The Catalyst: Sparking Creative Transformation in Healthcare

Social Media for Healthcare Professionals: Using Technology to Educate and Inspire

“I give as much free education as I can out there on social media, because my thought process is the more you give, the more you receive,” shares Megan Bliss, FNP-C. Megan worked as a nurse practitioner in a traditional healthcare setting for many years feeling like she just did not have all the tools she needed to help her female patients. She began attending functional medicine conferences and using social media as an educational resource to learn everything she could and fill her toolbox. A year and a half ago, Megan opened her own private practice with the goal of teaching women about the role of hormones in the body. Today, she shares how technology can be used to educate and inspire patients to take back control of their health.
 
There is an abundance of information about health available on social media. It’s really about knowing where to look and taking the time to educate yourself. Health education is a critical tool for patients that is severely lacking in traditional healthcare settings. When patients are more informed about their health, they are able to make better choices. They also get less discouraged along their health journey when they feel they have the tools to succeed. Instead of searching for some magic pill that will never exist, functional medicine patients learn the role of hormones in the body, the importance of nutrition, and how to make simple and effective  lifestyle changes all while empowering one another in a group setting. 
 
Social media is a fantastic resource for healthcare professionals to not only learn more about topics they are interested in, but also to educate and inspire their patients. By putting free resources up on social media, physicians not only educate their patients, but also positively impact the health of people all over the world. 
Quotes
• “We can have a myriad of issues, but we feel it when our hormones are out of whack and it really can disrupt our relationships, our productivity, our general wellbeing, our confidence, all of that.” (7:17-7:30 | Megan)
• “I give as much free education as I can out there on social media, because my thought process is the more you give, the more you receive.” (16:55-17:04 | Megan)
• “I had this misconception that professional women shouldn't be on social media.” (18:06-18:11 | Megan) 
• “In my groups, it is so fun when women start talking and bouncing ideas off of each other, and it's definitely empowering and empower was my word of the year last year because I felt like I needed some empowerment in my own life and business. And I wanted to be the source of helping women feel empowered.” (30:48-31:19 | Megan) 
 
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Good Enough? Momentum, Flow and Self Saboteurs

“What I’m doing is good enough. Nope, not perfect, and I’m not really trying my best. But nobody wants perfection. We want relatableness, humility, authenticity, honesty. And that’s what this is,” shares host Dr. Lara Salyer. For today’s special one year anniversary episode, Dr. Lara looks back on the success and challenges of the past year and what she has learned about self sabotage, the myth of perfection, and reaching a flow state. 
 
Dr. Lara created the AHA method for reaching flow state, which stands for anchor, highlight, activate. This method helps combat burnout and fight self sabotage by activating flow enhancers and removing flow disruptors. Even though Dr. Lara helps others with achieving flow and maintaining momentum, she still struggles with her own self saboteurs like the perfectionism ingrained in her since childhood. Many physicians are overachievers and perfectionists, but the truth is that success comes from failure.
 
What you are doing does not have to be perfect to be good, because it never will be. What people really want is authenticity and as long as you are being true to your core values, you are doing good enough. 
Quotes
• “We have to get better at making progress instead of perfection.” (5:15-5:19 | Dr. Lara)
• “What I’m doing is good enough. Nope, not perfect, and I’m not really trying my best. But nobody wants perfection. We want relatableness, humility, authenticity, honesty. And that’s what this is.” (7:56-8:11 | Dr. Lara)
• “We think by fixing something minute it might increase the chance of success and that’s not true.” (12:04-12:10 | Dr. Lara)
• “What increases success is failing multiple times so you get the feedback and you can improve.” (12:11-12:18 | Dr. Lara) 
 
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Can AI Be the Cure for Burnout?

“The basic infrastructure in healthcare is still not functional from a technology perspective,” explains Mehdi Maghsoodnia, thought leader and CEO of 1Health.io. Mehdi studied artificial intelligence at Berkeley and Stanford and has been working in the world of high tech for over 20 years building the platforms that started it all. Today, Mehdi shares how artificial intelligence and advancements to the severely outdated software being used by healthcare systems can transform the industry and help keep physicians from burning out. 
 
Healthcare is at least a decade behind nearly every other industry in terms of technological advancements. 1Health.io is working to change that by providing a platform that shows physicians all the available tests for any given condition, in addition to information about which ones are covered by insurance and which tests are popular with their peers and other physicians. Software like this allows doctors a more streamlined process for tracking vital information like test results. 
 
