April 24, 2025 • 37 mins
This week on Talk Wealthy to Me, Michelle Taylor sits down with the dynamic and inspiring Dr. Stephanie Poris—Orlando’s only female-owned and operated, double board-certified plastic surgeon. Known as The Stiletto Surgeon, Dr. Poris shares her incredible journey from a determined teen with a love for science and art to launching her thriving practice straight out of training.
In this heartfelt and empowering conversation, Michelle and Stephanie explore what it really takes to build a business from scratch, redefine success as a mom and CEO, and navigate the often-taboo realms of money, medicine, and self-image. Stephanie opens up about her financial education growing up (shoutout to her dad’s money wisdom!), the lessons she learned starting a practice with no financial training, and why confidence—whether through stilettos or surgery—is key to showing up fully in life.
Whether you're a healthcare entrepreneur, career-driven mom, or just someone figuring out how to feel confident in your own skin, this episode is packed with laughter, realness, and plenty of mic-drop moments. Topics we cover:
Resources & Links: Follow Dr. Poris: @stilettosurgeon
Learn more: porisplasticsurgery.com
Listen to her podcast: The Stiletto Surgeon
🎧 Subscribe and share to help us change the way women think and feel about money.
Connect with Michelle: https://www.instagram.com/women_in_wealth
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In this heartfelt and empowering conversation, Michelle and Stephanie explore what it really takes to build a business from scratch, redefine success as a mom and CEO, and navigate the often-taboo realms of money, medicine, and self-image. Stephanie opens up about her financial education growing up (shoutout to her dad’s money wisdom!), the lessons she learned starting a practice with no financial training, and why confidence—whether through stilettos or surgery—is key to showing up fully in life.
Whether you're a healthcare entrepreneur, career-driven mom, or just someone figuring out how to feel confident in your own skin, this episode is packed with laughter, realness, and plenty of mic-drop moments. Topics we cover:
- Why Stephanie chose plastic surgery—and what makes her practice different
- The power of aesthetics in building confidence and reclaiming identity
- How her father shaped her relationship with money (yes, dividends at 15!)
- Starting a business as a young doctor in a male-dominated field
- Raising financially literate kids and leading by example
Resources & Links: Follow Dr. Poris: @stilettosurgeon
Learn more: porisplasticsurgery.com
Listen to her podcast: The Stiletto Surgeon
🎧 Subscribe and share to help us change the way women think and feel about money.
Connect with Michelle: https://www.instagram.com/women_in_wealth
Ready to Redefine Wealth on Your Terms?
✨ It's Here: Join the Women in Wealth community, a robust network of ambitious women, access expert-led workshops, and gain resources to take control of your financial journey.
Join today: https://womeninwealth.co/
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Podcast Produced by Hi Hello Labs
Website: https://www.hihellolabs.com/
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's welcome. Welcome, Talk Wealthy to Me. I'm Michelle Taylor,
founder of Women and Well and Wealth. From breaking money
myths to building wealth and achieving financial freedom. We're here
to empower you to create your own path path Talk Wealth. Now,
join the conversation, and let's change the way women think
and feel about money. Are you ready? Today's guest is
(00:26):
doctor Stephanie Porus, Orlando's only female owned and operated, double
board certified plastic surgeon. Born and raised in Satellite Beach, Florida,
Stephanie turned her love of science, artistry, and precision into
a career in plastic surgery. From interning at the Cleveland
Clinic to training at Advent Health in Summer Health, She's
built a practice known for compassionate, elevated care, and she
(00:50):
is on a mission to redefine what it means to
feel empowered and confident in your own skin. Hi, everybody,
welcome back to the Talk Wealthy to Me podcast. I'm
Michelle Taylor, your host, and I am thrilled to have
a very dear friend with me today, doctor Stephanie Poris.
She and I have known each other for the last
(01:10):
three or four years now, and I've loved hearing her story,
and I know that you will too. So welcome. Thanks
for being here.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Thank you so much for having me. It is an
honor to be on your podcast and sitting with you
today and having watched you grow this over the last
four years is just been so incredible. So thank you
for inviting me here.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
You're so welcome. So for all of you listening, Doctor
Poris is a double board certified plastic surgeon and she
happens to be the only female owner operator in Orlando, Florida.
So we take a lot of pride in her around here.
(01:57):
But tell us a little bit about you, a little
bit your business. How'd you get here?
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Yeah, so I own Poores Plastic Surgery. I am the
only surgeon in this practice as of now. And you know,
coming out of the gate through training, I always knew
I wanted to be a plastic surgeon ever since I
was a teenager. This was sort of my dream. I
felt drawn to surgery, and then I felt drawn to
plastic surgery and it was an art mixed with the science,
(02:23):
and that was my mind exactly, And so you know,
I pursued it and pursued it and pursued it. And
then you know, finally at the end of training, trying
to figure out where do I go next, what I'm
going to actually get a job right and a career,
and what I want to do, I said, you know what,
I think. I just want to be in my own space.
(02:45):
I want to be an entrepreneur. I want to have
control of the patient experience and be able to, you know,
just practice the way I want to and go home
every day feeling like I was able to give it
my all and you know, really be involved in the experience.
(03:05):
And so that's poor splastic surgery was born right out
of the gate, and.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
You truly are giving such an authentically you client experience
for anybody that has been listening for a while. You
know that I'm a shoe lover, and that's so much
a part of how the two of us met. I
would love for you to tell that story. But I
was going through a local publication and I see this
(03:36):
advertisement for Stephanie's practice, but it says the stiletto Surgeon.
So immediately I think, well, I need to know this girl.
And I have to tell you, as somebody who's gone
into your practice, you are truly in every girl's dreamiest office.
(03:59):
There's pink everywhere, there's beautiful art, there's your editorial magazine wall.
I mean, your staff is all female. It just feels
like home when you walk in. So you have stayed
true to that, and I love every time that I
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come in there. And I know I'm not the only one.
I think we've all talked about it. But tell us
the story, because the Stiletto Surgeon isn't just because you
love shoes. It has a much cooler background to it.
So tell us how you became known as the Stiletto Surgeon.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Yees, So it actually started. So it was born actually
about ten years ago, and I was a general surgery
resident at the time actually here at Advent Health Orlando.
I was one of the only women in the program.
There was my counterpart who was also female, but we
were two out of all of us. And you know,
(05:01):
it's very much a man's world surgery. But that's okay,
and I expected that, and frankly, I thrive in that
and nothing scares me. And you know, I just you know,
IM proving my worth being there every day, and you
know I would. I've always loved fashion, have always loved style.
(05:22):
That's the artsy side of who I am. And so
I would come into work with my heels on, you know,
dressed to the nines to go on rounds on the
surgery floor, and you know, I would get comments here
and there of how are you walking in those? And
you know, people would you know, say say nice things,
(05:43):
they would say mean things.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Who cares? Right?
