Mindful Practice Podcast

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Mindful Practice is a weekly audio and video podcast hosted by Dr. Bertina M. Hooks, board-certified internal medicine physician, physician executive, entrepreneur, speaker, and author. Drawing on more than 15 years of clinical experience and her own journey of resilience and reinvention, Dr. Hooks explores physician burnout, professional identity, leadership, career transitions, entrepreneurship, and life beyond the white coat. Each episode provides practical strategies and honest conversations designed to help physicians and healthcare professionals: • Prevent burnout and rediscover purpose • Navigate career pivots and nonclinical opportunities • Develop leadership skills and professional identity • Build businesses and create financial freedom • Prioritize wellness and work-life integration • Design careers aligned with their values and vision Topics include physician wellness, women in medicine, healthcare leadership, physician entrepreneurship, burnout prevention, imposter syndrome, career reinvention, and life after medicine. 🌐 Website: https://mindfulpracticepodcast.org 👩🏾‍⚕️ Learn more about Dr. Bertina Hooks: https://bertinamhooksmd.org/ 🎙 New episodes released weekly. ⭐ Subscribe and leave a review to help more physicians discover the show.

  1. 12 hr ago

    Disability, Equity & Inclusion in Medicine: Rethinking Physician Sustainability | Episode 24

    In this opening episode of the Disability, Equity & Inclusion in Medicine Series, Dr. Bertina Hooks shares her personal experience of becoming a physician with a disability and the lessons it taught her about physician sustainability, inclusion, and healthcare systems. What You'll Discover: Why disability is a systems issue in medicine.How structural barriers affect physicians with disabilities.Why accommodation should be part of everyday practice.How disability strengthens empathy, leadership, and advocacy.Why better support for physicians leads to better patient care.A preview of this month's DEI conversations in medicine.Disability does not define capability—it challenges us to build a healthcare system where every physician has the opportunity to thrive. Learn more at: 🎧 pinnaclebusinessacademy.org Listen on Pinnacle Podcast Network (CME credit available): 🎧 https://learnatpinnacle.com/education Also available on: 🎧 Spotify: https://bit.ly/MindFulPracticePodcast_Spotify 🍏 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qmFqsW ❤️ iHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/4kfR732 About Dr. Bertina Hooks: Dr. Bertina Hooks is a board-certified internal medicine physician, entrepreneur, coach, and speaker dedicated to helping physicians navigate burnout, gain career clarity, and redesign their professional lives in alignment with their values and goals. Connect with Dr. Hooks: Website: pinnaclebusinessacademy.org LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bertina-hooks-046a3819/ Email: bmhooks@gmail.com Subscribe & Follow: If this episode resonated with you, subscribe to the Mindful Practice Podcast and share it with a physician who may need this conversation right now.

    Disability, Equity & Inclusion in Medicine: Rethinking Physician Sustainability | Episode 24

  2. 8 Jul

    Stop Waiting: Build Your Physician Career Pivot Roadmap with Confidence | Episode 23

    What's keeping physicians from making meaningful career change? According to Dr. Bertina Hooks, it's often not a lack of opportunity—it's waiting for the perfect time, the perfect plan, or the confidence to magically appear. In this concluding episode of the Career Clarity and Pivot Series, Dr. Bertina Hooks introduces the Phoenix Position Pivot Roadmap, a practical framework that helps physicians move beyond reflection and begin taking intentional action toward a more fulfilling career. She shares how small, strategic steps can create lasting momentum and why building professional optionality is the key to long-term career satisfaction. What You'll Discover: Why action—not waiting—is the catalyst for career transformation.How the Phoenix Position Pivot Roadmap helps physicians create a sustainable transition plan.Why understanding your values, strengths, and transferable skills is essential for career clarity.How building professional optionality creates greater freedom and flexibility.Why confidence grows through consistent action and experimentation, not certainty.How to create a realistic 90-day action plan that moves your career forward.Reflection questions to help you gain clarity, momentum, and confidence as you build your next chapter.You don't have to reinvent your career overnight. You simply have to begin. The future you want is built one intentional step at a time, and your experience has already prepared you for what's next. Learn more at: 🎧 pinnaclebusinessacademy.org Listen on Pinnacle Podcast Network (CME credit available): 🎧 https://learnatpinnacle.com/education Also available on: 🎧 Spotify: https://bit.ly/MindFulPracticePodcast_Spotify 🍏 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qmFqsW ❤️ iHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/4kfR732 About Dr. Bertina Hooks: Dr. Bertina Hooks is a board-certified internal medicine physician, entrepreneur, coach, and speaker dedicated to helping physicians navigate burnout, gain career clarity, and redesign their professional lives in alignment with their values and goals. Connect with Dr. Hooks: Website: pinnaclebusinessacademy.org LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bertina-hooks-046a3819/ Email: bmhooks@gmail.com Subscribe & Follow: If this episode resonated with you, subscribe to the Mindful Practice Podcast and share it with a physician who may need this conversation right now.

