Lead Without Losing Yourself
Lead Without Losing Yourself
Podcast Description
This isn’t just another podcast. It’s real coaching, in real time, and you’re invited to listen in.
Lead Without Losing Yourself offers a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into live coaching sessions with veterinary leaders and aspiring changemakers. These are raw, honest conversations — not polished interviews — designed to reveal the heart of leadership in today’s veterinary world.
If you're a vet leader, practice owner, or someone navigating the complex layers of responsibility, identity, and ambition, this podcast will remind you: you’re not alone. Each episode brings insight, clarity, and compassion to the messy, beautiful work of leading others — and yourself.
Prepare to hear what doesn’t usually get said out loud. Big feelings and subtle but powerful breakthroughs, and the kind of deep, transformative coaching that helps you lead with more clarity, calm, and courage.
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Content Themes
The podcast primarily focuses on leadership challenges in the veterinary field, personal development, and the complexities of balancing professional and personal identities. Episodes like 'One Foot in the Clinic, One in the Dream' delve into navigating passion versus capacity, the struggle of managing responsibility, and discovering self-compassion amidst professional demands.
This isn’t just another podcast. It’s real coaching, in real time, and you’re invited to listen in.
Lead Without Losing Yourself offers a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into live coaching sessions with veterinary leaders and aspiring changemakers. These are raw, honest conversations — not polished interviews — designed to reveal the heart of leadership in today’s veterinary world.
If you’re a vet leader, practice owner, or someone navigating the complex layers of responsibility, identity, and ambition, this podcast will remind you: you’re not alone. Each episode brings insight, clarity, and compassion to the messy, beautiful work of leading others — and yourself.
Prepare to hear what doesn’t usually get said out loud. Big feelings and subtle but powerful breakthroughs, and the kind of deep, transformative coaching that helps you lead with more clarity, calm, and courage.
🎙️ Episode 2: The Weight of Responsibility (and the Longing for Ease) with Elliot Goodwin, Practice Owner
In this raw and honest coaching conversation, I speak with Elliot Goodwin — a veterinary surgeon, business owner, father of two, podcast host, and (as you’ll hear) someone who carries a lot on his shoulders. Elliot opened his Vets4Pets practice at just 25, and has run a 7-day service ever since — and that’s just one piece of the puzzle. We explore themes like:
➡️ The mental load of always being the one who holds everything together
➡️ How over-functioning can become a coping mechanism — and eventually a trap
➡️ The power of naming what’s unspoken, and what can shift when you do
➡️ Choosing a new compass: what if “easy” could be your guide?
This session is less about tidy answers and more about revealing patterns — the ones we repeat because they’ve served us… and the ones we might be ready to outgrow.
💡 As you listen, you’ll hear my coaching commentary layered throughout the session, giving you insight into how I’m guiding the conversation and why I ask the questions I do.
⏱️ The intro runs to about 4 minutes, so if you’re keen to get straight to the session, feel free to skip ahead. That said, I’d really encourage you to listen — the intro offers important context for the episode and for the wider purpose of this podcast.
Whether you’re a leader, a practice owner, or someone just trying to keep all the plates spinning — this episode is an invitation to look at your relationship with pressure, responsibility, and the stories you carry about what it means to lead well.
🎧 Mentioned in this episode:
Elliot’s podcast: The Vet With Pets
My leadership scorecard: How Sustainable Is Your Leadership Style?
Free webinar replay: The Invisible Load of Leadership
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