Dr. Marie Holowaychuk DVM, DAVECC, CYT
Bio:
Dr. Marie Holowaychuk is a board-certified small animal emergency and critical care specialist and passionate advocate for veterinary team wellbeing. An avid writer, speaker, and researcher, Marie 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.
Marie lives in Calgary and is a locum emergency doctor for Veterinary Emergency Group. 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 curates the website www.revivingvetmed.com, which contains wellbeing resources for veterinary professionals. In her spare time Marie enjoys adventuring with her daughter and Standard Poodle and she stays active with strength training and HIIT.
Synopsis:
Do you cringe at the thought of navigating conflict, anger, or rudeness in the workplace? If so, you aren’t alone. Like many others, it might be because you’re experiencing more unpleasant interactions at work than ever before. Research from around the United States and beyond shows that rudeness is on the rise, especially towards people whose job is to help others – including first responders, healthcare professionals, restaurant workers, flight attendants, store clerks, attorneys, and others. Rudeness at work can hurt us in many ways. It can harm our emotional and physical health and negatively impact our organizations. Fortunately, there are effective steps we can take to address the rise of rudeness in the workplace. In this presentation we explore why rudeness in the workplace is on the rise, how we can address challenging behaviors, and why attempts to control others’ behaviors at best aren’t effective, and at worst, often backfire. We will also share how to leverage and apply the superpowers veterinary professionals already possess when working with reactivity in animals, to di cult encounters with humans. Come away with evidence-based strategies for managing and preventing anger in the veterinary workplace.
