Tag: work life balance
Beyond Balance: Strategic Solutions for Female ODs Navigating Career and Life...
Representation of women in optometry has grown. In fact, women make up nearly half of practicing optometrists and a majority of new graduates1. But...
OD Finds Advancement Opportunities While Balancing Home Life
When Katelyn Orslene, OD, was a child, she thought nothing of her blurry vision. “I knew leaves were something that fell off of trees,...
When “Yes” Becomes Automatic: People Pleasing in Health Care
By Taryn Doherty-Majewski, OD
Psychologists describe people-pleasing as a pattern rooted in empathy, agreeableness and a desire for harmony—traits that women consistently score higher in...
Dr. Janelle Davison Talks Burnout, Boundaries and Staying Grounded
Janelle Davison, OD, keeps busy. She manages a primary care vision center, runs a dry eye institute, co-founded and serves as chief visionary officer...
Counseling Degree Helps Bring OD From Burnout to Balance
Nine years into her work as an optometrist, Britney Hewitt, OD, MACP, says she began to question whether her day-to-day practice was draining her...
Family Touch Meets Modern Optometry
Judy Schnarr, OD, and Kate Piotrowski, OD—mother-and-daughter practice owners—put the family touch in a practice that truly cares for its community. Dr. Piotrowski admits...
Doing It My Way: Building Work-Life Balance as a Modern OD
Shelby Brogdon, OD, is forging an unconventional career path that brings together boutique dry eye care and mobile clinical research.
A few months ago, Dr....
The Critical Importance of Work-Life Balance
Jade Coats, OD, FAAO, of McDonald Eye Associates in Rogers, Arkansas, knows that in the fast-paced world of health care, where compassion, precision and...
Dr. Jade Coats: What Does Your Work/Life Balance Look Like?
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Finding Balance as a Mother and OD in the National Vision...
Ngoc Thu Nguyen, OD, discovered her interest in optometry during her junior year of college at James Madison University—not in the classroom, but during...
