Love Your Practice

If you own your own practice, you know how busy life can be! And, as a practice owner, having a good sense of leadership is essential to creating a positive work environment. But how do you manage to create that good space for you and your employees when there are so many daily commitments to manage? It can be overwhelming!

If you want to learn how to LOVE your practice, Dr. Laura has some ideas for you! First of all, buying a new piece of equipment, taking a CE class or hiring a consultant won't help you feel better about your practice. Unfortunately, that just doesn't work. You have to change how you think about your practice to change how you feel about it. And that can involve asking yourself some pertinent questions so you can acknowledge and identify your feelings. Are you ready to make some positive changes in how you direct your feelings and have the practice you've been dreaming of? By listening to this podcast right now, Dr. Laura will enlighten you and give you some exciting news about a wonderful opportunity to dive deeper into creating the feeling of LOVE for your practice!

Highlights from this episode:

• Spending money on your practice won't help you feel good about your practice
• How to change how you see your practice
• Spending money can magnify the problem
• Why understanding where emotions come from can help you reach your goals
• The steps to examine your thought habits
• Why it's necessary to separate out the facts in what you've been telling yourself
• News about an exciting upcoming event!

Resources and links mentioned:

Natanya Brown, DMD - Weight Loss for Dentists

The Life Coach School

Laura's email: [email protected]

Laura's website: LoveYourPractice.net

Laura's podcast: Love Your Practice!

Laura's Facebook pages:

Leadership Coach for Busy Dentists

Love Your Practice

Laura's personal page

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~ Laura

Do you ever have doubts about something you're doing? Maybe you're branching out into a new area… but then something happens that creates an emotional roller coaster for you. If you feel like you are weighed down and just want to hide, don't give up!

Know that you are not alone. Dr. Laura has had those same feelings, and in this episode, she shares the reasons why we have emotions, where they start, and how we can control our feelings. Identifying and evaluating the thoughts we have that create our feelings can help us get to the root of how we are feeling so we can then eliminate the thoughts that do not serve a positive purpose in our lives.

Everyone has their own unique qualities that need to be developed and shared. So, keep reaching to achieve your goals!

This episode will teach you the steps to set your brain so you consciously decide the new thoughts that help you feel invigorated to work toward your dreams. Dr. Laura is here for you and ready to help you move forward… listen now!

Highlights from this episode:

• Biological reasons for why we have emotions
• Understanding where feelings start
• Recognizing the pictures in our brains
• A critical element to being a happy person
• How our thoughts are generated
• Getting rid of thoughts that do not serve us
• Being aware of our feelings so we consciously decide the new thoughts we want to have
• The steps to choose our thoughts

Resources and links mentioned:

Laura's email: [email protected]

Laura's website: LoveYourPractice.net

Laura's podcast: Love Your Practice!

Laura's Facebook pages:

Leadership Coach for Busy Dentists

Love Your Practice

Laura's personal page

Thank you so much for tuning in to this podcast! I would love it if you would share it with others and leave a review for others to see!

~ Laura

We women need each other and need to support each other through positivity! We are all going through similar challenges… While we may be apart, we are also very much together in our experiences of life's ups and downs. In this episode, Dr. Laura welcomes Dr. Laura Schwindt who believes in "hacking your happiness chemicals." Right now, we all need as many of those happiness chemicals as we can tap into, and we can accomplish this by choosing positive thoughts and actions.

Your feelings matter! This episode will enhance your self-care by showing you how you can carefully include well-orchestrated moments of mindfulness and joy into tasks throughout the day. Actively doing certain actions can release chemicals into your brain that create positive feelings and invigorate you. These actions can include a wide range of great activities such as simply practicing gratitude after an accomplishment, complimenting others, playing with animals, being outside, and enjoying nice smells. These actions will help train your brain, and it will begin to focus on positive experiences! Listen to this episode for some easy ways to give yourself more credit for what you accomplish in a day and learn to give yourself the self-care you need so you can recharge and be ready to tackle the next day. We have an amazing mind-heart connection, and physical manifestations will help you recognize the need to focus on positivity. Friends, listen now to fasttrack your path to releasing your happiness hormones!

