From Student to Business Owner: A Chiropractor's Courageous Journey, with Dr. Kayla Willoughby
This podcast episode focuses on the transformative journey of Dr. Kayla Willoughby, a chiropractor specializing in perinatal care and animal chiropractic. Throughout our discussion, Dr. Willoughby shares her experiences of navigating the complexities of establishing her practice while pursuing her courageous destiny. We delve into the challenges faced by new chiropractors, particularly in transitioning from education to professional practice, and the importance of cultivating a supportive environment that encourages growth and collaboration. The conversation further highlights the necessity of leveraging coaching and mentorship to enhance business acumen in the chiropractic field. Ultimately, we emphasize the significance of aligning one's professional aspirations with personal values to foster a fulfilling career in healthcare.
About Dr. Kayla Willoughby: Chiropractor for Women & Holistic Health Advocate; Animal Chiropractor
Dr. Kayla is a heart-centered chiropractor who specializes in women’s health, prenatal care, animal chiropractic and natural wellness for the whole family—especially the crunchy mamas out there doing things their own way. With a gentle, holistic approach, she helps people reconnect with their bodies, reduce stress, and feel more aligned throughout every stage of life.
From fertility and pregnancy to postpartum and beyond, Dr. Kayla supports chiropractic care that honors the body’s innate wisdom. She’s certified in the Gonstead Technique of chiropractic care and passionate about helping mamas thrive—not just survive.
She believes healing is more than symptom relief—it’s nervous system regulation, emotional grounding, and trusting your inner guidance. Whether it’s adjusting a newborn, guiding a first-time mom, or helping a woman ditch chronic pain and reclaim her energy, Dr. Kayla brings warmth, education, and empowerment to every conversation.
Takeaways:
- The podcast emphasizes the importance of living your courageous destiny, which entails pursuing your passions in both business and life.
- Kayla Willoughby discusses her transformative journey as a chiropractor and the challenges she faced while adapting to new circumstances.
- The significance of having a supportive coach is highlighted, as it can lead to substantial personal and professional growth in one's career.
- Listeners are encouraged to embrace collaboration over competition, especially in the healthcare field, to foster a healthier work environment.
Transcript
Hello everyone and welcome to the courageous destiny build a business and life you love podcast.
Speaker A:I am your host, Kristen Crockett.
Speaker A:I'm an elite business and life coach and I am a stand for people living their courageous destiny, which is everything you want in your business and in your life.
Speaker A:And today, I am so happy and elated to have Kathy Kayla Willoughby, Dr. Kayla Willoughby, chiropractor extraordinaire who specializes in peri.
Speaker A:No.
Speaker A:Perinatal or pregnancy pediatrics and animal chiropractic care.
Speaker A:She's in the greater north Atlantic area.
Speaker A:She is a client, a very, very dear client of mine and friend.
Speaker A:As we've been working together, we just celebrated our one year anniversary.
Speaker A:One year to your courageous destin.
Speaker A:Kayla, welcome to my show.
Speaker B:I'm so excited to be here.
Speaker B:It's an absolute honor to be on your podcast and share a little bit about all the beautiful work that we've done together because it truly has been so transformative.
Speaker A:Well, I'm excited to have you here.
Speaker A:One of the reasons why I think, what I think is so unique about you is your ability to adapt.
Speaker A:And this year, like we started out here, you were, you were in Florida and you were working under one associateship at that time.
Speaker A:You ended up transferring over to and moving to Atlanta where your then boyfriend became your now fiance, which is why it might be Kayla McBride within the next year.
Speaker A:That's kind of funny that you'll be a bride with the last name of McBride.
Speaker A:And then, I mean, you, you've just been doing all of this transition and the whole way living what I call your courageous destiny, because to me, it's about the journey.
Speaker A:It's not even about the final destination.
Speaker A:And how do we keep growing even in the face of such so much uncertainty?
Speaker A:And we've done a lot of talking, of course, on our calls.
Speaker A:And I actually, for those of you who don't know, I coach quite a few chiropractors.
Speaker A:I had huge success with chiropractors when we realized a problem when I had my, my very first chiropractic client.
Speaker A:And that was there wasn't a whole lot of sales or business help to chiropractors who were just starting out in the world.
Speaker A:And so they kind of just do what other chiropractors do, whether or not it even made business sense and then started into their chiropractic life.
