Life Coaching for Veterinarians

Takeaways:

• No matter what we do, just by being alive, we will always pay in time, money, emotions.
• If time and money might be somehow "negotiable", the emotions are almost always under our ccontrol.
• By choosing our emotions wisely, we can save or even gain time and money.

Have fun with this one!

Show Notes:

• Why I felt the need to rename my podcast
• What biomarkers are important in mental and physical health
• What am I focusing on this year (2024)

Links to the shows mentioned in the podcast:

Episode's takeaways:

• The two types of fear: fear that saves lives and fear that kills.

• The importance of listening to the nudge to change.  

• Why is expecting grief important when we change?  

• Shedding your skin before growing into something bigger is painful.  
• The success evaluation is mandatory.
• Why does not celebrating success makes it harder to achieve future success?

• Do you still want to use the same beliefs and emotions to fuel your future success? 

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In this episode, you'll learn how I changed 30 years of bad sleep habits in just 2 months!

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER 

- The first domino piece - sunlight ☀

- The second domino piece - stop using screens 2 hours before bed

- The third domino piece - Non-Sleep Deep Rest

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In this episode, I want to talk about what makes a 'Sparkly' Vet!

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER 

- A list of 10 things that make you a sparkly vet!

- When we incorporate the whole of ourselves we become very sparkly!

- How it's NEVER too late to become a sparkly vet!

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In this episode, I am sharing with you the importance of water! 💦 Why we need to focus on the first 10 hours of our day, and what is best to drink and why!

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER 

- Why you should be focussing on your water intake in the first 10 hours after you wake up

- What the minimum baseline is for your water intake (there's a formula!)

- Hydration liquids and what you need to consider with caffeine

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In this episode, I'm going to talk about why you don't have to put up with ABUSE as a veterinarian! *This episode is explicit*

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

- What is the worst that can happen? Is it enough to keep them in your business?

- Why you should not put up with Abusive sh*t! (And why I will never encourage you to do so as your coach!)

- The Dec*ntifying process and the origins of the word c*nt!

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In this episode, right in the middle of the holiday season, we are talking through the morning after medicine!

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

- How to talk to your body kindly with a body scan - its the most important medicine you can give your body

- How to smooth your nervous system with a forgiveness meditation

- Take time to imagine that in the future, you are that person who has solved those problems, and give yourself some advice for now.

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In this episode, we are unwrapping two big errors in our beliefs -  believing we are out of control, and believing that we can't stop eating!

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

- How to view things by starting with the FACTS

- How to stop telling ourselves LIES and take away the shame

- Knowing that we always STOP and we are in control

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In this episode, I talk to the heart-centred business owner, and money coach, Rachelle Siebke about all things money!

WHAT WE DISCUSS

- Bringing home the most money and creating financial abundance

- Loving yourself with compassion as we do with others 💖

- Why you should name your savings accounts!

- Finding a good fit when it comes to money advisors

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In this episode, I'm talking to one of my all-time favourite people and fellow coach Virginie Loÿ! Grab a notebook and pen and settle down to take in everything we share! 💖

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

• How to spot a toxic/abusive relationship/environments
• The difference between 'being victim of...' and 'feeling victim'
• Solutions to move forward including setting boundaries and more.
  

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Every 10th episode of the podcast, I like to do something a little special... so this is my Love Letter to you 💌... Each and every one of you who takes the time to listen... 💖

HOW TO FIND ME OUTSIDE THE PODCAST

In this episode, I'm sharing a little of what I've been learning these past few months, including hypnosis (stay tuned to the podcast for more on this!) and what it means to hit a wall in terms of food, your vet life, and stress.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

• Hitting a 'wall' is all about a scarcity mindset
• When things don't work out as you thought, it doesn't necessarily mean that anyone involved is wrong

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In this episode, I'm sharing a live webinar I did recently all about using tools to stop stressful patterns in Veterinary medicine.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

• How a ball or an orange can stop your anxious thoughts
• How using your peripheral vision can keep you calm
• How stress is a cycle that must be completed
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HOW TO FIND ME OUTSIDE THE PODCAST

SHOW NOTES

In this episode of the podcast, I am interviewing Corinne Crabtree, the Founder and CEO of The No BS Weightloss Program, and host of the Losing 199 Pounds Podcast with over 32 million downloads.

