Alison is a small animal internal medic, bioinformatician, web editor and mindfulness practitioner.

She graduated in 2001 from Cambridge, UK. After spending several years in practice in the UK, she completed a residency at the University of Cambridge and gained the European Diploma in Veterinary Internal Medicine- Companion Animals in 2017. She has been working as a referral clinician and teleconsultant. Alison also works for the ECVIM-CA.

Alison has practiced mindfulness since 2015. Alison has been a pastoral mentor for the BSAVA and is keen to develop this further. She has developed a keen interest in helping vets with their clinical cases in a first opinion setting, having worked in teleconsulting for 7 ½ years. She has brought her knowledge gained from her own training in mindfulness and mentoring to this role as she believes that bringing aspects of these skills together is the key to living a sustainable and fulfilling life as a vet.

Petra is a veterinary diagnostic imager, coach, mindfulness practitioner and mentor.

She graduated 1997 in Hannover, Germany. After spending several years in general practice in the UK, she completed a residency at the University of Cambridge and gained the European Diploma in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging in 2009. Since then she has been working in a multidisciplinary referral centre, where she is now head of service. 

Alongside her main job, Petra developed a keen interest in psychology and neuroscience, particularly as it relates to wellbeing and performance. Her challenging clinical job has given her plenty of opportunity to train and practically apply many of the skills, behaviours and mental practices she learnt about. 

Petra gained the ICF approved Diploma of Integrative Coaching and the Core Skills Certificate in Mindfulness Based Interventions. Website: https://www.ourresilientminds.com