Highlights from this episode:

• The critical need to engineer moments of mindfulness and joy
• Dopamine - what it is and how to create it
• How to steer conversations in good directions
• What oxytocin is, why it's important and how to generate it
• The importance of serotonin
• What little things can release endorphins
• How small actions set the tone for appointments and work environments
• Recognizing what it is to be out of balance

Resources and links mentioned:

Dr. Laura Schwindt's Reclaim Your Balance Facebook group

Laura's email: [email protected]

Laura's website: The Life Coach for Busy Dentists

Laura's podcast: Feeling Good: A Podcast for Dentists

Laura's business Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DrLauraMachDDS/

Laura's personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/laura.fauchier

Thank you so much for tuning in to this podcast! I would love it if you would share it with others and leave a review for others to see!

~ Laura

Many times as business owners we risk being criticized. We put ourselves out there in the public eye and can get a bad review, a complaining employee, or a patient who is angry and leaves the practice.

As I find my own voice as a life coach, it's like I am singing a song on a busy corner. Most people keep walking but some people find that the song is exactly what they need. A few say it's horrible. This week as I was singing my song someone who is well known criticized me in a very public space.

This episode goes through the emotions I felt, explains why it hurt, and goes into how to let the emotion pass, and what to do next.

Resources and links mentioned:

Laura's email: [email protected]

Laura's website: The Life Coach for Busy Dentists

Laura's podcast: Feeling Good: A Podcast for Dentists

Laura's business Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DrLauraMachDDS/

Laura's personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/laura.fauchier

Thank you so much for tuning in to this podcast! I would love it if you would share it with others and leave a review for others to see!

~ Laura

It's natural to open your bank account and check the balance; that's our human nature! And this year has had so many swings that we have just tried to hang on and make it through. Now it's time to make some plans and some changes for 2021. Dental practice owners, it is time to get organized with regards to your practice's finances. Dr. Laura's guest this week is Barb Stackhouse, author of "Profit First for Dentists," who sheds some valuable light on how to pay yourself as a business owner!

You work hard as a dentist, and now is the time to take care of yourself first… by paying yourself and taking care of your money before anything else! Step back and ask yourself what you need to feel to give yourself what you deserve. Is it love? Is it pride? What feeling will drive you to make a change to make 2021 better? Know that you deserve to pay yourself. Think about that. And then take the simple steps outlined in this episode to change how you manage your practice so you can get the very fair share that you deserve. With small changes such as opening a few new bank accounts and providing a budget to your team member in charge of purchasing, learn the steps you should take right now to take care of the money first so you can calmly take care of your patients. Listen to this episode, and let it enlighten and provide you with the clarity you need to make some changes RIGHT NOW!

Highlights from this episode:

• "Profit First for Dentists" - what the idea is and how it can benefit you
• How to set aside profit for yourself starting right now
• The 4 core accounts to open and transfer money to
• How and why more work does not add up to more profit
• The new way to look at your accounting to allow you to put YOUR profit FIRST
• Listen to Barb's webinar

Resources and links mentioned:

Barb Stackhouse at MoreToLife.Dental

Search "Profit First for Dentists" on Amazon to preorder the book later this month

Profit First for Dentists Facebook group - private group for dentists only

Barb's link for free online masterclass

Laura's email: [email protected]

Laura's website: The Life Coach for Busy Dentists

Laura's podcast: Feeling Good: A Podcast for Dentists

Laura's business Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DrLauraMachDDS/

Laura's personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/laura.fauchier

Thank you so much for tuning in to this podcast! I would love it if you would share it with others and leave a review for others to see!

~ Laura

Our brains are creatures of habit! We are always multitasking, and so our brains like to take shortcuts and jump to conclusions. And in this crazy year of 2020, everyone has had so much to process and handle. As practice owners, our brains have gone in many directions… and often those directions are merely reactions to situations as opposed to conscious steps toward goals. Friends, it is time to change that!

