Phiona has an amazingly rich background - she's been a performer, an environmental activist, studied Chinese Medicine, nutritional genomics, shamanism, and spagyric alchemy, and developed her own line of Chinese herbal products, Bio HerboloQi. I connected with Phiona through the Facebook group she started: Venus Rising, a group to support women and non-binary and BIPOC practitioners of Chinese Medicine. In her interview, she shares what inspired her to start the group and why it's so needed ..read more

Dr. Rhonda Coleman, is the inspiring acupuncturist behind Blacupuncturist.me. She practices in Arizona and specializes in emotional and digestive health. Rhonda shares with us what it was like starting her business, growing her acupuncture practice, how she likes to practice, the lovely way she explains what she's doing with the acupuncture needles to her patients, and more. She also shares about her involvement in the organizations Blackacupuncturist.org which helps people find Black acupuncturists to work with, and Integrative Medicine for the Underserved (IM4US.org), and she shares a little ..read more

Ali is an acupuncturist, a friend of mine, and the founder of AliDamron.com. In this interview, she shares how she transitioned to a fully online practice - even before the pandemic hit! How she does it (not on zoom calls actually!), how she got so busy she decided to stop doing in-office acupuncture, and things she wish she knew sooner in her career. Ali has lots of great and inspiring advice to share, I hope you'll give it a listen ..read more

Lauren Curtain is a lovely and talented acupuncturist in Australia, outside of Melbourne. She specializes in women's health and has built a big following on Instagram with her informative and empowering educational posts and videos on TCM and women's health, which is how I discovered her. In this interview, she shares about how she tweaked her practice when she realized that burnout was approaching - how she knew that she was feeling some burnout, what she did, and how she tweaked the way she practices. She also talks about confidence, how it ebbs and flows, and much more. I hope you'll give i ..read more

Acupuncture school is tough enough without the added pressures of starting a business on top of it. Yet there are some easy things you can do BEFORE you graduate to help slingshot your success! In this video, I offer 9 "To-Do's" while you finish school to help launch your Acupuncture Clinic! Want to know more of my secrets? Head over to www.acuprosper.com and I have more tips online and you can subscribe to my newsletters to get those tips delivered right to your inbox ..read more

There are so many limiting beliefs that can hold us back: self-doubt, the fear of what other people will think, the supposed to's, the shoulds, perfectionism... But here's another limiting belief that's extremely common but not-oft mentioned: the discomfort of uncertainty.  The uncertainty around "what if I can't help them?" and "what if I fail?" Let's talk about it, how these manifest and hold us back, and how to overcome them, so you can get your clinic THRIVING and be an even better healer.  ..read more

So many so-called business coaches out there tout the importance of an "abundance mindset". But I disagree. I don't think you have to come from a place of "abundance" in order to succeed. I think there are far more important mindsets that lead to success. I'll share with you what mindsets I think are crucial... Want to know more of my secrets? Head over to www.acuprosper.com and I have more tips online and you can subscribe to my newsletters to get those tips delivered right to your inbox ..read more

Word of mouth referrals are the best, right? Absolutely, HOWEVER if your clinic is not as full as you'd like it to be, then sitting around waiting and hoping for patients is NOT the best way to go. You can do things to get more patients in the door - via word of mouth referrals, as well as other referral sources. Having multiple steady sources of referrals is the BEST way to go, in my opinion. And having a system in place so this happens automatically is even better.  I'm going to give you a quick and easy tip for how to increase word of mouth referrals...  But don't just focus ..read more

This is a question I get asked frequently and is a hot topic... is social media necessary for growing a successful acupuncture clinic? Is Instagram necessary for acupuncture marketing? I think that my answer might surprise a lot of people and be controversial... And stay tuned, because next week I'm going to talk about how - if you are going to do Instagram and it's something that feels good for you - how to use Instagram to market your acupuncture clinic in a way that actually attracts patients ..read more

Do you believe in yourself? Do you believe in the power of your medicine? I'm getting real and honest about my own struggle with confidence. How I developed trust in myself and my medicine over time, despite self-doubt and uncertainty. What helped me learn to communicate with more confidence. And why it's so imperative that you focus on learning to do this (communicate with confidence) too.  I want you to know that if you have self-doubt and insecurity, you are not alone. Please have courage in the face of that fear, doubt, and uncertainty. Have courage my friend and keep going ..read more