Epi. 284 – Staying Sane in the Truck – Hacks to Improve Mental Health on the Go

AABP District 1 Director Dr. Liz Brock is the guest host for this episode of the Have You Herd? podcast today. Guests for this episode are AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich, Dr. Earl Brady, owner of Cold Hollow Veterinary Services in Vermont, and Dr. Jennifer Kauf, owner of Legacy Livestock Veterinary Service in Pennsylvania. This episode of Have You Herd? is developed by the AABP Mental Health and Well-Being Committee.

Our guests provide tips they utilize for staying sane in the veterinary truck. We all recognize that busy bovine practitioners often face stressful situations every day that are unavoidable in many circumstances. Each guest discusses how stress and burnout has presented itself to us in practice and how we addressed it. We also discuss the strategies we employ to regularly keep up on our mental health. 

It is also important for clients to understand the stresses and mental health challenges that their veterinarian may be experiencing. We talk about how to discuss this with clients, set boundaries while providing good services and care, and providing the space needed to not be a veterinarian during specific times. 

If you are interested in this topic, please consider joining the AABP Mental Health and Well-being Committee. We also encourage members to join our every-other-Wednesday peer discussion group. The information to join this one-hour virtual discussion group to share and support each other is found here.