In this episode you can find out more about the podcast and its founders.
Contents include:

• Brief summary of purpose of the show, its schedule and planned contents for future episodes.
• Monica, Alison and Petra introduce themselves and discuss:
  • Their professional and personal challenges to date, and the resulting insights and learning points
  • Their main motivation for starting the podcast
  • Which contents and topics are particularly important to them
  • Who they would like the podcast to be for and what will be so special about this show

How To Support Us:
We are happily funding this podcast ourselves to keep it independent. However, you can show your support by giving a donation towards a mental health project for Ukrainian veterinary colleagues: https://galaxyvets.foundation/campaigns/mental-health-support-for-ukrainian-veterinary-professionals/

This podcast is in partnership with the Veterinary Information Network (VIN). More about VIN here.

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 our hosts ? Follow on LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/petra-agthe-562bb65b

https://www.linkedin.com/in/clive-elwood-b7aba216/

Credits:
Music- Deep Ambience by Coma-Media, Pixabay; Images for Artwork- OpenClipart-Vectors, Pixabay

Welcome to our very first episode with a guest! We are starting our podcast with a mini-series on the personal resources, which are essential for performance and wellbeing: attention, energy and time. We firmly belief that learning to manage these resources well is key to a sustainable and enjoyable work life- but of course this is not always easy and so we are inviting guests who can share their own insights and experiences around resource management.

Our first guest is Steph Sorrell, European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine and RCVS Specialist in Feline Medicine. Steph has also completed the level 5 Diploma in Mental Health Awareness and Wellbeing and Mindfulness Champion training and is passionate about increasing the mental health in the veterinary profession.

Steph shares her own thoughts, insights and experiences about attention and attention control.

In this episode we discuss:

• How controlling our attention can improve the work we do, how we feel and our ability to reflect on our activities
• Ways in which attention has helped Steph to deal with her own personal and professional challenges
• The way in which attention can help us to process our emotions
• How we can learn to become more attentive

Where to find Steph Sorrell:
On the web:
https://themindfulvet.co.uk

On social media:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-sorrell-02bb85164/
https://www.instagram.com/themindfulvetuk/
https://www.facebook.com/mindfullivingvet

Tuesday evening sessions 8pm BST (together with Petra Agthe):
The live sessions are currently paused as we are working on a YouTube channel with on-demand recordings.

Other resources you may find interesting:
Podcasts on the topic of attention:
https://brenebrown.com/podcast/finding-focus-and-owning-your-attention/
https://drchatterjee.com/johann-hari-on-how-to-reclaim-your-attention/

Interesting books on the topic
https://amishi.com/books/peak-mind
https://stolenfocusbook.com

Want to start meditating? Here are some of our recommendations for meditation Apps:

• Ten Percent Happier (Basic courses free, full version for subscription)
• Insight timer (free)
• UCLA Mindful (free)

Study about autopilot mentioned in the episode:
Killingsworth, M. and Gilbert, D. (2010). A wandering mind is an unhappy mind. Science

This podcast is in partnership with the Veterinary Information Network (VIN). More about VIN here.

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 our hosts ? Follow on LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/petra-agthe-562bb65b

https://www.linkedin.com/in/clive-elwood-b7aba216/

Credits:
Music- Deep Ambience by Coma-Media, Pixabay; Images for Artwork- OpenClipart-Vectors, Pixabay

Join host Petra and our guest Marie Holowaychuk (Emergency and Critical Care Specialist, yoga and mindfulness teacher and coach) for an insightful discussion all around the topic of energy.

0:56 Introduction to episode and about Marie

6:00 Importance of energy regulation

8:07 About energy management and change

10:42 Interconnection of energy management with awareness, time management and boundary setting

12:56 Why the term 'balance' can sometimes be unhelpful

14:56 Importance of boundary setting

17:25 Marie personal challenges with energy regulation, the importance of self-compassion, the effects of age and mindfulness

23:13 Additional tips and tricks: about honesty, work-life compartmentalisation and seeing ourselves as important enough

31:46 What intention and values have to do with energy management

33:12 Why the feeling of guilt often gets in the way and what to do about it

35:05 Quick and easy bits: delegation, and making things more efficient or fun

37:20 Building the skill of energy management

Where to find Marie Holowaychuk:
On the web:
Website: https://marieholowaychuk.com/
Podcast: https://reviving-vet-med.castos.com/
YouTube Channel: https://marieholowaychuk.com/youtube

On social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrMarieHolowaychuk
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marieholowaychuk/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmarieholowaychuk/
Medium: https://drmarieholowaychuk.medium.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrMHolowaychuk

How To Support Us:
We are happily funding this podcast ourselves to keep it independent. However, you can show your support by giving a donation towards a mental health project for Ukrainian veterinary colleagues: https://galaxyvets.foundation/campaigns/mental-health-support-for-ukrainian-veterinary-professionals/

This podcast is in partnership with the Veterinary Information Network (VIN). More about VIN here.

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 our hosts ? Follow on LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/petra-agthe-562bb65b

https://www.linkedin.com/in/clive-elwood-b7aba216/

Credits:
Music- Deep Ambience by Coma-Media, Pixabay; Images for Artwork- OpenClipart-Vectors, Pixabay