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My Veterinary Life
Tune in for inspiring stories from your colleagues across the profession. You’ll hear from guest veterinarians about the journeys, challenges—and often hilarious anecdotes—that got them to where they are today. Come away with a fresh look at our veterinary community and a renewed excitement to embrace your veterinary journey.
Episodes
- My Veterinary Life
Discussing the Merck Wellbeing Study 3.0
We are so excited to bring you this special episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast We have two extraordinary guests today. Dr. Joseph Hahn from Merck Animal…
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Naturally Caffeinated with Dr. Sonja Olson
“When you feel called to, find the courage, find your voice, and find your way forward. Build your community of allies and cheerleaders around you, which is…
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Changing the World Through Stories with Dr. Betsy Charles
“That’s what happens when you come together in community, and you take advantage of everybody’s strengths and you recognize, ‘I don’t need to tell you how to…
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Everyone Has a Story with Dr. Morgan McArthur
“Let’s find your story. That’s the important part. Find your story. And, you know, the lesson for all of us, is that we all have a story. Everybody has a…
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Finding the Fun in Veterinary Medicine with Dr. Dana Varble
“And I think if we take that sort of, more of a collaborative approach, I think it’s, you know, as long as we feel good and we feel comfortable with that, I…
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New Opportunities with Dr. Anna Reddish
Our guest today is Dr. Anna Reddish. Many of you may know Dr. Reddish as one of the original co-hosts of My Veterinary Life Podcast. We chat today about new…
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Be What You Want to See in Vet Med with Hidayah Martinez-Jaka
“I had to choose and make that, change that trauma and that sadness that was so deep and make it into something that gave me motivation to go into veterinary…
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The Magic of the Word Veterinarian with Dr. Stephanie Jones
“My biggest thing was, I said I’m a veterinarian and how that one word created so much conversation. And that’s how I ended it to the quietest of people…
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Wellbeing Quick Talk with Dr. Jen Brandt
Our guest today is Dr. Jen Brandt. Dr. Brandt is the Director for Member Wellbeing Initiatives at the AVMA. She joins us for a quick conversation on some…
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Finding Your North Star with Garnetta Santiago
“Find your North Star. What’s your North Star? I have a necklace that has a pendant on it and people are always asking, ‘What does that mean?’ It’s a reminder…
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Embrace Your Vet Med Superpower with Dr. Vernard Hodges
“You know veterinary medicine has provided me a great life over the last years. And I keep emphasizing that because I don’t think we hear it enough. I don’t…
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Exploring Different Areas of Vet Med with Dr. Lauren Rowe
“And I think that was the first instance of you have to be able to pivot. You are going to be put in positions or situations that you probably never thought…
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Pursuing New Ideas with Dr. Rachel Venable
“It really hit me that, you know, this could be something oncologists could use. There really is a huge gap also with just access to oncology. I think it was…
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Blazing Your Own Path in Vet Med with Dr. Joanne Maki
“Looking back I feel really blessed that I had two choices, I could either go down the path of being an artist or possibly being a scientist and I thought, ‘ok…
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Running to Things with Dr. Lisa Fortier
“My stepdad, who I adore, and I quote him all the time. One of the things he always told me, ‘Never run away from something, always run to something’. So, if…
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Embrace the Fear and Chaos with Dr. Sharon Wappel
“You know I really look back and things that I found myself doing that I may not have chosen to do really gave me a wealth of experience and helped me bring a…
- My Veterinary Life
A Path Straight to Industry with Misty Tobyne
“What I learned was, it’s just about building relationships and seeing how you can fit in the puzzle, just education. A lot of it was letting them know what…
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Focus on Diversity and Belonging Part 4 with Dr. Yvette Huizar
“The thing that I would say to anybody listening, is that you are doing great. It’s a hard time to be in the veterinary field. You know, I know so many people…
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Focus on Diversity and Belonging Part 3 with Dr. Sumeet Gupta
“And I’ll say one thing about mission statements, is that they constantly change. I don’t think that I had this, well I know I didn’t have this mission…
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Focus on Diversity and Belonging Part 2 with Dr. Evelyn Galban
