Hey Mamas!

Check out our bonus episode. It was recorded way back in the Fall of 2016. Listen to Christie and Jasmin discuss their experiences in the ADHA.

A few have contacted Jasmin to find out how she started her career trajectory that has led to entrepreneurship. It began with a small role volunteering with her state association.

Thank you to all of the leaders along the way of our journey who believed in our potential and have provided mentorship over the years. We are forever grateful!

Listen on to learn more!

NOTE: We understand this is only one small example of a hygienists' experience. Everyone will have their own unique experience. We know and understand there is room for improvement with the ADHA but find ways in which you can learn from it. You can learn, develop, and empower yourself to achieve all you hope for in your career as well as support all hygienists.

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Christie and Jasmin had a blast getting to know Emily Boge, RDH, the creator of the American Eagle Instruments Boge 513 XP Technology, Department Chair of Hawkeye Community College, President of the Iowa Dental Hygienists' Association, CEO of Think Big Dental, and awesome Mom to two boys.

 She is a confident and fearless leader in our profession. Hear about her full circle moment with teaching at her alma mater, failures that led to achieving goals, what life is like in Iowa, and her awesome family.

Stay to the end to hear Emily and Jasmin spit some bars of hip-hop. 

**GIVEAWAY**

This episode will feature a giveaway. Huge shout out to Emily Boge, Gracey Eagle, and American Eagle Instruments for sponsoring this giveaway and supporting all RDHs. We appreciate you!

Follow us on Facebook for the giveaway! Starts Monday, February 27, 2017, and ends Monday, March 6, 2017.

Where to find Emily:
Think Big Dental
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Christie and Jasmin had the pleasure of interviewing Melissa Obrotka, RDH. She is a Hu-Friedy KOL, Owner of RDH Innovations LLC, 2016 ADHA/HuFriedy Master Clinician Recipient, and an amazing MOMgienist.

Christie and Jasmin could not stop talking with Melissa. She is real, inspiring, and empowering for all MOMgienists who are reaching for the stars while maintaining their role as a Mom.

Melissa, Christie, and Jasmin got real quick! Motherhood is a blessing but also has its challenges. Reaching heights of excellence in our profession requires determination and support while achieving. These MOMgienists will have your back and will root you on! Don't get caught by the imposter syndrome!

Enjoy this great episode and forgive Jasmin for "clicking" her mouse! :)

Where to find Melissa: 
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Recent articles: Hu-Friedy and Dental Implants

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I remember the day that I graduated very clearly, surrounded by my classmates, professors, family and friends. As classmates we had spent at least 2 years together, laughing, crying, studying, learning, thinking, planning, dreaming. We all had our own ideas of what our profession would hold for us. We were all passionate about what we were going to accomplish, the lives we would touch, the differences that we would make.

Fast forward more than 6 years and I have again discovered that passion, the idea that I can make a difference, the knowledge that I will touch lives. It saddens me that, for a time, that passion was buried. Buried under the complacency of no longer studying day in and day out. Buried under stressful working environments that focus less and less on the value of care and individual treatment, and focus more and more on the money coming in. Buried under family and life in general. I am excited to say that I have that passion back, it is alive and well and...

Christie and Jasmin always have fun with THE Carrie Ibbetson. Carrie is very much loved by the MOMgienists and is the entitled "soul sistah" of Jasmin. Listen in as the MOMgienists weigh in on our profession and the need for an oral health coach.

Carrie is a brilliant innovator in our field. She has nearly 20 years experience in the dental world. She has worked as a dental assistant, front office coordinator, and as a dental hygienist. Currently, she is a Young Dental Clinical Representative, Founder and CEO of Oral Health Coaching, and Host of the Healthy Mouth Healthy Life Podcast. You can reach her in the link below. Join us in the pledge to keep each of ourselves accountable as we reach our goals while handling our responsibilities as MOMgienist. 

Where to find Carrie: Oral Health Coach and Healthy Mouth Healthy Life Podcast

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Each night when I go to sleep there are questions reeling in my head that every mom asks: “Did I give them enough attention today?”, “Was I short with them and should not have been?”,

“Did I turn towards him when he spoke to me when I was washing the dishes?”

Was I enough?

When I was the President of the Virginia Dental Hygienists’ Association, I had one young child at home and was pregnant with my son. And people would ask…” Is it hard to leave your child when you have these meetings?” and “How can you stand to be away from your child?”

There was one day when my daughter Carter, who was 2 years old then, asked if I was going to a “dental hygienist meeting” and I told her I was. She asked me what exactly I did at those meetings (in her confident and bossy 2-year- old voice). I told her that I had to help people who could not afford to go to the dentist and help protect them from getting sick.

She...

Let's welcome our first MOMgienists Blog Contributor, Amy!

Today was a good day. It’s Friday, my clinical day went smooth, slow but smooth. We don’t have much planned for the weekend ahead, which is nice as sometimes we have too much going on. My boys are out watching the local high school boys basketball game, and I just put my daughter to bed and walked out of her room...for the 5th time! Netflix is on pause, again, and I’m hoping the dog didn’t taste my wine, I really should put it on the counter when I walk out of the room.

I’m hoping that I’ll finally get through the documentary on traveling photographers, something the rest of my family wouldn’t sit through, and finish up some paperwork for my nursing home dental hygiene project. I don’t get much done between frequent visits to my daughter’s room, distractions of emails, text messages, and Facebook. 

Before I know it my boys are back home and my son looks...

Mommas love any reason to get more coffee. What better reason to support Starbucks who has recently added amazing parental benefits for their employees. Christie and Jasmin discuss the recent change in Starbucks and their experiences requesting parental leave during the births of their children. 

The MOMgienists hope this is a trend that will stay and move across the nation.

Stay tuned to the end for an exciting offer!

Starbucks Parental Leave
Starbucks Expanding Parental Leave

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There is nothing more awkward about interviewing while pregnant! Especially in the dental hygiene world. Listen in as Christie and Jasmin share their personal experiences and great articles that shed light on this often asked question.

We want to continue this conversation in our Facebook forum. So head over to "A Safe Place for MOMgiensits" and share your thoughts on interviewing while pregnant. Share the good, bad, and ugly! We are here to support you!

Mommas, this episode contains a great offer from Solution Reach! Check out their website and make sure to listen in to the very end for an EXCITING offer!
 

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I remember the day that I graduated very clearly, surrounded by my classmates, professors, family and friends. As classmates we had spent at least 2 years together, laughing, crying, studying, learning, thinking, planning, dreaming. We all had our own ideas of what our profession would hold for us. We were all passionate about what we were going to accomplish, the lives we would touch, the differences that we would make.

Fast forward more than 6 years and I have again discovered that passion, the idea that I can make a difference, the knowledge that I will touch lives. It saddens me that, for a time, that passion was buried. Buried under the complacency of no longer studying day in and day out. Buried under stressful working environments that focus less and less on the value of care and individual treatment, and focus more and more on the money coming in. Buried under family and life in general. I am excited to say that I have that passion back, it is alive and well and...