<p>If you’ve ever left a doctor’s appointment feeling rushed, dismissed, or unheard, you’re not alone.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode, Nicholle sits down with <strong>Dr. Shikha Joshi</strong>, an internal medicine physician and founder of Bloom Direct Primary Care, to talk about the structural issues within modern healthcare and why she chose to leave the traditional insurance-based system.</p><p><br /></p><p>After over a decade practicing medicine, Dr. Joshi saw firsthand how limited appointment times, administrative demands, and insurance structures prevent doctors from delivering the kind of care they were trained to provide.</p><p><br /></p><p>So she built a different model.</p><p><br /></p><p>This conversation explores the rise of Direct Primary Care, why evidence-based medicine is critical in an era of viral health misinformation, and what it really takes to leave a stable career to build something new.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dr. Joshi also shares the personal health diagnosis that reshaped how she thinks about prevention, lifestyle, and patient care.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Topics we discuss include:</strong></p><p>• Why the traditional healthcare system frustrates both doctors and patients</p><p>• What Direct Primary Care is and why it’s growing</p><p>• Why social media health advice can be misleading</p><p>• The difference between trends and evidence-based medicine</p><p>• The leap from physician to entrepreneur</p><p>• Health habits that actually improve long-term wellbeing</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>GUEST LINKS</strong></p><p>Dr. Shikha Joshi</p><p>Bloom Direct Primary Care <a href="https://www.bloomdirectpc.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bloomdirectpc.com</a></p><p>Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Bloom-Direct-Primary-Care-Shikha-Joshi-MD/61583881385029/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/people/Bloom-Direct-Primary-Care-Shikha-Joshi-MD/61583881385029/</a></p><p>Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shikhajoshimd/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/shikhajoshimd/</a></p><p>Threads <a href="https://www.threads.com/@bloomdirectpc" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.threads.com/@bloomdirectpc</a></p>