and so she moves forward, with a little more wisdom, a heart that is more open to love, and a mind that welcomes deep healing. …
DeW Dish with Kari Carter-Cherelus, RDH DA
What is the best part of your job? It is encouraging to receive messages from clients and others who tell me how something I said …
Crushing Candy: Pandemic Mental Health Strategies and Beyond!
Crushing what? Candy? Isn’t that an app game that has taken over the world?! YES! And thank goodness for Candy Crush. Fellow DeWs, this was …
First female solo road trip
It all seemed to happen by accident. Several years ago, I did a Google search for my name to see if I could learn more …
Latina Defined
Being Latina is my orgullo (pride). Latina is my strength. Latina is a badass woman! When I embrace my Latindad, I feel the power of …
The Unmistakable Gift of Friendship Among Women
Within the last two years I have become a part of several facebook forums that support women within dentistry, one of them being DeW, and …
Fighting for my Life
It’s a day that defined my life before the accident and after the accident. I am a skydiver. I had been for about three years, …
Reaching for the Sun with your Soul
It all began on the hot and dusty sidelines of a girl’s soccer match as a conversation between two moms. We were lamenting the never-ending …
Finding Hope in the Middle of Relationship Storms
Since the pandemic began, headlines have certainly been full of a wide variety of highlights and lowlights. Our humanity has been in disarray for over …
How to Take Control of Your Life by Controlling Your Mental Health
Let’s first think about ourselves. We want to take control of everything in our life, but… something prevents us from doing so. Something which is …
The F Word
Yes, I am the F word…fraud, fake, phony (OK, the last one only begins with the “F” sound, but you get the picture). For years, …
Love the Wine You’re With
“Congrats, babe!” he says, as he lifts my gold-plated corkscrew and inspects a round Mikasa wine glass for water spots. With a suave lift and …
DeW This After a Long Day Seeing Patients
You know those days when every single thing seems to be a challenge? On those days it’s as if every patient seems to give you …
Self Care for Women, Not Just During a Pandemic
In our living histories, perhaps there has never been another time where self care is more important than today. The last year of our lives …
Need to Breathe – Leadership Interrupted
I am an enthusiastic workaholic, sound familiar? I bet a lot of you are saying YES! I have often been described as driven, with an …
When the Dentistry is so Good, Caregivers Cannot Tell Their Loved Ones’ Smiles Are Not Real
How many times a day do we look at someone’s smile on tv, in a magazine, or online, and wonder if they had any dental …
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 …
DeW Dish: Maggie Augustyn
What ignites your sense of injustice? I’m a Libra with an overtly sensitive palate for what is and isn’t fair, right and honorable in the …
Addressing Chronic Pain With The Power Of Passion For Life, Family And Work
Would you agree that the personality of a dental practice management coach is tied to service and helping others? As a woman, this is a …
DeW Dish: Sonya Dunbar
What is the best part of your job? The best part of my job is working with people who are at the end of their …