Direct Well-Being Podcast

Anders Apgar

Booking Overview

An interview show focused on physician well-being, burnout, financial stress, mental health, family dynamics, and healthcare systems, typically featuring physician leaders, frontline clinicians, and experts connected to clinician-wellness initiatives. Credible pitches include physician executives, healthcare-system leaders, clinician coaches, researchers, and physicians with firsthand experience of military medicine, career sustainability, or organizational change; booking difficulty is medium because guests need substantial clinical or leadership credibility and practical insight.

Metrics

Episodes: 16

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Gender skew: Neutral

Listener location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

info@directwellbeingpodcast.com

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Host

Anders Apgar - Ob/Gyn physician leader and nationally recognized voice in clinician well-being.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Physician leaders, healthcare executives, frontline clinicians, clinician-wellness specialists, physician coaches, and experts with direct experience addressing burnout, financial wellness, healthcare systems, or sustainable medical careers.

Required Achievements:

Medical or healthcare leadership roles, Direct clinical experience, Expertise in clinician well-being or organizational change, Practical experience improving physician careers or healthcare systems

Recent Guest Discussions

Aaron Pitney - Military Medicine, Physician Career Decisions, Deployment, Family Impact, Autonomy, Moral Injury, Humanitarian Missions, And Financial Security.

Diane Shannon - Physician Burnout, Career Transitions, Coaching, Women Physicians’ Pressures, Professional Identity, Meaningful Work, And Sustainable Careers.

John McMahon - Measuring Clinician Well-being, Burnout Risk, Longitudinal Tracking, Organizational Change, Workflow Friction, Leadership Communication, And Physician Retention.

Neil Roy - Healthcare Leadership, Physician Shortages, Hospital-physician Communication, Financial Wellness, Autonomy, Career Sustainability, And Physician Leadership Concerns.

Recent Topics

Physician Wellness, Burnout, Healthcare Leadership, Medical Finance, Physician Careers

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Direct Well-Being Podcast

Listen Again: The Pattern I Didn't See Coming | Ep15

October 07, 2026

What if physician well-being is ultimately about having choices? Join Dr. Anders Apgar as he revisits earlier Direct Well-Being conversations and discovers a deeper theme connecting burnout, military medicine, family, finances, and career satisfaction: agency. He explores the freedom to make choices intentionally rather than feeling trapped by professional, financial, emotional obligations.The episode examines how today’s decisions shape future freedom, especially around money, career co...

The Number That Changes Everything: When Money Stops Controlling Your Medical Career - Part 2 | Ep14

September 30, 2026

In Part 1, Dr. Jerry Schreibstein shared the money stories that shaped him. In Part 2, the conversation turns practical and personal.Together, they explore the real meaning of “enough,” why a financial plan must remain dynamic, and how the time value of money rewards early discipline more than perfect stock picks. They examine the high-stakes decisions of a physician’s 30s, housing, cars, savings habits, and contrast spending on experiences that create lasting emotional dividends with purchas...

“The Number That Changes Everything: When Money Stops Controlling Your Medical Career” Part 1 | Ep13

September 23, 2026

Physician burnout isn’t only about hours or systems. It is also about the quiet pressure that comes when income rises but freedom does not.In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Dr. Anders Apgar welcomes Dr. Jerry Schreibstein, for an honest look at the money stories physicians carry into their careers. Jerry shares growing up in a blue-collar Brooklyn family, the blunt reality of student loans in an era of double-digit interest rates, and the lecture that first showed him how compound inte...

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