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Thriving Practice with Tracy Cherpeski — 106 episodes

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1

Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing: Dr. Peter Kevorkian on Purpose-Driven Practice and Burnout Prevention, EP 256

2

What Med School Never Taught You About Running a Practice—And How to Close the Gap – A Special Snack Episode, EP 255

3

The Diagnostic Eye: Reading Your Practice's Recurring Problems, EP 254

4

You May Be the Bottleneck: What a Telehealth Entrepreneur Wants Every Practice Owner to Know Featuring Paulina Riedler, EP 253

5

The Ick Factor: Why Practice Owners Avoid Fee Conversations — And What It's Costing Them – A Special Snack Episode, EP 252

6

If You Don’t Ask, You Don’t Know: A GP’s Case for Making Menopause Care a Practice Priority Featuring Dr. Danielle Hunte, EP 251

7

18 Years in the Insurance System, Then She Built Something Better: Dr. Samantha Mekrut on DPC and Women’s Midlife Health, EP 250

8

The Real Burnout Prevention Framework for Independent Practice Owners – A Special Snack Episode, EP 249

9

Fork in the River: Leadership, Loneliness, and What Healthcare Can Learn from the Rise and Fall of Company Towns Featuring Lisa Prior, EP 248

10

From the Weeds to the Horizon: The Altitude Shift That Sharpens Every Decision and Protects You from Burnout, EP 247

11

Is Independent Practice Worth Protecting? Tracy's Unfiltered Take on Staying Independent in 2026 – A Special Snack Episode, EP 246

12

You've Done Nothing Wrong: A DPT's Practical Guide to Fitness and Nutrition for Busy Healthcare Providers Featuring Dr. Hannah Brandt, EP 245

13

Stop Being an Operator for the Insurance Company: Paul Vigario on Branding, Awareness, and Practice Growth Featuring Paul Vigario, EP 244

14

Good Revenue, No Money: The Financial Clarity Gap in Healthcare Practices - A Special Snack Episode, EP 243

15

Data Over Guesswork: What a Marketing Engineer Knows About Growing Your Practice Featuring Cameron LiButti, EP 242

16

Leading From Last Place: Why Self-Neglect Is a Practice Problem, Not a Personal Failing, EP 241

17

The 80% Rule: How Practice Owner CEOs Stop Perfecting and Start Scaling – a Special Snack Episode, EP 240

18

The Undoctor: Why a Psychiatrist Says Human Connection Heals More Than Any Prescription, Featuring Dr. Fred Moss, EP 239

19

You Don’t Have a Team Problem – You Have a Leadership Identity Problem, EP 238

20

Relationship Over Cold Calls: Smarter Patient Growth for Practice Owner A Special Snack Episode, EP 237

21

Consistent Marketing Over Perfect Campaigns: Growing Your Practice Without Overwhelm Featuring Kurt Hoffmann, EP 236

22

Three Healthcare Experts, One Solution: How to Future-Proof Your Practice When Everything Feels Urgent, EP 235

23

"Am I Actually Making Money?" Understanding the Numbers That Matter Most in Private Practice Featuring Sean Healy and Keith Campagna, EP 234

24

The Multiplier Mindset: Why Subtracting Is the Key to Practice Growth – A Special Snack Episode, EP 233

25

Bridging the Specialist Gap: How Virtual Consultations Transform Veterinary Practice Management Featuring Dr. Kenneth Pierce, EP 232

26

The Three-Year Journey: How One Physician's Burnout Led to Helping Others Reconnect Featuring Dr. Shelina Jaffer, EP 231

27

Behind the Scenes: Generational Divides, Physician Unions, and What Practice Owners Really Want - A Special Snack Episode, EP 230

28

The 66-Day Truth: Building Sustainable Change in Your Healthcare Practice, EP 229

29

The Iceberg Effect: How Winter Blues Ripple Through Your Healthcare Practice, EP 228

30

The Revenue Trap: Why More Patients Doesn't Always Mean More Profit – A Special Snack Episode, EP 227

31

How to Secure NIH Funding When Everyone Says It's Impossible Featuring Dr. Meg Bouvier, EP 226

32

From Burnout to Partnership: Attracting Physicians Leaving Hospital Systems – A Special Snack Episode, EP 225

