Poignant and humorous glimpse of a week in a CA clinic
A week or so ago, the thought suddenly occured to me that my patient profile had radically shifted from my days as a boutique acupuncturist. On th…
Month: March 2008
Oh boy… here we go. Thanks.
Well, what do I say? It's been a while since I've been up here blogging, and a lot has passed.
First, let me explain my absence. In Dec…
On numbers and white lies
Patients have started asking this question again: "How long have you been in practice?" I always hate to admit I've only been out of school for a…
Loving CA
I’m usually ready for blog week but I’m gearing up to move my clinic in July so time got away from me.So, I’ll tell you…
Money does not equal wealth
A former classmate called me the other day raving about a clinic she had visited. This clinic belongs to one of our former teachers. Anyway, sh…
On the Verge of Gettin’ It On…
In his excellent "The Technium" blog, Kevin Kelly posits a hypothetical threshold of "1,000 true fans" an artist would need to make a living while…
Rescued: Small Damn Clinic!
All- One of the questions we got from the New York workshops was how can one set up a CA practice where the rent is so high? Lisa and I answer…
Community Acupuncture: Fundamentally Different
First, I want to second what Lisa says below about our great NYC weekend. Its always great to get out of your comfort zone to get some perspecti…
A Beautiful Weekend
This past weekend Skip and I went to New York to do two workshops back to back: a big workshop at PCOM on Sunday and a smaller one on Saturday f…
Nine Things I Learned the Hard Way
After reading Skip's 55-85% blog, I thought "That's the kind of thing you could only learn the hard way". After I thought about it I realized that …