Gunila Life Coach

Gunila Life Coach đŸ‡ȘđŸ‡žđŸ‡ŹđŸ‡§đŸ‡©đŸ‡° Coaching in English, Español & Dansk :)

đŸ©ș I help veterinarians feel calm and confident so they can enjoy working in vet med again
✹22 years in vet med
đŸŽ™ïžThe Overwhelmed Vet Podcast
âžĄïž 100% clients STAY in vet med
📖 Free PDF: Top 10 Hacks to overcome Burnout in the Veterinary Clinic

And who cares what that blanket has seen and absorbed BEFORE it got washed 😂
03/09/2026

And who cares what that blanket has seen and absorbed BEFORE it got washed 😂

The in between, the “what if”, the “maybe one day”, “I really should” - will s***f the light out of you.Notice how easy ...
31/08/2026

The in between, the “what if”, the “maybe one day”, “I really should” - will s***f the light out of you.

Notice how easy we fall into feeling a little bit uncomfortable and disgruntled every day of our lives, as opposed to going through the discomfort of change for a brief period of time.

Whether that’s the discomfort of a physical change of finding a new job, or the inner work it takes to find worth and joy in what you’re doing right now.

Where do you find yourself in this moment? What’s stopping you from changing?

I’ve been feeling a bit 
 separated, disconnected, lately.For the last month I’ve been in a bubble of self reflection an...
31/08/2026

I’ve been feeling a bit 
 separated, disconnected, lately.

For the last month I’ve been in a bubble of self reflection and a resistance to create any content, because I’ve felt something was off.

I’ve been saying I’m on holiday and that’s true, I’ve spent a lot of time with loved ones, but I COULD have recorded a podcast, or written a newsletter, had I really wanted to.

But I really didn’t.

This first half of the year I learned how to use AI for editing etc so I could be more efficient, and produce more, and get better at “finding the right structure”.

And out of the blue I suddenly felt so much resistance to it, and an inner bubbling of rebellion.

WHY do we have to be so efficient and produce more and more?

It is such a symptom of the society we currently live in, where we’re feeling wildly disconnected from each other, and have to prove ourselves as individuals, as opposed to as a whole, part of humanity.

And there are so many more symptoms, most of them revolving around the “otherness”.

Owners bashing vets. Vets complaining about unsupportive owners. Vets pointing out where other vets got it wrong. Not to speak of our current political environment


This society makes us feel alone and in constant need of approval and proof that we, indeed, also have a right to exist.

I don’t think AI is helping.

I think we need to stop focusing on being efficient and productive, and focus 100 times more on calming our nervous system down, so we can breathe, feel safe, stop fearing rejection, let go of the defensiveness and constant anxiety (relax your shoulder for a moment), and realise we’re part of a whole.

In order to be happy and fulfilled veterinarians, or any other profession, we need to embrace our humanity first.

Solve for the disconnection, realize you’re a part of something bigger, and notice what happens.

I did a webinar on veterinary leadership last week as a collaboration and 3,5% (19 people) of my email list signed up f...
27/08/2026

I did a webinar on veterinary leadership last week as a collaboration and 3,5% (19 people) of my email list signed up for it.

I was really happy that 19 people wanted to learn about leadership, but after my presentation I thought that everyone really could do with some tools to become a better leader.

You might not think about it this way, but actually, we’re all leaders. We lead ourselves (or at least we ought to).

When we don’t lead ourselves consciously, we’re a bit like a ship bobbing around on the sea with no captain, and then all the passengers complain about arriving at the wrong port (or never arriving).

Imagine Karen packing summer dresses and bikinis only to arrive at Antarctica.

In the veterinary world, this can look like letting your anxiety and self doubt lead the show.

For example, before a surgery, anxiety hits you and you assume this means you’re not ready, or that something is going to go wrong.

LEADING in this situation means pausing, noticing the anxiety, sitting with it a bit and questioning where it’s coming from.

And then challenging the assumptions, and offer yourself alternatives.

Is it possible I’m anxious because this is a bit of a big deal? And it’s normal to feel a bit anxious, even when I’m fully prepared, AND everything is going as it should? Can I even maybe turn the anxiety into more of an excitement?

Another Titanic moment with no captain is the 2am waking up to a torrent of should haves and could haves and I’m not good enough and what ifs.

LEADING at 2am in your bed means NOT believing these thoughts are actually true, and, if necessary, sitting up, turning the light on and writing them down so you can get them out of your brain and take control back.

Once they’re down on paper, you can then ask: “Is it true?” and “Is it important?”

It is surprisingly effective and you don't have to do it every night forever - you learn quickly to spot and tone down the untrue, unhelpful thoughts.

This is leadership, from the ground up.

Anyone can be a leader, a GREAT leader, of themselves and others, when we learn self awareness and the tools to manage our brain and emotions, because that’s where it all starts.

Had you ever thought about how you lead yourself?

* Picture of me very much having to lead my brain through fear of heights đŸ«Ł on a tree top walk 🌳

“The vets here get so stressed out over only 5 inpatients!! If they were in the UK, they wouldn’t survive a day!!”One of...
07/08/2026

“The vets here get so stressed out over only 5 inpatients!! If they were in the UK, they wouldn’t survive a day!!”

