How To Become A Naturopath

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Intro: What do you want to be when you grow up?

SN: If you had told me a few years ago that I would be sitting here so few years into my career and have an entire clinic, I wouldn't have believed you. I wouldn't have believed the hundreds of patients that have come to find me and have had such success. And I realize there is nothing I should have done differently except maybe have a little bit more faith in my potential.

My name is Sonya Nobbe and I am a naturopathic doctor, owner and Clinic Director of Kingston Integrated Health Care. Conventional medicine is disease oriented. Naturopathic medicine is patient oriented. And the difference is almost entirely philosophical.

To be a good healthcare practitioner, you really have to be solid in your understanding of what good medicine is. If you educate your patients from that place of understanding, then your practice will grow.

Becoming a naturopathic doctor required a lot of energy. It was a very really rigorous education. A lot of money. Trying to find the finances to get through it was a challenge at times.

You have to be committed. It's that faith in what good medicine is that keeps pushing you forward to get through it. Find your support network. Make sure your family and friends are on board. Or find those things that give you that solidarity and that groundedness so that you can continue through such a difficult programme.

I got busy pretty very quickly in my naturopathic practice by writing a lot of articles. The more information you can provide to somebody the more willing they are to explore their health care options.

I chose naturopathic medicine because the profession in its entirety has so much more potential for growth and change. When you support one person, and you support their mental, their emotional makeup, you're not just helping them out, you are supporting their family, you are supporting their community. And that just gets bigger, and grows from there. It's avery powerful thing to know that you are making such a big difference.

It was absolutely worth it. You wouldn't turn back for a second.

Intro: What do you want to be when you grow up?

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