If you’ve made it to this point—becoming or working as a Nurse Practitioner—you’ve already done some incredibly hard things. You’ve pushed through exhaustion, doubt, and long nights of studying. You’ve cared for people in their most vulnerable moments. And even when it felt like too much, you kept g...
The Entrepreneurial Leap
When you choose private practice, you’re choosing both healing and leadership. That means trading institutional guardrails for your own judgment, your own systems, your own voice. The variable that most reliably determines whether you’ll weather the turbulence isn’t a perfe...
Burnout isn’t about personal toughness. It’s what happens when the work your practice requires consistently exceeds the energy, time, and support you actually have. In private practice, that mismatch often hides in plain sight: invisible admin work, open-ended messaging, unclear scope, and a money m...
Launching a practice can feel like a maze. This guide turns it into a series of clear choices. Pick one option in each step—by the end, you’ll have a coherent, real-world plan.
Step 1: Practice Model
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Cash Pay — simple operations, transparent pricing, faster setup
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Insurance-Based — broad
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When you’re building your own practice, it’s easy to slip into scarcity thinking: Are there enough patients? Will I “lose” to the practice down the street? That mindset breeds isolation and burnout. A better path—and the one I’ve seen consistently lead to sustainable growth—is community over competi...
When most nurse practitioners imagine opening a practice, they think of a standard primary care clinic: several exam rooms, a receptionist, insurance billing, and a full schedule of back-to-back patients. That model works for many, but it’s far from the only option.
Owning your own practice means y...
One of the most common questions I get from other nurse practitioners is:
“Can I start my own private practice in my state?”
The answer depends on where you live. State laws around nurse practitioner (NP) practice authority vary—some states give NPs full independence, while others require a formal...
Burnout is becoming more common in healthcare—and nurse practitioners are feeling it, too. A 2024 Medscape survey found that 37% of NPs reported feeling burned out, and another 28% said they were both burned out and depressed. These aren’t just numbers—they’re real people trying to do meaningful wor...
 You know that feeling when you set a goal so big and exciting you can’t stop thinking about it?
I’ve felt it when I moved away for undergrad.
When I started nursing school.
When I got a clinical rotation at a holistic clinic during NP school.
And again when I signed the leases for BOTH of my office s...
After working in the health and wellness arena since 1992, I’ve observed exactly what it takes to create a holistic lifestyle that allows you to feel passionate, energized, and full of the zest you were born to feel.
Most health & healing strategies focus on one area of living. For example, there a...