The Profitable Practice Podcast

How To Negotiate An Amazing Contract and PROFIT – For Health Practitioners [PPP #113]

In this episode of the Profitable Practice Podcast, I discuss the nuts and bolts of negotiating a contract with a clinic owner. I have experience on both sides of the table here, so thought I'd share my views on what makes a great win-win contract.

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Learn What The Key Parts You Should Be Paying Attention To When Negotiating Your Contract

One of the reasons I decided to publish this episode NOW, is because a lot of new graduates are facing this challenge, now that licensing exams are done and they are looking for paid work opportunities.

So, if you want to learn what to expect, industry standards, and how I would approach negotiation time, you’re going to want to listen to my answer in this episode:

 

 

In This Episode:

• [3:36] There are no perfect contracts. What you are aiming for is a win-win – and that takes clarity and transparency.
• [6:46] File Ownership.
• [8:35] Rent… including common industry arrangements and a tip for getting a better deal at re-negotiation time.
• [13:45] Administrative Fees: POS charges & Reception Services.
• [15:25] Supplements and Lab Testing Splits: How I Do It
• [21:27] Tip on making sure you’re both at the table in good faith
• [22:30] Handling Direct Billing – do it yourself, and in-visit with the patient.
• [24:40] Last words here...

After you’ve listened to the episode, I would love to hear your thoughts:

• What experience have you had negotiating contracts?
• Do you have an additional topic that you feel is also important to cover?

One of the best parts of any episode is getting to discuss it with you. Everyone gets to learn so much from sharing their thoughts. So wherever you like to debate ideas and share, leave me a comment/question.

As always, thank you for listening and learning with me on the podcast this week. Your commitment to learning the business aspect of your practice matters... Not only to you, but to your future patients and the practitioners who want to be working with you. You were meant to build something great, so let’s get to work. 

PS. Wondering where to sign up for that free 30 Min Practice Strategy Call with me? Here is the link to my calendar – just sign yourself up!

Episode Resources:

• Comfort Zone episodes: #104, #105, #107
• Online vs. In-Office Dispensary Debate
• CRM/EMR Softwares Listed:
  • Mindbody
  • JaneApp
  • Universal

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The MAXIMize Your Clinic online course will guide you through every step of the way and help you get your health and wellness practice running smoothly (and profitably). I’ll show you how to take the right steps to take in the right order, so you can have your clinic admin, operations, and marketing processes all created and implemented in as little as 3-months!

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

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Why NOT to Barter Your Services With Colleagues [PPP #112]

In this episode of the Profitable Practice Podcast, I discuss my experience of getting burned by a service trading arrangement with another practitioner. Since then, I believe to barter your services with colleagues as a healthcare professional is bad business.

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Bartering services with colleagues is bad business, in my experience.

 

One of the reasons I create this podcast, is that I wish someone could have pulled me aside when I was just getting started in practice and guided me through some common mistakes.

In this episode, I answer a question asked by a MAXIMize Your Clinic student in our private Facebook group:

Hi Andrea, I have a question about exchanging services vs. getting paid. I met a physiotherapist who would like to see me for nutrition and I would like to see her for help to rehab my shoulder and I gave her the option of charging for services or doing an exchange. She is willing to do either and I am weighing the options. I am not sure how to arrange an exchange to make it equal (for example if it takes me 4 hours to work on a protocol for her vs one session with her is 30-45 minutes. Thanks in advance!

So, if her question resonates with you at all, you're going to want to listen to my answer in this episode:

 

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In This Episode:

• [0:45] Start/Introduce topic
• [1:31] What a time exchange proposal typically looks like... and why it's not in anyone's best interest.
• [2:32] Learn from Andrea’s experience trading services with a colleague that left her with a large and unexpected bill.
• [3:58] What about exchanging your time for referrals?
• [6:46] What about when it’s an exchange of time over coffee to “build your network”?

After you’ve listened to the episode, I would love to hear your thoughts:

 

• What experience have you had bartering services with a colleague?
• Do you have a personal policy that differs from the one I came up with?

One of the best parts of any episode is getting to discuss the topic with you. Everyone gets to learn so much from sharing.

Thank you for listening and learning with me on the podcast again this week. Your commitment to learning the business aspect of your practice matters... Not only to you, but to your future patients and practitioners who want to be working with you. You were meant to build something great, so let's get to work. 

PS. Wondering where to sign up for that free 30 Min Practice Strategy Call with me? Here is the link to my calendar - just sign yourself up!

