In this conversational interview, Aparna shares how she launched a pelvic health clinic in La Crescenta, California, after being inspired at the PelviBiz event in San Diego. Initially uncertain whether to go full‑time, she decided to commit, securing a small one‑room space. Her first month’s revenue was under $1,000, but through persistent effort and coaching from Kelly Alhooie, she grew to $4‑5K per month. Aparna discusses the challenges she faces as an introvert—particularly approaching people, public speaking, and marketing—and how repeated practice has improved her confidence and communication. Kelly emphasizes that introversion is not a barrier to entrepreneurship, highlighting Aparna’s vision to become one of the first to bring pelvic floor courses to India. The dialogue underscores the importance of taking small steps, learning from mistakes, and leveraging coaching to overcome personal and business hurdles.
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Hi, my name is Aparna and I started— I'm in California, La Crescenta, California. I started my clinic in April, like end of March, April, and that's when I met Kelly at the Pelvibus event in San Diego. And I would just actually at that time I was debating whether to like go full-time into my business or I was working at the time or like still keep working and do my clinic at the same time. But I decided that at the, at the event, at the PelviBiz event, it was really good for me, like really inspiring. And I decided to go all in and I already had a like I had looked at a place, so I finalized it after that. And it has been a journey like Kelly knows. It was really hard in the beginning. Um, I started first month was like $1,000, maybe like under $1,000, like $800, $900. And I didn't want to do mobile. I, that's, I just wanted a space to start with, a small room. It's just one room. Um, and now I'm up to about like $4,000, like $4,000 to $5,000, uh, a month. And, uh, yeah, it's still, um, I still have a you know, a long way to go. But your coaching has, like, has been great. Like, it's a great tool. And there are so many things that I thought that I could not do, or I, like, I didn't even think of these things. And, and actually, once you start doing it, like, you keep trying, you make mistakes, and then, but you just learn from those, and then you just take one step at a time and go ahead.
Yeah, I think the biggest thing with a prana is, guys, that you have to realize a prana is not a natural, like, talker. She's not one of those people that want to be out and be like, 'Yay, gay people!' Yeah, most people that have a belief that you have to be an extrovert to, like, do this thing— like, a prana is proving that wrong, just so you know. Like, you don't have to be necessarily an extrovert. You don't even have to, like, be like, yes, I'm the best speaker or whatever else. But Aprana won't stop. That's the, that's the difference between Aprana and other people. She's like, hey, I have this vision. I don't know necessarily what to do, so if you could tell me what to do, great, and then let's keep moving, right? And she even has a bigger vision she hasn't shared, but she really wants to be, you know, one of the first people in India to be able to bring pelvic floor courses to India. And I really believe she can do that. And it's just going to be amazing. So she'll have our clinic and then she'll also have these courses out. And it's going to be awesome to see. But when Aparana— when I met Aparana at Pelvi Biz event, okay, she was like, hi, Kelly, I don't know what's going on, but I'm here. And I'm like, okay, great. Let's get the ball rolling. And she just went for it. She didn't have anything figured out. She had nothing figured out, by the way. Okay. Yeah. But she was just like, I'm just gonna try and I'm gonna go for it. And for those that are on, you know, that's really what it comes down to. Are you willing to just try and just give it a shot? And that's what you did so well, Aprana, and just kept sticking with it, kept sticking with it. And you're like, Kelly, I don't even know how to communicate to these people. Yeah. And then we kept going over how to communicate, how to communicate. And even between now and, like then and now, the communication has massively improved and just your confidence overall, you know?
Yeah. Like approaching people is, is very difficult for me. Or like speaking in general, like speaking in public or any marketing piece. But the more I do it, I think better it is. Like it's improving.
Yeah. She's like, Kelly, I got all these doctors coming to my clinic and I got all— All right, Afrana, you do your thing. None of us have that, but way to go. I mean, it's amazing. It's really inspiring. So it's just is really cool to see. So yeah, thank you.
