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B.A.R. on the Floor: Expanding Your Window of Tolerance
Views: 2,519 - Comments: 0In the second video of the B.A.R on the Floor series, Veterinary Well-being Program Director Debrah Lee discusses recognizing ways to expand your window of tolerance. Download Additional Resources
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Finding Resilience
Views: 2,240 - Comments: 1DoveLewis Technician Training Specialist Jessica Waters-Miller, CVT, shares her expeirence with grief, and the journey to finding resilience. I remember thinking a few months ago, when I was in the darkest times...
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Managing Stressful Moments
Views: 3,513 - Comments: 0Stressful moments happen every day in veterinary medicine. Learn from Veterinary Well-being Program Director Debrah Lee, LCSW, about coping with these moments no matter where you are.
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Be Here Now
Views: 2,395 - Comments: 0There are many different reactions that we may be experiencing as our “new normal” continues to unfold during the COVID-19 pandemic. Feeling a little out of control is normal right now. It is an uncomfortable reality. Sometimes...
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B.A.R. on the Floor: An Introduction to Trauma
Views: 2,503 - Comments: 0In this first video of the B.A.R on the Floor series, Veterinary Well-being Program Director Debrah Lee will discuss the impact of stress and how to develop a greater understanding of it's impact. Download Additional Resources...
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An Introduction to B.A.R on the Floor
Views: 1,955 - Comments: 0Over the past few months, our Technician Training team, along with Debrah Lee, our Veterinary Well-being Program Director, and Monica Maxwell, our Chief Administrative Officer, have been working on a new kind of veterinary educati...
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Self-Care Part Two: Steps to Create a Self-Care Plan
Views: 2,597 - Comments: 0Learn from Well-being Program Director Debrah Lee, LCSW, about how to create a written self-care plan. Sometimes practicing self-care can feel the least accessible when we need it the most. When we’re feeling stressed...
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Self-Care Part One: Redefining Your Own Self-Care
Views: 3,143 - Comments: 0Self-care can look a little bit different for everyone. Learn from Well-being Program Director Debrah Lee, about how to reflect on the authentic self-care moments that serve you. Self-care can be so fiddly. I was intr...
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Cultivating Resilience
Views: 3,774 - Comments: 0Resilience helps us to work through challenges and empowers personal growth. Cultivating resilience through intentional effort is essential given the inherent stressors and challenges within veterinary medicine. This lecture prese...
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Implementing Balint Groups
Views: 2,442 - Comments: 0As veterinary professionals, you take on an emotional burden of distressing situations of your animal patients and clients every day. Balint groups provide a safe environment to discuss with fellow veterinary professionals the str...
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Grounding: A Wellness Tool During COVID-19
Views: 6,008 - Comments: 1With the passing of time, there are many different reactions that we may be experiencing as our “new normal” unfolds during the COVID-19 pandemic. One feature that seems to linger is a persistent, low level anxiety that has shifte...
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Journaling: A Wellness Tool During COVID-19
Views: 5,513 - Comments: 0An unexpected outcome of this pandemic has been that it’s changed my days off. This weekend, the general sense of unease that has settled in since the pandemic began was accompanied by something else. Up until a month ago, my time...
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Diaphragmatic Breathing During COVID-19
Views: 6,476 - Comments: 0There are many different reactions you may be having during this stressful and uncertain period. One of the frustrating realities of human cognition is that we not only react to the world around us, but we also have internal react...
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Holding on to Empathy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Views: 3,833 - Comments: 0It can be hard to remember what life was like before COVID-19. The last month has been a constant rush of news headlines, avoiding those that are closest to you, and frantic lines at the grocery store. But in these times, practici...
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Resilience Strategies During COVID-19
Views: 6,835 - Comments: 0There is a lot that we are trying to contend with during this crisis. For many of us, there’s an underlying sense of urgency and helplessness as we try to find something to control in this surreal, and often uncomfortable, new lan...
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Box Breathing: A Tool for Well-being
Views: 4,379 - Comments: 0While it may seem impossible to take care of yourself in these uncertain times, there are a few simple ways to take a moment for you. A few times throughout the day, try this structured breathing exercise to regain your focus.
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Well-being During COVID-19
Views: 5,372 - Comments: 0We may be beginning to feel like we have more questions than answers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. It is not unusual to experience a wide range of thoughts, feelings, and reactions. Some of these reactions may include: Anxie...
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Professional Groups in Veterinary Medicine: Combating Compassion Fatigue and Burnout
Views: 5,513 - Comments: 2Although there is a growing awareness of compassion fatigue and burnout in the field of veterinary medicine, most efforts have been focused individual self-care. In a field with widespread moral distress, where isolation only comp...
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Coping with Grief and Loss
Views: 4,045 - Comments: 1How does grief differ when a pet is lost due to old age versus a sudden tragedy? Enid Traisman, MSW, CT, and Director of the DoveLewis Pet Loss Support Program, reviews how clients may feel and react after losing a pet in each cir...
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Thank You, and Good Job
Views: 3,909 - Comments: 1Being a veterinarian is exhausting, isn't it? We need to care about so many things! I need to care about that blocked cat whose owners can't afford treatment. I need to care about that dog with pulmonary metastasis whose owners...
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Workplace Grief - Making a Memorial Table
Views: 3,597 - Comments: 0March is Wellness Month at DoveLewis! Join Enid Traisman, Pet Loss Support Director, and Chelsea Lincoln, Special Accounts Coordinator, to learn about creating memorial tables to support your colleagues. Download Supplies List...
