In this week’s episode of the Life of Flow podcast, physical therapist and BreathLab & Yoga Studio founder Kattia Lohmann joins the conversation to share how breath became the turning point in her own experience with anxiety, panic, and burnout. She reflects on moving from clinical work and years in the vascular medical device industry into a deeper exploration of breathing, awareness, and regulation. Grounded in lived experience, the discussion connects physiology, stress, and attention in a way that speaks directly to the realities of high-performing professionals. 🎧 This episode is a conversation about how physicians and high-stress professionals experience pressure, stillness, and regulation, and why learning to access calm and focus outside of the operating room matters as much as performance inside it. 02:49 Kattia’s background in physical therapy and early interest in healing 05:09 Anxiety, panic attacks, and discovering breath as a starting point 09:10 Different styles of breathwork and first discussion of holotropic breathwork 21:59 How to assess your own breathing patterns and build awareness 27:02 When breathwork can worsen anxiety and why awareness comes first 29:04 Nasal breathing, nitric oxide, and circulation 32:00 Coherent breathing and regulating the nervous system 37:10 Breath, intuition, and accessing flow states 43:45 Stillness in surgery versus stillness outside the operating room 55:10 Quick grounding tools for high-stress moments Who Should Listen This episode is for physicians, surgeons, and other high-stress professionals who operate in intense environments and want practical ways to regulate stress and attention. It will also resonate with healthcare and MedTech professionals interested in how physiology, awareness, and performance intersect. About Kattia Lohmann Kattia Lohmann is a Physical Therapist and founder of BreathLab & Yoga Studio, where science meets soul through conscious breathwork and embodied healing. She bridges her background in rehabilitation and physiology with mindfulness and yoga to help people restore balance, vitality, and inner peace. Kattia has an MBA and over a decade of experience in the vascular medical device industry, a background that fuels her mission at BreathLab to merge science, mindfulness, and movement for whole-body health. Connect with Kattia Lohmann 💼 LinkedIn: Kattia Lohmann 📲 Instagram: @breathlab_yogastudio Follow Life of Flow 📲 Instagram: @LifeofFlowPodcast 👍 Facebook: Life of Flow Podcast 💼 LinkedIn: Life of Flow Podcast 🐦 X: @VascularPodcast If this episode helped clarify how breath awareness can support focus, regulation, and decision-making under stress, consider sharing it with someone navigating similar demands. A quick review also helps others find conversations like this.

In this week's episode of Life of Flow, Dutch Rojas joins us for a candid conversation about why independent physicians are being systematically pushed out of American healthcare. Drawing on decades spent building surgery centers, working inside insurance and policy structures, and watching consolidation unfold firsthand, Dutch explains why the system is not broken, but functioning exactly as designed. We talk through CMS priorities, hospital lobbying, and the growing gap between how medicine is practiced and how physicians are trained to work. 🎧 This episode continues our ongoing conversation about physician autonomy, institutional power, and what it feels like to practice medicine inside systems that control decision-making, reimbursement, and voice. 05:40 The moment consolidation became impossible to ignore 08:09 CMS priorities and why hospitals come first 11:58 How payment structures work against independent doctors 13:42 Why physicians lack political leverage 21:46 What it feels like to practice without autonomy 22:24 The fear of speaking out inside institutional medicine 22:41 Why autonomy is the number one complaint from physicians 31:12 Certificate of need laws and blocked physician ownership 40:12 Signs consolidation may be slowing and what comes next Who Should Listen This episode is for physicians navigating hospital employment, private practice, or consolidation pressures, as well as healthcare operators and investors trying to understand how policy, incentives, and institutional power shape modern medical practice. About Dutch Rojas Dutch Rojas is a healthcare entrepreneur who has spent over two decades building, operating, and exiting physician-focused businesses. He is the founder of MedMerge, co-founder of PhyCap Fund, and serves on the board of Physician Led Healthcare for America. Dutch invented surgery futures and options and built and sold ambulatory surgery centers and surgical practices. His exits include Sano Surgery and Everyone Health. Dutch is the creator of The Rojas Report, a reader-supported Substack publication focused on exposing the hidden power structures in American healthcare, and host of The Physicians Edge podcast. His forthcoming book, Too Big To Care: How Nonprofit Health Systems Hijacked Healthcare, launches in early 2026. He is a Marine veteran. Connect with Dutch 📰 Substack: dutchrojas.substack.com 💼 LinkedIn: Dutch Rojas 🐦 X: @DutchRojas Follow Life of Flow 📲 Instagram: @LifeofFlowPodcast 👍 Facebook: Life of Flow Podcast 💼 LinkedIn: Life of Flow Podcast 🐦 X: @VascularPodcast If this episode clarified how consolidation, policy, and institutional incentives affect physician autonomy, consider sharing it with someone navigating the same pressures. A quick review also helps others find conversations like this.