509: The Power of Self-Care&Rituals - Courtney Dalton&Gina Diakonov - a podcast by ACT Dental

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The Power of Self-Care & Rituals

Episode #509 with Courtney Dalton & Gina Diakonov

Dentistry is draining. And to recover physically and emotionally, you need to practice self-care. There are different ways to do it, and Kirk Behrendt brings back two amazing ACT coaches, Courtney Dalton and Gina Diakonov, to talk about their self-care rituals, why having one is important, and how you can start your own. Care for yourself so you can keep caring for others! To learn how to get started, listen to Episode 509 of The Best Practices Show!

Episode Resources:


Links Mentioned in This Episode:

Atomic Habits by James Clear: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits

Main Takeaways:

Self-care is what refills your tank.

Make time for self-care and make it a ritual.

Don't feel guilty about taking time for self-care.

Your self-care ritual will set the tone for your day.

Hold yourself accountable for creating self-care time.

Quotes:

“Gender plays a big part in this. A working mom dentist has some added responsibilities — dads do too. Those dad docs do too. But let's talk about the mom side. It takes so much out of us to be a parent. It’s amazing, it’s fulfilling, and it’s the best job in the world. But it’s exhausting. And then, when you wake up to go to work and you spend your day there, I hear those mom docs say to me, ‘I've got nothing left. I still have to prep the dinner when I get home because I didn't do it on Sunday. How do I have the energy from having a long day of work and still have the energy to give my best to my family? Because I want to show up. I'm just really tired, and I don't know where to go from there.’” (5:35—6:22) -Gina

“Our teams and our doctors that we work with, they feel so pulled and so dictated by the needs of the practice that they get caught up in it and get overwhelmed by it. And rightfully so. It’s hard to be a business owner. It’s hard to have people with you that you trust to help fuel your business forward. But to Gina’s point, at the end of the day, when you go home, if there's nothing left in the tank, you don't have the energy for your family. You definitely don't have the energy for self-care, for doing the things that you want to do. So, one thing that we do, as coaches, is help them find the balance.” (6:58—7:35) -Courtney

“If you're not present for yourself, you can't show up in either facet of business or personal.” (7:42—7:48) -Courtney

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