Physicians today are trying to meet impossibly high levels of demand without the proper tools available to make this demand feasible. Artificial intelligence can help healthcare workers reduce their workload by taking care of administrative tasks and keeping their patients’ data organized. This streamlined process will free up time for physicians, keep things from falling through the cracks, and improve the overall care experience for patients. 
 
Quotes
• “The basic infrastructure in healthcare is still not functional from a technology perspective.” (8:31-8:37 | Mehdi) 
• “Getting access to test results is fundamental to making the right care decisions.” (11:35-11:41 | Mehdi)
• “What we're doing simply is just giving a platform to doctors that shows them for a given condition what are the latest tests for that condition, but also which ones are paid for by insurance and which ones are ordered most often by your peers and other physicians.” (15:33-15:50 | Mehdi)
 
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4 Steps to Elation (How to Hire Your Perfect VA)

“You aren't going to rewire these limiting beliefs overnight. They will probably always be a part of your history and of your narrative, but you can recognize them and check them at the door,” explains host, Dr. Lara Salyer. You may think hiring a virtual assistant is not for you, because you believe no one can do your job as well as you can. However, when you find the perfect VA for you, they can catalyze tremendous growth and help reduce your risks of burnout.
 
Step one is to check your limiting beliefs at the door. Ask yourself if these beliefs are really true and recognize them for what they are. Next, make a list of redundancies and wishes that you notice popping up consistently. Then, begin writing down your Standard Operating Procedures or SOPs. Lastly, build your communication loops for necessary feedback. 
 
The right virtual assistant can help you grow your practice more than you could ever have imagined when trying to do it all on your own. Learn the four steps for hiring the perfect VA for you. 
 
Quotes
• “Oftentimes, practitioners will share the anxiety they have with me saying, I just don't trust anybody to do it as good as I can. And that's a limiting belief.” (4:00-4:12 | Dr. Lara) 
• “You aren't going to rewire these limiting beliefs overnight. They will probably always be a part of your history and of your narrative, but you can recognize them, and be aware, and check them at the door.” (6:09-6:21 | Dr. Lara)
• “Oftentimes when it doesn't work, the VA or the freelancer is the first one to step up and say, ‘Yeah, I can tell I don't think I'm quite fitting the description of this job. And I'm going to step down’.” (18:01-18:13 | Dr. Lara)
• “Don't be scared of outsourcing. Do not be scared of hiring staff. Do not fear that nobody can do it as good as you, quite the opposite. My assistants do things way better than I could have.” (21:50-22:05 | Dr. Lara) 
 
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Disrupting Health Care With Administrative Power

“If I look at accessibility, the way that we can fill that gap is to support women in their careers and in their practices all across the globe,” shares Dr. Julie Durnan, naturopathic physician with over 20 years of experience. Mid-pandemic in 2020, Dr. Julie was burning out and watching clinics and businesses shut down all around her. She started to rethink her career goals and realized that what she is truly passionate about is supporting women so that they can thrive in both their families and careers. She created Ginger Desk to provide virtual administrative support and leadership to physicians.
 
Dr. Julie is very particular when bringing on new employees. Instead of working with contractors, she hires and trains permanent employees with a background in healthcare administration. This provides an opportunity for women to work from home and maintain a thriving career while supporting their families. The majority of problems in clinics occur due to the systems being used and having well-trained administrative support can help physicians to avoid these problems. 
 
Quality administrative support is vital to running a successful healthcare practice. Often problems occur when administrative leadership is lacking or systems are outdated. Learn about how medical VAs can help provide the support you need to keep your clinic running smoothly. 
 
