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If you have read ‘WHO AM I’ you’ll know by now that I have lived through some pretty dark times.
If you want to check out how I turned my mental health – and life – around despite a total breakdown, that’s blogs #1-4.
Or, for a pick and mix of my entrepeneurial activities start with any post from #5 onwards.
Whichever posts you choose, I promise you raw, unpolished, and honest text documenting my personal and professional growth.
Perhaps you’ll think I am too candid, but it is the only way I know how to be …
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#23 Overdone
This past month has been completely mental, and I’m not actually sure if I am coming or going at the moment. These are the “highlights”: It is a lot to manage and I am feeling totally exhausted. This is also compounded by not having my habitual routines available. For example, living in a hotel when…
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#22 Happy birthday Carew Dental!
3 today! I can’t quite believe how quickly the time has flown by, and, boy, what a ride!! 2021 🐣🐣 2024 💛🩶 Highlights to date have been adding a CBCT scanner and treatment planning room, installing a third surgery, and taking on an additional space to create a call centre, office, and meeting room. I am…
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#21 Remote connections
Apologies that I have been remarkedly quiet these past 2 weeks. Moving house, volunteer training, my son unexpectedly undergoing surgery, and an intense workload have all competed for my attention. To be honest it’s been a hefty juggling act and I am pretty tired, fortunately things are now calming down a little. On top of…
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#20 What a difference 6 months can make!!!
December 2023: Devastated as my marriage finally ended. Mel and I had had a rocky year, we started a trial separation in October 2023, and just as I thought we were ready to reconcile I discovered something so major there was no going back. In one swoop I lost my lover, best friend, home and…
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#19 When the team steps up
My son, Alfie, and I organised a photoshoot at the practice but disaster struck when he became ill and I abandoned work to support him. Two bodies down, the team rallied around and made the day a massive success … The worst twenty-first! 🎂 Work had been pretty hectic as we refurbished an office into a…
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#18 Recruitment: applicant videos
I posted an ad on Indeed for a dental receptionist and received over 100 applications in a week. Great you’d think … but I only looked at 10% of them. The ad clearly states that the application is a two-part process: emailing a CV and recording a 3 minute video explaining why you want to…
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