Jessica Feltz Wolfson's blog

I haven’t spent a night in my own home since June 27th.

Many patients, who first came to The Turning Point when it opened last November, had initially expressed some reservations about how they would like group acupuncture sessions once the clinic grew.  They enjoyed their affordable treatments, but in the beginning months, they were often the only ones in the room.  These individuals are now returning from a summe

Summer's been crazy.  Here's a video on my clinic that NBC televised last weekend; they stopped-in Saturday morning and aired it that night.  http://your4state.com/content/fulltext/?cid=26451  (Click on the "Watch" icon for video.)

My boys start school on Monday; I promise to post a real blog soon.  Happy end of summer to all...

I stumbled across an article in Ode magazine, about a former acupuncturist (Denise Cerreta) who got "fed-up" with her acu-business and in 2003 created a restaurant with a mission to feed the hungry in her community.  Denise serves healthy, organic foods in a beautiful setting, and she tells her customers  to "pay what they can afford"...if they don't have money, they can work in the kitchen to pay-off their bill.

Isn't it interesting that this cafe and WCA were developing at the same time?

Here in Fredrerick county, there is a chiropractor and yoga instructor who offer their services on a "pay what you can afford" basis with wooden boxes in their entry-ways.

The challenge of attending graduate school and starting a CA clinic while raising two young children has cultivated endless opportunities for me to let go, express gratitude, appreciate community, and step into the present moment.

“How do you like your walk-ins?” was the question from Bonny that started this blog.  I have a giant sidewalk sign stating “Walk-ins Welcome!”  I also advertise such in my monthly newspaper ad and on my website.  I’ve had 20 walk-ins this week, 6 of whom were new patients.  I schedule patients every 15 minutes, which leaves room for 2 walk-ins per hour.  My patients all understand that scheduled appointments are taken before walk-ins.  That way, those who are time conscious know that they need to schedule themselves.  Those who have flexibility realize that they can walk-in, but might have to wait a few minutes before being treated. 

I was announced a winner this week in the StartRight! Business Plan Competition for Women Entrepreneur’s through the Rockville Economic Department. http://www.rockvilleredi.org/news/news.html I’m thrilled because there were 39 entries from MD, DC, and VA.  The other winners were all very high-tech business, some of which had already gone global and acquired over a million dollars in seed-financing…and I have this tiny-little, one-woman-show, community-acupuncture clinic.