Veterinary Resilience – Positive Optimism Affirmations – 178
Veterinary Resilience – Topping up Your Resilience Juice Tank by Through Personal Optimism Affirmations
In this episode of the Vet Staff Podcast, host Julie South wraps up this four-part series on building resilience and discovering your inner compass.
This week the focus is on personal optimism statements – Julie provides valuable insights into acceptance (because it works faster than resistance) and the power of “even though….” statements.
In the final part of the Affirmations series, Julie South discusses using optimism affirmations to overpower negative self-talk and build resilience. Learn how to create your own personal affirmation library.
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Veterinary Resilience Through Positive Optimism Affirmations – part 4 of 4
Veterinary medicine can be an emotionally and mentally taxing profession. However, regularly using positive optimism affirmations can help strengthen veterinary professionals’ resilience when facing daily challenges.
The Power of Affirmations
Affirmations are short, uplifting phrases that can rewire thinking patterns and interrupt negativity.
In this Vet Staff podcast episode, host Julie South focuses on optimism affirmations to build resilience. She provides examples of affirmation statements centred around acceptance like “even though it feels like everything is going wrong right now, I know this too shall pass.”
Julie explains how this type of affirmation acknowledges difficult situations veterinary professionals face while opening up possibilities for personal growth. Repeating empowering mantras trains the mind to default to a more optimistic perspective.
Overwriting Pessimistic Self-Talk
Pessimistic inner dialogues and self-doubt can erode veterinary professionals’ positive outlook and resilience over time.
Julie suggests using uplifting affirmations to actively counteract and “overwrite” those negative thought patterns. For example, statements like “even though I’m doubting myself right now, I know I have inner strength waiting to be realised” can help circumvent pessimistic self-talk.
By consciously replacing pessimism with optimistic affirmations, veterinary professionals can pull the brakes on destructive thoughts and reframe challenges as opportunities for growth. This builds confidence and emotional fortitude.
Building a Personalised Affirmation Library
Julie recommends creating a library of personalised affirmations to use on an as-needed basis.
Having optimism statements tailored to common situations makes them more relevant and actionable. Veterinary professionals can turn to their library when they need a quick resilience boost.
Strengthening Resilience For the Long-Term
Regularly repeating positive affirmations, especially in difficult moments, builds new neural pathways in the brain over time. This can transform pessimistic thinking habits into optimistic ones.
Veterinary professionals who actively focus on positive personal growth will continually reinforce their resilience.
Listen to the Full Episode
Veterinary professionals can learn practical tips for crafting their own personalised optimism affirmations by listening to the full Vet Staff Podcast episode. Julie provides examples that apply to common workplace and life situations. Consciously using affirmations can help veterinary professionals rewrite negative self-talk and strengthen their resilience during daily challenges.
Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Julie South – on Linkedin – More Awe + Attitude of Gratitude posts
VetClinicJobs – where good employers shine online and people who’re looking for their next job can find them.
Positive Affirmation Series
Other Vet Staff Episodes Worth Listening to
ep 39 – 12 Statements Low EQ People Make
ep 40 – Emotional Intelligence – 6 Ways to Lead as an Emotionally Intelligent Leader
ep 145 – Exploring Social Intelligence – A Key to Personal and Professional Development
Research Links Mentioned in this Series:
https://e360.yale.edu/features/ecopsychology-how-immersion-in-nature-benefits-your-nhealth
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8125471/
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/a-z-topics/nature-and-mental-health
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