The Physician Philosopher Podcast

What does healthcare have in common with communism? And why does this cause major problems and lead to more burnout and lower profit margins?

Burnout in medicine is expensive. Each year it costs us b…

Have you ever wondered why you have a hard time sticking to your goals? Maybe you think it is willpower or motivation? Maybe you think you end up not having enough time to put in the work required? 

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One of the pillars to physician freedom and finding balance in your life as a doctor is money. It’s no secret that financial freedom when coupled with mindset can help you build a life within medicin…

Setting boundaries is the best way for doctors to increase the time and money they need to create their dream job in medicine. In order to reclaim your personal and professional autonomy, it requires…

Sick and tired of being sick and tired, burned out, and morally injured, doc? We all know the medical system is built to foster moral injury and leads to the individual phenomenon of physician burnou…

Each year when January rolls around, everyone focuses on where they are, where they want to be, and the distance between those two points.  It is usually at this time that many physicians make goals …

How many times have you been tired, but you’ve been told to put your head down and keep pushing? If you have ever pushed off self-care tasks that you know are important, you likely suffer from Someda…

Have you ever heard someone say, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead”?  Have you ever said that yourself? And the images of doctors being “good soldiers” who put their head down and get the work done, regardle…

Everything in life has trade offs. Unfortunately, most of us don’t realize that this is happening, and so these trade offs happen unintentionally.  We say “yes” to all sorts of things, and don’t real…

Are there areas of your life where you think that you don’t have a choice? That there are not options? Is medicine one of those areas? Many doctors that join the Alpha Coaching Experience enter the p…

There are many people out there who think that money is not only the root of all evil, but that it is a taboo topic that should not be discussed.  Particularly in medical education. But today I am go…

In medicine we talk about the therapeutic index or therapeutic window for the drugs we prescribe. Every medication has both a potential benefit and potential risk.  The therapeutic index describes th…

Today I am going to take an unapologetic look into the current state of this country when it comes to vaccines, shaming, and American individualism. This episode I’m going to get real about this pand…

Did you know that you have the power to create more time in your life? Time that allows you the work-life balance you are desperately seeking. Physicians often think there isn’t enough time in the da…

Mom (and Dad) guilt is a real thing that many parents experience. Inside of the Alpha Coaching Experience, we often coach physicians through this struggle of not feeling like a good spouse or parent …

One of the most common questions that I get asked about physician coaching is, “How is coaching different from therapy?” And this is one of the most important questions to answer for doctors who feel…

So many doctors and physicians would agree that the medical system is broken. The system has been built to accommodate so much paperwork and those that hold the money and doctors are at the mercy of …

The number one thing people talk about when approaching death is the idea that they wish they had been unapologetic about who they are and what they wanted in life. So often as physicians we seek the…

When you find yourself reaching for your phone when you are off the clock to check your email. Or drinking not because you are enjoying that IPA, but because you are avoiding something. Or when you b…