#20: "Freedom is not the absence of responsibilities. It’s choosing which responsibilities you take." With The Travelling Vet, Helga Kausel.

Helga Kausel, better known as the Travelling Vet, is best known for her inspirational Instagram account, where she shares her veterinary journey and real life journeys. When Helga is not being the travelling vet she is an equine vet in Germany, and when she is travelling she uses her skills, influence and the money that she generates through her social media accounts to improve animal welfare wherever she can. Check out her incredible adventures and the impact that she’s had at travelling_vet on Instagram, or on her blog, travellingvet.blog.  On her blog Helga describes herself as a dreamer, a fighter, and an asshole. In this interview Helga tells us about her journey so far - how she made her career choices, how she built up her confidence as a young vet, about the time she wanted to quit veterinary science, and how she became the travelling vet. We talk about some of her amazing travel experiences, her views on money, narcissism in social media, and how she uses her public profile to do good. Dreamer and fighter for sure, but not a trace of a-hole! Please enjoy, Helga Kausel - the Travelling vet.  To see the show notes or to check out our guests’ favourite books, podcasts and everything else we talk about in the show, click the webpage link on the episode page wherever you listen to us, or visit the podcast website at https://minivetguide.com/podcast/.  If you have a question that you’d like us to answer with the help of our guests you can leave us a voice message by going to our episode page on the anchor app (https://anchor.fm) and hitting the record button, via email at thevetvaultpodcast@gmail.com, or just catch up with us on Instagram. (https://www.instagram.com/thevetvault/) We’d love to hear from you! If you like what you heard, then please help us to spread the word by subscribing to the podcast (it’s free!), and by telling your friends about us.  More about Helga: https://travellingvet.blog/2018/11/18/who-is-travelling_vet/ Travelling Vet instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/travelling_vet/?hl=en Helga’s fundraising page:  https://www.instagram.com/donate_a_postcard/?hl=en Some of the international charities that Helga has worked for:  https://www.meruanimalwelfare.org https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/the-10-best-books-by-paulo-coelho-you-must-read/ Helga’s book recommendations:  The Zahir - Paolo Coelho https://www.harpercollins.com/9780060832810/the-zahir/ John Grisham novels:  https://www.jgrisham.com/books/ The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77203.The_Kite_Runner