More Patients. More Impact. More Income
54 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsChris Axelrad OWNS and RUNS a 7-figure Acupuncture clinic in Houston, TX that serves over 200 patients a week across 3 locations. Each week he wil share PROVEN tactics and processes to ATTRACT the patients YOU want to work with using automated, inspiration-based marketing, but also the deep psychology of building trust and leadership INSIDE your clinic so patients will not only follow you for life, but refer EVERYONE they know.
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Evolution
September 29, 2019 04:00 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBAlong this journey of becoming a full-time holistic practitioner, you go through a lot of changes. Before you even start your own practice, you’ve gone through a bunch of changes: From not knowing about this medicine to wanting to heal patients for a living, you’ve come a long way. But how do you get from where you are to where you want to be? The answer isn’t working harder or waiting to get lucky–it’s what you’ll hear in this episode. If you’re ready to catapult yourself to the next l...
Exponential Momentum Multiplier
August 04, 2019 04:00 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBIf you haven’t reached your goal with your practice yet, growing it can feel like a slog. You work hard and do everything experts tell you to do. But you’re still not booked out. If that’s the case, you’re missing one thing: Momentum. Momentum multiplies the value you get out of your work and lets you get more results out of the same work. And the best thing about it is: Momentum accelerates. The more of it you get, the more results you see. If you want more momentum in your practic...
How The "STS" Method Will Get You More Patients Fast, Part 2
July 21, 2019 04:00 - 18 minutes - 26 MBThe STS method makes getting, booking and treating patients simple. But if you want to see any results from it, you’ve got to put what you learned into practice. In this episode, you’ll hear exactly what you have to do to get more paying patients in the door using the STS method. If you’re ready to have patients seeking you out instead of writing endless blog articles, you need to listen to this episode. Show highlights include: Why specializing doesn’t mean you can’t treat other ...
How The "STS" Method Will Get You More Patients Fast, Part 1
July 14, 2019 04:00 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MBWhen you first started your practice, you probably thought it would be easy: Do some marketing to get patients every week, treat them and live a happy life full of impact. But along the way, things probably started to seem a lot more complicated. And most practitioners find one thing most complicated: Getting Patients. Maybe you’ve also tried method after method to get more patients, jumping from one strategy to the next. If that’s you, there’s a good chance you’ve thought something lik...
Take Your Practice To The Next Level With Amplified Growth Momentum
July 07, 2019 04:00 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBMost holistic practitioners think they’ll take the straight road to success. They believe one thing will lead to the next and they’ll see dozens of smiling patients per day. But when reality kicks in and things outside of their control happen, they fight what’s happening instead of focusing on making a bigger impact and building their dream practice. In this episode, you’ll hear all about how to avoid this trap and use whatever is happening to your advantage. You’ll not only grow you...
The Biggest Self-Limiting Factor Of Them All
June 30, 2019 04:00 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MBAs a holistic practitioner, you’re probably critical of some of the practices of the allopathic medical community. One of the most common criticisms is the greed of big pharma companies. But when it comes down to it, even many acupuncturists are greedy. Because greed isn’t just a money-addiction. In this episode, you’ll find out how greed sneaks into your thinking and infects your practice. You’ll discover how to spot it, end its damaging presence and replace it with a perspective of s...
Big Impact Requires Big Decisions. Here's How To Make Them
June 23, 2019 04:00 - 23 minutes - 32.8 MBImpact is the no. 1 thing holistic practitioners strive for. It’s watching your patients enter with a frown and leave with a smile that really drives us. But most practices don’t create maximum impact. Most practitioners don’t get patients results, get distracted by their emotions instead of being present with their patients and slack off on their marketing once they’ve got patients. The reason most practitioners are stuck isn’t that they’re lazy, it’s that they’re afraid to decide. They...
Avoid Self-Sabotage By Understanding This Important Principle
June 16, 2019 04:00 - 21 minutes - 30.3 MBIf you think of success in your practice, what do you think of? You probably imagine some highlight reel. A patient brought to tears after your treatment changed his life, a packed schedule and an income that affords you your dream lifestyle. Those magical moments exist. And if you follow the proven path to a successful practice, you will have those touching moments. But if you imagine success as a practitioner as a 24/7 highlight reel, even the most committed patients and life-changing ...
