Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross is an author, speaker, expert in using Integrative Medicine for the treatment of food and body image issues and addictions. She is board certified in Preventive Medicine and Addiction Medicine and is a graduate of Andrew Weil’s fellowship in Integrative Medicine. She consults with treatment centers around the US who want to include her unique integrative medicine approach to treat eating disorders and addictions. She is the author of three books; the latest is The Food Addiction Recovery Workbook. Dr. Ross is the CEO of The Anchor Program™, an online coaching program for food and body image issues.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Carolyn’s sister, mother and grandfather
When business started difficulties overcame:
“just to find what I wanted to do with my career… the hardest thing for me is I have not been a technical person so learning how to do business completely 100% online was a steep learning curve.”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Think and Grow Rich Book by Napoleon Hill
- Who Moved My Cheese: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life Book by Spencer Johnson
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Book by Stephen R. Covey
Favourite Quote:
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” Barack Obama
Recommended Online Resources:
- Google Docs – Create a new document and edit it with others at the same time — from your computer, phone or tablet Free with a Google account
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- Active Campaign – Integrated email marketing, marketing automation, and small business CRM. Save time while growing your business with sales automation
- Acuity Online Appointment Scheduling – Online appointment scheduling software. Clients schedule appointments, pay, and complete intake forms online 24/7
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“listen to your gut, listen to your gut, listen to your gut. That’s my number one best advice, follow your feeling, continue to follow your feeling even when it seems unlikely that it’s going to work… I think for many of us there is a lot of doubt and questioning that can go on especially when the circumstances around you don’t support that you are going to be successful.”…[Listen for More]
More About Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
Other Quotes From the Chat with Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross:
- “all of the research shows that it takes 3 to 5 years to make a permanent lifestyle change… Generally speaking, if you are working hard at it takes 3 to 5 years to make a permanent lifestyle change”
- “I think listening to my intuition is probably the biggest thing that I have done both in the beginning and along my journey”
- “I think as entrepreneurs it can be very difficult to make decisions that may seem like you are changing course but it’s exactly what’s required. And that’s why intuition is so important.”
- “If you truly believe in what you are doing you have to continually remind yourself of that belief, that feeling. So that is what commitment is to me”
- “you shouldn’t persist if your intuition is telling you it is not for you”
- “I think your mind is your biggest asset and also your biggest enemy because it tells you you didn’t do that right, you are not succeeding, you are a loser, whatever it’s going to tell you. So being able to change your mindset is a really important skill to have”
- “you can keep your mind on track everything else falls into place”
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