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Practitioner Notes by Camille Freeman
Browse the archives of Camille's weekly(ish) note for clinical herbalists & nutritionists.
Practitioner Notes Archives
When you receive these in your inbox, I'll also send along 3 article, book or podcast recommendations each week along with a short note about any upcoming events.
November 29, 2023
Now that it's almost December, it's time for people to sell you 2024 planning things (courses! books! planners! calendars!).This is a friendly reminder that you can ...
November 15, 2023
I'm just back from the American Herbalists Guild Symposium in Colorado. I went to my first AHG Symposium in 2001, which feels like yesterday but ...
November 8, 2023
I'm just back from the American Herbalists Guild Symposium in Colorado. I went to my first AHG Symposium in 2001, which feels like yesterday but ...
November 1, 2023
I'm just back from the American Herbalists Guild Symposium in Colorado. I went to my first AHG Symposium in 2001, which feels like yesterday but ...
October 25, 2023
I'm just back from the American Herbalists Guild Symposium in Colorado. I went to my first AHG Symposium in 2001, which feels like yesterday but ...
October 18, 2023
I'm just back from the American Herbalists Guild Symposium in Colorado.I went to my first AHG Symposium in 2001, which feels like yesterday but was ...
October 11, 2023
Last week I hosted my fall dreaming & intentions workshop (link to the replay). If you've attended one of these, you'll know that I don't ...
October 4, 2023
Last week I hosted my fall dreaming & intentions workshop (link to the replay). If you've attended one of these, you'll know that I don't ...
September 27, 2023
Last week I hosted my fall dreaming & intentions workshop (link to the replay). If you've attended one of these, you'll know that I don't ...
September 20, 2023
Last week I hosted my fall dreaming & intentions workshop (link to the replay). If you've attended one of these, you'll know that I don't ...
September 13, 2023
Last week I hosted my fall dreaming & intentions workshop (link to the replay).If you've attended one of these, you'll know that I don't walk ...
August 30, 2023
Last week, I shared a list of the software I use in my practice (link in case you missed it).After I sent it, I realized ...
August 23, 2023
I'm always curious about what's happening behind the scenes in people's practices. In case you're interested, here are the programs/platforms that I use for my ...
August 16, 2023
It's super hot for many of us.This is your friendly reminder to drink plenty of fluids.If you don't love water or if you're sick of ...
August 2, 2023
Sometimes when I have a client who has a complicated health history, I start to feel overwhelmed. I'm not sure what to do, and I ...
July 26, 2023
Websites tend to be major sticking points not only as we start our work as clinicians, but at multiple points along the way.As Laura Mae ...
July 19, 2023
As I was preparing for our hormone deep dive class on thyroid hormones earlier this week, I was poking around a bit to see what ...
July 12, 2023
As I was preparing for our hormone deep dive class on thyroid hormones earlier this week, I was poking around a bit to see what ...
July 5, 2023
I've been thinking a lately about how much we need fallow times in order to have healthy growing seasons. If you read traditional business advice, it ...
June 21, 2023
I've been thinking a lately about how much we need fallow times in order to have healthy growing seasons.If you read traditional business advice, it seems ...
June 14, 2023
I'm just back from the International Herb Symposium - which filled my cup in so many ways.Also, my brain is fried 🥴So, instead of writing ...
June 6, 2023
I'm reading Verlyn Klinkenborg's excellent book Several Short Sentences about Writing. One of the important insights in the book has to do with the practice of ...
May 30, 2023
I'm reading Verlyn Klinkenborg's excellent book Several Short Sentences about Writing.One of the important insights in the book has to do with the practice of noticing.He ...
May 23, 2023
Most of us get very little training in marketing as part of our herbal or nutrition schooling. When it's time to start our practices, we ...
May 18, 2023
It's peony season (my favorite!), the soil is perfect for easy weeding, and I'm still obsessed with the Merlin app.(If you missed the Merlin app ...
May 11, 2023
The weather has been absolutely, positively top-notch here in Virginia lately. It's sunny and warm, there's a gentle breeze, the dogwoods are flowering, and my ...
April 20, 2023
The weather has been absolutely, positively top-notch here in Virginia lately.It's sunny and warm, there's a gentle breeze, the dogwoods are flowering, and my first ...
April 13, 2023
I read this quote by David Wong on Austin Kleon's blog post "A willingness to be bad" this week (highly recommend the entire blog post, ...
April 6, 2023
I read this quote by David Wong on Austin Kleon's blog post "A willingness to be bad" this week (highly recommend the entire blog post, ...
March 30, 2023
I have a calendar suggestion for you. This is especially relevant if you're new to clinical practice. Here's the tip:Have regular clinic hours. This sounds ...
March 23, 2023
I have a calendar suggestion for you. This is especially relevant if you're new to clinical practice.Here's the tip:Have regular clinic hours.This sounds very obvious. ...
March 16, 2023
Not everyone who sets out to have a solo clinical practice winds up still having one five or ten years later. What’s the difference in ...
March 9, 2023
Not everyone who sets out to have a solo clinical practice winds up still having one five or ten years later.What’s the difference in people ...
March 2, 2023
As we head toward the end of the winter season, I wanted to share a few quotes from a book I read last year, Wintering: ...
