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Conferences
- VMX Conference (1/27/2025) – Hiring Right and Retaining Great Vet Team Members
- Fetch Charlotte (3/15/2025) – Professional Pivots; Stress Less
- Rose City Vet Conference (4/6/2025) – Access to Care & Moral Distress; Job Crafting and Avoiding Bore-Out
- NVA Mentor/Mentee (9/19/2025) – Stop the Stigma! Cultivating Occupational Wellness
- VSPA Fall Meeting (11/7/2025) – 3 lectures on occupational wellness, global updates on burnout in vet med, and on thriving teams and practices
- AVMA Veterinary Leadership Conference (1/8/2026) – Sustainable Professional Satisfaction Using Job Crafting to Avoid ‘Bore-Out’
- NAVC VMX Conference (1/19 – 1/20/2026) – Stop the Stigma: How You Can Contribute to the Culture of Growth and Inclusion Where Veterinary Professionals Thrive; Stress Less! Creating Empowering Strategies to Navigate Stressful Moments; Navigating Healthy Boundaries: Essential Framework for Professional & Personal Resiliency for Caregiving Professionals
- VetAlliance 2026 unitED Virtual Conference (February 11, 2026) – The Power of Collective Intelligence: Strengthening Veterinary Wellbeing Through Community, Capacity, and Culture
- Rose City Veterinary Conference (April 12, 2026) – The Culture Cure: Building Trust, Psychological Safety, and a Workplace that Retains Talent
- Philippine Animal Hospital Association (PAHA) In Manila, Philippines – August 20-22, 2026 Providing 6 hours of content to veterinary clinicians and parastaff with a focus on healthy culture, effective teams, and occupational wellness through facilitated discussions and workshops.
Webinars
- GetMotivated (2/9/2025) – Effective Stress Management and Resiliency Building
- VMAE (4/100 and 9/11/2025) – Stress Management and Building Resiliency; Effective Communication (Spring and Fall webinars, 2 each time)
- AVMA Wellness CE (11/12/2025) – Managing Stress Lunch and Learn (with Canadian ER practice)
- AZVMA (1/14/2025) – Stress Less! Befriending Stress & Being Prepared with Impactful Strategies
- Lakefield Vet Group (8/13/2025) – Occupational Wellness (speaking to practice leadership)
- Community Vet Outreach (5/6/2025) – Media Training for Veterinary Professionals
- WSVMA On-Demand CE (9/19/2025) – Combating Fatigue and Burnout
- Relief VMA – Feb 23, 2026 – “Navigating Moral Injury as a Relief Veterinary Practitioner: The What, How, and Who.”
- Australian Veterinary Association/Thrive – March 17, 2026 “Your Sustainable Professional Satisfaction Using Job Crafting to Avoid ‘Bore-Out”
- VetGirl – March 18, 2026 “Your Sustainable Professional Satisfaction Using Job Crafting to Avoid ‘Bore-Out”
Workshops & Panels
- Wild Sun Veterinary Wellness Workshop – (December 1-9, 2024) – Weeklong combo of Sustainable Wellbeing for Veterinary Professionals 10-hours of RACE certified, facilitated discussions with time daily for restorative and fun experiences in Cabuya, Costa Rica.
- Reviving Veterinary Medicine – Panel (11/19/2025) – Navigating End of Year and Holiday Stress
- Vets Outdoors (7/19/2025) – Small group topical discussions facilitated by me 2x/day x 2 days. Annual veterinary camping retreat in Olympic Peninsula, WA
(2026 DATES: July 30-August 2 – more information coming soon!) - PVMA Practice Managers Dinner CE (10/30/2025) – “Beyond Burnout: Reclaiming Energy and Effectiveness in Veterinary Leadership”
- VMG Dentists (10/16/2025) – 2-day workshop: Building thriving and effective practices: Resonant leadership development and team agreements
- Mt Tabor (1/7/2025) – “Intentional Communication” facilitated discussion in clinic meeting with leadership and caregiving team
- Seattle Vet Assoc (1/12/2025) – SFA and Stress Better (guest speaker at annual conference for all 7 hospitals)
Retreats
- Wild Sun Veterinary Wellbeing Retreat – Cabuya, Costa Rica
The Thriving Veterinary Professional: Strategies for Sustainable Well-being
March 1-7, 2026
Learn more + Register - Beyond the Scrubs Women’s Veterinary Wellness Retreat – Rarotonga (Cook Islands)
September 15-18, 2026
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On Heartstorming
"My 1:1 'heartstorming sessions' are where meaningful connection and dialogue take place. Through a series of conversations, I explore what are the current challenges and related opportunities where together we can bring forth the innate wisdom and strength of the individual combined with new, relevant skills and approaches."