Standing on the Shoulders of Giants – Practitioner series
About the show
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants is a series of Practitioner to Practitioner interviews to inspire, support and mentor the Natural Healthcare practitioner community. It forms part of the Best Practice Practitioner business education project led by Angela Carroll, Naturopath and Acupuncturist, educator, trainer, coach and speaker. Join her as she visits Functional Medicine Practitioners in their clinics where they share their stories, challenges, and successes so we can learn from these industry leaders.
Episodes
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Episode 30: Reine DuBois – Please Charge Correctly For Your Services
November 18th, 2020 | 41 mins 15 secs
best practice, clinic, practice, practitioners; naturopath
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?
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Episode 29: Stuart Houghton – Believe in Yourself
September 29th, 2020 | 1 hr 10 mins
complementary medicine, integrative oncology, managing cancer, medical cancer therapy, practice, practitioner
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!
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Episode 28: Keonie Moore – You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
September 9th, 2020 | 58 mins 5 secs
best practice, clinic, covid-19, entrepreneur, practice, practitioners; naturopath, thrive
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!
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Episode 27: Doreen Schwegler – Set Goals and Stick at Your Marketing
August 5th, 2020 | 45 mins 25 secs
best practice, clinic, practice, practitioners; naturopath
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.
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Episode 26: Marianne and Eric Fernance - Jump on Board. No One Expects You to be Perfect.
July 16th, 2020 | 56 mins 21 secs
appointments, best practice, business, clinic, naturopaths, patient management systems, practitioners
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!
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Episode 25: Alexandra Brewster - Keep on Being Awesome!
June 16th, 2020 | 1 hr 6 mins
appointments, best practice, clinic, practitioners
In this Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Podcast, Alexandra takes us through her model of practice in her delightful way that applies to online and face-to-face appointment systems as she gets to “know the ins and outs of the duck’s bum.” Alexandra’s story will be familiar to many Practitioners as her ongoing thirst for knowledge saw her transition through many educational platforms, including being only one of seven IFM Certified Practitioners in Australia!
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Episode 24: Carla Wrenn - Dream Big!
May 28th, 2020 | 48 mins 58 secs
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.
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Episode 23: Shannon Brenton - Work on Your Own Purpose at This Point in Time
May 13th, 2020 | 1 hr 3 mins
best practice, business, entrepreneur, naturopath, practice
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.
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Episode 22: Sarah Di Lorenzo – Find Your Point of Difference
April 27th, 2020 | 1 hr 2 mins
best practice, business, clinic, naturopath, nutritionist, practice, sdl methods
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!
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Episode 21: Jules Galloway – Do not get “Comparisonitis”!
April 8th, 2020 | 1 hr 9 mins
best practice, natural medicine, online appointments, practitioners
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.
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Episode 20: Dr Angus Pyke – Find Your Team and Stick with Them
March 2nd, 2020 | 1 hr 29 secs
best practice, chiropractor, email funnels, ideal patient, marketing strategies, natural health care, practice, practitioner
Today, Angela Carroll and Dr Angus Pyke focus on two important aspects of marketing that will help you as a Natural Health Care Practitioner, attract new patients. Listen to this Best Practice Podcast and firstly, discover the importance of, and how to, identify and speak to your ideal patient and secondly, learn more about email funnels and strategies that you can apply in your practice.
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Episode 19: Jessica Gaunt and John Tobin – The Guests’ Journey is Inspiring
February 5th, 2020 | 55 mins 41 secs
detox, mental health, naturopath, practice, practitioner, working
Today, Jessica Gaunt, a senior Naturopath at Living Valley Springs, and their Naturopathic team manager, John Tobin, join Angela Carroll for a truly inspiring Standing on the Shoulders of Giants episode. Both Jessica Gaunt and John Tobin explore what it is like for a Naturopath to practice in a retreat setting and how it differs to working in a regular practice. Listen in today and find out more about one of Australia’s first health retreat.
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Episode 18: Peter Mullen - Always Have a Business Coach or Mentor
January 23rd, 2020 | 36 mins 40 secs
career, coach, full-time, mentor, naturopath, practice, practitioner, working
Peter Mullen is a successful Practitioner in Newcastle, Australia. He has been in practicing as a Naturopath for 30 years and in this time, he has managed to build a large Practice within his community. Join Angela Carroll and Peter Mullen for this week’s Standing on the Shoulders of Giants podcast, as we dive deep into what it means to work as a full-time Practitioner, what has influenced Peter in his career and most importantly, how long-time Practitioners can leave a legacy for newer Practitioners coming through.
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Episode 17: Marian Rubock – Niche Market is Definitely the Way to Go!
January 9th, 2020 | 35 mins 3 secs
best practice, business, competition, naturopath, niche market, practice, skin, skincare, vla
Stand out from the crowd and get some inspiration today with Angela Carroll and special guest speaker Marian Rubock in the next Best Practice podcast, Niche Market is Definitely the Way to Go! This podcast dives deep into how Marian Rubock has blossomed as a Practitioner with a very defined niche. Marian specialises in skin and has built a very successful practice with her very own effective skincare range: LSM. Being in a niche market means there is no price competition. This is important to consider when differentiating yourself and your business in this ever growing, crowded market.
Niche marketing is definitely the way to go. Learn how niche marketing would work for you and your business by listening today!
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Episode 16: Bronwen Cope - Spend One Minute a Day Working on It.
December 12th, 2019 | 51 mins 44 secs
best practice, business, clinic, naturopath, practitioner, professionals, stress
Do you have something that you do well that you would like to share with the world?
Bronwen Cope has a special interest in stress, anxiety and depression. She believes that “what we consider is stress is so much more than we perceive.” Bronwen, a Naturopath of over 20 years, had a surprising realisation at the International Congress on Natural Medicine one year that she was not herself due to the high levels of stress she was enduring. She struggled to find a long lasting solution so she set out to create one herself.
Bronwen spent over two years intensely researching and delved into finding a reproducible and highly marketable system to help her and her patients move from a state of fear and distress to living full and happy lives of achievement.
Could this be you? Could you research, create and share a body of work, wrapped up as a marketable program for the benefit of a wider audience?
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Episode 15: Practitioner Round Table Sydney – Walk the Talk and Find a Tribe
December 3rd, 2019 | 36 mins 42 secs
best practice, burnout, business, clinic, health paradigms, naturopath, practitioner, professionals
Two great topics today with two great Practitioners! David and Kate share their insights and strategies and discuss burnout in professionals and changing health paradigms. How does burnout happen? How can we come back from exhaustion and apathy and what can we learn about preventing burnout as Practitioners? Changing people’s health paradigm is a skillset required by all Practitioners to bring about lasting changes in patients. In this podcast, we discuss some very effective solutions for both of these.