    Stop Waiting: Build Your Physician Career Pivot Roadmap with Confidence | Episode 23

  3. 1 Jul

    You Are Allowed to Evolve: The Mindset Shifts Every Physician Needs | Episode 22

    Think the hardest part of a physician career pivot is choosing the right path? According to Dr. Bertina Hooks, the real challenge isn't finding the next opportunity—it's developing the mindset to reinvent yourself. In this episode of the Career Clarity and Pivot Series, Dr. Bertina Hooks explores the internal shifts every physician must make before creating meaningful career change. From overcoming perfectionism and the sunk cost trap to embracing a growth mindset, she explains why lasting transformation begins with giving yourself permission to evolve. What You'll Discover: Why career pivots are identity shifts, not just professional transitions.How physician conditioning can keep you stuck in fear, perfectionism, and self-doubt.Why you're not starting over—you’re starting from experience.How adopting a growth mindset builds confidence through action, not certainty.Why your medical degree is a transferable asset with skills that extend far beyond clinical practice.How to avoid the sunk cost trap and redefine success on your own terms.Reflection questions to help you gain clarity, confidence, and alignment for your next career move.Reinvention isn't about leaving medicine behind—it's about becoming the physician and person you're meant to be. You are allowed to evolve, and your next chapter can be built with purpose, intention, and confidence. Learn more at: 🎧 pinnaclebusinessacademy.org Listen on Pinnacle Podcast Network (CME credit available): 🎧 https://learnatpinnacle.com/education Also available on: 🎧 Spotify: https://bit.ly/MindFulPracticePodcast_Spotify 🍏 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qmFqsW ❤️ iHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/4kfR732 About Dr. Bertina Hooks: Dr. Bertina Hooks is a board-certified internal medicine physician, entrepreneur, coach, and speaker dedicated to helping physicians navigate burnout, gain career clarity, and redesign their professional lives in alignment with their values and goals. Connect with Dr. Hooks: Website: pinnaclebusinessacademy.org LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bertina-hooks-046a3819/ Email: bmhooks@gmail.com Subscribe & Follow: If this episode resonated with you, subscribe to the Mindful Practice Podcast and share it with a physician who may need this conversation right now.

    You Are Allowed to Evolve: The Mindset Shifts Every Physician Needs | Episode 22

  4. 24 Jun

    You Are Not Trapped: Career Pathways for Physicians Beyond Clinical Medicine | Episode 21

