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Burnout-Free Me
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…
Episodes
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Ep99: Preventing Empathic Strain aka Compassion Fatigue
If you’ve ever felt exhausted from giving so much of yourself to this profession, this episode is for you. Empathic strain is not something you just have to…
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Ep98: The Five Stages of Empathic Strain – What Every Veterinarian Needs to Know
As a veterinary caregiver, your ability to care deeply is one of your greatest strengths—but it can also take a serious toll on your emotional well-being. Over…
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Ep97: Stay or Go? Embracing Career Change Without Guilt
Is employee retention a perfectionist fantasy? In this Daring DVM episode, we challenge the traditional mindset around retention and career loyalty. What if…
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Ep96: Stress Reduction vs. Resilience: What’s the Difference?
When it comes to managing stress, are you focusing only on resilience while overlooking reduction? In coaching, we often talk about building stress…
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Ep95: How to Deal with Drama and Toxicity
How do you handle a toxic veterinary hospital environment? What can you do to protect yourself from someone who is always trying to create drama in your life?…
Burnout-Free MeEp94: Adriana Cloud - Burnout and Booze! Mindful Drinking for Veterinarians
In this episode of The Daring DVM Podcast, host Dr. Amy Grimm talks with sobriety coach Adriana Cloud about the role alcohol often plays in the lives of…
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Ep93: Needs vs. Wants: A Reality Check for Your Love Life
Happy Valentine's Day!! 💖 This week on Daring DVM, I discuss needs vs. wants in our love lives and explain why you may be sabotaging your efforts to create the…
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Ep92: Your First Step To A Better Life
What does a pond have to do with your brain? Or fish have to do with your thinking? 🐟💦 In this week's episode of The Daring DVM Podcast, you're going to find…
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Ep91: Compassion Fatigue - What You Need to Know
Today on The Daring DVM Podcast, Dr. Amy Grimm introduces a topic close to the hearts of many in the veterinary world—compassion fatigue, also known as…
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Ep90: Managing Anxiety and Uncertainty About The Future - Inauguration 2025
Anxiety and uncertainty can be quite triggering for our nervous systems, especially in situations in which we feel we have no control. Um, election results…
Burnout-Free MeEp89: Dr. Dimple Puri - No Burnout Working Eight Days a Week?!
Okay, okay. There are only seven days a week. But have you ever met someone who wishes there were more days in the week because they would like to work more?…
Burnout-Free MeEp88: Dr. Sheddy Manion - I'm On A Boat! Visionary Care in Veterinary Practice
This week on Daring DVM you will meet Dr. Sheddy Manion, the sailing, surfing, nomad veterinarian. Dr. Sheddy is passionate about providing care in underserved…
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Ep87: The Blueprint to Success and Happiness
Happy New Year, Everyone! This week Dr. Amy Grimm of Daring DVM shares a quick blueprint to help you make 2025 your best year yet. Dare to dream! 🚀🤩 If you…
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Ep86: How to Make This Year THE BEST YEAR Yet!
New Year's Resolution - SchmOOoo YeArS ResOluTion 🫠 That's right. I said it. New Year's Resolutions rarely work. So if you want to know how to truly create…
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Ep85: How to Think New Thoughts and Actually BELIEVE Them
Changing your thoughts is simple. 🧠 Here's a step-by-step proven technique to help you do so. 🤩 In this episode of the Daring DVM Podcast, I teach you how to…
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Ep84: Music and Mental Health
In this episode of Daring DVM, we're talking about the fascinating neuroscience of music. 🧠🎶💓 Discover how music impacts your brain, from triggering dopamine…
Burnout-Free MeEp83: Dr. Eve Harrison - Using Coaching to Create Your Own House Call & Mobile Practice
Are you thinking of leaving general practice? Have you ever considered becoming a mobile veterinarian? Does the thought of freedom around your schedule sound…
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Ep82: A Thought to Keep You Sane During the Holidays
This week on the Daring DVM Podcast, I'm offering you a thought that helps me tremendously whenever I feel stuck in a situation I am not enjoying. You can use…
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Ep81: Surviving Toxic People and Places
Buckel up, everyone! Because I am speaking about a topic that I love to hate and hate to love! Today, I’m sharing my unpopular yet oh-so-liberating opinion on…
Burnout-Free MeEp80: Special Episode - A Guide for Post-Election Resilience
If you are struggling to make sense of the 2024 election results, and if you are worried about the future, this episode is designed to help. I'm sharing my…
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Ep79: After-Hours Anxiety: My Boss Keeps Texting Me on My Days Off!
At one point or another in your veterinary career, you’ve probably questioned whether your employer should be allowed to contact you about work on your day…
Burnout-Free MeEp78: Dr. Tyler Primavera - Finding Purpose and Fighting Burnout Through Volunteer Work
Have you ever felt so overwhelmed by work that you couldn't imagine adding anything else to your plate? I know the feeling. It's easy to think that…
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Ep77: Board Complaints and the Fear of Being Sued
In the United States, it’s pretty common for veterinarians to be aware of the legal ramifications of their actions. And while we all know there is a line…
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Ep76: Managing Holiday Stress and Family Gatherings
The holiday season of joy and gratitude is coming up fast! And along with it, increased stress and mental breakdowns. 😅😳 Between all the family drama, crazy…
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Ep75: What To Do When You're Overwhelmed
As veterinary professionals, we’re no strangers to feeling overwhelmed by our workload and doing our best to balance it with our social, family, and personal…
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Ep74: Are You Overfunctioning?
