Meet our featured beauty with brains Simita Kapoor Sehgal, a dentist and business owner based in Sydney, Australia. She is truly inspirational as she has overcome many challenges to reach where she is today. She is the owner of a dental practice (https://www.winstonhillsdental.com.au) as well as the founder of a Ladies club (Dancing Moms Club). Here is her story.
“I moved to Australia from India eight years ago, after marriage. I left my nice job and chance to do postgraduation when I moved here. What lay ahead was a life of struggle.
I worked as a Dental assistant and did night shifts in Coles (supermarket) while I prepared for my exams. The exams are very expensive and also tough to clear. I worked day and night. I practiced on a mannequin for the practical exam.
I gained knowledge from another dentist who I used to work for. With God’s grace and my family’s support I cleared my exams. It was one of my biggest accomplishments and I was in seventh heaven.
But my struggle wasn’t over yet. As difficult as the exam was, it was even harder to get a job. I applied for many jobs but didn’t get any reply. I did not even get a chance to give an interview but I wasn’t disheartened.
I just told myself to try harder. I called up different surgeries and just walked into some, asking for any position they could offer me. I got lucky and two surgeries hired me. I also got a job at Westmead hospital. I gained a lot of experience while working at the hospital. Then I had my daughter. That was the best time of my life.
But the struggle to get a job started again and this time there was the added struggle of finding good childcare for my daughter. I got a few part time positions. My daughter was just six months old when I got a job in Goulburn (Regional city in New South Wales, Australia). My husband used to drive me half way and then I used to take the train but couldn’t do that for long. So I finally decided to move out of Sydney and started working in Nowra (Town in New South Wales, Australia). Every weekend I would drive back to Sydney as my husband was still here. Monday morning at 6 AM I would go back to Nowra to drop my daughter off at childcare and then go to work.
For two years we lived in two different houses and I traveled six hours up and down the highway and I enjoyed it. But finally I told myself I had enough and I am going to open my own practice and move back to Sydney.
So here I opened my practice in Winston Hills (a suburb of Sydney). I still have a lot of challenges to go through and still have a lot to learn but I am proud of my achievements. I also run a ladies club called ‘Dancing Mom’s Club’ where I help ladies who enjoy dancing to come together and form groups and we organise a party every year.
Life is a struggle for everyone but you should never give up. Every woman should have her own identity. She should fulfil her dreams and aspirations. She should convert every stone in her path to a stepping stone, and build a pathway to success using those stones. That’s my advice to all women.”
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