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027: When Dentistry Breaks You: Burnout, Anxiety, and Reclaiming Your Career (and why you should listen to the band Phish and hug a tree)

23 January 2026 · 35:44 · Episode 27

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In this deeply honest and wide-ranging episode of The Real Talk of Dental, I sit down with Dr. Eric Block—practicing dentist, entrepreneur, author, podcaster, and co-founder of the International Academy of Dental Life Coaches. Eric shares his real, unfiltered journey through burnout, anxiety, and regret in dentistry, including the moment he hit rock bottom and questioned whether he could stay in the profession at…

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