Dental Founder Podcast

From hand-dipping X-rays in her father’s office to leading her own thriving practice, Dr. Joanne Block Rief has spent nearly four decades shaping a life and career she loves.

In this episode, she joins Dr. Jessica Emery to reflect on her journey from working beside her father in Annapolis to growing and eventually selling Crossroads Dental Arts. They talk about growth, transition and what freedom looks like after dentistry.

Warm, wise and refreshingly honest, Dr. Rief reminds us that success evolves and it’s never too late to design your next chapter.

Connect with Dr. Joanne on Instagram @joannerief.

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Come connect with me on Instagram ⁠⁠@dentalsoiree⁠⁠, ⁠⁠@drjessicaemery⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠@dentalgirlgang⁠⁠ for daily inspiration, behind-the-scenes and more high-vibe conversations.

In this episode, Dr. Jessica Emery shares the weekend that changed everything, two books channeled, a full-body “I’m back” moment for dentistry and the birth of a new movement.

Dr. Jessica walks through the breadcrumbs that led her from Chicago FFS practice owner to online creator and now to a renewed mission of bringing energetics, human design and nervous-system freedom to dentists.

You’ll hear why she’s pouring her energy into the Dental frequency field, what “quantum leaps” actually look like in real life and how calibrating your energy (not just clocking more hours) creates more abundance, creativity and time.

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Come connect with me on Instagram ⁠@dentalsoiree⁠, ⁠@drjessicaemery⁠, and ⁠@dentalgirlgang⁠ for daily inspiration, behind-the-scenes and more high-vibe conversations.

📸 And if you’re ready to level up your brand and create endless content in one weekend, join me in Charleston for the Content Creation Weekend, happening February 7–8, 2026.

⁠https://www.jessicaemery.com/Smile-Soiree-Content-Creation-Weekend

Want more freedom, wealth and alignment? Join me inside the Millionaire Mastermind. Let’s build your next chapter together.

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If your schedule looks like five columns of chaos, this one’s for you. In today’s episode, Dr. Jessica Emery gets real about “dental gymnastics,” the dysregulated nervous system it creates and why your calendar is a mirror of your inner world.

She breaks down how she built an eight-figure, fee-for-service practice by design, not by hustle, working under 24 hours a week with block booking, fewer patients and more presence… and how that spaciousness unlocked her next chapter.

You’ll hear:

• The mindset shift to stop outsourcing your power to insurance

• How authenticity on social (not trends) magnetizes the right patients

• Why niching into what you love increases joy, quality and income

• The energetics of money: opening to abundance vs. operating from scarcity

• Simple first steps to recalibrate your schedule and your identity

This is your invitation to strip the ego, speak your truth and create the life and practice you actually want. Freedom, wealth and ease belong in dentistry, starting with your next decision.

Come connect with me on Instagram @dentalsoiree, @drjessicaemery, and @dentalgirlgang for daily inspiration, behind-the-scenes and more high-vibe conversations.

📸 And if you’re ready to level up your brand and create endless content in one weekend, join me in Charleston for the Content Creation Weekend, happening February 7–8, 2026.

https://www.jessicaemery.com/Smile-Soiree-Content-Creation-Weekend

In this powerful episode of Dental Confidential, Dr. Jessica Emery dives deep into what it really means to take your power back as a dentist, as a leader and as a human being. She shares how stepping out of fear, scarcity and insurance-driven burnout and into alignment, frequency and self-trust changes everything, not just in your practice, but in your entire life.

You’ll hear why money follows who you become, how to shift out of the logic-driven hamster wheel and into true CEO energy and why the patient experience is about so much more than procedures. This episode is part inspiration, part truth-telling and part invitation to start creating a business and life on your own terms.

💡 Want more conversations like this? Follow along on Instagram @dentalsoiree, @drjessicaemery and @dentalgirlgang

Dr. Jessica Emery is BACK with a powerful episode that will shift everything you thought you knew about building a successful dental practice.

After five transformative years in Charleston and deep work with high-achieving female entrepreneurs, Jessica reveals the secret that dental school never taught you: dentistry is a mind game and life is all about energy.

In this episode, Jessica shares:

• Why the traditional dental model keeps you stuck in scarcity and survival mode
• How she manifested her dream Chicago home and Charleston practice using visualization and vibration
• The science behind manifestation (it's quantum physics, not "woo"!)
• Why you should feel "freaking lit up" about your life every single day

• How to shift from 3D thinking to 5D living and move from old paradigm to new paradigm
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Whether you're a new graduate drowning in debt or an established practitioner feeling stuck on the hamster wheel, this episode will open your eyes to infinite possibilities.

Ready to stop sleepwalking through life and start living magically? This is your wake-up call.

Follow us on @drjessicaemery | @dentalsoiree | @happyceocoach | @dentalgirlgang

In this episode of Dental Confidential, Dr. Jessica Emery cracks open the truth about burnout, emotional disconnection and the silent epidemic of joylessness in dentistry.

