Osteobizness

In this podcast episode, Gilly reflects on clinic performance from the previous year, highlighting successes and areas for improvement. She discusses strategies for clinic growth and increased profits in 2025, sharing experiences from January 2024. Gilly worked with various clinic owners to enhance patient management, satisfaction, and maximise bookings and profits. Emphasising effective planning...

In this podcast episode, Gilly delves into "Blue Monday," often considered the saddest day of the year, which falls on the third Monday of January. She explores its origins, psychological impacts, and offers practical tips to combat the associated sadness and stress. The episode focuses on mental health, seasonal affective disorder, and self-care strategies during the winter months. Key...

In this podcast episode, Gilly addresses business owners, particularly those running clinics. Reflecting on a challenging past year marked by personal struggles and health issues, including major dental surgery and a prolonged home move, Gilly underscores the importance of learning from these experiences.  Emphasising personal and professional growth, the episode encourages listeners to set intent...

In this episode of the Osteobizness podcast, host Gilly Woodhouse explores the themes of gratitude and community support within the osteopathy profession. Gilly, an award-winning business coach and passionate advocate for osteopathy, shares an emotional email from a retired osteopath. The email expresses deep gratitude for Gilly's unwavering support and mentorship, highlighting the significan...

In this episode of the Osteobiz Fix Group podcast, therapist and expert Sheren Gaulbert delivers an insightful masterclass on burnout, a prevalent issue among clinicians. Gilly summarises Sheren's key points, highlighting the 12 signs of burnout and the importance of early recognition to seek help. The episode emphasises the significance of addressing burnout in the healthcare profession and...

In this podcast episode, Gilly discusses the challenges of managing time and priorities in a busy business environment. She highlights common distractions that lead to overwhelm and burnout, sharing insights from conversations with clients and a business friend facing cash flow issues. Gilly emphasises focusing on income-generating activities and introduces a prioritisation method involving three...

In this podcast episode, Gilly discusses her work with a private client, Debbie, who transformed her clinic over three months. Initially facing sporadic bookings, Debbie sought coaching to revitalise her practice. Through weekly sessions and a tailored action plan, Debbie successfully increased her bookings, particularly from a younger demographic. Gilly highlights the strategies implemented, incl...

In this podcast episode, Gilly shares insights from a particularly busy and fulfilling week in her professional life. She discusses mentoring new graduates, supporting established practitioners, and helping clients achieve their business goals in the osteopathy and business coaching fields. Highlights include planning sessions, international connections, networking, and team development. Gilly als...

In this podcast episode, host Gilly Woodhouse, an accomplished author and business coach, discusses ten compelling reasons for collaboration in a clinical practice setting, aimed at healthcare practitioners and clinic owners. Key benefits highlighted include improved efficiency, maximised income, full team bookings, better clinic organisation, continuous team training, fair pricing, diversified re...

In this episode, host Gilly Woodhouse, an accomplished author and business coach, discusses Bob, a clinic owner striving to improve his clinic's operations, increase patient bookings, and enhance profitability. Bob faced numerous challenges and uncertainties about his clinic's potential. Gilly highlights their collaborative efforts to identify areas for improvement and the importance of...

In this podcast episode, host Gilly Woodhouse, an accomplished author and business coach, addresses common challenges faced by clinic owners and provides a practical checklist to improve clinic operations. Key issues include reducing distractions, maximising income, ensuring team efficiency, maintaining quality patient care, and fostering community relationships. Gilly emphasises the importance of...

In this episode, host Gilly Woodhouse, an accomplished author and business coach, delves into "sliding door moments"—those pivotal instances where chance events dramatically alter life's course. She recounts narrowly avoiding a car crash through a garage, escaping a fire at King's Cross station, and surviving a car accident in Greece. These anecdotes underscore life's frag...

In this podcast episode, host Gilly Woodhouse, an accomplished author and business coach, discusses strategies for improving clinic websites to make them more patient-centred and effective. She highlights the importance of clear, concise communication and prioritising the visitor's perspective over the clinic's credentials. The episode covers common pitfalls of clinic websites and offers...

