The Career Guy

Helping People Live Better, Life of a Medical Practitioner

Episode Summary

This episode is with Dr. Patricia Boulogne or better known as Dr. Pat. Dr. Pat is a certified Functional Medical Practitioner. She has been trained in being a chiropractor and acupuncturist. She is a coach, public speaker, author, entrepreneur, and leader in helping people live better lives. In this interview, Dr. Pat talks about how she took her passion for science and medicine and wanted to make people’s lives better. In doing so she talks about how she decided to attend chiropractic school as opposed to the more traditional road of medical school. In doing so she explains the similarities and contrast between these two professions, which also furnishes why she took this particular route of being a chiropractor. She provides insight into how she acquired an existing chiropractic practice and how she grew that into a thriving business. This segment of the interview reflects on her networking capabilities and her entrepreneurship skills. She has some good lessons in business and life as she explains why she ended up selling this practice leading to her next phase in life studying acupuncture. There is a good discussion on what this field of being an acupuncturist entails. This then leads to an interesting dialogue about how a person can lead a healthier and better life. She also relates some personal stories about facing burnout and taking a break, some good tips at this point. This leads to her current endeavors as she explains her experiences writing her book “Why Are You Sick Fat and Tired” and developing her online venture “Ask Dr. Pat”. There are lessons here in writing and publishing a book and what those entail, and developing an online business is discussed as well. Over all this is a fun and entertaining interview full of advice or tips on health, life, and business. It will appeal to anyone interested in being a chiropractor, acupuncturist, and or just a health practitioner. Entrepreneurship is discussed and some surprising lessons in networking. Writing and publishing a book and developing an online business are also talked about. In addition, this interview is an educational, and inspiring story about following one’s passion and how that can develop a person into a leader. https://healthteamnetwork.com/ drpat@healthteamnetwork.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/drpatboulogne/