    Feeling trapped in medicine? Believing your only choices are to stay in clinical practice or walk away completely? According to Dr. Bertina Hooks, that mindset may be one of the biggest myths physicians believe. In this episode of the Career Clarity and Pivot Series, Dr. Bertina Hooks challenges the idea that physicians only have two career options and introduces a more empowering perspective: physicians have choices, physicians can evolve, and career pivots can be intentional—not impulsive. Drawing from her own professional journey—from hospital medicine and locums to private practice, utilization management, consulting, and entrepreneurship—Dr. Hooks shares practical insights on building a sustainable and fulfilling portfolio career without burning your life down. What You’ll Discover: Why the belief that physicians only have two career choices is a myth.What it really means to pivot strategically without making reckless decisions.How optionality creates freedom and reduces feelings of professional burnout and entrapment.Different physician career pathways, including utilization management, telemedicine, consulting, pharma, coaching, entrepreneurship, and portfolio careers.Why physicians should test before they leap through networking, informational interviews, side projects, and exploration.How your medical degree is a transferable asset, not wasted education.Reflection questions to help you gain clarity and alignment before making a career move.Career pivots don’t have to be all-or-nothing. The best transitions are intentional, thoughtful, and built around the life you actually want to create. You are not trapped. You have options—and you are allowed to evolve. Learn more at: 🎧 pinnaclebusinessacademy.org Listen on Pinnacle Podcast Network (CME credit available): 🎧 https://learnatpinnacle.com/education Also available on: 🎧 Spotify: https://bit.ly/MindFulPracticePodcast_Spotify 🍏 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qmFqsW ❤️ iHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/4kfR732 About Dr. Bertina Hooks: Dr. Bertina Hooks is a board-certified internal medicine physician, entrepreneur, coach, and speaker dedicated to helping physicians navigate burnout, gain career clarity, and redesign their professional lives in alignment with their values and goals. Connect with Dr. Hooks: Website: pinnaclebusinessacademy.org LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bertina-hooks-046a3819/ Email: bmhooks@gmail.com Subscribe & Follow: If this episode resonated with you, subscribe to the Mindful Practice Podcast and share it with a physician who may need this conversation right now.

    You Are Not Trapped: Career Pathways for Physicians Beyond Clinical Medicine | Episode 21

  5. 17 Jun

    You Are Not Starting Over: Strategic Positioning for Physician Career Pivots | Episode 20

    Thinking about a physician career pivot but feeling like you’re starting over? In this episode of the Career Clarity and Pivot Series, Dr. Bertina Hooks challenges one of the biggest misconceptions physicians have about career reinvention: the belief that leaving traditional clinical medicine means starting from scratch. Instead, she explains why physicians are not starting over—they are repositioning. Dr. Hooks dives into the position phase of the Phoenix Physician Pivot Framework, exploring how physicians can strategically communicate their value, increase professional visibility, and position themselves for aligned career opportunities beyond traditional clinical roles. She breaks down why highly skilled physicians often remain professionally invisible and explains how visibility, networking, branding, and intentional positioning can create opportunities in consulting, utilization management, biotech, pharma, medical expert work, entrepreneurship, coaching, leadership, and health innovation. Tune in to learn why strategic positioning matters, how physicians can better communicate their transferable skills, and why career opportunities often follow intentional visibility—not passive waiting. What You’ll Discover: Why physicians are not starting over during a career pivot—they’re repositioning.How physicians unintentionally remain professionally invisible.Why LinkedIn optimization is critical for career visibility and opportunity.The role of networking and relationship-building in career transitions.Why thought leadership and visibility matter in physician reinvention.Physicians bring more value than they often realize. The challenge isn’t a lack of skills—it’s learning how to translate, communicate, and position those skills intentionally. Learn more at: 🎧 pinnaclebusinessacademy.org Listen on Pinnacle Podcast Network (CME credit available): 🎧 https://learnatpinnacle.com/education Also available on: 🎧 Spotify: https://bit.ly/MindFulPracticePodcast_Spotify 🍏 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qmFqsW ❤️ iHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/4kfR732 About Dr. Bertina Hooks: Dr. Bertina Hooks is a board-certified internal medicine physician, entrepreneur, coach, and speaker dedicated to helping physicians navigate burnout, gain career clarity, and redesign their professional lives in alignment with their values and goals. Connect with Dr. Hooks: Website: pinnaclebusinessacademy.org LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bertina-hooks-046a3819/ Email: bmhooks@gmail.com Subscribe & Follow: If this episode resonated with you, subscribe to the Mindful Practice Podcast and share it with a physician who may need this conversation right now.