Inside, you’ll discover:

• Why high-achieving women in dentistry feel unfulfilled (even when everything looks “perfect”)

• 3 powerful practices to reconnect with your inner joy (before burnout hits)

• The difference between happiness and joy and why one is fleeting and the other is foundational

• How to get out of your head, into your heart, and back into your body

  
  

This isn’t about surface-level self-care.

This is about coming home to yourself.

🦷✨ And if you’re ready to go deeper, join Dr. Jessica & Dr. Desiree LIVE for The Passion Plan - a free masterclass happening Wednesday at 7PM EST. You’ll walk away with 5 powerful steps to reignite your spark and joy from the inside out.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

In this powerful episode, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy shares the truth behind her journey from high-achieving orthodontist to soul-led leader and what really saved her when success wasn’t enough.

She opens up about the moment she hit her breaking point, why she "fire sold" her practice and fled her life, and how slowing down through breathwork, nervous system healing, and feminine energy brought her back to herself.

If you’re a dental professional chasing the next milestone but still feeling disconnected, exhausted, or numb… this conversation is the invitation to pause, breathe, and finally come home to yourself.

This episode will meet you right where you are and show you there’s another way.

🎧 Tune in and remember: the peace you're looking for isn't in the next strategy... it's in your presence.

Follow Dr. Tarryn

🩷 https://thebizofhappiness.com/radicalhappiness/

🩷 IG: https://www.instagram.com/thebizofhappiness/

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More from Dental Soiree

⁠@dentalsoiree⁠⁠

We help dentists show up online with confidence and style. Whether you want to DIY your content or have it all done for you.

We’ve got options:

✨ ⁠⁠Content Club⁠⁠ – Monthly, ready-to-post graphics + captions for dental practices.

✨ ⁠⁠Dental Reset⁠⁠ – Full-service social media management (yes, we do it all for you).

✨ ⁠⁠Photoshoots⁠⁠ – Luxe brand photography to elevate your visuals and stand out online.

In this heart-led and wisdom-packed episode of Dental Confidential, Dr. Jessica Emery sits down with Jordan Wick, founder of Mouthful of Solutions, author of Freedom Formula for Dentists, and a passionate voice in airway-focused, out-of-network dental care.

From a spontaneous CE course to a life-changing sleep test for her husband, Jordan’s story is a powerful reminder that sometimes the quietest nudges lead to the biggest impact. She shares how she helped transition her practice to fee-for-service, brought sleep and airway to the forefront of care, and ultimately created a business that blends passion, purpose, and massive patient transformation.

🎧 Tune in to hear:

• How Jordan went from front office leadership to founder & educator

• The deeply personal story that fueled her passion for airway and sleep

• What most practices miss when it comes to listening to patients

• The exact questions that open up real conversations (and case acceptance)

• Her advice for anyone ready to leave the insurance grind

• What it really looks like to follow your heart and build something from scratch

This episode is your sign to trust the nudge and to know that if it's in you, it's for you.

👉 Connect with Jordan:

IG: ⁠@mouthfulofsolutions⁠

Website: ⁠mouthfulofsolutions.com⁠

Book: Freedom Formula for Dentists on Amazon

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⁠@dentalsoiree⁠

We help dentists show up online with confidence and style. Whether you want to DIY your content or have it all done for you.

We’ve got options:

✨ ⁠Content Club⁠ – Monthly, ready-to-post graphics + captions for dental practices.

✨ ⁠Dental Reset⁠ – Full-service social media management (yes, we do it all for you).

✨ ⁠Photoshoots⁠ – Luxe brand photography to elevate your visuals and stand out online.

This episode originally aired on The Happy CEO Podcast and it was too powerful not to share here.

Dr. Erin Sheffield is a board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon, retreat founder, and advocate for women in medicine. In this conversation, she joins Dr. Jessica Emery to talk about the parts of dentistry and medicine we don’t often discuss: IVF, imposter syndrome, identity, and what it means to lead with softness in a system built on hardness.

From her surgical training to her fertility journey and the creation of a retreat designed for female doctors and surgeons, Dr. Erin opens up about her path with honesty, strength, and a mission to make women in healthcare feel less alone.

Whether you're a dental student, provider, or practice owner, this conversation will move you.

Because behind every white coat is a woman with a story. And this one is worth hearing twice.

🔗 Connect with Dr. Erin Sheffield:Instagram: @drerinsheffield

On this comeback episode of Dental Confidential, Dr. Jessica Emery sits down with Dr. Kathleen Schuster, DDS—a pioneering functional and airway-focused dentist who’s boldly redefining what it means to build a purpose-driven practice.

Dr. Schuster is the founder of Magnolia Ridge Dentistry and the creator of MyoFitPro, an innovative app delivering accessible myofunctional therapy exercises to patients around the world. With expertise in airway-centered orthodontics and functional treatment approaches, she’s bridging the gap between traditional dentistry and transformative healthcare technology.

But this episode is about so much more than clinical care.

Dr. Schuster shares her inspiring journey—from growing up with a hygienist mom, to launching a start-up practice while raising two young kids, to listening to the nudge that told her there was something more she was meant to build.

Download MyoFitPro

Follow Dr. kathleen on Instagram

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