The Start Up Support Surgery

Dr Natasha Collins is an NHS GP partner based in the town of Usk, Monmouthshire, South Wales. She works six sessions a week in GP and has the privilege of also serving as Chair of Gwent Local Medical Committee, representing and supporting GPs across the region. She also sits on the GPC Wales Committee, helping to shape the future of general practice for GPs across the country. Alongside my NHS wor...

Elle is a part-time A&E doctor, business owner & coach who admits to being a bit of a workaholic but when she isn't working you'll find her doing anything active, spending time outdoors or reading!  She is on a mission to help others (especially fellow healthcare professionals) create a healthier work-life for themselves.  You can find her on instagram by searching "The Portfolio Career Doctor" or...

In this episode, we sit down with Jo Hartley, who shares her transformative journey from a clinical emergency medicine consultant to a successful business coach. Jo discusses her early experiences, including attending seven schools before the age of 16 and her adventurous time in a parachuting club during university. We explore her career transition, the challenges of leaving clinical practice, an...

In this episode, Dr. Jo Watkins takes us on a journey through the entrepreneurial landscape specifically tailored for medics and healthcare professionals. Drawing from her extensive experience, Jo shares valuable insights on how to successfully blend medical expertise with business acumen. She introduces the ICE Framework—focusing on Impact, Confidence, and Ease—to guide listeners in building thei...

In this special episode, we turn the microphone on Dr. Jo Watkins, celebrating her 30 episodes of insightful podcasting. Join Dr. Dave Hindmarsh as he interviews Jo about her journey as a portfolio GP, business coach, and mentor. Discover her motivations for starting the podcast, her experiences in coaching, and how she has empowered others to thrive in their careers. This episode is packed with p...

This is a bonus episode, which features Jo Watkins being a guest on Rachel Morris' excellent podcast You Are Not A Frog.   To find out and connect with Jo: https://www.jowatkins.com/ From 'Stethoscope to Start up' free PDF giving you the blueprint for getting started as a Medic becoming an entrepreneur. How to find the time, money, people and resources that you need. This will also give you access...

Dr Dave Hindmarsh is someone I have loved working with over the last 6 months. Every message, voice note, comment adds value and lifts my spirits. He is one of 3 experts joining me for the free Masterclass on May 9th 11.30-2.30pm which is all about content creation. Click below to sign up, more details coming soon.  https://drjowatkins.mykajabi.com/freemasterclass   Dave is a portfolio GP working...

Dr Olga Morton has been practicing medicine in the UK for over 15 years her mission is to empower women with effective lifestyle changes so they can thrive through menopause, with or without HRT. We met at the BSLM conference in October and year ago and have been working together since. Olga has three busy boys and lives in Glasgow. In this podcast we hear about Olga's journey into business and th...

In this episode of The Start Up Support Surgery Podcast , I'm joined by the incredible Dr. Shubhendu Kulshreshtha—better known as Shub. Shub is a certified executive coach and emergency physician with a unique ability to empower clinical leaders to navigate complex transitions and craft impactful, non-traditional careers. With a rich professional background spanning seven organizations, six cultur...

Alice Thomson   is a certified lifestyle medicine practitioner, health coach, and former dentist with a passion for empowering outdoor-loving women to connect, relax, and reclaim their lifestyle. Grounded in science, her coaching approach is simple, actionable, and tailored to help women cultivate confidence, health, and vitality—no matter their circumstances.   Her work focuses on exploring the t...

I have had some incredible guests on this podcast. I have had some brilliant experts, some fantastic case studies of medics and entrepreneurs. With this episode, though, what I thought I'd try and do is a couple of solo episodes just sharing some of my experience, some of my thought processes, some of the stuff that I do behind the scenes within my program and within my work, one to one with docto...

From a council estate upbringing to retiring from medicine at 46, Dr Andrew Threadgold's journey is anything but ordinary. After earning his place at St Bartholomew's and excelling in both surgical and GP training, Andrew became a GP practice partner and Clinical Director of an Out of Hours organisation. But it was a career-defining challenge—a GMC investigation—that sparked his pivot into entrepr...

