Mindful Practice Podcast

In this episode of the Mindful Practice Podcast, Dr. Dana Corriel, a board-certified internist, serial entrepreneur, digital strategist, and founder and CEO of SoMe Docs (Doctors on Social Media), shares how recognizing the influence of social media and her own untapped talents led her beyond traditional clinical practice and into digital entrepreneurship. As an early pioneer in healthcare's digital space, she discusses how physicians can use online platforms to build visibility, establish authority, create new opportunities, and reclaim autonomy in their careers.

Dr. Corriel explores the evolution of physician presence on social media, the role of artificial intelligence in modern healthcare, and how SoMe Docs has grown into an ecosystem supporting physician community, education, advocacy, and professional development. She also breaks down the mindset shifts required to become an entrepreneur, the importance of authenticity and professional boundaries online, and how physicians can turn their expertise into meaningful influence. Most importantly, she shares practical steps for getting started, building an independent digital presence, embracing experimentation, and creating opportunities through perseverance, collaboration, and innovation.

In this episode, you'll learn about:

• How physicians can use social media to build visibility, influence, and career opportunities
• Why embracing digital innovation can help physicians expand beyond traditional clinical roles
• How to identify and develop entrepreneurial skills as a physician
• The role of SoMe Docs in building community, education, advocacy, and professional connections
• How physicians can establish authority online through strategic content and audience engagement
• How artificial intelligence can enhance productivity while raising important questions about safety and regulation
• Why owning a personal website and digital content can help physicians build long-term independence
• How to balance authenticity, professionalism, and personal boundaries on social media
• Why perseverance, experimentation, and learning from mistakes are essential to entrepreneurship
• How collaboration, networking, and embracing change can help physicians create new opportunities and shape the future of medicine

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Keywords: Dallas, Texas, USA

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In this episode of the Mindful Practice Podcast, Dr. Nkem Ezeamama, an emergency physician, multifamily real estate investor, and founder of Phoenix Capital Investments, shares how uncertainty, burnout, and a desire for greater financial freedom led her beyond traditional medicine and into entrepreneurship. What began as passive real estate investing evolved into a mission to help physicians build financial literacy, diversify their income, and create greater flexibility in both their careers and lives.

Dr. Ezeamama discusses the mindset shifts required to become an investor, including overcoming imposter syndrome, embracing failure, redefining her identity beyond the physician title, and learning to delegate as a leader. She also breaks down multifamily syndications, evaluating deals and operators, understanding risk and return, the importance of due diligence, and why physicians may consider starting passively before becoming active investors. Most importantly, she shares how consistency, intentional growth, relationships, and a willingness to take calculated risks have shaped her definition of success and legacy.

In this episode, you'll learn about:

• How career uncertainty and burnout can inspire physicians to explore entrepreneurship
• How to overcome imposter syndrome when entering a new industry
• Why physicians should prioritize financial literacy before investing
• The basics of multifamily real estate investing and syndication
• How to evaluate a real estate deal, market, and operator
• Key investment metrics investors should understand before committing capital
• Why due diligence and asking the right questions can help avoid costly mistakes
• Why beginners may consider starting as passive investors before becoming active
• How delegation, boundaries, and intentional priorities help physician entrepreneurs reclaim their time
• How embracing growth, consistency, and calculated risk can redefine success and create a lasting legacy

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Keywords: Dallas, Texas, USA

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In this episode of the Mindful Practice Podcast, Dr. Diana Kumar and Dr. Teresa Walsh, OB-GYNs and co-founders of Gliss Wellness, share their inspiring journey from traditional medical practice to physician entrepreneurship. After years of working within systems that prioritized productivity, RVUs, and increasingly shorter patient visits, they decided to take a leap and create a model of care built around autonomy, flexibility, and meaningful patient relationships.

They discuss what it really takes to build a nationwide telemedicine company, from multi-state licensing and legal considerations to marketing, finances, business operations, and learning entrepreneurship on the job. Most importantly, they share how redefining their careers allowed them to create more time for their patients, their families, and the lives they wanted outside of medicine.

