Recognizing and Addressing Toxic Workplace Culture with Dr. Marie Holowaychuck

The Whole Veterinarian

Toxic behaviors have deep-seated impacts on our well-being in veterinary medicine. Systematic changes, clear expectations, workload balancing, and candid communication are crucial to crafting a productive and safer work environment. The episode, featuring return guest Dr. Marie Holowaychuk, highlights the influence of individual attitudes on a team's environment and dives deeply into the role that leadership needs to play in creating a safer and more open veterinary workplace.
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More about Dr. Holowaychuk!
Dr. Marie Holowaychuk is a board-certified small animal emergency and critical care specialist and passionate advocate for veterinary team wellbeing. An avid writer, podcaster, and researcher, Dr. Holowaychuk has authored dozens of articles and recorded a multitude of podcast interviews related to personal and professional wellbeing. She hosts the Reviving Vet Med podcast and writes a monthly blog and newsletter on pertinent issues related to veterinary mental health and wellbeing.
Dr. Holowaychuk lives in Calgary where she occasionally locums in private referral practice and as a specialist teleconsultant. As a yoga and meditation teacher and wellness coach, she facilitates wellbeing workshops and retreats for veterinary clinics and organizations and offers individual and group coaching and online programs for veterinary team members. She recently launched a new website containing wellbeing resources for veterinary professionals.
Previous Conversations with Dr. Holowaychuk regarding mental health and suicide prevention:
https://thewholeveterinarian.com/44
https://thewholeveterinarian.com/45
Connect with her here:
Website: https://marieholowaychuk.com/

Reviving Veterinary Medicine website: https://revivingvetmed.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmarieholowaychuk/

Instagram: @marieholowaychuk or @revivingvetmed

Podcast: https://revivingvetmed.com/podcast/

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Chapter

1. Recognizing and Addressing Toxic Workplace Culture with Dr. Marie Holowaychuck (00:00:00)

2. Toxicity and Veterinary Professionals (00:00:08)

3. Creating Healthy Workplace Culture, Setting Boundaries (00:11:01)

4. Toxic Behaviors and Well-Being at Work (00:18:08)

5. Team Communication and Conflict Resolution (00:28:34)