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AcuSprout: Acupuncture Podcast

by Stacey Whitcomb Dipl OM

An Acupuncture Podcast designed to help new Acupuncturists feel supported, informed and confident during the transition from school to practice. We help you streamline systems, make decisions from an empowered place, cultivate an efficient practice, attract your dream patient, explore all career possibilities, adopt a confident and empowered mindset, heal more people and make great money in your first couple years of practice. Hosted by Stacey Whitcomb, Acupuncturist, Board Certified Herbalist, Podcaster and Creator of Magical Networks. This podcast delivers marketing, money and mindset motivation, inspirational interviews with other new practitioners, exposure to career paths you may not have considered and suggestions and support from the more seasoned among us.Visit https://www.acusprout.com/ for community, special opportunities and savings for new acupuncturists. We've cultivated partnerships with services we use and want you to benefit by saving time and money while establish

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  1. ACU-057 Business Basics: Ask A Biller: What A New Practitioner Should Consider, With Cortney Nadeau

    Explore What Jane Has To Offer!!! Schedule your 15 minute bookkeepping consultation here! Are you considering taking insurance to jump start your acupuncture practice? Here are some things to consider that I bet you didn’t learn in school. Are you a new practitioner and getting ready to launch…

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  2. ACU-056 Business Basics: Proper Medical Documentation For Your Acupuncture Practice with Stacey Whitcomb LAc. and Megan Lindsey DACM

    Schedule your 15 minute bookkeepping consultation here! Explore What Jane Has To Offer!!! Proper medical charting is crucial in maintaining accurate and organized records for your acupuncture practice. ACU-056 This highly requested episode comes on the tails of episode 055 where Megan and I...

  3. ACU-055 Business Basics: How To Run Multiple Treatment Rooms with Megan Lindsey DACM

    Explore What Jane Has To Offer!!! Are you ready to level up? Not sure how to transition from 1 room to 2 or 3? This is such a common question I often get from my coaching clients. How do you treat 2 patients an hour? As a business coach to new practitioners, I get this question SO often! So… I...

  4. ACU-054 Case Study: Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease With Sa'am Acupuncture, with Toby Daly PhD., LAc.

    Acusprout has partnered with the BEST EHR company ever! Find out why everybody LOVES Jane! in this episode ACU-054 Welcome to this episode of the AcuSprout podcast where we explore case studies with expert acupuncturists to learn more about the application of acupuncture in clinical practice. In...

  5. ACU-053 How To Buy An Acupuncture Practice, with Megan Lindsey DACM

    Explore What Jane Has To Offer!!! Acusprout has partnered with the BEST EHR company ever! Find out why everybody LOVES Jane! can a new practitioner really purchase a busy clinic and succeed? Yes! And Megan is going to tell you how. I LOVE when people want to contribute hard earned knowledge to…

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  6. ACU-052 Case Study: Treating Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome With Electro-Acupuncture, with Anthony Von Der Muhll DAOM.

    Explore What Jane Has To Offer!!! If you are an Acupuncturist you NEED to know about Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome. The pain level and duration of CRPS is so debilitating that people often take their own lives but this is something we are well equipped to help manage. There are also some pretty...

  7. ACU-051 3 Strategies To Retain Patients And Increase Revenue with Stacey Whitcomb LAc.

    Join The Monthly Newsletter In this episode…… ACU-051 Today I’m going to talk about the biggest mistakes I see newbies making with regards to patient retention that keeps you from gaining any traction. No matter what type of marketing you do, how much you spend on advertising, If you cannot keep...

  8. ACU-050 Case Study Part 2: Upper Back Pain Treated With Tung Style Acupuncture, with Henry McCann DAOM

    Explore What Jane Has To Offer!!! ACU-050 This is the part two of a case review I did with Henry McCann. We discuss how Henry treats neck and arm pain with Tung Style Acupuncture. If you missed the first part, be sure to check out Episode 49 where we had a brief chat about the importance and...