The REAL (counterintuitive) Key To Personalized Patient Care.
June 09, 2019 04:00 - 14 minutes - 20 MBEach patient who comes to you is unique. They have unique problems and require unique solutions. Unlike conventional doctors, we don’t see our patients as numbers in a spreadsheet. But how do you know what treatment your patients really need? If you do this the wrong way, you’ll not only lose them after a few (or a single) appointments, but they’ll feel as bad after your treatment as before. If you want to become a healing presence that transforms lives, listen to this episode. You’ll le...
Seeds and Striving
June 02, 2019 04:00 - 21 minutes - 29.8 MBBeing a holistic practitioner isn’t just a job. It’s really a mission. But it’s also a journey. On your journey, you’ll hear a lot of people talk about you. Some will praise you, others will talk behind your back. The only thing you can control is you. And you’re who controls whether your journey ends with a flourishing practice full of patients or with a broken dream and an office job. You’ll make many decisions on your journey, but one is the most important one: Will you be driven by ...
The Most Self-Destructive Distraction
May 26, 2019 04:00 - 18 minutes - 26.4 MBYou’ve encountered your fair share of obstacles on your journey to running the practice you want to run. Some of them might be physical (i.e. not having your own location), others might be skill-related (need to go back to school), but the most challenging obstacles are emotional ones. When your emotions are out of swing, you won’t see the results you deserve for your hard work. If you depend on your emotions to get work done, you won’t consistently get results. One of the most toxic e...
Knowledge vs. Power - It's Not What You Think, Part 3
May 12, 2019 04:00 - 12 minutes - 16.8 MBMany holistic practitioners like to talk about the universe giving them something or about putting their intentions into the universe. All of that might sound nice, but the truth is: The universe doesn’t really care all that much and it’s you who has to make things happen. In this episode, you’ll hear how to take responsibility and make things happen without blaming failures or successes on the universe. As a result, you’ll be in control of your destiny, deciding how many patients you ...
Knowledge vs. Power - It's Not What You Think, Part 2
May 05, 2019 04:00 - 15 minutes - 22.1 MBAs a holistic practitioner, you’re always trying to attract patients to your practice. Without patients, you’re not just out of money, but you’re also out of opportunities to touch lives and change them for the better. You eventually have to face an uncomfortable question: How do I sell my services? In this episode, you’ll hear how to think about sales in a positive way and get high-paying patients who come back without selling out your purpose. If you apply what you hear in this episo...
Knowledge vs. Power - It's Not What You Think, Part 1
April 28, 2019 04:00 - 16 minutes - 22.7 MBAll sorts of “experts” and professors like to say it: Knowledge is power. Reading every book on earth doesn’t grow your practice. Information by itself doesn’t change patient’s lives or attract more patients to you. When you take the wrong actions, you might take 10 years for the same progress others reach in months. The truth is: Knowledge and power are not the same thing. They’re related, but different. In this episode, you’ll hear how to use the two in conjunction so you control w...
Client Interview: Montserrat Gonazales, Part 3
April 21, 2019 04:00 - 20 minutes - 29 MBYou can run an amazing practice filled with patients and employees, but if you’re driven by a mission, you care less about the numbers than you care about the impact you can make by healing people. And that’s what it all comes down to. That’s why in this episode, you’ll hear from Montserrat Gonzales how she achieves results for her clients that she calls “kind of insane”. You’ll find out about how she gets her patients the results they seek and which systems, mindsets and practices play ...
Client Interview: Montserrat Gonazales, Part 2
April 14, 2019 04:00 - 23 minutes - 33 MBYou can have a filled practice that serves hundreds of patients a week. But when you don’t have a process for healing them, they’ll abandon you. Having a system that works for your patients is what makes the difference between having raving fans that tell your friends about you and burning through patients one after another. In this second part of Montserrat’s interview, you’ll hear how she turns patients into fans after she transformed her system for treating clients. Show highlights ...