In this episode, you'll learn about:

• How physicians can recognize when traditional practice is no longer sustainable
• How to take the first steps toward physician entrepreneurship and career reinvention
• The realities of building and scaling a nationwide telemedicine practice
• Why autonomy, flexibility, and alignment can redefine success for physicians
• How to develop business, marketing, financial, and leadership skills outside of medical training
• The importance of choosing the right co-founder and building trust through radical honesty
• How alternative care models can create deeper, more personalized patient relationships
• How physicians can overcome fear and confidently take the next step toward a more fulfilling career
• Why entrepreneurship requires hard work before it can create greater freedom
• How to align your career with your personal values, family priorities, and definition of success

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Keywords: Dallas, Texas, USA

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What happens when a successful physician realizes that the way she has been practicing medicine is no longer sustainable?

In this episode of the Mindful Practice Podcast, Dr. Sunny Smith, physician coach, CEO and founder of Empowering Women Physicians, shares her deeply personal journey from physician, professor, and overachiever to discovering the transformative power of coaching after a life-changing bicycle accident. She reflects on how burnout, injury, and forced stillness helped her recognize the need for a different way of living and ultimately inspired her to create a supportive community for women physicians.

In this episode, you'll learn about:

• How a bicycle accident transformed Dr. Smith’s perspective on medicine and life
• Why women physicians experience burnout and struggle with boundaries
• The story behind Empowering Women Physicians and its safe, supportive community
• How self-compassion can help physicians move beyond perfectionism and burnout
• Why the healthcare system—not individual physicians—is often the root of burnout
• How women physicians can recognize their leadership potential and use their voices
• Why career reinvention and non-traditional paths can create greater sustainability
• How coaching can help physicians build confidence, self-trust, and meaningful change
• Why physicians don’t have to practice medicine the way it has always been done
• The importance of role modeling healthier, more sustainable careers for the next generation of physicians

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Keywords: San Diego, California, USA

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What happens when surviving cancer changes the way you see your life, career, and purpose?

In this episode of the Mindful Practice Podcast, Dr. Verniese Moore shares her powerful journey from cancer survivor and physician to entrepreneur and founder of Vie Lorie, a luxury handbag brand rooted in the philosophy of living a “life of victory.” She reflects on how being diagnosed with lymphoma during medical school shifted her perspective and created an urgency to pursue the things that feel truly purposeful.

Dr. Moore also discusses how her medical training influences the intentionality and precision behind Vie Lorie, why she believes purpose should come before the product, and how entrepreneurship has allowed her to create a platform centered on empowering and celebrating women.

In this episode, you'll learn about:

• How surviving cancer changed Dr. Moore’s perspective on life
• What inspired her to pursue entrepreneurship outside of medicine
• The story behind the creation of Vie Lorie
• Why purpose, resilience, and intentionality are at the heart of her brand
• How her medical training influences her approach to business
• Why success is about impact and fulfillment, not just money
• What it means to live a “life of victory”

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What happens when a physician realizes that traditional clinical practice is no longer the only way to create impact, income, and freedom?

In this episode of the Mindful Practice Podcast, Dr. Bertina Hooks shares a deeply personal story about how she became an entrepreneur and why she chose to build multiple businesses instead of limiting herself to a single career path. She explores the motivations behind entrepreneurship, the importance of freedom, and how her medical training and experiences shaped the businesses and opportunities she created.

Dr. Hooks also reflects on why she chose internal medicine, her love for the complexity of caring for the whole person, and how her journey from physician to entrepreneur became part of a larger mission to serve others in different ways.

In this episode, you'll learn about:

• Why Dr. Hooks chose internal medicine
• What inspired her to pursue entrepreneurship
• Why freedom became a central motivation for building businesses
• How she uses her medical experience beyond traditional clinical practice
• Why she created multiple businesses rather than pursuing just one
• How entrepreneurship can create new opportunities for physicians to expand their impact

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In this deeply personal episode of the Mindful Practice Podcast, Dr. Bertina Hooks spotlights her forthcoming memoir, From Fire to Freedom: A Memoir of Transformation, Renewal, and Resilience. Through her experience as a physician who underwent a right below-the-knee amputation in December 2022, Dr. Hooks explores disability, identity, resilience, equity, burnout, vulnerability, and the journey of rebuilding a life with intention.

