Introducing The Dr. Des Show: Your Journey to Career and Business Growth
welcome to the Dr.Des Show
I'm your host Doctor Desiree Strickland
have my doctorate in public health from Florida
A&M university as well as my master's from there
and then I did my undergrad degree at Florida State
University as you can see
go Noles and go Rattlers okay
so I started the Dr.Des Show
because I want to
give people more insight on my journey
more behind the scenes so if you don't know
I quit my corporate job where I was making six figures
in my public health career
and I decided to step full time into
entrepreneurship in 2024
and it's been such an amazing decision so far right
and I wanna share that journey
so I started my own public health consulting business
in 2022 started off as a side hustle
but listen I got really good at it
really good at talking with clients
and landing contracts
and then I also started the Public Health Club
a professional
online community for public health professionals
to teach you how to build your consulting business
and how to develop in your career as well
so I'm also a career coach
I'm a business coach and I love every aspect of it
I do online courses I'm an adjunct professor
and y'all listen I'm just getting started
so through this podcast
I'm gonna take you through this journey of career
entrepreneurship and life
cause if you didn't know
I also have a two year old daughter and a husband
so listen y'all are gonna get some of that insights too
it's a how I balance it
I won't even say balance because listen y'all
who really is a master balancer
I am not a master balancer
but I wanna share my journey
because I've Learned a lot of strategies
that helped me and I'm still learning
so as I learn
I'm gonna continue to pour into you all and learn to
so think of me as like the bestie in your head
whether it's a business bestie
whether it's a public health bestie
whether it's just a career bestie
whatever it may be just think of it like that
now this podcast is not gonna be all professional
all the time listen
you are gonna get professional business strategies
tips insights
career strategies all of that
but listen y'all I am coming as my authentic self
so y'all are gonna get Des
my friends know me as Des Desi
whatever y'all are gonna get Dr.Des okay
and this is me
this is who I am and I'm gonna be honest with you guys
I'm gonna be upfront with you guys
but most importantly
I wanna make sure that whatever I'm doing
I'm helping you to grow and advocating for you
and pushing you forward so okay y'all
the first episode drops January 9th
now make sure that you subscribe to this podcast
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make sure that you go to DrDesShow.com
so
you can get on the email list
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out everything that we're gonna be doing on this show
so alright y'all
I will see y'all in episode 1 bye