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Curious about the MAXIMize Your Clinic community? Click below for all the details...

The MAXIMize Your Clinic online course will guide you through every step of the way and help you get your health and wellness practice running smoothly (and profitably). I’ll show you how to take the right steps to take in the right order, so you can have your clinic admin, operations, and marketing processes all created and implemented in as little as 3-months!

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

The Basics of a New Patient Welcome Process [PPP #111]

In this episode of the Profitable Practice Podcast, I discuss the elements of a basic onboarding process for your new patients. Having a clear, well thought out process for welcoming new patients to your practice is KEY to making a good first impression and building trust with your new patient. :)

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How you welcome new patients into your practice can make it easy for him/her to become a life-long patient or break your relationship and send them looking for someone else. 

 

There are 4 parts to the process of welcoming a new patient into your practice:

• The Pre-visit Experience
• The Reception Experience
• The Visit Experience
• The Post-visit Experience

Each part has it's own challenges and in this episode I share the best business savvy practices I've come across that leave patients, staff, and YOU feeling happy and positive about your new therapeutic relationship.

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In this episode:

• [0:00] Successful onboarding and the importance of setting a good first impression.
• [4:02] The Pre-visit Experience - everything that happens before they show up in your office.
• [10:15] The Reception Experience - this is where your first impression really takes root - get it right and get a patient for life!
• [12:55] The First Visit Experience - yes, there is a way to run this that allows you to build your business smoothly
• [17:28] The Post-visit Experience - learning to follow up will make all the difference with patient retention.

After you’ve listened to the episode, I'd love to hear what you do!

 

Do you use any of these strategies on your new patient welcome process? Which new one will you implement? Do you have another good idea to share? I’d love to read your thoughts here.

The best part of this podcasting thing is getting to discuss the topic with YOU after the show. One thing I love about the interwebs is scrolling and reading all the ideas and questions people share. You never know when a comment you leave online will be THE thing that helps another along. So, please leave a comment below and let us know you’re here!

Thanks for listening in to the Profitable Practice Podcast this week. It means the world to me.

 

P.S. In the episode I highlighted my paid MAXIMize Your Clinic Program (details are below!). If you're not ready to invest in your clinic yet, here is the link to my 3X Your Business Masterclass - a 45 min presentation where I share the key systems to put in place for quick practice growth when you are just starting out: Sign up here.

 

Episode Resources:

• Cheryl Janis Interviews:
  • How To Give The Whole Clinic Decor A Facelift To Welcome and Inspire Your Patients [PPP #081]
  • Creating Therapeutic Space with Furniture and Decor [PPP #056]
• Our Favourite CRM/Email Softwares [PPP #110]

 

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Ready to get your WHOLE CLINIC humming along on a solid foundation?

The MAXIMize Your Clinic online course will guide you through every step of the way and help you get your wellness practice running profitably. I’ll show you how to take the right steps to take in the right order. You can have your systems, processes, programs and launches all created and implemented in as little as 3-months!

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

The 4 Key Pieces You Need To Have In Place Before You See Your Very First Patient [PPP#110]

In this episode of the Profitable Practice Podcast, I discuss the 4 key marketing strategies you should have in place before you even see your first patient. Think about it like your marketing start-up checklist. :)

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If you want to be busy with patient visits during the first weeks of your new practice, you need some basic marketing systems up and running. 

The 4 items I discuss in today's episode are MUSTS to implement, no matter whether you are still a student, a new grad shopping for a clinic, or an associate already in practice.

Ideally you would have these marketing strategies in place before you see your first patient. They are listed below in the notes, but tune in for the best WAY to implement them.

 

In this episode:

• [2:20] Item #1: An online scheduling tool
• [7:12] Item #2: Pick 1-2 Social media platforms where you are active. Ideally FB + 1 other
• [9:07] Item #3: Create key/custom audiences on those platforms.
• [12:03] Item #4: Email/CRM Software
• [14:40] But, what about a websites?! Press pause on this… just make a simple landing page
• [18:57] Recap & bonus tip

 

Finally, thank you so much for listening in to the Profitable Practice Podcast this week.

 

P.S. Here is the link to my 3X Your Business Masterclass - a 45 min presentation where I share the key systems to put in place for quick practice growth when you are just starting out: Sign up here.

Episode Resources:

• Schedulers: Calendly (free), MindBody, VCITA, Acuity Scheduling (recommended)
• Social Media Platforms: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest
• Email/CRM Software: Mailchimp (free), Constant Contact, Aweber, ClickFunnels, InfusionSoft, Kajabi
• A Simple Website Rx Episode: Interview with Erin Flynn [PPP #059]

 

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Ready to get your WHOLE CLINIC humming along on a solid foundation?

