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Well-Being Consulting for Veterinary Practice Owners Ready to Lead in Setting a New Standard in Vet Med
Consulting for Veterinary Practices
Clear, supportive guidance for practice owners who want things to feel easier — for themselves and their teams.
If you care deeply about your team but feel stuck, confused, or frustrated about how to support them — you’re not alone.
Many practice owners aren’t struggling because they don’t care or aren’t trying hard enough.
They’re struggling because they’re carrying too much, reacting to problems as they arise, and trying to help without clear insight into what’s actually going on beneath the surface.
This work is about creating clarity and relief — not blame, pressure, or more “things to fix.”
BE A
UNICORN
Well-Being Consulting for
Veterinary Practice Owners
Ready to Lead in Setting a
New Standard in Vet Med
Imagine if...
You could reduce turnover, lower stress, and boost morale to create a team that’s happy to come to work.
Rather than firefighting daily issues, you could shift into the role of visionary CEO, able to focus on the vision and long-term goals for your practice while also having space to breathe and energy left to be present and engaged with your family.
Well-being initiatives actually led to measurable improvements in not just your team's energy, resilience, and satisfaction but also your practice's efficiency and profitability
The single most impactful change you can make to improve both well-being and profitability in your practice:
Invest in your team’s energy and satisfaction with expert guidance and support so you and your team can be working smarter not harder.
Imagine if...
- You could reduce turnover, lower stress, and boost morale to create a team that’s happy to come to work.
- Rather than firefighting daily issues, you could shift into the role of visionary CEO, able to focus on the vision and long-term goals for your practice while also having space to breathe and energy left to be present and engaged with your family.
- Well-being initiatives actually led to measurable improvements in not just your team's energy, resilience, and satisfaction but also your practice's efficiency and profitability
Two Simple Ways To Get Started
There’s no right order — just the option that feels most appealing to you.
1. Start with your team's perspective
Use the free Unicorn Vet Hospital Survey & Report to get a big-picture view of how your team is really doing — and to catch early warning signs and identify where to focus your energy for the biggest impact.
2. Start with a conversation.
Schedule a free Curiosity Call to talk through what’s feeling heavy, confusing, or stuck — and identify a supportive, realistic first step.
Ready to get started? Let's take the pulse of your practice!
The Unicorn Vet Hospital Survey is a powerful tool to gauge your practice’s health, just like checking a patient’s vital signs. It provides your team with a safe, confidential space to share honest feedback with minimal effort on your end.
This holistic assessment will highlight where to focus your time and resources for a measurable boost in both team well-being and practice success.
After completing the survey, you’ll receive a free report with key findings—and we can explore the best next steps together.
Turning Challenges into Opportunities for Success
1. High Turnover & Burnout
- Challenge: Turnover is costly, and burnout leads to disengaged employees and team instability. Many owners often feel they’re constantly hiring and retraining, costing valuable time and resources.
- Solution: Prioritizing well-being allows you to reduce the stress and fatigue that often lead to burnout. My approach includes a nervous system perspective and actionable tools for energy and stress management, helping your team regain balance, resilience, and long-term job satisfaction.
- Get started: Catch warning signs early. 51% of voluntarily exiting employees say that in the 3 months before they left no one in leadership spoke with them about their job satisfaction or future with the company and yet 52% said they could have done something to prevent them from leaving. Be proactive instead of reactive - check in with each of your employees with the unicorn vet hospital survey.
2. Low Job Satisfaction & Productivity
- Challenge: A disengaged team leads to lower productivity, customer dissatisfaction, and even costly mistakes. Team members who feel unappreciated or exhausted struggle to provide quality care and build strong client relationships.
- Solution: Together, we’ll identify ways to build an environment where every team member feels valued, supported, and energized. By integrating sustainable, holistic practices into your daily operations, we’ll improve satisfaction across the team—boosting motivation and productivity.
- Get Started: Use the free Beat The Burnout: What We Should Have Learned In Vet School for 4 hours of RACE-approved CE sharing key concepts to support you and your team's well-being and energy for long-term success. ⭐️ Bonus: use the unicorn vet hospital survey to monitor the efficacy of the changes before and after implementing a change!
3. Time & Stress Management for Practice Owners
- Challenge: Many practice owners feel overwhelmed with daily fires, unable to act as the visionary CEO their practice needs.
- Solution: My approach supports practice owners in putting your own well-being first, building a foundation of energy, resilience, and mental clarity that allows you to focus on long-term goals instead of getting lost in the details.
