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The veterinary profession is extremely rewarding, yet full of hardships.
VetJoy aims to provide you with resources and toolkits which can improve your mental health, work-life balance, stress management and so much more.
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Annual review of the Team Coaching Voucher programme (2024)
Annual review of the Team Coaching Voucher programme in 2024, funded by the Zoetis Foundation. This includes an overview of the methodology, participants, outcomes, progress and challenges.
Dactari: Empowering Veterinary Professionals Across the Netherlands
Dactari is a Dutch cooperative organisation dedicated to veterinary professionals. It supports veterinarians, practice managers, paraveterinarians and students across the Netherlands.
Before You Go to the Dogs: A Mental Health Book
Veterinarian and author Lisa-Marie Petersen explores mental health in her Dutch book, Before You Go to the Dogs, drawing on her expertise in practice and psychology.
The 5-Day Well-Being Challenge: Cultivating Vitality, Clarity, and Fulfillment
The Well-Being Challenge, developed by Dr Tshidi Gardiner, is a programme designed to support veterinary professionals in cultivating sustainable wellbeing, resilience, and mental clarity.
Reviving Veterinary Medicine: Transforming Leadership and Wellbeing in Veterinary Practice
Reviving Veterinary Medicine is an initiative dedicated to improving wellbeing and leadership across the veterinary profession, providing support and resources for individuals, practices, and organisations.
Be Human-Savvy®: Building Emotionally Intelligent Leadership in the Veterinary Profession
The Be Human-Savvy® programme is a science-based leadership and emotional intelligence training for medical and veterinary professionals. It builds empathy, communication, and trust to create healthier, more resilient teams and reduce burnout.
Tame Your Brain®: Applying Neuroscience to Support Wellbeing and Performance in the Veterinary Profession
The Tame Your Brain® programme is a neuroscience-based coaching system created by Dr Libby Kemkaran, a Cambridge-trained neurocoach and behavioural specialist. Designed with healthcare and veterinary professionals in mind, it applies principles from neuroscience and psychology to help manage stress, prevent burnout, and improve focus and emotional resilience. The programme offers practical tools to retrain automatic brain responses, supporting better decision-making, communication, and performance in high-pressure clinical environments.
Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Veterinary Pathology: Insights and Initiatives From a European Veterinary Specialist DEI Task Force
The European Society of Veterinary Pathology (ESVP) and the European College of Veterinary Pathologists (ECVP) DEI Task Force (DEITF) was established to assess and advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the European veterinary pathology community.