The Physician Business Podcast

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...

For a lot of people, goal setting feels heavy. And as we edge toward the end of the year, it becomes harder to ignore the pressure to reinvent your life by January 1st.

A few years ago, my family figured out how to make this process something we actually look forward to. What began as a slight...

Self-care has always felt a bit... off. 

For years, I rolled my eyes at the whole concept. Between climbing the corporate ladder with three kids under five and a mountain of responsibilities, self-care felt indulgent, surface-level, and honestly… kind of annoying.

But here's what I figured...

“The level that I want to help people will never work in this system.”

It’s a sentence many physicians feel deep down but rarely say out loud. 

You can love your patients, believe in your work, and still recognize that the system you’re working in isn’t built to support the kind of care you w...

You can't "committee-approve" your way into a clinic launch. But if you're coming from corporate medicine, that's exactly what your brain wants to do: over-plan, over-perfect, and overthink every detail until nothing ships.

Enter the Lean Startup approach. It started in Silicon Valley, but it ...

If you’re like most physicians, there comes a moment in your practice when patient demand is climbing, your schedule is bursting at the seams, and burnout is starting to creep in. At that point, hiring “just one more person” can feel like the only logical next step.

But here’s the catch: growt...

You left corporate medicine dreaming of autonomy and balance. But once you open your doors, the reality hits hard: Where are all the patients? Why isn’t anyone finding you? And how is marketing suddenly the most overwhelming part of running a practice?

Here’s the part nobody tells you before y...

If you're a clinic owner, few decisions feel as high-stakes as hiring your first team member or deciding who's ready for more responsibility. Even if you haven't made those moves yet, the worries are building: What if I pick the wrong person? What if they can't actually do the job? What if a pr...

Ever notice how the moment you decide to pursue something meaningful, your brain suddenly launches a full-scale protest? You set a goal… and fear, frustration, or anger appears uninvited, announcing, “We live here now.”

That’s resistance. And it has a talent for turning simple tasks (like plug...