Just A Quick Pinch

Masha is back for her 5th episode to share with us her story of how a car accident changed her life, and was the catalyst to her living her dream life. She shares how even though she didn't know exactly where to go, she slowly learned how she wanted to feel and from then followed these steps to get to where she is today. You don't have to know the destination, but you can slowly pick your...

Chief Complaints, your listener submitted weekly advice segment is back! This week our pincher asks: "Just started a new job and dealing with a passive aggressive older coworker" - Jimmy and I set out to help this Pincher, we chat workplace dynamics and what we recommend in this juicy detailed ep Just A Quick Pinch is a lifestyle podcast for the modern young woman in healthcare! This pod...

sharing my annual trip to the OBGYN story & answering your chief complaints! Our Friday morning advice segment is here! This week a pincher asked: "I need help choosing between a job offer I recently got versus another year of residency - essentially going back to this prestigious job or go do a second year of being underpaid but in something I really really love" - Jimmy and I share...

Small talk news stories to share with your patients, coworkers & classmates is back with Dashae (@thecurlyclinician) pediatric physical therapist and influencer! She shares with us: catching up: 0-24:54 - recent career updates and why she is leaving her current position - wedding & puppy updates, life as a pediatric PT small talk: 24:54 - end - pop culture: https://people.com/olivia-rodrig...

Our second boy (besides jimmy) we've allowed on the podcast and he does not disappoint - Dr. Avi (@doctor.avi) is here to share with us some major truths about working in the real world that no one tells you! We discuss: - his journey from 8 associateships in his first 2 years and struggling with the routine of bread and butter dentistry - red flags to look out for as your first job, bouncing...

Chief Complaints - our Friday morning advice segment! Today: the age old dilemma - annoying coworkers. Todays chief complaint is for a fellow pincher annoyed at her workplace with younger coworkers that have different opinions about how to conduct themselves at work. We dive into how to navigate when coworkers drive you crazy and how to set boundaries to help yourself stay sane while working in st...

Shelby @shelbypharmd, ambulatory care pharmacist is here to spill the new grad tea!!! We chat all about: - the highs and lows of being a new grad - adjusting to life after school: making friends, finding hobbies like reading - lifestyle creep, some of our fav new recipes & purchases - sephora favs - getting in trouble for having a professional social media page with work/school: we both have s...

did you know NOW is the most important time to start preparing for seasonal depression/winter blues? Most people think the symptoms begin around january/post holidays, but turns out the preparation is most effective if you begin setting the habits and rituals into place NOW! prepare and avoid being hit with the seasonal sads by implementing these tricks. *note this is not medical advice, please se...

so much of my day and mood sometimes feels dictated by how I react to the things I can't control. How someone feels about the dentist that day, how someone's body responds to treatment, how someone takes care of themselves - working in healthcare is exhausting because it feels like trying to manage many things we cannot control, and it can be so frustrating and take away the satisfaction a...

the sucky/sticky middle: the in between period after you fail but before you can say you've overcome it, the painful nagging uncomfortable feeling that follows you as you try to carry on and pick yourself back up. This is the part of failure that no one talks about, and this is the powerful part of growth that we NEED! This is how to pick yourself up and carry on to that next win. If you feel...

Masha, nervous system coach @mashakay is back for another episode, this time all about GROWING PAINS - leaving our comfort zones and being selective with our discomfort, becoming resilient to stress, and allowing our body to adapt to the feeling of success when change feels like a threat! We discuss the paradox of needing enough stress to be healthy & optimal function while also needing to dis...

With Black Friday coming up next friday we wanted to share our gift guide for the people in your life that have it all/are hard to shop for! Here are 4 ideas for friends, family, and coworkers/classmates and how to shop specifically for the person who has it all! We also share our recap of the golden bachelor ep 7 women tell all episode! IG: @justaquickpinch, @drconniewang

Dr. Libby, @learnwithlibby.rx industry pharmacy fellow shares with us today her journey to being a trailblazer in her industry! We discuss: - her new role as oncology training and development fellow - the post grad transition from pharmacy student to industry pharmacy - the ways that therapy impacted her life as a student with setting healthier boundaries and speaking up for herself - things she l...

jimmy is here for chief complaints, your friday morning advice segment, this week to answer: "I need help with time management: trying to manage full time work and full time class while studying DAT" 0-3:27 jimmy and connie intro 3:27 - 17:23 chief complaint advice 17:23- 37:55 golden bachelor episode 5 and 6 recap Jimmy and I share the hard things we've learned about time management...