Have you thought about some awesome goals for next year? In this episode, Dr. Laura discusses ways to create a strategy to accomplish your goals and amaze yourself! It is important to note that our actions come from our emotions, and our emotions come from what is happening in our brain. So, are you ready to change your brain so you can overcome obstacles? Dr. Laura can help you do exactly that. She talks about how to override your brain so you can see the path to achieve your dreams you've been telling yourself are impossible! Listen to this episode now, and get ready to embrace discomfort in your life so you can achieve anything you put your mind to… such as YOUR "impossible goal" for 2021!

Highlights from this episode:

• Creating your own future
• What drives our actions
• How to dream bigger and really go for what you want
• Setting goals while being gracious to our brains
• Being comfortable with your discomfort
• Deciding on your impossible goal for 2021

Resources and links mentioned:

Laura's email: [email protected]

Laura's website: The Life Coach for Busy Dentists

Laura's podcast: Feeling Good: A Podcast for Dentists

Laura's business Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DrLauraMachDDS/

Laura's personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/laura.fauchier

Thank you so much for tuning in to this podcast! I would love it if you would share it with others and leave a review for others to see!

~ Laura

Experience is so valuable! There are multiple ways people can learn lessons in life. We can make our own mistakes and discover better ways to handle situations. Or… we can also listen to the advice of others who have gone down certain roads before us and absorb their words of wisdom to help us avoid some pitfalls. In this episode, Dr. Laura discusses some concepts she wishes she would have known when she bought her practice, and she is happy to share her valuable insight with YOU!

From actively listening to learning to say, "No," Dr. Laura offers some great methods she has implemented in her practice and highly recommends to others in the process of making decisions that impact business. This episode will provide you with great experience-based advice to consider in how you look at your marketing, how you treat your patients, buying new equipment, ensuring your employees feel appreciated and much more. Everyone makes mistakes and learns lessons the hard way at times. Take a few valuable minutes to listen to this episode now… This helpful information could save you both some stress and potential lost profits!

Highlights from this episode:

• The importance of having a vision
• Being clear matters
• Saying "No" is sometimes necessary
• Insight into how to become profitable
• Taking the time to create systems
• The challenges of being an employer and initiating changes in the practice

Resources and links mentioned:

Laura's email: [email protected]

Laura's website: The Life Coach for Busy Dentists

Laura's podcast: Feeling Good: A Podcast for Dentists

Laura's business Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DrLauraMachDDS/

Laura's personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/laura.fauchier

Thank you so much for tuning in to this podcast! I would love it if you would share it with others and leave a review for others to see!

~ Laura

Have you ever had a decision to make but you just put it off and off for quite some time? And you just can't make a decision? This "Decision Fatigue" can be exhausting. This episode will help show you the way to fight through this, make a decision and move forward without regrets!

We've all been there. We have a major decision to make, but all of the options run through our brains and grip us so tightly that we don't move on. Sometimes you need to take a step back and look at the facts surrounding the decision you have to make so you can objectively decide the best and worst scenarios of your situation. In this episode, Laura provides you with methods to analyze decisions you need to make and offers a wonderful mantra to guide you through the process so you can feel confident in the path you select. Are you ready to lower your stress regarding making decisions? Listen to this episode to learn ways to embrace the choices you make and skip the regrets!

Highlights from this episode:

• What "Decision Fatigue" is
• Reasons to make a decision and move forward
• Steps to analyze the scenarios of your choices
• The key to making your decision a good one
• Avoiding being mad at yourself
• Redefining making "mistakes"

Resources and links mentioned:

Podcast episode with Dr. Shakila Angadi can be found here

Laura's email: [email protected]

Laura's website: The Life Coach for Busy Dentists

Laura's podcast: Feeling Good: A Podcast for Dentists

Laura's business Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DrLauraMachDDS/

Laura's personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/laura.fauchier

Thank you so much for tuning in to this podcast! I would love it if you would share it with others and leave a review for others to see!

