Ep #54 Does health create wealth beyond 7 figures with Tanya Beabrun

Welcome to the Amplify to seven Figures podcast where we look inside the mind of seven figure entrepreneurs to see how they amplify their business and amplify their life. Let's welcome today's guest as the Body Joy doctor. Today's guest is empowering people to lead a full, vibrant and authentic life. Her message is strong, yet simple. Take exquisite care of yourself, respect the choices you make and tune in to healing from the inside out. She's passionate about bringing heart and soul back to the practice of medicine. And she is a family physician, certified wellness and lifestyle empowerment coach, motivational speaker and author. With a unique blend of Western medicine, lifestyle coaching and integrative health, she has distinguished herself as a woman wellness warrior. Please give a very warm welcome to Tanya Beaubraun. How you doing?

Hi. Thank you.

Good. Fantastic. Tanya, great to have you on the show today. Now one of the things that and you've got a topic that is actually really hard word for me to say in integrative medicine. Is that. Right, that's right.

Functional and integrative medicine.

Integrative medicine. Right. Functional and integrative medicine. Now what made you look into. Well, firstly, for anyone listening, like, what is that?

I like to think that it's medicine that's going back to the ancient times, going back to basics. Functional medicine essentially looks at the root cause of disease. So I'm traditionally trained and we're trained to look at disease and treat disease. In functional and integrative medicine, we're looking at the person who has the disease and trying to find out why did this person get that disease. It is, I like to think, heart based medicine and it is medicine being practiced the way that was probably practiced by the ancients, by Eastern and Western medicine of centuries ago until western medicine took over. So what I have done is blended the best of Western medicine with some functional and integrated medicine into a unique blend that is tailored to each person because of their biogenetic, you know, the individual genetic differences of each person.

Sometimes some people would say there's that divide right in between, between that functional and integrative medicine. And then the traditional Western medicine, even though potentially functional came first. We still call the other traditional medicine. So yeah, why do you think people sit on either side and then become kind of like really towards one side or the other?

Sometimes I think we were trained as traditional Western medicine to think that our medicine is the best. And I will tell you that every single min of every day, traditional Western medicine saves lives. So there is a role for traditional Western medicine. But as Far as the prevention of chronic disease and the lifestyle diseases, we're failing. So we have to find another way to reach our patients and to do more than just save their lives and treat disease. You want patients to thrive and if anything, Covid has shown us that a tiny virus can take over our lives. So we need to find ways to coexist with these bugs. And the only way I think we can do that is by keeping the milieu or how our cells function in the best way possible so that we can fight off disease and feel better as we do it.

Now, we have a lot of entrepreneurs that listen to this show. So, and you just, you just mentioned about that lifestyle side of things. Now a lot of entrepreneurs are stressed out. Maybe, maybe they eat too much just because it's quicker and they can carry on working or they have a lot of caffeine to keep things going. So what, what do you note from, from that side of things? How can an entrepreneur like, help their own health through functional medicine?

I think it's important that as business people, as entrepreneurs, that we prioritize our health above everything else. One diagnosis can wipe out all the hard work you've put in. You could build a million dollar business and one diagnosis, it would mean nothing. So I think it's imperative that we start prioritizing not just the physical health, but also our emotional health as well. So, so that, and I tell people that if I function well, if I thrive, my business thrives. If my business thrives, the workers within my business thrive as well. Financially, you thrive. So it's all about all the pieces of the puzzle. The employer, the employee, the business owner, everybody thriving. To have a successful business that then serves the world and changes lives in whatever way, you know, you serve the world.

And I suppose that health comes before the finances almost sometimes because. Yes, otherwise you get to the financial like you say you get, you can get to that million dollars or $10 million or whatever that number is. And then if the business is relying on you and you're that key person, and then you get a health issue because you've taken these lifestyle sacrifices and you end up going back to square one because the business can't run without you.

Yes. And I see it all the time. Yeah, I see it all the time. I've seen it in my life where I worked and worked to build up my clinic and then one day I got sick and you know, we think that the business will just fail without us. And there I was sick and my business continued to run and it was A major aha moment for me. I said, you know, I've trained everybody. Everybody's doing their job. You know, yes, I may do things a little differently, but the business continued to run. So it was really a wake up call for me to really prioritize my health, my physical, emotional, spiritual health, and then take that into, you know, and that's how I got into this. Being at the other end of a stethoscope was my greatest blessing.