The MAXIMize Your Clinic online course will guide you through every step of the way and help you get your wellness practice running profitably. I’ll show you how to take the right steps to take in the right order. You can have your systems, processes, programs and launches all created and implemented in as little as 3-months!

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

New Grad? Here's The ONLY Thing You Need To Focus On To Grow Your Practice [PPP #109]

In this episode of the Profitable Practice Podcast, I discuss how trying to “specialize” or “niche” your practice right out of the gates is the WRONG strategy if you are a new grad wondering what to focus on to grow your practice. I also share what I recommend focussing on instead. 🙂 

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Specializing or niching yourself in the first 3 years of practice as a new grad is just bad business. 

This is the first in a series of podcasts on preparing yourself and your practice to take full advantage of the busy season in our industry. (Yes, the Fall and leading up to Christmas is our primary sales cycle!) When you read/listen to advice from successful clinicians and business owners alike, the first thing they will tell you is how much better their business was since they “niched” it. This may lead a new grad to think “I will have to niche myself and do the same to be successful faster.” and promptly start trying to figure out their ideal patient/specialty.

For a new grad, this strategy is a usually big fat time and money wasting mistake!

If your reaction to the idea of niching is “… but I want to/am trained to help everybody!” you are not alone. As a new grad, I believe this is actually the RIGHT reaction to have.

Don’t get me wrong: discovering your ideal patient niche is a valuable exercise, and I recommend you do it. But there is a right and a wrong way to go about it. Trying to niche yourself too early can be a major distraction in the early years of practice and can actually turn those ideal patients away if not executed properly.

So what IS the only thing a new grad should focus on to grow your practice in years 1-3?

Tune in to find out!

 

In this episode:

• [2:22] Why niching is the WRONG strategy for growing your practice as a newly graduated practitioner.
• [4:15] What you should be focussed on instead.
• [5:15] The inside scoop on those who support niching your practice – do you really have enough expertise to specialize and niche yourself.
• [6:25] School trains you to be a great practitioner, not a great business owner. You need time to learn this aspect of your career.
• [8:24] What my process of learning the business side of practice has looked like.
• [9:14] There are different ways to find your niche – but they all have one thing in common.

After you’ve listened to the episode, I’d love to hear from you!

What do you think of this strategy? Are you a new grad looking for what to focus on to grow your practice, or have you been in business a while? Have you struggled to niche your practice too early? What happened? Either way, I’d love to read what you have to say on this topic.

The best part of this podcasting thing is getting to discuss the topics with YOU after the show both here and on social media. When I learn something new, I love scrolling and reading all the ideas and questions people share. You never know when a comment you leave online will be the thing that helps another along. So, please leave a comment below and let us all know you’re here and awake.

Thank you so much for listening in to the Profitable Practice Podcast this week. Your commitment to learning and improving your business savvy matters – not just to your bottom line, but to the patients who are just around the corner, waiting for you to show up and help them change their lives… because you can’t help people if you aren’t running your business right. 

 

P.S. This episode is a result of a conversation I had in one of my FREE 30 min practice strategy sessions. If it has inspired you, imagine what we could do together in a session just for you! Let me help you MAXIMize your practice: Sign up here.

Streamlined Clinic Reception Operations: A Practitioner's Guide [PPP #108]

In this episode of the Profitable Practice Podcast, I share how I streamlined our clinic reception operations to the point that there is a seamless transition between myself and my admin staff. I share our 4 essential front desk processes and my leadership approach that keeps things on track as efficiently as possible.

 

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A streamlined clinic reception operations experience eliminates headaches, mistakes, and wasted time for you, your staff, and your patients. 

In discussing all the ways you can step out of your comfort zone and grow your practice last month, a student brought to my attention that they didn't feel they had the "bandwidth" to take on anything new. During our free 30 min strategy call, she confided she spends 12+ hours per day working in her practice and it's burning her out. The first thing we discovered was her front desk processes were taking up waaaay too much of her time. So, I shared with her my streamlined clinic reception operations processes and then we brainstormed is how we could make it work for her clinic. This would allow her to find some time (and life-balance). Together we took a good look at her reception/admin operations and hashed out a plan of action. 