Speaker A:So here you have these amazing, beautiful, smart doctors now having to build a business and now having to market themselves and now having to confront a lot of things that I help people confront Every day.
Speaker A:So over the, over the course of a two year period, I created a group called Courageous Destiny, Alignment, and that is my chiropractors.
Speaker A:And Kayla, you have been such an honorary addition to that.
Speaker A:Thank you, thank you, thank you for not just choosing me as your coach and trusting me, but being on here today to share your story.
Speaker A:Because it's one that I think a lot of people need to hear.
Speaker B:Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker B:I think that every chiropractor comes out of school really excited and so raring to go and, you know, get, get things started.
Speaker B:I'm a massive planner and that's always been something that I've like prided myself on and it's been one of my greatest weapons.
Speaker B:However, it actually started off being one of my greatest detriments.
Speaker B:So I almost feel like a lot of my learning curve has been a double edged sword where, you know, things can come from a place of power like you always talk about.
Speaker B:But at the same time, if you aren't willing to like lean into the process and like kind of allow yourself to really be like compressed under pressure to create that diamond, it can stop your growth from becoming the diamond that you're supposed to be.
Speaker A:Well, and here you have this innate skill set and gift for planning because it is a gift.
Speaker B:Oh yeah.
Speaker B:10 out of 10.
Speaker A:Your situation wasn't plannable.
Speaker B:No, no.
Speaker B:I think that's where I had a difficult time because so with my story, I kind of started off when I was in chiropractic school.
Speaker B:I was a super big go getter.
Speaker B:Night one, I was learning about chiropractic before classes even started.
Speaker B:I was getting taught about the Gonstead technique and what a subluxation is and the principles of chiropractic.
Speaker B:I was just all in on health and all in on the process of becoming who I am today.
Speaker B:So.
Speaker B:So starting off, one of the biggest things when I came out of school is I had planned, I'd found, you know, what I thought was going to be my dream job and all the wonderful things.
Speaker B:And I got there and they had presented me initially with a contract six months before I graduated that said one thing.
Speaker B:And then once I arrived, they actually changed the contract on me, which is one of my first lessons.
Speaker B:The first contract you get, draft it, work on it, sign it, get it done immediately, do not wait.
Speaker B:That was one of my first hard lessons coming out of school.
Speaker B:The second job I got to, it was packaged and presented in a way where I thought it was actually going to allow for a mass amount of growth.
Speaker B:And it Felt very much at the time like it was in alignment with my progression and where I wanted to be in my career.
Speaker B:That was a wolf in sheep's clothes situation for sure.
Speaker B:So I ended up actually not staying in that office for too long.
Speaker B:And I've been.
Speaker A:Let's just interrupt a little bit because I think, and I've heard of before, I've talked to so many chiropractors now that been in this stage where they take their first associateship and they think it's going to be one thing and they're promised one thing, but there's not a lot of paperwork.
Speaker A:And soon after they get hired and they start getting to the levels where they would get more pay, it seems like the rug is pulled out from under them.
Speaker B:Oh yeah.
Speaker A:Everything changes.
Speaker A:Almost like, hey, you know, you, you have to pay your dues as an associate.
Speaker B:It's the carrot being dangled.
Speaker B:Yes, yes.
Speaker A:Like you're like the, like on one hand it's, it could be a really great opportunity.
Speaker A:I could see it as a really great opportunity for people coming out of chiropractic school to be able to have some amazing practice before you go and you open up your own, your own practice.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:There's a lot to learn, you know.
Speaker B:And so much to learn.
Speaker A:Yeah, there's, there's the actual being a doctor part.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:All of the care and, and, and how you adjust and how you form your intuition as a doctor and how you're helping to heal people.
Speaker A:So there's that side of it where I see it, when you find a chiropractor that you align with, that's really, really awesome.
Speaker A:However, there's also the side that if you, if you trust this person and they're teaching you, they're also teaching you about business.
Speaker A:So if their business isn't running, you know, like a well oiled machine or they'd have you in there.
Speaker A:Not really, as some, as an esteemed part of their practice, an esteemed extension of their practice and paying you fairly.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:Because I've seen, I mean, I have seen.
Speaker A:I'm not saying, by the way, that all chiropractors who have associates treat them unfairly.
