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The Resilient Vet: Mind and Body Strategies for Success is a dvm360 podcast helping veterinary professionals build sustainable, fulfilling careers through practical strategies rooted in mindset, movement, recovery, leadership, and real-world resilience.

Hosted by Aaron Shaw, OTR/L, CHT, CSCS, and Jennifer Edwards, DVM, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, the series delivers honest conversations and actionable tools designed to help veterinarians, technicians, practice managers, CSRs, and support staff manage the physical, mental, and interpersonal demands of practice to build careers that can truly last.

Have a challenge, question, or topic related to veterinary career sustainability, leadership, or well-being you’d like discussed on the podcast? Reach out to the hosts:

Aaron Shaw: info@projectvetspan.com
Jennifer Edwards: jennifer@drjenniferedwards.com

New episodes air every other Wednesday. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

www.dvm360.com/videos/the-resilient-vet

The Resilient Vet: Mind and Body Strategies for Success

The Resilient Vet: Mind and Body Strategies for Success

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16 episodes / 4.48K listens

17: Neck, back, wrist: Reducing the physical strain of veterinary practice

An episode on addressing the aches and pains of clinical work through practical ergonomic strategies, alongside a free veterinary ergonomic checklist from occupational therapist Aaron Shaw, OTR/L, CHT, CSCS.

14: Motivation is overrated. Here’s what works instead

From microhabits to environmental design, Aaron Shaw, OTR/L, CHT, CSCS, and Jennifer Edwards, DVM, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, explore practical strategies veterinary professionals can use to build sustainable health and performance.

13: Nutrition on the run: Fueling the veterinary professional for steady energy and better care

How veterinary professionals fuel themselves may directly affect focus, decision-making, communication, and overall team performance in the clinic.

12: Frustrated after a shift? A veterinary leadership coach says the issue may be an expectation gap

Many practice culture conflicts stem not from incompetence but from expectations that were never clearly expressed, argues Jennifer Edwards, DVM, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, and Aaron Shaw, OTR/L, CHT, CSCS.

11: Mental roadblocks wearing veterinary professionals down

How unspoken expectations, assumptions, and self-judgment quietly impact stress, burnout, and daily decision-making in veterinary medicine.

15: When the most competent person in the practice becomes a liability

Competence is one of the most valued traits in veterinary medicine. It's also, in the wrong conditions, one of the most costly. Listen to this latest episode of The Resilient Vet.

10: The 5-lever framework for a lasting veterinary career

Veterinary medicine can take a toll on the body and mind, especially during long, physically demanding clinic days. In this episode of The Resilient Vet: Mind and Body Strategies for Success, hosts Aaron Shaw, OTR/L, CHT, CSCS, and Jennifer Edwards, DVM, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, outline the 5 levers of durability—5 practical upgrades veterinary professionals can begin incorporating into their daily ro...

9: Five signs you’re operating in catabolic energy (and don’t know it)

In this episode of The Resilient Vet Podcast: Mind and Body Strategies for Success, hosts Aaron Shaw, OTR/L, CHT, CSCS, and Jennifer Edwards, DVM, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, discuss the impact of catabolic energy on veterinary teams. Edwards explains that the exhaustion many veterinary professionals feel is often tied less to their workload and more to the breaking-down, draining nature of catabolic ene...

8: Resilience isn’t built at work: How preshift warm-ups can help veterinary professionals thrive

In this episode of The Resilient Vet: Mind and Body Strategies for Success, hosts Aaron Shaw, OTR/L, CHT, CSCS, and Jennifer Edwards, DVM, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, discuss how physical and emotional preparation before shifts can help veterinary professionals become more resilient in their careers. They explain that resilience is not a "switch" one flips, nor a product that can be bought. Rather, it is...

7: The hidden cost of staying strong: How emotional armor protects us, and what it costs

Veterinary medicine asks a lot of the people who practice it. To continue showing up for difficult cases, emotional clients, and challenging demands, many veterinarians learn to put on “emotional armor,” like humor and control. However, what happens when this “armor” stops protecting and starts wearing down? In this episode of The Resilient Vet: Mind and Body Strategies for Success, hosts Aaron...

6: Transforming practice culture: How individual well-being impacts the entire team

In this episode of The Resilient Vet: Mind and Body Strategies for Success, hosts Aaron Shaw, OTR/L, CHT, CSCS, and Jennifer Edwards, DVM, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, delve into workplace culture and the role it plays in personal well-being. They explore how the well-being of each individual contributes to the collective culture and how that culture can either support or hinder the whole team. Shaw and E...

5: From ‘I should’ to ‘Why?': A different approach to burnout

“We all know that burnout in [veterinary] medicine is really kind of an epidemic,” cohost Aaron Shaw, OTR/L, CHT, CSCS, begins in this episode of The Resilient Vet: Mind and Body Strategies for Success. In this installment, Shaw and Jennifer Edwards, DVM, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, dig into why veterinary professionals continue to struggle with burnout despite the abundance of wellness information avail...

4: VetSpan: Extending your veterinary career without burning out or breaking down

In this episode of The Resilient Vet: Mind and Body Strategies for Success, hosts Aaron Shaw, OTR/L, CHT, CSCS, and Jennifer Edwards, DVM, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, delve into the concept of “VetSpan,” a term coined by Shaw, that describes the years veterinary professionals can thrive in their careers.

32m • Dec 24, 2025

3: The mind-body connection in veterinary practice

Hosts Aaron Shaw, OTR/L, CHT, CSCS, and Jennifer Edwards, DVM, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, discuss how physical sensations, like tension, fatigue, or even excitement, can serve as valuable tools for self-awareness, balance, and performance in and outside the clinic.

29m • Dec 17, 2025

2: Movement as medicine

Through personal anecdotes and practical tips, hosts Aaron Shaw, OTR/L, CHT, CSCS, and Jennifer Edwards, DVM, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, talk about how just 15 minutes each day can make work easier in this episode of The Resilient Vet.

27m • Nov 05, 2025

1: The Resilient Vet: A new podcast for a better life in vet med

In this debut episode of The Resilient Vet: Mind and Body Strategies for Success, Aaron Shaw, OTR/L, CHT, CSCS, and Jennifer Edwards, DVM, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, share their personal journeys, explore what resilience means in veterinary medicine, and more. Read more, and watch the full video clip, here: https://www.dvm360.com/videos/the-resilient-vet

20m • Oct 07, 2025

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