    You Are Not Starting Over: Strategic Positioning for Physician Career Pivots | Episode 20

  6. 10 Jun

    Career Clarity Before the Pivot: Why Physicians Need Reflection Before Reinvention | Episode 19

    Feeling professionally unhappy doesn’t automatically mean you need another job. In this second episode of the Career Clarity and Pivot Series, Dr. Bertina Hooks explores one of the biggest mistakes physicians make when facing burnout, dissatisfaction, or career uncertainty: pivoting before gaining clarity. She breaks down why many physicians unintentionally recreate the same frustration in a new environment when career decisions are made from exhaustion, urgency, or confusion instead of intentional reflection. Dr. Hooks dives into the clarity phase of the Phoenix Physician Pivot Framework, sharing how self-awareness, values alignment, and intentional career design can help physicians build careers that support the lives they truly want. Tune in to learn why clarity must come before the pivot—and how intentional reflection can help physicians move toward sustainable, aligned career reinvention. What You’ll Discover: Why changing jobs without clarity often recreates the same dissatisfaction in a different environment.The importance of the clarity phase in the Phoenix Physician Pivot Framework.Reflection questions physicians can ask to identify what they truly want more of in life and career.How to recognize what is draining your energy and contributing to burnout.Why lifestyle design should shape career decisions—not the other way around.How physicians can identify transferable strengths and create a more intentional career roadmap.Learn more at: 🎧 pinnaclebusinessacademy.org Listen on Pinnacle Podcast Network (CME credit available): 🎧 https://learnatpinnacle.com/education Also available on: 🎧 Spotify: https://bit.ly/MindFulPracticePodcast_Spotify 🍏 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qmFqsW ❤️ iHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/4kfR732 About Dr. Bertina Hooks: Dr. Bertina Hooks is a board-certified internal medicine physician, entrepreneur, coach, and speaker dedicated to helping physicians navigate burnout, gain career clarity, and redesign their professional lives in alignment with their values and goals. Connect with Dr. Hooks: Website: pinnaclebusinessacademy.org LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bertina-hooks-046a3819/ Email: bmhooks@gmail.com Subscribe & Follow: If this episode resonated with you, subscribe to the Mindful Practice Podcast and share it with a physician who may need this conversation right now.

    Career Clarity Before the Pivot: Why Physicians Need Reflection Before Reinvention | Episode 19

  7. 3 Jun

    Career Strategy for Physicians: The Phoenix Position Pivot Framework | Episode 18

    Changing jobs doesn’t always solve burnout, frustration, or professional dissatisfaction. In this first episode of the Career Clarity and Pivot Series, Dr. Bertina Hooks explores why many physicians remain professionally unhappy despite moving from one role, employer, or environment to another. She introduces the Phoenix Position Pivot Framework—a strategic roadmap designed to help physicians move from burnout, confusion, and career stagnation toward clarity, intentional positioning, and aligned career reinvention. Dr. Hooks shares why physicians don’t necessarily need another random job—they need a career strategy. Tune in to learn how self-awareness, intentional reflection, and strategic pivots can help physicians build careers that align with who they are becoming. What You’ll Discover: Why changing jobs without clarity often recreates the same frustration in a different environment.The five stages of the Phoenix Position Pivot Framework: Fire, Clarity, Position, Pivot, and Rise.Why physicians are not “starting over” and how their transferable skills create new opportunities.How strategic positioning, networking, visibility, and LinkedIn/CV optimization can open doors.Why career pivots don’t always mean leaving medicine—and what aligned alternatives may look like.Learn more at: 🎧 pinnaclebusinessacademy.org Listen on Pinnacle Podcast Network (CME credit available): 🎧 https://learnatpinnacle.com/education Also available on: 🎧 Spotify: https://bit.ly/MindFulPracticePodcast_Spotify 🍏 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qmFqsW ❤️ iHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/4kfR732 About Dr. Bertina Hooks: Dr. Bertina Hooks is a board-certified internal medicine physician, entrepreneur, coach, and speaker dedicated to helping physicians navigate burnout, gain career clarity, and redesign their professional lives in alignment with their values and goals. Connect with Dr. Hooks: Website: pinnaclebusinessacademy.org LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bertina-hooks-046a3819/ Email: bmhooks@gmail.com Subscribe & Follow: If this episode resonated with you, subscribe to the Mindful Practice Podcast and share it with a physician who may need this conversation right now.

