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Welcome to Smashing The Ceiling, the show where we showcase the lives of women with interesting, unusual and inspiring careers, those who have achieved amazing things, some who've got a really cool or unusual job, and some who've just had a fascinating life. Each week I sit down with one amazing human to dig a little deeper into the HOW of it all - how did they get where they are, how they picked themselves up when things didn’t go right, and how their mentors, motivations and mistakes have ...
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Borborygmi: Noises From The Veterinary World
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Borborygmi: Noises From The Veterinary World
Naomi Mellor
Borborygmi: Noises from the Veterinary World is a show that lets you overhear conversations between veterinary professionals about anything and everything that’s topical in the industry. Borborygmi lets you in on a wide range of conversations featuring friends and colleagues discussing their thoughts on some of the triumphs and tribulations encountered by those in the veterinary industry.
Welcome to The KBHH Equine Vets Podcast, brought to you by MSD Animal Health. Join our expert hosts, Dr. Ebony Escalona and Dr. Naomi Mellor, both experienced equine veterinarians, each month as they bring you informative and engaging discussions about all things equine health and wellness. The KBHH Equine Vets Podcast is aimed at vets who want to know more about how to look at things differently in equine, from how to work differently, to the latest technology developments and looking after ...
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Next Step Vet: How to Create a Meaningful Career
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Next Step Vet: How to Create a Meaningful Career
Steve Oehley
Are you lost as to what to do next in your veterinary career? You’ve been a vet for a number of years and have reached a stage in your career where you know you’re not satisfied and you need change. But you feel financially trapped, and you're probably unaware of other career options, especially close to where you live. Where on earth do you even start? I'm here to help. My name is Steve Oehley and I'm someone just like you. I'm a veterinarian who struggled in my own career. Changing jobs mu ...
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Next Step Vet: How to Create a Meaningful Career
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4. How to Change Careers Without Losing My Identity as a Veterinarian? (with Naomi Mellor)
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You're a vet considering a change of career. But how can you do this without losing your identity as a veterinarian? How do you handle the change in career, without a change in identity? Overcoming the expectations - and maybe even disappointment - of family and friends. Where will you fit in when you're no longer a clinical vet? - Our guest this w…
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Jia Wertz - from Forbes and fashion to film-making and fighting for freedom
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My guest today has gone from shy wallflower to recipient of international film awards and a column in Forbes. Jia Wertz is a filmmaker, entrepreneur, podcaster, activist and writer, who, like many of our guests, has had a working life with some unexpected twists and turns. Jia had a super successful career in the fashion industry when she first hea…
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Next Step Vet: How to Create a Meaningful Career
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5. How to Reframe Your Approach to Your Career
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In Veterinary School, we're taught to focus on preventative medicine - NOT being the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. But how do you use the same thinking to approach your career? - In this episode you’ll learn: How to reframe your approach to your career. Why you need to regularly measure key indicators of success in your life. How mentorship…
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Samantha Baines, Part 2 - on starring in Magic Mike Live with Channing Tatum and accidentally writing a children's book
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This is Part Two of my chat with Sam Baines, my first guest for Season 6 of the podcast, and a woman that I’ve know for a few years after she was shortlisted at the inaugural International Women’s Podcast Awards back in 2021. It’s fitting that she’s first this season, because she’s been the first woman to do a few other things too. Sam is an award-…
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The KBHH Equine Vets Podcast
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Welcome to The KBHH Equine Vets Podcast, brought to you by MSD Animal Health.
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Join our expert hosts, Dr. Ebony Escalona and Dr. Naomi Mellor, both experienced equine veterinarians, each month as they bring you informative and engaging discussions about all things equine health and wellness. The KBHH Equine Vets Podcast is aimed at vets who want to know more about how to look at things differently in equine, from how to work …
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Smashing The Ceiling
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Samantha Baines, Part 1 - on life as a comedian, becoming a deaf activist and the secret bit of Heathrow airport
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We're back for Season 6! My first guest is a woman that I’ve know for a few years after she was shortlisted at the inaugural International Women’s Podcast Awards back in 2021. Her name is Samantha Baines, and it’s fitting that she’s first this season, because she’s been the first woman to do a few other things too. Sam is an award-winning comedian,…
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Next Step Vet: How to Create a Meaningful Career
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3. How to Increase Your Happiness at Work
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Have you ever wondered why some people seem so relaxed and happy at work? What are they doing differently to everyone else? While some people are naturally more happy than others, what if I could give you one thing to do for just 10 minutes a day? That would increase your happiness at work by about 10%. Would you do it? - In this episode you’ll lea…
We’ve been away for a little while, but we are back! I’m Naomi Mellor, and I’m delighted to let you know that there’s a new season of Smashing The Ceiling just around the corner, with all sorts of delights awaiting you. In this podcast we chat to women with unusual, interesting and inspiring careers, and we’re kicking off Season 6 with comedian, au…
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2. Why Self Awareness Matters and How to Increase Yours.
