Wholesome Healing Chiropractic turns 12 tomorrow!
It’s wild for me to reflect on owning and nurturing this practice over these past 12 years, not only on how much has changed, but also how much hasn’t changed.
I was 28 years old when I started this practice, and had just graduated from chiropractic college about 6 weeks earlier. I opened Wholesome Healing on a shoestring budget: using my folding portable table from school and renting a tiny room from a massage therapist in the Back Bay. This room was so small! I remember when my patient Becky and I were both expecting our first babies (due the same week as each other), and as we got toward the end of our pregnancies we literally couldn’t pass by each other on the same side of my treatment table because we did not fit.
While I absolutely loved this little room with a view of Newbury Street, sharing the space with this massage therapist meant I could only see children and babies during specific times of day when my office mate wasn’t working, and as I started to get busier and my pediatric practice grew, it just couldn’t work anymore.
Because, one thing that has stayed the same since Day One:
I’ve always wanted to work with perinatal and pediatric clients.
I remember early on getting advice that I shouldn’t focus too much on pregnancy and babies in my messaging, marketing, and networking because I might exclude other types of clients. Luckily, I ignored this advice, knowing that I truly only did want to serve expecting and new families, and also knowing there were very few other providers serving new families well.
This mission has guided nearly all of my decisions about my practice for the past 12 years. Perinatal and pediatric topics have been the subject of virtually every single continuing education course I’ve taken yearly. It pushed me to take the leap to open my own solo office space in Needham almost 2 years ago, a space that was not just tolerant of babies and kids but truly welcoming and comfortable for them. One that worked for new families logistically and energetically.
Another constant that has stayed the same since Day One: how amazing, fulfilling, and truly fun it is to work with all of you for these past twelve years and counting. Some of you have been with me since that very first little office, and you still come in for adjustments regularly. That trust, support, and loyalty you give me as your chiropractor is one of the greatest honors of my life.
Thank you so much. Looking forward to many more beautiful years ahead.
Best,
Dr. Lizzie