Speaker 2 (05:46):
I would just brush it off, and you know, finally,
one day, I'm in the operating room and scrub nurse
was kind of just you know, ragging on me about
being small compared to who I was braiding with that
day one of my attendings, and I just had had
sort of a lot and it was building up and
building up, and you know, and finally she's like, you know,
(06:09):
you should just wear your stilettos in here. And I said,
you know what, one day, I'm going to write a
book and I'm going to call it The Stiletto Surgeon,
and it's going to mean more to me about sort
of rising above and being confident and standing on your
own two feet and just strutting your stuff and kind
(06:30):
of just you know, putting everything and all the negativity
in the rear view mirror. And that's literally where the
term came from, but it was just really more out
of you know, just the little adversities, sure, and just
sort of embracing rather than sort of deflecting and converting
(06:52):
to penny loafers. So not a penny loafer girl. I
just tried to embrace it and turn it into a
positi And I think that I try to do that
with a lot of things in my life, and I
think it helps propel you forward and otherwise you're going
to be living in behind.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
You well, and you are such a positive person and
so much fun to be around. I remember the first
so I reached out to Stephanie and said, I have
to know you. Let's go grab lunch and she was
just starting her practice. So we went to lunch and
immediately knew we were going to be friends and the
(07:29):
rest is history. But every time I am with you,
whether it is in your office or in casual and
settings as friends, she's always just bubbly and happy and
I love that. I think that you're the epitome of
what you set out to be and that's incredible. So
are we going to write the book?
Speaker 2 (07:50):
So maybe one day. I definitely thought about it, and
I think now that I've started my practice, and I
think it's sort of a dying breed to start your
practice out of training and hang your shingle, as they
call it in the industry. But I think as we
see healthcare change and as big business becomes ever increasingly
(08:11):
big business, especially in healthcare, I think it's very important
for us physicians to sort of take back ownership and healthcare.
And so I thought, you know, very I've thought about
writing about this experience and how to start it. And
you know, I've had a practice consultant for since the
(08:32):
minute I started, and she's wonderful and we definitely talk
about it. So, yeah, maybe that we still at.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
A surgeon the day. You do have a barbie.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
I do have a barbie, which I do have a barbie.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
We need to put a link to a picture in
the show notes or something I do. It's a great
barbe It's amazing. Yeah. So you mentioned that you were
always drawn to being a plastic surgeon, which I never
I didn't know that about you. But I also think
it's so unique how you explained it, where it is
a little bit of the art with the science and
(09:04):
for so many of the clients that come to you
I would imagine it's more happy endings than stressful, you
know encounters, which I know obviously you have those too.
But what was it about plastic surgery that made you
think that's my calling?
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Yeah, well, I think, first of all, it's an elective
based surgery. So you're taking healthy people and you are
putting them under anesthesia and you are doing a surgery,
right or non surgical treatment. So there is some always
fear to that. But you're not living in the trauma world.
You're you know, you're not dealing with acute situations on
a daily basis in plastic surgery. So it's very thoughtful
(09:47):
and it's very curated. All the tea's need to be crossed,
all the eyes need to be douted, because these are
healthy patients. And so what I loved about it is
that I think plastic surgery allows us to slow down
and be thought not that surgical field aren't thought other
surgical field aren't thoughtful, but there is really an art
to it that I think sometimes is under emphasized in training.
(10:13):
You really have to be able to look at the
big picture of a patient and not only is this
a breast augmentation, but how is this breast augmentation going
to age with this particular patient. How is this specific
implant that I'm thinking about placing going to affect her
life long term? Is it going to be too heavy
for will it be too wide for her frame? There's
(10:35):
no one size fits all model. And so what I
think is one of the challenges of plastic surgery that
I find so fascinating is that you're constantly thinking and
morphing and changing, and not every surgery is the same.
And I think that that is really exciting, and that
(10:55):
is why I was drawn to it. You know, I
love anatomy and blood and guts and all of the
you know, all of that better than me. And the
feeling of being in the operating room. It's sort of
my piece, believe it or not. I mean, I'm a
very extroverted person. I'm very talkative, right but in the
operating room, I'm very quiet, I'm very reserved, I'm very
(11:16):
at peace. And so that's a different part of me
that I was able to unlock that keeps me very
well balanced and grounded. And so there's a huge part
of plastic surgery and being a surgeon that just fit
my personality. Aid to the tea.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Do you play any music when you're in there?
Speaker 2 (11:36):
I play a lot of music, what kind of music?
So I am probably the most eclectic soundtrack. And I
think anybody who's been in the operating with me, you know,
one of the things I always get is, oh, you
have the best music, because one minute it'll be eighties classics,
and the next minute it'll be like alternative rock, eminem
will come on and then some country or then There'll
(11:58):
be days when I'm doing facelifts, a lot of times
I'd like to listen to like really nice classical love jazz.
So I'm all over the place and it keeps it
kind of fun and exciting. But there is always music.
And it's actually been proven in studies actually that surgeons
that operate with music tend to have more efficiency in
the operating room. So it was pretty Yeah, it's pretty interesting.
(12:21):
There's actually some evidence behind it.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
So Little Stephanie, before she was doctor Porus, what did
you envision your life to look like when you thought
about even before medical school. I mean, you knew you
wanted to be a plastic surgeon, but what was it
that drew you to this? Did you always want to
(12:44):
go into medicine. Was it a lifestyle that you thought
felt glamorous or something that you were seeking? What was that?
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Yeah, so I think a little me looking forward, you know,
I think that there is there was always a six
sess component. What success was when I was sixteen years
old was wildly different than what I think success is now.
But I wanted to be able to stand on my
own two feet and have job security number one and
(13:15):
again science brain, art, brain, all of those things wrapped
into one. Most importantly, for me, I wanted to be
able to enjoy what I did every day. And so
for me, going into something that I was had zero
passion for was never going to be an option. And
I think, if you know, for me, it was always like, well,
(13:35):
if i want to stand on my own two feet
and I'm not passionate about it, I'm likely to pour
the least amount of effort into it and to do
poorly and become unsuccessful. So I really needed to find
and listen to what my passion was and hone in
on it. And so for me now, you know, looking back,
I think success has really been achieving my goal of
(13:59):
being a surgeon. Yeah, and really what took me a
minute to realize was achieving my goal of being a
mom and a wife and having that family dynamic, because
for so long, especially in medicine, really any profession that
you're working towards for so long, you know, that's all
you're thinking about. You're sort of in this rat race
(14:20):
going on and on and on through the years to
try to climb the ladder to get there, right, whether
it's a corporate ladder, or to become a doctor, or
to become a surgeon or become a plastic surgeon.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Or to get that first job.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
You're always climbing, climbing ways, that's all you're thinking about.
You almost have like this professional tunnel vision and then
all of a sudden you're sort of sidelined by a family.
And realizing how important that is and maintaining that balance
was huge. And I can tell you that my success
in life largely depends on this family. And that is
(14:55):
something I did not see at sixteen years old. I
was all about the glitz, the glam, the glory of
my career and standing on my own two feed and
I was not thinking about, sure I would have a family,
but I was not thinking about how important that was
in my success. And so that took me until I
was a little bit older to sort of figure out
and really sink my teeth into And now I.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Love it well. And you have the most adorable family,
and we both have kiddos that are young, so I
imagine and I think this goes without saying. All of
us know it is a challenge every single day, but
it's also the best part of the day is trying
to figure out how do you wear all these hats
(15:38):
and feel like you're pouring enough into all of these
different silos of life. And I look at it as
a personal challenge and fun. You know, yeah, it's stressful,
but before you know it, one of those silos is
going to go and then the other silo goes, and
then it's just you know, it's different, and it's Italy girl,
(15:58):
It's yeah, we were good friends. So how is your
relationship with money? Ben? From a young girl, did you
come from a family that gave you the tools that
you felt equipped and prepared? Did you deal with student
loaned at like, what did that journey look like?
