Beyond the Bleep

Business EN ↓ 6 episodes

Beyond the Bleep is the podcast for doctors who dare to redefine their path. Dr. Feyisara Mendes brings you honest conversations with doctors stepping off the treadmill of unfulfilling and unsustainable workloads, to build careers they truly love. We’re doctors talking honestly about reimagining life in medicine. Sharing inspiring stories which highlight ways that you too , can build a flexible, fulfilling and sustainable career - Beyond the Bleep.

Author

Beyond the Bleep

Episodes

Physician Mental Heath and Transforming the system through lived experience with Dr Kieran Allen 23.03.2026 43:56

In this episode of Beyond the Bleep, Dr Feyisara Mendes speaks with Dr Kieran Allen, an Australian doctor completing specialist training in psychiatry. Drawing on his own lived experience, Kieran advocates for greater openness, compassion, and structural change around doctors’ mental health and challenges the stigma that still shapes medical culture. Dr. Kieran shares what it’s like to navigate me...

Turning Personal Experience into Scalable Impact with Dr Divpreet Sacha 16.03.2026 36:46

In this episode, I’m joined by GP and entrepreneur Dr Divpreet Sacha. We explore her journey into a portfolio career shaped by lived experience, curiosity and purpose. She shares how her personal fertility journey led her into women’s health innovation, what it takes to build something impactful alongside clinical work and motherhood, and why scalable solutions matter. We also explore imposter syn...

The Blueprint to Career Reinvention with Dr. David Onu 21.02.2026 38:16

Dr David Onu, author of The Career Reinvention Blueprint , shares his own story of reinvention. Pivoting from a prestigious career in neurosurgery, to a path that brought him a deeper, more grounded sense of fulfilment and transformed the way he defines success. In this episode, he shares insights from his new book that will resonate with anyone considering a quiet shift or a bold pivot.

Medicine to Health Tech: Creativity & Women’s Health with Dr. Claudia Pastides 18.12.2025 46:30

Join my conversation with Dr. Claudia Pastides as she discusses navigating the intersection of creativity and medicine. Sharing her journey from General Practice to pioneering roles in health tech and digital health leadership, all while championing preventive care, women's health and launching her latest venture 'The Pink Pineapple' podcast.

Critical Care to Creating Freedom with Dr Ola Van Steen 14.11.2025 33:17

Dr Ola’s journey is a masterclass in resilience and reinvention. From war-torn Iraq to the frontlines of critical care and now, entrepreneurship. Hear how she turned her passion for helping others into a thriving business built on freedom and flexibility.

GP to Global Changemaker: Joy and Purpose through Medicine and Education with Dr Fran Fieldhouse 04.11.2025 37:13

Welcome to Beyond the Bleep the podcast for doctors who dare to redefine their path. In our first episode we're kicking things off with Dr. Fran Fieldhouse . An exceptional GP with decades of experience, who continues to evolve her career on her own terms. Dr. Fran Fieldhouse proves that purpose, passion and medicine can coexist. Hear how she balances life as a GP partner with her work as a global...