Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in health and wellness but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Dr. Bobbie Stowe, owner of Functional Medicine of Houston, located in Houston, TX, USA.
What's your business, and who are your customers?
I assist patients with chronic diseases and try to find the underlying cause of that disease. Using very sophisticated testing, I uncover why your body is diseased and then proceed to help the body to heal. Everything is based on scientific, objective laboratory results. I don't need or use prescription drugs, which have side effects, adding to the body's burden. Finding the underlying cause and then helping the body heal allows for symptoms to resolve and health to return to the body!
Tell us about yourself
My motivation is my patients, watching them heal and return to a state of health! I am almost 70 years old and take zero/no prescription medication for chronic disease. I practice what I preach and teach my patients. I have been practicing Functional Medicine for about 15 years.
What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?
My biggest accomplishment is my ability to know what tests will provide the most actionable information that will assist the patient's return to health. But I pride myself on the number of patients who have benefited from my knowledge and experience.
What's one of the hardest things that come with being a business owner?
Based on my principle to assist patients' return to health, we literally work ourselves out of a job. Therefore, getting people to understand that they have an alternative and do not have to live with a disease(s) is sometimes very challenging. Americans have been lied to for so long and brainwashed by the pharmaceutical companies, telling the patient that they have to be on drugs. Getting patients to understand there is a different approach that helps the body to heal is always difficult.
What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?
- Know your service, backwards and forwards.
- Know your competition, their good and their bad.
- Never stop marketing.
Is there anything else you'd like to share?
We no longer have healthcare in the US, we have disease management. Too many patients and their families do not investigate alternatives for their chronic disease(s). Medical professionals are very intelligent, they know drugs and know how to operate. But that is all they can do - operate and give drugs. Once a patient's condition becomes "chronic," they quit looking for why? Why are the cells in the body not functioning properly? If patients want to know "why," they will have to turn to a professional that also wants to know why. Functional Medicine can be a cure for chronic diseases and bring back true healthcare to the patient.
Where can people find you and your business?
Website: https://www.functionalmedicineofhouston.net/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/functionalmedicineofhouston/
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