VETERINARY HUMANS is an initiative that focuses on community-based team care, rather than individual self care. A ripple effect takes place when a person tends to another.
We’ve all heard the: “Eat healthy, drink water, get 8-10 hours of sleep, meditate often, journal daily, go to therapy” rhetoric. While these are all great goals, self care can only get us so far. We require community to thrive and a big aspect of that community tends to fall within the walls of our workplace.
The longevity of our career depends on a perspective shift.
Out with individualism! In with INTERDEPENDENCE! Our industry depends on strong, vulnerable humans. We cannot carry on, being desensitized to our basic needs. When we choose community, we let go of individualism, the “every man for himself” ideology.
It’s silly to expect a stress-free existence, because stress is a inevitable part of our daily lives.
It’s our gentle reminder that we’re human above all else.
