The Veterinary Life Coach® Podcast with Dr. Julie Cappel

On this episode of the podcast Dr. Cappel talks about why we worry and how to train your brain to stop focusing on worry thoughts.  She discusses the book, "How to stop worrying and start living" and how we can use some of the tools in the book to help us not focus on things that we can not change.  Also, using thought work to observe our thoughts and feelings, we can prevent wasting time on worry...

On this episode of the podcast Dr. Cappel talks with her daughter Bridget Cappel about the Myers-Briggs personality type inventory system.  Bridget and Dr. Cappel explore the 16 type combinations and their world views.  They discuss some of the tools and resources that are used by the "Personality Hackers" - Joel Mark Witt and Antonia Dodge to explore cognitive functions and the "Car Model".  Pers...

On this episode of the podcast Dr. Cappel talks about how we often feel obligated to give up our own agenda to serve our clients and teams.  Being a great leader means knowing when to care for yourself and your family.  Overcoming your need to people please and say "yes" is an important skill that you can develop.  Setting boundaries when you need to protect yourself and your time will make you a...

On this episode of the podcast Dr. Cappel spends time with her good friend Karlene Belyea who is the Chief Culture Officer at Mission Veterinary Partners.  Karlene was the CEO of the Michigan Veterinary Medical Association for 15 years and is a national speaker in the areas of communication and hospital culture.  Dr. Cappel and Karlene spent time together working on the general board and the execu...

On this episode of the podcast Dr. Cappel discusses self-coaching.  She compares some coaching recommendations from Joseph Luciani who wrote "Self-Coaching" and Brooke Castillo who runs "The Life Coach School".  Both techniques involve understanding how facts/circumstances are neutral.   By examining your thoughts you can change the way you react, think and feel.  This episode is an overview of th...

On this episode of the podcast Dr. Cappel talks about becoming a servant leader.  It is important to learn the skills to be a strong leader in any position that you hold in your organization. She discusses that servant leadership means being willing to trust the team and keep an open mind.   She talks about creating the mission and culture of your organization to build a cohesive team and serve th...

On this episode of the podcast Dr. Cappel talks about what it means to learn about yourself and begin to formulate a plan for your life.  She uses the life wheel and personality profiling as examples of how you can begin to become more aware of your thoughts and feelings.  Self-awareness is a skill that brings more purpose and success to your life and can start you on the way to creating a more li...

On this episode of the podcast Dr. Cappel talks about how to listen well and gives us some techniques for active listening.  She talks about how to keep an open mind in the exam room with clients and how to understand the facts of a conversation in order to make your client feel important.  Listening is one of our most important relational skills and works to make friends, family and coworkers fee...

On this episode of the podcast we talk about the lessons that we can learn from our clients.  Dr. Cappel talks about James Harriott and his love for this profession and how we can focus on the fun experiences that clients present to us.  Through our entertaining clients and patients we can learn to better appreciate and love the fabulous job that we get to do everyday. 

In this episode of the podcast Dr. Cappel talks about "upper limit thinking" and how to stop our brain's tendency to want to sabotage our success and happiness by putting up roadblocks like worry, self-doubt and negativity.  Dr. Cappel discusses a book that she read called, "The Big Leap" by Gay Hendricks and how Gay proposes that we overcome our upper limit thinking by recognizing why we get in o...

On this episode of the podcast Dr. Cappel talks about the focus that our profession has on compassion fatigue and how she wants us to change the narrative.  The discussion involves why healing professionals experience negative feelings and how we can concentrate on taking better care of ourselves. By focusing on the present moment we can embrace our profession and regain our love for our work.   

On this episode of the podcast Dr. Cappel discusses your morning routine and how it can positively or negatively affect your day.  She encourages you to develop a better morning ritual by adding an extra hour to your morning.  This will lead you to less anxiety and a more productivity.  

In this episode Dr. Cappel talks about staying present in the exam room when clients bring us frustration and challenges.

In this episode Dr. Cappel talks about drama in your practice and your brain. We discuss how to think about drama differently to feel more relaxed and enjoy your life.

In this episode Dr. Cappel talks about a time in her life when she failed and how it became a blessing.  She discusses why we should embrace failure and how failures usually bring lessons that lead to success. 

In this episode Dr. Cappel discusses the basics of the DISC personality profiling system and how it can be used to better lead your team.

In this episode Dr. Cappel talks about organizing your space in order to be more productive. 

In this episode Dr. Cappel discusses the 5 stages of grief and how we can work through the experience with our clients and patients.

In this episode we will discuss how to manage our time to get more done and feel more productive.

In this episode Dr. Cappel will discuss why we procrastinate and how to get things done.

In this episode Dr. Cappel discusses what we can do to improve our self confidence in the exam room and in our daily lives.

On this episode I discussself-doubt and the reasons that we feel insecure. This is my very first podcast, and boy do I feel insecure and full of self-doubt as I record this episode.  So much of what we do is scary stuff as we navigate our career in veterinary medicine. Our brain is wired to protect us from harm, so it shares all these doubtful thoughts about ourselves and reminds us of stories fro...