Speaker B:No, because there are, there are the rare out there where they come in and it's absolutely like this huge team effort and you're actually brought on as a team member and you're well esteemed.
Speaker B:I have several counterparts that I've met throughout the profession that actually have really, really great associateships.
Speaker B:However, they're extremely hard to find.
Speaker B:And I think one of the biggest things in chiropractic is a lot of times, and this goes across like other professions too.
Speaker B:I'm actually on like hairdresser TikTok a lot right now, and I'm seeing a lot of the same kind of energy talked about within the field where like, you know, whoever like the lead person is, they actually view you as competition, even though you're trying to be on their team.
Speaker B:So I think that is where the difficulty comes in is like, as a business owner, I think one of the biggest things that I've noticed is that these owners haven't necessarily stepped into the energy of like, becoming more of the CEO and taking a step back and like allowing the doctor underneath them to grow and like, prosper and actually supporting the process.
Speaker B:I think that it really comes from like, a place of lack on the inside because they are scared that this person's going to come in and like, take something that they built, which I completely understand, like the, like the, the mentality behind it.
Speaker B:However, that being said, I really think those doctors actually need to be consulting with a coach that does a lot of inner work like you do, because their business is a reflection of their.
Speaker B:Of themselves and like, what's happening on the inside.
Speaker B:So I've really found that to be like, absolutely true with like, my different experiences that I've had because there is an office that I'm routinely in serving, loving and giving to their population.
Speaker B:It's all pediatrics, all perinatal, absolute, wonderful place to be.
Speaker B:And that is a team effort.
Speaker B:And it's all about how we can serve the community.
Speaker B:And it's community focused, which is where you cross into the territory of things being really, really good.
Speaker B:But the issue is that is like a diamond that you're looking for out in a dust bowl.
Speaker A:So for which is why we wanted to have this podcast.
Speaker A:We want to have the podcast for.
Speaker A:First of all, if you are a chiropractor and you're in the position to expect, expand your practice and you are going to be hiring people, make sure that you're embracing them with open arms and you're ready and you're ready and you're internally prepared to be collaborative, not competitive with the people that you're bringing into your practice that you.
Speaker A:I would say that you are also embracing them as a doctor, not a gopher.
Speaker A:I've heard a lot about that.
Speaker B:Or.
Speaker A:Or you know what?
Speaker A:I really, I'm a doctor.
Speaker A:I really hate the marketing.
Speaker A:So you who just got out of school, I know you don't know anything about marketing, and you don't know anything about networking, and you don't know anything about those things.
Speaker A:But I want you to go handle that for the whole office.
Speaker A:Good.
Speaker A:I don't have to do it anymore.
Speaker A:I wash my hands of it.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:And then they're mad.
Speaker B:They're mad when you're not good at it, and they never trained you on it.
Speaker B:So there's no expectations.
Speaker B:Just, here you go, have this job.
Speaker B:In reality, people pay people thousands and thousands of dollars.
Speaker B:You actually do that job well.
Speaker A:So years ago, I read a book and this was about, you know, this was when I was becoming a coach and an entrepreneur.
Speaker A:And I read a book called Secrets of a Millionaire Mind by, I'm gonna say Eckhart, T. Hara Beckhardt.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker A:So Secrets of a Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eckard.
Speaker A:Life changing book.
Speaker A:You're going to get into a practice, you're going to.
Speaker A:You want to make money, you want to break through some, you know, money barriers, that kind of thing.
Speaker A:It's an excellent, excellent book.
Speaker A:But I remember hearing the problem.
Speaker B:Or.
Speaker A:I remember hearing, as an entrepreneur, your job is to solve problems.
Speaker A:And the bigger problem you solve, the more money that you can make.
Speaker A:And I'll never forget that.
Speaker A:That stuck out to me.
Speaker A:It's very simple, right?
Speaker A:And so here I am as a coach in Courageous Destiny, where I love to help, you know, people find their passion and put that into a business and learn how to really monetize it while bringing their life along with them, you know, because that's important, too.
Speaker A:So I always say I'm an elite business and an elite life coach.
Speaker A:And one of the things that I heard was, you know, in, in.
Speaker A:And I've observed is that you've got these chiropractors who have put and invested so much money into their own education, so much money into their own education.
Speaker A:And the problem is that they don't know how to sell, they don't know how to market.
