2612: How to Build a Dental Career That Still Feels Good

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The Dentalpreneur Podcast. Okay, doctor, it's time to put down that handpiece. You're listening to the show dedicated to helping dentists get their lives back. It's time to decrease your stress, increase your profitability, and regain your passion. Now introducing your host, Dr. Mark Costes.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Dentalpreneur Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Mark Costes. How you doing, friends? I hope you're doing awesome out there today. It's a beautiful, almost fall morning here in Prescott, Arizona. The leaves are about to turn. I can feel it. It's starting to feel like football weather finally. I'm excited today to be interviewing a new friend. She has a very interesting backstory, and I think that we're going to have a very deep and fruitful conversation. Let's welcome to the podcast, Tiffany Castellanos. She's a psychotherapist with over 22 years of clinical experience. She specializes in burnout prevention for dental professionals, drawing on her firsthand understanding of the profession through her husband, a prosthodontist. Tiffany is trained in accelerated