Feel like you are burning the candle at both ends? Or maybe the dental hand piece at both ends? I certainly do at times, and that's why I took the time to interview Dr. Tracey Marks, a psychiatrist in Atlanta. She told me about the field...
 I came home and found a reorganized home with all of our Valentine's Day decorations meticulously placed. Some women would flip out. I stood and admired the beauty. When my husband was small, he loved to decorate his house around the holidays, but his parents didn't...
A lemming is in the rodent family of animals. Lemmings are known for following each other—no matter what…even right off the proverbial cliff to their deaths. According to Wiki, this might be stretching the truth a bit. Due to a "strong biological urge," a lemming will recognize...
I could not wait until I was out of dental school. Graduation day in May of 1998 was positively one of the most memorable days of my life. Honestly, it wasn’t because of all of the pomp and circumstance—although Lloyd Carr’s commencement speech was pretty...
Days before my international speaking debut in Barcelona, Spain, I started to feel my jaw tighten and my neck get more stiff. I was sleeping less than desired because I wanted to work on my presentation. I realized I was getting the early indicators of...
The wild success Lucy Hobbs Taylor had as a dentist in Kansas, Missouri, undoubtedly occurred because of her ability to teach. During a time period when women were not dentists, she trailblazed her way through Ohio, Iowa, Illinois, and then finally Kansas. But, where did...
Mastering the business side of dentistry is something I completely underestimated. I knew I learned very little in dental school despite our professor's attempts to teach us the basics of practice management. It seemed so irrelevant at the time, or at the least under prioritized. I...
The World Health Organization caught my attention when it called for feedback in regards to its newly proposed, dietary guidelines in regards to sugar consumption--free sugar to be exact. Free sugar, according to the W.H.O., is categorized as, "monosaccharides (such as glucose, fructose) and disaccharides...
April 22, 2014 --A.K.A. Earth Day If you don't know it's Earth Day, don't fret. Many people don't. But, what you should be fretting about is the amount of personal development you are missing if you decide to bypass nature and her splendor. Admittedly, I occasionally forget...
Rarely do I just sit on the couch and mindlessly watch an NCAA basketball game. My strategic, tactical mind takes over. After reffing for ten years, I am too knowledgeable to let bad calls go unnoticed. After playing throughout high school, I am too competitive...