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🇪🇸🇬🇧🇩🇰 Coaching in English, Español & Dansk :)

🩺 I help veterinarians feel calm and confident so they can enjoy working in vet med again
✨22 years in vet med
🎙️The Overwhelmed Vet Podcast
➡️ 100% clients STAY in vet med
📖 Free PDF: Top 10 Hacks to overcome Burnout in the Veterinary Clinic

28/10/2026

Last night. A young, dyspneic cat, gasping in the oxygen tent.

I had LITERALLY just watched a refresher webinar summing these cases up and how to diagnose and treat step by step as they always freak me out.

And suddenly nothing added up and I just felt I didn’t know what was doing.

That’s fine if it’s a limp or gastroenteritis, and you can just give symptomatic treatment while you figure s**t out.

But not when the bloody cat is deteriorating even on oxygen, and you HAVE to find a way.

Bloods, imaging, tap chest … I was so confused and slightly panicking.

As I have no pride, I shared images with colleagues (thank you, angels looking at your phone after midnight), but for some reason their feedback just didn’t feel right.

So I went down one route, which involved throwing the whole kitchen sink at him, and this morning he was marginally better.

I handed over to the day team, and felt more or less in control.

Then during the day I got more feedback from peers that just saw the images and were trying to help.

And I went spiraling into self doubt again.

Normally I’d wait a bit before telling you about a difficult case.

But I want to share how it is to be in the middle of one of those cases that makes you feel out of control and like everything you do is probably not the right thing.

There’s a constant nagging feeling of disaster looming, and a knot in my stomach.

I’m fully aware of how I’m feeling, and I know it will pass.

I know it doesn’t really mean I’m a terrible, useless vet.

I know the owner won’t hate me and blame me, because I literally told him I wasn’t sure and I was trying everything.

And hopefully my lovely day colleagues have figured something out today and either corrected my mess and made him better, or confirmed my suspicion - and made him better. Or ended his suffering.

I’m sharing MY mess, so you can see you’re not alone in feeling like this sometimes.

And it doesn’t mean you’re a bad vet. It’s just the live version of “you’re not perfect and can’t get everything perfect every time”.

25/10/2026

Due to demand I also offer coaching for women who want to learn to feel better in any situation, also entrepreneurs and leaders who relate to what I talk about.

Keep an eye out for announcements as I do these workshops in the country I happen to be in 😅

25/10/2026

Never underestimate the stories that will spin from whatever you do 😂🐸🧙🏼

Also … never think you can control what people will think and say about you.

I found this really funny when it got back to me, but sometimes people will say things you may find hurtful.

Just remember it’s actually never about the real you 💚

Trust your frog witch when she says so 🐸🧙🏼💚

23/10/2026

How to handle making mistakes in vet med:

1) Accepting we WILL make mistakes, because we’re humans, often we’re operating with little information, and .. again, we’re human, and therefore not perfect. So it’s a given we’ll make them, and sometimes even do harm.

2) Learning from them, instead of beating ourselves up over them. First point out what you did well (heard the murmur in the first place! Suggested imaging. Discussed other options with the owners. Took constructive feedback from another vet. Cared that you made a mistake, and wanting to improve). Then look at what you’d do differently next time.

3) Having as much compassion and empathy for yourself as you would for a peer or friend in the same situation. Part of this is learning to handle the crippling shame and anxiety that washes over us when we realise the mistake, and process these emotions, by breathing into them and realise they don’t necessarily mean the world is ending, they’re just alarm bells because our brain is worried about the consequences.

4) Keep talking to other vets about it. Ask about their experiences and how they handle it. Part of surviving this profession is everyone being more open around these things so we all realise we’re not alone with these fears and insecurities.

We ALL MAKE THEM. And living in fear of making them and the consequences is crippling and takes so much joy out of the profession.

22/10/2026

We all say “I know I’m not perfect”, but if you still have fear around making mistakes, then you’re not REALLY accepting the fact that you’re human, and hence imperfect in so many ways.

What are you afraid of getting wrong right now?

22/10/2026

If you’re a veterinarian who’s successful on the outside but still feels like everything could fall apart anytime (especially at 2am when you’re trying to sleep!) I'm talking to you.

If you feel like everyone around you has it so much more together than you, I’m talking to you.

If you wake up in the morning and dread going to work, I’m talking to you.

If you’re in a constant circle of beating yourself up and not feeling enough … you guessed it, I’m talking to you.

Because I WAS you. And now I am reaching back to the next in line, because *I* wish I’d had someone do that for me.

I wish for you to be able to laugh so hard that you snort tea out of your nose, without straight away having your breath taken away by a knot of anxiety.

22/10/2026

In The Thriving Vet Collective we've had several members asking for advice around the same thing: wanting to do something, like going for a run in the morning, or take a certification, or keep committed to a course.

So I taught the first 5 mins of our last call, and I think this is relevant for EVERYONE, so here's the snippet of the call I think youll find super useful (if youre already in The Thriving Vet Collective its still a good reminder 😅):

20/10/2026

A lot of veterinary staff experience anxiety due to self doubt and imposter syndrome in the clinic.

It tends to get worse the more we feed into it, and we do this two ways:

One, by thinking we're anxious and shouldn't be, and now we're anxious about being anxious

Two, by overfocusing on "everything" we do wrong, and thereby priming our brain to find evidence for this, thus feeding into the cycle.

This is due to our brain's tendency towards negativity bias, which is completely human and normal.

Here's how you break it:

Calm your nervous system down by sitting down in a safe place before and after work (and in the toilet at work), feel your feet and backside supported.

Breathe into your stomach and relax your shoulders.

Now feel where the anxiety sits in your body (stomach, chest, throat, etc).

Observe it for a bit and notice how much space it occupies, if it moves or is stuck, is it hot or cold, anything else.

Now name it: "This is anxiety. I'm feeling anxious because I'm in a new job and I'm a bit overwhelmed by it all" (or whatever situation you’re in).

Breathe into the feeling and just be with it a bit. Notice it's just a feeling and it can't hurt you. It can come with for you a little while, like a parrot 🦜sitting on your shoulder, and it's not a problem.

2) Find evidence of and celebrate everything you're doing well and have learned lately.

This is necessary to overcome your brain's negativity bias, and give some radio time to the fact that you're actually a full flown and competent vet or vet nurse, just feeling a bit insecure.

Have as much compassion for yourself as you would for a friend or colleague in your exact same situation.

Remember that the fact you worry about making mistakes shows that you're a caring, responsible person, and care for yourself as well ❤️

20/10/2026

What do you believe about yourself?

Are you a responsible person (THE responsible one)?

Are you slow at surgeries?

Are you not very confident?

In this episode of The Overwhelmed Vet Podcast I give you examples on the stories and beliefs we have about ourselves, and why that determines how much or little we’ll thrive in and out of vet med.

Listen now on your favorite platform or click here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2353024/episodes/19985604

OR, you can watch on Youtube (with subtitles, as I've subscribed to CapCut Pro again 😂): https://youtu.be/NCrnaRFPgNI

*I’m not exaggerating whenI say that what you believe about yourself will determine everything, so you want to find out!

18/10/2026

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