09/26/2021
This is a post I never thought I would be writing.
The short version – due to hardships secondary to the pandemic, and other personal struggles, I have come to the inevitable conclusion that changes had to be made. I will be closing my practice as of the end of October.
To my current patients – Thank you for trusting in me. Thank you for letting me be part of your journey! It has been a true honour for me. I will continue to treat you until my departure, and hopefully you graduate and are ready to keep up what we have worked on together. If ongoing care is needed, I will make sure you have a plan moving forward.
To anyone on the waiting list – I know you have waited a long time, and that really gets to me, but I will also guide you to great care. You will be getting a call in the near future, or feel free to contact one of the other great pelvic PT’s in the city!
To all my referral sources – I could never express enough gratitude for the trust you have put in me, and the kind words of reference. I have so much respect and admiration for all of you!
If you want to hear more about it, keep reading.
Letting go is hard. So hard.
A little over five years ago, I put myself well outside my comfort zone and decided I would go into business for myself, start my own practice. I had big dreams of growing, and having a beautiful clinic, and offer all kinds of great services and programs. Advocate for women and men dealing with pelvic issues. Be a trusted source of information.
I worked, and worked, and built something great from my own will and determination and my heart. Things were looking up. Needless to say, COVID has been a hard blow to many, including myself. Ive seen colleagues and friends, as small business owners struggle and pivot to make things work. None of them without really low points that they had to fight their way out of. I tried to struggle and pivot, but as a sole practitioner there was only so much I could do, so many people I could see. Being a single parent and single income home, shut down for four months in the beginning, and now limited in the amount of clients I can see… financially, this has been catastrophic for me. That’s just the financial piece.
Struggling and pivoting to make ends meet financially, while you suddenly also have to do all of the other things involved in the business. Administration, billing, bookings, phone calls, emails, etc. And keeping a business alive, never mind growing and expanding.
Two years of online learning with two kids from the march break on.
Other personal struggles.
Its just been too much.
There has been talk of mental health troubles for everyone going through this pandemic. I cant say that I have been spared. Ive reached lows I never imagined. But I kept pushing. And then my body was giving me signs to DO SOMETHING! Or else. It is awareness I try to teach my clients on a regular basis. Trust your body, listen to what it is saying to you. I’m resilient. Im very resilient. But that runs out sometimes. It was time that I do something, give my mind, my body, my nervous system a break. Because I’m not of any good to anyone if I don’t.
I know I might be judged, or questioned on my decisions. But Ive thought this through every way you can imagine, and I know, deep down, this is what I needed to do, and that the future has bright things in store.
Thank you all so much again for all the support you’ve given me.
Much love,
Celeste
