Naturopathic Doctor Scales Beyond Fee-for-Service to Eliminate Burnout and Expand Business

Ellen (00:02) CBL. has in a very positive way allowed me to take many, many changes in my life as well as my practice. because of what I learned in CBL, my, and this is my own choice, I'm not saying that everybody has to make this choice, but I ended up expanding my business above and beyond practice. So I was able to reduce the time and still make income the way I wanted to when I first joined CBL. And then from there, I have branched out into many other opportunities. Hi everyone, I'm Ellen. I am from Toronto in Canada and I am a naturopathic doctor. So prior to working with clinician business labs, the biggest problem that I was experiencing was that I was quite burnt out and I didn't know how to solve the problem. The only strategies that I knew were to work less time to reduce workload. But if you're billing fee for service, like we do in naturopathic medicine in Ontario, then reducing hours also means you make less income. And the only way that I knew how to offset that was to increase my prices. So what made me decide to join clinician business labs was because of the strategies that CBL could teach and it seemed to match the problems that I was struggling with. with any new thing that you choose to attempt or I choose to attempt, there's always hesitation because it's new, which means you have to, I had to wrestle with thinking about things a different way. I had to be open that there was going to be things that I had to learn. And when I joined CBL in the back of my mind, I have prepped myself for a learning curve. After joining CBL, my biggest breakthrough is that there were many other options for me to explore. I really appreciated the approach in that it wasn't a standard, this is the exact step you would take no matter where you were. specific goals and milestones that I was able to achieve implementing what I learned at CBL. And again, this is a personal choice, is I filled my practice to the capacity that I wanted it to be filled. I am no longer taking new patients. And... personal choice again to branch out and do other things in my business. So very related to what I've learned in CBL with respect to marketing and building a brand. Now I help other people do the same. The CBL team is great. They're very responsive. They don't leave you hanging. And I felt that I got the support the way I needed. There is an element that you need to be responsible for yourself. And I felt that I did my part. And then when I had questions, I could approach the CBL team. They were very approachable and very helpful. And then they would help me bridge whatever gap that I needed. If joining CBL is something that you're on the fence with and not sure, my first question would be, what are the hesitations? More often than not, the hesitations are stories that we have about what we can change, what we can't change, and whatnot. you willing to take the step forward? because if you don't learn something new, you won't be able to change where you are, whether that is trying to fill your practice or your practice is so full. So now you're looking for different opportunities or different ways of sharing your knowledge. It's not something that you're going to sit and read up online and figure out on your own. Having the guidance and the help is really, really helpful and really, really important. So. If you want something to change about whatever your current practice ⁓ scenario is, then I would say pull together the courage to take a step forward and try something different.