52 Building a Thriving Online Practice, with Solaine Douglas
Solaine Douglas is a qualified nutritionist that specialises in helping woman with their hormonal and digestive health. She runs a successful online practice where she offers one-on-one consultation packages to help people live symptom free. Solaine also has experience working with ATP Science and is currently working part time for The Natural Nutritionist. She is a brilliant example of someone that has hit the ground running since graduating and has plenty to teach us all through her experience and advice.
In this episode, Solaine shares:
About her experience working with ATP science after graduating.
Being mentored by Steph Lowe from The Natural Nutritionist and how this led to her current role working for her.
How her practice doubled after leaving her job at ATP and creating the space to spend more time on her business.
Her experience going to see other practitioners to learn how they ran their practice and get a feel for what others were doing.
How word of mouth has become her biggest source of clients.
Going that extra step and sending gifts and thank you notes to clients.
Tips for standing out and making yourself memorable.
Why she offers packages instead of one-off sessions.
The importance of working on your business as well as working in your business.
Her experience working with mentors as well as details of what this has looked like and the types of mentorships.
Important skills to have as a nutritionist and in business.
Seeing business as a journey of personal growth.
The importance of backing yourself.
Why hustle isn’t the answer.
The importance of listening to your intuition and trusting the inner knowing.
The reason you need to invest in yourself and ways to do so.
Learning that we are the most important important thing in our business/career.
And so much more!
Solaine’s book recommendations are:
The Power of your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy
Chillpreneur by Denise Duffield Thomas
Learn more about Solaine via her website https://www.solainedouglas.com/ and follow her journey on instagram @solainedouglas_nutrition.