Quotes
• “We don't just match contractors with practitioners. We actually hire, train, and manage permanent Ginger Desk employees.” (12:53-13:01 | Dr. Julie)
• “Only 6% of the problems in clinics are due to the people involved. 94% of problems are due to the systems employed.” (16:32-16:41 | Dr. Julie)
• “What's really neat is watching our VAs come to us from these tiny communities in Northern Ontario in Canada, for example, where otherwise they wouldn't have had the opportunity to work in a functional medical practice. And then to see that small medical practice that might be virtual, in a smaller community where they've chosen to live really thrive because they get the support they need behind the scenes.” (33:56-34:22 | Dr. Julie)
• “If I look at accessibility, this is really the way that we can fill that gap is to support women in their careers, in their practices, all across the globe.” (34:29-34:40 | Dr. Julie)
 
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The Power Is Within

“Spirit is part of us in my belief. We can't box it up and put it aside. We can't separate that from ourselves. Because if we do so, we're actually taking away our highest self and our highest knowledge and our highest ability to comprehend and heal,” explains Dr. Regan Tilley. Dr. Regan has been working in healthcare since 1996. She always knew she wanted to be a doctor, but her family’s traditional values initially held her back from pursuing that dream. After returning to nursing from maternity leave, Dr. Regan experienced a catalytic moment when caring for a cancer patient and realized that she could handle being a doctor after all. She now has a membership-based functional medicine practice where she helps patients with complex medical needs.
 
A good provider is one who will listen to you with an open heart and accept you as you are. They will be your teammate and guide you along your path, but will not make all your decisions for you. Dr. Regan helps her patients in their healing journey by incorporating spirituality. As she explains, spirituality is not religion, but rather it is a part of our highest self. By tapping into the spiritual energy that is already within you, you can begin to heal and pursue your life’s purpose. 
 
The spirit inside you already has the power to help you heal, you just need to know how to access it. The universe tried to nudge Dr. Regan toward being a doctor for decades before she actually listened. When you learn to recognize those nudges and reconnect with your spirituality, you will not only be able to heal, but also have an easier time determining your purpose. 
 
Quotes
• “The universal nudges get really big sometimes. They’re not usually a gentle tap on the shoulder, and if they are you don't listen. It has to come a little bit harder before we pay attention.” (9:10-9:20 | Dr. Regan)
• “You have to find a provider that listens to you. You have to have someone who will listen to you with an open heart and mind, and accept you as you are and then join you as a team member for you. They're not going to dictate your path, they're going to participate with you, and they're going to guide you on your journey to healing.” (26:00-26:22 | Dr. Regan)
• “What are you here to do on this planet and what are you not able to do because of how you feel right now?” (37:26-37:30 | Dr. Regan) 
• “Spirit is part of us in my belief. We can't box it up and put it aside. We can't separate that from ourselves. Because if we do so, we're actually taking away our highest self and our highest knowledge and our highest ability to comprehend and heal. So we have to unlock that box and bring it back into full awareness.” (38:34-38:55 | Dr. Regan)
 
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Steps to Catalyze a Membership Program for Your Patients

“I didn't realize that functional medicine is a partnership. It's 50/50. As the physician, I'm responsible for that 10,000 foot altitude view of providing that map, the landscape, the trajectory, and the patients responsible for making difficult changes whether it's habits or food. I didn't realize that not having a vetting process was going to hurt me more than make it accessible to my community,” explains host Dr. Lara Salyer. When Dr. Lara first opened her functional medicine practice back in 2017, she made many mistakes along the way. As she learned more and tried different approaches, Dr. Lara eventually decided to implement a membership program which helps her business function more effectively for both herself and her patients.
 
When Dr. Lara first opened her private practice in rural Wisconsin, she made several mistakes that caused her business to suffer and made her begin to start feeling the same type of overwhelm that she had left traditional medicine to get away from. She did not have any type of vetting program, so often the people making appointments ended up not being a good fit for the practice. After about a year and a half of slowly implementing new methods such as a low cost signature course on functional medicine, free 15 minute pre-visit strategy sessions, and courses on Teachable, Dr. Lara decided to offer a tier based membership program. The three tiers of membership allow for patients to pay for what they actually need and to graduate down to a lower tier as their health improves.
 
There are three main types of memberships that you can implement for your practice. These types are the tier based membership used by Dr. Lara, a key and lock membership which is a low monthly charge that gets patients in the door but may require extra charges for anything not included, and the final type is a basic educational membership that is just a simple monthly charge for access to your courses. If you are interested in designing a membership program for your patients, it can be a really great way to enhance value and to make sure your patients are actually in alignment with your clinic’s goals. 
 
