THE RESOURCES.

Every week we sit down with the people doing the human work of healthcare — therapists, dentists, physicians, educators — and talk about what AI should and shouldn't touch. Everything here comes from those conversations.

From Burnout to Breakthrough: Why AI Can't Replace Empathy | ft. Dr. Ashok

Psychiatrist · The Empathy Clinic · 40 years in practice

Dr. Ashok

Forty years of psychiatry, an overnight telehealth pivot, and why empathy is the one thing AI can't automate.

We talked about grief, and it changed how we think about it.

Grief therapist (LCSW) · telehealth across six states

Kat

A dancer-turned-grief-therapist on continuing bonds, disenfranchised grief, and where AI does and doesn't belong.

Therapy....On a Farm?

LCSW & addiction counselor · Russo Health and Wellness, NJ

Frank Russo

A counselor in long-term recovery building a men's mental health practice — and a therapy farm.

AI in the counselling room

Hospital chaplain, UCLA Health · pastoral counselor

Charles Clemens

Thirty years of chaplaincy on compassion vs. competence, and using AI to stay present in the hardest conversations.

What if the person helping others through mental health struggles once needed that help themselves?

Counselor, Northern Ireland · men's mental health

Karen

From engineering to counseling: building the practice he needed twenty years ago, one room of men at a time.

The Global Physician Journey from Nigeria to US Lessons from 12 Years of Practice | ft. Augusta Uwah

Hospitalist · physician advisor · certified AI consultant

Dr. Augusta Uwah

A hospitalist who builds her own AI agents on revenue cycles, governance-first adoption, and the real adoption number.

What happens when relationships break down, and can AI actually help?

Licensed marriage & family therapist · San Francisco

Andrea Dendinger

Twenty years of couples therapy, the repair moment as 'secret medicine,' and a clear line on AI in the room.

What happens when a psychiatrist gets tired of a broken system | ft. Vera Prisacari

Psychiatrist · founder, ADHD Alliance of Minnesota

Dr. Vera Prisacari

Leaving the insurance grind to build a flat-fee ADHD practice — and being found by patients through AI assistants.

I Was Just Surviving, Turning her Diagnosis into her Superpower || ft. Caitlin's Counseling Corner

Licensed professional counselor · trauma specialist, NJ

Caitlin

A bipolar 2 diagnosis that became a philosophy — 'choose your healthy' — and a practice growing into a nonprofit.

Trauma VS Addiction || ft. Dr Rick Barrett

Clinical psychologist · Vermont & New York · 25+ years

Dr. Rick Barrett

Addiction, trauma, and testimony to the statehouse: an early adopter's case for guardrails over bans.

Bipolar Disorder, AI in Therapy & a Heart Transplant Story You Won't Forget || ft. Dr. Lawrence Levy

Psychotherapist · bipolar specialist · 20 years in practice

Dr. Lawrence Levy

A therapist with bipolar 1, an emergency heart transplant, and the strongest case on the show for keeping the human in the loop.

Reclaiming Your First Hour || ft. Lisa Morris

Psychotherapist, California · former managed-care executive

Lisa Morissette

From 20 years in managed care to the therapy chair: presence practices, and what to do when clients bring ChatGPT to session.

Your Identity Is Your Thermostat || ft. The Body | Mind IQ

Respiratory physiotherapist · founder, Body Mind IQ

Bal Matharu

COVID frontline burnout to lifestyle-medicine founder: breathwork, cell danger theory, and AI for the mundane so humans can create.

Why Dentistry Is Changing Faster Than Ever || ft. Dr Kat

General dentist, UK · 20 years in practice

Dr. Katrina Akil

A self-declared 'camp AI' dentist on note summaries, patient letters in five minutes, and buying back ten minutes per consult.

From Bankruptcy To 101 Year Old Clients || ft. Scott Frankham

Physiotherapist, Adelaide · aged care & NDIS

Scott Frankham

Bankruptcy, three lost houses, a rebuilt life in physiotherapy — and ChatGPT as an everyday clinical thinking partner.

Dentists Are Not Going Anywhere, But The Way They Work is Changing Fast || ft. Sompop Bencharit

Prosthodontist · dental educator · AI-in-dental-education network

Dr. Sompop Bencharit

Thirty-two years across three universities: why AI is the next chapter of dental technology, not a rupture.

I Use AI But Stays Human || Digital Health ft. Andreina Sucre

Dental hygienist · oral pathology educator · The Path of RDH

Andreina Sucre

A Venezuelan dentist rebuilt as a US hygienist-educator: content burnout, a ChatGPT named Marge, and staying yourself online.

AI Is There To Help, Not To Replace | Steve Craig

VP of Sales, Solmetex · 30 years in healthcare sales

Steve Craig

Thirty years selling into practices and DSOs: personal brand, incremental adoption, and why humans fear sudden change — not change.

WRITING — PRACTICE STORIES

Long-form portraits of the people behind the practices: where they started, what broke, what they leapt toward, and the tension they're still working out. Written from our conversations, with care.

Psychiatrist · The Empathy Clinic · 40 years in practice

Dr. Ashok

AI does not have a heart yet. I'm going to say yet.

Grief therapist (LCSW) · telehealth across six states

Kat

If you're breathing, you're grieving.

LCSW & addiction counselor · Russo Health and Wellness, NJ

Frank Russo

HOPE — hearing other people's experiences.

Hospital chaplain, UCLA Health · pastoral counselor

Charles Clemens

A means and not an end.

Counselor, Northern Ireland · men's mental health

Karen

I wanted to be the guy that I needed all those years ago.

Hospitalist · physician advisor · certified AI consultant

Dr. Augusta Uwah

Ambient scribes are the gateway drug of AI.

Licensed marriage & family therapist · San Francisco

Andrea Dendinger

If I'm resisting AI, I'm just making my suffering and pain worse.

Psychiatrist · founder, ADHD Alliance of Minnesota

Dr. Vera Prisacari

Patients are telling me they found me through AI bots.

Licensed professional counselor · trauma specialist, NJ

Caitlin

Choose your healthy.

Clinical psychologist · Vermont & New York · 25+ years

Dr. Rick Barrett

AI is like running water. It's like electricity.

Psychotherapist · bipolar specialist · 20 years in practice

Dr. Lawrence Levy

Make sure you never let AI replace you.

Psychotherapist, California · former managed-care executive

Lisa Morissette

Do we have two providers in the room?

Respiratory physiotherapist · founder, Body Mind IQ

Bal Matharu

People open up with people they connect with, not with machines.

General dentist, UK · 20 years in practice

Dr. Katrina Akil

I've got an extra 10 minutes of my consultation to myself.

Physiotherapist, Adelaide · aged care & NDIS

Scott Frankham

Time is the only resource we have no idea how much we have left.

Prosthodontist · dental educator · AI-in-dental-education network

Dr. Sompop Bencharit

Get on with the train or we will leave you behind.

Dental hygienist · oral pathology educator · The Path of RDH

Andreina Sucre

Are you going to recognize yourself in a year from today?

VP of Sales, Solmetex · 30 years in healthcare sales

Steve Craig

Humans fear sudden change, not change.

THE SHOW LOG

One entry per episode: what we covered, the moments worth your time, and one thing you can put to work in under fifteen minutes.