The Social Dentist - Dr. Yazdan

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan packing alot into this short episode. The way she explains the different beliefs about money sets the stage for the rest of the episode. She’s helping us adopt a mindset that will instill confidence and won’t leave room for self-doubt that results in discounting yourself and your prices. Dr. Yazdan knows that objections about your pricing w...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is helping fellow healthcare business owners find a better work/life balance. She points out why it’s important to get true rest. Dr. Yazdan is giving us all the reasons why we need to give ourselves a break. Dr. Yazdan understands taking time off and resting can feel uncomfortable at first; that’s why she’s sharing the term “active rest” w...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan talking about difficulty with team members at work. Dr. Yazdan is giving valuable advice for business owners to build and create a strong and successful team. She addresses the common issue of self-doubt, and advises on how to have your own back while still being open-minded. This episode is full of valuable takeaways. You’ll want to replay...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is addressing an issue she sees all too often among healthcare professionals: exhaustion. She is here to help you deal with your exhaustion and manage it. She starts off by pointing out that there are different types of exhaustion, and sometimes feeling exhausted can feel good. Dr. Yazdan identifies that most of the negative feelings you’re...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan wants to help you get everything done and feel accomplished, without feeling overwhelmed. She wants you to do this through planning ahead and scheduling. Creating a scheduled calendar for yourself may seem like more work, or might sound confining, but, like Dr. Yazdan explains in this podcast episode, it will actually create more quality ti...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is helping her fellow healthcare workers have a good month every month. She’s helping you look at your business in a way that will enable you to consistently hit your revenue goals. Dr. Yazdan points out that it’s not just about the production numbers from in-office procedures that creates a successful month. You’ll love the part when Dr. Y...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is addressing a problem she sees often among fellow dentists - patients are not saying yes to the treatment plan that is being presented. Dr. Yazdan jumps right in on this episode. She starts off by pointing out how the dentist is actually the reason why patients deny treatment. Dr. Yazdan is here to help you work through the obstacles that...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is talking to her fellow business owners about business marketing. She starts off by showing us how important marketing is, through real world examples. Dr. Yazdan is teaching a mini-course on marketing in this episode. You’ll learn about different types of marketing and get ideas for how to execute your marketing. Dr. Yazdan is even giving...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Yazdan wants to help you when you’re feeling like you’re not on track in your business. Dr. Yazdan states the truth and puts it all in perspective right at the top of this episode. She has a series of questions to ask yourself to determine your current situation, along with a course of action to challenge your mindset. The exercise that Dr. Yazdan does, t...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is giving us advice for when we’re not feeling motivated in our business. Life happens and things get in the way, that’s why Dr. Yazdan is here to help you keep things in perspective when it comes to feeling motivated. She discusses the importance of understanding your emotions, and the 50/50 rule and how they play into each other. Dr. Yazd...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is addressing burnout, a very common problem among dentists and other healthcare providers. She’s taking us back to a time when Dr. Yazdan herself was feeling burnt out and her love of dentistry was almost not enough to keep her in the business. She knows the feeling and she’s here to help you shake the burnout. Dr. Yazdan is outlining a tw...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan wants to help you build a strong team in your healthcare practice. This episode is for all healthcare professionals, but Dr. Yazdan is speaking specifically to women in leadership roles in the healthcare industry. If you’re a female healthcare practice owner, listening to this podcast will feel like Dr. Yazdan knows you and is talking direc...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is helping you grow your business in a meaningful and impactful way. She isn’t talking about small increases in your monthly sales; Dr. Yazdan wants you to set your goals high and double your revenue. With her help, you can do it. At the 5:05 mark, Dr. Yazdan drops a hard truth that you need to hear to be able to expand your business. She a...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is focusing on the importance of building relationships with your patients. You’ll love hearing the success story that Dr. Yazdan shares at the top of the episode. Dr. Yazdan does a great job explaining why building patient relationships is important and how it will help you in your practice. When you listen to this episode, she is giving y...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is discussing the idea of exclusivity. She’s expanding on the concept of exclusive patient experience she introduced in the previous episode. Dr. Yazdan is using the example of a high-end shopping experience to help us understand the approach she is proposing. If you want to be able to charge more for your services while growing your busine...

In this episode of The Social Dentist Dr. Desiree Yazdan is focusing on the importance of the patient experience. She wants you to create “highlight moments” - listen to find out exactly what Dr. Yazdan is talking about. Dr. Yazdan is helping you build an experience for your patients that they will actually enjoy. You’ll be able to relate to the example she uses to prove her point. Dr. Yazdan has...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is discussing the science and art of creating urgency. She starts by explaining what “fake urgency” is and why it doesn’t work. But, of course, she doesn't just leave things there, she’s also giving us suggestions on how to create real urgency. For listeners who are healthcare professionals, this is a must-listen for you. If you follow Dr....

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is getting introspective. She’s helping us take a look at ourselves in a new way and helping us unlock the areas where we’ve felt stuck. After listening to this episode, you’ll see how it’s just one question that’s holding you back from productively moving forward and growing. It makes so much sense when Dr. Yazdan says “each unmade decisio...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is helping you eliminate “should” thoughts from your mindset. She is literally helping you manage your mind. If you’re feeling burnt out or stuck, this is the podcast episode for you. Dr. Yazdan is here to help you rewrite the story you’ve been telling yourself so that it can actually serve you. She’s looking at the difference between abili...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is making a distinction between confidence and self-confidence. The goal of this episode is to help you build your self-confidence so you can achieve whatever you want in life. Dr. Yazdan starts off by using a universal metaphor, along with a real-life personal example to really hone in on the concept she’s presenting and makes it easy to u...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is talking right to her fellow working moms. She starts out by getting to the root of why it’s so hard to be a mom who also has a job. Then she looks at where and how we can make changes. Dr. Yazdan wants to help us get our mindset in the right place so we don’t keep creating lose-lose situations for ourselves. She’s here to help you build...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan jumps right in on helping you create content for your social media feed. She starts off by helping us set the stage for the most effective mindset to create valuable content. But we’re not just discussing content creation from scratch in this episode; it’s all about repurposing content that you already have. Dr. Yazdan is helping you take t...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is switching things up a little bit. Instead of focusing on making more money in your practice, Dr. Yazdan is looking at cutting down costs in your practice. She wants you to get down to the nitty gritty and really get to know your costs for doing business. Dr. Yazdan explains the importance of knowing the details of your business, like how...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is talking about holding people accountable. She’s cutting the fluff and getting right down to it. As a woman business owner and boss, Dr. Yazdan fully understands the difficulty women have asserting themselves in their businesses. She’s sharing a strategy that you can use to hold people accountable while also coming off as likable. The app...

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is discussing the dreaded feelings we all sometimes have about our business. Dr. Yazdan is introducing concepts that will help you tackle those tasks that you just never want to do and are push off doing at the expense of your business. Dr. Yazdan wants us to “make friends with dread.” Listen to the episode to find out what she means. She’s...