Experiences

There are many pearls that can be extracted from the SMART program. I am trained in conventional medicine and have not given much consideration for mind-body medicine until now. Kristin does an excellent job at explaining the science of stress and the role that mind body medicine plays to mitigate. I have personally implemented many of the tools from the program and my days definitely feel more balanced. There is a reason that the program is 8 weeks, because it takes time to create change within our body. I am happy to say that after taking the SMART program I personally notice a different as to how I approach and respond to my stressful days. It has also been very beneficial to my personal and patient relationships.

Kristin, I can’t thank you enough for the “lifechanging” effects this program has had on me.

The SMART program is beneficial to anyone looking to develop techniques to help with the daily stressors we all face. It gave me insights into why I behave in certain patterns and how I can move forward in a positive manner. I never had thought of myself as much of a meditator, but I’ve incorporated the breathing techniques I have learned from this course. Kristin is an excellent facilitator and has a wealth of knowledge – you will walk away with actionable items from day one!

As an anesthesiologist breathing is definitely one of the most important things in my work (but that’s other people’s breathing not my own).  I was so impressed after the first few sessions that the breath work we were doing could bring on such a sense of calm after a few minutes. I feel calmer and less stressed than I did compared to at the beginning of the program (which was shortly after I had returned to work from maternity leave). At the start I felt not infrequently that there was too much going on, that I might have a meltdown from the stress, and so many physical manifestations of stress.  This significantly improved by the end of the program.

The SMART program is a game changer! Dr. Kristin Yont is a enthusiastic and knowledgeable teacher. With our very busy lives she helps guide you with tools to manage your stress. With the course I have been able to cultivate time for myself and my family, prioritize my mental health, live more in the present, and practice love and kindness towards myself. This course can change your life if you allow it to do so.

I am a Neurologist with interest in the science of Wellness. I live, breathe, and practice wellness to my best! I highly recommend the SMART Program for CME on stress management, resiliency building, growth enhancement and burnout prevention. Kristin is an excellent teacher with a ton of intellect and passion for the mind body medicine.

I didn’t know much about mind body medicine and was skeptical of its benefits. What I found was a program led adeptly by a consummate professional based on science, that’s credible and helps measurably to give you the tools to cope and improve your everyday life. This course is fundamental for anyone wanting to improve how they feel and act when they wake up in the morning. Thank you, Kristin.

If you’re seeking a comprehensive program to enhance your health and well-being, this course is tailored for you. Understanding your body’s signals and learning appropriate responses are fundamental skills for every health professional.  Learning new techniques to help foster this awareness to lead a healthier happier life by calming the nervous system is critical to prevent burn out and bring out the best version of ourselves.

Dentistry is very rewarding and incredibly demanding on our mind, body and spirit.  Dr Yont gives us the tools to help minimize the effects of stress and maximize our resilience to stress.  I wish I could have learned this in dental school.  The SMART course has taught me ways to sleep better/longer as well as strategies for dealing with stressful situations and people.  These will occur every day of your career.  Dr Yont cheerfully teaches with passion and positivity, and I look forward to our meetings.  This course has helped me greatly and I recommend it to any dentist or dental student.

The SMART program was introduced to me at the ideal time. I was unaware of how much I could benefit from it until I completed the 8-week program. Kristin is a highly effective communicator and has a very engaging teaching style.

While I had a good background in anatomy and physiology (not essential for this program) from my university education, it was the mind-body connection that was the missing component that was built on.

This training increased my stress awareness and opened my eyes to how I have been holding tension in my jaw, neck and shoulders. The management strategies are effective and able to be employed even during a busy workday. As a result, the program has allowed me to improve my communication with my patients on this topic while better managing my own stress and reparative sleep.

I signed up for the SMART Program out of curiosity to fulfil my CE requirements. This course has provided me with a multitude of different tools to help me deal with stress, not only in the clinical setting but in my personal life. Stress will always be a part of our daily lives, this program teaches you how to identify your stress, how to modify your response to the stress and how to cope with the stress by breaking it down into more manageable components. Dr. Kristin Yont makes each one of the eight sessions interesting, fun and engaging. The SMART program has helped me be more self aware, mindful and resilient.

At the end of the program, I have noticed I feel lighter. I don’t feel as up and down with my emotions and feel more in control. I feel happiness and calm. I feel appreciation and balance.

I feel I am more capable of handling stress now at the end of the program. Even though I recognize that I had many of the tools, I didn’t know how powerful they could be when used appropriately. I feel empowered, calmer, and more appreciative.

Kristin,
Thank you very much for all the info and support you are offering through this course.
It truly is one of the best continuing education programs that I have ever engaged in.
Much appreciated.

It was an extremely thorough and interesting look into the biology, physiology, and the mental aspects of our responses to stress and coping strategies. I really enjoyed the process and your instruction. Thank you.

Thank you so much for presenting this Program. Your knowledge, enthusiasm, sincerity and support through this process has been remarkable and I really appreciate you.

I really enjoyed my time during the SMART Program with Dr. Kristin Yont. It helped me learn new skills and tools to deal with life’s daily stresses and challenges. I was a little nervous about being vulnerable in front of so many people, but Dr. Yont makes you feel so comfortable with the way she facilitates the course. She made talking about your feelings, experiences, and everyday stresses feel like a natural conversation. I think this course could benefit anyone, at any stage of their life and career. I highly recommend investing your time and money on this course as it will help you become a more resilient person.