February 15, 2023
Just a quick note today to let you know about another new podcast episode (I'm on a roll!), this time featuring herbalist Ruth Shelton talking ...
February 7, 2023
As you’re reading this, if all goes well, I will be hurtling through the air in a large metal tube somewhere over Southeast Asia. (I am ...
February 2, 2023
After a hiatus that went on longer than I’d planned, I finally published another podcast episode on Sunday. It’s about the pay from the heart pricing ...
January 26, 2023
I received a great question last week, and thought others might be interested in the answer as well.Tara asked if I had any recommendations for ...
January 19, 2023
If you’ve been here for a while, you probably know that I love to read.I’m always in the middle of at least 3 or 4 ...
January 12, 2023
Quick thought for you today, brought to you by The Artist’s Way book club we had in Monday Mentoring last summer.In the book, Julia Cameron ...
January 5, 2023
When I started a clinical practice (in 2004 ), I somehow thought almost all of my time would be spent working directly with clients. In reality, ...
December 29, 2022
I'm back from a week away from work and email (if I owe you a message, I'm catching up as quickly as I can, which ...
December 15, 2022
Have you scheduled any time off for yourself over the next few weeks?By “time off,” I mean:No appointments, no meetings.Auto-replies to work emails are on.You’re ...
December 8, 2022
This week, a question came up that I hear pretty often: What if there are already lots of herbalists in my area (field/niche/town/etc)? Is the ...
December 1, 2022
I don’t think we talk enough about changing our minds. Over the past few years, I’ve changed my mind about using freebies to encourage people ...
November 17, 2022
Here’s a little behind the scenes peek into Bloom & Grow planning & an overview of a lesson I’m constantly needing to re-learn.I’m knee deep ...
November 10, 2022
I get a lot of questions about how long it takes to fill a clinical practice.I understand why you’d want to know. Having an estimate ...
November 3, 2022
I started posting on LinkedIn a few times a week.Most of you know that I had been off social media for several years. I wasn’t ...
October 27, 2022
It’s win time!I hope you enjoy reading through the list of “wins” below sent in by other practitioners. I share these periodically because it's so ...
October 20, 2022
It's win time Send me something you're proud of or excited about relating to your practice.Big or small, anything is welcome. The rest of us really ...
October 13, 2022
A few weeks ago, a student in my Grow course shared a sentiment that I recognized in myself.She wrote:“Having bought too many courses that are ...
October 6, 2022
I’m noticing a lot of fear in the air lately, and not in a fun Halloweeny way There’s recession talk going around, money is tighter ...
September 29, 2022
Here’s a little blast from the past that’s been coming up for me this week:Going over your time with clients is not (always) a gift. ...
September 22, 2022
Many years ago, I attended a 45-minute conference presentation where the speaker had close to 200 slides filled with text and graphs.I left knowing almost ...
September 15, 2022
Yesterday, I did a workshop for the American Nutrition Association on teaching classes as a way to build your practice.Side note: September has somehow taken ...
September 8, 2022
One of my favorite things about running a business/practice is how much it stretches my growing edge.There's no shortage of new things to learn - ...
September 1, 2022
Have you scheduled any time off for yourself over the next few weeks? By “time off,” I mean: No appointments, no meetings. Auto-replies to work ...
August 25, 2022
Earlier this week, my kids, my mom and I went to Bullington Gardens in Hendersonville, NC.We had just gone to wander around a bit, but ...
August 18, 2022
Have you found yourself thinking that if you just knew what to do to build/grow your practice (or open the store, or write the book, ...
August 11, 2022
A few months ago, I decided to offer two types of follow-up visits in my private practice instead of just one.Now I have a long ...
August 5, 2022
Have you scheduled any time off for yourself over the next few weeks? By “time off,” I mean: No appointments, no meetings. Auto-replies to work ...
July 21, 2022
If you’re in practice, you’ve probably noticed that things are feeling a bit sluggish at the moment.You may not have as many clients as you ...
July 7, 2022
Thanks so much for the well-wishes after last week’s newsletter involving everyone in my family getting covid. Fortunately, we’re all testing negative now and my ...
June 30, 2022
Here’s a little behind the scenes peek into Bloom & Grow planning & an overview of a lesson I’m constantly needing to re-learn. I’m knee ...
June 23, 2022
Have you scheduled any time off for yourself over the next few weeks? By “time off,” I mean: No appointments, no meetings. Auto-replies to work ...
June 10, 2022
Are you hung up on your website?This is a friendly reminder not to spend TOO much time fiddling with it.It’s easy to get lost in ...
June 2, 2022
Have you scheduled any time off for yourself over the next few weeks? By “time off,” I mean: No appointments, no meetings. Auto-replies to work ...
April 21, 2022
I’m on vacation this week, so I’m keeping this short.I know you want to create an online course.You probably shouldn’t, especially if you're relatively new ...
April 7, 2022
It's win time Scroll down to the bottom of this message to see a list of “wins” sent in by other practitioners.While I have you, this ...
February 25, 2022
It’s February, and for many of us things are hard.In addition to the dark and the cold and the pandemic, we’re also bearing the weight ...
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