Episode 18: Peter Mullen - Always Have a Business Coach or Mentor

The joy of seeing a 20-year clinic vision come to fruition is enlivening for Reine DuBois. Reine is the Clinical Director, Founder and Senior Naturopath at an integrated medical centre in Byron Bay. Working in isolation can be exhausting for some Practitioners, but Reine and her team of Practitioners, have found that using a 'combined health care’ model, gives their patients the best care during these times. Could this co-ordinated team approach be your dream too? Useful Links: * https://www.thehealthlodge.com.au/

How is managing cancer different to other conditions? What considerations do you, as a Practitioner, need to take on when looking at medical cancer therapy and complementary medicine? Having a dedicated oncology focus in practice is no mean feat. As cancer rates rise, Practitioners are seeing more patients for integrative oncology than ever before. Listen in to Stuart Houghton, in this week’s Best Practice Podcast, as he provides answers to all these questions and more! Useful links: https://www.bodybelieftherapies.com.au/ https://www.facebook.com/bodybelieftherapies/

Keonie Moore has gone from initial struggle to strength to strength. Even through the whole COVID-19 experience, her Practice has thrived. So how does she do it? How does she think? What can you learn from a highly successful Practitioner and Entrepreneur who loves being in practice? A lot! Keonie Moore is a Naturopath and founding Director of Remed, one of Australia’s leading Natural Medicine Clinics. Since Remed’s inception in 2009, it has grown in leaps and bounds through the steady referrals from delighted clients and a strong patient retention process. Useful links: * https://remed.com.au/ *

Successful Practitioners don’t just suddenly appear; they evolve. Particularly when starting out, the first three to five years can seem overwhelming and an uphill push. In this podcast, Doreen Schwegler shares her journey to success and clinical pearls of wisdom. Doreen is a Naturopath, Medical Scientist, Natural Fertility Specialist, published Author, Researcher and International Presenter who has been helping clients since 1989. Over the past 30 years, she has seen daily mini-miracles by helping people regain health and balance in their lives in a multidisciplinary clinic. But it wasn’t always this way. She started from home with massage and a screen in her home to separate the space where she saw clients from her children. Useful Links: https://alldegreesofhealth.com.au/ https://www.alysbooks.com/Doreen_Schwegler.html doreen@holistichealth.com.au http://www.ifnotdieting.com.au/cpa/htm/htm_home.asp

Have you been wondering whether your Patient Management System software works for you? Are you looking to get a software system to help make your practice more simple? If you answered yes, we suggest you jump on board the latest Standing on the Shoulders of Giants podcast and join Eric and Marianne Fernance for an insightful discussion on SimpleClinic and how it can best serve you in your Practice! SimpleClinic is a patient management system (PMS) that makes clinic simple. SimpleClinic was created by Eric and Marianne Fernance when they saw that there wasn’t an all-inclusive PMS suitable for the specific requirements of Naturopaths, Nutritionists and Herbalists (“Nats, Nuts and Herbies”). Marianne, a Nat and Herbie herself, was frustrated that there wasn’t a system that had all the aspects she needed to run her business seamlessly. So she asked her husband Eric, a software developer, to create her one; and it grew to be now, the preferred PMS of Practitioners throughout Australia and New Zealand…and soon to be the U.S.

_Can you run appointments in your practice that better serve both you and your patients? You can be more efficient and get better results. You can reduce your chance of burnout. You can truly love and excel at what you do. _ Alexandra takes us through her model of practice in her delightful way that is applicable to online and face-to-face appointment systems as she gets to “know the ins and outs of the duck’s bum.” If you are yet to attend a Metagenics Best Practice event, or have attended, but haven’t put the ‘5 Steps to Your Best Practice’ system in place, now is a prime opportunity to get insight on how you can set this up in your practice. Alexandra Brewster is an Australian immigrant who feels she has had a lifelong calling to medicine. Her story will be familiar to many Practitioners. Her ongoing thirst for knowledge saw her transition through many education platforms, including being only one of seven IFM Certified Practitioners in Australia. *Alexandra’s story is intriguing and engaging and her enthusiasm is infectious. * Please like, share and comment on this episode to help more Practitioners find this podcast and build our connection as an industry and community. Learn more about Alexandra Brewster: - https://www.healinghandsipswich.com.au - https://www.instagram.com/alexandrathenaturopath/?hl=en - https://podtail.com/en/podcast/functional-medicine-with-alexandra-brewster/

Can our patients negatively affect our emotional and physical health? Burnout in the healthcare industry is a very real consequence of our patient load and the level of care we give. We care for our patients; how about our own self-care? Do you have a framework to ensure you can be the best you can be for yourself, your patients and your family? When you care for yourself, everything gets easier. Listen in, as Angela Carroll speaks with Carla Wrenn, an Integrative Naturopathic Practitioner with two decades of clinical experience, the owner of Peninsula Herbal Dispensary in Mornington, Victoria and the creator of Vitae Mosaic, an incredible functional medicine tool for Practitioners. Carla has a focus on complex chronic conditions and integrative oncology and would like to see Practitioners build a culture of supporting each other. Make a cup of tea, sit down in a quiet space and take some time out to listen to this week’s Best Practice podcast. Useful Links and Resources: https://www.carlawrenn.com/ https://www.peninsulaherbaldispensary.com.au/

With the sudden rush of coronavirus across the globe, and the urgent need to practice social distancing, many Naturopaths, like yourself, have had to pivot their businesses online. Having now done so, you might be wondering what is next and how you can keep your Practice thriving. Learn from highly successful Naturopath, Clinical Nutritionist and Entrepreneur, Shannon Brenton, in this week’s Best Practice podcast, as he shares his advice on just that! Listen in, to find out how you can successfully keep your Practice alive and flourishing during these unprecedented times and into the future. Useful links and resources: 1. https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/the-travelling-wellness-show/id1188191809 2. https://www.ketoindustries.com.au/pages/about-us 3. https://www.facebook.com/Shannonbrenton/

In this week’s episode, Angela Carroll sits down with Sarah Di Lorenzo, Clinical Nutritionist and creator of the SDL Method, and explores how Sarah developed her SDL Method programs, how she operates in her clinic and how she joined Sunrise as the morning television program’s favourite Media Nutritionist! So, how did Sarah get to where she is today? Listen in to find out! Useful links and resources: - https://sdlmethod.com/

As we are prompted by COVID-19 rather firmly and urgently to become agile and transition to online appointments, for some Practitioners this is overwhelming and bewildering, for others like Jules Galloway, who have been running online appointments for many years, are taking it all in their stride. Jules, in fact, up until 12 months ago, only ran online appointments from her home in Byron Bay. In this week’s podcast, she generously shares her knowledge and wisdom with us so you too can smoothly set yourself up for supporting your patients in the future. You will see just how straightforward it is.