Client Interview: Montserrat Gonzales, Part 1
April 07, 2019 04:00 - 22 minutes - 31.3 MBYou’re on a journey. A journey to become a sought-after practitioner that heals people. But there’s no straight road to any place worth going, and you eventually face challenges. Whatever your personal challenge at the moment, the best way to get past it quickly is to see how others have done what you’re trying to do. That’s why today’s episode features Montserrat Gonzales, one of Chris’ co-coaches and a successful practitioner herself. When you listen, you’ll discover what makes the di...
Effortless Retention And Eternal Referrals, Part 2
March 31, 2019 04:00 - 23 minutes - 32.8 MBYour patients are the lifeblood of your practice. Without them, you’re not making any money or impacting any lives. That’s why it’s so heartbreaking to see them leave, whether they decided to not work with you (anymore) or chose a different treatment. You can do better. And in this episode, you’ll hear how you can get your patients to keep coming back and to send their friends to you for treatment. Show highlights include: - How to tune in to “Limitless Joy” to stay calm and serve yo...
Effortless Retention And Eternal Referrals, Part 1
March 24, 2019 04:00 - 22 minutes - 30.6 MBAs a holistic practitioner, you're a transformer of lives—not a tacky salesperson. Your purpose and passion are to heal others without "hard closing" patients. But you can't make a living doing what you love if you don't sell. So what do you do? Having a thriving practice lets you keep healing others. But using high-pressure tactics would be selling out your values. You need to strike a delicate balance that keeps your practice full and your heart happy. In today's episode, you’ll hear...
Leading Prospects To Say Yes Without Salesy BS, Part 2
March 17, 2019 04:00 - 40 minutes - 56.6 MBYou’ve probably heard a few different opinions on working for “free”. Some people love giving free consultations because they get in more paying patients, others say they devalue your treatment. Frankly, both of these ways of thinking are driven by greed. In this episode, you’ll hear how to think in terms of serving your purpose instead of stuffing your own wallet. You’ll find out how to turn prospects into patients without feeling like a greedy corporation. Show highlights include: - ...
Leading Prospects To Say Yes Without Salesy BS, Part 1
March 10, 2019 05:00 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBAs a natural practitioner, some traditional business skills (marketing, selling, accounting…) probably don’t come naturally to you. And that’s fine. After all, you focus on serving a purpose, not on clawing at every penny you can make. But to have a thriving practice and a filled calendar, you don’t need to be a cold-hearted business person. Instead, you can lead the patients you seek to serve without becoming a used car salesperson and still have many grateful faces to look at after you...
Ridiculously Simple 7-Figure Ad Copy Secrets, Part 2
March 03, 2019 05:00 - 35 minutes - 49 MBYou’ve probably tried to market your practice before. And whether you’ve bought ads online, sent out postcards or put up flyers somewhere, you’ve had to write copy for your marketing. And if you’re like many practitioners out there, you didn’t quite know what to write for your ad—and when you saw the results, they weren’t quite the windfall you expected. But you don’t have to keep doing what doesn’t work, because in this episode, you’ll learn how to write copy that brings in patients quick...
Ridiculously Simple 7-Figure Ad Copy Secrets, Part 1
February 24, 2019 05:00 - 32 minutes - 45.6 MBPatients can be hard to understand. On the one hand, there are tons of people who need your help. You could help these people lead better lives. But when it comes to get them into your practice, it seems like they don’t want help—even though you’ve shown them your solution. In this episode, you’ll learn how your marketing can connect with your prospects and patients on an emotional level so they feel certain that your presence can relieve them of their pain. Show highlights include: - ...
Filling Your Schedule With The Power Of Simplified Messaging, Part 2
February 17, 2019 05:00 - 30 minutes - 42.7 MBIf you’re like most people, you can think back to a time where you seriously embarrassed yourself. We call moments “embarrassing” when we unintentionally break rules everybody else abides by. Usually, somebody explains the rules to you. But when it comes to building a thriving practice, most of us simply don’t have any successful practitioners to call on who can explain the rules of how to fill your practice without selling out. In this episode, you’ll find out what never to do when you ...
