It's estimated that only 5% of holistic nutritionists have a profitable business, and I attribute A LOT of that to the false expectations set by the rigorous certifications themselves.

Before we talk about the 5% of "successful" people, let's get clear on what's really going on here:

We come out of these certification programs scared to help people or overpromise big, life changing results for them. Most practitioners are not confident in their abilities, they feel like an unprepared fraud on some level, and think they need more practice or more training before starting to work with clients. These thoughts lead to feeling like a complete imposter, not a qualified and capable practitioner.

The certification programs we go through are designed to make us feel uncertain and doubtful so we don't hurt our clients or go out of the scope of our practice. Remember that. If you recently got certified and are even more fearful and uncertain now than you were when you started, that's normal, but you have to move past those fears and start helping people, anyway.

Don't want for the feelings of imposter syndrome to go away entirely because they never will. They just get less important and quieter with the more people you help and by consistently doing the thought exercises you learn in this episode. Let’s get to it.

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Full Show Notes & Transcription

Hi, I’m Andrea Nordling – Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, business coach, entrepreneur, and host of The Profitable Nutritionist Podcast.

Since age 22, I’ve built 3 highly successful businesses from scratch, including my own online holistic nutrition practice. After deleting all of my social media accounts in early 2021, my business grew faster than ever — and now I teach other health professionals how to do the same.

On this pod, you’ll learn how to:

✅ Build a thriving online practice without relying on social media
✅ Consistently attract and convert clients
✅ Create simple systems that scale without overwhelm

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