Webinar replay - How to overcome impostor syndrome
Hey wonderful human!
If you missed the webinar yesterday, or you didn't catch everything, don't worry:
Here's the link to the REPLAY.
I want to share an AHA moment I had recently, catching my impostor brain doing its thing:
A few weeks ago I castrated a cryptorchid cat (for those of you not in the know, he had one testicle retained in the abdomen) for the first time in a loong time! After an ultrasound I found and whipped it out in no time.
Looking at this cat I remembered my first cryptorchid dog, when I first started operating aeons ago, which took me HOURS to do and I wasn’t sure at some point whether the dog actually HAD two testicles (how I learned always to get an ultrasound done first!), and almost broke down over this thing.
I then caught myself thinking I had been really lucky to find the testicle so fast this time.
Eeehmm .. NO!
It wasn’t luck!
It was the hours and hours I have spent doing all sorts of surgeries, the first year fighting the battle of finding the ovaries in bitches and queens, getting better every day at sensing, feeling and identifying what’s where in an abdomen and what SHOULDN’T be there.
Going into ex-laps in compromised animals with the pressure of having to find and sort out the problem as quickly as possible in order to bring the patient around and stabilise, knowing that my speed is directly proportional with the likelihood of the owner seeing their pet again.
But my clever impostor-primed brain was so quick to dismiss all that hard work, stress and experience as “luck”.
DAMN NO!
I am so good at catching this now, and bringing myself back to celebrating how far I’ve come since those first days, and how proud I am of myself for being willing to go through so much, and be willing to be so BAD at it in the beginning, that now I can find and whip out an intra abdominal testicle in a cat in minutes.
And not forgetting the ripple effect of becoming a better surgeon every day: Helping not only the animals from suffering, but also thousands of humans who love their pets and suffer along with them.
DO NOT underestimate your work, your worth, and how far you’ve come since the first time you grabbed a scalpel, slightly scratched the skin of the patient and asked your mentor: “Am I in the abdomen yet?”
It’s NECESSARY and ESSENTIAL that veterinarians start realising their worth and STOP focusing on all the stuff they don’t “do right”.
That's why I created this webinar, and if you didn't get a chance to watch it, I highly recommend you watch it now.
Once you've watched it, I'd love for you to answer this email with one or two things you got out of it.
Was there any AHA moment for you?
Where do you see yourself following up on the exercises I gave you?
In your corner,
P.S. You can sign up for your free consultation here and let's find out how I can support you in this.