We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Dr Stephanie Zgraggen, DC, MS, CNS, CCN a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, Dr Stephanie thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. We’d love to hear about how you went about setting up your own practice and if you have any advice for professionals who might be considering starting their own?
My thought process in starting Lime and Lotus was to be able to have a wellness center that provided services from multiple providers who were all like-minded and under one roof – Kind of like a one stop shop for wellness.
I also felt it was important to provide opportunities to other small wellness business owners to have their own space to practice their modalities and services. It is difficult in today’s commercial environment to be able to afford a 5-10 year lease, utility deposits, start up costs etc. and I’m able to help them eliminate those. And we can all work separately but collaboratively in the office. It has truly been a great blessing to have and share my offices with diverse and like minded practitioners.
Dr Stephanie, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
Lime and Lotus is a healing arts and wellness center – where each provider owns and operates her/his own business out of the beautiful and functional offices I create. We currently have locations in both Atlanta, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina, and are always looking to add like minded wellness providers to our office!
For my personal practice, I am a chiropractor and clinical nutritionist and the clinical director of Lime and Lotus. I am also an author and leading expert in women’s hormones and health. My private practice is centered on functional endocrinology, lifestyle modification and whole food supplementation. My expertise includes functionally evaluating thyroid, adrenals, male and female hormone imbalances, and digestion.
My mission is to empower women on how they can transform their lives and incorporate nutrition, supplements, and positive lifestyle choices. I have written for national publications such as Chiropractic Economics, Natural Awakenings and Nutrition Perspectives and have shared the stage at events with Elizabeth Gilbert and Marianne Williamson.
As a functional medicine practitioner and female hormone expert, I’m on a mission is to help women reclaim their hormonal health and feminine vitality naturally. I want you to feel sexy, vital, and balanced, which means getting your weight right where you want it, getting your energy and sex drive maximized, and doing it all naturally and safely.
I personally knows what’s it’s like to not feel your best, to have your hormones rule your world, to not have the energy to be the best mom, spouse or co-worker. I’ve been there and done that and now here to teach you how to change it naturally and permanently. Today, I feel 100 times better in my 40s than in my 20’s and it’s my mission to share that with you!
Have you ever had to pivot?
The biggest lesson I’ve learned in business and clinical practice is to take calculated risks. I think the biggest pivot I’ve taken in clinical practice has been to completely restructure my business about 10 years ago. I decided that I wanted to serve my patients in a more rewarding way by providing them with better care, increased service, and real results! Now my patients love how they feel after working with me for just a short amount of time and I’m continuously being told that I have the best, well-run practice that they have ever been a part of and that is what gets me out of bed every morning and loving what I do!
How’d you build such a strong reputation within your market?
I think the success of my reputation in my clinical practice has been built on providing amazing results to my patients, along with creating a safe and open office environment for patients to be seen, heard and have hope for their future health.
My practice is rate in that we provide you with transparent pricing and costs as well as practitioners that run on schedule; yes you heard that right… We value your time and when you have an appointment and arrive at your appointment time, you are seen at that time. No more waiting for hours to be seen.
Our patients have really expressed to us that they love the transparent fee schedules/costs and the no wait times.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://drzgraggen.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Drzgraggen/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drzgraggen
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/Drzgraggen
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/drzgraggen
- Youtube: https://www.yelp.com/biz/stephanie-zgraggen-dc-cns-ccn-charleston
- Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/stephanie-zgraggen-winder
- Other: https://drzgraggen.standardprocess.com/