Balancing Motherhood & Professional Life
Mother - of all my titles, this is the one I am most proud of. I have been a mom for just under 2 months now and It has been one of the most fulfilling journeys, but it can be exhausting.
A Step-by-Step Guide To Establishing a Gig-Based Business
According to Brodmin, the global gig economy is expected to grow to $455 billion by 2023. Want a piece of the pie? Establishing a successful gig-based business can give you extra money and greater financial stability.
How One Doc Is Repaying $575K of Student Loan Debt in 7 Years
You’ve got to center your plan around your goals, your personality, your lifestyle, and your comfort level. Don’t ignore the emotions, but also, consult the numbers. Understand your options and be a continual learner.
Corporate Dentistry vs Private Practice
There are pros and cons of corporate dentistry. Like any business, the owners want a reliable pool of labor that’s perfectly happy with good benefits, a predictable income, and the illusion that working for someone else is safer than working for yourself.
Find Time for Self-Care While Balancing a Side Gig with This Guide
Finding time for ourselves is crucial these days, but it can be a challenge to do so when you have a lot on your plate. Those who are running a business and/or starting a side gig often feel pressure to hustle day and night, leaving little room for personal care.
How to Make Residual Income From Blogging
Blogging presents a big upside, but to be honest it’s not for everyone. The potential to make good money and turn it into something bigger than a side hustle is there. However, the downside to blogging is that you’ll almost definitely need to put in a lot of work and effort before you start to make money.
How To Keep Your Teeth Clean With Braces
Braces aren’t dreaded like in the past; now they cool and fun and every teenager (even adults too) want in. Here are six ways to keep your teeth clean when wearing braces, along with some recommended products:
My Interview With The Black Doctor's Podcast
I recently sat with Dr. Steven Bradley, host of The Black Doctor’s Podcast where I shared my journey to becoming an Orthodontist, practice owner, entrepreneur, founder of UnOrthoDoc Candle Co. and co-founder of Dental Helping Hands.
My Journey to Practice Ownership
Ever since the thought of becoming a dentist crossed my mind as a teenager, I envisioned having a practice of my own. The thought of working for someone conflicted with my desires because many people close to me worked for themselves. A few years post-residency, armed with a variety of experience in the field of dentistry, my dream of opening my own dental practice would soon take shape.
Clean, Purified Air with Molekule
In the dental setting air quality has always been a concern but now that Covid-19 has become a pandemic we must be more conscious for ourselves and our patients. We want the best for our patients so we search for the best and most innovative ways to help protect them. One of my best investments during this pandemic for my practice was the Molekule Air Purifier.
7 Steps to Smashing Your Goals in 2021
As we optimistically set out to achieve great things at the beginning of the year, we must break our goals down into small manageable, attainable and realistic ones. Setting new year resolutions has been a long time tradition but did you know that statistics show that only about 10% of people actually stick to their new year resolutions past the month of January?
Retirement Planning for Young Professionals in 2021
When speaking of saving for retirement, it is very important to have some knowledge of compounding interest to fully understand the benefits of starting early. This post will cover some retirement basics, contribution limits and what to do with extra money should you find yourself so lucky.
Write It Down & Make It Happen With Zebra Pen
As an Orthodontist, blogger, philanthropist and side hustle extraordinaire, my life takes a certain level of organization and my writing utensil is a big part of that. From writing charts, treatment planning, signing documents, and creating content, I need instruments that will help to not only keep me on track but also offer reliability and efficiency. One Instrument I am very particular about is my pen.
3 Ways To Close Your Office From Christmas to the New Year
Whether you’re a practice owner or an associate doctor, structuring holiday hours can be tricky but something we must always consider when planning our year. There are generally three main schools of thought when it comes to closing a practice for the holidays
Bad Boss Behaviors To Avoid
The truth is, bad boss behaviors lead to poor employee engagement and high turnover. When you have a manager who treats you with respect and has your back, you are more likely to give your best and stay longer in a company, but when you have a bad boss, you're much more likely to be disengaged, suffer from anxiety and want to leave.
Branding Ideas For Your Passive Income Business
Earning passive income is a great way to pursue other goals and interests. Passive income means continuing to get paid, even when you’re not working. Basically, you don’t need to be present to earn money! If you want more financial independence, there are many ways to generate other income streams.
Effective Strategies To Manage Your Wealth During The COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has created severe economic downfall all over the world. But considering today's impact on the economy, it can be clearly seen that people, specifically investors should implement their own strategies to manage wealth, secure capital protection, and also get desired returns.
Reasons Young Professionals Need a CPA
Spring is usually the time when we talk taxes! But, since 2020 has been an unprecedented year all around, tax time came a bit later this time. Taxes are a necessary evil that is the sobering reality for anyone earning a paycheck. But with each passing filing and with the rising trend of DIY everything, it seems like the younger generation are turning their backs on an accountant and instead trying to do it themselves.
Virtual Visits Made Easy With alignFlow: A Review
Align flow is a powerful, easy to use virtual care platform that helps dentists and orthodontists make clear aligner treatments less complicated for their patients and more profitable for their practice. Their system works with all aligner brands and helps doctors and patients get fantastic results with fewer in office visits.
My Secrets to Building a Fulfilling, Multifaceted Career & life: An Interview with Whippy
Have you ever considered launching your own business from home or traveling abroad to give back to communities 5000 miles away, all while maintaining your practice as a dental or medical professional? Your career doesn’t have to be confined to one line of focus. Some people thrive when they juggle commitments that are very different from one another.