Quotes
• “I didn't realize that functional medicine is a partnership. It's 50/50. As the physician, I'm responsible for that 10,000 foot altitude view of providing that map, the landscape, the trajectory, and the patients responsible for making difficult changes whether it's habits or food. I didn't realize that not having a vetting process was going to hurt me more than make it accessible to my community.” (4:40-5:06 | Dr. Lara)
• “Just because you have staff doesn't mean that you're efficient or that you will be streamlined. I had a health coach, I had a massage therapist in house renting a room in my office. I thought there'd be no way that this couldn't succeed. And I couldn't have been more wrong.” (6:17-6:30 | Dr. Lara)
• “Both patient and doctor can be spending really excellent effort on change and transformation, but nothing is guaranteed in the body. You could be taking all the right supplements, eating the right organic foods, but you could have triggers, trauma, body somatic responses to things that aren't even in the plan.” (16:56-17:15 | Dr. Lara)
• “You can become burned out in functional medicine just as easily as you can in standard medicine. So these three tiered membership documents are wonderful to give a visual representation to patients of what's included and what isn't and what to expect.” (32:52-33:06 | Dr. Lara)
 
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Front Office Makeover With the Aha! Method

“You as a practitioner modeling this awareness of energy, emotions, and how to change your state will go a long way to changing your culture,” explains host Dr. Lara Salyer. Burnout happens in every industry and in order to learn how to get through it, it is vital to learn how to activate your own embodied energy. With the aha method, you can get into more of a creative flow state while also making an environment that feels psychologically safe. Without that feeling of safety, creativity cannot flourish. 
 
Aha stands for anchor, highlight, activate. Anchor refers to your core values. Every decision you make for your business needs to be anchored in those key values. This is what helps create that culture of safety and trust. Once your values are anchored, you can move onto the highlight phase. It is pivotal to highlight milestones and feedback opportunities so that you as management and your team can always be on the same page. It can be difficult for some people to give feedback, especially when that feedback may be something they know you won’t want to hear. Providing a means for anonymous feedback can help make this process a little smoother. The final step is to activate your own embodied energy. Get more in tune with your body so that you can control your own energy. This will ensure you are able to enter flow state whenever you need to.
 
Burnout happens in every industry. Be prepared with the aha method, so you can create a cadence of flow and keep pushing through while staying true to your core values. Apply the method to any situation in your business where you are feeling there is a need for improvement. You’ll be surprised how much better you and your team will feel when you’re exchanging frequent feedback, establishing a feeling of safety, and utilizing your embodied energy.
Quotes
• “The reason we start with anchoring values is key because every decision made after this, every communication pattern, every email, every newsletter can mention and reflect these core values. It becomes that drumbeat of your culture, it becomes that all inclusive psychological safety that you start with.” (9:26-9:49 | Dr. Lara)
• “After we anchored the core values we moved to highlight. In this case, we want to highlight milestones and feedback opportunities to help staff grow.” (10:23-10:33 | Dr. Lara)
• “It's best to highlight milestones and feedback opportunities, so we all can get on the same page.” (10:51-10:56 | Dr. Lara)
• “Some people feel very comfortable giving you feedback right away, right to your face. And that's great. But you also want to provide an anonymous suggestion box. We have blind spots, just like everybody and sometimes it can feel difficult if there's a power dynamic to mention something that might be a little upsetting.” (14:29-14:48 | Dr. Lara)
• “Burnout happens to everybody in every industry. The world is going to always have burnout. And in order for us to help excavate this and pedal through it, we need to learn how to activate our own embodied energy.” (15:07-15:21 | Dr. Lara) 
• “If you're feeling low energy, you can activate more energy with different inspiration and expiration breath work. You can also jump up and down, shake or dance. If you're feeling too activated, you can downshift with vagal toning exercises like swaying or humming.” (17:05-17:23 | Dr. Lara)
• “You as a practitioner modeling this awareness of energy, emotions, and how to change your state will go a long way to changing your culture.” (17:33-17:45 | Dr. Lara)
 
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Preventative Wealthcare: How to Start Advocating for Yours TODAY

“We really want to get you back aligned with your values. We're bombarded so much with this consumerism and we get ourselves wrapped up in it so we want you to take your money story back,” explains April Stroink. April is a certified Profit-First professional, a financial advisor and money coach, and creator of The Money Fix, a suite of programs to increase financial literacy for millennials, families and entrepreneurs. When she and her daughter began to struggle with health issues that traditional healthcare was unable to figure out, April began to learn more about preventative health care and integrative wellness. After spending years working in the financial world, she noticed a correlation between Western culture’s lack of focus on preventative health care and a similar lack of understanding of preventative ‘wealth’ care.  
 
