Coffee Playdate Podcast with Dr. Olga Deengar

🎙️ Show Notes ☕ Coffee Chat Dr. Alex Schloe keeps it simple with black coffee (a full pot a day!), while we played Rapid Fire and Take a Sip games before diving into his inspiring journey. 🔑 Key Takeaways ✨ Residential assisted living offers a compassionate, high-quality alternative to traditional senior care — large homes with personalized attention for 6–16 residents. Physicians are uniquely...

Coffee Playdate Podcast Episode Title: From ER Doctor to 51-State Telemedicine Entrepreneur: Dr. Suneer Chander’s Journey Short Description: Dr. Suneer Chander, a former ER physician, shares how he transitioned into telemedicine during the pandemic, built two companies (including AIR Physician Academy), overcame imposter syndrome and a fear of public speaking, and now helps other doctors create fl...

Coffee Playdate Podcast Episode : Entrepreneurship Isn’t All Puppies and Rainbows – The Realistic Truth with Candice Lazar Short Description: Candice Lazar shares her unconventional journey from corporate marketing and law school to becoming a breathwork coach and entrepreneur. She opens up about the mindset shifts required, why she hid her legal background for years, and the importance of being r...

☕  Coffee Playdate Podcast Guest: Jack Shukman, CEO & Co-Founder of The Way - a groundbreaking meditation app. Episode Description: What if the secret to deeper meditation wasn’t more choices… but fewer ? In this inspiring episode of Coffee Playdate, Dr. Olga Deengar sits down with Jack Shukman who cofounded the groundbreaking meditation app featuring a single, progressive path of 1000 sessio...

☕ Coffee Playdate Podcast 🎙️ EPISODE SUMMARY Dr. Nneka Unachukwu (Dr. Una), board-certified pediatrician and founder of EntreMD, shares her remarkable journey from private practice to building a movement that helps thousands of physicians escape burnout and design life on their own terms. She delivers powerful mindset shifts on massive action, leadership, and why business skills are now essential...

☕ Coffee Playdate Podcast 🎙️ EPISODE SUMMARY What happens when a cardiologist finds herself in full survival mode, two young kids, a demanding call schedule, a husband who’s also a full-time physician and decides something has to change? For Dr. Christina Kang, that moment became a turning point. What followed was a journey she never could have scripted: real estate investing, a full pivot to tel...

Coffee Playdate Podcast Dr. Manpreet Samra shares how she went from full-time W-2 physician to scaling her own telehealth practice while raising two little ones - all without burning out. From early app flops to learning to rest after breast cancer, she reminds every physician mom that it’s okay to slow down, say yes, and just start. Packed with mindset shifts, community power, and real talk on fl...

☕ Coffee Playdate Podcast: From Pathologist to Multifamily Syndicator – Dr. Deb Das on Building Boston Rise Capital Dr. Deb Das, a practicing pathologist based in Boston, joins Dr. Olga for an inspiring conversation about stepping out of her comfort zone and building a successful real estate syndication company while still working in medicine. Deb shares how she and her husband started Boston Ris...

☕ Coffee Playdate Podcast: Mother’s Day Special – Real Talk on Being a Mom in Medicine Happy Mother’s Day! Dr. Olga sits down with fellow hospitalist and mom Dr. Zeel Shah for a heartfelt, no-filter conversation about what it really looks like to balance medicine and motherhood. From 7-on-7 hospitalist shifts and pumping at work to mom guilt, supportive partners, and creating boundaries, they sha...

☕ Coffee Playdate Podcast 🎙️ EPISODE SUMMARY What happens when a board-certified child psychiatrist realises that a traditional medical career — as wonderful as it is — simply isn't the whole picture? You get Dr. Marissa Caudill: a physician, parent coach, real estate investor, and now co-founder of a health-tech company, all rolled into one incredibly driven human being. In this episode of the C...

☕ Coffee Playdate Podcast: From Bicycle Accident to Building the Most Effective Physician Wellness Program – Dr. Sunny Smith Dr. Sunny Smith joins Dr. Olga for a refreshingly honest conversation about how one life-changing moment can completely shift your path. A former academic physician, Sunny shares how a serious bicycle accident in Tahiti led her to discover coaching — and eventually found Em...

Dr. Chrystene Nguyen joins Dr. Olga for a heartfelt conversation about something we rarely discuss openly in medicine - loneliness. As a family and lifestyle medicine physician, Chrystene shares how the isolation many healthcare professionals felt during COVID inspired her to create White Coat Romance, a supportive community and app for single physicians and students. She later launched White Coat...

☕ Coffee Playdate Podcast with Dr. Letizia Alto Dr. Leti Alto joins Dr. Olga for a heartfelt and inspiring conversation about what it really looks like to build true freedom as a physician. From full-time hospitalist to creating multiple successful businesses, Leti shares how she intentionally designed a life that gives her both financial freedom and the ability to travel half the year with her f...

