Dentistry On FIRE

Dentistry On FIRE is a business and coaching podcast aimed at dentists who are good at clinical work but tired of feeling controlled by the practice they built. The tone is warm but forceful. Episodes often begin with a concrete business problem, then widen into the deeper pressure behind it: money anxiety, shaky systems, identity, family security, health, or the fear of stepping away from the chair. The show is not narrowly about production. It is about what happens when production is high and the owner still feels fragile. Recent finance episodes with Michael G. Isom focus on dentists as high earners who may still be one injury or one unmanaged risk away from losing control. Those conversations use insurance, cash value, balance sheets, and the idea of becoming one's own banker to ask a bigger question about certainty. The salon episodes with Allie Scott bring in client applications, premium pricing, math, and fit. They treat a salon as a useful comparison point for dental practices that want better boundaries and better patients. The restaurant episodes with Donald Burns make a similar move. Restaurants become a way to talk about owners who know how to make money but struggle to keep it, grow it, lead teams, and manage stress before the business becomes a prison. Marketing also gets attention, especially in the episode with Dr. Anissa Broussard, where clinical dentistry connects with visibility, digital strategy, and practice positioning. The show is candid about the emotional side of ownership. It names anxiety, burnout, drinking, medication, and the late-night fear that bills, payroll, or debt will catch up. That bluntness is part of its appeal. Dentistry On FIRE assumes that technical excellence is only one piece of the job, and that a stronger practice requires better advice, better systems, better boundaries, and a more grounded owner. It is best for dentists who want business coaching that refuses to separate money, leadership, family, body, spirituality, and purpose into separate boxes.