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Great question. So I've given this a lot of thought,
especially after listening to your podcast. And I'll tell you
first and foremost, you and I share a lot of parallels.
Our fathers seemed to be key entities in our education
when it comes to wealth and building wealth. And I
(16:42):
can tell you so my dad was a pediatric dentist.
He owned a few pediatric dental practices while I was young.
So he was an entrepreneur. So there's apple Tree. And
I would watch him every night. He'd be in his
office after hours, he'd come home, he'd work at his desk,
and he he would pull me into his office seven
(17:02):
pm at night, even when I was like ten years old,
and he would have me start organizing receipts for tax
season on the floor and he would sit there and
he would show me the cup and handle of investments
and dividend reimbursement. And I remember he got me my
first dividend that he made me manage when I was fifteen,
(17:24):
but I was young, and got me a fidelity account
and I, you know, invested my first dividend and I
watched it, you know, my little return of five dollars
every month on the on the drip. And he sort
of included me in these conversations, and little did I know,
and at the time, I was like oh, this is
(17:45):
so boring. And you know, but all the while you're
kind of listening, you're kind of like, I'm seeing it.
It's not foreign. And he said to me, and I'll
never forget these words. He said, You're going to spend
three quarters of your adult life managing your wealth, no
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matter what you do. That's what he said. Three quarters
of your time is going to be dedicated to managing
your wealth. Whatever wealth looks like. It's going to be
looking at your money and where the money is going
and where you know where, how.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
To grow it, throw it, paid, doest whatever.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
And so he was a really big influence in my
life and just sort of gave me some foundational knowledge
and tools. You know, I didn't really see my first
real paycheck until I was thirty seven years old. Of
course I was getting paid as a resident, but it
was slave labor. Yeah, and you know that money just
(18:41):
was money and money out, you know, just paying surviving
and surviving, right. And I was fortunate to have a
wonderful husband, you know, who has a wonderful job, and
you know he's kept me afloat until I had, you know,
started making a few a few pennies. But once I really,
you know, I saw that I was going to have
(19:02):
a real job. I got really nervous. I didn't feel
like I had the training. I've been so focused on
the human body and anatomy that how am I gonna,
you know, be able to manage three quarters of my
time for wealth?
Speaker 1 (19:16):
Right?
Speaker 2 (19:17):
So I started to get the people into place, you know,
I you know, discussed with you, and you know, we
really sat down and looked at what the projections would be,
and you know, talk to many people and with my husband,
and I really just sat down and my dad and
(19:38):
figure it out.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
I love that so much that your dad is still
part of your financial story. The first time we started
having conversations around money, you know, you told me about
him and how he helped you. And I love that.
And I think you and your husband have done a
really good job at approaching your financials as a team.
(20:00):
And you know, we talk about that all the time,
where if you don't want to be driving the canoe,
you need to at least be in the boat. And
I feel like you're both equipped with one of the oars.
You know, you guys are really good at communicating and
tackling things head on, and you know, people may sit
here and think, well, you're a plastic surgeon, you're a doctor,
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But in the beginning with starting your own practice, there
is so much that comes with that. It's even more
important that you pay attention to the pennies because you're
trying to build something and you've spent a decade longer
in school than most of the people listening or I
have ever spent in school. So it's like you, I
(20:45):
had imagine that there's a lot of pressure. You come
out and you're like, Okay, I've gotten this elusive title
of doctor, but now I'm in my thirties and I'm broke,
and I'm trying to build this practice, and oh, I
also have a husband, and I I want to have babies,
and I want to buy my dream house and how
do you do all the things? And that's one of
(21:05):
the things I hope that people get from this podcast
is so many of us are dealing with the same
money issues, money success stories, but also just baggage and
questions and thoughts, even though it may seem on the
outside like somebody isn't And that's where having conversations around
it is going to be helpful for all of us.
(21:28):
What do you think, other than the one thing your
dad said to you, is there a piece of advice
that he ever gave you or anybody in your life
around taking care of your money or what to do
with it that you feel has served you well well.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
One tenant that I think I always live by, and
this was also a plaque on his wall, was those
who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those
doing it. Oh.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
I love that and.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
It is something I live by, and I think it's
applicable to everything if I I just approach everything right,
like getting a loan from the bank to start the practice. Okay,
so many banks said no, and I had a bank,
you know, the head of a bank here locally say
you should probably just join the hospital first and then
(22:19):
you know, work for a couple of years and then
come back to us. And I said, no, I'm going
to do this. I'm going to show you. And I
had the best business plan and I built out the
best Finally I found a bank and they were like,
this is the best business plan we've ever seen. They
used my business plan now to as an example for
other businesses. And so, you know, it just took somebody
(22:40):
also to buy in but it also took me to
not stop and just have the grit and you know,
don't let anybody else, you know, kind of muddy muddy
my your dream, my dream. And I think that that
came from my dad. I think that came from that
little plaque on the wall ultimately, So.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
I love that. And you know, isn't it wild the
things that you remember that you tie in and equate
to success, and even like around financial success from your
parents that they weren't necessarily positioning as advice around money.
My dad says things like pay attention to detail and
(23:26):
like these little things that be true to your school.
And I can take those little things, these dadisms, and
tie them back into business and financials and it makes
so much sense and it makes me smile because it
was a big influence in my life growing up and
(23:47):
you didn't.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
See it, but it was just their way of imparting wisdom.
And I hope I can share the same with my
kids and you know, maybe they'll take a lesson from
a wall someday in my office.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
Right, I was just going to ask you, what have
you guys done, and have you started having those conversations
or exposing them to conversations that you and Dan are
having so well.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
Kind of so Dylan, my oldest, he's seven, going to
be soon. You know, he gets savings. He does a
little chores around the house.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
He lost a tooth last night, did the tooth fairy?
Speaker 2 (24:21):
The tooth fairy came and the first little smiling kid
I saw toothless smiling kid through the shower window this
morning was mom, I got twenty bucks, which I know
is a lot. It's first time on us. Was not
the first tooth. It was like the eighth twoth. But
we did not have any more than we didn't have
any less than twenty bucks on us. So, you know
the tooth fairy.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
Don't you love that when you're like the tooth fairy.
She was not prepared.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
She was not prepared. She almost forgot. The tooth Fairy
may have comm at five forty five in the morning,
because so, yeah, you do what you gotta do, though,
right yeah, and so and now and this, you know
what he said to me this morning was Okay, now,
I I think I have a knof for the next lego. Right,
So I think you're starting to get it, and I
think we're you know, they're starting to understand what it
(25:07):
means to work for things, and whether it's candy or money,
it's all the same, right, it's work for something.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
I love what your dad did, though, because I think
so many of us do the typical Okay, you have
done something for our family. Now I'm going to pay
you for your efforts, but with that, you should save
some of it towards this big thing. I think a
lot of people do that. But what your dad did,
(25:33):
and I'm trying to do something a little similar, is
showing them the power of what money does when you
put it to work for you. You know, I think
a lot of us may inadvertently expose them to the
negative side of compounding numbers when we're talking about being
in debt or don't take on debt, credit cards are bad,
(25:54):
or whatever you may be saying. But when you take
that same dollar and sift it to what it can
do when it grows for you, I think that's what
makes it fun like it did for you. Both of
my kids I buy I have been buying them a
share of stock in something that interests them, and they're
still young. My son is ten, my daughter six, so
(26:19):
they are starting to get it, especially Beckett but I
want to do more. Just listening to that now it's like, okay,
what how else can I get him logged in and
to see everything? Because that's when it's fun.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Oh yeah, and it's great. I mean, and to this day,
I have one of the drip accounts still, you know,
I still see the money go little money go out
and I forget about the account and you know, so
it's it's.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
Just it was nice.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
And you know, I remember when I bought my first stock.
