You'll want a pen and paper for this one! On this episode of GRADitude, we are joined by Rob Bertman, senior student loan advisor of Student Loan Planner.  As a certified financial analyst and planner, Rob has met with and consulted all types of graduate students and their debts. Not only has he helped them pay off their student loans, but also build lasting financial futures for their unique lives, careers, and values.  He shares with us all kinds of financial expertise, from the difference between refinancing vs. consolidating student loans (and when to use each one) to the importance of setting financial foundations no matter where you are in the journey towards physical therapy.  Despite the intimidation of student loan and post-graduate debt, Rob highlights the silver linings of navigating financial stress and creating a personalized student loan plan around your career goals.  He also shares his #1 rule to improve financial responsibility, and the best tips to help increase savings.  Take a seat and get ready to take some notes!

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Also check out the Student Loan Planner Podcast: https://www.studentloanplanner.com/category/podcast/

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In this episode of GRADitude, we celebrate our 2 year anniversary and reflect on our daily life was back compared to now and the lessons we learned. We rewind back talking about a week in the life for us back in October 2018 and compare it to now, October 2020. The key takeaway from this episode is to turn our personal failures into successes to you. For us, the biggest the lessons we learned was that your connections will give you opportunities and paths you would have never expected and the importance of hearing other people's stories and relating it to your own personal life experiences. 

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In this episode of GRADitude, we are joined by current 2nd year SPT Jin Kang.  After experiencing an unexpected transition from a pre-pandemic first year of PT school, Jin discusses how he navigated the changes in his school's program and personal life.  Jin also walks us through his journey to starting a YouTube channel in the middle of the pandemic.  After being inspired by other SPT/PT YouTubers, he shares his goals in creating new content for other future PT's by giving insight into his own daily experiences.  Jin talks about the importance of both creating a structured routine but also making time to disconnect from the digital world.  As Jin wraps up, he shares a wild story of moving to a new school and city, but also facing the obstacles that come with it.  Sit back and join our conversation as the three of us dive into our tricks, tips, and mindsets of navigating the digital and physical world of a student PT.  Enjoy & happy Wednesday! 

Jin's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKF0VFfkfIQCz8Hw78c7fAw

Jin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jkang_pt/

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In this episode of GRADitude, we open up about our personal experiences of bouncing back during clinicals, PT school, and we share key lessons that we learned along the way. We first start by discussing clinical stories of our patient's experiences with bouncing back during their journey to recovery. We then shift to personal anecdotes of bouncing back from PT school tribulations and internal struggles. Key takeaways we emphasize during this episode include: open up, don't isolate yourself, and stop expecting your prior level of function to be the same as your current level of function if there's been a change out of your control. Give yourself some grace, and reflect on your current level of function and plan how you can be the best possible version of yourself. We also want to emphasize that if you're struggling, don't be afraid to reach out to someone. If you need to reach out to us, we would love to hear from you and provide support to help you BOUNCE BACK! 

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In this episode of GRADitude we talk with Dr. TaVona Denise about her unique journey from clinical PT to business and life coaching.  With 18 years of experience as a licensed DPT, TaVona discusses everything from her initial thoughts as a PT student to starting up her own life coaching business.  TaVona reflects on both the power and consequences of our personal choices, and how she stood by her own decisions to pursue the life she wanted.  Although a typical work week looks different from TaVona's previous days in the hospital, she discusses how her business brought on new and creative opportunities, from finding her specialty as a life coach to organizing an online summit for women entrepreneurs in healthcare.  Dr.TaVona finishes up by sharing her most important tips on growing both personally and professionally to reach the goals and objectives you set for yourself.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tavonadenise

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tavonadenise/

In this episode of GRADitude we discuss the difference between clinical rotation settings. Gabby and Sarah discuss their experiences in their clinicals: from their day-to-day life covering Gabby's outpatient and Sarah's inpatient clinicals and their experiences, specific details such as how many patients they're seeing, and advice to prepare for your future clinicals. After you are done listening to this lovely episode, please follow the link below to either donate or apply for the GRADitude 2.0 scholarship fund!

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In this episode of GRADitude we are joined by Megan and Ciera Stitz, first-year DPT students, creators of According Two Podcast, and self-taught YouTubers!  The Stitz sisters talk about their early introduction to YouTube and watching their channel grow over the past 8 years.  As they prepare for their DPT journey, they also discuss future changes in their daily lives and online learning.  After years of documenting videos and vlogs of their gymnastics content and personal lives, Megan and Ciera share future ideas for new content and their tips for maintaining multiple social platforms.  

Megan's Instagram: @megan_marie32

Ciera's Instagram: @ciera_jo

Podcast: According Two Podcast 

Youtube: 

- TC2 Gymnastics Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsTtsX8o7aad1AgLZ1IWcpg

- Megan & Ciera's Vlog Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNedh18e9MY3tHL8LAyvOBg

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Whether you learned it in undergrad...or you are figuring it out the hard way in grad school...the fact of the matter is that your study habits and your bank account are not mutually exclusive. They both hang in a very delicate balance that can be be influenced by one thing...YOU! In this episode, Gabby and Sarah talk about when they learned about the importance of the relationship of these two significant variables and how they have been managing their work, studies, and lives to ensure that these stay in harmony. After you are done listening to this lovely episode, please follow the link below to either donate or apply for the GRADitude 2.0 scholarship fund! 

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Break out your notebook, grab a cup of coffee, and take a deep breath while you settle into this special episode of GRADitude. This week we interview Dr. Emma Shapiro, a woman of many talents including: Doctor of Physical Therapy, Founder of Debt Free Physical Therapist, Co-Founder of Alternative Health Care Careers, and mentor for Healthcare Professionals burdened by debt. Dr. Shapiro takes the gloves off and delves into the nitty-gritty of loans. She talks repayment, debt management, loan refinancing, public service forgiveness and much more as well as the nuances of each that have been learned the hard way. If any of those topics made you have an adverse physical reaction...you need to keep calm and listen to Dr. Shapiro. She gives no-nonsense advice that is adjustable to wherever you are at in your loan repayment journey. 

Instagram: @debtfreephysicaltherapy

Websites: 

https://alternativehealthcarecareers.com/

https://debtfreept.com/

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Are you suffering from the following: remote meeting related exhaustion, sore eyes, general malaise, headaches from online lecture, nightmares about computer screens, anger towards technological devices? If so, you may be suffering from ZOOM FATIGUE. It is not officially a webMD diagnosis, but it probably will be before 2020 is over. You can relieve such horrible symptoms by going for a walk and listening to this episode of GRADitude where your hosts Gabby and Sarah will surely bring you a chuckle and hopefully some reprieve from the monotony of the ZOOM-iverse. 

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