~ Laura

For most of us, as dental practice owners, being an employer is the hardest part of our jobs! My guest this episode is Adrienne Twigg, the co-owner of Bent Ericksen, a dental human resources company that helps clients in all 50 states with their leadership needs. As Adrienne says, we want to be good at everything we do, and being the leader that your team needs comes with many challenges and requires energy and commitment from you… But once your employees and staff members are confident in how you manage the practice, your team can become your competitive advantage!

This episode will help you create a happy atmosphere in your practice that reduces stress and allows your team members to thrive. We discuss some great ways to communicate with and show your employees they are recognized and appreciated as well as some ways to handle situations that require correction. Adrienne points out, "What we accept, we teach." So, it is important to correct or address issues within about 24 hours so issues are not seen as unimportant, creating the opportunity for the action to be repeated. She stresses the importance of taking the time to handle staffing corrections so the team is strong and patients are happy with the office and feel safe to be there. Listen to this episode for some valuable tips to create synergy within your office and have a positive reputation in the community as a good leader!

Highlights from this episode:

• Handling staff correction issues properly
• Incorporating your beliefs into how you manage situations
• The importance of consistency as a foundation in your practice
• The value of happy team members and how that affects the treatment of patients
• Creating a good reputation in the community
• Approaching things with the right mindset as a leader
• Communication is the root of everything so everyone is heard
• The 5 languages of appreciation

Resources and links mentioned:

[email protected]

Bent Ericksen office: 800-679-2760

21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell

The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman

Laura's email: [email protected]

Laura's website: The Life Coach for Busy Dentists

Laura's podcast: Feeling Good: A Podcast for Dentists

Laura's business Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DrLauraMachDDS/

Laura's personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/laura.fauchier

Thank you so much for tuning in to this podcast! I would love it if you would share it with others and leave a review for others to see!

~ Laura

I'm always working to make the lives of my listeners better! And I'm excited about this episode's guest, Dr. Josie Dovidio, who has been in dentistry since her part-time job in high school! She has been a dentist for over 23 years and has always been into health and fitness. But over the years, she has become committed to yoga as "It addresses the musculoskeletal issues that dentists and dental professionals face," she says. We all need to pay attention to self-care on a regular basis so that we don't find ourselves in a bind in later years!

Dr. Dovidio recently took a sabbatical to focus on caring for herself and reducing stress, and she is now a certified yoga instructor who is in much better health than before. She wants to encourage other dental practitioners to practice yoga and has created "Yoga for Dentists" social media platforms to spread the word of how necessary it is for body maintenance in our profession. If your body is in a state of stress, some workouts can heighten that stress as opposed to calming the nervous system as yoga does when it is done well. She really believes that yoga is needed to counteract what dentistry does to us and is committed to enlightening and encouraging others as to how you can improve your physical condition and your emotional state when you take some time to focus on caring for yourself. Listen to this episode as Dr. Dovidio shares her passion and simple steps for busy people like you to learn ways to begin your journey, get on a confident path to relieve your stress, improve your physical condition and work healthy sources of information into your daily life. This valuable content is so beneficial to our community; listen now for ways to release your stress and better your days!

Highlights from this episode:

• The importance of not ignoring signs that your body gives you regarding your physical and mental health
• Reaching a critical point: choosing your business or your health
• Yoga's benefits to your nervous system, when done in its true tradition
• Getting into "rest and digest" mode
• The benefits of taking time off to both you and your business
• What "positive mental nutrition" is and how you can include it in your daily life
• The need to build each other up and make changes about what you let into your mind

Resources and links mentioned:

Yoga for Dentists' website: Yoga for Dentists

Yoga for Dentists' Facebook page: Yoga for Dentists

Yoga for Dentists' YouTube channel: Yoga for Dentists

Yoga for Dentists' Instagram page: yogafordentists

Laura's email: [email protected]

Laura's website: The Life Coach for Busy Dentists

Laura's podcast: Feeling Good: A Podcast for Dentists

Laura's business Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DrLauraMachDDS/

Laura's personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/laura.fauchier

Thank you so much for tuning in to this podcast! I would love it if you would share it with others and leave a review for others to see!

~ Laura