Filling Your Schedule With The Power Of Simplified Messaging, Part 1
February 10, 2019 05:00 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MBWhen you sit down to create something that attracts patients, what do you do? You probably sit down and you get “empty page syndrome”. You start to type, you delete. You type again, delete again until you decide to take a coffee break. Many practitioners find it hard to tune into their unique voice when they have to create marketing material. If that’s you, you’ll love this episode. Inside, you’ll learn how to make marketing your practice effortless through simplicity. Show highlights...
The Perpetual Patient Attraction Loop, Part 2
February 03, 2019 05:00 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MBIf you sold out, you could easily build a big practice with a lot of patients. You could partner with anyone and everyone, make false promises and accept any penny you could get. But as an authentic holistic practitioner, you’re in this to fulfill a mission of helping people relieve their pain and you don’t want to be controlled by greed. And if you’re struggling, it can feel like you’re at a disadvantage because you chose to be true to yourself. You’re not. In this episode, you’ll hear ...
The Perpetual Patient Attraction Loop, Part 1
January 27, 2019 05:00 - 24 minutes - 34.4 MBYour practice is your mission, you’re doing this medicine to transform people’s lives. And when you’re lonely, without the patients you want to serve, it feels like you’re failing. Some people will say you’ve got a marketing problem, need to improve your sales strategy or become more persuasive. You go out and find out that you need a big budget to market effectively and that there’s an endless array of skills you’ve got to learn before you’re actually good at marketing. If that sounds l...
How To Discover Your Mission (Even If You’re A Generalist Now)
January 20, 2019 05:00 - 12 minutes - 17.4 MBYou’ve probably heard it a hundred times: Having a burning passion for what you do will help you through struggle, will let you strive ever higher and your conviction will attract patients like an industrial magnet. A mission eliminates the biggest problems practitioners have—it makes you seek out the work others procrastinate on. On the flipside, not having a mission can make growing your practice a grind and can turn humans looking for healing into numbers on a spreadsheet. You might t...
The Blueprint To 6 & 7 Figures Without Selling Out
January 13, 2019 05:00 - 15 minutes - 21.4 MBWhen you’ve got a normal day job, you’ve got a few tasks and that’s it. Choosing your own path and running a holistic practice, you’re faced with a ton of a slew of different things from serving your patients to accounting. Maybe you feel like many other practitioners nowadays: Overwhelmed. Overwhelmed by all the options, advice and experts. But building a thriving practice doesn’t have to be that hard. In this episode, you’ll hear how you can make a giant impact without having a whirlwi...
If You Want To Help More People - You MUST Do This
January 06, 2019 05:00 - 8 minutes - 12.5 MBAs a listener of this podcast, you probably want to grow your practice. But there’s a reason everyone knows the term “growing pains”. Growth doesn’t just bring endless benefits and joy. Growth challenges you and gives you new problems to solve so you can keep serving your patients. If you want to serve more patients without diluting your message and purpose, you’ll love this episode. You’ll learn how to stop your practice from being disorganized and random—and the hidden damage treatin...
The Secret To Accelerated Practice Growth
December 30, 2018 05:00 - 8 minutes - 12.3 MBNot every practitioner follows their mission full time. Maybe you’re one of them and you currently serve your patients part-time. If you’d like to go full-time, this episode is a must-listen. Inside, you’ll learn how to believe in your dream and move past the doubts keeping you from living your dream life as a holistic practitioner. Show highlights include: - How going from 20-30 patients a week to 0 patients eventually became over 200 patients a week. (2:15) - Even if you think “my d...
The Most Important Commitment You Must Make
December 23, 2018 05:00 - 5 minutes - 8.46 MBFor purpose-driven practitioners like you, this might come as a shock—but you can’t help everyone you want to serve. No matter how much love and presence you give your patients, your treatments can’t heal everyone. And feeling like you failed your mission is like a punch in the gut. But making an impact isn’t just about giving people herbs or acupuncture. In this episode, you’ll learn how to have a giant impact independent of the outcome. Show highlights include: - A case study in tr...
Are You Trying To Fill A Leaky Bucket?
December 16, 2018 05:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBYou’ve gone to school, you’ve read books, taken courses—all to serve your unique purpose. To become a healer. After investing all the time, money and effort, it hurts to see less patients than you’d like. You might chalk the number of patients up to a lack of business skills and tell yourself you need to learn more about marketing. You think you need to work more. The truth is: Working harder is not the key to attracting patients—it’s working less, but with more intent and focus on servi...
