Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in health & wellness but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Jonathan Streit, Co-Owner and Co-Creator of Institute For Restorative Health, located in Derby, KS, USA.
What's your business, and who are your customers?
I am the co-owner and co-creator of the Institute for Restorative Health. We focus on resolving the root cause of disease. We use Functional Medicine, Biological Medicine, and Energy Medicine to examine impairments of biological systems and identify environmental toxicities. This allows us to find the root cause of chronic illness.
Our unique, non-invasive, holistic approach combines botanical remedies, nutraceuticals, and frequency-based technologies to work with the whole person. Our aim is to cultivate true healing rather than simply suppressing symptoms.
Tell us about yourself
Working with a chronically ill patient population is hard work. It takes equal measures of grit, compassion, and purpose. No one deserves to suffer or be relegated to subpar living. The choice to work with the chronically ill is very personal to me. When my wife and I were first married, she fell ill. Fatigue, weakness, dizziness, and scary neurological complaints caused a rapid descent in her health and left the medical community scratching their heads.
Specialist after specialist prescribed a variety of things, diagnosing her symptoms, yet never finding real answers concerning the root cause. For many people, those prescriptions worked. Had they worked in her case, I would not be a holistic physician. Their cavalier prescribing of pharmaceuticals without understanding the root cause stimulated my critically thinking.
What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?
I've been running my own businesses since I was 26. Some are successful, some not. The Institute for Restorative Health is the biggest professional accomplishment of my life. We’ve helped patients from five different continents. We have made an international name for ourselves due to the wholistic work we are doing.
It has taken a lot of hard work, life lessons, a growth mindset, and sacrifice. We have grown from humble beginnings to an internationally recognized leader in chronic illness.
What's one of the hardest things that come with being a business owner?
Being vulnerable and direct with my team is my greatest challenge. Allowing the team to know or speak about my personal weaknesses is a deeply humbling experience.
In the book “Ideal Team Player,” by Patrick Lencioni, he explains that a team player must be hungry, humble, and smart. For many entrepreneurs like myself, humility is a weakness. Truthfully, it has played a huge role in my becoming a successful business owner.
What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?
- A lack of systems will destroy the productivity of a team. This turns any momentum into chaos creating a business disaster downstream.
- Systems without clear and direct communication are a recipe for burnout. The fallout includes loss of staff and unrealized goals.
- A lack of vulnerability and humility within the group will create division. It will ultimately shift your perspective away from the team and onto yourself. This will corrupt the purpose and passion it took to create your endeavor in the first place.
Where can people find you and your business?
Website: https://instituteforrestorativehealth.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/irestorehealth
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/irestorehealth/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Irestorehealth
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jonathan-streit-12840121/
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