The Recalibrated Vision Podcast with Bianca Ariel, MBA

Do degrees and credibility guarantee success in business? The short answer is no. This week, I spoke with Sabrina Runbeck, PA-C, a cardiovascular, thoracic, and transplant surgery physician associate who transformed her career into a mission-driven path as a venture partner, strategic advisor, and human capital architect. She is also a TEDx speaker. Sabrina started by helping clinicians find confi...

In this episode, we have an honest conversation about money with Dr. Camille Upchurch. Every day we hear from money coaches, gurus, and society at large that success means more money. We are told to chase better jobs, start businesses, and find ways to increase our income. What often gets missed in the conversation is that we cannot truly build wealth until we get out of debt. Dr. Camille knows th...

In this episode, I sit down with Xunda Gibson, MD who truly did it all. Like many physicians I meet, she dreamed of owning her own practice, and she made it happen for decades. Her mission was simple: to create an environment where patients received the care they truly deserved. She succeeded in bringing that vision to life, pouring her heart, soul, sweat, and tears into running her practice for m...

Dr. Kelly Elmore is the definition of a high performer and high achiever. Ever since she was six years old, she knew she wanted to become an OBGYN. She held on to that vision with unwavering belief and never let her circumstances or environment tell her otherwise. That kind of conviction is rare, and it was so powerful to hear how she stayed rooted in who she is, whose she is, and the support syst...

In this episode, Charlene Johnson, RN shares the story of what happened when she finally chose to use her voice after 30 years of silence in her nursing career. For decades, Charlene endured racism in the workplace and carried the weight of those experiences quietly, leaning on her faith to sustain her through it all. Everything changed in 2020 when she was asked to lead a listening session on rac...

What does it truly mean to be a healer beyond the white coat? In this powerful conversation, Dr. Yolanda Bogaert shares her journey from decades as a nephrologist to redefining her identity as a healer, mother, and leader. She opens up about navigating moral injury in medicine, balancing motherhood (including raising a son with autism), and overcoming her own health challenges while finding the co...

In this episode, Dr. Lailah Kara-Newton, Co-Founder of Aster shares her deeply personal story of navigating preeclampsia during her own pregnancy and how, even as an OB/GYN, she was overlooked by the very system she worked in. Her experience reflects a troubling reality in the United States, where maternal health outcomes are among the worst in high-income countries. Black women are nearly three t...

Dr. Farah Laurent is someone who shows up on your LinkedIn feed every single day. She spends over two hours editing her content and getting clear on her mission. She's doing what many people hesitate to do when it comes to building a strong professional brand online. When you think of personal brand, you might picture someone building a business. But personal branding is just as important if you'r...

There was a time when Dr. Cari Croghan couldn’t even drive past the hospital. That’s how much trauma her body was still holding after years in emergency medicine. In this episode, I had a heartfelt conversation with Dr. Cari about her journey through moral injury, the weight of burnout, and what it took to walk away from a system that no longer felt aligned. She opened up about the impact of the p...

Dr. Patrice High gave everything to her patients. She stayed late, listened deeply, and poured herself into helping people heal. But over time, the demands of the system began to take a toll. The pressure was constant, the expectations never-ending, and slowly, her own health, peace, and sense of purpose started to slip away. She was burned out and silently struggling, but she couldn’t ignore the...

Dr. Adesola Oyewole, a remarkable Family Medicine Physician with over 15 years of experience in health and wellness, joins Bianca Ariel, MBA, Chief Visionary Officer at Recalibrated Vision. Dr. Oyewole shares her inspiring journey of stepping away from the conventional healthcare system to launch her own Direct Primary Care (DPC) practice, Lily Primary Care. We explore the unique aspects of osteop...

I sit down with Dr. Miiko Rowley, a Financial Analyst turned Physician who ultimately found her calling in Functional Medicine. Dr. Rowley began her amazing career studying overseas in Japan as a financial analyst but soon realized that the work she was doing, while important to others, did not fulfill her. Determined to pursue her childhood dream of becoming a physician, she made the bold decisio...