The REAL Meaning Of Karma (Or Why I Relentlessly Hammer On MINDSET)
December 09, 2018 05:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBToday, many aspiring holistic practitioners go to school, excited to help people overcome pain without cocktails of pills. Their intentions are noble, but when they start their practice, few patients seek them out—and they feel like they abandon their mission. Why do they fail even though they have a clear mission and are passionate about their work? It’s Karma. Not the bastardized definition of Karma we know in the West—REAL Karma. It sounds strange, but Karma can fuel you—and in this e...
The Secret to Stealth Influence, Part 2
December 02, 2018 05:00 - 22 minutes - 21.3 MBGenerating interest in your practice is only one part of creating your dream practice. If you want to treat enthusiastic patients every day, you need to do more. Way too often, potential patients talk to practitioners and bring up all sorts of doubts. Maybe they think their treatment is too expensive, maybe they’re already being treated with conventional medicine. Maybe they’re afraid of trying a new sort of treatment. Their “head trash” not only loses you a patient, it also cuts them off ...
The Secret to Stealth Influence, Part 1
November 25, 2018 05:00 - 29 minutes - 27.7 MBTo gain more patients, you need to sell your services, whether you like it or not. And when you look into marketing and sales, you’ll hear a hundred different things from a hundred different people. But when you look deeper, most of the methods don’t feel right to you as a medical practitioner. Most sales and marketing advice is driven by greed. Some of it borders on extortion. You might feel like you only have two choices: Sell out your mission and become a pushy salesperson or let your p...
The Secret of Effortless Patient Attraction, Part 3
November 18, 2018 05:00 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MBMost things practitioners use to improve their practice don’t work. They invest hundreds, even thousands of dollars into things which ultimately fail to build a steady stream of engaged patients. Instead, you need to focus on the one thing which actually builds long-term success for your practice: Serving your target market In this episode, you’ll hear how to focus on your target market to build your dream practice (don’t worry, no marketing degree needed. A healthy pair of eyes is enoug...
The Secret of Effortless Patient Attraction, Part 2
November 11, 2018 05:00 - 27 minutes - 25.8 MBIf you had to tell someone everything you know about the way you treat your patients, how long would you talk for? Chances are you could sit there for hours, explaining every topic with a burning passion. And that’s a good sign. It shows that you’re passionate and competent. But being able to talk for hours about what you do, how you do it and why you do it doesn’t deliver you patients. In fact, it might just do the opposite: Draining people you want to serve of their desire to seek your h...
The Secret of Effortless Patient Attraction, Part 1
November 04, 2018 04:00 - 28 minutes - 26.8 MBWhen you look at your practice schedule, there might be a bunch of appointments, maybe there’s just a few. Maybe you’ve got no patients scheduled. The truth is: Even some successful practitioners feel like they could see more patients and fill their calendar to the brim with people who need their help. And it’s not just money—it’s serving a purpose. It’s their mission of being compassionate which drives them to want a full calendar where they have to squeeze people in. Leaving empty spots ...
The 3 Core Pillars of creating Go-To Practioner Status In Your Market, Part 3
October 28, 2018 04:00 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MBFrom acquiring the skills you need to serve people to setting up your practice, setting goals and attracting patients, much goes into becoming a go-to practitioner. And all those things help you build your dream practice. Most are necessary. But to become a true go-to practitioner, you must cultivate two qualities. If you can cultivate these, you’ll stop pushing your practice uphill and chasing people. Instead, you’ll watch your practice grow by itself like an avalanche. These two qualitie...
The 3 Core Pillars of creating Go-To Practitioner Status In Your Market, Part 2
October 21, 2018 04:00 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MBAs a holistic practitioner, you’ve got many options with which you can help people: Acupuncture, herbs, supplements or simply listening and caring, all those help your patients live better lives. Now, your patients come to you for guidance. They expect your leadership. Because you’ve got the knowledge and experience to solve their problems. It’s crucial for you to lead with compassion, generosity and gratitude—else your patients will lose trust in you, inhibiting their healing. How do yo...
