148 - The Reason Behind The Pause: How I’m Recharging Now To Deliver Something Powerful For Physicians In 2026 (Big Video Drop Coming Soon)

Ever feel like you're running on empty as the year wraps up? You’re not alone—and here’s why I’m hitting pause.

In this behind-the-scenes episode, I share the real reason I’m stepping back temporarily from the Independent Physician’s Podcast, how the end-of-year medical practice duties are impacting even the most experienced physicians, and why this strategic recharge is key—not just for me, but also for you.

• Hear how I’m managing Medicare Advantage madness and practice stress behind the scenes
• Get a sneak peek at the powerful video episode dropping soon with a returning guest and new voice - (so excited to release this soon)
• Learn what to expect from the podcast as we head into 2026 with fresh clarity and purpose

Hit play now to hear why stepping back is part of moving forward—and what’s coming next for independent-minded physicians like you.

Discover how medical graduates, junior doctors, and young physicians can navigate residency training programs, surgical residency, and locum tenens to increase income, enjoy independent practice, decrease stress, achieve financial freedom, and retire early, while maintaining patient satisfaction and exploring physician side gigs to tackle medical school loans.

Transcript

Coach JPMD (00:00.642)
Welcome back to another episode where I help younger physicians decrease stress and increase income by transitioning from corporate to independent practices, even without any business experience. Welcome to the independent physicians blueprint where we help physicians decrease stress and generate wealth in this crazy world we're living in. So today I wanted to announce that I'm going to be taking a little break from podcasting. Doesn't mean that we're going away, but as you know, and if you've been listening to the

podcast for the past two, three years, every couple of months, maybe year or so I take a break from researching and doing these live episodes where I give you my thoughts and give you my share ideas, share things that are going on in this world and related to the business of medicine and related to decreasing your stress. Well, I've been stressed.

Recently, so I'll tell you and be completely transparent and honest It's end of the year and we're dealing with Medicare and Medicare Advantage patients that need their codes updated their HEDIS measures and quality measures taken care of and Some of these things have been falling through the cracks in our practice and I wanted to kind of refocus my attention on Making sure that things are done correctly the end of the year. I also have some travel plans

So with traveling for Thanksgiving and Christmas, we are, we're going to be limited in terms of time for research, but we're going to continue releasing at least one episode a week. And so where we're going to look at previous episodes and kind of curate them for you and bring them back to the forefront, especially those that are, that were popular in our series.

And maybe we'll bring back some episodes from series from from season one. Where we really focus on Medicare Advantage since it is Medicare Advantage season. So there is one more episode that's coming that's going to be an epic episode that I've been kind of teasing for a while now. We're in the final stages of production. So be on the lookout for this video episode with some great friends that have been on the podcast.

Coach JPMD (02:25.39)
And one guest that has not been on the podcast and I'm so happy to share that episode with you. So again, stay tuned. We will be back and maybe after the first of the year, probably February or so we'll resume the regular bi-weekly episodes and we'll try to keep things somewhat fresh with some old, but new episodes in the next couple of weeks. And I really appreciate you listening.

and sharing this episode with these episodes with your friends and colleagues where we can help them decrease their stress and generate wealth because we have worked too hard in our profession to to struggle and to not not do well.

And my goal is to help physicians understand what they need to do to live powerfully in this world so that they can take care of the patients so that you can take care of your patients in a powerful way. Independent of corporate controls, independent of someone telling you what to do, you should be doing this because you want to do it and you know how to do it well. And I know that you can do it. So we will see you soon. Thank you so much for listening to the podcast. If you'd like to hear more, subscribe, follow your favorite podcast app so you'll never miss an episode.