I bought a medical stock, a biotech, risky, risky business,
and I watched your rise. It was rising like crazy
and I had made so much money and I was like,
should I hold it? Should I not? Oh, a whole
day because I thought it would, and then it fell
because biotech stops, that's what they do. So Hi, and
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I learned a lesson. Didn't make that mistake twice. But
I remember, and this was when I was like thirty
years old. I did this and it was so fun.
You know, it's like it's like going to Vegas. It is,
you know, the losses stink, but but a good loss.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
Life is full of losses. Life right full of losses.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
But it was fun to be able to do that
and to understand it and and you know, with a
little risk. And I'm thankful that I you know, I
have a little bit of knowledge now, not enough. I'm
still learning every single day, all of us are. But
and you know how to grow more and manage the growth,
which is a huge deal.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
So so, did you make any big money faux pas
or anything that you will impart on any of the
listeners that maybe will prevent them from making the same
mistake that you can think of growing up? Or do
you think you were a good stud didn't.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
I think I was a lucky student. I think that
I was so my The one thing that I will
say that I was given when I was in college,
I was given sort of a weekly allowance right of
spending food, water, shelter, et cetera. And so I had that,
but anything extra, trips, clothes, you know, fun staff, the fun,
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Friday night, Friday night fun. You know.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
I got myself a job.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
Yeah, I was like a cocktail waitress. I you know, tutored,
I hustled parking, I did all kinds of I went
home for the summer and I worked at White House
black Market, you know. And do you want this in
a smaller medium, right, And so I learned to hustle
for my money, that.
Speaker 1 (28:49):
Which is fun money. That's a great skill.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
Yeah, and so not necessarily any faux pause. I think
I was lucky because I wasn't give been the extra,
but more so, I just learned how to fight for
it and anything that I wanted, you know, I had
to figure out how to get it. And I'm not somebody.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
That takes no lightly. No, You're going to figure it out,
figure it out. I had a job at the West
Oaks Mall very briefly, yep, one summer. But the same
thing I mean, if I was if I could babysit,
if I could, you know, help somebody. I mean I
remember being fifteen or sixteen years old and mowing my
neighbor's lawn to get twenty bucks. And I think that
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that is such an important skill to teach the young
kiddos that are looking at us to pave the way.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
Is.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
Yeah, there's a lot of luck that comes into this.
But the hustle, don't ever not hustle, don't ver let
anyone outwork you. And I know that to be true
about you. You are going to be the hardest worker
in the room and you have so much to show
for it.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
It's awesome, so fun.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
And so One of the other great things I love
about your practice is it's all women in there. Was
that intentional or is it just kind of a happenstance.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
I think it was intentional. I mean, we ninety eight
percent of my patients are female in the aesthetic industry.
It's not that they don't see male patients, because we do.
We see male patients all the time. But certainly I
think that.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Just by.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
Circumstance, by request. I think a lot of our patients
I always ask how did you hear about us? And
they'll say, you know, I saw you on a billboard somewhere,
and you know, I loved that you are a woman,
and I loved that you had a female staff, and
I loved that you seemed relatable. You seem to sort
of understand and.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
You spend a lot of time with your patients when
they come in.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
Yeah, we do. We try to all spend as much
time as we can. You know, my staff will go in,
then I go in, and usually by the time you
have surgery, I mean I've seen you three times at least,
we've answered all your questions, you know, any email, It's
just easy. That's the way it should be. It should
just be easy. Anytime you're undergoing any kind of operation,
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you know, or really doing anything in life, it just
should be easy. I just am a I'm an efficiency person.
I love that nothing should be hard. No, you know,
I mean life is hard, right, but we don't need
to make it harder. Yes, exactly.
Speaker 1 (31:26):
So one of the really interesting things in conversations that
I'm sure you have been a part of is the
industry of plastic surgery. And this goes back to women
and self care and how we put out the best
version of ourselves. There is so much of a taboo
for some people around admitting or aging gracefully if they
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don't believe in going to get a little botox or
filler or whatever it is. But I think what you
do is how are women to show up truly comfortable
in their skin, whatever that means, if it's like the botox,
or if it's a tummy tuck or getting a breast
augmentation or whatever it is, showing up as the best
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version of themselves to go out and write their success
story and whatever that looks like. And I'm sure that
you hear all the time. It's elective, and it's just
it seems like it may be frivolous or an extra
but in my opinion, what you do is empowering people
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and should be a priority if it's going to be
making you feel good about who you are and what
you're out building. So hopefully that narrative starts to change
a little bit.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
Yeah, I think so. I mean, I think much like
a hot pair of stilettos, right, it gives you confidence.
You know, might be shiny, it might be frivolous, might
be really expensive, but it gives you confidence. You're strutting
your stuff. You're walking into that boardroom ready to command
the room and take control. And I think a lot
of plastic surgery, when done well and when done ethically,
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really can set our patients up for this life that
they either had and lost or have always dreamed of.
You know, I constantly hear, especially my weight lost patients,
I have never seen my vagina. I mean, yes, show
stop her. I've never seen my vagina until now, you
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don't understand this is like the most confidence boosting moment.
It's unbelievable or I've never realized that, like I could
feel so beautiful in my clothes or for my daughter's wedding.
And a patient recently she bless her, should love her
to pieces. She's like sixty seven years old. She had
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a tummy tuck. She was getting ready for her daughter
to get married, her only daughter and mother of the bride. Right,
she's nervous, she wants to look her best. Know, lost
some weight. We took off, you know, her tummy skin.
And she sent me pictures from her daughter's wedding and
I mean she was just glowing and you could just
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see her confidence. And she told us, right, I mean,
she told us, I have never felt more beautiful. Thank you.
And that's why we do it. That's why we love it. Right,
Like this is seeing women just complete and men completely
transform their entire butterfly point like a butterfly just and
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fly away unhappy, and you know, makes me, gives me,
gives me. That's my success, right, that's my why.
Speaker 1 (34:40):
Yeah, I mean to get to see people every day
be emotional and the best way possible because you give
them a piece of something that they never thought they
could have back or ever have. In general, it's got
to be amazing.
Speaker 2 (34:53):
Yeah, it's awesome.
Speaker 1 (34:54):
So what's next for the practice?
Speaker 2 (34:58):
Well, I think, you know, the biggest thing is growth
and expansion. I think we're always growing in every single way,
learning to, you know, do what we're doing better and
building on the wonderful foundation that I think our office
is set. So stay tuned because there is going to
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be some wonderful things.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
At I am not at all surprised by that. So
for anybody listening, where can they find you and follow
along on this journey that you're on.
Speaker 2 (35:31):
Yes, so I am doctor Stephanie Pores at PORS Plastic Surgery.
