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Epi 79: When Vet Med Becomes Your Whole Identity, How Do You Know If It’s Time to Leave?
24/09/2026 | 33 mins.You’ve spent years, hundreds of thousands of dollars, and a ridiculous amount of blood, sweat, and tears getting here, so of course vet med can start to feel like your entire identity. And when you don’t know who you are without it, leaving can feel less like changing jobs or careers and more like an existential crisis.
This episode gets into the juicy details of how to tell if you’re truly done with vet med or if other factors are make leaving seem like the only viable option.
We’re getting into the specific and thought provoking questions you need to ask yourself before you make any changes, because “I need to get the hell out” and “I’m genuinely ready for something new” are not always the same thing.
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🔗 Download Your FREE Burnout Survival Guide HEREEpi 78: Making Vet Med Less Stressful (Part 4): Your Permission Slip to Stop Doing Work That Isn’t Yours (A Client Success Story)
17/09/2026 | 39 mins.Being the dependable one at work can quietly turn into doing everyone else’s job.
This client success story shows what changed when one veterinarian stopped automatically picking up work that wasn’t hers and started protecting her time, energy, and capacity instead.
You’ll hear how she learned to recognize what she was no longer willing to carry, communicate it clearly, and build the confidence to stop making other people’s responsibilities her problem.
This real-world example truly shows what possible when we stop letting fear keep us stuck in the burnout cycle.
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A proven, step-by-step approach for veterinarians to protect your time, energy, and sanity (even when saying no doesn’t feel like an option). (Sept. 23rd @12pm EST)
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🔗 Download Your FREE Burnout Survival Guide HEREEpi 77: Making Vet Med LESS Stressful (Part 3): When Your Schedule Is Overbooked and You Feel Powerless
10/09/2026 | 33 mins.A typical day in vet med often means an overbooked, chaotic schedule and, worse, feeling like it’s completely out of your control.
I’m sharing the story of one of my coaching clients, a veterinarian who was exhausted by constant walk-ins being added to an already overbooked schedule, plus the never-ending records and call-backs waiting for her at the end of the day. It got to the point that she started looking for another job.
Even her attempts to talk to leadership went nowhere, so I’m sharing how our coaching together helped her find a solution that didn’t involve leaving a job she otherwise liked, and how you can use this same process to start taking back control of your own workday.
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A proven, step-by-step approach for veterinarians to protect your time, energy, and sanity (even when saying no doesn’t feel like an option). (Sept. 23rd @12pm EST)
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🔗 Download Your FREE Burnout Survival Guide HEREEpi 76: Making Vet Med LESS Stressful (Part 2): Hear Me Out! Letting Sh*t Hit the Fan Can Actually Reduce Your Stress
03/09/2026 | 45 mins.If you feel like you have to keep tabs on everyone and everything at work just to make sure things go smoothly, you don’t want to miss this episode.
I’m sharing the real-life challenges one of my coaching clients experienced that left her exhausted, overfunctioning, and constantly checking up on everyone to make sure things got done.
Through our coaching, she learned simple communication shifts that created more accountability without requiring her to do more. In fact, she started doing less, stopped carrying everyone else’s responsibilities, and got hours back in her day as a result.
This episode also digs into why letting things fall apart can sometimes be exactly what reveals the real problem and thus solution.
If you’re tired of micromanaging the chaos and want a less stressful way to work, this episode will give you a practical place to start.
Click here to learn more about the LIVE workshop: Say No Without the Guilt Masterclass:
A proven, step-by-step approach for veterinarians to protect your time, energy, and sanity (even when saying no doesn’t feel like an option). (Sept. 23rd @12pm EST)
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🔗 Download Your FREE Burnout Survival Guide HEREEpi 75: Making Vet Med LESS Stressful (Part 1): Too Busy Being Interrupted to Get Anything Done
27/08/2026 | 39 mins.You finally walk out of the exam room, and before you can finish your next thought, three people need something from you. Sound familiar?!
What we don’t truly appreciate is how constant task switching, “quick questions,” callbacks, and requests can quietly drain your mental bandwidth, make everything feel urgent, and slowly contribute to chronic stress and burnout.
I’m sharing how a real coaching client of mine navigated this exact challenge, and we’ll get into the practical changes she made so she could stop feeling like the default person for every single thing.
The goal isn’t to ignore people or just start telling everyone no. It’s to make your day more manageable so you can actually get your work done without feeling pulled in 47 directions.
Click here to learn more about the LIVE workshop: Say No Without the Guilt Masterclass:
A proven, step-by-step approach for veterinarians to protect your time, energy, and sanity (even when saying no doesn’t feel like an option). (Sept. 23rd @12pm EST)
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About Stop the Burnout Podcast
Stop the Burnout is hosted by Dr. Amber Parks, a veterinarian turned Stress & Burnout Coach, Clinical Support Consultant, and speaker. This podcast is for veterinary professionals and high-achievers who love their work but are exhausted by the people, pressure, expectations, and constant mental load that come with it.
After 16+ years in clinical practice and her own experience with severe burnout, Dr. Parks shares real-world insights and neuroscience-backed tools to help you break the stress and burnout patterns that keep you overworking, overthinking, and running on empty without having to leave the career you worked so hard to build.
This is honest, real-life talk about the things no one taught us and the challenges we all experience but rarely say out loud, from emotional exhaustion and guilt to perfectionism, boundaries, and the pressure to always do more. You won’t find generic self-care fluff or toxic positivity here, only practical, grounded strategies that actually work in the real world of veterinary medicine, including how to navigate tough conversations with more confidence and clarity.
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