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Bring back smoke breaks! Well... kinda. Your team skips breaks, works through lunch, and pushes through stress because there's "too much to do." But what if that's actually hurting productivity, resilience, and patient care? In this episode, Maria Pirita, CVPM and Ron Sosa, CVPM discuss why veterinary medicine may have accidentally created a culture that discourages breaks, what we lost when "smoke breaks" disappeared, and how leaders can build healthier, more sustainable teams. They explore the connection between breaks, psychological safety, neurodiversity, and performance, along with practical ways to make breaks work in even the busiest practices.
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