Our office is located right off of the par Street
exit in Orlando Winter Park, Florida. You can go to
our website Pores Plastic Surgery p O r I S
Plastic Surgery dot com. You can follow me at Stiletto
Underscore Surgeon on Instagram, and I also have a podcast,
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so you can follow along at the podcast the Stiletto
surch as well.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
And yeah, I love it. We'll put all of that
in the show notes. And for anybody that's local, keep
an eye out. I've seen you on quite a few
billboards and I totally have a fangirl moment and try
not to take my phone out and take a picture
while I'm driving. I love it. It's so great.
Speaker 2 (36:18):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (36:18):
Do you when you see those pod when you see
the billboards, is there a little moment of like, holy cow.
Speaker 2 (36:26):
I think it is a little bit real. And it's
funny because my kids will be Yeah, they're like, why
are you on podcasts, mommy? Or not podcasts? Why are
you on billboards? Mommy? Are any other mommies on billboards?
Speaker 1 (36:39):
All of these women maybe?
Speaker 2 (36:41):
And I just, you know, I just laugh and I
just chuckle and I said, yeah, mommy is big. She's
you know, finally twenty feet tall.
Speaker 1 (36:48):
I'm doing big things. I love that. Awesome. Well, thank
you so much, thank you for joining. This was so
much fun for any of you. Thank you listening. I
would encourage you to find doctor Porous follow along. She
is a breath of fresh air in any room that
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she is in. And of course, when it comes to
what we're doing here, like subscribe share, the Women in
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We will make sure to get back to you and
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much and look forward to change the way women think
and feel about money. Together, until next time,
Let's welcome. Welcome, Talk Wealthy to Me. I'm Michelle Taylor,
founder of Women and Well and Wealth. From breaking money
myths to building wealth and achieving financial freedom. We're here
to empower you to create your own path path Talk Wealth. Now,
join the conversation, and let's change the way women think
and feel about money. Are you ready? Today's guest is
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doctor Stephanie Porus, Orlando's only female owned and operated, double
board certified plastic surgeon. Born and raised in Satellite Beach, Florida,
Stephanie turned her love of science, artistry, and precision into
a career in plastic surgery. From interning at the Cleveland
Clinic to training at Advent Health in Summer Health, She's
built a practice known for compassionate, elevated care, and she
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is on a mission to redefine what it means to
feel empowered and confident in your own skin. Hi, everybody,
welcome back to the Talk Wealthy to Me podcast. I'm
Michelle Taylor, your host, and I am thrilled to have
a very dear friend with me today, doctor Stephanie Poris.
She and I have known each other for the last
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three or four years now, and I've loved hearing her story,
and I know that you will too. So welcome. Thanks
for being here.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Thank you so much for having me. It is an
honor to be on your podcast and sitting with you
today and having watched you grow this over the last
four years is just been so incredible. So thank you
for inviting me here.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
You're so welcome. So for all of you listening, Doctor
Poris is a double board certified plastic surgeon and she
happens to be the only female owner operator in Orlando, Florida.
So we take a lot of pride in her around here.
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But tell us a little bit about you, a little
bit your business. How'd you get here?
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Yeah, so I own Poores Plastic Surgery. I am the
only surgeon in this practice as of now. And you know,
coming out of the gate through training, I always knew
I wanted to be a plastic surgeon ever since I
was a teenager. This was sort of my dream. I
felt drawn to surgery, and then I felt drawn to
plastic surgery and it was an art mixed with the science,
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and that was my mind exactly, And so you know,
I pursued it and pursued it and pursued it. And
then you know, finally at the end of training, trying
to figure out where do I go next, what I'm
going to actually get a job right and a career,
and what I want to do, I said, you know what,
I think. I just want to be in my own space.
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I want to be an entrepreneur. I want to have
control of the patient experience and be able to, you know,
just practice the way I want to and go home
every day feeling like I was able to give it
my all and you know, really be involved in the experience.
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And so that's poor splastic surgery was born right out
of the gate, and.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
You truly are giving such an authentically you client experience
for anybody that has been listening for a while. You
know that I'm a shoe lover, and that's so much
a part of how the two of us met. I
would love for you to tell that story. But I
was going through a local publication and I see this
(03:36):
advertisement for Stephanie's practice, but it says the stiletto Surgeon.
So immediately I think, well, I need to know this girl.
And I have to tell you, as somebody who's gone
into your practice, you are truly in every girl's dreamiest office.
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There's pink everywhere, there's beautiful art, there's your editorial magazine wall.
I mean, your staff is all female. It just feels
like home when you walk in. So you have stayed
true to that, and I love every time that I
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come in there. And I know I'm not the only one.
I think we've all talked about it. But tell us
the story, because the Stiletto Surgeon isn't just because you
love shoes. It has a much cooler background to it.
So tell us how you became known as the Stiletto Surgeon.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Yees, So it actually started. So it was born actually
about ten years ago, and I was a general surgery
resident at the time actually here at Advent Health Orlando.
I was one of the only women in the program.
There was my counterpart who was also female, but we
were two out of all of us. And you know,
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it's very much a man's world surgery. But that's okay,
and I expected that, and frankly, I thrive in that
and nothing scares me. And you know, I just you know,
IM proving my worth being there every day, and you
know I would. I've always loved fashion, have always loved style.
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That's the artsy side of who I am. And so
I would come into work with my heels on, you know,
dressed to the nines to go on rounds on the
surgery floor, and you know, I would get comments here
and there of how are you walking in those? And
you know, people would you know, say say nice things,
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they would say mean things.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Who cares? Right?
Speaker 2 (05:46):
I would just brush it off, and you know, finally,
one day, I'm in the operating room and scrub nurse
was kind of just you know, ragging on me about
being small compared to who I was braiding with that
day one of my attendings, and I just had had
sort of a lot and it was building up and
building up, and you know, and finally she's like, you know,
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you should just wear your stilettos in here. And I said,
you know what, one day, I'm going to write a
book and I'm going to call it The Stiletto Surgeon,
and it's going to mean more to me about sort
of rising above and being confident and standing on your
own two feet and just strutting your stuff and kind
(06:30):
of just you know, putting everything and all the negativity
in the rear view mirror. And that's literally where the
term came from, but it was just really more out
of you know, just the little adversities, sure, and just
sort of embracing rather than sort of deflecting and converting
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to penny loafers. So not a penny loafer girl. I
just tried to embrace it and turn it into a
positi And I think that I try to do that
with a lot of things in my life, and I
think it helps propel you forward and otherwise you're going
to be living in behind.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
You well, and you are such a positive person and
so much fun to be around. I remember the first
so I reached out to Stephanie and said, I have
to know you. Let's go grab lunch and she was
just starting her practice. So we went to lunch and
immediately knew we were going to be friends and the
(07:29):
rest is history. But every time I am with you,
whether it is in your office or in casual and
settings as friends, she's always just bubbly and happy and
I love that. I think that you're the epitome of
what you set out to be and that's incredible. So
are we going to write the book?
Speaker 2 (07:50):
So maybe one day. I definitely thought about it, and
I think now that I've started my practice, and I
think it's sort of a dying breed to start your
practice out of training and hang your shingle, as they
call it in the industry. But I think as we
see healthcare change and as big business becomes ever increasingly
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big business, especially in healthcare, I think it's very important
for us physicians to sort of take back ownership and healthcare.
