Have you ever been in a situation where someone wanted your services but didn’t expect to have a consulting fee associated? Well, I have …too …
Footsteps in the Snow, Amisha Singh DDS
At the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine, my alma mater, there are class composites which are hung on the wall when a class …
Broken
Broken. This has weighed me on for 192 months: the reason for my longtime fear of becoming friends with women. We all have been aware …
Brave
Brave /brav/ Verb endure or face (unpleasant conditions or behavior) without showing fear. My granddaughter’s school hosts a 5K fundraiser every year. She decided this …
How do I know when I’m not OK?
Do you know the difference between OK and Not OK? I teeter on the edge more often than I’m proud to admit. As an Achiever …
Ask For It
Christmas morning had arrived and there it was – the Kodak Brownie camera I had longed for as a little girl. The only problem was …
How Do You Know You’ve Arrived, if You Don’t Have a Clear Vision?
In today’s world, it seems that so many people are trying to fit into a certain mold instead of truly exploring their own path to …
The Beauty of Broken
Friends were coming for dinner. I enjoy entertaining so I went about my preparations, humming as I went along. The afternoon flowed smoothly, but anyone …
When You’re the Only Woman in the Room
Being a female dental entrepreneur is not easy. When I joined ClearChoice Dental Implants as its founding COO in 2007, my husband and I had …
SpouseTales Snippet 15: Try to stay out of the weeds!
Today more than ever, whether you are in a practice full time or part-time, it seems challenging to stay out of the weeds. On any …
Celebrating Women in Dentistry
Angela: Eleanor Roosevelt was credited as saying, “A woman is like a tea bag–you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot …
5 Ways to Improve Your Mindset As a New Dentist
Back when I graduated from dental school in 2007, I had an unusually high amount of debt for the time. This was due to the …
I was fired for telling the truth – and that’s OK
Back in high school, when I was working at my local Wendy’s, I learned a big lesson about living what’s most important to me. One …
July Strengths Savvy Blog
Our Strengths challenge this month is to share your Top Five talents with one or two people who know you really well—we’ll call these people …
Strengths in the Time of COVID…
The one sure bet we can all make regarding our Strengths is that they are always at work! They live and breathe in us. We …
It’s Not You, It’s Me
I am very sorry to tell you this, but I need to move this relationship in a different direction. I know we have been together …
Coffee Cup Coaching: Courage
“Feel the fear and do it anyway.” These were the words inscribed on a pendant given to me from my best friend on her wedding …
The Other Side to the Story
Like many other women before me, I have always struggled with finding self-acceptance. Whether it’s been nature or nurture, from a very early age I …
Squad Goals
Sometime around 2015, a phrase emerged throughout pop culture. “Squad Goals” went viral and took over all mainstream social media outlets. It spawned a myriad …
SYNERGY
Months ago, when I received the phone call from Minal Sampat to join her on the cover of DeW, I was at a loss for …