  9. ACU-049 Case Study Part 1: Upper Back Pain Treated With Tung Style Acupuncture with Henry McCann DAOM

    Explore What Jane Has To Offer!!! In this episode…. ACU-O49 Today I'm talking with Henry McCann, and we originally recorded this episode to share a case study with you, but what has been happening with my case studies is that they get really, really long, so I'm breaking this one up into two…

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  10. ACU-048 Overcome Perfectionism, Get Unstuck And Start Your Acupuncture Practice, with Stacey Whitcomb LAc.

    Hey friends. Are you stuck? Afraid to open your practice, get a job, go to a networking meeting, learn to play pickle ball, create an instagram reel? Are you afraid of what your classmates, relatives, future patients, former teachers and your neighbor Bob think of you? Think about it. If everyone...

  11. ACU-047 Case Study: Knee Pain Treated With Chinese Herbal Medicine, with Phil Settels DAOM, of ACCHS

    ACU-047 In this episode I meet with Phil Settels the Dean and creator of the DAOM program at ACCHS, the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences. We decided to bring the long held tradition of teaching thru case studies to the AcuSprout airwaves. We talk about Phil’s training with Dr. Huang...

  12. ACU-046 How To Build A Company Everyone Loves with Co-CEO of Jane, Alison Taylor

    Listen in as I talk with Ali about how to create a company that when customers tell other people about it, they don’t say they “like” it. They say they “love” it. I think one of the toughest things about designing your future upon graduation is actually taking the time to do it. Especially after...

  13. ACU-045 Case Study: Orthopedic Acupuncture Instead of A Total Shoulder Replacement with Anthony Von der Muhll, DAOM

    Explore What Jane Has To Offer!!! Join The Monthly Newsletter Case Study: Orthopedic Acupuncture Instead of A Total Shoulder Replacement with Anthony Von der Muhll, DAOM Is it possible to avoid or postpone orthopedic surgery with acupuncture? Can you help patients with extensive soft tissue…

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  14. ACU-044 New Acupuncturist Megan Neal On Starting A Family And A Medical Practice At The Same Time

    Are you a new parent AND graduate? Trying to pass your boards in your last trimester and start a practice with a newborn? In this episode I talk with Megan Neal as she navigates these GIANT life transitions and how she is SO ready to practice medicine! As I see it, there is rarely a perfect time...

  15. ACU-043 Case Study: A Classical Chinese Medical Herbal Case Study with Phil Settels DAOM, of ACCHS

    In This Episode.. ACU-041 In this episode I meet with Phil Settels the Dean and creator of the DAOM program at ACCHS, the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences. We decided to bring the long held tradition of teaching thru case studies to the AcuSprout airwaves. Listen in and puzzle…

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  16. ACU-042 Employee or Independent Contractor? What's an Acupuncturist to do?

    Employee or Independent Contractor? What's an Acupuncturist to do? Oct 26 Are you a new Acupuncturist? Were you just offered an amazing JOB, to be brought on as an Associate? Was the offer an independent contractor position? Watch out! It’s probably not as great as it looks. Listen in as I…

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  17. ACU-041 ​​​​Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: A Conversation About How To Expand Your Thinking And Create An Inclusive Healthcare Clinic, with Kiki Toth of Jane

    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in your medical practice starts with YOU. The willingness and courage to have uncomfortable conversations so that your clinic stands on ethical ground starts with doing your own internal work. To sort thru your own programming and call yourself out to become a…

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  18. ACU-040 Should A New Acupuncturist Start A Podcast? with Michael Max LAc.

    Are you a new Acupuncturist who wants to start a podcast? Success is not a straight line. It is a succession of failed experiments, hard work, strong networks, support systems, timing and happy mistakes. In this episode, on a random Sunday afternoon while testing new recording software a great...

