ACU-044 New Acupuncturist Megan Neal On Starting A Family And A Medical Practice At The Same Time - a podcast by Stacey Whitcomb Dipl OM, LAc.
from 2022-11-22T04:00
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 for anything. When is the perfect time to go to medical school? What about starting a family? When should you start working on your Doctoral degree? Or maybe it’s time to start taking better care of yourself.
What I have learned is that life just keeps getting fuller and fuller as you age. If there is a space in my closet I will fill it. If there is free time in my schedule, I will find ways of putting “more doing” in there.
What ever happened to slowly and gently building something of value? Of mindfully constructing the life we were born worthy of? Of gently inviting the blissful whispers of our dreams to slowly unfurl in our waking life.
Our fears of not having enough, not being enough and not doing enough cause us to race into jobs, relationships and life in ways that only cause congestion in our otherwise smooth and clear life path.
Our medicine is what I like to call slow medicine. It works best when we slow our lives down and focus only on the patient in front of us. It works best when the patient relaxes their grip on the speeding train of life for one hour of slow breathing, genuine care gently shifting the scales of life force back in their favor.
I want to invite you to consider practicing slow medicine. For yourself and your patients.
Today’s Guest
MEGAN NEAL LAC.
Megan Neal dedicated her life to the study of Acupuncture and East Asian Medicine after transformational experiences with it in her late twenties. At the same time in her life, she encountered yoga, Ashtanga yoga and then Integral Yoga, and has been walking the path ever since. Today Megan is an Arizona state licensed Acupuncturist, board certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, NCCAOM, expected November 2022. She is also Arizona state certified by the Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, CCAOM, in Clean Needle Technique. Upon graduating from her three year masters program, her and her husband had a beautiful baby boy. She was fortunate to use what she had learned to care for herself in the journey to motherhood. She was thus inspired to specialize in women’s health- fertility, pregnancy, perinatal and postpartum care. She has no spare time but if she did, she imagines she would again enjoy writing morning pages, finding hidden pools on Mt. Lemmon, playing the harmonium, five rhythms dance, and continuing to nerd out with her collection of Chinese Medicine books.
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You’ll learn:
- How Megan managed to take boards in her last trimester and then with a newborn.
- We talk about introverted marketing often, but Megan is an extrovert and her attitude about networking at a health fair is inspiring.
- Find out how she chose a niche and why.
- We have differing opinions about strategically taking board exams. Listen in to figure out what is right for you.