Nancy O'Dell Does 'Dear Doctor' Magazine
Nancy O'Dell, award-winning journalist and co-anchor of entertainment news show, "Access Hollywood", sat down with Dear Doctor - Dentistry and Oral Health magazine to talk about her new book coming out, "Full Of Life: Mom To Mom Tips I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Pregnant" and all the things that make her smile.
On what makes Nancy Smile:
“Coming home at the end of a hard day, and my little girl Ashby running into my arms with the biggest grin– that’s a definite smile moment.”
On how she gets celebrities to open up on camera:
“I love to smile. And smiles are so important to set people at ease, like when you walk into a room of people you don’t know. When you genuinely smile you’re able to dissolve that natural wall that exists between strangers.”
On how her year as Miss South Carolina helped prepare her for a job in broadcast:
“That year went a long way towards helping me develop skills I still use today with Access Hollywood. One of the most important was learning to ad-lib when the program didn’t quite match the script – which happened a lot.”
On her new book Full of Life: Mom to Mom Tips I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Pregnant:
“I would encounter something during my pregnancy that would just about terrify me and I would call one of my friends about it. Inevitably they’d say ‘Oh, that’s normal, nothing to worry about. And then I would think, well, why didn’t you tell me about it before I panicked? It’s like sitting down one-on-one with a new mom-to-be and putting her mind at ease about changes to her body and life before and after the baby is born.”
On how she listened to her body during pregnancy:
“While my dental health has always been relatively normal, pregnancy did cause me some concern about my teeth and gums. With my dentist’s advice and treatment, the few problems I had were minimized.”
On her involvement with the Muscular Dystrophy Association:
“After my mom was diagnosed with ALS [“Lou Gehrig’s Disease”], MDA came in and helped out in incredible ways – from giving moral support and understanding to providing medical equipment. They stayed with us up until she passed away this past summer, and even afterward.”
On her involvement with the American Red Cross:
“I always seemed to be showing up for new jobs in places where disaster had just struck. South Carolina after Hurricane Hugo, Miami after Hurricane Andrew and on the West Coast after a major earthquake. In every case, I saw the Red Cross do an amazing job helping people.”
The full article can be read online at www.deardoctor.com in the Vol. 3, Issue 2 edition of Dear Doctor - Dentistry and Oral Health
