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 • 79 episodes
The Overwhelmed Vet Podcast
Latest Episodes
Ep 79: The most powerful (and simple) exercise that will change your life.
Sometimes we’re stuck in a grind we don’t seem to be able to get out of, and when we look around us it can be hard not to feel resentment towards the people that seem to just sail happily through life.WHAT HAVE THEY GOT that yo...
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Ep. 78: How to start again in veterinary practice (and live to tell the tale)
Going back to vet med after a break, or moving to a new clinic, can be scary and overwhelming.This is especially true if you have been burnt out before, and have a history of not being able to set boundaries. The fears around b...
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Ep. 77: Are you REALLY prepared to be a vet?
You come out of vet school with a Netflix library worth of veterinary knowledge. But this doesn’t make you fully prepared to be a vet!Why not? Listen in and learn what you’re likely missing, and why it can be SO HARD to be a ve...
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Ep. 76: Start with number one.
Sometimes it may feel overwhelming and hopeless to make any changes in this profession.Or maybe you feel a bit miffed because why do YOU have to work on your mental health, instead of the profession changing to something more s...
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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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