TTS-161 - When the CEO Role Almost Cost Him Everything | Ep. 161 | Dr. Richard Low

Some doctors build empires on paper while everything behind the scenes is falling apart -- Dr. Richard Low lived it and chose to talk about it.

What happens when the biggest opportunity of your life becomes the thing that's destroying you.

Dr. Richard Low went from podcasting in his closet to CEO of 35 denture and implant offices -- not by ambition, but by circumstance. In this episode, he sits down with Greg Essenmacher to talk about what it actually cost him: his marriage, his mental health, his faith -- and what it took to walk away and rebuild.

They discuss:

- The reality of scaling a full arch DSO to 35 offices in two years and why growth that fast creates more fires than it solves

- Hdow ADHD and an executive function disorder collided with the CEO role at the worst possible time

- Why the "successful doctor" identity makes it harder, not easier, to admit you're struggling

- The Thanksgiving morning at 4am when Dr. Low realized he was starting to respect himself again

- Why a fitness program became a broken mariage and mental health lifeline

- How Next Level Fathers -- now 60 dentists -- pulls men out of silent struggle through accountability and vulnerability

- What self-awareness actually means when you're the visionary in the wrong role

- Greg's framework for answering "How are you?" -- mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally