Dr. Erin Holder

Veterinary Compassion Project

Health EN ↓ 41 episodes

With burnout and compassion fatigue at crisis levels among veterinarians, veterinary staff and animal care workers, we are failing our community. We can do better. We must do better. Join me here to talk story and get tips on living the veterinary life, how to cope with stress, employees, clients and learn how to thrive instead of survive. I am a compassion fatigue survivor and this is my gift to my beloved veterinary community.

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Dr. Erin Holder

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Health

Latest episode

Nov 13, 2025

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Episodes

Inappropriate Client Relationships 14.03.2024

What are your boundaries with clients and does the hospital you are working in support this?

Training as a Culture Bolster 08.03.2024

How to make the right hire and train like your business depends on it.

Direction as a Culture Bolster 21.02.2024

“Without vision, you have no direction. Without direction, you have no purpose.” Steve Gilliland.

Compassion as a Culture Bolster 07.02.2024

The second of five bolsters in The Veterinary Compassion Fatigue Project. While we may be the most compassionate people I know, do we gift ourselves that same level of compassion?

Love as a Culture Bolster 30.01.2024

The first of the five bolsters is love. Love and humility are the foundation and starting place for the right culture in practice.

Culture Killers 22.01.2024

Learn the five bolsters of The Veterinary Compassion Fatigue Project and how they can help cultivate radiance. They are love, compassion, direction, training and delegation.

My River 05.01.2024

Finding your soul animal can be life changing.

The Angry Client 05.01.2024

One of the most exhausting challenges is dealing with the angry client. I hope this blog helps.

Turning Inward 18.12.2023

Meditation is about finding out who we truly are, not who we think we are. It is about getting in touch with our souls. Meditation is finding the quiet to take with you as you reenter the chaotic world.

Adrenals Fatigued? 17.12.2023

Living in fight or flight, in our first chakra, is no way to exist long term and will ultimately prove deleterious effects on our bodies. Living in our second chakra of emotions is exhausting. Living in our third chakra of our ego is isolating. So we know that we must live in our hearts, our fourth chakra, where we have a sense of connectedness, love and compassion that does not fatigue.

Living in Gratitude 16.12.2023

Feelings of gratitude release toxic emotions, help us regardless if we share it, and that while benefits of gratitude take time to accumulate, it actually changes our brains by increasing prefrontal cortex activity.

In Amazing Company 15.12.2023

We need each other. We are the only ones that know what we go through- the good and the bad. 

Why Do We Do That? 15.12.2023

Why are we so notoriously hard on ourselves accepting nothing left than perfection?

Trust Me...I'm a Scientist 15.12.2023

By keeping our animal care work heart-centered, we are much less likely to succumb to fatigue. While it is easy for us to connect to clients and pets, often we forget the most important part - release. Their stories, their problems are not ours to carry.

Compassion Warriors 14.12.2023

What does compassion fatigue actually mean? Let's explore what the term means and begin to understand some of the first signs.

A Call To Action 14.12.2023

Join the first episode in The Veterinary Compassion Fatigue Project launch. With burnout and compassion fatigue at crisis levels, it is past time for us to bring this topic to the forefront.

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