Corinne Crabtree is a top-ranked health podcaster, Master Weightloss and Life Coach, motivational speaker, and all-around badass. She's an expert in the field of weight loss where she teaches her unique No BS Weightloss Program that helps thousands of women lose weight the way they want to live their lives.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

·  How Corinne lost 100 pounds and was able to maintain the weight loss

·  How to build a business based on integrity

·  How to handle bad reviews

·  Corinne shares her thoughts on how she shifted her relationship with food and practical tips that are applicable for building a vet-business or any other business in a sustainable way

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In this episode, we’re going back to basics with the two most important questions you can ask yourself when on your weight loss journey. We’ll look at some of the ‘diet’ excuses we make for our weight gain and what it is that REALLY matters for you to lose weight sustainably.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

·  The most important two questions: 1. Am I hungry? And 2. Have I had enough?

·  How to plan abundantly instead of using restrictions

·  What Euthanasia and Fat Adaptation have in common...

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In this episode we’ll look at how to recognize when we are walking on egg shells because of another person’s ‘monster’ and how we can deal with these triggers that cause us to feel fear, anxiety and dread unnecessarily!

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

·  When we cuddle another person’s ‘monster’ we take on unnecessary suffering

·  It's okay to ignore someone else’s triggered behavior so long as it isn’t hurting you!

·  When it’s okay to walk away from triggering people who make you miserable

·  If you want to heal your own monsters head on...then THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU!

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In this episode we’ll learn tools to recognize and tackle the second most encountered stressor in our small animal vet lives: worry/fear/anxiety.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

·  Is worry a necessary emotion to have? Why and when?

·  What’s a probable scenario that might create necessary/unnecessary worry in our personal lives and at our vet-jobs.

·  How to shift our lenses and think differently about situations that “worry” us?

·  Are you a professional “worrier” and can’t help yourself catastrophizing? I’ve got you covered as well in this episode.

HOW TO FIND ME OUTSIDE THE PODCAST

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In this episode I will give you my take on stress in veterinary medicine, what has stress in common with a diarrhea-dog, or a 108 or a 309 tooth-extraction.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

•  Why just saying that “I am stressed” doesn’t say anything about the actual problem
• What are the most common three sources of stress in our small animal veterinarians’ lives
• How to create only physical tiredness not emotional depletion in your small animal vet day at work

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In this episode I will present how I keep my space as decluttered as possible and why I chose to talk about the artificial sweeteners in the “clutter” episode.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

·  How I make decisions about purchasing new things

·  Why all the items that clutter your kitchen table, cupboards, living room space tend to magically reappear just a few hours after you’ve put them away

·  What is my idea about artificial sweeteners and how I motivate this from my personal experience and my experience from working with my coaching clients

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Today I will introduce you to another big lie we believe about losing weight: the “eat less/less calories and exercise more” lie

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

·  Why not all the calories are born the same.

·  Why I don’t recommend starting intense exercising and losing weight at the same time.

·  Why I don’t believe the BMI is not an appropriate guide to look at for our weight loss journeys.

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Today I will celebrate our ten years in Sweden, and the 20th podcast by presenting ten lessons I’ve learned by becoming an immigrant small animal veterinarian.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

• What to expect when you move to another country/region of your own country.
• How to avoid losing money long-term, when you accept a new contract.
• What was the good, the bad, the ugly and the fun?

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Today I will introduce you to another time-related lie we get caught in while losing weight.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

• What is important to focus on when we decide to lose weight
• What are the things you’ll get access first when embarking on your weight loss journey with me
• What to take from the clients’ success stories weight coaches present
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Today I will introduce you to the second big lie we believe about eating healthy or losing weight: the time lie.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

• what was I up to in the last three weeks
• why the way we utilize our time is so similar in our small animal vet jobs and in eating healthy or losing weight
• how I gain time in both healthy eating and in my small animal vet job

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Today I will introduce you to one of the most common lies we believe about eating healthy and the cost of eating healthy. It’s a short podcast from a three-podcast series about the most common lies we tell ourselves about losing weight.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER:

Why is weight loss and eating healthy a mind-process, not a money-related process.

How much a healthy eating style costs me every week

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER:

• What do I eat and why
• What we have to eat in general to lose weight

SHOW NOTES:

Today I will introduce you to the concept of emotional eating from a small animal veterinarian's perspective. 

