The Joyful DVM Podcast: Empowering Veterinary Professionals

By Dr. Cari Wise, DVM, MAEd, Certified Life Coach

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After graduating from veterinary school over twenty years ago, struggling to create balance, and failing to protect her mental health and emotional wellbeing, Dr. Cari Wise finally ditched all the rules and forged her own path forward. If you're a veterinary professional looking to up-level your life and your career, or maybe looking to go in an entirely new direction, then the topics we discuss on the Joyful DVM podcast is absolutely for you.

Episode Date
#220: Leaving Gracefully
Apr 09, 2025
#219: Do you care too much? The relationship between stress and caring in VetMed.
Mar 19, 2025
#218: Let Them Say NO
Mar 05, 2025
#217: You're Only In It For The Money
Feb 26, 2025
#216: Who Are You Mad At?
Feb 19, 2025
#215: Appointment Staging: Why it's better to NOT try to fix it all in one day
Feb 12, 2025
#214: Feeling Stressed? Get the eff off social media!
Feb 05, 2025
#213: Staying Empowered in Times of Chaos
Jan 22, 2025
#212: The Keys To Happiness In VetMed- Part 3: Empower Yourself
Jan 01, 2025
#211: The Keys To Happiness In VetMed- Part 2: Own Your Emotion: Drop The Victim Identity
Dec 25, 2024
#210: The Keys To Happiness In VetMed- Part 1: Own Your Emotion
Dec 18, 2024
#209: The Trap Of External Validation & How To Break Free
Nov 13, 2024
#208: How Vet Techs Influence Veterinary Culture
Oct 16, 2024
#207: TEAM- The Key To Sustainability in VetMed
Oct 08, 2024
#206: The Return of Lucy & Willow [WARNING: Woo Inside!]
Oct 02, 2024
#205: Organizational Culture- Whose Responsibility Is It, Anyway?
Sep 25, 2024
#204: You're Only Human
Sep 04, 2024
#203: The REAL Reason People Ask YOU About Their Pets Outside Of The Hospital
Aug 28, 2024
#202: Living A Life Of Personal Alignment
Aug 21, 2024
#201: The 3 Indicators That You're Headed For Burnout In Your Veterinary Career
Aug 14, 2024
#200: 12 Tips For Navigating Your Veterinary Career
Aug 07, 2024
#199: 5 Negative Aspects of Every Veterinary Career and How To Neutralize Them
Jul 31, 2024
#198: The First Five Years (critical reminders for newer grads & those who work with them)
Jul 24, 2024
#197: Belief Influence (A MUST-LISTEN EPISODE)
Jul 21, 2024
#196: Being Offended
Jul 07, 2024
#195: How Tunnel Vision Negatively Impacts Your Wellbeing
Jun 29, 2024
#194: Taking Charge: How to Have A Good Day, Every Day!
Jun 22, 2024
#193: Are you driving your clients away?
Jun 15, 2024
#192: Combatting The Sunday Scaries
Jun 07, 2024
#191: Navigating Emotion in Veterinary Medicine
Jun 01, 2024
#190: Are you REALLY fine, or are you settling?
May 22, 2024
#189: It Was Always Going To Happen That Way
May 15, 2024
#188: Nurturing Resentment
May 08, 2024
#187: How Joyful DVM Helps Veterinary Professionals (Who we help and How we do it!)
May 01, 2024
#186: Vision Casting & Letting Go
Apr 27, 2024
#185: Reclaiming Your Identity
Apr 24, 2024
#184: No Wasted Struggle
Apr 14, 2024
#183: The Link Between Wellbeing & Navigating Resistance
Apr 10, 2024
#182: Time Off, Demons & Personal Alignment Clues
Apr 06, 2024
#181: The Positive (& Negative) Impacts of Community
Apr 03, 2024
#180: Who's Got Your Back?
Mar 30, 2024
#179 Leaving Your Mistakes Behind
Mar 27, 2024
#178 Connecting With What Moves You
Mar 22, 2024
#177 Lies About Money That Keep You Stuck
Mar 20, 2024
#176 Navigating Unexpected Change
Mar 16, 2024
#175: Cultivating a Spiritual Connection in Vet Med
Mar 13, 2024
#174 The Formula for Effective Reflection
Mar 11, 2024
#173 Chasing Confidence
Mar 06, 2024
#172 Staying The Course
Mar 01, 2024
#171 Choosing Vs. Deciding
Feb 28, 2024
#170 Refusing Service
Feb 23, 2024
#169 Can You Really Change Your Life?