And so I thought, you know, very I've thought about
writing about this experience and how to start it. And
you know, I've had a practice consultant for since the
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minute I started, and she's wonderful and we definitely talk
about it. So, yeah, maybe that we still at.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
A surgeon the day. You do have a barbie.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
I do have a barbie, which I do have a barbie.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
We need to put a link to a picture in
the show notes or something I do. It's a great
barbe It's amazing. Yeah. So you mentioned that you were
always drawn to being a plastic surgeon, which I never
I didn't know that about you. But I also think
it's so unique how you explained it, where it is
a little bit of the art with the science and
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for so many of the clients that come to you
I would imagine it's more happy endings than stressful, you
know encounters, which I know obviously you have those too.
But what was it about plastic surgery that made you
think that's my calling?
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Yeah, well, I think, first of all, it's an elective
based surgery. So you're taking healthy people and you are
putting them under anesthesia and you are doing a surgery,
right or non surgical treatment. So there is some always
fear to that. But you're not living in the trauma world.
You're you know, you're not dealing with acute situations on
a daily basis in plastic surgery. So it's very thoughtful
(09:47):
and it's very curated. All the tea's need to be crossed,
all the eyes need to be douted, because these are
healthy patients. And so what I loved about it is
that I think plastic surgery allows us to slow down
and be thought not that surgical field aren't thought other
surgical field aren't thoughtful, but there is really an art
to it that I think sometimes is under emphasized in training.
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You really have to be able to look at the
big picture of a patient and not only is this
a breast augmentation, but how is this breast augmentation going
to age with this particular patient. How is this specific
implant that I'm thinking about placing going to affect her
life long term? Is it going to be too heavy
for will it be too wide for her frame? There's
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no one size fits all model. And so what I
think is one of the challenges of plastic surgery that
I find so fascinating is that you're constantly thinking and
morphing and changing, and not every surgery is the same.
And I think that that is really exciting, and that
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is why I was drawn to it. You know, I
love anatomy and blood and guts and all of the
you know, all of that better than me. And the
feeling of being in the operating room. It's sort of
my piece, believe it or not. I mean, I'm a
very extroverted person. I'm very talkative, right but in the
operating room, I'm very quiet, I'm very reserved, I'm very
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at peace. And so that's a different part of me
that I was able to unlock that keeps me very
well balanced and grounded. And so there's a huge part
of plastic surgery and being a surgeon that just fit
my personality. Aid to the tea.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Do you play any music when you're in there?
Speaker 2 (11:36):
I play a lot of music, what kind of music?
So I am probably the most eclectic soundtrack. And I
think anybody who's been in the operating with me, you know,
one of the things I always get is, oh, you
have the best music, because one minute it'll be eighties classics,
and the next minute it'll be like alternative rock, eminem
will come on and then some country or then There'll
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be days when I'm doing facelifts, a lot of times
I'd like to listen to like really nice classical love jazz.
So I'm all over the place and it keeps it
kind of fun and exciting. But there is always music.
And it's actually been proven in studies actually that surgeons
that operate with music tend to have more efficiency in
the operating room. So it was pretty Yeah, it's pretty interesting.
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There's actually some evidence behind it.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
So Little Stephanie, before she was doctor Porus, what did
you envision your life to look like when you thought
about even before medical school. I mean, you knew you
wanted to be a plastic surgeon, but what was it
that drew you to this? Did you always want to
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go into medicine. Was it a lifestyle that you thought
felt glamorous or something that you were seeking? What was that?
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Yeah, so I think a little me looking forward, you know,
I think that there is there was always a six
sess component. What success was when I was sixteen years
old was wildly different than what I think success is now.
But I wanted to be able to stand on my
own two feet and have job security number one and
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again science brain, art, brain, all of those things wrapped
into one. Most importantly, for me, I wanted to be
able to enjoy what I did every day. And so
for me, going into something that I was had zero
passion for was never going to be an option. And
I think, if you know, for me, it was always like, well,
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if i want to stand on my own two feet
and I'm not passionate about it, I'm likely to pour
the least amount of effort into it and to do
poorly and become unsuccessful. So I really needed to find
and listen to what my passion was and hone in
on it. And so for me now, you know, looking back,
I think success has really been achieving my goal of
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being a surgeon. Yeah, and really what took me a
minute to realize was achieving my goal of being a
mom and a wife and having that family dynamic, because
for so long, especially in medicine, really any profession that
you're working towards for so long, you know, that's all
you're thinking about. You're sort of in this rat race
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going on and on and on through the years to
try to climb the ladder to get there, right, whether
it's a corporate ladder, or to become a doctor, or
to become a surgeon or become a plastic surgeon.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Or to get that first job.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
You're always climbing, climbing ways, that's all you're thinking about.
You almost have like this professional tunnel vision and then
all of a sudden you're sort of sidelined by a family.
And realizing how important that is and maintaining that balance
was huge. And I can tell you that my success
in life largely depends on this family. And that is
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something I did not see at sixteen years old. I
was all about the glitz, the glam, the glory of
my career and standing on my own two feed and
I was not thinking about, sure I would have a family,
but I was not thinking about how important that was
in my success. And so that took me until I
was a little bit older to sort of figure out
and really sink my teeth into And now I.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Love it well. And you have the most adorable family,
and we both have kiddos that are young, so I
imagine and I think this goes without saying. All of
us know it is a challenge every single day, but
it's also the best part of the day is trying
to figure out how do you wear all these hats
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and feel like you're pouring enough into all of these
different silos of life. And I look at it as
a personal challenge and fun. You know, yeah, it's stressful,
but before you know it, one of those silos is
going to go and then the other silo goes, and
then it's just you know, it's different, and it's Italy girl,
(15:58):
It's yeah, we were good friends. So how is your
relationship with money? Ben? From a young girl, did you
come from a family that gave you the tools that
you felt equipped and prepared? Did you deal with student
loaned at like, what did that journey look like?
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Great question. So I've given this a lot of thought,
especially after listening to your podcast. And I'll tell you
first and foremost, you and I share a lot of parallels.
Our fathers seemed to be key entities in our education
when it comes to wealth and building wealth. And I
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can tell you so my dad was a pediatric dentist.
He owned a few pediatric dental practices while I was young.
So he was an entrepreneur. So there's apple Tree. And
I would watch him every night. He'd be in his
office after hours, he'd come home, he'd work at his desk,
and he he would pull me into his office seven
(17:02):
pm at night, even when I was like ten years old,
and he would have me start organizing receipts for tax
season on the floor and he would sit there and
he would show me the cup and handle of investments
and dividend reimbursement. And I remember he got me my
first dividend that he made me manage when I was fifteen,
(17:24):
but I was young, and got me a fidelity account
and I, you know, invested my first dividend and I
watched it, you know, my little return of five dollars
every month on the on the drip. And he sort
of included me in these conversations, and little did I know,
and at the time, I was like oh, this is
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so boring. And you know, but all the while you're
kind of listening, you're kind of like, I'm seeing it.
It's not foreign. And he said to me, and I'll
never forget these words. He said, You're going to spend
three quarters of your adult life managing your wealth, no
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matter what you do. That's what he said. Three quarters
of your time is going to be dedicated to managing
your wealth. Whatever wealth looks like. It's going to be
looking at your money and where the money is going
and where you know where, how.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
To grow it, throw it, paid, doest whatever.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
And so he was a really big influence in my
life and just sort of gave me some foundational knowledge
and tools. You know, I didn't really see my first
real paycheck until I was thirty seven years old. Of
course I was getting paid as a resident, but it
was slave labor. Yeah, and you know that money just
(18:41):
was money and money out, you know, just paying surviving
and surviving, right. And I was fortunate to have a
wonderful husband, you know, who has a wonderful job, and
you know he's kept me afloat until I had, you know,
started making a few a few pennies. But once I really,
you know, I saw that I was going to have
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a real job. I got really nervous. I didn't feel
like I had the training. I've been so focused on
the human body and anatomy that how am I gonna,
you know, be able to manage three quarters of my
time for wealth?
