Burnout-Free Me
Burnout-Free Me is the success and well-being podcast for high-achievers and ambitious career professionals who are done running on empty and ready to thrive on their own terms.
Hosted by Dr. Amy Grimm—a veterinarian, success coach, and wellbeing expert—this podcast gives you the tools, mindset shifts, and honest conversations you need to break free from the hustle.
Each week, you’ll get real talk about stress, mental health, work-life balance, productivity, and all the ways burnout sneaks into our lives. You’ll learn practical strategies to manage overwhelm and anxiety, reclaim your energy, and create space for balance and joy, without sacrificing your career or ambition.
Dr. Amy has lived the grind herself, and now she’s here to help you rewrite the rules of success so you can finally feel like yourself again.
Wherever you are on your burnout recovery journey, Burnout-Free Me is here to help you take back your energy, your confidence, and your life.
(Previously The Daring DVM Podcast)
You can find out more about Amy and her work at https://www.daringdvm.com.
Music by Alex Grohl by Pixabay.
Episodes

Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
It's December already!
With the holiday season well upon us, as well as the new year and planning for everything that we want to achieve in 2024, it is the perfect time to talk about overcoming stress and overwhelm!
This week I'll walk you through a six step process to get you out of stress and on your way to success!
These are the exact same steps that I use, and that I teach my clients.
Let's celebrate becoming the next best version of ourselves!
Let's connect!
Schedule a ✨gifted coaching conversation✨. I love hearing from you, building lasting connection, and helping you heal. No strings attached. Just support when you need it most. 💞
Follow me on social media for free insights, tips and tools to help you overcome your overwhelm, quieten your anxiety and live a less stressed life!
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Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Why do so many of us believe that others have the ability to manipulate how we feel, think, and act?
In this week’s episode we take a look at:
What is emotional manipulation?
The different ways this can present.
Why it’s actually not something that is possible, at least without permission…
And how you can guide yourself in these situations and with these types of people.
Don’t miss this opportunity to help you set yourself free from any kind of emotional manipulation - no matter whether you are on the giving or the receiving end!
Let's connect!
Schedule a ✨gifted coaching conversation✨. I love hearing from you, building lasting connection, and helping you heal. No strings attached. Just support when you need it most. 💞
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Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Have you ever experienced a moment where you almost felt... triggered?
Something happens, you see something, somebody says something... and before you even have a moment to really think about it, you already feel triggered.
If you want to be more present in your life, and you want to create a life of alignment and one in which you feel in control (and not as if life is just happening to you), then you need to understand what your nervous system is doing behind the scenes.
In this week's episode we'll be exploring your 3 main nervous system states, how to identify them, and how to consciously interrupt your programming to think, feel and act in ways that serve you and create the results that you want.
And it all starts with understanding your nervous system.
Your nervous system matters.
So start listening to it.
Let's connect!
Schedule a ✨gifted coaching conversation✨. I love hearing from you, building lasting connection, and helping you heal. No strings attached. Just support when you need it most. 💞
Follow me on social media for free insights, tips and tools to help you overcome your overwhelm, quieten your anxiety and live a less stressed life!
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Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
This week I'm sharing with you, who I am, what I do, and why I do it.
I want to show you how coaching changed my perspective, and why I believe that it is the way in which we can change the veterinary profession.
I want you to believe in yourself and in this work as much as I do.
I want you to have everything you've ever wanted, and more.
I love who you are, and even more than that, I love who you are becoming.
Dare to Dream.
Let's connect!
Schedule a ✨gifted coaching conversation✨. I love hearing from you, building lasting connection, and helping you heal. No strings attached. Just support when you need it most. 💞
Follow me on social media for free insights, tips and tools to help you overcome your overwhelm, quieten your anxiety and live a less stressed life!
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Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Last week we talked about the importance of having difficult conversations and why they are essential to the health of your relationships, as well as your own mental wellbeing and for driving change on a larger scale.
But even with a framework for having difficult conversations, we can still fall short if we do not do the work ahead of time!
Without proper preparation, we may find ourselves approaching these situations with a negative attitude, a hidden motive, or an unwillingness to seek understanding - which only creates further conflict!
By being introspective, and managing our mind ahead of time, we can prepare ourselves for these tough communication exchanges. When we approach difficult conversations with clarity and curiosity and compassion, we ultimately achieve better outcomes.
On this week's episode of Daring DVM, I will be building on last week's discussion by taking a look at the art of preparing for a difficult conversation and how to review the conversation after the fact.
I will walk you through a framework to get clear on your intentions, cultivate a solution-focused mindset, help you regulate yourself, and show up as somebody who can raise their concerns and initiate challenging discussions with precision, goodwill and compassion.
Let's connect!
Schedule a ✨gifted coaching conversation✨. I love hearing from you, building lasting connection, and helping you heal. No strings attached. Just support when you need it most. 💞
Follow me on social media for free insights, tips and tools to help you overcome your overwhelm, quieten your anxiety and live a less stressed life!
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Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Have you ever avoided having a difficult conversation with a friend or colleague or family member?
If you have, you might already know how harmful it can be, to both you, and the relationship with the other person, and sometimes even to the other person themself.