“What we sort of know deep down is that changing the way our community looks is a long term goal. And it’s not something that we are going to solve as quickly…
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Focus on Diversity and Belonging Part 1 with Dr. Mia Cary
“And I remind myself you know, ‘Who are you going to be today, Mia are you going to be the best version of yourself? Are you going to be part of the solution?…
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Bringing the Magic to Your Workplace and Conference Attendance with Dr. Michael Miller
“It took time for me to stop and get my phone and take a picture and get on our app and text it to the owner. But it was such a valuable moment, that made that…
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A Degree in Vet Med is Your Passport to Anywhere You Want to Go with Dr. Gary Vroegindewey
“If you go to a conference and sit in the audience, you’re just in the audience, and you may learn some things. But if you are on the platform, you’ll get some…
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Talking Radical Candor with Kim Scott
“Making sure that you’re managing your own emotions. You can’t manage someone else’s emotions. You can’t control someone else’s emotions. At best you can…
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Talking Economics and Veterinary Medicine with Dana Peterson
“Your pets that you’re caring for have parents. And those are your clients who see face to face and so, you know, it may be more difficult to say this to…
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The importance of Leadership and Mentorship in Vet Med with Dr. Addie Reinhard
“Making sure that I’m investing my time and resources into my own learning and development I think has been probably the biggest takeaway for me growing this…
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Self-Reflection and Getting Unstuck in Vet Med with Dr. Cassidy Rist
“And I feel like the word stuck is a tip, is just a tip of the iceberg. And you have to figure out individually what that means for people. There’s a lot…
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Creating Your Richer Life with Dr. Grace Kim
“It’s going to be up to you. What is your rich life and now how are you designing your finances in a way that is going to help you get there.” Our guest today…
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Finding A Job That Complements You with Dr. Matt Hull
“They told me in my days of self-reflection to just sit down and make a list of things that I want in a career and things that I don’t want. And it was not…
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An Inspiring Career Journey with Dr. Apryl Steele
“You know, I think that...I’ve said it several times, is believe you can, say yes and the other thing that I realized more recently is you never know who you…
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A Royal Veterinary Experience with Legend Thurman
“But just know that as a student, the doors are endless and wide open and no matter how many of them you want to walk through in the long run is completely…
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How Veterinarians Can Help During Natural Disasters with Dr. Warren Hess
“You know for the most part, veterinarians tend to be very caring people that want to reach out and help when they can. The problem with disaster response is…
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A Path to Zoo Medicine with Patrick Douglas
“Fixing animals and being a voice for them when they don’t have one and feeling like I make a difference in an animal’s life is more rewarding to me than…
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Shelter Medicine: The Melting Pot of Vet Med with Dr. Rachael Wooten
“Shelter medicine is a lot of surgery. Which is also why I was like, yeah, I could definitely do shelter medicine, because, it’s everything. It’s just like the…
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A Story of Community, Mentorship and Shelter Medicine with Dr. Chumkee Aziz
“It reflects, I think, the spectrum of pet ownership and just how different cultures care for pets and love pets. You know we didn’t really know what to do…
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Talking Shelter Medicine and Positivity with Dr. Traci Gilbert
“And then just be prepared to be adventurous, compassionate, and enthusiastic every day because the craziness will come your way and if you meet it with…
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Learning about Animal Shelter Programs with Joann Fuller
“I got to a point in my career, and I’m sure other people can relate to this, where I had to balance what was comfortable against the desire to do more, to…
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Meet AVMA Trust Veterinarian Dr. Kara Escutia
“We call them insureds-veterinarians that have professional liability insurance and are insured by the company can call anytime. So, we take a lot of insured…
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Meet AVMA Trust Veterinarian Dr. Jennifer Frey
“When we talk to clients, we can completely put ourselves in that situation and our heart breaks for everyone that we speak to. And so, believe me, there is…
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Bonus Episode with AVMA Convention Keynote Speaker Princess Sarah Culberson