The 3 Core Pillars of creating Go-To Practitioner Status In Your Market, Part 1
October 14, 2018 04:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBWhen you know who you want to serve and how you want to serve them, nothing is more frustrating than not being able to help those people lead better lives. It’s hard to watch them struggle when you know you could help them. It might even feel like you’re deserting your mission, the purpose for which you became a practitioner in the first place. What if, instead of waiting for patients, your patients came to you because everybody in your community knows you’re great and serving them earne...
Something You Have To Let Go Of Or ELSE
September 30, 2018 04:00 - 18 minutes - 17.7 MBIn the world of entrepreneurship and natural health, everyone seems to succeed. You can see people have giant impact while living dream lifestyles on a high income. In a world like that, it’s easy to become jealous. It’s easy to envy those who seem to have, know and be everything. But envy doesn’t help on your way to become a successful healer, serving your purpose and building your dream practice. In this episode, you’ll learn how to check yourself and enable yourself to rise above the...
Are You Willing To Step Up And Lead?
September 16, 2018 04:00 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBAs a natural practitioner, your no.1 thing is probably having an impact on people’s lives. Guiding them to a better reality and allowing them to live a life worth living. Accomplishing this mission is hard—it’s be soul-crushing to struggle with something to near to your heart. But it’s worth it. And, there’s an underappreciated quality which is necessary for maximum impact: Leadership. Great leaders multiply their impact by inspiring others and helping them succeed in accomplishing the...
The Master Key To Continual Growth
September 09, 2018 04:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBIt’s easy to look up to the experts. The “A-List”. The “pros”. It’s easy to admire how much they get done and how everything they do seems to fall into place and become a success. Watching these people can make you feel inferior, like you’re somehow below them. The truth is: No matter who you look up to, these people aren’t superior, they just do things you’re not doing and think in ways in which you’re not currently thinking. This episode will reveal some of the things which high-perfo...
Stop Tripping Over The Diamonds At Your Feet
September 02, 2018 04:00 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBYou help people become better versions of themselves. Your work allows your patients to live better lives. Instead of just prescribing a bottle of pills, you’re a companion in your patient’s journey. But in order to guide people to a better life, you need to get your own life in order first. A practitioner is someone who practices, not a talker. In this episode, you’ll learn how to grow yourself and your practice through focus and applying what you can learn all over the internet (much o...
The Insidious Nature Of Greed And How It Kills Your Impact
August 26, 2018 04:00 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBAs a holistic practitioner, your mission is probably one of the things you value most. Unfortunately, there are many things which can distract you from serving others with purpose. One of those things is greed. Focusing on your bank account instead of your mission is one of the surest ways to kill your practice and fail your mission. In this episode, Chris teaches you his mindset around greed. Show highlights include: - Why putting your impact first is not only good for your patien...
Stealth Shamanic Presence
August 19, 2018 04:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBWhen your patients come in to be healed, they’re not just looking for your treatment. They come to feel your presence. They want to be safe, heard and understood—and feel it. They want to experience holistic healing. This episode teaches you how to become more than a practitioner and be a healing presence to your patients. What seems like a quick mindset switch might actually mean a complete transformation of your practice. This episode will teach you how to become an all-around healin...
How to Continuously Attract Patients On Autopilot
August 12, 2018 04:00 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBWhen you have a burning passion for helping people, nothing is worse than not being able to fulfill your mission. While choosing the path of being a holistic practitioner is one big step for your mission, you need to take step two: Attract patients. If you find attracting patients difficult, you’ll love this episode. In this episode, you’ll learn why so many practitioners have a tough time getting new clients and how to leverage the “lighthouse effect” to get patients on autopilot. Sho...
Becoming The Oasis In The Desert
August 05, 2018 04:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBAs a holistic practitioner, you have a lot of energy you can use to heal people and improve their lives. And while you know how your treatment can change their lives, their side often looks grim: Before somebody comes to you for help, all they can see is the big problem ruining their life. They’re stuck in the desert—and your help can be their oasis. This episode teaches you how to make people see how you can help people see your energy and help them experience your healing powers. ...