  19. ACU-039 How To Use Social Media To Market Your Acupuncture Practice

    ACU-039 In today’s podcast I am going to share how to create effective social media posts to promote awareness of your Acupuncture Clinic. What you'll learn: Content creation and how to get the most out of your topics. Where to start. What tools I recommend. Tips and Tricks to grow and get…

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  20. ACU-038 Prescribing Herbs: A Practitioners Guide

    ACU-038 A practical guide and considerations when prescribing herbal supplements to your patients. In today’s episode I am going to cover….. The legal requirements you must follow to prescribe herbs, including state and federal guidelines. What to look for when purchasing herbs from a…

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  21. ACU-037 Mindset Monday: The Wounded Healer In Business with Stacey Whitcomb LAc.

    “Wounded Healer” In Business: How Build A Medical Practice That Is Safe For Your Patients AND For You! If you don’t create a practice with practices in place to continually check in with yourself as a “empath, wounded healer, or highly sensitive person”, you may actually be causing yourself harm....

  22. ACU-036 Eight Deliberate Steps To Grow Your Medical Practice with Stacey Whitcomb LAc.

    Using deliberate practice to grow an Acupuncture Clinic In today’s episode I am going to give you 8 intentional and deliberate practices to grow a soul fulfilling and successful Acupuncture practice. Having a vision for your future, your career and your personal life will help you stay aligned…

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  23. ACU-035 Mindset Monday: The Wounded Healer In Medical Practice

    Can you practice medicine as a wounded healer archetype? As children we may have had to read the room before we walked thru it because we were physically or sexually abused by family. We might have learned to know how someone feels by how they moved thru the room or even opened a door. We might...

  24. ACU-034 Acupuncture Doctoral Programs Explained with Phil Settels DAOM

    What doctoral degree is right for you? I see you. On facebook, asking everyone what Doctoral program is best. I also see you confused about the difference between a DAOM program and a DACM program. I invited Phil Settels on today to clear the air. In today’s episode we are going to talk about…

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  25. ACU-033 How Creating A Niche Community Network Was Foundational in Her Practice with JoAnne Bates D.C.

    can choosing a niche really help get you out of the gate? For any new health care practitioner choosing a niche can feel really uncomfortable. And honestly, it is not the only way to launch a practice, but it is one way. And a really beneficial way at that! Listen in while I chat with one of my...

  26. ACU-032 Integrating Acupuncture In A Tribal Health Clinic with Michelle Jean Champion LAc.

    Acupuncture serving American Indians: Could this be your dream practice? Are you a new Acupuncturist and you are having trouble putting your finger on the pulse of your career choices? Here is one you may not have considered. Join me in this episode where I talk with Michelle Jean Champion LAc....

  27. ACU-031 Acupuncture Software: My 5 Favorite Software Solutions To Streamline Business

    Enjoy a quick review of my favorite systems! In this episode I cover my top five software systems to streamline my Acupuncture practice. I use these tools to streamline the business stuff that I don’t particularly love spending time on but are necessary to my practice. I wanted to share them with...

  28. ACU-030 New Acupuncturist Heidi Markland on SEO And Introverted Marketing Strategies

    introverted marketing 101: how a new acupuncturist can get patients in the door their way Are you an introvert and new acupuncturist wondering how you are ever going to get patients in your clinic? Are you afraid that you are going to have to be salesy and social? Does the word “Marketing” make…

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  29. ACU-029 Simplified Bookkeeping For Your Acupuncture Practice with Sarah Quiggle

    Simplified Bookkeeping For Your Acupuncture Practice Are you feeling confused about how to set up your bookkeeping? Confused about what taxes to pay or how much to put away each quarter? Do you feel overwhelmed about what software you should or could be using? If you are like me you want to...

  30. ACU-028 Buying Malpractice Insurance 101: A Guide For Acupuncturists

    TOP TIPS FOR BUYING THE RIGHT COVERAGE Are you less than excited about researching what malpractice insurance? Not really sure what you should be looking for? Are you confused by the terms and amounts? Not sure about the terms? How much should you buy? What if you are changing companies? Buy...

  31. ACU-027 Five Factors That Can Make Or Break Your Marketing Strategy

    YOUR STRATEGY IS YOUR MAP TO SUCCESS! How could you possibly know how to get to where you want to go without first defining where you want to go? Are you a new practitioner and want to know how to get new patients? Are you feeling unheard? Do you have SO much passion that when someone asks if...

