Got ideas, questions or a business possibility that you can't quite untangle on your own?

This is a strategic thinking space for medics who need clarity, perspective and momentum.

One conversation.
Four weeks to think, test and explore.
A clearer way forward.
Or permission to take a different path.

Co-Thinking Clarity gives you four weeks to step out of your own head, make sense of the ideas and possibilities competing for your attention, and work out what your next useful step actually is.

We start with a 60-minute 1:1 conversation where we look at where you are now, what you're considering, what might be getting in the way and what is worth exploring next.

From there, you’ll have four weeks to think, test and take action, with a personalised plan, carefully chosen resources and a check-in with me along the way.

This is for medics and healthcare professionals, with the understanding of someone who knows both medicine and business, and how complicated it can feel to build something alongside an already full life.

Life-first, not hustle-first.

Practical, not overwhelming.

Enough structure to get you moving, without pretending you need to have the whole thing figured out.

For some people, this month is exactly what they need.

For others, it becomes clear that they’d benefit from continuing with the strategy, support and community inside Start Up Support Surgery 'SuSSP rogramme.

If that feels like the right next step for both of us, you may be invited to join and your Co-Thinking Clarity investment will be deducted from the cost of the programme if you join within a month of finishing.

Ready for a change but not sure where to start?

You’ve worked hard to build your medical career.

You might even still enjoy it.

But there’s an idea, possibility or question that keeps niggling away at you.

• Frustrated you can't help people in the way that you want to
• Wanting to expand and grow personally or professionally
• Unsure if you really want to start a business or what to do
• Worried about the time, tech needs or the financial risk involved
• Craving flexibility to be there for your kids and still do something worthwhile but not miss Sports Days, Nativity plays or University drop off days ever again
• Stuck in “thinking about it” mode, or the maybe next year mode and not taking action

I get it 100%.

Because I’ve been there.

And I know the first magic step is actually getting clear on what you really want to build around your life and family. 

What Co-thinking Clarity

A safe first step toward your next chapter

Sometimes you don't need another course, another qualification or another 47 things adding to your to-do list.

You need some space to think.

Co-Thinking Clarity is for medics and healthcare professionals who have ideas, questions or possibilities going round and round in their heads and need someone experienced to help them untangle them.

You might be right at the beginning.

You might have several ideas and no idea which one to pursue.

You might already have something up and running but feel stuck on what comes next.

Or you might simply know that you want something to change.

We start with a proper 1:1 conversation.

We get everything out on the table.

What you want.
What you've already got.
What feels possible.
What's getting in the way.
What might actually work in your real life.

And then we work out the next useful step.

You don't need to leave with your entire future mapped out.

You just need enough clarity to move.

And sometimes clarity means deciding to go for it.

Sometimes it means changing the idea.

Sometimes it means putting something down altogether.

All of those are useful outcomes.

Because the aim isn't to persuade you to start a business.

It's to help you make an active decision instead of staying stuck in your own head.

Either way, you’ll be making an active decision instead of staying stuck in limbo and putting things off until you feel ready (Spoiler: you will never feel ready and there will never be a good time) 

HOW IT WORKS?

What’s Inside Co-thinking Clarity
One conversation.
Four weeks to think, test and explore.

Before we meet, I'll send you some questions to get you thinking about where you are, what you're considering and what you actually want from our time together.

Then we have a 60-minute 1:1 Co-Thinking session on Zoom.

This isn't me sitting there firing generic business advice at you.

We'll pull apart whatever you've brought with you.

Ideas.

Questions.

Half-formed plans.

Things you've been avoiding.

Things you've convinced yourself you should be doing.

And probably a few things you hadn't realised were part of the problem at all.

From that conversation, I'll pull together my reflections and help you identify what is worth focusing on now.

Then you have the rest of the month to think, test, explore and DO.

Not everything.

Just the useful things.

We'll check in again towards the end of the month and look at what you've discovered, what has changed and where you go next.

You'll also have access to the first three Start Up Support Surgery modules:

1. Time, Place, People & Money
How does this thing actually fit into your life? Your time, energy, family, finances and the people around you matter. A lot.

2. Your Success Snapshot
What are you actually trying to create here? Not somebody else's version of success. Yours.

3. Ideas Builder
Your skills, experience, interests and ideas and where there might be something worth testing in the real world.

You don't have to disappear down a content rabbit hole and complete everything.

Use what is useful.

Ignore what isn't.

The resources are there to support the thinking  they're not homework.

Why choose to work with me? 

Hi, I’m Dr. Jo Watkins, a GP-turned-entrepreneur, mum of four, and business mentor specialising in helping female doctors build businesses that fit their families and their lives.

I’ve built several businesses around my family life and helped hundreds of medics do the same without burnout, hustle or “just work harder” advice.

I still have a foot in both camps. I locum as a GP and work remotely from my computer while travelling for 3 months a year with my family.

I know the medical and healthcare mindset and how to bridge into entrepreneurship and understand the difficulties that we have showing up, being vulnerable and promoting ourselves.

Sales and marketing was not a module at Medical School and not something most healthcare professionals love the idea of. 

You’ll get:

• Medic to medic understanding from a Medic who has built businesses not just learnt the theory
• Proven frameworks
  The CHAOS Compass, Perfect Patient Profiling and Beta Value Exchange and more have helped many medics with this transition into business.
• Life-first philosophy
  Because success is not just the business you build, but the life you get to live.

Here is what clients are saying... 

"Working with Jo helped me develop a small idea and a concept into a structured plan, website, clinic and actual business that I have created from scratch. When I started with Jo, I felt completely by myself because I wasn't unaware that there was a community of people who had similar mindset to me in regards to working as a GP but wanted to expand into different areas and subspecialty interest."
- Dr. Aisling Farrell, GP, Lifestyle Medic for female athletes.

"The modules are gold dust, so much content allowing you to start at the right place for you.
What Jo is offering has exceeded my expectations. Her knowledge, kindness, availability and experience are invaluable.
I had no idea just how much I didn’t know but the insight, understanding and progress I’ve made in the last few months has been perfect and at a pace that has worked for me and all my other commitments."
- Dr. Jo Hartley, Career and Life Coach and previous ED Consultant

'I think you have blown my mind Jo, this is massive. I nearly dropped out and realise how much I have learnt and so glad I have stayed. The content is rich and spot on. The delivery is awesome. You are awesome. Not a dry boring moment, ever'
- Portia Gibson 'Post Op Nurse'

Here is what the experts are saying...

❌ This is NOT perfect for...

• Those looking for an overnight success scheme
• People unwilling to do the work
• Those looking to earn big money quickly and thinking that is easy
• People not wanting to prioritise their life and balance

Co-thinking Clarity is your first step.

Let's build a business that works for your life, not the other way round.

This offers support for the thinking stage of idea development in a safe, structured way to decide if business is the right next step for you.

If you are not quite ready it then bookmark this page and come back to it when you are ready to make a move.

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