Thereās a version of success in our profession that most of us donāt really question.
I call it the "Dream clinic"
Think:
- Beautifully remodelled space.
- Rooms full of practitioners.
- Running integrative services and programs.
- Workshops.
Over 14 years I built exactly that.
I started in a 600 sq ft space across from a hospital.
Honestly, a bit chaotic, a bit unpredictable, but it was mine. I was doing my own reception, figuring things out as I went, saying yes to pretty much everything that came through the door (including practitioners who wanted to work along side me whether they were the right fit or not š
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But as I quickly started outgrowing my 2 room space new opportunities showed up.
- More space.
- More people.
- More responsibility.
Eventually, I was running a 2,200 sq ft clinic with a full team.
Over the years, Iāve worked with more than 70 people (employees, contractors, associates).
From the outside, it looked like growth š
And to be fairā¦ it was.
But thereās a version of that story that doesnāt always get told.
Because what came with that growth was:
- constant decision-making
- constant management
- constant responsibility
Despite my tenacity and raccoon-like scrappiness... at some point I came to a pretty stark realization:
ā I didnāt actually want to run a clinic.
āļø I wanted to practice.
āļø I wanted to think about my patientsā¦ ā not staffing schedules.
āļø I wanted to be present in my treatmentsā¦ ā not pulled in ten different directions.
āļø I wanted my life to feel like mine again.
So I made a shift.
And the Universe helped.
It didn't happen all at once.
It started by intentionally not filling staff vacancies.
Changing my model.
Slowly.
Intentionally.
And now?
I work out of a single treatment room, in a small clinic that I genuinely love.
My schedule is tighter.
My days are simpler.
My energy feelsā¦ cleaner.
And what surprised me the most wasnāt just the change in structure.
It was how much my experience of practice changed.
Not just how I work... but how I feel doing the work.
This month, I want to talk more about that.
It's not that one way is right and another is wrong.
As humans, and practitioners, we go through different seasons.
And when my season for clinic ownership was up for renewal...
I decided it was time to shift into a new one.
I'm sharing this because I see a lot of practitioners who seem to be building something by defaultā¦
instead of by design.
And there are more options than weāve been led to believe.
Next week
Iāll share what actually surprised me the most about going solo...
because it wasnāt what I expected.
Have you ever thought of opening a clinic? Or leaving one you currently run? Hit reply and let me know what's kept you from the next step, because sometimes knowing you aren't alone can mean more than you know.
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