Speaker 1 (19:16):
Right?
Speaker 2 (19:17):
So I started to get the people into place, you know,
I you know, discussed with you, and you know, we
really sat down and looked at what the projections would be,
and you know, talk to many people and with my husband,
and I really just sat down and my dad and
(19:38):
figure it out.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
I love that so much that your dad is still
part of your financial story. The first time we started
having conversations around money, you know, you told me about
him and how he helped you. And I love that.
And I think you and your husband have done a
really good job at approaching your financials as a team.
(20:00):
And you know, we talk about that all the time,
where if you don't want to be driving the canoe,
you need to at least be in the boat. And
I feel like you're both equipped with one of the oars.
You know, you guys are really good at communicating and
tackling things head on, and you know, people may sit
here and think, well, you're a plastic surgeon, you're a doctor,
(20:22):
But in the beginning with starting your own practice, there
is so much that comes with that. It's even more
important that you pay attention to the pennies because you're
trying to build something and you've spent a decade longer
in school than most of the people listening or I
have ever spent in school. So it's like you, I
(20:45):
had imagine that there's a lot of pressure. You come
out and you're like, Okay, I've gotten this elusive title
of doctor, but now I'm in my thirties and I'm broke,
and I'm trying to build this practice, and oh, I
also have a husband, and I I want to have babies,
and I want to buy my dream house and how
do you do all the things? And that's one of
(21:05):
the things I hope that people get from this podcast
is so many of us are dealing with the same
money issues, money success stories, but also just baggage and
questions and thoughts, even though it may seem on the
outside like somebody isn't And that's where having conversations around
it is going to be helpful for all of us.
(21:28):
What do you think, other than the one thing your
dad said to you, is there a piece of advice
that he ever gave you or anybody in your life
around taking care of your money or what to do
with it that you feel has served you well well.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
One tenant that I think I always live by, and
this was also a plaque on his wall, was those
who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those
doing it. Oh.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
I love that and.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
It is something I live by, and I think it's
applicable to everything if I I just approach everything right,
like getting a loan from the bank to start the practice. Okay,
so many banks said no, and I had a bank,
you know, the head of a bank here locally say
you should probably just join the hospital first and then
(22:19):
you know, work for a couple of years and then
come back to us. And I said, no, I'm going
to do this. I'm going to show you. And I
had the best business plan and I built out the
best Finally I found a bank and they were like,
this is the best business plan we've ever seen. They
used my business plan now to as an example for
other businesses. And so, you know, it just took somebody
(22:40):
also to buy in but it also took me to
not stop and just have the grit and you know,
don't let anybody else, you know, kind of muddy muddy
my your dream, my dream. And I think that that
came from my dad. I think that came from that
little plaque on the wall ultimately, So.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
I love that. And you know, isn't it wild the
things that you remember that you tie in and equate
to success, and even like around financial success from your
parents that they weren't necessarily positioning as advice around money.
My dad says things like pay attention to detail and
(23:26):
like these little things that be true to your school.
And I can take those little things, these dadisms, and
tie them back into business and financials and it makes
so much sense and it makes me smile because it
was a big influence in my life growing up and
(23:47):
you didn't.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
See it, but it was just their way of imparting wisdom.
And I hope I can share the same with my
kids and you know, maybe they'll take a lesson from
a wall someday in my office.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
Right, I was just going to ask you, what have
you guys done, and have you started having those conversations
or exposing them to conversations that you and Dan are
having so well.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
Kind of so Dylan, my oldest, he's seven, going to
be soon. You know, he gets savings. He does a
little chores around the house.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
He lost a tooth last night, did the tooth fairy?
Speaker 2 (24:21):
The tooth fairy came and the first little smiling kid
I saw toothless smiling kid through the shower window this
morning was mom, I got twenty bucks, which I know
is a lot. It's first time on us. Was not
the first tooth. It was like the eighth twoth. But
we did not have any more than we didn't have
any less than twenty bucks on us. So, you know
the tooth fairy.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
Don't you love that when you're like the tooth fairy.
She was not prepared.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
She was not prepared. She almost forgot. The tooth Fairy
may have comm at five forty five in the morning,
because so, yeah, you do what you gotta do, though,
right yeah, and so and now and this, you know
what he said to me this morning was Okay, now,
I I think I have a knof for the next lego. Right,
So I think you're starting to get it, and I
think we're you know, they're starting to understand what it
(25:07):
means to work for things, and whether it's candy or money,
it's all the same, right, it's work for something.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
I love what your dad did, though, because I think
so many of us do the typical Okay, you have
done something for our family. Now I'm going to pay
you for your efforts, but with that, you should save
some of it towards this big thing. I think a
lot of people do that. But what your dad did,
(25:33):
and I'm trying to do something a little similar, is
showing them the power of what money does when you
put it to work for you. You know, I think
a lot of us may inadvertently expose them to the
negative side of compounding numbers when we're talking about being
in debt or don't take on debt, credit cards are bad,
(25:54):
or whatever you may be saying. But when you take
that same dollar and sift it to what it can
do when it grows for you, I think that's what
makes it fun like it did for you. Both of
my kids I buy I have been buying them a
share of stock in something that interests them, and they're
still young. My son is ten, my daughter six, so
(26:19):
they are starting to get it, especially Beckett but I
want to do more. Just listening to that now it's like, okay,
what how else can I get him logged in and
to see everything? Because that's when it's fun.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Oh yeah, and it's great. I mean, and to this day,
I have one of the drip accounts still, you know,
I still see the money go little money go out
and I forget about the account and you know, so
it's it's.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
Just it was nice.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
And you know, I remember when I bought my first stock.
I bought a medical stock, a biotech, risky, risky business,
and I watched your rise. It was rising like crazy
and I had made so much money and I was like,
should I hold it? Should I not? Oh, a whole
day because I thought it would, and then it fell
because biotech stops, that's what they do. So Hi, and
(27:05):
I learned a lesson. Didn't make that mistake twice. But
I remember, and this was when I was like thirty
years old. I did this and it was so fun.
You know, it's like it's like going to Vegas. It is,
you know, the losses stink, but but a good loss.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
Life is full of losses. Life right full of losses.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
But it was fun to be able to do that
and to understand it and and you know, with a
little risk. And I'm thankful that I you know, I
have a little bit of knowledge now, not enough. I'm
still learning every single day, all of us are. But
and you know how to grow more and manage the growth,
which is a huge deal.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
So so, did you make any big money faux pas
or anything that you will impart on any of the
listeners that maybe will prevent them from making the same
mistake that you can think of growing up? Or do
you think you were a good stud didn't.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
I think I was a lucky student. I think that
I was so my The one thing that I will
say that I was given when I was in college,
I was given sort of a weekly allowance right of
spending food, water, shelter, et cetera. And so I had that,
but anything extra, trips, clothes, you know, fun staff, the fun,
(28:25):
Friday night, Friday night fun. You know.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
I got myself a job.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
Yeah, I was like a cocktail waitress. I you know, tutored,
I hustled parking, I did all kinds of I went
home for the summer and I worked at White House
black Market, you know. And do you want this in
a smaller medium, right, And so I learned to hustle
for my money, that.
