Good Neighbor Podcast: Fort Collins

E49: From Personal Pain to Powerful Healing: Terry Fox's Journey

• Nick George • Season 1 • Episode 49

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Terry's journey into aesthetic acupuncture began with a deeply personal motivation—helping his mother with fibromyalgia—and evolved through years of study and practice. He debunks common misconceptions about acupuncture, explaining how it works on scientific principles of electrical conductivity through the body's meridians to promote natural cellular regeneration and healing.

What sets Foxhaven Aesthetics apart is their commitment to authenticity. "We're all about you being you," Terry emphasizes, "not masking what's going on with toxins, but fully integrating who you are into how you look." This philosophy resonates with clients ranging from prevention-minded twenty-somethings to octogenarians seeking natural rejuvenation.

Most moving is Terry's personal story of overcoming Bell's palsy at age 10—an experience that gave him profound empathy for those who feel disconnected from their reflection. This childhood trauma ultimately inspired him to help others reconcile their inner feelings with their outer appearance through natural means, even leading him to write a book called The Hunt for My Smile.

Whether you're curious about natural beauty alternatives or drawn to holistic health approaches, Terry's blend of extensive knowledge, personal experience, and commitment to authenticity offers a refreshing perspective. Discover more about Terry's unique approach to natural beauty at https://foxhavenaesthetics.com/ or follow his journey on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/foxhavenacu/.

Speaker 1:

This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place where local businesses and neighbors come together. Here's your host, Nick George.

Speaker 2:

Welcome to the Good Neighbor Podcast. Are you in need of the perfect aesthetic practice? One might be closer than you think. Today I have the pleasure of introducing your good neighbor, terry Fox with Foxhaven Aesthetics. Terry, how's it going?

Speaker 3:

I'm doing well. Thanks for the opportunity of allowing me to speak.

Speaker 2:

We're excited to learn all about you and your practice. Tell us about Foxhaven.

Speaker 3:

Foxhaven Aesthetics is a traditional Chinese medicine clinic that focuses on aesthetic and facial acupuncture. So we're the natural, holistic alternative to things like Botox, juvederm, dysport, all those botulinum toxins. If you don't feel like you want to do that, but you're still feeling like you want to lift, tighten and tone, help yourself look younger, that's where we come in.

Speaker 2:

How did you get into this business?

Speaker 3:

I started out as a massage therapist back in 1999. I got into it because my mom was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, which is a chronic autoimmune pain condition, and so I wanted to help her which is a chronic autoimmune pain condition and so I wanted to help her. That led me to massage therapy school. I got exposure to Chinese medicine theory, especially acupressure, and applied kinesiology there. That led me to the hospital in Laramie, Wyoming Ivinson Memorial Hospital, and I was doing acupressure in the hospital and just running into people that I thought, dang, if I knew how to do this like an acupuncturist, these people might not even be in here.

Speaker 3:

So that led me to acupuncture school and Doc Ron Rosen, who was one of my mentors in school mentors in school and Ron taught a form of acupuncture that he called cosmetic acupuncture and he used that on the face, he used that on the breasts, he used that on the abdomen, all to tighten, lift and tone and anything Doc was doing. I thought, man, that's cool, I want to do that too. So I started learning about it and the more I started learning about it the more I really I liked it. So that's kind of the icing on the cake for me is doing the aesthetic treatments.

Speaker 2:

What are some myths or misconceptions in your industry?

Speaker 3:

Myths or misconceptions. Well, everybody knows that. You know, acupuncture is very strange. It's supposed to be this mythical sort of thing, maybe even quasi religious. It's not. Acupuncture is very much. Scienceians actually carry voltage through the body, and voltage is needed in order for cells to regenerate themselves. So we work on a scientific basis. It's not all who do mumbo jumbo.

Speaker 2:

Who are your target customers right now and how do you attract them?

Speaker 3:

My target customers are primarily women, although I work with men who are feeling a disconnect between what they see in the mirror and how they feel on the inside, and so that can be someone who might be in their 20s who just wants to start preventing wrinkles from showing up. It could be a woman somewhere between 30 to 55. Or I've even had some 80-year-olds in here working on their face and wrinkles as well. But it's about having that connection between your inside and your outside, lining up so that you feel good in your body and look good on the outside.

Speaker 2:

You mentioned having some experience and teaching people through this format. Have you ever thought about doing your own podcast for this industry?

Speaker 3:

You know, I used to have a podcast back in the day about four or five years ago. It was called the Get Foxy Show. I'm sure there's still probably some episodes on YouTube somewhere and the goal there was kind of helping educate people about alternative forms of medicine. So I wouldn't be opposed to doing a podcast like this again. I just haven't gotten around to it Outside of work. What do you do for fun, for fun, oh goodness. I'm a big nerd. I like reading science fiction, fantasy novels. I also train at Catalyst Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu here in Windsor Colorado.

Speaker 2:

Very cool. Let's switch gears. Can you describe a hardship or a life challenge that you overcame and how it made you stronger? What comes to?

Speaker 3:

mind. You bet Part of the reason I became a facial acupuncturist was when I was 10, I ended up getting Bell's palsy and for folks that don't know what that is, that is a one-sided facial paralysis. I ended up taking a baseball to the, to the face, and a few days later all of a sudden one side of my face didn't work and I went through. I think that was about six weeks of treatment and at that time I was just starting middle school, you know sixth grade, when I'm trying to fit in with everybody else. And boy did I not fit in.

Speaker 3:

So that was an interesting time in life to kind of figure out who I was and who my real friends were. I actually wrote about it in a book called the Hunt for my Smile and it can be found on Amazon. But yeah, it was a tough time. But I now have a heart for people who look in the mirror and aren't happy with what they see. I didn't want anybody feeling the way I felt about myself. I don't want them feeling that in themselves. So that's part of the reason why I started doing the aesthetic facial work.

Speaker 2:

Terry, please tell our listeners one thing that they should remember about Foxhaven Aesthetics.

Speaker 3:

Foxhaven Aesthetics is a place where we focus on authenticity. We're not going to use any sort of botulism toxin or any sort of dermal fillers or recommend any sort of plastic surgery to you. We're all about authenticity you being you, not necessarily masking what's going on here with toxins, but instead fully integrating who you are into how you look.

Speaker 2:

How can our listeners learn more about Foxhaven Aesthetics?

Speaker 3:

They can hop on the website foxhavenaestheticscom. They can also find me on Instagram and Facebook. My Instagram handle is at Foxhaven Accu and I believe it's the same on Facebook as well.

Speaker 2:

Well, Terry, I really appreciate you being on our show. We wish you and your business the best moving forward.

Speaker 3:

You bet. Thank you for the opportunity. I appreciate you.

Speaker 1:

Thank you for listening to the Good Neighbor Podcast. To nominate your favorite local businesses to be featured on the show, go to gnpfortcollinscom. That's gnpfortcollinscom, or call 970-438-0825.