Whether it's a small annoyance or a major problem, leaving something unaddressed can breed resentment and eventually cause the relationship to fail. And beyond this affecting you on a personal level, when you avoid addressing difficult conversations it can also lead to societal and even global implications.
Daunting as it can be, the ability to engage in healthy communication exchanges is crucial to making a difference in your personal life and the world at large.
In this week's episode of Daring DVM, I give you a framework to help you navigate difficult conversations with confidence, clarity and compassion.
Working within this framework, you will feel more empowered and authentic in the situations you face, and this will open the door for you to have more fulfilling relationships, decrease your stress, and gain greater mental strength and emotional resiliency.
Let's connect!
Schedule a ✨gifted coaching conversation✨. I love hearing from you, building lasting connection, and helping you heal. No strings attached. Just support when you need it most. 💞
Follow me on social media for free insights, tips and tools to help you overcome your overwhelm, quieten your anxiety and live a less stressed life!
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Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
To further our deep dive into “How to Not Take Sh*t Personally”, this week we are exploring what to do (and NOT do) when someone haaates you!
Most of us have experienced hate in our lives to some degree. It can affect our professional lives and our personal lives. We can experience hate in our immediate circle of family and friends, at our job, or in our wider social groups and communities. And hate can also be found both online and offline.
Golly! So, what are we supposed to do!?
I’m so glad you asked…
In this episode I’ll be teaching you:
WHY you experience emotional pain when somebody hates you.
And HOW to best handle the situation, in a way that supports and serves you! Spoiler alert: The answer is not to just hate the hater!
I’ll be discussing two KEY concepts on “How to Not Take Sh*t Personally”:
When someone hates you, it’s not actually about you, and…
Haters’ gonna hate.
We’ll explore how to use these key concepts to our own benefit, and exactly why they are so clutch!
And I’ll be sharing:
How to self-coach in the face of hate.
The importance of understanding what we make it mean when someone hates us.
And how to prepare yourself before confronting that person, if you choose to do so.
Game. On.
Let's connect!
Schedule a ✨gifted coaching conversation✨. I love hearing from you, building lasting connection, and helping you heal. No strings attached. Just support when you need it most. 💞
Follow me on social media for free insights, tips and tools to help you overcome your overwhelm, quieten your anxiety and live a less stressed life!
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Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
There are sssooooo many different types of difficult clients that we have to deal with on a daily basis. But did you know that there are only TWO main reasons that we find them so damn challenging?
This week I'm talking about the clients who fill you with dread the moment you see their name on your schedule.
I'm going to reveal the two main ways that these clients create so much drama.
And I'll be sharing actionable steps and strategies to help you manage these clients and your own brain better.
Come find out what you can do to build resilience and handle these challenging interactions like a boss!!
Let's connect!
Schedule a ✨gifted coaching conversation✨. I love hearing from you, building lasting connection, and helping you heal. No strings attached. Just support when you need it most. 💞
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Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Today I'm explaining the importance of emotional resilience, and why you should never take things personally. What other people do or say means NOTHING about you!
When you learn how to not take other people's behavior personally, you will dramatically improve your personal and professional relationships. Just like water runs off a duck's back, you too can let other people's words and actions flow on by without getting soaked.
Let's connect!
Schedule a ✨gifted coaching conversation✨. I love hearing from you, building lasting connection, and helping you heal. No strings attached. Just support when you need it most. 💞
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Thursday Sep 28, 2023
Thursday Sep 28, 2023
This week Dr. Amy discusses the freedom found in emotional responsibility!
Big-ass vibes for a boring-AF word!
The idea behind this concept is that we are responsible for how we feel in every moment of our lives. However, many of us end up staying stuck in emotional immaturity - all the way through our adulthood! This is one of the most disempowering things that we can do to ourselves, and the number 1 reason that we keep blaming other people for how we feel.
Learn how to break free from the blame game, and how to grow into the emotionally empowered badass that you are!
Let's connect!
Schedule a ✨gifted coaching conversation✨. I love hearing from you, building lasting connection, and helping you heal. No strings attached. Just support when you need it most. 💞
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Dare to Dream
Dr. Amy Grimm is a veterinarian, certified life coach, anti-burnout advocate and founder of Daring DVM Coaching and host of the Daring DVM Podcast. She is on a mission to reshape mental health in the veterinary field by inspiring others and teaching them how to create a healthy mindset and become resilient AF.
She has served in industry, public health, research, private practice, and was a Medical Director of a companion animal hospital for several years, before making the leap into entrepreneurship and coaching.
It was through her own struggles with burnout and life-work balance that Dr. Amy discovered coaching and realized the profound positive effects in her own life. Her own transformation inspired her to become a coach herself, so that she could help others who are struggling, just like she once was.
Today she coaches busy, burned-out professionals and helps them transform their lives and fall in love with their careers again. She also still does the doctory things she loves by providing HVHQSN and surgical relief services. Dr. Amy and her fiancé live in Grass Valley, CA. They enjoy everything outdoorsy, including backpacking, bike-packing, peak-bagging, running ultras, and racing on their tandem mountain bike. They share their home with their derpy Catahoula-Aussie-mix, Jake, and elderly entitled Pug, Berkels.
"I love who you are, and even more than that, I love who you are becoming.
Dare to dream."






