Speaking

Passionate about fostering wellness within veterinary medicine, Marie Holowaychuk is a dynamic speaker who ignites audiences with inspiration to prioritize their personal and professional wellbeing.

With over 15 years of experience captivating veterinary audiences, Marie is renowned for her approachability, authenticity, and vulnerability. Her engaging talks, enriched with personal anecdotes, evidence-based insights, and practical tips, create a transparent atmosphere that empowers audiences to embrace necessary changes. Witnessing audience members' epiphanies and "ah-ha" moments fuels Marie's passion to continue supporting those working in veterinary medicine.

Marie's impact extends beyond the stage; her blogs, newsletters, and social media presence resonate widely among veterinary professionals, earning her recognition as a highly-regarded speaker and industry leader.

She firmly believes that veterinarians, technicians, nurses, managers, and other team members must prioritize self-care and mental health to sustainably serve the pets and clients who rely on them. Additionally, Marie emphasizes that practice owners, managers, and leaders play a crucial role in workplace wellbeing through their communication and leadership skills, making them accountable for fostering a culture of wellness and resilience.

Marie provides keynote sessions, webinars, workshops, and team retreats for veterinary organizations, hospitals, and conferences around the world.

Her most popular topics include:

Team communication and conflict resolution
Client communication and handling difficult clients
Mindfulness and meditation
Practicing self-care
Boundaries and work-life separation
Perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and self-compassion
Coping with euthanasia, mistakes, and negative self-talk
Sleep hygiene and coping with shift work and on-call
Recognizing and mitigating workplace toxicity
Mental health, stigma reduction, and suicide prevention
Burnout management and prevention

Testimonials

Marie has a gift for creating an environment where people feel safe to ask difficult questions and share personal challenges. Through her openness and honesty about her own journey, Marie is able to facilitate conversations that are both inspirational and transformative for all of those participating in her workshops. People leave the events with a new perspective on the importance of their own wellness and the wellness of the people on their teams.

— Lee Boothe, Director of Business Development, Vet Alliance
Marie is a trailblazer as an educator and coach for individual and team wellness. She is passionate about sharing her extensive knowledge on this timely, crucial topic in order to sustain healthy veterinary caregivers. I’ve had the great pleasure to partake in Marie’s wellness workshops and to listen to her engaging seminars. She is always authentic, inspiring and thought provoking as she delivers valuable tools and perspectives.

— Jayne Takahashi, DVM, MBA, Speaker, Facilitator, and Coach, Communication Leads
I’ve had the pleasure of sitting in on a few of Marie’s wellness workshops, and each time I have been moved by her presentation style, content, and have taken away valuable information and strategies. What can sometimes be a heavy topic; Marie is able to present the information with compassion and her presentation style and approach to the topic often has a profound affect on people in the audience. Marie’s approach to wellbeing should be heard by everyone in the veterinary industry.

— Dean Murphy, AHT, Director of Business Development, Vet Strategy
Dr. Holowaychuk is one of the leading thinkers in our industry. Her lectures are always thorough, thought provoking, and very well researched. She is an articulate and engaging speaker with an abundance of information and wisdom to share with her audience.

— Shane Bateman, DVM, DVSc, DACVECC, Associate Professor (Ontario Veterinary College, Department of Clinical Studies)
Marie brings warmth and sunshine to every group. She combines her incredible intellect with a depth of caring for clients and colleagues. As an academic veterinarian and certified yoga teacher, she has the skills to understand veterinarians and guide them to health and vitality. Marie is truly a gift for Wellness.

— Carol Hutchison, BSc, MD, MEd, FRCS(C), Certified Yoga Teacher Associate Professor, Education Portfolio Director, Section of Orthopaedic Surgery (University of Calgary)
Marie Holowaychuk is an outstanding veterinarian, yoga instructor, wellness advocate, and person. Not only does she go above and beyond to lend a helping hand to educate veterinary students on the importance of health and wellness, but she also donates her time to instruct yoga classes for students. Marie has such a positive impact on the students and professionals she mentors. I can’t wait to see what she has in store for the veterinary profession in the future!

— Carling Matejka, DVM Student, University of Calgary (Class of 2018)

To connect with Marie about a potential speaking engagement, workshop, or retreat for your practice, conference or organization, please schedule a 30-minute discovery call.

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