Kelly Donahue

This talk described why we feel stress, differentiates between acute and chronic stress, and then provides the audience with simple, actionable, research-based strategies for self-care to reduce overwhelm and anxiety and to help them feel better instantly.

This talk provided orthodontists with an understanding of the mind-body factors that contibute to chronic pain, specifically TMD. I walked the audience through integrative treatments and provided examples of a case using the integrated treatment plan. The talk also outlined psycophysiologic disorder (PPD) and described how that can drive pain. The talk also taught the audience how to talk to their clients about chronic pain and gave them the langauge to refer clients to other providers when needed.

This talk described the need to release self-criticism around how we were showing up in business and in life during the pandemic. The talk then covered the foundations of self-care and the essential components of a self-care plan: small changes and repetition with a powerful why.