Burnout-Free Me
By Amy Grimm, DVM, CLC
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Burnout-Free Me is the success and well-being podcast for high-achievers and ambitious career professionals who are done running on empty and ready to thrive on their own terms.
Hosted by Dr. Amy Grimm—a veterinarian, success coach, and wellbeing expert—this podcast gives you the tools, mindset shifts, and honest conversations you need to break free from the hustle.
Each week, you’ll get real talk about stress, mental health, work-life balance, productivity, and all the ways burnout sneaks into our lives. You’ll learn practical strategies to manage overwhelm and anxiety, reclaim your energy, and create space for balance and joy, without sacrificing your career or ambition.
Dr. Amy has lived the grind herself, and now she’s here to help you rewrite the rules of success so you can finally feel like yourself again.
Wherever you are on your burnout recovery journey, Burnout-Free Me is here to help you take back your energy, your confidence, and your life.
(Previously The Daring DVM Podcast)
You can find out more about Amy and her work at https://www.daringdvm.com.
Music by Alex Grohl by Pixabay.
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147 - Trauma 101: Understanding the Basics of Traumatic Stress: The Language of Trauma and Why It Matters for Burnout
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May 14, 2026 |
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146 - Why You’re Always Exhausted (Even When You’re Doing Everything Right)
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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145 - Perfectionism Is a Terrible Strategy: The simple habit that helps high-achievers stay consistent without burning out
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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144 - How to Balance Career and Love Life as a High-Achieving Woman
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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143 - Work Is Not Your Family: The Burnout Trap No One Talks About
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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142 - Burnout in the Bedroom with Laura Jurgens: When Sex Becomes Another To-Do
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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141 - How Gratitude Changes Your Brain When You’re Under Pressure
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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140 - The Human Cost of Caring: Burnout, Compassion, and Meaningful Work with Dr. Marie Holowaychuk
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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139 - Can Burnout Affect Your Sex Drive? The Effect of Chronic Stress on Desire
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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138 - How to Stop Spiraling After a Mistake: A 3-Step Strategy to Calm Down Fast
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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137 - This Isn’t a Productivity Episode: I’m Asking You for a Small Favor Before the New Year
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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136 - Why Stress Is Important: The Hidden Role Stress Plays in Your Health, Performance, and Happiness
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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135 - It’s Not Indecision — It’s Cognitive Fatigue! How Chronic Mental Load Makes Even Simple Decisions Feel Impossible
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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134 - Why Rest Matters (and Why I’m in the Desert Right Now)
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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133 - How to Thrive in a High-Pressure Career Without Burning Out
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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132 - You’re Successful, But Are You Happy? What Every Ambitious Woman Needs To Know About Happiness, Success, and Sanity.
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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131- Five Thought Traps That Hold You Back When You’re Ready for More
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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130 - How to Get What You Really Want - Without Burning Out Trying
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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129 - Ambition Meets Balance: How to Lead, Succeed, and Protect Your Well-Being with Crystal Stokes
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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128 - The 90-Second Rule To Change How You Handle Stress
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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127 - Here’s Why Everything You Think About Burnout is About to Change - Welcome to Burnout-Free Me!
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Ep126: How to Stand Up for Your Beliefs Without Burning Out
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Ep125: Feeling Burned Out by the News? Here’s How to Stay Grounded
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Ep124: Hot Take - “Work Hard, Play Hard” Is a Lie
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Ep123: Burnout-Proof - How to Stay Calm When Life Derails Your Week
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Ep122: Burnout in Vet Med - Honest Answers for Exhausted Professionals
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Ep121: Dopamine Addiction Disguised as Success Is Why You Keep Burning Out
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Ep120: Brain Fog, Fatigue, and Burnout - What Your Gut Has to Do With It
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Ep119: Stop Pushing Through - How Your Nervous System Drives Burnout and How to Heal
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Ep118: How to Leave Work at Work - Tools to Switch Off and Recharge
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Ep117: Why Sleep Isn’t Enough - 7 Types of Rest Every High-Achieving Woman Needs
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Ep116: Confidence, Burnout and Belonging - Thriving in Tough Workplaces as a Woman
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Ep115: What Real Resilience Looks Like (and What Actually Works)
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Ep114: Q&A - Real Talk on Emotional Resilience, Value Alignment, and Daily Practices to Thrive in Veterinary Medicine
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Ep113: Psychological Safety - When It’s Safe to Be You, Everything Changes
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Ep112: High-Achieving and Lonely - Why High Standards Hurt Intimacy
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Ep111: Overcoming Procrastination When You’re Ambitious and Burned Out
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Ep110: Savanna Symons - When Success Doesn’t Silence Self-Doubt
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Ep109: Self-Care from the Ground Up
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Ep108: What High-Achieving Women Get Wrong About Self-Care
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May 29, 2025 |
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Ep107: You’re Not Broken - A Conversation About Burnout and Healing
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May 22, 2025 |
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Ep106: 10 Red Flags It Might Be Time to Leave Your Job
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May 15, 2025 |
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Ep105: How to Have Productive Conversations About Harm and Injustice
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May 08, 2025 |
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Ep104: Everyday Tools for Uncertain Times - Practical Strategies to Regain Control and Calm
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May 01, 2025 |
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Ep103: The Mindset of Uncertainty - Rewiring Your Brain When You Can’t Predict What’s Next
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Ep102: Understanding Uncertainty - How Your Nervous System Reacts When Life Feels Out of Control
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Ep101: You Asked, I Answered - Burnout, Boundaries, and Feeling Like You Again!