  32. ACU-026 Mindset Monday - How To Fill Your Practice By Defining Your Dream Patient

    MINDSET MONDAY - ARE YOU TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO “GET YOURSELF OUT THERE”? DEFINE YOUR DREAM PATIENT AND YOU WILL KNOW WHERE TO GO. Are you afraid that if you have a niche or choose a target market that you will, “miss out” on opportunities to treat patients? Does it feel counterintuitive to...

  33. ACU-025 Mindset Monday - 6 Mental Health Survival Tips For Launching Your Acupuncture Practice

    MINDSET MONDAY - TIME TO WORK ON SELF CONFIDENCE! Does this sound like you? You are just starting out and don’t know how to “get out there”. They taught you in school to join a networking group like BNI and the thought of it makes you want to self medicate. You have tried to reach out to the…

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  34. ACU-024 The Disclaimers, Documents And Policies You Need To Have Visible In Your Acupuncture Practice, with Rachel Schumont

    DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE POLICIES AND DISCLAIMERS ON YOUR WEBSITE? Me neither!! I mean seriously, I’m a couple years in and I had a pretty extensive business education in school. Here is what I can tell you. The tech world has moved SO fast that very few practitioners realize they are...

  35. ACU-023 Guest Interviewer and Student, Sarah LeVaque LMT, Interviews Me!

    I have personal and professional mantras on repeat in my head all the time. Some are even incorporated into my meditations. Are you challenged with perfectionism? Me too. Producing a podcast has taught me this: PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION. Since I have started podcasting nothing meets my perfect...

  36. ACU-022 How To Stay Professional and Legal Online with Rachel Schumont

    HOW TO STAY ON THE UPSIDE OF LEGAL IN A QUICKLY EVOLVING TECH WORLD I’m a freedom lover. I LOVE to navigate this world my way and rarely does it come close to the societal norm. I think a lot of Practitioners of Chinese Medicine are like this. We tend to be the outliers and renegades. However, I...

  37. ACU-021 Case Study: A Classical Chinese Medical Herbal Case Study with Phil Settels DAOM, of ACCHS

    CAN YOU GUESS THE FORMULA???!!! Are you a game geek? Love a good puzzle? Maybe a little competitive? Do you miss being read to in class? ME TOO!!! In this episode we are going back to the cozy classroom with Phil Settels LAc.,the Director and Designer of the DAOM program at ACCHS, The Academy of...

  38. ACU-020 Buy An Acupuncture Practice, Work For Someone Else Or Start Your Own Clinic? with Dr. MaryAnn Geness

    YOU’RE NEW……WHAT TO DO? AN EXPLORATION OF POSSIBILITIES. New practitioners have SO many choices to make that often feel heavy. We have been a cog in the wheel of the educational machine where we are told exactly what hoops to jump through for 4 years. Suddenly, we sprout into the “real” world and...

  39. ACU-019 How This New Acupuncturist Grew Her Practice On Instagram with Caitria Thiele, LAc.

    COULD THIS BE THE PRACTICE OF THE FUTURE? I went in search of a practitioner who was practicing medicine in the business model I was envisioning as a result of the Pandemic. A practice with multiple streams of income that housed an educational community and platform to answer questions and share...

  40. ACU-018 Why You Should Join Your State Association, with Beth Howlett DAOM, LAc.

    YOUR STATE ASSOCIATION IS SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS!! Hey Sprouts! Are you feeling a little lost in all of the legal jazz your state is offering up? Trying to figure out what hoops to jump through and in what order? Not really sure where to find some help? Did you know that your state...

  41. ACU-017 How To Make A Healthcare Website ADA Compliant with Attorney Rachel Schumont

    IS YOUR WEBSITE ADA COMPLIANT? GET IT DONE IN 2021! How do you make sure your website is ADA compliant? That is a huge question with multiple answers and hazy guidelines. In this episode I (Stacey) unpack the topic with attorney Rachel Schumont of Counsel For Wellness, located in California. I…

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  42. ACU-016 Growing A New Acupuncture Practice with Regan Goodrich LAc.