So is it. So was that, was that the journey that started it all then, where you were actually just doing Western medicine and then you realized, hey, I need to focus on my own lifestyle and my own functional and integrated medicine? And then you realize that that's what actually the biggest problem everyone else was having as well?

Yeah, I think I was always sort of geared towards a holistic approach to healing and health. But I had been trained one way and I was the good girl and I was doing what I was trained to do. And then I got sick. And there were a number of little things. I had patients who I. Who died. And I looked at them and I thought, I have been prescribing the same types of drugs for the same disease for them for 20 years. And I started to wonder if I was really making a difference by just being a pill pusher. And I didn't want to do that anymore. I really wanted to have patients healing from the inside out. And then my own illness was sort of another wake up call for me where I realized my colleagues who were treating me were actually practicing medicine the way we had all been trained, you know, to look at disease. So I was just a disease to them. And I wanted somebody to look at me, I wanted somebody to listen to me. I wanted somebody to look into my eyes and see that in fact it was an asthmatic attack I had, that I was more than my asthma. And I realized that I never wanted to look at patients the way they looked at me. And I felt really guilty because I knew I had looked at patients the way they had looked at me. It wasn't that I had done it intentionally, but you reach a stage where you start to wonder, is it in their head? Because you've written, you've done everything according to the books you've written, all the prescriptions, and whatever big pharma tells you to do is the latest drug, you prescribe it, and the patient doesn't get better. So you start to doubt the patient. Instead of doubting, maybe there's something else. So it was a major aha moment for Me being on that other end of the stethoscope, and it changed my life. And I thank the universe and God for that.

So where do you think medicine then is heading in the future? And how as well, does that apply to us in the entrepreneurial world?

Well, I think we all need to look at the holistic approach. I think, if anything, we've realized that this pandemic caused by a virus, Western medicine has not been able to totally find the answer. Yes, we have the vaccines, and yes, we finally found ways to treat the patients who have severe Covid. But there must be a blend. And I think the important pillar in all of this is that we encourage patients to stay well. If your cells are functioning optimally, even if you get exposed to the virus, you do not necessarily have to get ill because your body's functioning so well, it will fight off the virus. It's the same thing in all aspects of our lives. The holistic approach, working together, taking the wisdom of the elders and later science and blending it. And I think in every aspect, in every field, if we start to look at what was done before, there are some really pearls of wisdom to be gleaned from them. And then we keep abreast of the latest technology and we sort of blend it together. And each client who comes in front of us, or each case or each company we work for, we tailor whatever we do to suit the customer, so to speak.

Yeah. And on that point, I'm curious, how do clients become clients with you? So how have you built your business up so dramatically?

I walk my walk and talk my talk. I really do believe so strongly in what I do that I practice it and I live it, and I take every single opportunity to share my message. One of my many Covid blessings was that I found that my voice and my words could be used to educate, empower, and encourage people. When this COVID pandemic hit, I realized that we had to educate our people, and there were not enough of us doing that. So I started livestreaming. I started putting out posts, I looked, I got the latest information, and I put it in ways that people could understand. Because a lot of doctors talk doctorees and all the medical terms people didn't want to hear, that they wanted it explained to them in the layman's terms in ways they could understand. And I started doing that and realized that I had to be a champion for some people who couldn't speak or who didn't understand what was going on. And it's almost as if I stepped into a Deeper purpose and a deeper passion for the work that I was doing.

Yeah, that whole techno babble that a lot of people speak in. Just you speak again. Again, again. And people are like, I've got no idea what you're talking about.

Yeah.

So I think. Yeah. Relating to those people. And then. So how did you then. Because it's all great, like having those conversations and meeting people where they're at, but then people are still going to see it.