Speaker A:And the mentorship for that part of it kind of sucks so far from what I've seen generally.
Speaker A:And I'm going to say that generally speaking.
Speaker B:Generally speaking.
Speaker A:So how do.
Speaker A:I'm a chiropractic student.
Speaker A:Student.
Speaker A:Right now, I'm telling you this.
Speaker A:How do you.
Speaker A:What are you going to tell me to look out for Kayla that you've experienced?
Speaker B:Honestly, I think my mistake when I was a chiropractic student is I knew from the very beginning that I wanted to open my own business and that working for somebody else wasn't right.
Speaker B:For me, because I wanted to do my own thing.
Speaker B:I'm a free spirit.
Speaker B:I'm very independent.
Speaker B:I'm a really hard worker.
Speaker B:And I think my first mistake was actually not listening to my intuition and trusting the process and leaning into it, because right before graduation, everything gets very real very quickly.
Speaker B:And then you're like, you almost have this fear because you just spent $250,000 learning all these things, only to realize that there's so many more things out there to learn and that you feel like.
Speaker B:You feel like, oh, I might not be ready.
Speaker B:Like, I don't think I actually know enough.
Speaker B:So I think that was my biggest thing, is I had what I like to call the oh, shit factor, where I was like, oh, my gosh, I don't know everything.
Speaker B:I have to know everything to really be able to take care of people.
Speaker B:And honestly, I think that was me being too far into, like, the science portion and, like, the knowledge portion of my brain where, you know, you think you need to overthink things, but really leading with your heart is the way to go.
Speaker B:Because people need healing hands, and they need people to support them, you know, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, like, as long and with their body as well.
Speaker B:Because there's so many different ways that people heal naturally and that knowledge takes time to build.
Speaker B:So it took you, you know, three and a quarter years to get through your chiropractic school.
Speaker B:Just the chiropractic school that's not talking about your undergrad, which was probably four years.
Speaker B:And now you're.
Speaker B:You're ready to help people.
Speaker B:You, in fact, can just go and do it, and it's actually not as hard as you think it is.
Speaker B:All it takes is a really good coach, proper support from the community, and, like, finding people that are actually in the same stages of life as you.
Speaker B:Because there's so many chiropractors that come out of school and they get scared.
Speaker B:They try to go work for somebody else, and they find out, you know what?
Speaker B:This isn't in alignment with me.
Speaker B:I should have listened to myself.
Speaker B:I should have followed being the business owner.
Speaker B:But that's when you have the shoulda, coulda, woulda.
Speaker B:And then that's when you start making courageous action so you could live your courageous destiny and actually do the things that you were destined to do, which is serve people out of your own abundance and finding that community that's actually right for you.
Speaker B:And one of my biggest prayers and things that have, like, led me to where I'm at currently, where I have, you know, my Own off office.
Speaker B:I'm constantly developing my office and growing.
Speaker B:And it's actually in such a state of ease, too, to where, you know, things happen naturally, it's never forced.
Speaker B:There is a lot of work, obviously, that goes into the back end, but it doesn't have to be work.
Speaker B:And that's one of the things that Kristen's worked with me on is I always said, oh, this has got to be hard.
Speaker B:It's got to be hard.
Speaker B:And in fact, does not have to be hard.
Speaker B:It can actually just be fun.
Speaker B:But it depends on what you choose and, like, what you believe is true.
Speaker B:So if you believe I'm not smart enough, yeah, I don't know everything, then it's true.
Speaker B:But if you believe that you're capable enough to, in fact, find the answers and support people in their journey where they're at.
Speaker B:And if you believe in yourself and you believe in your vision and your journey and you know what God has put on your heart for you to actually go out and accomplish in the world, really beautiful things happen naturally.
Speaker B:Like, all of a sudden, you have a business and you have several babies born into your practice.
Speaker B:You have people who cry because you gave them their life back, or they actually like themselves more.
Speaker B:They're not fighting with their husband anymore.
Speaker B:There's so many different things that have happened.
Speaker B:Or a child that is now.
Speaker B:They had seizures constantly.
Speaker B:They don't have any.
Speaker B:So that is the natural power of what the body can do for itself, because the power that made the body heals the body.
Speaker B:And it's the same thing, like the power that gave you the thought that you should start your own business and go do your thing and be independent.
Speaker B:It was for a reason.
