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 highs, the lows, the struggles and the things she’d do differently now. Some incredible advice...

Jo Randall is a website designer who create stunning and strategic Squarespace websites for savvy female service-providers who are ready to make an impact. She started out in design many years ago, but of a different kind (interiors), veered wildly off-path into the corporate world and recently returned to design, this time focused on websites, which feels like coming home for her. Jo spends most of her time most days on Squarespace but, when she’s not doing that, she loves hiking and...

Something a little bit different today as we chat with a lawyer who lives and breathes the issues around Medics and GP’s.   As Medics we tend to avoid lawyers like the plague.   Shanee Baker is a strong corporate commercial lawyer, having qualified at the Bar of England and Wales.   She has held a number of senior roles in large corporations including Capita PLC and the British Medical Association as Senior Counsel to the General Practitioners Committee. She is the founder and creator...

My guest today is Emma Today I am sharing something a bit different. People have been telling me to do a Podcast for a little while and I when we were in Canada during the winter I decided to just get on and DO it. So, I asked one of my clients, Emma Presern to be my first guest. She said yes and we hit record while I was in my Zoom office which is a switched off sauna while we are in Canada during the winters. This was very unplanned. I had a vague idea of hanging the...

Chatting to Dr Rosie Khan is always a pleasure.   She is a calm, knowledgable and inspirational GP who has followed her gut and her own path out of full time GP and into a world that has given her skills such as coaching, NLP, hypnosis and lifestyle medicine.   Rosie gives an honest account of what it takes to move into the entrepreneurial space and shares her reflections. We discuss the use of AI and showing up on social media.   Rosie talks about the importance of taking the right...

Tanya Lynch is a therapeutic journalling coach and expert retreat facilitator.   Her company Ease Retreats specialises in collaborating with all sorts of authors, both well known and first timers on her writing retreats. She is most alive when supporting people in their journaling and making real life experiences rich and rewarding for others.   Tanya and I connected via Twitter over 9 years ago, we met, had a coffee and have remained firm friends ever since. Tanya is a cheerleader and...

Dr Rebecca Ryell, Bex,  is one of my clients yes, but more importantly, we go back a long way, she is a great friend and inspiration to me and my family.   Becs helped give us the push we needed to decide to take a year out and travel with the kids back in 2017 which led to me wanting to work more remotely to fit it around more travel in our lives.   Now, 7 years later she’s on her own journey doing just that alongside a medical career that she also loves.   Bex is a GP partner, a...

I first connected with Rachel back in January 2018 when I went to a networking event at Allbrights in London. She was offering an online training programme to get people doing their first 10km run at the time and we connected as I was asking her about software.   She jumped on a call with me in August 2019 with me when I was weighing up my options and introduced me to Kajabi the software I continue to use today.   At the time we were operating a local business with no online element but...

Nerys has a story that every GP who wants to embark on an innovative service within their own practice, GP cluster or in a private capacity needs to hear.   In this discussion Nerys talks us through her own journey from securing some funding for a group NHS project through to running a successful online business for patients with pre diabetes and diabetes.   Nerys didn’t wake up one morning wanting to be a business woman but she found a problem when trying to help her patients and was...

Portia is innovative, relentlessly passionate about helping others and a pleasure to work with. Portia has been a part of The Start Up Support Programme and The Digital Doctor Membership for 9 months and has been on every twist and turn along the way. This interview tells us more about this and the mindset it took to keep going. Portia shares her sound advice and top tips and is always looking for ways to learn, develop and grow personally and professionally.   I hope you enjoy this...

This is a question I get asked over and over again. It is a minefield, a hot potato, a can of worms and every other possible analogy. Tracey Jones from Inspire to Outstand helps us understand a little more about the process and may well have the answer to any questions you have. Tracey has been on both sides of the CQC as she has her own aesthetics clinic and works now with a previous CQC inspector to get businesses approved. You will learn about the process, the pitfalls and the costs...

Well this is EXCITING! I figured that my first ever Podcast should be with one of my first ever members. Dr Sara Lou Wylie is a powerhouse of a Mum, GP and now an Overwhelm Coach to women up and down the country. When we connected she was just embarking on her journey and had started the Transformational Life Coaching Diploma with Tom Dillon. She jumped into The Start Up Support Programme and The DIgital Doctor Membership with both feet and has taken small, imperfect, forward moving action...

The Start Up Support Surgery is a podcast to inspire medics and healthcare professionals who want to take their medical skills, passions or interests and start a business or side hustle alongside their busy day job and family life which creates flexibility and freedom along with a completely different way of helping people outside of the limitations we are all facing in the NHS today. Getting started in business is not easy. It is a huge learning curve and offers a rollercoaster of emotions...