    PLANT SEED, GROW PRACTICE, BE YOU. Have you thought about how you want to present this medicine to the world? I mean, YOU are the artist of your own life, right? Do you even know the medium of your best communications? Do you write, perform, sink your toes in the mud, ask challenging questions…

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  43. ACU-015 How To Start An Acupuncture Practice II

    FIVE PAIN IN THE ASS THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO SECOND This podcast is for the new practitioner, student or someone transitioning from contractor to business owner. In this episode I dish up your second serving of , “open a clinic pie”. Yep! A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down! There is...

  44. ACU-014 How To Start An Acupuncture Practice

    FIVE PAIN IN THE ASS THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO FIRST This podcast is ONLY for the new practitioner, student, or seasoned acupuncturist who may be transitioning to business owner or independent contractor position. In this episode I teach you exactly what steps you need to take as you are finishing up...

  45. ACU-013 From Graduation to Start-Up Of An Herbal Pharmacy with Travis Kern LAc

    READY, SET, LAUNCH! In this episode I chat with Travis Kern LAc., one of the founders of Root and Branch in Portland, Oregon. This is the story of how he and his business partner Travis Cunningham LAc., braved the system and launched a brick and mortar Herbal Pharmacy that serves practitioners…

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  46. ACU-012 Mindset Monday - How To Set Business Goals

    What if you could have exactly what you want in life? How will you get there? You can’t get from point A to point B without a map. Same with your life. This podcast isn’t anything new or special. It is a simple prompt, a nudge and a reminder that in order to achieve great things you have to have…

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  47. ACU-011 Five Pages You Must Have On Your Acupuncture Website

    MAKE YOUR WEBSITE SO SHARP THAT THE ALGORITHMS DRIVE NEW PATIENTS TO YOUR DOOR - EPISODE 011 You can play on social media all you want, but if your website isn’t sharp you may be losing out on potential patients. Building a following on social media is like building a house on rented land. Your...

  48. ACU-010 Mindset Monday -The Importance of A Vision Statement to Your Acupuncture Practice

    MINDSET MONDAY We talk about intention so often in Chinese Medical School. Prior to treating that patient you need to have a clear intention, and you get there by doing a full evaluation, diagnosing and then formulating a plan. In business, our VISION is our INTENTION. It is the seeing before the...

  49. ACU-009 How To Process And Treat Motor Vehicle Accident Cases with Dr. Geoff Geness

    ACUPUNCTURE FOR AUTO ACCIDENT INJURIES. HOW YOU CAN HELP. I have such a huge fear of getting in a car accident that it actually launches me into at least level 3 anxiety every time I drive. We hit a deer when I was six years old and I was in the front seat. (I am old, y’all.) I still remember it…

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  50. ACU-008 Mindset Monday - How To Attract Your Dream Patient With Your Mission Statement

    MINDSET MONDAY Are you having trouble making all of the decisions? There are SO many choices to make as a new practitioner? How do you stay focused and pick a path? How do you get patients in your door??!! In this episode we continue to build the foundation of your future with a quick check in on...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

An Acupuncture Podcast designed to help new Acupuncturists feel supported, informed and confident during the transition from school to practice. We help you streamline systems, make decisions from an empowered place, cultivate an efficient practice, attract your dream patient, explore all career possibilities, adopt a confident and empowered mindset, heal more people and make great money in your first couple years of practice. Hosted by Stacey Whitcomb, Acupuncturist, Board Certified Herbalist, Podcaster and Creator of Magical Networks. This podcast delivers marketing, money and mindset motivation, inspirational interviews with other new practitioners, exposure to career paths you may not have considered and suggestions and support from the more seasoned among us.Visit https://www.acusprout.com/ for community, special opportunities and savings for new acupuncturists. We've cultivated partnerships with services we use and want you to benefit by saving time and money while establish

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