Speaker B:Listen, that's what I have to say.
Speaker A:Well, I love that.
Speaker A:Oh, my goodness.
Speaker A:And I want to.
Speaker A:I want to.
Speaker A:I want to pull out a few things from what you said.
Speaker A:One of the things that I know that I've coached you on and I've coached many people on is choose your heart.
Speaker A:Right?
Speaker A:There's.
Speaker A:We often put.
Speaker A:Oh, my gosh, it's so hard.
Speaker A:It's so hard.
Speaker A:It's so hard.
Speaker A:And I wanted to.
Speaker A:I wanted to start with that because there's in courageous destiny.
Speaker A:We do a lot of reprogramming, a lot of rewiring of things that we say every day that we're unconscious to, and we just say them, and is it even true?
Speaker A:You know?
Speaker A:So one of my favorite pieces of coaching that I remember, I'm like, whenever I say, oh, my gosh, my job is so hard, or it's so hard to market, or it's so hard to put.
Speaker A:Keep putting yourself out there.
Speaker A:It's only hard because you have a lot of resistance.
Speaker A:You haven't emotionally approached certain things with yourself before.
Speaker A:So when you get out there to grow a business, it's so hard because you might feel vulnerable, you might feel like you're the product.
Speaker A:You might feel like you don't have the ability to sell or you don't know what to say to people.
Speaker A:And here you've got.
Speaker A:You're a doctor and you want to present yourself a certain way.
Speaker A:But when you go to market and you go to sell, you don't necessarily have the confidence.
Speaker A:And that's what makes it, quote, unquote, hard.
Speaker A:But I love to turn the word hard into a, you know, kind of like a light bulb or an alarm.
Speaker A:So if I hear myself saying it, it's an alarm to me.
Speaker A:Because what I remember is my brothers, when I was in high school, they own their own landscaping business and they came home from work covered in.
Speaker A:In grass, basically grass and dirt in 98 degree weather, come rain, come shine, with big bottles of Gatorade and they would just walk in and crash.
Speaker A:And I'm like, that's pretty hard.
Speaker A:I think what the manual labor piece, that's pretty hard.
Speaker A:I'm like, is what is calling people hard?
Speaker A:Is going to a networking event hard?
Speaker B:Is.
Speaker A:And it's not that it can be emotionally difficult, but what if we could rewire and take that element out of it, take that emotion out of it so it's easy.
Speaker A:And I love to help people get the freedom, encourage us destiny to be able to grow, just grow and be able to take the actions that are going to continue to have their practice grow and move forward.
Speaker A:And what I like about chiropractors so much, and particularly you, Kayla, and, you know, particularly you have.
Speaker A:You're very authentic.
Speaker A:And you are authentic from the jump.
Speaker A:You know, you knew what you wanted, you were scared, you had.
Speaker A:You know, there was what I call some wiffle waffling.
Speaker A:The wiffle waffling is natural.
Speaker A:Wiffle waffling is like, well, I could do this or I could do that or I could do this.
Speaker A:And then you go forward trying to do something and then you change your mind.
Speaker A:So you don't quite get the result or the fruits of your labor because you've got your energy extended amongst a couple of different avenues.
Speaker B:That is called overthinking.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:And should I stay and part for you too?
Speaker A:Was like, should I stay or should I go now?
Speaker A:Like that old song, you know, should I stay?
Speaker A:Should I go to Atlanta?
Speaker A:Should I go back to, you know, and there was, you know, the whiffle waffling was also literally your place of residency, you know, and have to work through all that.
Speaker B:You have to practice making decisions.
Speaker B:That was something that was like, you know, difficult.
Speaker B:And the other thing too, I feel like when you're in school, like you get conditioned to I do the work, I get a result, I do the work, I get a result.
Speaker B:And then you graduate and now you're doing the work and you're looking for the result and the validation that like what you're doing is the right thing.
Speaker B:So I almost feel like you have to retrain your brain because your brain was conditioned for like three years.
Speaker B:That work equals results, which it does.
Speaker B:However, it comes in a completely different style like font and format that you're not used to seeing.
Speaker B:And you know, for me one of the biggest things that's been like that you do the work and you do the results or you get the results has been actually building my own business, having my own clients, being able to walk into the office and just praising God because like I have the office that I always wanted, that I always dreamed of, that I prayed for at the patients, that I wanted, that I dreamed of, that I paid for.
