Lead Forward This Autumn: Expand, Stretch, and Grow

🍁 This Month’s Message from Dr Rana:

As the seasons shift and autumn settles in, it’s a natural time for reflection - but also for action.

With conference season underway and routines re-established, it’s worth asking:
Are you still stretching yourself - or slipping into comfort?

The truth is, the world is always expanding. That means you can either shrink, by staying the same, or grow with it.

So here’s your challenge this month:

✅ Talk to someone new
✅ Try one small micro-habit (e.g., 5-minute morning reset, stretch break between patients, 1 compliment a day)
✅ Help one person without expecting anything in return
✅ Revisit something you’ve always wanted to do
✅ Learn or try something new—big or small

Because the real growth - the shift in confidence, energy, connection - happens when you take just one step outside your comfort zone.

🎙️ The NAIL-IT Podcast Is Here (and already making waves)

Thank you for the amazing response to the launch of the NAIL-IT Podcast! We’ve kicked off with powerful conversations:

• Ash Parmar – redefining purpose in dentistry
• Dr Manrina Rhode – success and authenticity

👉 Coming in October:

• Dr James Goolnik on holistic leadership and living
• Cat Edney on perseverance, identity, and impact

Every episode opens with our guest’s favourite quote, dives into their story and advice on growth, and ends with the NAIL-IT pillar they value most. It’s honest, energising, and fun. 🎧

👉 Listen or Watch Here

😄 Private Dentistry Column: SMILE to Perform

This month’s feature focused on happiness—not just as a feeling, but as a skill.

We explored SMILE, one of the NAIL-IT Leadership frameworks, and how happiness can be trained and embedded into daily life to improve performance, relationships, and resilience.

Small shifts = big results.

👥 Team Building: Foundation Dentists & Therapists

We had the joy of delivering a high-energy training day to 80 foundation dentists and therapists across the Wessex-Thames area.

Resilience, confidence, communication, and wellbeing were the focus—with plenty of team challenges and laughter in between.

The feedback?
“We’ve never seen so much energy at 5pm!”
Wishing all of you the very best in your foundation year—we’re here to support you every step of the way.

🎤 BDIA National Conference: Wellbeing Takes the Stage

This year, we partnered with the BDIA to bring wellbeing into the spotlight.

From practical hacks on stage to the business case for wellbeing, we delivered one core message:

For every £1 you invest in wellbeing, you get £5 back.

Wellbeing isn’t fluffy—it’s about performance, leadership, and growth.
It’s about your confidence, your communication, your clarity.

Start small with the Essential Team Wellbeing Pack, or explore deeper leadership and performance  training through our Gold and Titanium tiers.

💡 Beyond Dentistry: Leadership in a Changing World

It was an honour to speak at Beyond Dentistry, the event created by Ash Parmar bringing together speakers to explore what success really means.

I spoke on leadership in a changing world—and how true leadership begins with understanding who you are, what you want, and how to get there.

We explored the NAIL-IT system in depth—all 6 pillars and 38 components—and how each one plays a role in helping you achieve success in health, wealth, relationships, and purpose.

The feedback was phenomenal, and the impact… already visible.

📝 This Month’s Theme: Growth Through Action

If you’re waiting for things to change, this is your sign.

✅ Try one new thing
✅ Speak to one new person
✅ Help someone without being asked
✅ Revisit something that matters to you
✅ Take just one step outside your comfort zone

That’s where growth begins.

🎯 It’s all connected.

Whether you're tuning into the podcast, learning about happiness, supporting your team, or redefining your own leadership—it's all part of the same mission:

To lead better, live fully, and laugh more.

📈 Explore how NAIL-IT in Dentistry’s memberships and bespoke training packages help you build the skills, mindset, and confidence to perform at your best—consistently, sustainably, and with joy.

👉 Explore Membership Options

Warm wishes,
Dr Rana Al-Falaki
Founder, NAIL-IT in Dentistry | NAIL-IT Leadership | BREATHE