About this Episode

Dr. Sarah Clarke, DC, IFMCP, interviews Dr. Gena Kadar, DC, MS, EdL, CNS, Sonoran University of Health Sciences Associate VP of Program Innovation, and Dean – College of Nutrition and School of Mental Health

Join Chiropractors Dr. Sarah Clarke and Dr. Gena Kadar in this inspiring conversation about building a thriving practice. Dr. Kadar discusses incorporating nutrition with chiropractic work for improved patient outcomes, and the importance of practitioners modeling healthy lifestyles and practicing self-care. They wrap up the episode with a vision for the future of integrative medicine, and valuable advice for new practitioners building their practices.

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Highlights of the episode include:

• Overcoming Imposter Syndrome – Challenges of shifting from student-mindset to practitioner-mindset – settling into professional clinical practice
• Incorporating nutrition with chiropractic patients produced better outcomes
• The importance of teaching students how to manage a healthy lifestyle so they know firsthand the challenges so they can better help their patients
• Advice for new practitioners

Podcast Summary

• 1:30 Interest in healthy living from a young age
• 3:28 How Dr. Kadar came to chiropractic – drawn to the idea of being empowered and how you empower others with knowledge of how to lead healthy lifestyle
• 7:40 Overcoming Imposter Syndrome – Challenges of shifting from student-mindset to practitioner-mindset – settling into professional clinical practice
• 12:30 Working for cardiologist group and the profound experience that came from that work
• 14:30 Incorporating nutrition with chiropractic patients produced better outcomes
• 15:15 Tips for newly graduated chiropractors building their own business and how to incorporate nutrition into their practice – “How you approach nutrition care is very important”
• 19:20 Beauty of nutrition care and providing access to high quality supplements, in turn also helps to provide a passive income for the clinician
• 20:56 Motivation to move into the academic sector from private practice – life experience that transformed her trajectory
• 28:59 Milestones and Moments to Celebrate – writing her book A Manner of Living: An Evidence-Based, Realistic, and Sustainable Approach to the Art of Eating Well, Living Well, and Being Well for Life; launched Sonoran University’s College of Nutrition; launched a virtual center for customized personal nutrition
• 34:05 What changes would you like to see in Healthcare? “Having a seat at the table regarding the future of healthcare”; as integrative practitioners we can “humbly acknowledge our limitations and proudly, boldly assert our strengths”; increased patient-centered care
• 38:30 Launching Sonoran University’s School of Mental Health – inclusion of healthcare in mental health curriculum
• 40:40 The importance of teaching students how to manage a healthy lifestyle so they know firsthand the challenges to better help their patients; practitioners who practice what they preach have better results with patients; practitioners learning to implement and model self-care so that they can be role models for patients
• 44:00 The future of nutrigenomics, personalized medicine, and personalized learning with adaptive learning technology
• 50:30 Parallels between clinical care and academia
• 51:25 Advice for new practitioners

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