Dental Egos Ruin Marriages (Here’s How It Happens)

Dentistry doesn’t ruin marriages, unchecked egos do.

When your entire office revolves around YOU, it’s easy to start expecting your marriage to work the same way, and it just doesn’t.

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife to talk honestly about what we see over and over again in dentistry:

• Why dentists get validated at work and resentful at home

• How “being the provider” quietly turns into entitlement

• Why resentment is the real gateway drug to affairs

• How dead bedrooms usually start long before sex stops

• The warning signs you’re crossing boundaries you’ll later regret

• What actually helps prevent resentment, affairs, and emotional withdrawal

We also get into uncomfortable but necessary ideas like:

- why your spouse sees the real you (and why that’s so threatening)

- how avoidance and numbing destroy intimacy

- why marriage is supposed to confront you, not comfort you

- and how high-achieving men can grow up instead of blowing up their lives

This isn’t about blaming dentistry.

It’s about taking responsibility before your marriage becomes collateral damage.

If you’re a dentist who:

- feels disconnected at home

- brings your best self to work and your leftovers to your spouse

- or knows something needs to change but isn’t sure what

This conversation is for you.