- Get Started: I'm here to help you to work smarter, not harder so that you can spend your time and energy on what matters most in and outside of work. Schedule a free 30 minute curiosity and connections call for an opportunity to talk through how things are going and to identify the best place to start based on your current challenges and goals.
My Approach: Prioritizing Well-being for Sustainable Success
My consulting is rooted in a holistic approach—starting with the nervous system and extending to all areas of physical and mental well-being.
We’ll prioritize your team’s energy and well-being so they can bring their best selves to work each day.
This is about creating an environment where everyone has the energy, resilience, and self-awareness needed to perform at their highest potential.
Customized support for your vision and goals
To ensure lasting change, I offer tailored consulting options with varying levels of support.
Here’s how it works:
1. Survey and Initial Report:
- Start with the Unicorn Vet Hospital Survey to assess team satisfaction and well-being.
- Get a free summary report highlighting your strengths and areas for growth.
- Already a “unicorn”? You'll be added to the list of unicorn vet hospitals to boost your visibility as a leader in vet med.
- Not a "unicorn" quite yet? The survey will empower you with insight on where to focus to become one.
2. Consultation:
- Optional 1-on-1 session to review your results, address unique challenges, and clarify your goals.
3. Customized Proposal
- Based on your hospital's results and unique needs discussed during the consultation, options could include: self-guided resources, workshops, one-day intensives, 1-on-1 support, or coaching packages for you or your team for ongoing support.
Unicorn Mastermind for Leaders In Vet Med
Coming later this year!
This by-invitation-only mastermind will unite a small, select group of practice owners who are committed to prioritizing their well-being and establishing themselves as leading “unicorn” hospitals in veterinary medicine.
Interested? The Aligned Success Reboot is the first step
Have questions? Let's connect!
Schedule a free 30-minute Curiosity Call where we can discuss your goals and explore ways to make them a reality or send me an email.
Hi! I'm Dr. Amelia Knight Pinkston
Veterinarian | Integrative Health & Life Coach | Consultant | Speaker
II help practice owners understand what’s really driving stress, disengagement, or inefficiency — so supporting people becomes clearer and more effective.
After earning my VMD from the University of Pennsylvania in 2014, I worked in over 30 veterinary practices across general practice, urgent care, and locum roles — across private and corporate settings, thriving cultures and deeply burned-out ones.
Combined with business training (including VBMA), extensive education in trauma, mind-body health, and sustainable performance, and my personal journey recovering from burnout, my background allows me to look at challenges differently — with compassion, strategy, and an eye toward what will actually make things feel lighter and work better long term.
This work isn’t about pointing out what’s “wrong.”
It’s about helping things make sense — so change feels possible.
Did you know...
51% of voluntarily exiting employees say that in the 3 months before they left, no one in leadership spoke with them about their job satisfaction or future with the company
52% of voluntary exiting employees say their company could have done something to prevent them from leaving
The average cost of losing an employee is 1.5-2x's their salary
The cost of having a zero-drama, thriving team: priceless.✨
⭐️Be proactive so you don't fall prey to those statistics with the unicorn vet hospital survey
What if one month from now people were already commenting on how much less stressed and happier you seem...
When Katie first came to me, she was a burnt-out veterinarian, stressed to the point that looking at her schedule gave her anxiety and disrupted her sleep. She felt stuck in unhealthy habits, constantly exhausted, and overwhelmed.
Within just one month in the Life Boost program, her fiancé was already commenting on the difference and she was actually looking forward to going to work again —her stress and anxiety decreased, cravings for unhealthy food vanished, and her energy was returning.
By the end of the 6 months, she was nourishing her body in a way that felt good, setting boundaries at work, and improved her sleep. Most importantly, she learned to tune into her body’s signals—leading to a life-changing Celiac diagnosis she otherwise wouldn't have prioritized amid the busyness of vet med.
Imagine a practice with a team you can trust to handle challenges without you being there every moment, turnover is a thing of the past, and you’re free to focus on what truly matters as a visionary leader.
With the Unicorn Vet Hospital Survey and personalized consulting, we’ll identify the exact steps to create a thriving, sustainable practice where well-being drives both your team’s satisfaction and your bottom line. Ready to lead the way?
What I noticed right off the bat and I appreciated was a place of non-judgment and meeting everybody where they were. I saw it for myself and also for the other participants. We obviously put enough judgment on ourselves, and to have somebody who is there saying ‘it's okay to be where you are’ was really nice. It's not this expectation of ‘why haven't you done this?’ and ‘why are you here?’ It's just like, ‘that's where you are. No problem. What else can we do to move this forward?’
-Caroline, DVM, Medical director