33

The Surgeonista: How Authentic Branding Attracts the Right Patients, Featuring Dr. Gina Maccarone, EP 224

34

Burnout Prevention for Practice Owners: Why Wellness Advice Doesn't Work (And What Does), EP 223

35

Beyond Exhausted: Understanding the WHO's Burnout Framework for Healthcare Leaders, EP 222

36

AI in Healthcare: Band-Aid or Solution? What Practice Owners Need to Know – A Special Snack Episode, EP 221

37

Why Proactive Legal Support Actually Saves Practice Owners Money Featuring Sarah Covington, EP 220

38

The Hidden Financial Challenges of Physician Ownership Featuring Anjali Jariwala, EP 219

39

Behind the Research: What 18,000 Physicians Can't Tell Us About Private Practice Burnout - A Special Snack Episode, EP 218

40

The Time Trap: Why Independent Practices Are Disappearing (And the Swell Coming to Save Them), EP 217

41

Teaching Burnout Prevention While Burning Out: What Actually Saves Us, EP 216

42

Buy-Ins, Buyouts, and Why Your Practice Needs a Plan B, Featuring Debra Phairas, EP 215

43

The Practice Owner's Guide to Quarterly Planning (and Staying Ahead of the Chaos) - A Special Snack Episode, EP 214

44

Why "Work Smarter Not Harder" Is Terrible Advice (And What Actually Works), Pt. 3, EP 213

45

Stop Responding to Fake Urgencies: How to Actually Protect Your Strategic Time, Pt. 2, EP 212

46

The Isolation Trap: How Independent Providers Can Build Their Professional Village – A Special Snack Episode, EP 211

47

Stop Managing Your Time: Why Healthcare Practice Owners Need Time Leadership, Pt. 1 EP 210

48

The Oxygen Advantage: Building a Profitable EWOT Practice, Featuring Brad Pitzele, EP 209

49

The 'Always On' Trap: Why Healthcare Providers Must Learn to Turn Off – A Special Snack Episode, EP 208

50

AI in Healthcare: How Technology Makes Patient Care More Human, Featuring David Herman, EP 207

51

Women in Medicine Month: Exposing the Research Bias That's Making Burnout Worse, EP 206

52

The Gardener's Approach: Growing Your Practice Without Burning Out - A Special Snack Episode, EP 205

53

Beyond Success: How Two Practice Owners Created Expanding Circles of Influence, Pt. 3, EP 204

54

From Firefighting to Success Architecture: The 4-Pillar Framework That Scales Healthcare Practices, Pt. 2, EP 203

55

The $400K Barrier: The One Mindset Shift That Changed Everything, Pt. 1, EP 202

56

The 10x Mindset: How This CEO Scaled Her Medical VA Company by 600% in Three Years, Featuring Beth Lachance, EP 201

57

200 Episodes Deep: Season 9 Kicks Off with New Vision for Healthcare Practices – A Special Snack Episode, EP 200

58

The Movement We're Building (And You're Invited) Season 8 Finale, EP 199

59

The Chief Complaint Driving Healthcare Providers to Burnout (And the Intensive That's Changing Everything) - A Special Snack Episode, EP 198

60

From Prohibition to Profit: How One Entrepreneur is Connecting Doctors and Cannabis Patients Featuring Aspen Noonan, EP 197

61

Why Your Patients Need More Than Medical Care: The Functional Nutrition Solution Featuring Andrea Nakayama, EP 196

62

How to Buy Future Days Off Featuring Clint Harris, EP 195

63

The Clinical Mindset That's Killing Your Practice Growth – A Special Snack Episode, EP 194

64

How to Save and Spend Money Simultaneously (The Three-Cup Method) Featuring The Banking Bros, EP 193

65

The 5-Question Framework That Stops Second-Guessing (And Why Every Practice Leader Needs It), EP 192

66

From Isolation to Innovation: Building Healthcare Practices Through Community Support - A Special Snack Episode, EP 191

67

Why 82% of Physical Therapists Quit - And How One Doctor Created the Solution Featuring Dr. Sarah Crawford, EP 190

68

Building a Practice That Runs Without You Featuring Dr. Ruth Mannschreck, EP 189

69

The 'Too Busy' Trap: Breaking Free from Practice Management Overwhelm – A Special Snack Episode, EP 188