Speaker B:And it's one of the biggest blessings, especially when you start getting Google reviews coming in that just warm your heart to the core and you realize that that's all, all the reasons that you did this and it was worth all the tears and the growth and the progression.
Speaker B:Because I think one of my biggest things that I think I struggled with the most was just overthinking everything and thinking that things had to be perfect and.
Speaker B:But in fact it's better that it's actually completed and that it's done and that you've made progression and that perfection comes with, you know, the mess ups on its own naturally and like the things that naturally happen.
Speaker B:And a lot of the times I always say rejection is protection.
Speaker B:So if there's something that's not properly working out for you, it's not happening to you, it's in fact happening for you.
Speaker B:So you know, those associateships that I ended up kind of going through in the beginning were protection and the fact that they didn't work out.
Speaker B:And I was so focused on chasing like the illusion of having a job equals stability and safety when in fact I can go create my own stability and my own safety on My own independently.
Speaker B:And you actually can do it, even though, you know, you might not be starting out with, like, all the fancy things.
Speaker B:And that's the other thing I want to say.
Speaker B:If you want to start your own business, you just need a table and you need hands and you need to be able to talk to people.
Speaker B:Those are the three things you need.
Speaker B:You do not need anything else.
Speaker B:I came out of school under the impression that I needed to have all of these things, and that was just not true at all.
Speaker B:And I think that was one of the biggest things.
Speaker B:Again, Kristin helped me overcome because I was like, well, I need to have this, I need to do this, I need to do that.
Speaker B:Thinking that I had to have this perfect office for people to want to come and that people wouldn't want to see me if I didn't have all the bells and whistles and this, that.
Speaker B:And the other people don't care about your pamphlets.
Speaker B:They care about if you can help them or not.
Speaker B:That's what they care about.
Speaker A:That's right.
Speaker A:That's right.
Speaker A:They do not.
Speaker A:You know, it's really interesting what I saw right away, particularly in chiropractic, and I think about it just practitioners in general.
Speaker A:So chiropractors, massage therapists, physical therapists, you know, pt, personal trainers, anything that you have your hands on people or you're really close proximity, you know, coaches as well.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:You're really close proximity with people.
Speaker A:If you're not healed, if you are.
Speaker A:If you have things that you're not addressing in your life that are upsetting you in these different things, when you go to put your hands on other people, when you go to be in close proximity with people to help them heal, etc.
Speaker A:Etc.
Speaker A:You being healed helps so much.
Speaker B:Oh, my gosh.
Speaker B:Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker B:I think that's one of the.
Speaker A:People feel it.
Speaker B:People feel, yeah.
Speaker B:If you have that higher energy and you're able to, like, vibrate at a higher frequency, like, you attract more people.
Speaker B:So if you, you know, act confident, no one will question you.
Speaker B:And eventually, you know, the acting becomes.
Speaker B:You're.
Speaker B:You're not acting.
Speaker B:You're, in fact, that.
Speaker B:That is who you are.
Speaker B:So I almost feel like for a lot of people, when they first start, you have to go from being a student to being a doctor, and there's a learning curve and a learning period.
Speaker B:And then even to go from being a student to a doctor to all of a sudden you're a business owner and you're supposed to have all the answers.
Speaker B:You're like, how right and then to.
Speaker A:Know that as the other thing that I see a lot is I have to get anybody on my table.
Speaker A:And the truth is, you don't.
Speaker A:You get to chill.
Speaker A:Now, my goal is have people who are really, really great at what they do know it so much that anybody that doesn't honor that, whether it be an associateship or somebody that they're physically adjusting or working with, nobody has to deal with toxicity.
Speaker A:Nobody has to deal with toxicity.
Speaker B:I think that even works, like, even if you are like an associate and you're currently in a practice and, like, you are pursuing that route because there is no wrong or right way to do this.
Speaker B:In fact, like, have to be a business owner, you can find that associateship, but you have to find something where everybody's working together for, like, the common good.
Speaker B:Because really, the work that we do is, in fact, for humanity, and it's in the name of health.
Speaker B:And, you know, we live in a country right now where we are the sickest country.
Speaker B:We just are.
Speaker B:We're so sick.
Speaker B:So your job is so much bigger than, like, what's happening at work.