Feb 21, 2024
#168 Prioritizing YOU!
Feb 16, 2024
#167 What Are You Committed To?
Feb 14, 2024
#166 Life Purpose
Feb 10, 2024
#165 Tackling The Fear Of Negotiation
Feb 07, 2024
#164 Energy Vampires: How Individual Anxiety Impacts Teams
Feb 03, 2024
#163 Getting Fired
Jan 31, 2024
#162 Navigating The Unexpected
Jan 27, 2024
#161 The Most Important Boundary You'll Ever Set
Jan 24, 2024
#160 The Power of Focus & Time Blocking
Jan 21, 2024
#159 The Power of Perseverance
Jan 18, 2024
#158 Leveraging Internal Resistance
Jan 13, 2024
#157 Perpetuating a Culture Of Bullying in VetMed
Jan 10, 2024
#156 What Grounds You?
Jan 06, 2024
#155 How Client-Shaming Is Hurting Our Profession
Jan 03, 2024
#154 | Prioritizing Downtime
Dec 29, 2023
#153 The 5 Questions You Must Ask Yourself Before 2024
Dec 27, 2023
#152 | When Diagnostics Are Negative Or Normal
Dec 22, 2023
#151 Avoidance Culture
Dec 20, 2023
#150 Building Confidence
Dec 15, 2023
#149 The Impact of Age in Veterinary Medicine
Dec 13, 2023
#148: What We Don't See
Dec 08, 2023
#147: The (unintentional) Identities We Choose
Dec 06, 2023
#146 How Compassion Impacts the Veterinary Experience
Dec 02, 2023
#145 What Do You Blame?
Nov 29, 2023
#144: What REALLY Makes Positive Change Possible in Life & VetMed
Nov 16, 2023
#143 Someone Wants The Job You Have
Nov 08, 2023
#142 (Human) Death in VetMed [TRIGGER WARNING]
Nov 01, 2023
#141 The (Limiting) Stories We Tell About VetMed & Life
Oct 25, 2023
#140 | Do Vet Techs Really Make Things Easier?
Oct 18, 2023
#139 Taking Time To Celebrate
Oct 11, 2023
#138 Referral Resistance
Oct 04, 2023
#137 "I read online that..."
Sep 27, 2023
#136 Navigating Internal Conflict in Veterinary Hospitals
Sep 20, 2023
#135 Talking About Money in Vet Med
Sep 13, 2023
#134 How to Stop Giving All Your Time to VetMed
Sep 06, 2023
#133 Us Against Them in VetMed and Life
Aug 30, 2023
#132 The Real Impact of the "Not Enough Time" Lie in VetMed & Life
Aug 16, 2023
#131 Negativity, Positivity & Optimism: Why your future depends on the choice you make today
Aug 09, 2023
#130 Starting over
Aug 02, 2023
#129 Job Hopping: A Common Coping Mechanism in Vet Med
Jul 26, 2023
#128 React or Respond? How Your Emotional Wellbeing Depends On Your Choice
Jul 19, 2023
#127 The Corporate Divide in Vet Med: True Threat or Fabricated Foe?
Jul 12, 2023
#126 Client Interactions in Vet Med- The Common Ground Most Of Us Miss
Jul 05, 2023
#125 It's Not About You (and, it's always about you, 100% of the time)
Jun 28, 2023
#124 How Vet School Sets Us Up To Fail (and why we keep repeating the pattern)
Jun 21, 2023
#123 Considering a VetMed Job Change? Listen To This First! PART 2
Jun 14, 2023
#122 Considering a VetMed Job Change? Listen To This First! PART 1
Jun 07, 2023
#121 Cannibalism Among Veterinary Professionals
May 31, 2023
#120 Vet Med Joy Stealers- Part 3
May 24, 2023
#119 Vet Med Joy Stealers- Part 2
May 17, 2023
#118 Vet Med Joy Stealers- Part 1
May 10, 2023
#117 Yes, No & Prioritizing What You Want
May 03, 2023
#116 How It Should Be in Life & Vet Med
Apr 26, 2023
#115 Vet Med Lies We Believe
Apr 19, 2023
#114 Veterinary Culture & Toxicity
Apr 12, 2023
#113 The Trap of Over-Explaining in Vet Med
Apr 05, 2023
#112 How Do You Measure Success In Vet Med?
