Eastern Bench Holistic Healthcare

Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in health and wellness but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Heather Seay, Owner of Eastern Bench Holistic Healthcare, located in Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

What's your business, and who are your customers?

Eastern Bench Holistic Healthcare is a holistic health clinic in Salt Lake City, Utah. We specialize in acupuncture, Chinese medicine, supplements, massage therapy, regenerative medicine, and esthetics. We offer compassionate, evidence-based yet intuitive, transformative wellness services to help restore balance to the body, help people grow their families, enjoy life, and have a level of energy they've never experienced before.

Our mission is to help put people back into the driver's seat of their health and realign with their ability to self-heal. We strive to provide the kind of place where patients find rest and comfort and practitioners find a place they are proud to say they practice out of and feel fully supported to express their gifts and talents for the good of everyone.

We do this through the environments we create and maintain, the education and knowledge we provide, and the services we offer to the world. We envision a world where the breathing space and quality of the higher-end spa are married with wellness services to provide relaxation and healing for the masses.

Tell us about yourself

In 1996, a paraplegic patient changed my life's direction.

I was working as a PT aide at LDS hospital. I remember walking into a newly admitted paraplegic patient's room one day. He needed some PT rehabilitation to learn how to get in and out of his wheelchair. As you can imagine, he was riddled with depression and anxiety. We were focused on helping him with his physical needs, but his emotional needs were totally ignored.

Working with this man caused me more and more stress. I really yearned to help him with all his needs. It felt like I was on a leash that was cutting into my neck when I thought about the ways we as a medical system were failing him.

From that patient on, I knew that traditional medicine wasn't for me. I embarked on a journey of learning how to heal the whole self, which brought me first to massage therapy and finally to becoming a doctor of Chinese medicine. This is how I became an Expert in Integrative Fertility Care and Hormone Balancing.

My interest in Fertility and women's health began in 1998. I grew up in a middle-class family that relied on conventional medicine solely. During my childhood and adolescence, I was riddled with eczema, anxiety, constipation, and painful periods.

I always thought that when I wanted to have kids one day, it would be easy. After all, wasn't it my birthright as a woman? But then, some family members began to struggle to get pregnant. I realized that pregnancy didn't come easy to everyone. After healing my anxiety, eczema, and painful periods with holistic and Chinese medicine, I began to think that maybe fertility challenges could be helped.

Now, after years of research and medical practice seeing hundreds of women heal their periods, balance their hormones, have the family they've been dreaming of, and feel better in their bodies, I have learned a few things:

· Women are underserved and marginalized in medicine
· Fertility challenges aren't just about the woman
· Fertility does NOT fall off a cliff after the age of 35
· It's really about quality over quantity
· Fertility is about so much more than sperm meeting egg.

Our mental/emotional health and physical health are connected. Our willingness to call in pregnancy and a healthy baby and how aligned we are in life and in our physical, mental and spiritual bodies have just as much, if not more, impact on getting pregnant and having healthy babies.

Fast forward to now having three daughters and wishing for them to grow up in a society that values women for their contribution, autonomy over their own bodies, and ability to heal. I exist as a women's health and fertility healthcare practitioner to empower women with more choices in health, well-being, and healing.

What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?

Creating a safe, healing space where patients feel heard and are given the time and space to express themselves and restore their health.

What's one of the hardest things that come with being a business owner?

Striking a balance between work life and personal life. I love my business, and I want to reach as many people as I can. But I strive to follow the advice I give my patients to create as much balance as possible between work and passion projects and self-development and personal time.

What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?

Edges are always uncomfortable, but they are where we grow the most.
There is never only one reality to any given situation.
Expenses are a part of a business- either look for an alternative, a way to cut that expense, or find a way to get behind the expense. It is a privilege to be in business for yourself in a country that supports entrepreneurship.

Where can people find you and your business?

Website: https://www.easternbench.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/easternbench
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/easternbench/
LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3PaeoSR

If you like what you've read here and have your own story as a solo or small business entrepreneur that you'd like to share, then please answer these interview questions. We'd love to feature your journey on these pages.

Turn your craft into recurring revenue with Subkit. Start your subscription offering in minutes and supercharge it with growth levers. Get early access here.