Speaker B:And if toxicity at work or, like, within, you know, your own spirit, if those are different things that you're struggling with, doing the work, it will put you in places that you are supposed to be so that you can serve the right people and actually be on the proper path to where, you know, it's everything is worth it.
Speaker B:And I feel like when you lose sight of your why and your purpose and your vision, that's when you start to falter.
Speaker B:And I think having someone to actually help you through those difficult times, when you're questioning like, well, why am I doing this?
Speaker B:You know, did I just waste that much time of my life to actually sit here and be crying?
Speaker B:Because I don't like my job and I don't like my boss, and I don't like where I'm at, and I don't know what I'm doing, because I've heard that a lot out in the wild.
Speaker B:I really, truly think that slowing down, taking the time to work on yourself and investing in yourself and your personal growth, that's when you attract those people that are your ideal clients.
Speaker B:That's when your business grows and when you're able to actually take those next steps in your journey and leaning into the process and just trusting it, things happen beyond, like, what you could possibly think that you would want for yourself to begin with.
Speaker B:So that is what I would like to say in regards to that, because there's such A bigger plan and a bigger reach that you have and that you have the capacity to have.
Speaker B:And I think when you have these difficulties and these problems within your life or your personal life, that is an opportunity for you to expand like your own consciousness and your own growth, which allows you to, in fact, do more, serve more and, you know, receive and giving and receiving are the same frequency.
Speaker A:Well, so I want to, I want to just say this and I'm going to go to my two questions that I ask everybody because I could talk.
Speaker A:We're going to, I know that on this podcast I'm going to have Kayla back and I'm going to give updates on her progress because she is so courageous.
Speaker A:Let me tell you, she has moved.
Speaker A:She has dealt with uncertainty.
Speaker A:I've seen her get clients, you know, while waitressing.
Speaker A:I've seen her get clients, you know, create events to get clients, collaborate to get clients and just really any fear that she had once had, I've seen her overcome that.
Speaker A:And I can't wait to share what's, what's, you know, her progression and what she's evolving to.
Speaker A:But in addition, I want to let if you are a chiropractor that's in an associateship and you're ready to make the move to your own business or you are somebody who, you know, wants to be able to learn the business and sales of chiropractic work and you're, you know, getting out of school or you're a year out, you know what, wherever your situation is, we have created a, or I have created a courageous destiny group called courageous Destiny Alignment, which is part of my build a business and life you love program, all with the intent to help people program and align their mindset to business growth, to be able to sell, to be able to attract their ideal clients and also be able to mastermind with other people like Kayla and other chiropractors that are, I'm going to say this growing through it, right?
Speaker A:Growing into business owners and growing into thriving, very lucrative practices.
Speaker A:So if you are interested in something like that, you we will have some links on our in, in the show notes.
Speaker A:We would love for you to reach out and ask questions.
Speaker A:And then I also want to let you know that you're not alone.
Speaker A:Like, this is something, if you experience something, don't let it ruin what your heart is here to do.
Speaker A:If you went through it.
Speaker A:I've heard of people moving across country and then getting fired three weeks in because that person changed their mind.
Speaker A:I'm like, are you kidding me?
Speaker A:Do you have no respect for the fact that person just moved across country and changed their life.
Speaker A:You know, so there's some horror stories.
Speaker A:Of course, there are great stories too.
Speaker A:But wherever it is that you're at, if you want to own your own business, if you want to create a business in life that you love, if you want to attract your ideas, clients that, you know, match what you know, that you just love working on that, you know, I know with Kayla, she's an animal chiropractor.
Speaker A:She is, you know, works with pregnancy and she works with pediatrics.
Speaker A:You know, there's people who work just on sports, etc.
Speaker A:Etc.
Speaker A:So you can really pick what your ideal client is.
Speaker A:So I can't say that enough.
Speaker A:And now, Kayla, I have two more questions before we wrap up today.
Speaker A:The first question is, are you ready?
Speaker A:What's the most courageous thing you've ever done?
Speaker B:Oh, the most courageous thing I've ever done?
Speaker B:Oh, my gosh.
Speaker B:That's such a good question, honestly.
Speaker B:Okay, so I would say the most recent thing for me that was huge and impactful was actually going after the animal chiropractic thing ever looked into.
Speaker B:It is a high ticket item.
