Vet Mind Works Podcast
This podcast is for veterinary professionals who are looking for better ways of working and living. We discuss mind-sets, mind skills, behaviours and habits, which support sustainable performance and wellbeing in a challenging profession, and allow us to develop our own 'best veterinary self'. Podcast hosts Petra Agthe and Alison Collings (two vets with a long-standing interest in psychology and related disciplines) interview interesting guests, ranging from veterinary colleagues to psychologists, who share their knowledge, experiences and insights on specific subjects. Occasionally, we also schedule a 'rest and digest' episode in which we discuss and reflect on previous topics. This is a podcast for the whole veterinary community and we encourage listeners to provide feedback and enter the discussion! You can do this by sending us an email to vetmindworks@gmail.com. We are happily funding this podcast ourselves to keep it independent. However, you can show your support by donating towards a fundraising campaign in aid of a mental health project for Ukrainian veterinary colleagues: https://galaxyvets.foundation/campaigns/mental-health-support-for-ukrainian-veterinary-professionals/
Vet Mind Works Podcast
25. Compassion - with Katherine Wakelin and Megan Davis
Join us diving into the topic of interpersonal relationships! We are starting the series off with an episode on compassion. Join host Petra Agthe and guests Katherine Wakelin and Megan Davis who take a deeper dive into this often misunderstood and undervalued skill.
The discussion includes:
00:00:54 Introduction to episode
00:02:02 Introducing Katherine and Megan
00:04:37 More from our partners VinEurope
00:05:23 Welcoming Katherine and Megan
00:06:25 What is compassion?
00:13:39 Why is compassion important for our wellbeing?
00:26:30 Compassion and emotional processing
00:32:02 How can we cultivate compassion and activate the soothing system?
00:42:15 Overcoming challenges with compassion
00:53:04 The role of visualisation and imagination in compassion practice
00:54:38 Common obstacles and barriers to compassion
01:01:33 Advantages of compassionate leadership
01:07:35 Katherine's and Megan's most favourite resources on the topic
01:13:32 Good-bye
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Free Online Compassion Skills Course for Vets:
https://openresearch.surrey.ac.uk/esploro/outputs/coursemodule/99885965702346
Websites:
https://www.compassionatemind.co.uk/
https://self-compassion.org/
Podcast on the Why and How of apology: https://brenebrown.com/podcast/harriet-lerner-and-brene-im-sorry-how-to-apologize-why-it-matters-part-1-of-2/
You Tube Video: How to be brilliant every single day
Vet Record paper: Feasibility and Efficacy of an online compassion-focused imagery intervention for veterinarian self-reassurance, self-criticism and perfectionism
Previous Vet Mind Works podcast episodes you may be interested in:
All about Shame
About being good enough
Self-compassion
The Veterinary Information Network (VIN) is lending us a hand by helping us with editing our podcast episodes. More about VIN here.
We continue to happily fund all costs for this podcast ourselves but you show your support by donating towards a fundraising campaign in aid of a mental health project for Ukrainian veterinary colleagues hosted by the Galaxy Vets Foundation
We value your feedback! Please email us your thoughts, ideas and suggestions to vetmindworks@gmail.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook
Want to find out more about host Petra? Follow on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/petra-agthe-562bb65b
Credits:
Music- Deep Ambience by Coma-Media, Pixabay; Images for Artwork- OpenClipart-Vectors, Pixabay
