feminism

The women I talk to in animal-related fields are exhausted and often overwhelmed. Yes animal-related fields are challenging and emotional and require our best selves. But that's not the entire story of why women are drained. Partly to blame is all of the unpaid, invisible and unnoticed work women do to maintain their families, households and communities. That is the Invisible Workload of Women. Tune in!

Emotional labor refers to employees having to suppress or discount their feelings at work in order to appease others. This may be around veterinary clients, someone surrendering a pet at your shelter, or even in a corporate setting where rules or guidelines have been put into place about what is acceptable and not acceptable despite how the other person may be behaving.

March is Women's History Month and in this episode I'm celebrating women who have made significant achievements in the lives and welfare of animals as well as giving suggestions for how you might cele

Leadership in vet med (and globally) is male-dominated and homogeneous. But vet med and animal welfare are predominately female. Why aren't more women securing leadership roles and what is the cost to

Women have a love/hate relationship with self-care. They want to love it but they hate that it feels so unattainable and like another thing on their to-do list that they are failing at. In this episod

I continue my conversation with Kelly Burich, animal health professional and Organizational Leadership expert, about the role that women play in leadership, what gets in the way of that and how to ove