My yoga teacher told our class about five friends that we need to keep close at hand to work through obstacles that life presents. Because many dietitians either want to start or move forward in their current private practice, these five keys can be wonderful tools to help you move past your resistance and gain confidence.

Awareness. Awareness of what is keeping you stuck is the first step to moving forward. In my experience, a mindful meditation practice or allowing yourself some quiet time is a great way to facilitate this awareness, as yoga is a mindful practice. Mindfulness keeps you present and helps you understand what is holding your back.

Acceptance. With awareness comes acceptance. Acceptance means surrendering into your truths and making peace with your decisions. It is knowing that you have the power to change your situation and move forward with your goals.

Focus. Moving from employee, to self- employment and then to entrepreneur requires commitment and persistence. Keeping the focus, while minimizing distractions will help you move forward. Creating your vision, putting your goals down on paper and developing your business plan can help you obtain a clear path.

Effort. Along with focus, starting or growing your business requires effort. When the chips are down, your effort is required to pick yourself up by the bootstraps no matter how difficult this seems to be at a given moment. Effort involves more than just going through the motions, but being mindful and present in your building work. Putting yourself in this project facilitates your experience versus keeping you in a cycle of intellectualization.

Wisdom. Wisdom involves understanding life's impermanence. When you accept that any situation is impermanent, you can move forward in building your business. Clients may come and go, your income may fluctuate and you may find that you are changing your business plan often. Understanding life's impermanence moves you out of your victim story helping you accept that obstacles are our greatest teachers-- this is how we learn and transform. Your mentors may be your obstacles- shatter their frame of reference and look inside. You can approach your business with a brand new outlook now that you have experienced this information. You can do this.

About Beverly Price, RD, MA, RYT

Beverly Price is a Registered Dietitian, author, newspaper columnist and public speaker who made a name for herself with her unique approach to nutrition counseling. After 11 years in private practice, she sold Living Better Sensibly -- one of the largest private nutrition practices in the country - to a private nutrition consulting firm, and started Jump Start Consulting specializing in management and marketing strategies for dietitans and other healthcare professionals, along with distance learning products for continuing professional education. Beverly currently operates a private practice, in Huntington Woods, Michigan, where she specializes in eating disorder recovery and yoga therapy.

Jump Start Consulting, LLC is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR).


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