Are you intentional with how you are designing your life and business? Dr. Kristina Stitcher shares her ideas about staying focused on creating what you want, the importance of delegation and building a support team for your life, and why sometimes timing really is everything! Dr. Stitcher also discusses what helps her rise through challenges, how she manages her time to coach, run a full-time practice and mother 4 children, and the biggest struggle she observes with her clients.  

Contact Dr. Melissa Longo to find out about mentoring, group programs or just to offer your ideas here

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About Our Guest:

Dr. Kristina Stitcher is a sought after international speaker, consultant and advocate for family wellness care through chiropractic. Dr. Kristina is the clinic director of Family First Chiropractic in Salt Lake City, Utah and is the chiropractic coach and owner of Practice Evolution, which focuses on creating extraordinary family chiropractors. With her husband Craig, she raises 4 children, all destined to change the world and spread the chiropractic message.

Find out more about the Practice Evolution Program here: http://practiceevolution.com/

Listen to episode #76 with Dr. Devin Vrana: https://rockstardoctorlife.com/rdl-76-dr-devin-vrana-no-link/

How can embracing diversity and difference of opinion strengthen us as individuals? Dr. Derrell Pratt-Blackburn shares some of his insight based on recent classes he has taught, along with how it can help liberate our thinking, lower our stress response, and expand our abilities! We also discussed his tips for working with your spouse, what keeps him inspired, and the value of being open, vulnerable and supporting one another professionally. 

Contact Dr. Melissa Longo to find out about mentoring, group programs or just to offer your ideas here

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Downloads for this episode:

Using What We Already Know
Biopsychosocial Model
Racism and Health I
Racism and Health II

About Our Guest:

Dr. Derrell Blackburn is a chiropractor, educator, and thought leader on a mission to create a positive impact. In addition to opening and running a high volume, membership-based practice in the S.F. Bay Area, Dr. Blackburn was also a professor at Life Chiropractic College West teaching Embryology, Social Entrepreneurship and Philosophy prior to joining The Joint Corporate as Senior Manager of Chiropractic, in Scottsdale, AZ. Along with his experience in chiropractic and entrepreneurship, Dr. Blackburn also served on multiple boards including the St. Rose Hospital Foundation Board. Dr. Blackburn holds an MBA in Health Administration as well as his Doctorate of Chiropractic from Parker University in Dallas, TX.

Do you do house calls? Dr. Christina Padilla does! In fact she has created a great practice that aligns with her personal priorities, clinical expertise, and brings her tremendous joy. If you’re curious what this style of practice looks like, you’ll want to tune in! Dr. Padilla shares her story of how she launched her mobile practice, what makes her business model succeed, and the logistics of what makes it all work. We also discussed the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people, how to confront fear when making changes in your life, and why she believes taking care of ourselves as Doctors is crucial to our consistent growth and happiness.

Contact Dr. Melissa Longo to find out about mentoring, group programs or just to offer your ideas here

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Check out The Simple Practice and register for our April 27 session here: http://rockstardoctorlife.com/the-simple-practice/

About Our Guest:

Dr Cristina Padilla is a Puerto Rico native who completed her Chiropractic studies at NYCC and continued her post-graduate studies with the ICPA to certify herself as a prenatal and pediatric specialist. Relocating from NY to Florida in 2015, she began working to promote wellness care in the Jacksonville, FL region and in 2017, she decided to open Thrive Family Chiropractic, a mobile/house call Chiropractic practice that serves Northeast Florida by providing individualized and patient-centered care to families from preconception to post partum and for their children from birth until adulthood.

Connect with Dr. Padilla https://www.jaxmobilechiropractor.com/

Can You Be Rigid, Yet Flexible? In this conversation with Dr. Paul Reed we discuss why he believes being self aware and congruent with your values is paramount to success, but how he has learned that adaptability to change is also key! In the 22 years since he graduated he has built multiple practices, expanded his business, coached, and created a massive event for Chiropractors while staying anchored to his family and working through many obstacles. Listen, learn & get inspired!

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Episode # Dr. Ben Lerner: http://rockstardoctorlife.com/rdl-133-dr-ben-lerner-build-your-business-around-your-family/

About Our Guest:

Dr. Paul Reed has been serving the families of Greater Clark County since 1998. In 2008 Dr. Reed opened is 2nd location. This has been follow by two more in 2015. In December 2019 his clinics were acquired by a larger group, and he is now a practice development coach for them overseeing a large territory in Western Washington.

Dr. Reed, his wife of 26 years, and their two children live the Above-Down-Inside-Out lifestyle. Dr. Reed feels that it is essential to walk this walk, in order to have the practice of your dreams. This blessing has enabled him to bring this message to the chiropractic community through coaching and seminars, helping other chiropractors and their teams reach their inborn God-given talents to become all that he has called them to be.

In 2011 Dr. Reed began and hosted ChiroFEST! Which, to date, has become one of the Chiropractic’s biggest philosophy gatherings in service to chiropractic by: “Honoring our past and preserving our future”! We average 600 attendees, 48 exhibitors and 24 speakers.

Find Out More About Chirofest: https://chirofest.org/

Are you Focused? In this week’s show Dr. Amy Spoelstra discusses how she creates the life and practice of her dreams by aligning with her personal values, continuously learning, and accepting the seasons in life and business. We also discussed why she believes focusing on brain development in her practice has been a key to her success, and her passion for teaching doctors through her FOCUS program. Dr. Spoelstra also shares her personal story and family connection with the clinical work she loves, her best tips for working with your spouse, and what keeps her inspired.

Contact Dr. Melissa Longo to find out about mentoring, group programs or just to offer your ideas here

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About Our Guest:

Dr. Amy and her husband David live in Coeur d’Alene with their beautiful daughter, Meela, and chocolate lab, Izzy. They opened Spoelstra Family Chiropractic in April of 2008 after moving from South Carolina where she graduated cum laude from Sherman College of Chiropractic. She and her family love travel and experiencing new cultures! Her favorite things are exploring new places with her family, learning about different cultures and people, yoga, a good cup of coffee and to study….seriously, she loves to study! She is also the founder of the FOCUS program and Neuro-Deflective Retraining Method ™, FOCUS educational seminars for chiropractors, FOCUS Academy ™ and the Brain Blossom Program ™. She opened the FOCUS program within her practice in 2011 and has been helping children and adults with neurodevelopmental disorders in the northwest area ever since. She is the founder of FOCUS Educational Services, where she trains and consults other doctors around the country in the FOCUS model and how to lead with brain development to make the case for chiropractic. Dr. Amy is the co-founder of Navigate Your Healing, LLC which is an online platform designed to help parents and families who are affected by ASD and other neurodevelopmental disorders navigate the overwhelming and often isolating world of healing and living life with children with developmental challenges. She feels an enormous amount of gratitude to be able to live this life of purpose and love with her family. Connect with her at https://dramyspoelstra.com/