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This Is the Best Way to Reclaim Your Energy and Confidence

2025-09-23T06:53:50-05:00

Interview with Dr. Suzanne Rutherford - Episode 423 This week, John interviews Dr. Suzanne Rutherford to learn how to reclaim your energy and confidence even if you're a busy physician. Dr. Rutherford started as a traditional Canadian Family Physician. However, in mid-career, she noted that a loss of energy and weight gain were interfering with her ability to enjoy life. So she focused more on her nutrition and fitness, and things changed drastically. That led her [...]

This Is the Best Way to Reclaim Your Energy and Confidence2025-09-23T06:53:50-05:00

To Overcome Challenges and Promote Personal Growth Pursue Joy

2025-09-23T05:48:44-05:00

Interview with Dr. Chrissie Ott - Episode 422 In this interview with med-peds physician and coach Dr. Chrissie Ott, we discover how to pursue joy as a means to overcoming challenges and to pursue personal growth. Dr. Ott worked in a traditional practice for 2 years. She then took a bold step in 2008, opening a solo micropractice at a time when few physicians were doing the same. She eventually left that practice and worked as [...]

To Overcome Challenges and Promote Personal Growth Pursue Joy2025-09-23T05:48:44-05:00

The Best Courses and Memberships for More Satisfied Physicians

2025-09-09T07:09:33-05:00

We've Come a Long Way - Episode 421 This week, John features the best courses and memberships for physicians wishing to diversify their incomes, start a side hustle, or find a coach.  When he started the podcast eight years ago, besides coaching via telephone, virtually no educational resources existed to help physicians transition to nonclinical careers. John shares his personal experience with career transitions and highlights the high-quality programs now available from physician experts. These programs [...]

The Best Courses and Memberships for More Satisfied Physicians2025-09-09T07:09:33-05:00

Offer Functional And Family Medicine for a Great Career – A PNC Classic from 2019

2025-09-02T05:49:55-05:00

Interview with Dr. Lara Salyer - Episode 420 Dr. Lara Salyer explains in this interview from 2019 how to reclaim the best parts of your career by combining functional and family medicine. During this week's interview, Lara describes how she felt when she realized that something wasn't right in her career as an employed family physician practicing in southern Wisconsin. Our Episode Sponsor If you’re a physician with at least 5 years of experience looking for [...]

Offer Functional And Family Medicine for a Great Career – A PNC Classic from 20192025-09-02T05:49:55-05:00

Why Shift From Oppressive IM Practice to Peaceful DPC Now?

2025-08-26T07:06:46-05:00

Interview with Dr. David Townsend - 419 In this week's episode, Dr. David Townsend describes how he shifted from traditional employment model internal medicine to his own peaceful DPC (Direct Primary Care) practice four years ago. The shift was triggered by corporate buyouts, mounting productivity pressures, and the feeling that he wasn't connecting with patients the way he would like to. Dr. Townsend went from covering a panel of 2,500 patients to 500, and from about [...]

Why Shift From Oppressive IM Practice to Peaceful DPC Now?2025-08-26T07:06:46-05:00

How to Find Work Life Harmony in Your Beloved Profession

2025-08-12T06:42:21-05:00

Interview with Dr. Anne Hirsch - 417 In this week's episode, Dr. Anne Hirsch discusses achieving work-life harmony without leaving clinical practice.  With three decades of practice in inpatient and outpatient internal medicine, and experience leading quality and peer review initiatives, Anne retired at the peak of her career and transitioned to physician coaching. Our Sponsor We're proud to have the University of Tennessee Physician Executive MBA Program, offered by the Haslam College of Business, as the [...]

How to Find Work Life Harmony in Your Beloved Profession2025-08-12T06:42:21-05:00

How Scary Job Loss Leads to Awesome Opportunities – A PNC Classic from 2019

2025-07-29T07:36:38-05:00

Interview with Dr. Jarret Patton - Episode 415 On this week's classic episode of the PNC podcast, I have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Jarret Patton about the prospect of scary job loss. Jarret is an author, speaker, hospital leader, beloved pediatrician, and the ultimate physician advocate. Recently, he has devoted his efforts to speaking, writing, and coaching physicians and other leaders. That transition was not part of his career plan. It occurred following an [...]

How Scary Job Loss Leads to Awesome Opportunities – A PNC Classic from 20192025-07-29T07:36:38-05:00

The Best Real Estate Investment For Today’s Physicians – Part 2

2025-07-15T06:14:18-05:00

Interview with Dr. Alex Schloe - 413 In this week's episode, we continue our conversation with Dr. Alex Schloe, exploring the best real estate investment for today's physicians, in residential assisted living.  Alex explains how to structure these deals properly, including the holding company model that separates real estate from operations. He shares candid insights about the lease-to-operator approach, including lessons learned from partnerships that didn't work out, and what to look for when vetting potential [...]

The Best Real Estate Investment For Today’s Physicians – Part 22025-07-15T06:14:18-05:00

What Is The Latest Breakthrough In Effective Coaching?

2025-07-07T08:07:19-05:00

Interview with Dr. Debra Blaine - 411 In this week's episode, Dr. Debra Blaine introduces Positive Intelligence, a breakthrough in effective coaching. This method tackles the root causes of stress and internal blocks to career change and creative work. After stepping away from medicine following 33 years in practice and burnout from corporate healthcare, Dr. Blaine built new careers as both a prolific author and coach, giving her firsthand insight into the mindset challenges that hold [...]

What Is The Latest Breakthrough In Effective Coaching?2025-07-07T08:07:19-05:00

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