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Ep. 49: To Everything, There Is a Season: End Of Life Doula Work With Palliative Mobile Practice; Meet Sieske Valk of Autumn Animals

Ep. 49: To Everything, There Is a Season: End Of Life Doula Work With Palliative Mobile Practice; Meet Sieske Valk of Autumn Animals

House Call Vet Café Podcast

September 19, 202338m 49sExplicit

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Show Notes

Sieske (Valk) is the founder and quality-of-life of life expert and End of Life Doula at Autumn Animals in London (UK). Sieske Valk helps injured, chronically ill, and elderly pets and their families live the best quality of life possible. She has a background in veterinary nursing and the social sciences and has a special interest in maintaining the human-animal bond when dealing with loss. Sieske is originally from the Netherlands but now lives in London, UK with her husband and super senior cat Lewis.

She loves to read, sing, and geek out on topics like dermatology, and continuously learn about human and non-human psychology.

Topics covered in this episode:

  • Sieske's journey to founding Autumn Animals
  • How Autumn Animals helps both pets and their families through their loss
  • The training that goes into being a quality-of-life doula and expert
  • What euthanasia services look like through Autumn Animals
  • Prioritizing safety in the mobile veterinary community
  • Bringing hobbies back into your life as a business owner
  • Normalizing palliative and hospice care

Links and Resources:

The House Call Vet Academy links:

Music:

In loving memory of Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Intro and outro guitar music was written, performed, and recorded by house call veterinarian Dr. Steve Weinberg.

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This podcast is also available in video on our House Call Vet Cafe YouTube channel