Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in health and wellness but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Chika Okoli, MD., Co-Founder of Re-well, located in New York, NY, USA.
What's your business, and who are your customers?
Re-well. We do restorative healthcare that leads to healing, abundance, and purpose through the practice of holistic functional medicine.
Our customer is anyone who feels like there is more for them in life and is being held back by their health - body, soul, or spirit. We are transparent about our faith in God and the role spirituality plays in holistic healing.
Tell us about yourself
My personal and professional journey inspired Re-well. After going to the best medical and academic institutions for my medical training and while practicing conventional medicine, I learned our current medical system is not set up for healing but the management of symptoms, putting a bandaid over the issue and prescribing a pill for every ill.
In my personal life, no matter how many green juices, kale smoothies, or downward-facing dogs I did, I felt unwell, uninspired, and without purpose. In recommitting to my faith and spiritual health, I experienced the peace I had searched for in so many other areas, which led to a renewed energy to start to understand there were deeper root causes to issues in my soul and physical health.
I found healing through functional medicine - care that focuses on body, soul, and spirit -. I knew I had to bring this kind of healing to others. Re-well does that with a faith-inspired aspect that makes us unique.
What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?
The many patients whose lives I have seen transformed, who are now able to do what they have always wanted to do in their professional or personal lives because they feel well.
What's one of the hardest things that comes with being a business owner?
Patience being essential. Things don't always happen overnight. Not everything is instant gratification. Trust in why you are doing what you are doing and how many could benefit from what you are providing. My faith in God and the purpose He gave me through Re-well keeps me going.
What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?
- Take time to develop and understand your vision - what you want to accomplish and why.
- Be open to learning - life is a learning process, and if you see challenges as opportunities to learn and be better for the future, it helps in maintaining your peace.
- Celebrate every win -none of us know the future. Enjoy the moment and each day. Live for it, love it, and know every person helped. Every life change (in my business especially) is monumental.
Where can people find you and your business?
Website: https://the-rewell.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drchikaokoli/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chika-okoli-md-36b03581/
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