Episode 6

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3rd Apr 2025

Courage, Innovation, and Preventative Care: How Maya Shaposhnik Cadena Is Reimagining the Future of Veterinary Medicine (Ep 6)

Veterinary medicine is at a crossroads between fear and innovation. On The Evolved Vets Podcast, Dr. Bethany Weinheimer and Dr. Anna Foster sit down with entrepreneur and founder Maya Shaposhnik Cadena to explore preventative pet healthcare, veterinary innovation, courageous leadership, and how empowering pet parents can reduce burnout and transform the profession.

Maya shares her unconventional journey from building and selling a large international events company, to fundraising at the highest levels, to founding Vetted, a preventative pet health platform designed to educate and empower pet parents before emergencies happen. Through deeply personal stories, she unpacks how fear-based systems limit growth, why veterinarians are burning out under reactive care models, and how innovation rooted in education, transparency, and courage can shift outcomes for pets, pet parents, and veterinary teams.

This conversation blends entrepreneurship, mindset, psychology, and vet med realities into a powerful reminder that progress requires bravery and that meaningful change often starts outside traditional systems.

In This Episode You Will Learn

✅ Why preventative pet healthcare is more than vaccines and parasite prevention

✅ How lack of education fuels emergency visits and burnout

✅ Maya’s journey from entrepreneur to founder of Vetted

✅ Talking openly about money, fear, and leadership

✅ Why empowering pet parents supports veterinarians

✅ How fear-based thinking limits innovation in vet med

✅ The role of courage in leadership and growth

✅ Why mindset shifts create sustainable change

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Timestamps

(00:00) Courage, Innovation, and Preventative Care

(01:32) Maya’s background and entrepreneurial journey

(03:44) The story that sparked the idea for Vetted

(05:29) Why pet parents feel unempowered and overwhelmed

(07:31) Emergency care vs preventative education

(09:20) Burnout, reactive systems, and hospital pressure

(11:33) Redefining preventative care beyond vaccines

(13:39) Genetic testing, bloodwork, and proactive planning

(15:57) Core values: authenticity and transparency

(18:05) Courage, fear, and growth mindset

(21:41) Sponsor message and values-based money alignment

(22:16) Fear-based decision making in veterinary medicine

(24:53) Supporting veterinarians through burnout and healing

(26:22) Manifestation, mindset, and emotional regulation

(29:38) Manifesting feelings instead of outcomes

(31:54) Advice for women entrepreneurs and founders

(33:36) Fundraising realities and hard conversations


Key Takeaways

💎 Preventative education reduces emergency care and burnout

💎 Empowered pet parents create better outcomes for everyone

💎 Fear-based systems limit innovation and growth

💎 Courage is a leadership skill that can be practiced

💎 Transparency builds trust within teams

💎 Mindset shapes decisions and long-term results

💎 Entrepreneurship requires emotional resilience

💎 Veterinary medicine can evolve through proactive care

Guest Bio

Maya Shaposhnik Cadena is an entrepreneur and founder of Vetted, a preventative pet healthcare platform focused on education, early detection, and proactive care. With a background in large-scale event production, fundraising, and business leadership, Maya is passionate about empowering pet parents, supporting veterinarians, and driving innovation in veterinary medicine through courage, transparency, and preventative thinking.


Host Bio

Dr. Bethany Weinheimer

Veterinary leader, coach, and host of The Evolved Vets Podcast, specializing in veterinary burnout recovery, leadership development, and alignment coaching through the Evolved Vets community.

📸 Instagram: @drbeththevet

💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/bethany-weinheimer-a9047558

🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drbeththevet


Dr. Anna Foster is co-host of The Evolved Vets Podcast and supports veterinarians through values-based decision making, emotional regulation, leadership growth, and community-centered transformation.

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Sponsored By Nxt:Gen Financial Planning https://www.nxtgenfp.com

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Website: https://www.vettedpethealth.com/


Let’s evolve together! 💙

preventative pet healthcare, veterinary innovation, veterinary burnout prevention, empowering pet parents, entrepreneurship in vet med, women in veterinary leadership

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About the Podcast

The Evolved Vets
Dr. Bethany Weinheimer
Burned out, craving alignment, and ready to grow into the veterinarian you’re meant to be?
The Evolved Vets Podcast is a veterinary podcast designed for personal growth for veterinarians who want stronger veterinary leadership and long-term veterinary professional development. Hosted by Dr. Bethany Weinheimer, this veterinary podcast blends mindset coaching, practical strategy, and real conversations to support modern veterinary professionals at every stage of their careers in veterinary medicine.
The Evolved Vets Podcast exists to help veterinarians move beyond survival mode and into intentional growth. This veterinary podcast focuses on personal growth for veterinarians who want clarity, confidence, and sustainable momentum in both life and practice within veterinary medicine. Through guided discussions, expert insights, and relatable stories, listeners gain tools that elevate veterinary leadership while strengthening veterinary professional development in a way that feels realistic and actionable.
Each episode of this veterinary podcast delivers proven frameworks for personal growth for veterinarians navigating leadership challenges, communication barriers, energy management, and decision fatigue. Whether you’re stepping into management, building a practice culture, or refining your influence, The Evolved Vets Podcast provides strategies rooted in veterinary leadership principles and long-term veterinary professional development goals.

What You Will Learn in This Veterinary Podcast
🟩 How to build sustainable confidence and clarity through personal growth for veterinarians
🟩 Practical tools to strengthen veterinary leadership in real clinical and team environments
🟩 Communication strategies that support stronger relationships and veterinary professional development
🟩 Mindset frameworks to manage energy, prevent burnout, and grow through consistent personal growth for veterinarians

As a veterinary podcast built by veterinarians for veterinarians, the show bridges mindset work with practical application. Personal growth for veterinarians is not just about motivation, it’s about creating habits, systems, and boundaries that support confident veterinary leadership. Every conversation supports intentional veterinary professional development while honoring the realities of modern veterinary medicine.
This veterinary podcast also creates a space for reflection, accountability, and community. Listeners committed to personal growth for veterinarians gain clarity around purpose, decision-making, and resilience. Strong veterinary leadership starts with self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and communication skills, all reinforced through ongoing veterinary professional development.

Dr. Bethany Weinheimer brings authenticity, lived experience, and coaching-based tools into every episode of this veterinary podcast. Her approach to personal growth for veterinarians empowers listeners to take ownership of their careers while building grounded veterinary leadership rooted in service, integrity, and impact. This ongoing veterinary professional development journey supports long-term fulfillment, retention, and influence inside the profession.

If you’re ready to stop revolving and start evolving, this veterinary podcast gives you the mindset, structure, and community to grow with confidence. Commit to personal growth for veterinarians, strengthen your veterinary leadership, and elevate your veterinary professional development alongside a community that understands the real demands of veterinary medicine. Together, let’s stop revolving and start evolving.

Dr. Bethany Weinheimer helps veterinarians move out of burnout and into confident leadership by building clarity, emotional resilience, and sustainable growth inside and outside the clinic.

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