I highly recommend the SMART program with Dr. Kristin Yont.  ​ As a medical professional I appreciated the actual scientific and clinical research that is at the core of this program.  Mind body medicine is a rapidly evolving science and understanding how stress affects the body from a biological and neurological focus is crucial in learning how to effectively deal with it. ​ Dr. Yont’s enthusiasm for mind body medicine and the techniques learned  from stress perception to coping strategies and relaxation meditation is invaluable for resiliency and well being.

Studying the science behind our response to stress and the ways we can adapt that response was very enlightening. As a professional who deals with stressful situations on a daily basis, I found these techniques very helpful and enjoyable.

Following the 8weeks I was able to better manage workplace stress, experienced much more restful deep sleep, and found I appreciated life’s many positive events every day.

This course has been such a beneficial experience to me. Being a new graduate and a fairly new clinic owner, everything was stressful, and I brought a lot of those things home. With this course I can sleep better, definitely able to stop throughout the day and manage the stress – able to do much more mini meditations. It’s all about being guided in the correct way and seeing the connection the nervous system has on the rest of the body and how it impacts us on our day-to-day living, from eating – sleeping – and even being motivated to wake up. This course has definitely opened doors to a lot of opportunity to grow as a Leader in the office, but to grow as an individual and dig deeper into my mind and soul.

This program is so practical! Using Mind-Body Medicine as a backdrop, it offers easy-to-implement techniques to build stress resiliency. Kristin is an intuitive, natural teacher and I come back to what I have learned from her here on a daily basis!

The SMART program led by Dr. Kristin Yont is what I would deem as essential for any health professional! The 8-week program goes by in a flash and with many gems throughout. Kristin has a great speaking style that you can listen to all day long and you know that you are safe and secure in her excellent hands. I now do a daily meditation to start my day and I am thankful that this program exists to help others. If you are looking for more intentional positivity in your life and some great coping strategies, this program is not to be missed!

I just finished Dr. Kristin Yont’s SMART program. As a dental professional the course was extremely valuable in helping provide me with tools to manage day to day stresses. The meditation practice and recognition skills will be very useful for all parts of my life. She is very knowledgeable and passionate about this area of health care, and it shows in her presentation.

I very much enjoyed my SMART course. Kristin was extremely knowledgeable and engaging over the 8 weeks even through the zoom format. I found the course increased my awareness of stress and my responses to it in my life. It gave me skills to reframe. I particularly liked the meditative techniques we learned as a way to relax. I would recommend the course to increase your knowledge and to help decrease the effects stress has on your body.

The SMART program was an informative and engaging way of connecting wellness practices with science. As a dental hygienist, it was not only helpful in learning to manage my own stress, but also that of my patients, providing me with relaxation techniques for them to utilize in or out of the practice. Kristin was a knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and accommodating instructor throughout the program. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to help manage their stress or help others do the same.

SMART is an excellent program that offers tools and skill building that one can use to manage the pressures that life throws at us. Unfortunately, as we age our body does not respond as well as it did when we were younger. This program taught me how to use my breath to become more mindful and centered, to declutter my thoughts and manage my emotional reactions. It is amazing to me how mindful movement, eating and thinking all has an affect on our body’s physiology including our stress response.  I am so grateful to have taken the SMART program at this very stressful time in my life. I am now on a better path both physically and mentally.

I would highly recommend taking Dr. Kristin Yont’s S.M.A.R.T program.  Each week I learned something new that I could relate to and apply. Stress management & resiliency is so valuable, and I now have new tools to use in both my personal and professional life. I found Kristin to be knowledgeable and approachable & looked forward to learning from her every week.  I consider this program an investment in myself!

The SMART program appeared at exactly the right time in my life (although there’s no wrong time!). Having just moved my parents into long term care after several challenging years, I was stuck in a pattern of being hypervigilant, overcommitted, and the concept of putting myself first felt inappropriate and impossible. The SMART program explained how critical it was to put my own oxygen mask on first, the true reasons behind self-care, and the best methods to efficiently yet deeply see benefits from it. Kristin’s engaging, dynamic presence along with informative, digestible and relevant information had me looking forward to doing an evening course after a day of work! I’ve had fewer migraines, more restorative sleep and find myself using many of the SMART techniques daily, both in my professional and personal life.

I don’t really consider myself a person that gets stressed out, however when I received the brochure for Kristin’s course, I realized that I can carry a lot of stress.

Running a dental clinic is super rewarding and fun but also has pressures.  Staffing, mat leaves, scheduling, difficult patients etc can take a lot of mental energy so I chose to also have my office manager participate.

I appreciated the knowledge Kristin has from her training and experience, and I loved the discussions we had between all of us on the course.  The tools that you learn to use on the course are there to help you in every area of life – not just work!

This course has been such a beneficial experience to me. Being a new graduate and a fairly new clinic owner, everything was stressful, and I brought a lot of those things home. With this course I can sleep better, definitely able to stop throughout the day and manage the stress – able to do much more mini meditations. It’s all about being guided in the correct way and seeing the connection the nervous system has on the rest of the body and how it impacts us on our day-to-day living, from eating – sleeping – and even being motivated to wake up. This course has definitely opened doors to a lot of opportunity to grow as a Leader in the office, but to grow as an individual and dig deeper into my mind and soul.

I really do feel that we could all use a little more of this in our lives.  Thanks so much for championing this course.

Thank you again for sharing your SMART course – I’ve been consistently using many of the practices you taught, and they truly are life changing.