Wellbeing & Lifestyle
Fit to Practice: 3 tips for guilt-free exercise
Don't let guilt gut your health. Taking time for yourself is the most important, unselfish thing you can do.
Veterinary practice: All in the family
A father and son team keep their personal and work relationships working with practice.
Resources: Veterinary clinical disaster preparedness
Links to websites asking for disaster help from veterinarians.
What keeps veterinary practice owners and employees up at night?
New data shows where practice owners, managers, associates, and team members feel the pinch of working in a practice.
Fit to practice: 5 ways to track your health with technology
Use technology to hack into your habits and keep tabs on your fitness routine.
Fit to practice: The cost of your employees' weight
Overweight employees cost U.S. business billions annually.
11 ways to boost your happiness at work
Bliss out with these tips for improving your attitude and dealing with stress in veterinary practice.
4 ways to balance life in veterinary practice
Finding the right work and life balance is tricky, and leaning too far either way can lead to a nasty spill.
My night as a veterinarian-turned-ESPN-announcer
Hand puffy headphones to a practitioner and an accountant at the basketball game and see what you get
Want to be a better boss? Exercise
If you want to provide the best care for your veterinary patients, first you must care for yourself.
5 ways to get your rear in gear
Don't just sit there-get up and be a better veterinary boss! But first, read these tips.
The veterinarian's prayer
Asking for strength, wisdom, self-control and sometimes voicemail in the life of a busy veterinary practitioner
A balancing act: Marianne Mallonee's story
Managing a healthy work-life balance is a topic that's near and dear to my heart, primarily because I struggle with it every day.
A balancing act: Kyle Wendy Skultety's story
Juggling a full-time job, online classes, and a husband sounds complicated.
A balancing act: Jennifer Graham's story
To this day, I still feel that the receptionist has the most stressful and undervalued position in the veterinary clinic.
A balancing act: Kyle Palmer's story
I've taken a number of steps to ensure that I maintain a healthy balance between work and the rest of my life.
Envisioning a better tomorrow for the veterinary profession
No one changes their life because of fear, force, or facts.
Fit to Practice: Why you should be sick of sugar
Our taste buds have been hijacked by super-sugary sweets. It's time to reclaim our palate with natural, real flavors. Before long you'll take a nibble of New York cheesecake and spit it out.
He said, she said: Veterinarians sound off on work and family life balance
Does gender really matter when considering how veterinarians cope with responsibilities outside of practice?
Veterinarian pursues two dreams: Medicine and music
DVM by day, jazz musician by night.
Fit to practice: 8 ways to eat healthy when life is hectic
Stop unwrapping your meals. Learn how to eat better to feel better-even when your schedule is swamped.
Fit to practice: Save your life with a smoothie (or at least lose a couple of pounds)
Load up the fruits and veggies, break out the smoothie. It's time the win the Battle of the (Belly) Bulge one smoothie at a time.
Healthy eats: 25-minute blue corn chip frittata recipe
Start your day off right with a healthy meal that feeds a veterinarian or two-or three.
Fit to practice: Wellness is not the absence of illness
Check out the latest offering from Veterinary Economics' Personal Wellness Editor.
Become a veterinary leader with mentorship
Want to breed strong leaders at your practice? For best results, pair a seasoned pro with a promising prospect, according to a new study.
7 ways to stay healthy and fit at work
Take care of yourself so you can take care of your veterinary patients.
Want to live longer? Volunteer your time
Giving back to your community may be a selfless act, but it could also result in major personal benefits for you.
Keeping it all in the veterinarian's family
Dr. Griffith hired his son as his practice manager, and it's one of the best choices he made during the launch of his new clinic.
How to starve the energy vampire
Keep your thoughts and actions positive to starve one of the practicing veterinarian's worst enemies.
The true test of veterinary client loyalty
See what the human-animal bond looks like-err, tastes like