    Career Strategy for Physicians: The Phoenix Position Pivot Framework | Episode 18

  8. 27 May

    The Burnout Book Spotlight: Restoring Mindset, Habits, and Purpose | Episode 17

    Recognizing burnout is one thing. Healing, recovering, and reclaiming yourself as both a physician and a person is something entirely different. Through a special “Burnout Book Spotlight,” Dr. Hooks shares five transformative books that reshaped her understanding of stress, habits, productivity, healing, and purpose. She challenges the culture in medicine that normalizes overwork, emotional suppression, and constant achievement, reminding listeners that common behaviors are not always healthy. Burnout recovery, she explains, begins with awareness, intentional change, and practical tools that support long-term healing. What You’ll Discover: Why stress does not disappear when work ends, and how unresolved tension remains stored in the body.The difference between surviving burnout and intentionally completing the stress cycle to promote recovery.How small, sustainable habits can create meaningful change over time through consistency.This Episode Is For You If: You are feeling burned out, emotionally overwhelmed, or uncertain about your professional direction.You constantly move from one responsibility to another without enough time to recover.You struggle with perfectionism, overachievement, or an all-or-nothing productivity mindset.Resources Mentioned: Books Highlighted: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski & Amelia NagoskiAtomic Habits by James ClearThe Myth of Normal by Gabor MatéThe Five Things Successful People Do Before Eight AM by Terri Saville FoyThe Miracle Morning by Hal ElrodLearn more at: 🎧 pinnaclebusinessacademy.org Listen on Pinnacle Podcast Network (CME credit available): 🎧 https://learnatpinnacle.com/education Also available on: 🎧 https://bit.ly/MindFulPracticePodcast_Spotify 🍏 https://apple.co/4qmFqsW ❤️ https://ihr.fm/4kfR732 About Dr. Bertina Hooks: Dr. Bertina Hooks is a board-certified internal medicine physician, entrepreneur, coach, and speaker dedicated to helping physicians navigate burnout, gain career clarity, and redesign their professional lives in alignment with their values and goals. Connect with Dr. Hooks: Email: bmhooks@gmail.com Website: pinnaclebusinessacademy.org LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bertina-hooks-046a3819/ Subscribe & Follow: If this episode resonated with you, subscribe to the Mindful Practice Podcast and share it with a physician who may need this conversation right now.

    The Burnout Book Spotlight: Restoring Mindset, Habits, and Purpose | Episode 17
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Mindful Practice is a weekly audio and video podcast hosted by Dr. Bertina M. Hooks, board-certified internal medicine physician, physician executive, entrepreneur, speaker, and author. Drawing on more than 15 years of clinical experience and her own journey of resilience and reinvention, Dr. Hooks explores physician burnout, professional identity, leadership, career transitions, entrepreneurship, and life beyond the white coat. Each episode provides practical strategies and honest conversations designed to help physicians and healthcare professionals: • Prevent burnout and rediscover purpose • Navigate career pivots and nonclinical opportunities • Develop leadership skills and professional identity • Build businesses and create financial freedom • Prioritize wellness and work-life integration • Design careers aligned with their values and vision Topics include physician wellness, women in medicine, healthcare leadership, physician entrepreneurship, burnout prevention, imposter syndrome, career reinvention, and life after medicine. 🌐 Website: https://mindfulpracticepodcast.org 👩🏾‍⚕️ Learn more about Dr. Bertina Hooks: https://bertinamhooksmd.org/ 🎙 New episodes released weekly. ⭐ Subscribe and leave a review to help more physicians discover the show.

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