Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in health & wellness but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Andrea Baker, Founder of Restore Pelvic Physiotherapy, located in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
What's your business, and who are your customers?
I work in Women's Health Physiotherapy, working with various women through the varying stages of life with concerns they may encounter concerning pelvic or pelvic floor dysfunctions.
Tell us about yourself
I love my specialty of Physiotherapy, even after 17 years as a physio. I am so rewarded by helping women in what can often be "embarrassing" situations. I thoroughly enjoy learning as much as possible through further study and experience to provide the best and most successful evidence-based care I can.
I see so much variety in my work and am constantly being challenged and stretched. I feel privileged to be able to share my passions and knowledge both with patients and undergraduate physio students at Griffith University during my teaching rounds.
What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?
Sometimes it can be simple, like restoring a woman's specific problems and improving their quality of life. Other times, it's the recognition of hard work, persistence through slow times, and giving it "my all" to reap the rewards and be known by others to be good at what I do, mainly when it's other practitioners I look up to.
What's one of the hardest things that come with being a business owner?
Enduring the "lulls" of business and not becoming competitive in unhealthy ways with my colleagues who work in the same area. I hope to encourage and promote my line of work and raise all women's health physios and not work from a place of fear, but rather with a team spirit that my profession is often life-changing to some patients, regardless of whose clinic they attend.
What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?
- If you are starting, hang in there. Growing a business takes time, and there were many times I'd find myself thinking, "I'm not cut out for this," but believing that you can make a difference will slowly shine through, and others will see that.
- Don't stop loving what you do and using this as motivation to continue if things get tough. Reminding myself that money isn't my primary motivator helps me in quieter seasons.
- Do what feels right for you... So many times, I felt external pressure to use forms of marketing that weren't my strength, didn't feel right, and made me feel ingenuine. Being me felt right, and the business grew despite my resistance to "doing it their way."
Where can people find you and your business?
Website: https://www.restorepelvicphysiotherapy.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrea.baker.7967
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