Five Pillars of Wellness Seminar

Root-Cause Mental Health &​ Burnout Prevention​ in the Dental Practice

Join National Board-Certified Health and Well-Being Coach Leslie Flowers in this insightful presentation focused on resilience, health behavior change, and root-cause approaches to mental health and burnout prevention.​ Explore the deeper contributors to burnout and leave with evidence-informed strategies you can apply in daily personal and professional life.​

Burnout among dental professionals continues to rise, affecting mental health, patient care, team communication, and long-term career satisfaction. Dental professionals often work in environments that require sustained focus, emotional regulation, high-stakes decision-making, and constant interpersonal communication. Over time, chronic stress can contribute to exhaustion, reduced resilience, nervous system dysregulation, inflammation, and diminished professional fulfillment.

This interactive, coaching-based workshop for the dental team explores burnout through a root-cause lens. Participants will examine how chronic stress, anxiety, depression, limiting thought patterns, ineffective communication, inflammation, nervous system regulation, and personal values influence overall well-being and professional performance.

Rather than focusing only on short-term stress relief, this session will help participants identify deeper contributors to burnout and develop practical, evidence-informed strategies to support resilience, healthier communication, emotional well-being, and greater alignment between personal and professional values.

Educational Objectives:

• Identify common root causes contributing to burnout, including chronic stress, anxiety, depression, ineffective communication and limiting thought patterns.
• Explain how lifestyle behaviors contribute to chronic inflammation, including “inflammaging,” and overall health.
• Practice evidence-based strategies that promote nervous system regulation, resilience, healthy communication, and emotional well-being.
• Clarify personal and professional values to create greater purpose, balance, and fulfillment in daily life.

Credits and Cost:

This seminar is worth 3 LIVE CE credits. Cost is $40 for IDA member dentists, team members and students. Non-member dentists may register for $150.

Time and Location:

Friday, October 30
12:30-3:30 p.m.
Indiana University Fort Wayne
Liberal Arts Building 35C
2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne

About the Presenter

Leslie Flowers is a National Board-Certified Health and Well-Being Coach, mindfulness instructor, and PhD candidate.​

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