Mar 29, 2023
#111 Creating Emotional Resilience in Vet Med
Mar 22, 2023
#110 The Upside of Imposter Syndrome
Mar 15, 2023
#109 Your Life Journey: Let It Be Messy
Mar 06, 2023
#108 Faulty Conclusions that Limit Our Lives
Feb 11, 2023
#107 Spiritual Curiosity & Religion Resistance
Feb 04, 2023
#106 Synchronicities and Patterns We Miss
Jan 27, 2023
#105 Judgement vs. Evaluation at Work and in Life
Jan 21, 2023
#104 What I learned from a new bird…
Jan 11, 2023
#103 The Negative Impact of New Years Resolutions
Jan 04, 2023
#102 Compound Effect of Bad Days
Dec 28, 2022
#101 Grief and Growth
Dec 21, 2022
#100 Creating A Life Of Alignment
Dec 14, 2022
#99 Growing With Intention
Dec 11, 2022
#98 Vet Med Pep Talk: Cari's Power 12 Truths
Dec 04, 2022
#97 How To Have A Great Day In Vet Med
Nov 27, 2022
#96 Are You Ready To Change Your Life?
Nov 20, 2022
#95 The Big Shift- Are You Blocking Your Potential?
Nov 12, 2022
#94 Is It Useful?
Nov 06, 2022
#93 How You Can Predict Your Future
Oct 30, 2022
#92 Negativity in Vet Med (and how to change it)
Oct 23, 2022
#91 Imposter Syndrome: Fact or Fiction
Oct 16, 2022
#90 The Key To Freedom (in Vet Med and Life)
Oct 09, 2022
#89 Chasing Peace
Oct 02, 2022
#88 We Are NOT Mentally Unstable
Sep 26, 2022
#87 Why Right Choices Often Feel Terrible
Sep 18, 2022
#86 The Compassion We Withhold
Sep 04, 2022
#85 The (Negative) Impact of Unintentional Mentors
Aug 28, 2022
#84 The Two Ways We Get Stuck
Apr 28, 2022
#83 Empowered Perspective: Looking Beyond the Obvious
Apr 25, 2022
#82 Living On Autopilot
Apr 21, 2022
#81 Empowered Perspective: When You Believe You Can
Apr 19, 2022
#80 Discouraging Others from Pursuing Vet Med Careers
Apr 14, 2022
#79 Empowered Perspective: Brighter Days Are Coming
Apr 11, 2022
#78 Expert Advice: Helpful or Limiting?
Apr 09, 2022
#77 Dealing with Anger, Disrespect and Feeling Unappreciated in Vet Med (and the world)
Mar 31, 2022
#76 Navigating Challenges & Change in Veterinary Medicine and the World
Mar 23, 2022
#75 Identity Crisis: An Unintended Consequence in Veterinary Medicine
Feb 06, 2022
#73 Have You Settled for a Mediocre Life & Veterinary Career?
Jan 25, 2022
#72 Losing Willow
Jan 14, 2022
#71 The (False) Power of Anger
Jan 07, 2022
#70 Risk & Reward
Dec 31, 2021
#69 Reality Check: 5 Widely Accepted Vet Med Beliefs that Block Our Potential
Dec 23, 2021
#68 Client Expectations That Hold Us Back As Veterinary Professionals
Dec 16, 2021
#67 Triumphing over Toxicity in Veterinary Medicine
Dec 10, 2021
#66 The Veterinary Care Cycle: Stay In Your Lane & Improve Your Career
Dec 03, 2021
#65 Frustration or Fulfillment? How One Simple Shift Changes Everything in Vet Med
Nov 26, 2021
#64 How Hating Vet Med is Holding Us Back
Nov 18, 2021
#63 The Compounding Effect of Stress
Nov 11, 2021
#62 Guest Spotlight: Dr. Cindy Trice- Relief Rover founder and Relief Vet Extraordinaire
Nov 05, 2021
#61 The Unintentional Impact of Unquestioned Opinions
Oct 30, 2021
B3 | Unintended Hiatus-What Really Happened to The Joyful DVM Podcast
Oct 20, 2021
#60 Intentional Consequences: The Path To Getting What You Want
Jul 06, 2021
#59 Changing Sh*tty Client Behavior
Jun 29, 2021
B2 | Vet Med Can't Make You Happy
Jun 24, 2021
#58 Vet Med Alignment Part 4- Score MCMF
Jun 22, 2021
#57 Vet Med Alignment Part 3- Score ACMF
Jun 15, 2021
#56 Vet Med Alignment Part 2: Score ACAF
Jun 08, 2021
#55 Vet Med Alignment Part 1: Job vs. Career
Jun 01, 2021
#54 Bullies in Vet Med
May 25, 2021
#53 Feeling Stuck?
