Burnout Busted!

Snuff Out Burnout Before it Snuffs You Out!

Burnout in dentistry is real—but it is also predictable and preventable. The most effective time to address burnout is before symptoms take hold.

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Join Laura Schwindt, DDS, of Heroic Performance Coaching, and Sandy Baird, MBA, dental practice management consultant of Baird Dental Business Concepts, for a powerful, one-day workshop designed to help dentists build burnout-resistant practices, careers, and mindsets.

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Our One-Day Reboot Solution Workshops Provide Dentists With:

Practical Tools For Your Dental Practice + Soulful Strategies for Your Well-Being

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Burnout Busted workshops are one-day seminars that deliver leadership frameworks on gender-specific days, enabling open dialogue, relevant examples, and meaningful reflection. Our next workshops, on May 28 and 29, 2026, are held at St. Mary’s Sewanee, a beautiful, quiet, nature-rich setting atop the Tennessee Cumberland Plateau.

The location itself is an intentional part of the experience—creating the mental space needed for clarity, focus, and renewal. The format is ideal for husband-and-wife dentists, for dentists attending independently, or for dentists and their work partner or associate as a focused learning getaway. Participants will leave with practical management systems and psychological strategies that protect both their hard-earned professional performance and personal well-being.

Upcoming One-Day Burnout Busted Workshops

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Dental Burnout Busted: A One-Day Reboot Solution Workshop for Men
May 28
St. Mary's Sewanee (McCrae Room)
Dental Burnout Busted: A One-Day Reboot Solution Workshop for Men
St. Mary's Sewanee (McCrae Room)

A one-day immersive workshop for male dentists and men who work with or live with a dentist. seeking practical ways to reduce stress, improve practice efficiency, and regain balance. Held at St. Mary’s in Sewanee, Tennessee, this men-only session combines proven practice management systems with restorative mindset strategies to support sustainable performance, clarity, and purpose in both work and life.

St. Mary's Sewanee (McCrae Room)
Dental Burnout Busted: A One-Day Reboot Solution Workshop for Women
May 29
St. Mary's Sewanee (McCrae Room)
Dental Burnout Busted: A One-Day Reboot Solution Workshop for Women
St. Mary's Sewanee (McCrae Room)

Designed for women in dentistry, this one-day workshop offers a supportive space to step off the path to burnout and reset. Hosted at St. Mary’s in Sewanee, Tennessee, the women-only session blends practical leadership and practice management tools with mindset strategies that restore focus, energy, and long-term well-being.

St. Mary's Sewanee (McCrae Room)

How Burnt Out Are You?

Take the Burnout Barometer Quiz and Find Out.

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You know something’s off, but how far down the burnout rabbit hole are you really?

Take our quick Burnout Barometer quiz to discover where you land on the Burnout Continuum, from "barely smoldering" to full-on “crispy critter.”

This isn't your average checklist. The Burnout Barometer comes with:

  • Unconventional (and doable) solutions: no bubble baths or platitudes here

  • A self-audit checklist: helps you spot the subtle warning signs before they become full-blown breakdowns. (Let’s fix that cavity before it requires a root canal and crown!)

  • Three game-changing shifts: reclaim your energy, clarity, and spark

Your next-level self is not on the other side of more hustle—it’s on the other side of clarity.

Take the first step. Grab your Burnout Barometer, and let’s light you up in all the right ways.

Take the Quiz

Meet the Burnout Busters

Sandy and Laura came together through a shared passion for the dental profession—and a shared understanding of its pressures. Each has lived the reality of burnout and emerged with a clear conviction that alignment, not endurance, is the path to sustainable success. As the Practice Alignment Architect and the Personal Alignment Architect, they recognized a powerful harmony between their work. By bridging their professional expertise with a deep personal friendship, they created a unified approach to support and restore the people behind the profession they love.

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Sandy Baird, MBA

Laura Schwindt, DDS

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Testimonials

  • "Very important for a healthy, long-term work-life balance."

    Waleska Alfaro, DDS

  • "This was much needed, super relatable, thank you! I didn't know how much I needed this presentation."

    Anonymous

  • "Laura’s workshop was encouraging, inspiring, and gave me a framework to move forward with things I’ve been struggling to do and take action on, but didn’t understand why I wasn’t."

    Susan Cotten, RDH

  • “Sandy gave an inspiring presentation to our local area dental society about battling burnout. She used specific examples that all dental professionals can relate to and provided us with take-home tools that we could use in the office the next Monday morning! I really appreciated her timeliness and professionalism as well as her tackling pertinent issues by sharing straight-forward solutions.”

    Beth Randall, DDS, MS

  • "I really enjoyed the breathing exercises, also loved the interaction and sharing my thoughts with others."

    Melissa Ramos, RDH

  • "Heart-warming and inspiring to be our best."

    Sheila Stille, DDS

  • “Sandy Baird is an outstanding communicator with the highest integrity. She has a complete mastery of her subject and comes well prepared. She presents the information in a well-organized and audience friendly manner. She is able to keep your attention, and convince you to follow her recommendations.”

    Chuck Felts, DDS

  • "Thank you for giving us a guide to improve our practice and our lives."

    Stewart Szikman, DDS

  • "Very inspiring! Presented some nice ways to handle stress, and tools to take back to my new life as a practice owner."

    Luke Robert, DDS

  • “Sandy is a dynamic speaker who also has real world experience that is so valuable when helping dentists face the challenges of managing a dental practice.”

    Cory Glenn, DDS

  • “Because of her many years of experience in the dental profession, Sandy has tremendous knowledge. Her presentation to our dental society was energetic, informative, interesting and very helpful.”

    Paul Bacon, DDS

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Quotes

  • “You were never meant to sacrifice yourself for success.”

    Laura Schwindt

  • “Burnout isn’t a failure—it’s a signal. And this is your invitation to listen, reset, and rise.”

    Laura Schwindt

  • “Burnout is not the price we have to pay for success.”

    Ariana Huffington

  • “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.”

    Dalai Lama

  • “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”

    Albert Einstein

  • “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.”

    Albert Schweitzer

  • “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes… including you.”

    Anne Lamott

  • “When your systems are aligned, and your soul is supported, dentistry can become joyful again.”

    Laura Schwindt

  • “This is where high performance meets deep well-being—and both get better.”

    Laura Schwindt