A Happy Vet

09/14/2025

it’s almost as if whereas they were previously able to cut in line, now they have to wait like everyone else.

09/04/2025

YES. I’m definitely an angry crier. Stressed in liquid form!

09/02/2025

“I wonder what’s goin on underneath?” This applies to ourselves when we’re feeling big emotions and everyone around us (not just children). It’s a lot of work but very rewarding to rein in our immediate response, pause, and see if we can be curious about what lies beneath. Pets also generally have a reason for acting out so that helps us too!

07/29/2025

07/29/2025

To clarify - MY mother didn’t say this.

Have you ever thought that the reason the people around us “let” us do everything is because we’re so damn capable? If everything looks easy and effortless, if we hide how hard things are, everyone assumes everything is ok. It’s why we admire people who “have it all together” when in actuality NO ONE has it all together.

I start my Imposter Syndrome lecture with “if you came here because you think I’m going to give you the secret to ‘having it all together’ you are about to be disappointed”.

Ask for help - even if you don’t technically need it. Let others know when you’re in pain. Say “I need to stop and catch my breath”. You don’t have to wait until you are at your limit to call a time out.

Please share a time when you took care of yourself by saying “no” or setting a boundary before things got critical 💙

07/27/2025

Growing up in the south - yeah - gotta be perfect and uncomfortable. Working on being done with that nonsense.

07/17/2025

10 YEARS. July 17, 2015, I opened the virtual doors of Helping Hands Pet Hospice and Home Euthanasia Service. In 2020, I quit all other relief work and devoted myself full time to my practice. This week, I brought on a new vet after practicing alone for the last year. I’m excited to see what the next 10 years brings! My student loans will be paid off by the end of next year so that will open up a whole new debt-free world. This is not where I thought I’d be when I started out. It is where I’m SUPPOSED to be, and that’s a beautiful thing. 💙💙💙

06/12/2025

This.

05/30/2025

05/23/2025

Boundaries feel selfish but are actually generous. They prevent resentment towards others.

05/13/2025

Today I’m talking about birthdays and graduation anniversaries in fractions of a century. I graduated vet school on my 25th birthday. I started out scared to death and now I’m starting to think about retirement and selling my practice to someone who will let me work just the weekends for a while. It’s been a crazy journey and seeing notes like this that are truly bizarre to normal people and perfectly normal to me really bring it home. Sonny’s, Cannoli cake, and Cytopoint for Penny (my dog-sister). There are worse ways to spend my 50th 💙

05/10/2025

Also maybe we don’t need to change everything about ourselves. Maybe our new habit can be kindness to ourselves, encouraging ourselves, and patience with ourselves. 🤷🏻‍♀️