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What if there was one thing you could do right now to improve your career? It's a simple task and it will take you less than a minute a day. Over time it will transform your career. - In this episode you’ll learn: What does self awareness really mean? How improving your self awareness will help you better understand what energises and drains you at…
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Next Step Vet: How to Create a Meaningful Career
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1. Am I the Only Vet Stuck in My Veterinary Career?
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You're a vet and you may be thinking, 'Am I the only veterinarian stuck in my career?' What if the very thing you're worried about is more common than you think? The answer will surprise you. - In this episode you’ll learn: How common career doubts are in the veterinary industry. Why the decision you made to become a vet shouldn't define the rest …
Are you lost as to what to do next in your veterinary career? You’ve been a vet for a number of years and have reached a stage in your career where you know you’re not satisfied and you need change. But you feel financially trapped, and you’re unaware of other career options, especially close to where you live. Where on earth do you even start? I’m…
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Justine Nagaur - on holistic care, spiritual healing and recovering from chronic pain
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If you’re into meditation and healing, you may know what a Tibetan sound bowl is. If not, you’ve got a treat in store, as we’ll be digging deep into the world of holistic health in this episode. My guest today is Justine Nagaur, a spiritual healer, teacher, mentor, and creator of bespoke crystal malas. I met Justine a couple of years ago, and she’s…
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Caroline Kremer - on healing injuries, unexpected circumstances, and career re-invention
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How often do you think about your own breathing? I bet you are right now. How fast do you breathe? How deeply? Most of the time it’s completely unconscious. We just do it, and we rarely consider how we breathe unless we’re exercising and out of breath, or ill and out of breath, as many of us have been during the pandemic.It’s only when our capacity…
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Dot Zacharias - on sleep deprivation, life at a tech startup and the power of yoga Nidra
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This week, we’re talking, amongst other things, about sleep. My guest today is Dot Zacharias, COO and co-founder of Nourish, a wellbeing app designed for busy mums to find a little calm in their lives, which aims to protect maternal mental health and provide support. But that description doesn’tquite cover Dot’s career. After starting her working l…
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Sinéad McGrath - on endometriosis advocacy, becoming a golf influencer and women in the law
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My guest this week is endometriosis advocate, golf influencer and brilliant lawyer Sinéad McGrath - as you might imagine, the subjects we covered in this conversation are many and varied. Sinéad sits on the Executive Committee of the Junior Lawyers' Division at The Law Society, and after saying ‘no’ for many years, she started playing golf a couple…
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Catie Friend - on unexpected career challenges, solo travel and life in the mountains
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My first guest of 2022 is Catie Friend, who says of her adventures that she “will always be a completer rather than a competer”. Given the challenges she’s completed, which include the world’s toughest ski mountaineering race and the half Marathon des Sables, and the things she’s done in her career, completing any of them would be considered a stro…
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Siobhan Daniels - from nursing to broadcast journalism to pro-age campaigning, and life in a campervan
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Siobhan Daniels grew up in a care home as one of eight children amongst the elderly people her family looked after. She's subsequently had an incredibly varied and colourful life, first working as a nurse in the NHS before joining the BBC as a trainee in broadcast journalism. Siobhan spent 30 years as a presenter, reporter and producer at the BBC, …
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Vicki Prais - on international human rights and a lifetime of advocating for others
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When you think about human rights, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Maybe it's the treatment of prisoners overseas, or working conditions and pay in a place of employment, or freedom of speech, or the right of an individual to live freely and safely in whatever manner they choose? Maybe it's a multitude of other things, because the subjec…
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Kirsten and Aiyven Mbawa - on the power of imagination, and teen entrepreneurship
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To open Season 4, I’ve got two guests with me with this week, and if you’re looking for inspiring women in your life, then these two are it. Kirsten and Aiyven Mbawa are sisters from Northampton, England and they’re 13 and 12 years old respectively. Nothing unusual there. What is unusual is that both Kirsten and Aiyven are published authors and bus…
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Tigz Rice - on burlesque, boudoir and her unique photography career
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To many people, the world of burlesque may seem distant, mysterious and unknown. You might have heard of Dita von Teese, but how much do you know about the art of it, the glamour, and the people, who are, by all accounts, a brilliant bunch of welcoming human beings? My guest today is Tigz Rice, who combines her career as a burlesque and boudoir pho…
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Hannah Roper - on life as a country musician, teacher, policeman and survivor
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Hannah Roper is an incredible woman with a varied career forged out of a combination of inspiration and necessity. Not many people can say that they've worked as a teacher, a policeman, a country music singer and an entrepreneur. Hannah has worked in both primary and secondary education, founded a country music festival, been on the beat and with s…
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Elizabeth Ogabi - on becoming a changemaker and progressing your side hustle
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We hear so much about side hustles and entrepreneurship and it seems that every second person on social media is starting a successful new business and scaling it to 7 figures from their kitchen table. But if you've had an idea, how do you get started? How do you balance your day job and the need to earn a living with launching a new venture? What'…