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Ep100: TOP TEN Lessons for A Burnout Free Life!
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Ep99: Preventing Empathic Strain aka Compassion Fatigue
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Ep98: The Five Stages of Empathic Strain – What Every Veterinarian Needs to Know
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Ep97: Stay or Go? Embracing Career Change Without Guilt
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Ep96: Stress Reduction vs. Resilience: What’s the Difference?
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Ep95: How to Deal with Drama and Toxicity
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Ep94: Adriana Cloud - Burnout and Booze! Mindful Drinking for Veterinarians
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Ep93: Needs vs. Wants: A Reality Check for Your Love Life
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Ep92: Your First Step To A Better Life
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Ep91: Compassion Fatigue - What You Need to Know
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Ep90: Managing Anxiety and Uncertainty About The Future - Inauguration 2025
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Ep89: Dr. Dimple Puri - No Burnout Working Eight Days a Week?!
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Ep88: Dr. Sheddy Manion - I'm On A Boat! Visionary Care in Veterinary Practice
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Ep87: The Blueprint to Success and Happiness
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Ep86: How to Make This Year THE BEST YEAR Yet!
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Ep85: How to Think New Thoughts and Actually BELIEVE Them
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Ep84: Music and Mental Health
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Ep83: Dr. Eve Harrison - Using Coaching to Create Your Own House Call & Mobile Practice
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Ep82: A Thought to Keep You Sane During the Holidays
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Ep81: Surviving Toxic People and Places
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Ep80: Special Episode - A Guide for Post-Election Resilience
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Ep79: After-Hours Anxiety: My Boss Keeps Texting Me on My Days Off!
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Ep78: Dr. Tyler Primavera - Finding Purpose and Fighting Burnout Through Volunteer Work
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Ep77: Board Complaints and the Fear of Being Sued
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Ep76: Managing Holiday Stress and Family Gatherings
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Ep75: What To Do When You're Overwhelmed
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Ep74: Are You Overfunctioning?
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Ep73: The Rebel's Guide to Success
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Ep72: How to Build Better Relationships
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Ep71: Dr. Addie Reinhard - Overcoming Burnout Through Mentorship
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Ep70: How to Stop "Going Through the Motions"
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Ep69: Is this really burnout? Or is this something else?
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Ep68: Decision Fatigue and Decision Debt
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Ep67: Why Am I So Stressed?! Uncovering Your Sneaky, Silent Saboteur
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Ep66: Veterinary Anxiety and Your Doctor Brain
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Ep65: Dr. Jennifer Edwards - Creating Joy and Happiness through Coaching in Your Life and Your Career
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Ep64: A Practical Strategy for Deeper Connection
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Ep63: Lost in Translation - Five Mistakes That Make You Miss What Matters
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Ep62: My Amygdala Made Me Do It!
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Ep61: A Simple Tool to Stop Feeling So Bad!
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Ep60: Dr. Alexandra McLaughry - Innovative Solutions to Life-Work Alignment and Building a Practice You Love
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Ep59: Putting Feelings Into Words - The Science of Affect Labeling
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Ep58: Lead Like You Mean It - The Responsibility of Veterinary Leadership
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Ep 57: Permission to Pivot: Changing Your Mind and Changing Your Career
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Ep 56: Identity Compass - Navigating Happiness Using Your Core Values
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May 30, 2024 |
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Ep 55: Who Are You, Really? A Journey to Resiliency
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May 23, 2024 |
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Ep54: How to Determine Your Values and Worth
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May 16, 2024 |
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Ep 53: Intro to Your Nervous System Landscapes -Hypoactivation
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May 09, 2024 |
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Ep 52: Intro to Your Nervous System Landscapes - Hyperactivation
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May 02, 2024 |
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Ep 51: Creating Alignment in Your Life
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Ep 50: Josh Ervasti - Creating a Financial Plan that Supports Your Veterinary Life
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Ep 49: Imposter Syndrome
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Ep 48: Mind Over Medicine: Placebo and Nocebo Effects on Mental Health
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Apr 04, 2024 |