☕ 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 telemedicine, and ultimately co-founding CardioVerse MD, a telecardiology company built to break down the access barriers that have patients waiting months to see a cardiologist.

In this warm and candid episode of the Coffee Playdate Podcast, Dr. Christina shares how she went from feeling deeply unfulfilled and guilty about it, to embracing a completely new identity. She talks openly about the mindset work it took to get there, the criticism she faced from colleagues and loved ones, and why the two most important moves you can make as a physician-entrepreneur are simply deciding to start and finding the right community.

🗓 Episode Timeline

00:25 – Welcome & Introduction

00:33 – ☕ Coffee chat & Games
02:08 – Christina’s background

04:52 – Should physicians pursue multiple income streams?

05:44 – Mindset tools

06:59 – Biggest entrepreneurship challenge

08:07 – Facing criticism

09:52 – Following your heart

11:21 – Working with a co-founder

12:06 – Final advice

13:03 – 📚 Book recommendation

15:51 – Closing thanks & farewell

👩‍⚕️ About Dr. Christina Kang

Dr. Christina Kang is a board-certified cardiologist, real estate investor, and co-founder of CardioVerse MD.

CardioVerse MD delivers expert cardiology care virtually, removing geographic and logistical barriers and giving patients faster access to the specialist care they need.

www.cardioversemd.com

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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 flexibility and lifestyle design.

Key Takeaways ✨

• Early entrepreneurial stumbles are just “fantastic learning opportunities” — don’t fear them.
• The biggest gift of owning your business? Flexibility and lifestyle design. (Hello, month-long family trip to Spain in 2026!)
• “You are enough.” If you survived med school and residency, you can figure out entrepreneurship too.
• Breast cancer taught her the hardest lesson: it’s okay to rest. You don’t have to run at 150 mph all the time.
• Best advice for any physician wanting to start something new: Just start. Take one step. Don’t wait to feel ready.

Timelines / Chapters

• 00:00 – Welcome to Coffee Playdate
• 00:01:05 – Rapid Fire Questions Game
• 00:01:49 – Take a Sip Game
• 00:02:42 – Manpreet’s background & early app ventures
• 00:04:38 – Scaling telehealth for transplant programs
• 00:06:56 – The power of communities & accountability
• 00:07:49 – Flexibility & lifestyle as the ultimate win
• 00:09:01 – Mindset shift: “You are enough”
• 00:09:44 – Breast cancer journey & learning to rest
• 00:11:28 – One piece of advice: Just start!
• 00:12:21 – Book recommendation
• 00:13:14 – Closing & heartfelt thanks

If you’re interested in learning more about Dr. Manpreet Samra…
Check out her telehealth company Clinicbridge.ai at https://www.clinicbridge.ai/ or tune into her podcast Totally Transplant: https://open.spotify.com/show/3KUXyRnPyDJI5UjEi1yYFf

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💬 Subscribe & Share! If this conversation touched you, please subscribe on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, or Deezer and share it with a fellow doctor or healthcare friend who might need to hear it. One intentional step at a time ✨ — Dr. Olga Deengar, Coach Olga MD © 2026 Coach Olga MD. All rights reserved.

☕ 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 share the honest highs, lows, and practical strategies that help them show up for both their patients and their kids.

Zeel opens up about her first year as an attending while navigating a new baby, rural hospital leadership, and finding work-life integration. Olga shares her own journey with three young boys across different career stages. Together they talk mindset shifts, the power of supportive teams at home and work, and why it’s okay to redesign your life when it no longer fits.

This episode is warm, relatable, and full of encouragement for any physician mom (or anyone juggling big dreams and little humans).

More on Dr. Zeel Shah @zeelshahmd on her YouTube channel for day-to-day rural medicine, residency life and medical missions on Instagram @zeelshahmd for hospital insights and mom life on TikTok and Facebook for quick tips + vlogs (@zeelshahmd). Visit her website at https://www.zeelshahmd.com/ or reach her at zeelshahmd@gmail.com.
Hashtags #MothersDay #PhysicianMom #MomInMedicine #HospitalistLife #WorkLifeIntegration #PhysicianWellness #CoffeePlaydatePodcast

Timelines

• 00:27 – Welcome & Mother’s Day intro
• 01:16 – Dr. Zeel Shah’s background
• 02:42 – A typical day on service as a hospitalist mom
• 08:00 – How Zeel balances it all (work-life integration)
• 11:15 – Breathwork, affirmations & switching gears
• 13:41 – The hardest parts people outside medicine don’t see
• 17:45 – Handling mom guilt & missing moments at home
• 22:37 – Support systems that actually matter
• 28:17 – Advice for future physician moms
• 32:40 – Closing thanks

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💬 Subscribe & Share! If this conversation touched you, please subscribe on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, or Deezer and share it with a fellow doctor or healthcare friend who might need to hear it. One intentional step at a time ✨ — Dr. Olga Deengar, Coach Olga MD © 2026 Coach Olga MD. All rights reserved.