Teresa @sleepbetternyc is a sleep coach/sleep apnea educator here to share with us: - the journey to becoming a sleep coach/sleep apnea educator! - little ways that getting poor sleep shows up in your day to day, that we might not be realizing - the different stages of sleep & problem areas we could be having? (etc. difference between having trouble falling asleep vs. staying asleep vs. waking...

since the Golden Bachelor recap was part of this Tuesday's halloween episode we switched things up for the week and made this Friday's episode a main episode - this week we have on Dr. Ashley Joves @ashleyjovesdds from The Making Of, Little Black Dress, and Smile and Co! She is a dentist and practice owner of 2 dental practices, podcast host for 2 podcasts, mom to 2 boys... and superwoman apparent...

SURPRISE! Hear what our halloween costumes are for 2023, and tune in on IG @drconniewang, @justaquickpinch to see the behind the scenes transformation of our costumes. We are back with a halloween special extravaganza, we share 3 small talk news stories and pop culture articles to share with patients, coworkers and classmates, and we recap ep 4 of the golden bachelor! Just A Quick Pinch is a lifes...

chief complaints, our friday morning advice segment is back with Joyce The Dentist to answer your burning chief complaint of the week! This week: “Feeling stuck and in a rut. I’m not sure if I chose the right path (2nd yr dental student) and just want to find my motivation again" We discuss why school is not a great indicator of how things will go, how to get out of a rut and step by step get...

Joyce The Dentist @joycethedentist is here for her second time on the podcast to discuss how to captivate whoever is in front of you, whether it is your patient or social media audience! We chat about how to build trust with patients, the communication mistakes made early on and how to present in an authentic way to social media and your audience as well. We also chat about virality and how to mak...

chief complaints, our Friday morning advice segment is back to answer this Pincher submitted question of the week: "I need weeknight dinner ideas, I so relate to feeling unmotivated after work" - we chat about our fav weeknight recipes/meal ideas and also recap The Golden Bachelor EP 3!!! 0-5:00 our chief complaints 5:00-18:00 answering your chief complaint 18:00-end The Golden Bachelor...

part II with masha (@mashakay) is here! we discuss why what we've previously learned in school about setting "SMART" goals (specific, measurable, blah balh blah) is actually false and you may be creating misaligned, inauthentic goals depending on how misaligned/unregulated your nervous state is! We chat about creating healthier goals starting from healthier nervous system states inst...

With it being a very distressing and difficult week, I really struggled with deciding if we should continue this week with posting things that are truly so trivial and insignificant, however I do feel an obligation to keep the light and hope alive and I hope this episode brings you an escape from what has been going on, I hope this makes someones day better and I pray for peace ahead. Jimmy joins...

sometimes it feels like having/showing emotions is a sign of weakness, and one of the trickiest parts of working in healthcare is navigating the many emotions of yourself as a provider, your patients, your team/support system - it can feel like a lot but nervous system coach Masha Kay @mashakay is here to share how we can actually use emotional regulation as a tool to help us better align our goal...

chief complaints is our anonymous advice segments on friday mornings! And they just got a whole lot better with the addition of our new The Golden Bachelor recaps! Ya'll asked on my instagram story for more recaps of this series and im OBSESSED with this show now sooooo you can expect a dose of this reality TV content every friday while the show is on! TO SKIP TO GOLDEN BACHELOR RECAP: ~15 minutes...

on the treadmill a few weeks ago I had an epiphany that imposter syndrome is not imposter syndrome if you know you're not alone. Connection is what takes away the power from that pesky imposter syndrome and by focusing on finding the right mentors and peers, meeting like minded people and feeling less alone, we go farther, together. Just A Quick Pinch is a lifestyle podcast for the modern youn...