Betty Bertels is a mother, singer, wife and therapist Heal your Past. Grow your Business. Change the World. She helps people Heal the beliefs that they think they can't and to relax as they grow an ethical business with greater ease, fun & flow and impact. Betty uses a combination of RTT and coaching to support entrepreneurs and change makers get to the root cause of their behaviours. I've worked...

Anisha Patel is a paediatric pharmacist turned podcaster and digital creator who's passionate about showcasing the limitless possibilities within healthcare careers. Through her podcast "The Pharmacist Diaries" (172+ episodes strong!  🎙️ ), she shares stories of innovative pharmacists worldwide while building a community that breaks free from traditional career moulds. After 14 years in clinical p...

Today I am chatting with Dr Richard Pemberton.. Richard is co-founder and director of Hexagon Health Ltd, he is a certified lifestyle medicine physician, occupational physician, GP and has dedicated his career to improving the health and well-being of others. His passion for promoting healthy lifestyles has led him to study the causes of lifestyle diseases and to treat them using a lifestyle appro...

Lifestyle medicine, coaching, community and running a business. This podcast features Dr Caroline Gibson talking about all of this and more. Dr Caroline Gibson, MBChB DFSRH MRCGP DipBSLM/IBLM UKIHCA-RHC. GP, Lifestyle Medicine Physician, Health Coach & Coaching Supervisor. Caroline is co-founder and director of LifeMed Community which is an online community for all healthcare professionals and hea...

In this podcast we discuss difficult topics like burnout, money, imposter syndrome and hear some fantastic top tips. We can do hard things is my take home Katya statement. Hope you enjoy. To find out and connect with Jo: Business coaching and mentoring for Doctors | Jo-Watkins From 'Stethoscope to Start up' free PDF giving you the blueprint for getting started as a Medic becoming an entrepreneur....

An honest and frank reflection on her journey. Dr Alice Faulkner joins me to discuss how she is now working in the woods, gets a bit of an unwell feeling when I suggested a yoga studio and is a huge advocate of one of my favourite mantras. "Just send the email" Dr Alice Faulkner is an Locum Emergency Medicine Registrar who runs her own business called Yoga In The Woods. Alice is a Hatha, Vinyasa,...

Charlotte Ellis Maldari has spent nearly 20 years helping leading creative businesses find their ideal clients and build lasting authority. Charlotte believes you should establish yourself as the authority in your field, and then automate your outreach—so clients come to you, ready to invest. Charlotte and I met nearly a year ago through a group programme with Gemma Gilbert and I was fascinated ab...

Richard is an entrepreneur who is now supporting doctors on their entrepreneurial journey. In this episode we share our experiences of working with doctor and the struggles we have specifically around starting and scaling our businesses. We discuss vision, mission and values, establishing our authority and getting used to selling. There are so many transferable skills between medicine and business...

Kate Toon is honest, funny, straight talking and just the energy you need as you get started and moving in business. In this episode we talk about all things online business. Starting, scaling, funnels, social media, building an audience, offers, books, passive income and building the thingies. It's brilliant. More about Kate: Kate Toon is a British born business mentor and award-winning digital m...

Annie Padgett joins me this week on the Podcast. She is someone I have never spoken to before but we met last week on social media and we set up a call to chat. We decided to hit record. She is quite literally wonder woman. Annie has 4 businesses and is a GP Partner plus she is mum to 5 children under the age of 10. We connected on social media, sent some voice notes to each other and then jumped...

Dr Emma Presern is back for a second episode! We first spoke in Episode 9 of the first series which was recorded in March 2023. This was before Emma launched her first cohort of Rebellious Medics. Now she has navigated a successful launch and is about to go for the second cohort. Emma is a GP who has had a real journey. She has suffered with burnout and is now supporting others who feel the same. ...

Aileen Alexander is a medic who has done what so many medics hope to do. She's now running an incredibly successful online lifestyle medicine business with clients across the globe. In this episode we talk about how she started off on this path as a bit of an accident but has had the same struggles and hurdles as us all along the way. Pricing, imposter syndrome, failed launches… Her story will ins...

I can think of no better way to wrap up the first series of the podcast than with a case study episode from one of my founding members. Dr Sui Wong is an expert in her field. Working within the NHS and private sector splitting her time along with her research post and running a business… and writing books! She's amazing. In this episode Sui shares, warts and all, her journey into business. The hig...