The Physician Business Podcast

For many women physicians, the idea of starting a medical practice doesn’t feel exciting at first.

It feels overwhelming.

There are so many moving pieces—business structure, marketing, operations, finances—that it can feel impossible to know where to begin.

One founder described it perfectly...

Most people think a professional photoshoot is about getting better pictures for their website or LinkedIn profile.

But when Dr. Matthea Rentea and I decided to offer a professional photoshoot as part of the recent Female Founders Accelerator program retreat, we observed something much deeper ...

After hosting a five-day retreat with the founders inside the Female Founders Accelerator, we realized something important.

So many powerful conversations had happened during the week that it felt like a missed opportunity not to share some of those insights more broadly.

In this first episod...

Sometimes life throws you a curveball right when you need it least.

Just days before the most complex retreat I’ve ever planned, I got some difficult personal news that forced me to completely pivot.

The temptation in moments like these is to try to control every detail and predict every outc...

One of the hardest skills we're never taught? How to have difficult conversations well. So we put them off… until they're living rent-free in our heads. When we finally do have them, we wing it, things get awkward or defensive, and we end up avoiding them even more next time.

But every difficu...

Snapping at yourself, avoiding the tasks you know would help your business, and wondering why you just can't do the thing?

While exploring how to “be the boss of me” as a business owner, I had a harsh realization: my inner toddler was running the show. And it turns out the same parenting techn...

In medicine, you get used to making decisions with a framework. There’s a protocol, a gold standard, someone to sanity-check your plan. And then you start a business and… it’s just you. All day. Making hundreds of decisions you can’t outsource, and trying not to second-guess yourself into paral...

“I’m just not confident enough.”

I hear this all the time from smart, accomplished women who are more than capable, but still waiting to feel “ready”.

Recently, I met a woman with a beautiful idea and watched her almost talk herself out of it in real time. Not because it wasn’t a good idea, b...

Ever find yourself lying awake rehearsing a conversation you really don't want to have? 

Maybe it's a performance issue, a behavior problem, or that feedback you know you need to give, but keep putting off.

When you own a practice or step into a leadership role, these conversations are no lon...

You want to start or grow your business the “right” way, so naturally you look for a solid plan to get started. More data and more certainty should mean less risk, right?

The problem is that we often cling to plans and data to create an illusion of control, even though business (much like life...

I left my last job (part time)  in 2025 thinking I was ready. I’d been running my own business for eight years… so really, how hard could it be?

As it turns out, the hardest part wasn’t building the business at all. It was unwinding decades of invisible rules around time, creativity, and safet...

Thinking about starting your own practice, but worried a tsunami of patients will demand your attention at all hours?

Many physicians worry that leaving corporate medicine means losing the buffer of administrative support and being constantly prodded by patients at all hours.

But most of this...