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You negotiated the 35%, the daily minimum, and even got a mile taken off the non-compete. Congrats! On paper, you won. But then you show up on day one and realize your contract can’t put patients in your chair. Not even the new ones. So what does the front team call you? Why does everyone still want the owner? And what happens when the new doctor screws up? Because Ashley did. And Craig had a decision to make; protect his associate—or protect himself. Episode 2 gets into how language impacts opportunity, and how opportunity builds an invisible hierarchy that determines exactly where you rank. Because 35% sounds a lot better before you realize you’re getting 35% of nothing. You signed the deal. Now let’s find out what you actually agreed to.

You spent your twenties collecting degrees. You survived residency. You landed the dream job. You followed the roadmap. So why is it that we’re all reaching the destination and still asking: is there more? Six months after graduating from pediatric dental residency, Dr. Craig Lustman stood on a Manhattan street corner and called the mentor who trained him with an unexpected proposition. He wanted to quit dentistry and go into finance. But he followed the steps. Everything on paper looked right. So what was the problem? In Episode 1 of Residency After Residency, Drs. Craig Lustman, Brian Martin, and Ashley Heller unpack the gap between achievement and fulfillment—and what happens when the structure, mentorship, and community you spent years relying on suddenly disappears. From career pivots and loneliness to leadership and learning to trust yourself when nobody is grading you anymore, this is a conversation about what comes after you finally get where you thought you wanted to be.