We are thrilled to bring you this bonus episode! Our guest today is Sarah Culberson. Sarah is one of the keynote presenters at the 2021 Virtual AVMA…
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Meet AVMA Trust Veterinarian Dr. Rebecca Stinson
“And so my colleague and I did a whole bunch of research on the AVMA website and through former JAVMAs and prepared this great argument for why we should not…
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Meet AVMA Trust Veterinarian Dr. Nina Mouledous
“Delegate. Delegate. Delegate. You know, you’re a veterinarian, you just practice good medicine, and the business will come, and hire people that are experts…
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Meet AVMA Trust Veterinarian Dr. Cynthia MacKenzie
"That’s when I started remembering all of my contacts in industry and I used that network to finally land an equine tech services role at Merck.” Our guest…
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An Introduction to the Veterinary Mental Health Initiative
“Let me share that our groups are completely free to attend. They’re confidential. They’re virtual. They’re one hour in length and they are facilitated by…
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A Journey to Resilience Rising Vet with Dr. Jacqui Horner
“My vision for this profession in 10 years, so by 2030 we’ll say, I want to see more people joining the profession than leaving the profession. So, I really…
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A Father-Daughter Adventure Through Veterinary School with Craig and Alex Barnett
“I mean I try. I still try to help him out when I can. He figured a lot of it out. He’s in such a unique position. I came straight into veterinary school from…
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Living and Loving the Derm Life with Dr. Ashley Bourgeois
“I learn too. I get to say ‘Wow that’s a great idea. I have never done that.’ I think it’s important for people to see that even if you are a specialist, you…
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A Conversation with Author Cheryl Strayed
“And it’s really, it’s a universal experience. We all have to learn how to bear the things we think we cannot bear over the course of our lives. And I think in…
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Going Full Vet with Dr. Jessica Vogelsang
“And so then I went full vet. Right? I’m like ‘oh yeah, I’ll show you.’ And I went and I took classes and I’m like I’m going to be the best. I just got really…
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Staying True to Your Guiding Principles with Dr. Zay Satchu
“So, the way I think about, you know, just our mission statements, is how do we alleviate pressure on the veterinary team by allocating responsibility to pet…
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Learning to SOAR in Veterinary Medicine with Dr. Leslie Brooks
“So, the same process happened again. I had an interview but then got wait listed again. And I say this because I hear so many stories of people, of how they…
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Triaging as a Mom and a Veterinarian with Dr. Amanda Hampton
“You get really good at being efficient with the things you want to get done. You move those things that have to get done- cleaning bottles or whatever- up to…
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Welcome to the Profession Class of 2021 with Florida Veterinary Advisors
“Really thinking about financial tools as tools, not as the goal. Right? So, you know when you build a home, the goal is to build a home, it’s not to buy…
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Welcome to the Profession Class of 2021 with Dr. Monica Tarantino
“Ashley and I have been doing these IG lives lately on these medical cases and one of the things that we say is ‘Bring your curiosity, and drop your judgement…
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Welcome to the Profession Class of 2021 with Dr. Jen Brandt
“I also think reflecting on asking yourself the question ‘When I’m healthy, when I feel, when I feel good, when I feel like I’m thriving, how do I know? What…
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Welcome to the Profession Class of 2021 with David Liss
“What makes a great team? The first one is trust. And trust is really important and trust is not something that is given by default and I think for the…
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Welcome to the Profession Class of 2021 with Dr. Tierra Price
“So I think for me what was most challenging after graduation was the leadership role that I was thrown into and having to lead a team on day one or day 7.”…
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Reflecting on the past 12 months with Marie Bucko
“COVID clinics is an experience in and of itself, honestly. Every school handled it a little bit differently and I think at the end of the day one of the…
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Reflecting on the past 12 Months with Dr. Doug Kratt
“Also, for new graduates, remember, we’re not finished veterinarians when we come out of veterinary school. The things that I knew back then and the things…
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Reflecting on the past 12 Months with Shawn Wilkie
“Do your research, that’s an obvious one, you know, if you are going to make a big change. A lot of people are afraid to ask for help, so try to shake that…