working hard enough? Or people might think you’re not doing enou...
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Ep. 57: Truth delivered kindly. Interview with Koryn Greenspan, grief counsellor
Why is it that so many owners have a bad experience at the vet around the passing of their pets, and end up putting in a complaint or sharing their frustration on the internet?You may think owners get mad because we were not go...
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