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How to Address Mental Health Concerns
Views: 6,768 - Comments: 0Chief Human Resources Officer, Monica Maxwell, and HR Generalist, Cheryl Latta, address culture issues and signs managers should look out for when it comes to burn out and depression.
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Let’s Talk About Suicide Awareness
Views: 4,981 - Comments: 0Live Again co-founder, Eric Snyder, comes to DoveLewis to talk with HR Generalist, Cheryl Latta, about suicide awareness and prevention. Resources mentioned in this video: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273- TALK...
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When Society Labels You a Killer
Views: 5,286 - Comments: 7UPDATE: The Quebec Court of Appeal has lifted the temporary suspension of Montreal’s pitbull ban, putting the bylaw into effect. Pit Bulls have recently been all over the news as the target of a controversial ban which came aft...
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Adopting Special Needs Cats
Views: 4,622 - Comments: 3If you have read my previous blogs then you are aware of my addiction to caregiving and that I tried to stop rescuing. I did my best to stop but the special needs cats always pull so hard on my heartstrings that I cannot say no. I...
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How We Keep Our Dogs From Barking
Views: 8,513 - Comments: 5We’ve been doing yoga, coloring sheets, having healthy snacks, and taking extra time for ourselves because it’s self-care month at DoveLewis. But there’s one topic that’s got us all talking: our shoes! So w...
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Wellness Program
Views: 7,080 - Comments: 1DoveLewis Wellness Program coordinators Enid Traisman, CT, MSW, and Josey Kinnaman, CVT, discuss the staff benefits of a coordinated hospital wellness program and the steps DoveLewis has taken to improve the wellness options for e...
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Just Me and the Cats
Views: 4,449 - Comments: 0Growing up, my siblings and I were animal lovers but never had many pets. We had to relocate often due to my dad’s Coast Guard career, and my parents were understandably wary of adding animals to our very mobile family. Early on i...
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Can't We All Just Get Along?
Views: 5,709 - Comments: 12I’m a fairly cynical person. It’s not a trait I’m necessarily proud of – while sarcasm is fun at cocktail parties it sometimes really poisons the genuinely good moments in life. Maybe it’s because I’m getting older, or maybe it’s...
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Yogi Tech: From Saving Dogs to Downward Dog
Views: 6,313 - Comments: 9I started working at DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital over five years ago. Before that time I practiced yoga and did some light exercise but it was sporadic and sparse. I drank a lot, ate like a little kid (lots of pizza and ju...
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Veterinary Professionals and Grief Resilience
Views: 5,732 - Comments: 0Last night I lost sleep over a dog I never knew when he was alive. We all have those cases where the pet was awesome or the clients were stellar or some combination of those attributes. Then when the case “ended” for the pet, you...
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Feelings and Veterinary Jobs
Views: 5,383 - Comments: 2Today’s blog isn’t going to run smoothly. These are just a few random thoughts on feelings and the veterinary workplace. Summary: Feelings suck. A few months ago at work a DVM started telling me all about this cute, cuddly...
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When Veterinary Medicine Gets Personal
Views: 4,219 - Comments: 1I’m standing at the treatment table, looking down at a 120 pound Bullmastiff. Her mucus membranes are pale, she is almost completely unconscious and barely breathing. Under normal circumstances, this is the kind of case that gets...
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Time Management
Views: 5,699 - Comments: 0DoveLewis veterinarians discuss their personal ideas and methods for managing their time during busy shifts in the ER and ICU. How to keep track of multiple clients, frequent communication, and keeping track of multiple diagnostic...
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Supporting a Grieving Veterinary Colleague
Views: 4,398 - Comments: 5When a member of our hospital experiences the death of a personal pet, we all understand the pain they are going through. We know how hard it is to come to work and focus while feeling sad. And while we do an awesome job supportin...
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Max and My Grief
Views: 4,589 - Comments: 8If you’ve seen our Fractious Cat video, then you’ve met my oldest cat Max, who really has been fired from four vet offices in his fifteen years of life. This week Max was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Wh...
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PROJECT POTLUCK: Not Just A Social Stigma Anymore
Views: 4,627 - Comments: 6Low morale may be an unwelcome guest in every workplace, but is undeniably present in most job places at some point or another. It can be a chore to boost morale, but can also be especially challenging in a critical care ER hos...
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How DoveLewis Made Me Grinchy
Views: 4,133 - Comments: 3The holidays approach. Every year they come. And every year I force myself to embrace them. A little history. I used to be that annoying holiday cheer person. I would not only listen to, but sing along to Christmas music in the...
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Another Q+A: Showing Emotion In Front of Owners
Views: 5,130 - Comments: 10Q: Is showing emotion in front of owners good or bad? We have a lot of long-time clients, and we see their pets as babies, adults and geriatric patients. It is really difficult to not cry when euthanizing a pet w...
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Did You See This Headline Recently?
Views: 2,815 - Comments: 3NYC veterinarian busted for allegedly dumping dead pets along road. Full disclosure – I don’t know all of details. I am willing to presume innocence until proven guilty. This headline mostly made me think abou...
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Compassion Fatigue
Views: 22,743 - Comments: 9Did you know that caring too much can hurt? When veterinary staff members are exposed to others pain, they can succumb to symptoms associated with the secondary traumatic stress disorder now labeled compassion fatigue. Compassion...
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