My 4 Key Communications Processes and Leadership Style For A Streamlined Clinic Reception Desk

Imagine having a front desk that can transition seamlessly back and forth between you, your practitioners, your administrative assistant, and/or your receptionist on a moment's notice. This has been such a game-changer for my practice because emergencies happen and everyone needs the odd day off and a vacation. You have to be able to manage your front desk, but you don't have to be the one behind the counter all the time either. When a patient is standing in front of you needing something, it will feel so great when you can just pass it to your admin assistant and know that he/she will be completely taken care of.

The 4 processes I discuss here are easy to implement, no matter whether you are an associate or a clinic owner. Heads up - I also share a bonus processes that will make things run even smoother once you have the first 4 in place! Tune in to learn how to streamline your clinic reception operations today.

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In this episode:

• [2:15] Why you must hire a receptionist before you are "ready".
• [6:18] The first 3 months with your new receptionist.
• [ 8:17-12:40] My top 3 administrative processes that make reception operations run seamlessly.
• [12:40 – 15:37] The leadership approach that makes this work.
• [15:38 – 20:20] Bonus Process #1: The best way to handle problems, suggestions and ideas.
• [20:20 – 22:02] Bonus Process #2: How to eliminate communication breakdown when patients are checking out.

After you’ve listened to the episode, I want to hear from you!

Is your front desk a pain in your neck? Which process will you implement today? Or... maybe you've created a different system that you love? Either way, we'd love to read what you have to say on this topic.

The best part of this podcasting thing is getting to discuss the topics with YOU after the show. When I learn something new, I love scrolling and reading all the ideas and questions people share. You never know when a comment you leave online will be the thing that helps another along. So, please leave a comment below and let us know you're here!

And, of course, thank you so much for listening in to the Profitable Practice Podcast this week. Your commitment to learning and improving your business savvy matters – not just to your bottom line, but to the patients who are just around the corner, waiting for you to show up for them. Make sure they can book in easily!

 

P.S. This episode is a result of a conversation I had in one of my free 30 min practice strategy sessions. If it has inspired you, imagine what we could do together in a session just for you! Let me help you MAXIMize your practice: Sign up here.

 

Episode Resources:

• Stepping Out Of Your Comfort Zone Series:
  • My eye-opening experience of what it actually means to be outside of your comfort zone - Episode 104
  • 3 Questions to ask yourself to KNOW if you are stepping outside your comfort zone - Episode 105
  • 3 Sales Killing Launch Mistakes I Made with My Last Launch - Episode 106

  • 4 Good Business Reasons To Stay In Your Comfort Zone + Win $100 & Be Featured On The Profitable Practice Podcast - Episode 107

• Book Your Practice Strategy Call Here!

 

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Ready to get your WHOLE CLINIC humming along on a solid foundation?

The MAXIMize Your Clinic online course will guide you through every step of the way and help you get your wellness practice running profitably. I’ll show you how to take the right steps to take in the right order. You can have your systems, processes, programs and launches all created and implemented in as little as 3-months!

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

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4 Good Business Reasons To Stay In Your Comfort Zone + Win $100 & Be Featured On The Podcast: PPP 107

With all the encouragement to push harder, grow faster, and stretch yourself out there, it can sometimes make you feel like routine and process are a bad thing! In this episode, I share 4 reasons why staying in your comfort zone is good business.

 

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Sometimes staying IN your comfort zone is the best thing you can do for your business. 

In fact, staying inside my comfort zone has been THE thing that got my practice to grow up to the six figure level. Did I have to work and hustle? Yes, of course. In doing so, I built up my sense of confidence and gave me the financial security to take the risk of stepping outside my comfort zone – smartly.

Tune in to listen to my 4 reasons why staying in your comfort zone IS good business.

 

 

In this episode:

• [1:41] You CAN grow your business while playing it safe from within your comfort zone. Here’s how.
• [4:15] Contest time! Win $100 and a spotlight interview on the Profitable Practice Podcast!
• [7:43] 4 good reasons to choose to play it safe in your comfort zone.

 

After you’ve listened to the episode, I want to hear your story…

Do you have a great story about either staying in or stepping out of your comfort zone? We’d love to hear it! For your chance to win $100 smackeroo’s either:

1. leave us a comment on iTunes, or
2. Share it and tag me on Instagram.

Let’s be honest, not many people actually take action on these kinds of things, but you are not *most* people are you? Action takers are my peeps, so I’m giving away $100 to hear from you! You know if you do it you’ll probably have pretty great odds of winning.

I can’t wait to hear YOUR stories!

As always, thank you so much for listening to the Profitable Practice Podcast this week. Your commitment to advancing your career and building your practice matters. Certainly to your paycheck, but also to the patients who are waiting for you to shine your light just bright enough to help them find their way.

