Love Your Practice

Most of us feel OVERWHELMED at some point! Owning a dental practice creates crazy days that can be a lot to handle! Do you sometimes feel like you don't know what to do next because you're stuck in an overwhelmed state and too busy to move forward with making decisions and properly leading your practice? If so, this episode will help you break FREE from this feeling that you're experiencing and op...

When we own or manage a dental practice, we get ourselves into a position our brains don't like, as productivity is sometimes challenged and we have to deal with issues as they arise. However, having proper plans in place can help you handle those situations! My guest this week is dental office manager Jodie Pearson. She has 35 years experience in the dental industry and shares many of her insight...

What do you want for your practice? Did you know that your practice is a manifestation of your thoughts? In this interesting episode, Dr. Laura Mach will help you make changes - not from a to-do list but from what is happening in your mind! It is possible to redirect your brain to have better thoughts about how you see yourself and your practice. Think about that for a minute. This could be big ne...

Are you trying to be a good leader, but nobody told you how? Do you take the proper time needed to be a good leader in your dental practice? With all of the time dentists spend doing procedures, it is difficult to then devote the attention necessary to focus on leadership. However, this episode presents how essential it is to have a healthy brain to have a healthy body and practice. Explore the "B...

Thanks to human biology, people become judge-y from time to time, and that's okay because human brains just work that way. However, there is another path - a much more positive one - that can be taken along life's journey! In this episode, host Dr. Laura Mach acknowledges that looking for problems can be a survival technique, but living life in a negative mindset does not let you enjoy yourself or...

Mindset and Creating Freedom from Third-Party Payers One Step at a Time With Kleer CEO Dave Monahan   Do you think it's dangerous to break out of the mold of dealing with third-party payers? Are you nervous about eliminating insurance companies? My guest on this episode is Dave Monahan, the founder and CEO of Kleer, a company that helps dentists create membership plan programs, allowing dentists t...

Why are you a dentist? What do you WANT to do in your practice? Consider the fact that YOUR practice belongs to YOU! How you run your practice is up to YOU. You do not have to be a pawn in the game that belongs to the big insurance companies anymore. Today's guest is Dr. Nicole Vane, and she shares her story of how she has forged ahead in her practice to create a new way of managing her practice s...

Today's interview can enrich your life and make you a more successful leader. In fact, it's a conversation about conversations! With about twenty years of experience in the dental industry, Robyn Ramirez is a dental consultant and is a Conversational Intelligence Certified Coach… so she understands the neuroscience behind conversations. Based on her experience as a business development coach focus...

My listeners, you deserve to hear this story from my guest, Dr. Sonya Stolze . She shares why she decided to enter dental school, how she began her career working alongside her father, and how she learned about the business side of managing the practice. Everything was rolling along until there was a major crisis in her life and the operation of the practice. This episode is one that every dentist...

Do you question your abilities and struggle with feeling that you are not qualified to be at the level where you currently are? Maybe you are having a negative inner dialogue that needs to be changed. If so, please know you are not alone! This episode will enlighten you to what you are really experiencing, the fact that you are part of a large community of people going through the same thing, and...

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 f...

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 sta...

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...

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...

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...

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 c...

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 w...

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 t...

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 requi...

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 pr...

We all work to learn, better ourselves and become better members of our communities. And I know YOU love to better yourself because you listen to this podcast… to improve yourself! I LOVE that about you and am thankful for it!  I think you are really going to enjoy this episode. I share my three favorite things I love about myself and my three favorite things about you, my listeners! And if you're...

Would you like to make more money in your practice? I bet you answered, "Yes!" If so, this is the episode for YOU! Join me as I walk through my process, "The Model" for how we get results in our lives and see how you can apply that model to your dental practice to get the money flowing into it. So, stick with me if you want to make more money! Friends, there is a simple action you can take to make...

Our days can be so busy that it is easy to go home feeling exhausted! Ever since the COVID shutdown, there have been changes in our practices that are just wearing us out… possibly due to our new PPE or a lack of order to our days. With so much coming at us, it is easy to feel overwhelmed and tired. However, there are several actions you can do to help you not only get through your day better but...

Have you had an event in your day that upsets you… and then you stay focused on that one negative instance for the rest of the day? This can be frustrating as you try to proceed through your day! However, there are some great steps you can take to stop this process from happening to you and, instead, allow yourself to end the day in a much better way.  In this episode, I present actions to deal wi...

We all want less stress in our lives! And this episode can help you get to that point! I have the pleasure of welcoming Grace Rizza, owner of Identity Dental Marketing, to the show. She began her company at a young age; and now, in her business, she is excited for challenges such as COVID-19, as she sees those challenges as what happens before a growth spurt. I love that Grace says, "Mindset is th...