70

Culture is Not a Workshop: How You Show Up Every Moment Matters Featuring Jennifer Raams, EP 187

71

The $100K Blind Spot: Why Male Patients Are Quietly Leaving Your Practice, EP 186

72

Subtract Before You Multiply: Your Growth Roadmap Essentials – A Special Snack Episode, EP 185

73

Marketing by the Numbers: Why Data Beats Gut Instinct Every Time Featuring Justin Strong, EP 184

74

Independent Practice Isn't Dead: How Physicians Can Thrive Outside Big Healthcare Featuring David T. Ford, EP 183

75

Leadership Hats: How Healthcare Providers Can Transform Clinical Confidence into Business Success – A Special Snack Episode, EP 182

76

Outpointing the Competition: Data-Driven Growth Strategies in Healthcare Featuring Asha Strazzero-Wild, EP 181

77

The Leadership Advantage: Small Wellness Initiatives With Big Impact, EP 180

78

Turning Vision into Action: Tracy’s Approach to Breaking Down Goals for Healthcare Practices – A Special Snack Episode, EP 179

79

Systems That Serve: Fractional Administration as The Missing Piece in Your Practice Featuring Sarah Clark, EP 178

80

From Shoveling Water to Strategic Leadership Featuring TJ Slattery, EP 177

81

Practice CEO: The Evolution of Independent Healthcare in a Corporate World - Special Snack Episode, EP 176

82

Escape Velocity: Breaking Free from Full-Time Clinical Practice Through Strategic Investments, Featuring Dr. Amir Baluch, EP 175

83

Thriving Practice Podcast: Practice Leadership - Balancing Professional Demands and Personal Needs - Special Snack Episode, EP 174

84

Creating Programs That Transform Patient Results with Joanna Sapir, EP 173

85

The Silent Epidemic: How Stress Impacts Healthcare Practice Owners, EP 172

86

Stop Working for Free: A CFO's Guide to Medical Practice Profitability Featuring Susanne Mariga, EP 171

87

Beyond the Agenda: Creating Psychological Safety in Group Facilitation - Special Snack Episode, EP 170

88

Numbers, Notes, and Confidence: A Musical CFO's Approach to Practice Growth Featuring Danielle Hendon, EP 169

89

From Survival to Mission: A Founder's Evolution in Healthcare Leadership - Special Snack Episode, EP 168

90

The Human Touch: Building Healthcare Practices Worth Preserving Featuring Michael Silva, EP 167

91

The Secret Weapon for Healthcare Practices: Understanding Fractional CFOs Featuring Lizette Peña, EP 166

92

The CEO Nobody Told You You Already Are, EP 165

93

Tough Nuts, Big Hearts: A Raw Look at Healthcare Practice Leadership - A Special Snack Episode, EP 164

94

From Hours to Minutes: Streamlining Prior Authorizations with Arrive Health's Innovative Tech Featuring Kyle Kiser, EP 163

95

The 44% Profit Strategy: Transforming Healthcare Practices into Thriving Businesses Featuring Carrie Cook, EP 162

96

Technology That Gives Your Team Their Time Back: Smart Solutions for Practice Efficiency Featuring William Velasco, EP 161

97

Eat More, Feel Better? Debunking Diet Myths and Sharing the Keys to Lasting Wellness Featuring Dr. James Cima, EP 160

98

Private Equity in Healthcare: A Candid Conversation - Special Snack Episode, EP 159

99

SEO Secrets for Healthcare Providers: Optimize Your Website to Reach More Patients Featuring Samantha Mabe, EP158

100

Becoming Your Own Banker: Infinite Banking to Build Wealth for Practitioners Featuring Dr. Rob Scranton, EP 157

101

How to Stop Leaving Money on the Table: Medical Coding Secrets Featuring Sherry Elliott, EP 156

102

Why Dismantling DEI in Healthcare Kills People, EP 155

103

The Parent-Leader Connection - A Special Snack Episode, EP 154

104

Beyond the Stethoscope: A Cardiologist's Journey to Heal Physician Burnout Through Coaching Featuring Ben Reinking, EP 153

105

Designing Prosperity in Your Practice and Life Featuring Dan Romance, EP 152

106

Digital Health Solutions for Osteoporosis: Combining Strength Training with Medical Care Featuring Jenni Tarma, EP 151