Philippa Kennealy MD MPH CPCC PCC

As a physician business owner and mom, I sometimes feel overwhelmed by the struggle to balance work and home life. (This is one of those times!) Here's how I deal with the problem.

Ditch the document laden with degrees, credentials, lengthy education sections and reams of publications and presentations. This stuff no longer matters! Instead, career changers need to go digital with their resumes. I'll show you how.

A reader asks if I have any thoughts on the pluses and minuses of using a "brand" instead of an individual physician name when naming a practice. The question goes to the heart of what your medical practice or physician business is all about -- and what your plans are for its future.

I'm appalled to think of all the talent, education and experience "going to waste" simply because the medical community hasn't come up with a decent work-from-home or work-part-time solution for highly intelligent, highly schooled women who are forced out of their professions in order to have a life.

These constructive exercises can help calm your psyche after you've received notice of an intended law suit, or an audit, or just a bile-filled nasty letter from a disgruntled patient.

Matt Silverman's Mashable's Social Media Guide for Small Businesses is a fantastic synopsis and, by far, the most comprehensive, free overview of social media for small business owners I've encountered yet.

Author Tony Schwartz's technique of working for uninterrupted 90-minute blocks of time -- focusing intently on the task at hand -- and then taking a "rest and renewal" break, may help you get back more of your day.

A recent blog post on "4 Reasons Why Doctors Don't Use LinkedIn," got me thinking about how to use the power of social media for medical practice promotion. By not participating in LinkedIn and other sites, physicians who want to grow their practices are missing an excellent marketing opportunity.

End-of-life care is a subject many physicians would prefer to avoid. For the medical profession, is it that we feel held to such a high standard that the death of a patient represents failure? Or, more crassly, does a patient's passing imply a lost future source of revenue?

Not being much of a soccer aficionado, I have nevertheless been captivated by the 2010 World Cup. While I hear many Americans bemoan the slow pace of the televised game, the low scores, and the vuvuzelas, I have been struck by lessons these matches have offered up for entrepreneurial physician business owners.

An old-but-classic video uses hysterical visuals to remind us what matters most -- and to take care of these priorities before attending to the thousands of mundane matters that distract us and occupy our attention each day.

Imagine a workplace where you were encouraged to experience autonomy, mastery and a sense of purpose. Now imagine creating a work environment that offered your employees similar gifts. That's the enchanting vision I discovered in a highly engaging and clever new video by author Dan Pink.

Joshua Tree National Park offers a glimpse into life on another planet. It's a hot, demanding place that forces you to slow down and evaluate your human survival skills. On a recent weekend visit, I also realized these same skills are ones that all entrepreneurs and small business owners need to survive.

Many physicians plan to transition out of clinical practice into non-clinical careers, including education, administration, consulting and communications. Here are my Top 10 tips for surviving the transition successfully.

Many physicians I've spoken to recently have reported drops in patient attendance, a fall-off in clientele, and declining incomes. My trip to Africa, however, showed me that, as bad as we think we have it, there are those for whom a dry bed in a rain storm is a blessing.

You can spend $100,000 on an MBA to learn how to become an entrepreneur, or you can diligently tap into the wealth of resources that the Internet provides for no more than the cost of your time.

Facebook's traffic and usage is second only to Google and it would be the 4th largest country in the world, if it were a country! How can you capitalize on this giant monster's reach?

The turgid healthcare debate has thrust into the limelight the inadequacies of the traditional practice model with its dependence for survival on high-overhead offices, health insurance and fee-for-service reimbursements. In order to prevail financially, medical practices are going to need to take stock of their business models and look to alternatives.

If I were starting a new physician business today, I'd: create an online video program teaching the public all about low back pain; what aggravates a bad back, what activities to avoid, a full-on low-back stretching and exercising program...

Google offers an amazing array of tools for physicians who make the most of the Internet to market and promote their practices or business. I haven't exploited most of them to anywhere near their fullest potential. However, one tool I have been using for some time is the Google Alerts tool.

I've long been a fan of Professor Srikumar Rao, the author of "Are You Ready for Success?" and the soon to be released "Happiness at Work: Be Resilient, Motivated, and Successful - No Matter What." I love the measured calm and reassurance of his written voice as he reminds us over and over about what really matters.

Doctors are full of ideas for businesses. It must be all that frustrated creativity manifesting in the shower! Not all of these ideas, however, will make for a sound entrepreneurial physician business.

An e-mail exchange last week with an Apple customer service staff member about an iTunes account problem provided me with enough fodder to acknowledge just how impressive a company Apple is when you dig behind the perfect design of their products (despite my Android phone!).

The Entrepreneurial MD Newsletter's article for March is about as pragmatic as one can get! It's devoted to answering a question I'm frequently asked by my physician (and non-physician) coaching clients.

Two emails came across my desk yesterday, each with part 1 of a 5-part series that I thought you'd find valuable as you look to ways to form, and succeed at, your entrepreneurial physician venture or medical practice.

Since I am now maintaining two blogs, I thought I'd share an article from my Physician Website Secrets Blog.

There is a very cool new tool, with a minimal learning curve, to assist you with your appointment and meeting scheduling nightmares. No more back-and-forth emails or assistant calls needed.

I'm staring at my screen this Monday after 10 days off on vacation and wondering how I am going to get my engine started again.

Calling all depressed or angry physicians who are unhappy with your working lives or frustrated at how your professional world is slowing eroding.

Are you surprised when I tell you that most physicians with practices and businesses suck at marketing? Me neither. Is it because we weren't taught about its importance? Or that we feel it's tacky and beneath us? Or that it just plain scares the heck out of us?