 

P.S. It’s imperative to step outside your comfort zone in your health and wellness practice, so you can start running your biz profitably. Let me help you with a 30 min complementary strategy session for growing your practice. Sign up here.

 

Episode Resources:

• My eye-opening experience of what it actually means to be outside of your comfort zone – Episode 104
• 3 Questions to ask yourself to KNOW if you are stepping outside your comfort zone – Episode 105
• 3 Sales Killing Launch Mistakes I Made with My Last Launch – Episode 106
• Book Your Practice Strategy Call Here!

 

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Ready to get your clinic humming along on a solid foundation?

The MAXIMize Your Clinic online course will guide you through every step of the way and help you get your wellness practice running profitably. I’ll show you how to take the right steps to take in the right order. You can have your systems, processes, programs and launches all created and implemented in as little as 3-months!

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

3 SALES KILLING LAUNCH MISTAKES FOR A GROUP PROGRAM: PPP 106

My latest launch was an epic failure! I mean it totally bombed. Tune in to walk through my de-brief together with me so you can avoid these launch mistakes for your next group program. Sometimes you can learn much more useful lessons from a story about how NOT to do things... this is one of those episodes.

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3 Launch Mistakes that Can Kill Your Group Program After Countless Hours of Prep

In this episode, I discuss the three biggest launch mistakes practitioners make for their group programs. 

Spoiler alert: these lessons are from my own program launch - that was an epic failure! Yes, it's embarrassing... but I'm opening up for your benefit, because I think there are some important lessons here for any practitioner dreaming of offering a group program to their clientele. If I can help you avoid this experience with your next launch, then my pride can handle sharing my mistakes.

While I am all for imperfect action, beta testing, and letting things be a little messy just to get them out there helping folks... there are dangers in pulling the trigger too fast sometimes.

So, if this is piquing your interest at all, you're going to want to listen to this episode!

 

In This Episode:

• [4:05] How sometimes even having all the pieces in place doesn’t pay off – debriefing mistake #1.
• [10:10] Mistake #2 – the messaging fails I made through the whole launch.
• [12:05] Mistake #3 – more noise (buzz?) does not equal more sales anymore.
• [14:30] On always coming from a place of service and knowing what you stand for.
• [18:30] How failure fuels progress and the exciting new vision for MAXIMized Business that came out of it all.
• [22:01] The words you use matter. How mastering your messaging and learning to speak directly to your ideal patient is the way of the future for marketing.
• [25:15] My gift to you for sticking with me through that awful launch. #growingpains Thank you for believing in me!

After you’ve listened to the episode, I would love to hear your thoughts.

Have you had any launch lessons you want to share? If you haven't run a group program for your patients before, what's holding you back? Leave a comment below and let me know! I love getting to chat with you about your practice and help you make it a success.

As always, thank you so much for listening and learning with me this week. Your commitment to learning the business aspect of your practice matters... Not only to you, but to your future patients and practitioners who want to be working with you. You were meant to build something great, so let's get to work. 

 

Episode Resources:

• Blue Ocean Strategy
• PPP 104: STEPPING WAAAY OUTSIDE MY COMFORT ZONE AS A WELLNESS PRACTITIONER
• PPP105: 3 Amazing Q's To Make Sure You Are Stepping Outside Of Your Comfort Zone Productively

 

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3 Amazing Q's To Make Sure You're Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone: PPP105

Stepping outside your comfort zone is not something that happens by default. It happens by design. In today's episode, I share 3 amazing questions for self-discovery that will make sure you are growing yourself (and your practice) like a boss.

 

Know you need to be stepping outside of your comfort zone in order to grow your practice - but you're not totally sure if you're there?

Babe, I hear ya.

It's so easy to list examples of how we are "working hard" and "pushing ourselves"... but when it comes to stepping outside our comfort zone sometimes you have to wonder if you are doing it right, you know? No one wants to be spinning their wheels and getting nowhere.

What we really want to know: "Is all that effort actually moving you forward and helping you (and your practice) G.R.O.W???

My 3 amazing (and unique) questions to ensure you are stepping outside of your comfort zone

In this episode, I share 3 amazing - and unique - questions I ask myself when I need to find out for sure. You've probably never heard them because they came out of my experience. (And because, in researching for this episode, I googled it to see what others were suggesting. It was not this - it was mostly fluff btw.)