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER:

• why are we using food/alcohol to deal with emotions
• why is the worse emotional eating happening mainly during the evenings/nights
• what are the usual triggers for emotional eating for small animal veterinarians

SHOW NOTES:

How to know if you are living in integrity as small animal veterinarian and if around your food/drinking/smoking habits

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER:

• what are the cues for being in misalignment with your core values and beliefs in vet profession
• how to know if you are in misalignment about your core values in regard to food you choose to keep or not as part of your eating habits

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Today I will introduce you to our human brains, how they operate and what’s the reason why we keep feeling like crap even if we drink, eat, binge-watch series on Netflix.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER:

• what parts of your brain still think you are the caveman/ cavewoman
• why overeating and overdrinking is a sign of a normal brain function
• what’s the solution for small animal veterinarians to not eat the whole peanut butter jar and 8 apples

This my friends, will be a rant against ”HARD”!

ARE YOU DONE WITH HARD?

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Today I’ll continue with my view on intermittent fasting by going through the main obstacles we face when we introduce this weight loss tool in our lives.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER:

• what are the three main obstacles in doing the intermittent fasting
• which one of them is the hardest to overcome
• how to deal with the obstacles and what solutions we can have on the way

SHOW NOTES:

I’ve decided to celebrate the 10th episode of the Podcast by sharing what my 23 years of marriage happened and what I’ve learned from my relationship with my husband.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER:

• -what was my “nut-case” selection of the partner process
• -how committing and embracing the 10 folds of the bad and the ugly might be the key to a lifelong magic relationship
• -how micro-commitments are the key of achieving the craziest goals while having fun, ease

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Intermittent fasting is one of the weight loss/reducing insulin resistance that I use in my coaching practice. In today’s episode I address the most common questions I get about intermittent fasting.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

• -what is intermittent fasting?
• -why is intermittent fasting important in weight loss?
• -how long do you have to fast for weight loss purposes?
• -what doesn’t break a fast?
• -what might break a fast?

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Today I will share with you what are the most common sources of problems during our weight loss process. In the spirit of my Superman-girl-crush, I called those "the Kryptonite of weight loss"! 

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER:

• 8  examples of common habits or foods that slow down or totally stop our weight loss process
• what creates natural healthy pleasure and is beneficial for weight loss

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Today I will share with you why are some of us feeling like crap in our small animal vet jobs and how to be able to ditch the unnecessary negativity and suffering. Warning for F-bombs!

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER:

• -how some overgrown hamster incisors, rotten paws or fly-maggots can trigger thought loops that create unnecessary suffering
• -how our brains create emotional pain and suffering
• -why do our IQs drop when we are angry or experience intense emotions
• -how to sort what is necessary and what is totally unnecessary to experience as small animal vets
• -how to contact me if you want to permanently change your vet-life or your relationship with food/alcohol

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Show Notes

Today I’ll share one epic fail in my vet-job and how it might relate in weight loss. We’ll also explore which type of weight loss journey is more sustainable, enjoyable and fun.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER:

• -how to obtain a blood sample from a little, sweet Swedish meatball? 
• -how to lose weight in fast and furious mode?
• -what are the signs that your weight loss journey became a joyride for you?

Today we’ll continue playing some hunger games and I will present some more coaching tools to help you understand why we eat that much and how to use hunger as a tool in weight loss.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER:

• what is physical hunger?
• what is emotional hunger?
• sensations vs felling or emotions as life coaching/mind-work tools
• what is preventative eating?
• are we sugar burners or are we fat adapted?
• what does fat adaptation mean?
• how to recognize if we are sugar burners?

In this episode we'll start the discussion about hunger and how hunger plays an important part in the overeating process.

I will also give you my opinion about:

• BMI
• Farmed salmon vs wild caught salmon
• The hormonal regulation av hunger, weight gain and weight loss
• Weight-set-point in the brain
• How is hunger affected by the insulin resistance

In this episode I'll dive into some childhood stories about myself and my relationship with food, and into why is so hard to lose weight and to let go to foods that keep us overweight.

You'll learn:

• why we feel so out of control around some kinds of foods
• why restriction doesn't last 
• how to use brain science in our favour if we want to permanently lose weight
• how to escape the food prison and to relearn to enjoy foods that keep us at our natural healthy weight

Welcome to Weight Loss for Small Animal Vets Podcast!

You will learn in this first episode:

• how to know if this podcast is for you
• what is the tool that solves any problem humanly possible to solve
• why we cannot stick to the food plan
• the three steps that you can implement already today to be able to stick to your food plan