Do you take on other people’s tasks at work because you know you can do it faster? Do you try to make other people feel comfortable at your own expense? Are…
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Ep73: The Rebel's Guide to Success
In this episode of the Daring DVM Podcast, we're diving into the importance of setting your own agenda and defining success on your own terms. Too often, we…
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Ep72: How to Build Better Relationships
Effective communication is essential for building strong relationships, both personally and professionally. By understanding the different types of…
Burnout-Free MeEp71: Dr. Addie Reinhard - Overcoming Burnout Through Mentorship
Join me in my conversation with Dr. Addie Reinhard, Founder & CEO of MentorVet, on this special guest episode of Daring DVM as we delve into the transformative…
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Ep70: How to Stop "Going Through the Motions"
Last week I discussed the topic of functional freeze, how this plays out in your life, and how it can trick you into believing you are burned out. This is…
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Ep69: Is this really burnout? Or is this something else?
Are you actually burned out? Maybe not. Many of the people I coach, when asked to describe what they mean when they say that they feel “burned out”, actually…
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Ep68: Decision Fatigue and Decision Debt
When we prolong decisions we end up with multiple unmade decisions hanging over us. These unmade decisions are left nagging in the back of our minds. And over…
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Ep67: Why Am I So Stressed?! Uncovering Your Sneaky, Silent Saboteur
What if the reason you are experiencing such high levels of daily stress isn't due to what you think..? What if you have a sneaky, silent saboteur? One that…
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Ep66: Veterinary Anxiety and Your Doctor Brain
It’s no secret that veterinarians and veterinary professionals suffer from higher rates of anxiety, pessimism, and poor mental health compared to other…
Burnout-Free MeEp65: Dr. Jennifer Edwards - Creating Joy and Happiness through Coaching in Your Life and Your Career
Dr. Jennifer Edwards is a veterinarian and a life and leadership coach. And what I admire about her is that she embraces her own path of personal growth and…
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Ep64: A Practical Strategy for Deeper Connection
"Hearing is physiological. Listening is a choice". - Roland Barthes (translated) Active listening is a skill that can dramatically improve both your personal…
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Ep63: Lost in Translation - Five Mistakes That Make You Miss What Matters
"Seek first to understand, then to be understood." - Dr. Stephen R. Covey Communication is one of the most important skill sets we can develop in our lives…
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Ep62: My Amygdala Made Me Do It!
Today we are taking a look at a fascinating brain structure - the amygdala! This little brain region is so interesting because it does way more than just…
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Ep61: A Simple Tool to Stop Feeling So Bad!
This week I'm sharing a simple and effective tool to help you process and regulate your emotions. The RULER technique is based on the work of Dr. Marc…
Burnout-Free MeEp60: Dr. Alexandra McLaughry - Innovative Solutions to Life-Work Alignment and Building a Practice You Love
Daring DVM Special Guest Interview with Dr. Alexandra McLaughry. Dr. Alexandra McLaughry is a veterinarian, a practice owner, and innovator. She is the owner…
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Ep59: Putting Feelings Into Words - The Science of Affect Labeling
Affect labeling is one of my favorite tools to use. It's simple. It's easy. And it's so darn powerful! This week I'm sharing some of the science behind affect…
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Ep58: Lead Like You Mean It - The Responsibility of Veterinary Leadership
If you want to attract future veterinary professionals to the industry, then you need to be willing to make changes that invite them in. This week we are…
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Ep 57: Permission to Pivot: Changing Your Mind and Changing Your Career
In this episode Dr. Amy discusses the importance of having a growth mindset and why this is integral to changing careers. Topics covered Why the ability to…
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Ep 56: Identity Compass - Navigating Happiness Using Your Core Values
In this episode, we review the categories of the values assessment test and how they each affect your wellbeing. VIA Character Survey - Free online values…
Burnout-Free MeEp 55: Who Are You, Really? A Journey to Resiliency
This week we discuss the 2 main types of identity and how they are tied to the stories we tell about ourselves AND to our nervous system patterns. And we…
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Ep54: How to Determine Your Values and Worth
Do you know your core identity? The values that make you you? When you describe yourself to other people, do you tell them what you do? Or do you tell them who…
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Ep 53: Intro to Your Nervous System Landscapes -Hypoactivation
Today we are talking about hypoarousal and hypoactivation of your nervous system. And seeing at what regulation and resilience look like when compared to our…
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Ep 52: Intro to Your Nervous System Landscapes - Hyperactivation
Today we are talking about hyperarousal and hyperactivation of your nervous system. We are also discussing the Window of Tolerance, and how this tool is useful…