☕ Coffee Playdate Podcast Dr. Bonnie Koo joins Dr. Olga for a really honest and refreshing conversation about her current evolution. After building WealthyMomMD around financial education for women physicians, she’s now shifting toward a more personal, lifestyle-focused brand. She’s sharing openly what it means to live a meaningful, aligned life. Bonnie talks about redefining success beyond money...

☕ Coffee Playdate Podcast: Guest: Kai Shapiro | Social Media Strategist & Founder of Global 8 Group 🌍 Episode Highlights Kai Shapiro joins Dr. Olga for a really engaging conversation about leaving his teaching career behind to build a global social media marketing agency. He shares how a desire for something more led him from the classroom to working with influencers and authors on product l...

☕ Coffee Playdate Podcast Guest: Dr. Gurneet Matharoo | Family & Obesity Medicine Physician + Business Owner 🌟 Episode Highlights Dr. Gurneet sits down with Dr. Olga for a really honest chat about stepping away from the traditional W2 doctor life to build something that actually fits around her baby and her values. She opens up about becoming an independent contractor, partnering in a med sp...

☕  Coffee Playdate Podcast Guest: Dr. Daniel Shin  | Urologist & Real Estate Investor 🔥  Episode Highlights  Dr. Daniel Shin joins Dr. Olga Deengar to discuss balancing urology with real estate investing and coaching physicians on wealth. From mindset realignment, he covers early stock investing, syndication strategies, overcoming ongoing challenges through purpose, advice for trainees to pr...

☕ Coffee Playdate Podcast Special International Women’s Day Episode Guest: Brooke Cates | Founder of The Bloom Method & Studio Bloom 🌸 Episode Highlights In this empowering International Women's Day special, Dr. Olga Deengar joins forces with Brooke Cates to help women reclaim their power through mindset + movement . Brooke shares her 15-year journey from a Boulder “download” to a global pre...

☕ Coffee Playdate Podcast: ER to Telemedicine Empire   🔥 Episode Highlights   Dr. Takashi Nakamura joins Dr. Olga Deengar from Hawaii to share his shift from high-stress ER work to telemedicine freedom, building businesses while prioritizing family. From black coffee in Aulani mugs to mindset gems like "follow your heart," he discusses credentialing across states, consulting startups, and the po...

☕ Coffee Playdate Podcast: ER Doc to Real Estate Syndicator Guest: Dr. Chirag Chaudhari | ER Physician, Investor & Admin Veteran 🔥 Episode Highlights Dr. Chirag Chaudhari joins Dr. Olga Deengar to share his 20+ year ER journey, from frontline doc to department chair, while building a real estate empire. From intermittent fasting black coffee to mindset shifts, he dives into starting with mod...

☕ Coffee Playdate Podcast: Rural Medicine & Social Media Vibes Guest: Dr. Zeel Shah | Rural Hospitalist, Mom & Content Creator 🔥 Episode Highlights Dr. Zeel Shah joins Dr. Olga Deengar for a cozy chat on blending rural medicine, missions, motherhood, and social media magic. From gratitude lessons to failing forward! Timelines 00:33: Welcoming Dr. Zeel Shah; coffee prefs – hot vanilla lat...

☕ Coffee Playdate Podcast With: Dr. Kavita Patel | Hospitalist, Stanford Prof & NEA Venture Partner 🔥 Episode Highlights Dr. Kavita Patel joins Dr. Olga Deengar to share her unique path blending patient care, academia, and venture capital in healthcare innovation. From coffee confessions to mindset tips for doctorpreneurs! 00:32: Welcoming Dr. Patel; coffee chat 01:24: Rapid fire game 01:52:...

☕ Coffee Playdate Podcast: From Burnout to Freedom Guest: Dr. Larry Daugherty | Radiation Oncologist, Real Estate Investor & Adventure Leader 🔥 Episode Highlights Dr. Larry Daugherty shares his inspiring journey from feeling suffocated in academic medicine to building an extraordinary life in Alaska filled with freedom, family, adventure, and financial independence. 🏔️ The Turning Point A st...

☕ Coffee Playdate with Dr. Alecia Fields From OB-GYN to founding Douladoc - Dr. Alecia Fields shares her pivot to virtual doula support for pregnancy & postpartum, finding your "why," and building community as an entrepreneur - all in 12 minutes . Timestamps ·       00:00:15 Introduction and Tea Preferences ·       00:00:48 Rapid-Fire Questions (natural birth wins!), (sneakers + nap!) ·      ...

Coffee Playdate Ep 11 with Dr. Alison Curfman: Visionaries in Medicine In this engaging conversation, Dr. Olga Deengar interviews Dr. Curfman, a pediatric ER doctor turned entrepreneur. They discuss Dr. Curfman's journey from medicine to startups, her passion for coffee, swimming and her insights on balancing a busy life. The conversation includes rapid-fire games, discussions on mentorship, minds...