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Articles, Essays & Blogs
- AZVMA Article – The ROI of Rest (Jan 2026)
- AAHA – Mindful MicroBreaks (May 2024)
- VetGirl – Burnout and AI (Feb 2024)
- Animal Welfare and AI (July 2024)
- Frontiers in Vet Science (Feb 2025) – The positive impact of daily well-being practices on individual veterinary professionals’ professional quality of life self-assessment scores within an emergency and specialty hospital.
Ames J. Alwood, DIana A. Ferrentino, Sonja A. Olson, and Veronyca I. Rodriguez
Front. Vet. Sci. 11:1381090. doi:10.3389/fvets.2024.1381090 - AZVMA article – Imposter Syndrome vs Self-Compassion (Posted in their newsletter, Dec 2024)
- American Animal Hospital Association NEWStat (May 2024)
- VetGirl University (online) AI Impacts on Veterinary Wellbeing (April 2024) How Can AI Address Burnout in Vet Med
- VetGirl University (online), AI Impacts on Animal Welfare (OneHealth) (August 2024)
- Reviving Veterinary Medicine – Calm in the Chaos: Mindfulness Strategies for Veterinary Caregivers Blog (Publication date December 15)
- “The future of veterinary caregiving: finding our way forward with wisdom and compassion.” New Zealand Veterinary Journal (Nov 2022)
- 5 Ways Compassion Contributes to Us Being Our Vet Caregiving Selves, VETgirl Blog (May 27, 2022)
- Take Back Control: Practice Mindful Attention, VETgirl Blog (June 24, 2022)
- “The heart of resiliency in veterinary medicine.” Dvm360. Vol. 52 (3), p. 52. (March 2021
- WSVMA – “The Well”
Monthly contributions of well-being knowledge nuggets alongside supportive resources for the Washington State veterinary professional community (Co-created and have been contributing since August 2020) - “Veterinarian Burnout and Fatigue.” Blue Pearl Media (Sept 2019)