Conflict on repeat?
Do you feel this conflict in vet med? ➡️ On one hand, management questioning your clinical decisions, and your charging. ➡️ On the other, having to explain and justify your recommendations to pet owners. And even more, presenting an estimate you can get behind! It can feel like a LOT of pressure! This is real for so many of us. So, let me help ease that pressure a bit. Here’s what you need to know: 😽 First, I want to validate the genuine pressure you’re feeling, You are DEFINITELY not alone! 😽Second, I want you to practice trusting yourself. No matter what managers or pet owners say or think about you: You’re a vet. Even when it doesn’t FEEL like it, you ACTUALLY know what you’re doing. Your opinion, knowledge and experience MATTER. A LOT. Don’t let anyone belittle you or make you feel wrong or inadequate. 😽 There’s no ONE way to most things in vet med. So, someone disagreeing with you doesn’t mean you’re WRONG. 😽 Practice leaning into what feels right to you, with everything you know and what you’ve experienced so far, as opposed to being lead by your fear of how it may be perceived/judged by others 😽 When you feel solid in your decision making, regardless of the outcome, you can confidently explain it. But for this, you gotta learn to be aware of your inner running conversation, so you’re 100% clear on WHY you choose to do something, EVEN when you’re NOT. 100% certain it IS the right thing (because, remember, there rarely IS one way to do things in vet med). 😽Feeling uncertain doesn’t mean you don’t know what you’re doing. You walked the talk and worked har to get here. You know much more than you think. 👑 Am I saying be a megalomaniac that can’t receive constructive feedback? No. But take it with a pinch of salt, and from wanting to learn, to be better, not from a “beating myself up with this huge brick made of hindsight” |