Many health care physicians who open private practices do so without having the proper financial management tools in their toolkit. In order to regain control over your money story and make sure your spending is actually in alignment with your values and goals, it is important to have a money system in place. April recommends that entrepreneurs divvy their money into separate buckets, ie. bank accounts based on what it will be used for. As a profit-first professional, she advocates paying yourself first. So your first bank account should be for profit, followed by one for owner’s pay, then another for taxes, and finally one for operational expenses. This way you can keep all your money organized in a way that will be less confusing for your brain, and it will be easier for you to see where your money is going. 
 
Regaining your money power can feel really overwhelming, especially when most people are never given the tools to manage their finances. By re-aligning your money story with your values, you will ultimately prevent burnout and negative health outcomes. You can reach your financial goals and re-align your money story with your values by taking the time to re-organize your spending.  
 
Quotes
• “The same limiting beliefs that I see in money are these axioms that prior generations believed to be true, so we believe them to be true as well.” (12:28-12:38 | April)
• “We really need to be growing all of the time. And we need to be growing into understanding money and how money flows through our business. Otherwise, we will not have the growth that we are looking for. We will end up in this place of burnout, in debt, and stressed about moeny. So in order to do that, we need to be questioning traditional finance and really making our own path.” (14:29-14:57 | April)
• “We need to drop the blaming and shaming of ourselves because we were never taught. We were never given the tools. The tools and the training that we got were fraught from institutions that do not profit from us being financially astute.” (20:04-20:18 | April) 
• “We really want to get you back aligned with your values. We're bombarded so much with this consumerism and we get ourselves so wrapped up in it and keeping up with the Joneses, and so we want you to take your money story back.” (32:29-32:42 | April)
 
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How Functional Medicine Treatment Changed My Pharmacy Career

“It just made me realize the importance of health coaching. Not telling people what to do, but helping them realize their wants and their needs, and helping dive into their personal strengths, and getting them to pave their own way. Because they really are the experts on their life and on their body,” explains Heather Cracauer. Heather began her career in healthcare as a doctor of pharmacy and has 14 years of experience as a pharmacist. When she caught covid in the Fall of 2020, she began experiencing chronic health issues like fatigue, headaches, and overall feeling like garbage. Her traditional doctors could not find the issue with standard lab testing and one suggested she see a functional medicine practitioner. That practitioner ran a bunch of tests and the results were shocking. Heather's body was dealing with mold exposure, SIBO, and dysbiosis. She immediately wanted to learn more about functional medicine. Now Heather is a certified functional medicine practitioner who runs a virtual practice from her home offering health and functional nutrition coaching. 
 
Heather went into medicine wanting to help people achieve better health. As a pharmacist, she did not get to spend enough time with each patient to really help them with their health goals as much as she would have liked. When she realized that functional medicine could help get to the root cause of chronic illnesses, she found her calling in health coaching. As a pharmacist, Heather was giving patients medications for their ailments rather than helping them to determine the root cause. But now, she is able to eliminate medicine from her patient’s charts and replace it with nutrition and lifestyle changes. 
 
The difference that functional medicine can make in patients’ lives is truly mind blowing. Heath coaching and nutrition should be treated like an integral part of the healthcare system, yet traditional Western medicine is years behind in this regard. By getting to the actual root cause of the illnesses in the body, chronic conditions can be eliminated and there can be a reduction in the amount of medication a patient needs to take. 
 
Quotes
• “I got the functional medicine tests back and it was shocking. I had mold exposure, I had dysbiosis 10 out of 10 on that scale with SIBO. I had inflammatory markers that were just sky high. Just so many things were wrong. So it's kind of the catalyst that was the light bulb, where I realized there's more to medicine. We can actually get to the root cause.” (4:36-5:33 | Heather) 
• “It just made me realize the importance of health coaching. Not telling people what to do, but helping them realize what they want, their wants and their needs, and helping dive into their personal strengths, and getting them to pave their own way. Because they really are the experts on their life and on their body.” (12:28-12:54 | Heather)
• “What has always driven me is just helping people achieve health, good health, better health, whatever that means to them.” (16:56-17:05 | Heather)
• “I feel like health coaching and nutritionists need to become part of the integral system.” (25:35-25:42 | Heather) 
 
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