Yeah. I mean, I learned. I just started posting and in the midst of the lockdown, when I wasn't working as many hours, I did courses on Facebook marketing. And I, for some reason, for the past six years, I was involved in doing different courses on marketing and branding because it interested me. So whenever there was a course or something, I had the time. And I didn't want to be immersed in just the medical learning because after a while it became heavy. You know, we were all talking about coronavirus and it all seemed like it was doom and gloom and I wanted to step away from that. So I started to do all kinds of courses and I started to crochet and do all everything, sort of use the other side of my brain. And then I did these courses, and for some reason they kept coming up. And then my daughter was here, and there's nothing like a young person to sort of help you step up your game. So she took over my social media accounts, and when I saw what she was doing, I would take half an hour to create a graphic and stuff. And she was doing that in 10 minutes. And I'm like, oh, okay, so let me learn something about it, you know? So I didn't. I wasn't as strategic as I think I could have been, but I did what felt true to me. So if something happened on my island and I felt the need to speak out or to educate people, I would do a post and I would come out and do a live stream on it. So it was very topical. So whatever was happening at the time, I would post about it and give my opinion and what I think the people in my country should do. So, case in point, before the CDC came out saying that we had to wear masks, I felt that we should be wearing masks. And one afternoon I came home from work and I was like this. We have to say something. The government isn't saying anything. CDC isn't saying anything. But we are wearing masks in the medical setting to prevent transmission. So why aren't we telling people out there to do it? So I picked up my phone in the car And I took off my mask and I showed people how to put on a mask, take a mask, and advocated the use of mask. I think this had close to 9,000, over 9,000 views and many shares as well. Never expected that. And I actually, after I got scared, I'm like, oh, somebody's going to come for me. Because there was saying something that the people in the know had not advocated. But I felt very strongly that we had to start being proactive in saving lives. And on a small island with limited healthcare facilities, we don't have the technology of, you know, as as much of what you have in the first world. We had to do the simple things to save our lives. And if I felt masks, I mean, it couldn't hurt you to wear a mask, right? So I went on, I did that and I had people coming to me weeks later saying thank you for posting it, thank you for showing me. Because I was thinking the same thing, but I wasn't sure because nobody had said it. And I had colleagues who were dead set and say, the science isn't there. And I'm like, I know the science isn't there, guys, but we are using it in the hospitals and in the office. We've been doing that prior to Covid to prevent transmission. When we have an infected patient try if it doesn't work, then I'm going to put up my hand and say it was wrong, but it may work. It's not going to harm the patient. Let's just tell them to put on their mask and go out with it. So a lot of these things that I did were just almost intuitive nudges and I felt the need to say something.

It sounds like that effort of being raw and just being you was because so many people when they're on social media, I can't say that. I can't say that. I can't, you know, I can't say that about my personal opinion or personal story because I don't know what set someone. So the fact that you were just you, it sounds like that's what brought people to you a lot more.

Yeah, it was in my opinion, the name of my company, my medical clinic is called Satya Integrative Medical Services. And Sachin is Sanskrit for truth. And I committed over almost 20 years ago to living my truth. And I felt very strongly then that speaking out and educating and empowering the people who listened to me was the way of being authentic and living my truth. So it wasn't like it was a calculated thing and I had these content plans and stuff. I have nothing. I didn't have it. It was like, oh, this is happening in the world. I'm going to talk about it and then I'm going to do some posts about it. And I was very good. I was actually learning to schedule posts so I figured I'd, I was so proud of myself. I was scheduling the post and you know, first it was about following the protocols and why use a mask and so, and educating people about corona and then it was about vaccines and so it was about speaking up because I felt I had no choice. I felt I had no choice. I didn't want to die with that knowledge inside of me. What's the purpose of having the knowledge and not being able to share with people and transform their lives.

And that kind of ties into my next question as well, which is quite a legacy question is what do you want to be remembered for when you die?

But I spoke my truth and that I educated and empowered people to take ownership of their health and their lives.

That's simple yet powerful. Yeah, I like it. That's, that's fantastic.

If 20 years from now something I've said or done encourages someone to thrive, to live better, to be well, that's all I want.

Fantastic. That's amazing. And what, what is one quick win that people can use to amplify the business or amplify the life.

