Better Skills. Better Doctors.
Join Rebecca Ong from TCM Hub as she goes beyond the nuts and bolts of clinical practice to navigate some of the more challenging aspects of being a self-employed physician.
This podcast introduces the necessary concepts and perspectives that you need to step into the next level of your entrepreneurial journey and achieve holistic success. Leave behind the unsustainable business-building methods that now have you trapped as an employee in your own business and transform into a Free + Easy Doctor™.
Episodes
157 episodes
EP156 You Have to Be a Little Delusional
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors. I'm talking about what it actually takes to step into the future version of yourself, and why most practitioners refuse to do it.It starts with a story about a kid in a backyard ...
EP155 Scale Down to Scale Up: There Is Another Way to Build Your Practice
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors. I'm making the case that high volume is not the only legitimate shape of a successful practice, and that the framing saying otherwise is doing real damage to this profession.I in...
EP154 I'm Not Special. Here's What's Actually Going On.
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors. I'm getting personal about who I used to be before any of this, and why that matters for you.I make the case that what looks like natural confidence or business ability is almost...
EP153 How to Stop Losing Patients on Your Worst Day
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors. I'm talking about what actually happens to your practice when your day goes sideways, and why most practitioners have no plan for it.Using a real coaching call as the starting point, I ge...
EP152 Get Rejected on Purpose
Entrepreneurship brings up all your shit, and sometimes what's stopping you is harder to spot than you'd think. In this episode, I name the fear underneath every stuck place in your Chinese medicine practice: fear of rejection.Using a re...
EP151 Real Coaching Call: When to Let a Patient Go and How to Say It
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors. I'm sharing a real coaching call where we work through three of the most uncomfortable patient situations practitioners face: the patient who won't follow your protocol, the new patient who's al...
EP150 Your Best Qualities Are Being Used Against Your Business
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors. I'm talking about the trap that's built into the structure of Chinese medicine private practice, and why the qualities that make you an excellent clinician are often the exact ones working again...
EP149 What a Bad Mexican Restaurant Can Teach You About Your Practice
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors. I'm making the case that trying to be everything to everyone is one of the most common and costly mistakes practitioners make in their businesses.Using a very real lunch experience at an ...
EP148 Stop Calling It Luck: On Accountability, Circumstance, and Success
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors. I'm coming off knee surgery and keeping it short, but I had something on my mind worth saying.After a week of WAY too much scrolling, I kept running into the same pattern: people...
EP147 The High-Volume Trap: Why a Full Schedule Might Be Holding You Back
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors. I'm making the case that a packed schedule and a waiting list are not a mark of success: they're a sign you're undercharging.I walk through why the high-volume clinic became the ...
EP146 A Call Out: Why Women in Chinese Medicine Need to Step the F*ck Up
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors. I make the case that the Chinese medicine profession doesn't have an external problem, it has a business problem.I break down why 60 to 70% of licensed acupuncturists leave the f...
EP145 Six Figures in Seven Months Without a High-Volume Clinic
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors. I sat down with Tara Tonini who specializes in women's health and postpartum care. Tara built a high-touch, in-home postpartum offering that blends TCM clinical care, h...
EP144 Most People Quit Here
In this episode, I share what happened when I injured my knee right as my powerlifting training was peaking and how fast I spiraled into frustration, self-pity, and a full-on slump. But this isn’t really about my knee. It’s about wh...
EP143 Your Money Shame Is Showing
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors., I unpack why so many Chinese medicine practitioners struggle to say how much money they actually want to make, and why that hesitation is not a math problem but an identity problem.&nb...
EP142 Why Keeping Your Options Open Is Slowing You Down
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors., I share a story from early in my career when I sublet out of two clinics and thought I was being smart by “hedging my bets.” What actually happened was predictable: split focus, slow g...
EP141 Let Them Be Mad: The Price of Clinical Integrity
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors., I talk about the outsized power the one-star review holds in Chinese medicine and why fear of being disliked is quietly undermining clinical authority, boundaries, and self-respect.&nb...
EP140 How to Stay Grounded When the World Feels Heavy
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors., I talk about the rising sense of despair many people are feeling in response to the state of the world and why staying stuck in that despair doesn’t serve you, your patients, or your p...
EP139 Set a Goal That Actually Changes You
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors., I talk about why most people abandon their goals, often within weeks, and how to stop repeating that cycle. I unpack the psychology behind vague goals, missing plans, and t...
EP138 Harmonize 8 & 9 Recap: Small Changes, Big Impact
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors., Michael and I share our recap of Harmonize 8 and 9: our boldest back-to-back training weekends yet. We talk about what changed this time around, from improved student-teach...
EP137 Bet on Yourself: Our Biggest Business Risk Yet
In this special New Year’s episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors., Michael and I pull back the curtain on our biggest business risk to date: running two back-to-back Harmonize trainings in 2026. We reflect on the key win...
EP136 Five Things to Leave Behind in 2025
In this New Year’s episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors., I break down the top five things the Chinese medicine profession needs to leave behind in 2025 if we want to evolve. From people-pleasing and toxic social media ...
EP135 It’s No Better There Than Here
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors., I unpack the trap of chasing achievement as a path to worthiness or lasting happiness. Using examples like Paris Syndrome, holiday letdowns, and the emptiness that follows big wins, I ...
EP134 When Delegating Goes Wrong
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors., I talk about what happens when we delegate our self-trust to AI, social media, or the hive mind instead of doing the harder, slower work of thinking for ourselves. I share ...
EP133 Imposter Syndrome in the Treatment Room
In this episode of Better Skills. Better Doctors., I talk about the one quality that drives every successful treatment plan, patient outcome, and practice: your own confidence. From my personal experience recovering from AC...