In this episode, Dr. Tony Ebel shares his personal coaching journey—from early business-systems coaching to principled practice mentorship and later guidance to move into an all-cash family model. He explains how mismatched coaching led him “sideways,” including building an insurance-dependent million-dollar practice that felt stressful and unfulfilling, and why he sometimes sought coaching outside chiropractic. He presents a four-point checklist for choosing a chiropractic business coach: core values must align, the coach should still be in practice, the coach’s practice model must match yours (e.g., cash vs insurance; family vs musculoskeletal/modalities), and you shouldn’t outgrow the coach.

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• The Proven Path to a Thriving Family Practice
• How Data-Driven Chiros Are Dominating with Today's Parents
• The NeuroAGE of Perinatal Chiropractic is Here

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Key Moments:

01:09 Four Point Coach Test

02:14 Early Coaching Lessons

06:25 Shifting Practice Models

14:36 Outgrowing Chiropractic Coaching

23:12 Money Versus Mission

24:21 Philosophy Success

25:41 Vet Coaches Values

31:35 Modern Proof And Trends

34:25 Model Match Matters

39:05 When You Outgrow Coach

42:16 PX Mastermind And C Suite

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In this episode, Dr. Allie Wright interviews Dr. Ashley Bersani of Living Water Chiropractic about transitioning from being a practice owner and high-volume clinician to pregnancy and new motherhood. Dr. Ashley shares how she and her husband, Dr. Rudy built their practice over five years, expanded from two to five doctors, and used a team-based model to cover patient care when she physically had to stop adjusting about two months before birth. She explains logistical planning for maternity leave without paid time off, including over-hiring, budgeting, onboarding, transferring patient trust, and creating contingency plans around an unknown delivery date. Ashley discusses shifting into backend work, empathy changes as a mom, challenges with productivity, mom/doctor guilt, jealousy and loneliness, financial sacrifices, and her goal of a future hybrid schedule that supports both family and the practice team.

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• The Proven Path to a Thriving Family Practice
• How Data-Driven Chiros Are Dominating with Today's Parents
• The NeuroAGE of Perinatal Chiropractic is Here

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Attend a Neuro-Tonal Certification & Adjusting Seminar (20 CEs!)

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Key Moments:

01:09 Meet Dr Ashley Burani

02:32 Living Water Origin Story

03:43 Deciding To Have Kids

05:04 Hiring Parents As Associates

07:25 Pregnancy Tap Out Timing

09:05 Ergonomics Adjusting Tips

11:04 Maternity Leave Logistics

13:26 Time Off Return Plan

16:41 New Mom Doctor Empathy

20:18 Slowing Down From Hustle

21:39 Mom Guilt Balance Seasons

24:37 Sacrifices, Money, & Loneliness

28:41 Ideal Hybrid Schedule

30:00 Advice For Doc Moms

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Dr. Matt Hill hosts The Family Practice Podcast and argues that scanning technology is a major retention tool when used consistently beyond initial care, citing PWC’s retention and PVA increase after improving scan frequency in wellness. He explains using Insight scans to objectively measure nervous system function and the three progressive stages of subluxation—sympathetic dominance, neurological dysregulation, and neurological exhaustion—then reviews what thermal (NCM and DTG), EMG (total energy, pattern, symmetry), and HRV scans measure and how they relate to these stages. He outlines common scan communication mistakes (overwhelming detail, relying on colors alone, not leading expectations, scanning only early, expecting linear improvement) and a retention framework emphasizing day-two foundations, teaching changeability, predicting healing phases, consistent progress exams, and using stability milestones to set new goals.

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Links & Resources:

FREE PX Trainings

• The Proven Path to a Thriving Family Practice
• How Data-Driven Chiros Are Dominating with Today's Parents
• The NeuroAGE of Perinatal Chiropractic is Here

Join 1,000+ Docs in the PX Membership

Attend a Neuro-Tonal Certification & Adjusting Seminar (20 CEs!)

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Key Moments:

01:18 Scans Drive Retention

05:31 Bridge Beyond Symptoms

08:46 Stages of Subluxation

13:24 Why Stages Matter

15:16 Three Scan Overview

16:08 Thermal Scan Basics

17:43 DTG Chronicity Clues

20:57 EMG Neuro Lens

25:03 EMG Diaschisis Explained

27:07 HRV Explained Simply

28:16 HRV Zones and Stress Types

29:46 Kids and Susceptibility

30:19 Using HRV in Care Plans

31:53 Five Scan Communication Mistakes

36:57 Scan in Wellness Too

40:16 Retention Framework Five Phases

41:00 Teach Changeability Not Perfection

42:05 Predict the Healing Journey

44:15 Progress Exams That Retain

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