May 18, 2021
#52 How We Block Our Potential
May 11, 2021
#51 How Personal Energetics Impact Veterinary Culture & Individual Experience
May 04, 2021
#50 The Story I Didn't Want To Share and The Vet Med Lessons It Revealed
Apr 27, 2021
#49 Leveraging the Unknown in Vet Med & Life
Apr 20, 2021
#48 What Does, and Does Not, Define a "Joyful" DVM
Apr 13, 2021
#47 The Link Between Your Experience in Vet Med and Your Unique Human Design
Apr 06, 2021
#46 Vet Med Opportunities in the Aftermath of Covid-19
Mar 30, 2021
#45 Vet Med Dealbreakers: 3 Times It's Best To Move On
Mar 23, 2021
#44 The Impact of What You DON'T Want
Mar 17, 2021
#43 What You Must Do Before You Quit
Mar 09, 2021
#42 Why You're Probably Too Smart For Your Own Good
Mar 02, 2021
#41 What if Vet Med Was Never Supposed To Be Your Long-Term Purpose?
Feb 23, 2021
#40 Breaking Free of Vet Med
Feb 16, 2021
#39 The Breaking Point (what it is, what it means, and what you should do next)
Feb 09, 2021
#38 The Value of Embracing Emotion (and the fallout when you don't!)
Feb 02, 2021
#37 Recapturing Silence - Your Secret Weapon for Decreasing Stress Quickly!
Jan 26, 2021
#36 Interrupting Anxiety and Stress in Vet Med & Life
Jan 19, 2021
#35 How Facts Create Emotional Freedom in Vet Med & Life
Jan 12, 2021
#34 Why Feeling Fear is Normal in Vet Med
Jan 05, 2021
#33 Understanding the Risk of Sabotaging our Lives and Vet Med Careers in 2021
Dec 29, 2020
#32 The Decision To Quit Vet Med - Part 2
Dec 22, 2020
#31 The Decision To Quit Vet Med - Part 1
Dec 15, 2020
#30 Creating Intentional Happiness in 2021 with Joyful DVM
Dec 08, 2020
#29 4 Misery Makers That Make Vet Med Careers So Hard (and what you can do about it!)
Dec 01, 2020
#28 Get ready for 2021! How to Create Intentional Happiness in Vet Med & Life
Nov 24, 2020
#27 The Control You Give Away in Vet Med & Life
Nov 17, 2020
#26 How Do You Measure the Value of Your Life and Vet Med Career?
Nov 10, 2020
#24 Why You Can't Find Work-Life Balance in Vet Med
Oct 28, 2020
#23 What Cannibalism Hides in Vet Med
Oct 20, 2020
#22 The Unexpected Gifts Vet Med Perseverance Makes Possible
Oct 13, 2020
#21 The Impact of Fear on Practicing Vet Med and Living Life - Part 2
Oct 06, 2020
#20 The Impact of Fear on Practicing Vet Med and Living Life - Part 1
Sep 29, 2020
#19 The Truth About Client Shaming in Vet Med
Sep 22, 2020
#18 Vet Med Joy Stealers - Part 3
Sep 15, 2020
#17 Vet Med Joy Stealers - Part 2
Sep 08, 2020
#16 Vet Med Joy Stealers - Part 1
Sep 01, 2020
#14 The Power of Saying No
Aug 18, 2020
#13 Therapy vs. Coaching
Aug 11, 2020
#12 Arguing with Reality in Vet Med & Life
Aug 04, 2020
#11 What's Really Holding You Back
Jul 28, 2020
#10 The Impact of the Lies We Believe About Vet Med
Jul 21, 2020
#9 What 2020 is Teaching Us in Vet Med and Beyond
Jul 14, 2020
#8 Infinitely Worthy: How a World of Possibility Opens with Just One Belief
Jul 07, 2020
#7 The Impact of the Toxic Veterinary Work Environment
Jun 30, 2020
#6 Talking To Clients: Vet Med Word Vomit
Jun 23, 2020
#5 Measuring Success In VetMed
Jun 16, 2020
#4 The Importance of Developing Emotional Resilience in VetMed
Jun 09, 2020
B1 | Be Willing To Get It Wrong
Jun 05, 2020
#3 Tips For New (and not so new) VetMed Grads
May 28, 2020
#2 The Upside of Imposter Syndrome
May 25, 2020
#1 Joyful DVM- Who, What & Why
May 21, 2020