What happens when a veterinary technician, end‑of‑life doula, and legacy specialist decides to put story at the centre of care and education? We sit down with Angie Turner to explore how digital storytelling can build resilience, clarify identity, and spark brave conversations in veterinary medicine.
Angie shares her path into facilitation through Common Language training, including the craft and care behind her first personal story and the decision to add a clear trigger warning for sensitive content. We talk about the power of mentorship inside the collective—archived continuing education sessions, peer feedback, and mentorship meetings that turn big questions into practical steps.
Episode Key Messages
• Angie’s path across vet tech, doula, and legacy practice
• training insights, first stories, and trigger warnings
• the Common Language Collective’s mentorship, continuing education, and peer learning
• two tracks: client legacies and veterinary resilience
• building a third‑year vet elective with practitioner panels
• student origin stories as reflective practice
• making a digital story about digital storytelling watch here
• practical ways to capture and share family histories
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About Our Guest
Angie Turner is a veterinary professional and digital storytelling facilitator who bridges clinical practice with narrative medicine. Through SOS Legacies, she helps veterinary professionals build resilience and strengthen their professional identity by capturing and sharing the stories that define the essence of their personal and professional journeys. By combining years of experience as a veterinary technical instructor with expertise in legacy preservation and digital storytelling, Angie creates pathways for practitioners to process their experiences, connect with purpose, and sustain their passion for animal care in an emotionally demanding field.
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