We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Dr. Vicki Zifteh a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Dr. Vicki , first a big thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and insights with us today. I’m sure many of our readers will benefit from your wisdom, and one of the areas where we think your insight might be most helpful is related to imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome is holding so many people back from reaching their true and highest potential and so we’d love to hear about your journey and how you overcame imposter syndrome.
I went through a career change in my mid-twenties that was exciting yet terrifying. I felt like I had gotten off track and fallen behind where I “should have been.” When I graduated from chiropractic college, I was so excited but it still did not feel real. It was not until I started seeing the amazing results that my patients were reporting that I realized I had this amazing ability to help people change their lives.
Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?
I help families with children of all ages realize the ability to live life to the fullest. When the brain and body are not communicating efficiently, a wide array of symptoms can arise, including learning, behavioral, and socialization challenges. My job is to restore that normal communication so that the brain and body can function at their highest potential.
Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
1. The ability to take risks. If I did not take the risk of changing careers and course correcting my education, I would be stuck in a job that meant nothing more than a paycheck.
2. Hunger for knowledge. When I was in my graduate program I took every opportunity to attend seminars and shadow doctors so that I knew what I did and (maybe more importantly) did not want to do after graduation.
3. Patience. Running a business when you have a background in healthcare is definitely not easy. I came out of school with this desire to help people and it was hard figuring out the back end of things. I am still learning something new every day and if I did not have patience I would have quit a long time ago.
One of our goals is to help like-minded folks with similar goals connect and so before we go we want to ask if you are looking to partner or collab with others – and if so, what would make the ideal collaborator or partner?
I cannot be everything to everyone and I don’t want to be. I love working with open minded healthcare providers to help people get the best, most well-rounded care possible. I also love to work with other providers in offering community education, in an effort to guide people in taking control of their family’s health.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://apexchirofl.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.zifteh__chiropractor?igsh=MWJ0ODEzZTY3ZDUy&utm_source=qr
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-vicki-zifteh-ba361018b?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app
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