Speaker 1 (28:49):
Which is fun money. That's a great skill.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
Yeah, and so not necessarily any faux pause. I think
I was lucky because I wasn't give been the extra,
but more so, I just learned how to fight for
it and anything that I wanted, you know, I had
to figure out how to get it. And I'm not somebody.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
That takes no lightly. No, You're going to figure it out,
figure it out. I had a job at the West
Oaks Mall very briefly, yep, one summer. But the same
thing I mean, if I was if I could babysit,
if I could, you know, help somebody. I mean I
remember being fifteen or sixteen years old and mowing my
neighbor's lawn to get twenty bucks. And I think that
(29:35):
that is such an important skill to teach the young
kiddos that are looking at us to pave the way.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
Is.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
Yeah, there's a lot of luck that comes into this.
But the hustle, don't ever not hustle, don't ver let
anyone outwork you. And I know that to be true
about you. You are going to be the hardest worker
in the room and you have so much to show
for it.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
It's awesome, so fun.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
And so One of the other great things I love
about your practice is it's all women in there. Was
that intentional or is it just kind of a happenstance.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
I think it was intentional. I mean, we ninety eight
percent of my patients are female in the aesthetic industry.
It's not that they don't see male patients, because we do.
We see male patients all the time. But certainly I
think that.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Just by.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
Circumstance, by request. I think a lot of our patients
I always ask how did you hear about us? And
they'll say, you know, I saw you on a billboard somewhere,
and you know, I loved that you are a woman,
and I loved that you had a female staff, and
I loved that you seemed relatable. You seem to sort
of understand and.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
You spend a lot of time with your patients when
they come in.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
Yeah, we do. We try to all spend as much
time as we can. You know, my staff will go in,
then I go in, and usually by the time you
have surgery, I mean I've seen you three times at least,
we've answered all your questions, you know, any email, It's
just easy. That's the way it should be. It should
just be easy. Anytime you're undergoing any kind of operation,
(31:11):
you know, or really doing anything in life, it just
should be easy. I just am a I'm an efficiency person.
I love that nothing should be hard. No, you know,
I mean life is hard, right, but we don't need
to make it harder. Yes, exactly.
Speaker 1 (31:26):
So one of the really interesting things in conversations that
I'm sure you have been a part of is the
industry of plastic surgery. And this goes back to women
and self care and how we put out the best
version of ourselves. There is so much of a taboo
for some people around admitting or aging gracefully if they
(31:51):
don't believe in going to get a little botox or
filler or whatever it is. But I think what you
do is how are women to show up truly comfortable
in their skin, whatever that means, if it's like the botox,
or if it's a tummy tuck or getting a breast
augmentation or whatever it is, showing up as the best
(32:12):
version of themselves to go out and write their success
story and whatever that looks like. And I'm sure that
you hear all the time. It's elective, and it's just
it seems like it may be frivolous or an extra
but in my opinion, what you do is empowering people
(32:33):
and should be a priority if it's going to be
making you feel good about who you are and what
you're out building. So hopefully that narrative starts to change
a little bit.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
Yeah, I think so. I mean, I think much like
a hot pair of stilettos, right, it gives you confidence.
You know, might be shiny, it might be frivolous, might
be really expensive, but it gives you confidence. You're strutting
your stuff. You're walking into that boardroom ready to command
the room and take control. And I think a lot
of plastic surgery, when done well and when done ethically,
(33:06):
really can set our patients up for this life that
they either had and lost or have always dreamed of.
You know, I constantly hear, especially my weight lost patients,
I have never seen my vagina. I mean, yes, show
stop her. I've never seen my vagina until now, you
(33:26):
don't understand this is like the most confidence boosting moment.
It's unbelievable or I've never realized that, like I could
feel so beautiful in my clothes or for my daughter's wedding.
And a patient recently she bless her, should love her
to pieces. She's like sixty seven years old. She had
(33:49):
a tummy tuck. She was getting ready for her daughter
to get married, her only daughter and mother of the bride. Right,
she's nervous, she wants to look her best. Know, lost
some weight. We took off, you know, her tummy skin.
And she sent me pictures from her daughter's wedding and
I mean she was just glowing and you could just
(34:11):
see her confidence. And she told us, right, I mean,
she told us, I have never felt more beautiful. Thank you.
And that's why we do it. That's why we love it. Right,
Like this is seeing women just complete and men completely
transform their entire butterfly point like a butterfly just and
(34:31):
fly away unhappy, and you know, makes me, gives me,
gives me. That's my success, right, that's my why.
Speaker 1 (34:40):
Yeah, I mean to get to see people every day
be emotional and the best way possible because you give
them a piece of something that they never thought they
could have back or ever have. In general, it's got
to be amazing.
Speaker 2 (34:53):
Yeah, it's awesome.
Speaker 1 (34:54):
So what's next for the practice?
Speaker 2 (34:58):
Well, I think, you know, the biggest thing is growth
and expansion. I think we're always growing in every single way,
learning to, you know, do what we're doing better and
building on the wonderful foundation that I think our office
is set. So stay tuned because there is going to
(35:19):
be some wonderful things.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
At I am not at all surprised by that. So
for anybody listening, where can they find you and follow
along on this journey that you're on.
Speaker 2 (35:31):
Yes, so I am doctor Stephanie Pores at PORS Plastic Surgery.
Our office is located right off of the par Street
exit in Orlando Winter Park, Florida. You can go to
our website Pores Plastic Surgery p O r I S
Plastic Surgery dot com. You can follow me at Stiletto
Underscore Surgeon on Instagram, and I also have a podcast,
(35:56):
so you can follow along at the podcast the Stiletto
surch as well.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
And yeah, I love it. We'll put all of that
in the show notes. And for anybody that's local, keep
an eye out. I've seen you on quite a few
billboards and I totally have a fangirl moment and try
not to take my phone out and take a picture
while I'm driving. I love it. It's so great.
Speaker 2 (36:18):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (36:18):
Do you when you see those pod when you see
the billboards, is there a little moment of like, holy cow.
Speaker 2 (36:26):
I think it is a little bit real. And it's
funny because my kids will be Yeah, they're like, why
are you on podcasts, mommy? Or not podcasts? Why are
you on billboards? Mommy? Are any other mommies on billboards?
Speaker 1 (36:39):
All of these women maybe?
Speaker 2 (36:41):
And I just, you know, I just laugh and I
just chuckle and I said, yeah, mommy is big. She's
you know, finally twenty feet tall.
Speaker 1 (36:48):
I'm doing big things. I love that. Awesome. Well, thank
you so much, thank you for joining. This was so
much fun for any of you. Thank you listening. I
would encourage you to find doctor Porous follow along. She
is a breath of fresh air in any room that
(37:08):
she is in. And of course, when it comes to
what we're doing here, like subscribe share, the Women in
Wealth community is bigger and better the more women that
we bring into the conversation. If you heard anything today
or have any suggestions on topics or guests that you'd
(37:32):
want to hear on the podcast, send us a note.
We will make sure to get back to you and
try and accommodate, and as always, I appreciate you so
much and look forward to change the way women think
and feel about money. Together, until next time,
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