 

In this episode:

• [3:05] The #1 question you need to ask yourself when you have a feeling you're not challenging yourself to grow past your comfort zone.
• [5:44] You are now entering the UN-comfort zone...  my experience of admitting to my husband the debt I was in while building my business.
• [7:03] A bonus Q for you: he key follow up to question #1 my own business coach asked me when was doubting if I was doing the right thing.
• [9:40] The shift in thinking you need to make to take the leap and make the financial (or other) investment in your biz you've been putting off.
• [11:07] The #2 question that motivates you to actually get outside of your comfort zone.
• [15:18] The #3 question to help you find the boundaries of your comfort zone – and the answer that proves you are still in it.

After you’ve listened to the episode, I would love to hear from you!

Have you been operating inside your comfort zone too long? What projects have you been dreaming about and putting off? Leave a comment below and let me know! I love getting to chat with you about your ideas for growing your practice and help you make them a reality.

If you are dreaming about offering something really great to your patients but aren't sure how to make it happen, I'm here for you! It's exactly why I offer these free strategy calls, so I can get to know you, your practice, and of course, help you break through your comfort zone and bring your special project into the world. 

As always, thank you so much for listening and learning with me this week. Your commitment to learning the business aspect of growing your practice matters... Not only to you, but to your future patients and practitioners who want to be working with you. It's time for you to build something great, so let's get to work. 

 

P.S. It’s imperative to step outside your comfort zone in your health and wellness practice, so you can start running your biz profitably and growing it baby! Let me help you. click this link and we can find a time to help you get un-stuck.

Episode Resources:

• Episode FREEBIE: Click the link to book your “Practice Strategy Call with Dr. Andrea"
• Previous episode: Stepping WAAAY Outside My Comfort Zone as a Wellness Practitioner: PPP104

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Ready to stretch yourself and get your clinic poised for ma$$ive growth?

The MAXIMize Your Clinic online course will guide you through every step of the way and help you get your health and wellness practice running profitably. In it, I show you how to take the right steps to take in the right order, so that you can have your operational processes, group programs and marketing campaigns all created and implemented in as little as 3-months! (Yes, I said 3 months... and I meant it.)

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

Stepping WAAAY Outside My Comfort Zone as a Wellness Practitioner: PPP104

We see our patients do it with us all the time with us in our offices. In this episode, I share my very *eye-opening* experience of being WAAAAY outside my comfort zone. Because stepping outside your comfort zone as a health and wellness pro is different than in other businesses. Now, we explore how far your have to stretch as a business owner and practitioner to grow your practice.

 

Peek Behind The Curtain of My Biz – My Very Real Experience of Stepping WAAAY Outside of My Comfort Zone

Your comfort zone: the boundaries within which you feel things are “humming along nice and steady” in your practice. It sounds great at first… but beware!

It’s a trap. It’s a comfortable trap, but it’s still a trap.

The harsh truth of business (and biology) is that if you are not growing, you’re slowly dying. Stepping outside your comfort zone as in business means embracing the creative chaos, trying something new, being willing to mess up… It means feeling kinda uncomfortable.

In time, you learn to chase the feeling of being stretched beyond what’s comfortable.

 

In this episode:

• [3:56] The biggest investment I’ve ever made in my business.
• [5:13] … and how to know when it’s time to hire help and build a team.
• [8:06] The scariest thing I’ve done to date in my business. PLUS the changes I’m making in how to run things to embrace this next stage of growth.
• [9:58] #HotMess – What the truth of being outside of your comfort zone looks like.

 

After you’ve listened to the episode, I would love to hear from you!

Have you been operating inside your comfort zone too long? What projects have you been dreaming about and putting off? Leave a comment below and let me know! I love getting to chat with you about your ideas for business growth and help you make them a reality.

If you are looking for feedback, share as much detail as you can. I read every post and am happy to provide thoughts and feedback to help you break through to the next level. 

As always, thank you so much for listening in this week. Your commitment to learning and stepping outside your comfort zone to grow your biz matters. Certainly to your paycheck, but also to the patients who are just waiting for you to shine your light bright enough to help them find their way.

 

P.S. It’s imperative to step outside your comfort zone in your health and wellness practice, so you can start running your biz profitably. Let me help you. Just pop me an email: andreamaximnd@gmail.com.

Episode Resources:

• Episode FREEBIE: “Your MAXIMized Business Roadmap” – Links to all the info you’ll need no matter what stage your practice is in.
• The Billionaire Code – Find out what growth phase your business is in, and what you need to take it to the next level.
• DISC Assessment – www.tonyrobbins.com/disc