One of my colleagues from the UK is doing some locum work in another country over summer, and is amazed at how stressed the vets get over (according to him) very little work load.

He feels they get anxious over different things than the vets in the UK; for example it takes painstakingly long for them to make decisions and carry anything complicated out, because they’re so terrified of doing the wrong thing.

It might just be the specific clinic he’s landed in, but it just goes to show how good veterinary brains are at finding problems and making life harder for ourselves.

I work in ER, and I frankly don’t have too much time to worry over making the wrong decision, because if I don’t make SOME decision the animal will die.

But I know for sure that when I’ve been less busy in the past, as a GP and especially owning my own clinic, and before I had the self awareness I possess now, that my brain wouldn’t stop just because the influx of patients did.

It’s a bit like having a deadline for a project: if you’ve got 3 weeks, you’ll fill up 3 weeks dillying and dallying.

If you’ve got 3 days, you’ll get it done, with much less fluff.

When a veterinary brain isn’t filled up with stuff to do right now, its tendency will be to go wandering for things to worry about, such as carrying out a complicated case perfectly, taking the exact right steps with every animal, and spinning in indecision.

I see proof of that over and over again, and it really exacerbates the need for us to be able to have some control over our brain.

It’s such an amazing and brilliant problem solving machine, and as any machine, it needs someone to manage it. And that someone is you, vet.

You want to notice when your brain is just filling up time going over and over everything that can go wrong, wanting to anticipate and control every little detail far into the future, and while it’s at it, also analyse and wish it could change stuff we think we didn’t do great in the past.

Do you know how much time you may be spending thinking and worrying about things you

1) Can’t do anything about
2) Experienced/did in the past
3) Might never have to face
4) Will know how to deal with anyway as and when they may happen?

Take a guess! You might be surprised.

04/08/2026

There is a feeling, based on a need we know from the Maslow's pyramid of needs, that you’re very likely NOT aware of, but it drives a lot of your actions and causes you a lot of anxiety.

It’s a very primal fear, and once you realise what you’re experiencing and what your patterns are around this, you have a choice. You can start being aware of where it shows up, and learn to manage that part that doesn’t let you live fully and enjoy your veterinary life, and honestly, your life in general.

Listen to this week’s episode 108 of the Overwhelmed Vet Podcast now on your favorite platform or tune in to this link:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2353024/episodes/19569006

Or watch on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/U1qlDsmFvhY

Do you know that feeling when there’s a small parenthesis in all the chaos, where everything seems to be working, nothin...
31/07/2026

Do you know that feeling when there’s a small parenthesis in all the chaos, where everything seems to be working, nothing is going (obviously) wrong, and it’s just a sensation of 
 calm and content, for a minute?

And then your brain suddenly breaks through with all the what ifs and you should have and the anxiety sets in again.

Basically, what is called “waiting for the other shoe to drop”.

Life in vet med isn’t always chaos and disaster, but because we only ever let ourselves delve in peace and happiness for mere SECONDS before we give into the inner worry and problem solving mechanisms, it FEELS like we never get a break.

We are SO used to having to think on our feet, be responsible and be prepared for the worst, that it’s actually really hard to NOT be in that state.

Feeling happy and calm actually feels dangerous to our efficient veterinary brains. Because, in order to feel safe, our brain likes

1) certainty and

2) being in control.

If I’m chilled and content right now, I don’t know and may not be prepared for the next moment’s possible disaster.

My brain wants me to prepare and analyse every little thing that could potentially go wrong (or may have gone wrong already, let’s just start going through all the consults and surgeries from last week that I wasn’t 100% happy with).

If you’re not aware of this pattern, you’ll do what I did and keep spiralling to make sure you feel more in control and prepared, and then burn out because you never take any time to celebrate what’s going well, chill when things are quiet for a second, or switch off when home or on holiday (because, what IF?!?!?).

It FEELS like it’s helpful to anticipate and prepare for the worst as opposed to relaxing and enjoy life, but it actually has the opposite effect: by the time things DO go wrong, you’re so wired and anxious that you struggle to make solid decisions and follow through, and you’re very likely to end up leaving the profession altogether because it’s just too draining in the long run.

How do we stop this?

âžĄïž Awareness. Notice when you start feeling anxious, and listen to your thoughts for a sec to see what you’re anxious about

âžĄïž Use my mantra I taught last week:

đŸ”” Is this TRUE?

đŸ”” Is this IMPORTANT?

If you can answer “no”, or “maybe not” to any of those two, practice letting go of the disaster-thought, because it’s just not useful, and is due to a pattern you no longer want.

What’s your most frequent and unhelpful thought that snaps you out of happiness and calmness?

28/07/2026

How you perceive being a veterinarian depends 100% on how you frame everything that happens in your day to day.

In this episode of the Overwhelmed Vet Podcast, Ep. 107: Your perception of the profession is everything, and here’s how to change it,

I explain why this is crucial for your well being and ability to stay in the profession, and I give you the tools to know HOW to not feel at the mercy of every challenge and difficult interactions.

You have so much more power than you think, and here’s how to access it.

Listen to this week's podcast episode now on your favorite platform or tune in to this link:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2353024/episodes/19542633

Or watch on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/qL9j1dYHrC0

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