Today I think it's about, and one of my coach always says, values driven. We have to be, we have to be very clear about what our values are. I think it's important that before you start a business on anything, you know what your values are. So for me it was about my faith and my family and service, service above self. And for me, once I got clear on that, things just started to fall into place. So I started my business as a solo practice. It was just me in the clinic in an area where there was very population was minimal and for a number of reasons I had no choice. I started there because it was where my family had the building and so. But I was connected to the value of serving, of helping people heal. And I felt very strongly that if we give compassionate care, if we give heart based care, if we serve the people in a way that makes them feel cared for and that they're not just a number, that even if I saw one or two patients that day, once I went to bed feeling good and that I changed their lives for the better, I was okay with that. And that's how the business grew.

And it's interesting that word, you know Service. What does that word, service mean to you?

It's funny you say that, because one day I told a patient, it's been my honor serving you, and they took offense. They said, you didn't serve me. And I said, I have no problem serving. I think it's about giving of my best self, giving of the knowledge that I have given, of my compassion to help you feel better, to transform your health and your life. So for me, that's the essence of the service. It's about leaving each encounter with every patient, having both of us feel better about the interaction we've had.

Fantastic. And yeah, it's a powerful message as well. Anyone listening to this is like, serve first. And like I refer to this quote quite a lot is, if you help enough people get what they want, you get what you want in life. Yeah, exactly. You know, that's just like, if you live by that, then you're never going to go for that. That far wrong, I think. Would you agree with that?

I do agree.

Yeah. 100. So, Tania, what seven figure entrepreneur would you nominate to be on the show next?

One of my coaches, Hannah Fitz, would definitely be one person. She's actually based in St. Lucia, but she's changed my outlook on my brand and stepping up into who I am and serving from my best brand itself. Because, you know, when I started off, I was just this doctor and I was doing my thing. I never thought of myself as a brand until she says, you know, you're doing so much work and your company's doing so much work and your clinic is serving so many people. I'm like, yeah, that's just what I'm supposed to do. But in medical school, we're not taught that. So Hannah taught me so much about service, in a sense, that service from a place of being so sure of who I was and how I wanted to come across as without being fake. So it was all about authenticity and being very connected to my core values.

I like that. I like that. And yeah, I mean, I've read the values factor as well. I think it's John, John D. Martinez. Definitely a good read if you want to explore more and all that stuff. So finally, Tangy, it's been great about you and what you do.

Oh, you can find me and more about the work I do on my website, tanyabobrand.com I am on Instagram as Dr. Tanya Bobron and also Satya Integrative Med and on Facebook as Dr. Tanya Bobron and you can also find Satya Integrative Medical Services on Facebook.

And you've got a book as well. Bubbles, Buddha and Butterflies.

Bubbles, Buddha and Butterflies. I have to remember that I'm a best selling author. I keep forgetting that. So that book was written. I left six years ago today, Paul. Six years ago today, would you believe? I left St. Lucia to go study and I just did a post on that that I was so scared, but I felt I had to do this. So I went to do an advanced fellowship in functional medicine. And while I was there doing that, I found a degree program in alternative health. So for a while there I was doing both. So what was supposed to be a one year study leave turned into three. And it was a tough time because I was away from my home. My husband was in St. Lucia, I was in the US with my children, just trying to figure out how to live and drive on another side of the road and do all these things. And I started writing these pieces. One one ended up in two of them ended up in Huffington Post and a few others. And just at the end of my three year time abroad, I started to feel scared again because I knew the person who had left in 2015 was not the person who was returning in 2018. And I had to find a way, like something to sort of put it together. And I started rereading these pieces and I thought, oh, that should be put into a book. And that's how Of Bubbles, Buddha and Butterflies came to be. Most of that was actually put together on my flight home, if you want to believe that.

Wow.

I sat on that flight and I just wrote and edited and everything. And before I knew it, I had landed. So I think the universe sent this book to me to allow me to sort of make a smoother transition back into being home and, and being this new version of myself.

That's wonderful.

But it's available on Amazon.

I was just gonna say.

I should say that. Yeah, I'm the worst serious person.

We're getting there. We're getting there in the self promotion, you know, so. So people can go and get that. That book, Bubbles, Buddha and Butterflies of.

Bubbles, Buddha and Butterflies.

Yeah. Fantastic. And you can get that on Amazon. So go ahead and check that out. Tanya, it's been amazing having you on the show. Really appreciate you spending time with us today.

Thank you for having me. It's been an honor.

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