Speaker B:And, you know, I was still, like, early on in the business and I knew I wanted to do it, and I was like, I just had a feeling.
Speaker B:I'm like, if I don't do it now, it's not going to get done.
Speaker B:And I'm like, I don't know how to pay for this.
Speaker B:I don't know where it's going to come from.
Speaker B:But I'm like, I'm just going to say, eff it, and I'm going to go for it.
Speaker B:And I signed up and I went for it.
Speaker B:And now, you know, this is like a piece that I'm adding to the practice and developing and growing into.
Speaker B:And I think that is probably going to be one of the biggest unlocks in my life.
Speaker B:And I think back to when I was a little girl and I used to say I wanted to be a veterinarian because I didn't know animal chiropractic was an option.
Speaker B:And I'm like, I was meant to do this.
Speaker B:Like, this is where I'm supposed to be.
Speaker B:So I think doing things that scare the crap out of you, that's your courageous destiny.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Like hiring a coach, too.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Oh, my gosh.
Speaker B:Literally hiring.
Speaker B:I was terrified to work with Kristen.
Speaker B:Straight up terrified.
Speaker B:I was like, I can't afford you.
Speaker B:How am I supposed to pay you?
Speaker B:I'm like, I have $5 and she saw how, like, hard that I worked and how bad I wanted it, but I was just scared, and I need the encouragement.
Speaker B:And Kristen took a chance on me, and she literally, like, I just.
Speaker B:I took off like I was like a rocket ship.
Speaker B:She just gassed me up.
Speaker B:It was crazy.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:And we figure it out.
Speaker A:You know, money will do what you tell it to do.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:So if you tell it, you're gonna.
Speaker B:Show up, and you're gonna show up.
Speaker B:I need $10,000.
Speaker B:Guess what?
Speaker B:It happens.
Speaker A:Absolutely.
Speaker A:Absolutely.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker A:One more question for you.
Speaker A:What is the most courageous thing you have left to do?
Speaker B:Oh, I am going to build my dream practice serving animals, humans, and people.
Speaker B:And I'm also going to start a family while I do it.
Speaker A:Oh, I love it.
Speaker A:I love it.
Speaker B:We're going to go into parenthood without being afraid that I'm going to have to sacrifice either being a parent to my business or be having a business to a parent.
Speaker B:I'm going to do both simultaneously, and it's going to be fantastic.
Speaker B:So if you want to watch me do that, you should follow me on Instagram.
Speaker A:Oh, awesome.
Speaker A:Awesome.
Speaker B:And also listen to Christian's podcast, because I'll be back again probably six months after I have my newborn.
Speaker B:I'm not pregnant yet.
Speaker B:FYI to anyone who's listening to this, but it will be happening soon, particularly.
Speaker A:To family members waiting for the wedding.
Speaker A:Not the.
Speaker A:That.
Speaker A:That bad.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:We're not pregnant.
Speaker B:April 29th.
Speaker B:We're getting married in Ireland at the Cliffs of Moore.
Speaker B:So if you also want to see pictures of that, find me on Instagram.
Speaker A:All right.
Speaker A:And we'll have all the socials and all the links to Kayla if you want to follow her.
Speaker A:And if anybody out there is listening and, you know, a chiropractor or you yourself have been thinking about getting adjusted, all I have to say is, you guys, this is life changing work.
Speaker A:These.
Speaker A:These doctors that I have had the privilege to coach change the world.
Speaker A:They heal the planet, and they do it naturally.
Speaker A:And you wouldn't even imagine all the things that you're taking medicines for right now could really be something that's just out of alignment within you, that can be adjusted.
Speaker A:And it's worth every penny I've personally spent on chiropractic, and it was not on my radar until I started coaching these people.
Speaker A:Beautiful, beautiful chiropractors.
Speaker A:So thank you so much, Kayla, for.
Speaker A:For being on my show, for being such an amazing client.
Speaker A:Excuse me.
Speaker A:And friend and hard worker, even though it's easy.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker B:And just to be clear, chiropractic is not a treatment for anything, but it just unlocks your natural, innate ability for your body to heal and progress through anything.
Speaker A:Beautiful.
Speaker A:Beautiful.
Speaker A:Well, thank you for being on my show.
Speaker A:And until next time, everyone, live courageously.
Speaker B:Yes, thank you.