The book is scheduled for release September 23, 2026. Follow Dr. Bertina Hooks and the Mindful Practice Podcast for pre-order announcements, excerpts, launch events, and conversations surrounding the book.

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In this episode of the Mindful Practice Podcast, Dr. Bertina Hooks explores three powerful books that examine diversity, equity, and inclusion in medicine: The Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, and Twice As Hard by Jasmine Brown.

Through these stories, the episode examines medical exploitation, patient autonomy, historical mistrust, systemic discrimination, representation, and the experiences of Black women physicians. More importantly, it explores how healthcare professionals can move from understanding history to taking meaningful action.

What You’ll Discover:

• How historical medical harm continues to shape trust between patients and healthcare systems.
• Why informed consent must include genuine understanding, autonomy, and freedom of choice.
• What Henrietta Lacks’ story teaches us about ethics, scientific progress, and patient dignity.
• Why representation in medicine must include meaningful power, leadership, and opportunity.
• The barriers Black women physicians have overcome throughout medical history.
• How healthcare professionals can examine bias in clinical care, research, education, and leadership.
• Practical ways institutions can move beyond DEI statements toward measurable change.
• Why lived experiences and personal stories are essential alongside data and statistics.

DEI is not a one-time training or a statement on a website. It is an ongoing practice that requires reflection, humility, accountability, and action. Reading can open the door—but meaningful equity begins when we decide to walk through it.

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About Dr. Bertina Hooks:

Dr. Bertina Hooks is a board-certified internal medicine physician, entrepreneur, coach, and speaker dedicated to helping physicians navigate burnout, gain career clarity, and redesign their professional lives in alignment with their values and goals.

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In this episode of the Mindful Practice Podcast, Dr. Dixie Kidd, DO shares her journey of practicing medicine while living with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, exploring how resilience, disability inclusion, workplace accommodations, and authentic physician identity can empower physicians to build sustainable and meaningful careers.

What You’ll Discover:

• How disability and chronic illness shape the physician experience.
• The importance of accommodations and accessibility in healthcare workplaces.
• Why lived experience can strengthen empathy and improve patient care.
• The barriers and misconceptions physicians with disabilities continue to face.
• Practical ways physicians can create sustainable careers while honoring their health.
• How embracing inclusion benefits physicians, healthcare teams, and the patients they serve.

When healthcare embraces disability inclusion and recognizes the value of diverse lived experiences, physicians are empowered to continue leading, healing, and making a lasting impact—regardless of physical limitations.

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About Dr. Bertina Hooks:

Dr. Bertina Hooks is a board-certified internal medicine physician, entrepreneur, coach, and speaker dedicated to helping physicians navigate burnout, gain career clarity, and redesign their professional lives in alignment with their values and goals.

Connect with Dr. Hooks:

Website: pinnaclebusinessacademy.org

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bertina-hooks-046a3819/

Email: [email protected]

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In this episode of the Mindful Practice Podcast, Dr. Jessica Bunin explores how psychological safety, authentic leadership, and inclusive workplace cultures empower physicians to thrive, strengthen healthcare teams, and improve patient care.

What You’ll Discover:

• How physician identity influences career growth and leadership.
• Why psychological safety is essential for thriving healthcare teams.
• The impact of inclusion on physician well-being and patient care.
• Practical ways leaders can foster inclusive and supportive workplaces.
• Why mentorship and trusted support systems are essential for long-term career success.
• How physicians can create sustainable careers while remaining true to themselves.

When healthcare organizations cultivate trust, inclusion, and psychological safety, physicians are better equipped to lead with authenticity, resilience, and compassion.

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About Dr. Bertina Hooks:

Dr. Bertina Hooks is a board-certified internal medicine physician, entrepreneur, coach, and speaker dedicated to helping physicians navigate burnout, gain career clarity, and redesign their professional lives in alignment with their values and goals.

Connect with Dr. Hooks:

Website: pinnaclebusinessacademy.org

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bertina-hooks-046a3819/

Email: [email protected]

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