by Carmen M. Ball | Oct 27, 2025 | Business
When people think about coaching, they often imagine motivational pep talks. But when I coach my students inside the Ditch Hygiene Academy™, it’s all about real strategies, practical systems, and mindset shifts that move the needle in your business. This week I pulled...
by Carmen M. Ball | Oct 20, 2025 | Business, Marketing
If you’ve ever sat at your desk thinking, “Where the heck do myofunctional therapy clients even come from?” — you’re not alone. Every single therapist I’ve worked with has asked me the same thing. And let me tell you: the answer isn’t complicated, but it does require...
by Carmen M. Ball | Oct 13, 2025 | Business, Money
Pricing your services is one of the hardest parts of building a myofunctional therapy business. I get it. When I first started, I wasted so much time Googling what other therapists charged, hoping there was some magic “going rate” out there. Spoiler alert: there...
by Carmen M. Ball | Oct 6, 2025 | Business, Motivation
Eight years ago, I started my business with nothing more than my hygiene background, a whole lot of hope, and a long list of mistakes waiting to happen. If I could go back and whisper in my own ear, I would have saved myself time, money, and a lot of unnecessary...
by Carmen M. Ball | Sep 29, 2025 | Business, Getting Started, Leaving Dental Hygiene
I’ll never forget standing in my operatory one day, staring at the clock and thinking, “There is no way I can do this for the next 10, 20, or 30 years.” My back hurt, my hands hurt, and my soul hurt. I loved my patients, but the career I had worked so hard for...
by Carmen M. Ball | Sep 22, 2025 | Business, Getting Started, Leaving Dental Hygiene
If you’ve ever stood in your dental hygiene operatory staring at the clock thinking,.. “There’s no way I can do this for another 10, 20, 30 years…” …then this one’s for you. I get it. I’ve been there. Burned out, unfulfilled, and googling “alternative careers...