In this podcast episode, host Gilly Woodhouse, an accomplished author and business coach debunks the myth that coaching involves the coach doing the work for the client. Drawing parallels with figures like Gordon Ramsay, Joe Wicks, and Alex Polizzi, the speaker highlights that coaches provide guidance and strategies, but clients must take action themselves. The core message is that effective coach...

In this episode of the Osteobizness podcast, host Gilly Woodhouse, an accomplished author and business coach, explores the theme of internal motivation for clinic owners.  Drawing from her recent coaching event experience, Gilly contrasts two fictional practice owners, Bob and Bobby, to highlight different attitudes towards responsibility and motivation. Bob takes proactive steps to improve his cl...

In this episode of the Osteobizness podcast, host Gilly Woodhouse, an award-winning business coach, discusses her coaching programme for aspiring clinic owners. She shares her experience working with three young women starting their own clinics, highlighting the structured support and training she provides. Gilly emphasises the importance of commitment and implementation for success. She also intr...

In this episode of the Osteobizness podcast, host Gilly Woodhouse, an award-winning business coach, discusses the challenges osteopaths face in marketing and patient retention. She shares a case study about a client named David, who struggled with ineffective marketing services that promised but failed to deliver new patients. Gilly outlines how they developed a tailored plan to help David regain...

In this episode of the Osteobizness podcast, host Gilly Woodhouse, an award-winning business coach, discusses enhancing osteopathy clinics' operations and client engagement.  The episode features a case study of Kelly, a clinic owner who sought Gilly's help to improve her clinic's performance. Through refining operational systems, providing social media training, and identifying new...

In this podcast episode, Gilly explores LinkedIn's untapped potential for professional networking and personal branding. She challenges the common perception of LinkedIn as a dull platform, highlighting its unique advantages. Gilly offers actionable tips, including connecting with second-tier connections, writing articles to boost professional status, and optimising profile headlines to focus...

In this podcast episode, Gilly delves into the traits and practices that distinguish successful clinic owners, particularly those managing busy clinics with multiple osteopaths or multidisciplinary teams. The episode outlines ten key observations, including maintaining a positive attitude, empowering teams, committing to self-development, ensuring operational efficiency, prioritising patient care,...

In this episode of the Osteobizness podcast, host Gilly Woodhouse shares her personal experience of searching for a new apartment, drawing parallels to business challenges. Despite setbacks, such as a buyer pulling out last minute, Gilly emphasises the importance of resilience and having a solid plan. She highlights the Private Practice Profits programme , which offers tailored action plans and su...

In this episode of the Osteobizness podcast, host Gilly Woodhouse discusses the parallels between managing mass catering and running a busy clinic. She shares her experience assisting her friend Nicola with a women's retreat, where she provided meals and navigated the challenges of an unfamiliar kitchen. The episode emphasises the importance of organisation, team care, efficient processes, pr...

Please click here to learn more about our Private Practice Profits program. In this episode of the Osteobizness podcast, host Gilly Woodhouse, an esteemed author, speaker, and business coach, discusses the significance of prompt hands-on treatment for back pain, illustrated by the story of "The Old Boy," a golfer suffering from such pain. Gilly underscores the necessity for osteopaths to...

In this episode of the Osteobizness podcast, host Gilly Woodhouse, author, speaker, and award-winning business coach, delves into the world of osteopathy and business efficiency. She discusses strategies for building a successful practice. She shares her personal experiences with the conveyancing process, highlighting inefficiencies in various operations, including clinic systems. The episode offe...

In this episode of the Osteobizness podcast, host Gilly Woodhouse, an award-winning business coach and advocate of osteopathy, discusses the challenges faced by clinic principals when team members repeatedly ask the same questions. She explores the solution of creating an online digital clinic handbook template. This central reference point aims to streamline communication, reduce repetitive enqui...