Episode 70: Off the Cuff - Business Travel, Healthy Habits, and an Ass Pillow
Business travel sounds glamorous until you're exhausted, dehydrated, living out of a suitcase, and wondering why you didn't pack your own pillow.
And apparently, Jen doesn't travel without TWO.
In this Off the Cuff episode of Back in 10, Jen and Savanah are taking you behind the scenes of life on the road. Between dental conferences, speaking engagements, and industry events, they've learned that maintaining your routines while traveling isn't just about staying organized. It's about taking care of yourself.
We're talking protein coffee, healthy snacks, hotel room rituals, packing hacks, and why a little preparation can make a big difference in how you feel when you're away from home.
You'll also discover why Savanah travels with a bag full of treats, why Jen steams every piece of clothing the moment she arrives, and how one very special ass pillow is apparently changing lives at 30,000 feet.
Because traveling for work shouldn't mean abandoning the habits that make you feel your best.
And sometimes, the best travel advice comes with a really good laugh.
What's the one travel essential you refuse to leave home without? We'd love to hear it!
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Special thanks to our recording partner Chris "The Wizard" Stone of Rock Solid Media!
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8 Oct 2026
Episode 69: Do You Need Another Employee or Just Better Systems?
The phones won't stop ringing. Recall is falling behind. Your front desk is overwhelmed. And someone inevitably says, "We need to hire another person!"
But do you?
In this episode of Back in 10, Jen and Savanah challenge one of the most common reactions to an overwhelmed dental practice: adding another employee before figuring out what's actually broken.
Is your team truly understaffed? Or are outdated workflows, unclear responsibilities, manual processes, and inefficient systems creating more work than necessary?
From Savanah's legendary color-coded Post-it Notes to Jen's absolute horror over sticky-note chaos (and her eventual confession that she used them, too), this conversation gets into the messy reality of running a dental practice.
They talk about decision fatigue, accountability, technology, and why even the best employees struggle when the systems around them aren't working.
And no, this isn't an anti-hiring episode. Sometimes you genuinely need another team member.
But before you add another salary to payroll, do a little detective work.
Because hiring another person won't automatically fix a broken process. It might just give you one more person working around it.
The question isn't always whether you need more people.
Sometimes it's whether you're giving the people you already have what they need to succeed.
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1 Oct 2026
Episode 68: You’re a Leader. You Don’t Have to Be Available 24/7. Know Your Boundaries.
You’re on PTO.
So why are you checking your work email?
Somewhere along the way, many of us started confusing great leadership with endless availability. We answer the text. Check the email. Solve the problem. And convince ourselves the team needs us.
Jen once processed payroll while IN LABOR. Savanah admits she checked her work email first thing in the morning while recording this episode… on PTO.
So yeah. We need to talk about boundaries.
In this episode of Back in 10, Jen and Savanah get real about personal and professional boundaries in dental leadership and why being responsive is NOT the same thing as being constantly accessible.
They talk about protecting PTO, after-hours communication, setting expectations with your team, social media boundaries, working from home, and what happens when your team becomes so dependent on you that you can’t actually step away.
Because if everything requires you, you may not have a boundary problem.
You may have a dependency problem.
Start small. Decide what your boundaries actually are. Communicate them. Build systems that allow people to function without you. And then comes the hard part:
Respect your own boundaries, too.
Want more conversations like this? Comment BOUNDARY and let’s keep talking.
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