The Orthodontic Bloom

Get ready! Just when you finally felt like you had Millennials and Gen Z somewhat figured out, here comes Gen Alpha, crashing the party with their AI fluency and side-eyeing your outdated onboarding binder like it’s a rotary phone.

And trust me, they will judge your systems.

Gen Alpha is made up o...

Paid Time Off (PTO) shouldn’t be a source of guilt for your team or for you as the practice owner. It’s time to shift the mindset from scarcity to strategy. In orthodontics, we often hesitate to fully embrace PTO policies because we’re afraid of coverage gaps, disrupted schedules, or a slowdown in p...

Let’s be really, really, REAL. Working in orthodontics is amazing. The transformations, the smiles, the relationships we build. But it can also be a lot. Whether you’re chairside, at the front desk, managing the team, or running the whole show, the mental load we carry each day is real.

And in 2025...

Your orthodontic assistants are the backbone of your clinic. They keep things running, ensure patients feel comfortable, and juggle a hundred tasks at once—all while making it look effortless. But the reality is, it’s not effortless. It’s a skill, a craft, and a profession that requires training, su...

Years ago, I picked up Who Moved My Cheese? during one of the busiest and craziest seasons of my life. I had two babies under two, was constantly traveling for work, and barely had time to think, let alone read a book about change. I needed something simple, short, and straight to the point. This li...