//Dr Mahrukh Khwaja - Mindfulness E45

This week we welcome Dr Mahrukh Khwaja to the Dentology podcast.

Mahrukh is founder and CEO of Mind Ninja; a well-being startup providing resilience and well-being training to dental professionals so they can thrive in any environment. She is also a dentist, with over 11 years’ clinical experience, a positive psychologist, an accredited mindfulness teacher and holds a masters in applied positive psychology.

In this episode, Mahrukh shares her story with us and discusses why she got into dentistry. She talks openly about mental health, explains how we should all manage our mental health better and tells us what she hopes to create in the future to support dental professionals.

Topics:

- The early days…what were you like as a child?

- Why were you drawn to dentistry?

- Why did you feel there was a need for a well-being service for dentists?

- Based on your experience, is this something dentists struggle with?

- Mental health crisis

- Does mental health and well-being discriminate based on sex?

- New book: release date summer 2022 (“Resilience and Well-being for Dental Professionals”)