DPC Life: Conversations Beyond the Practice
Your practice should fit your life — not the other way around. DPC Life is the podcast for independent-minded doctors who are ready to step out of the system and into Direct Primary Care. Each week, we share honest stories from physicians who’ve built practices that work for their patients, their families, and themselves. Whether you’re managing kids’ schedules, craving more time for yourself, or looking to practice medicine on your own terms, this show is your guide and your community. Subscribe now and join the DPC family that’s got your back. Brought to you by HarmonyOps Health & DPC Ads
Episodes
How do you know when it’s time to leave the system and what does it look like to create something better?
In this conversation, Dr. Michelle Cooke shares her journey from burnout in a large healthcare system to opening Sol Direct Primary Care in Atlanta, GA. She talks about the realities of fee-for-service medicine, how the hospital closure in her community pushed her toward direct primary care, and why boundaries are essential for ...
In this episode, we’re joined by my awesome partner, Dr. Rachel Kelly, to take you behind the scenes of building our DPC practice, without a business plan, without a roadmap, and with plenty of trial and error. Together, we share the lessons we’ve learned in resilience and the realization that valuing our time might be the most important shift of all.
We talk about…
Why “90% of what we’ve done has not worked, and 10% has been...
Episode 5: Dr. Angela Andrews
In this episode, I talk with Dr. Angela Andrews of Seeds of Health DPC in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She shares her leap from the system into DPC, how mentorship and faith shaped her journey, and the ways she’s building community - from rebranding her practice to leading Walk with a Doc. Dr. Andrew’s story is full of courage, practical wisdom, and the reminder that DPC gives us back time for patients, fami...
Here's a sneak peek of Episode 5 with Dr. Angela Andrews. Episode 5 available on Tuesday, 9/16/25!
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Dr. Heather Doty’s DPC Journey
In this episode of DPC Life, I talk with Dr. Heather Doty of Crossroads Health and Wellness about her unexpected twists and triumphs in Direct Primary Care. Heather shares how she launched her practice in North Carolina—only to be called to move her family (and start all over again) in Florida just a month later.
Heather is a family physician, pastor’s wife, and mom of six in a beautifully blended famil...
Episode 4: Dr. Erin Kallock
In this episode, I talk with Dr. Erin Kallock, founder of Focus Health DPC in Tacoma, Washington. Dr. Kallock shares her journey from corporate medicine to direct primary care, including what finally pushed her to make the leap, and how she built her practice while raising three kids.
We get into:
How COVID and family life influenced her decision to step out of the system
The reality of leaving OB behin...
Welcome to the very first episode of DPC Life! I’m Dr. Anne Gonzalez—a family medicine physician, wife, mom, and now podcaster. In this episode, I sit down with my DPC partner, Dr. Rachel Kelly, to share the story of how we went from working as employed physicians in the traditional system to opening our own Direct Primary Care practice.
We talk about:
How we first met and became practice partners
Why the hospital system left us d...
Welcome to DPC Life ! The podcast that pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to leave the broken fee-for-service system and build a practice that fits your life.
You’ll hear stories from regular doctors who took the leap into Direct Primary Care—plus practical tips, tools, and candid conversations about what happens after you walk away from the insurance hamster wheel.
Even if you’ve already opened your DPC or you're sti...
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