So, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to everyone that attended the open house/grand opening of Accel and Be Well Chiropractic & Acupuncture LLC it was a huge success. But, the grand opening was only a starting point.
So far, we have almost gotten all the lose ends tied up and we have officially been open and operating for the public for the last week. So far so good. We're seeing a few patients and have booked a few marketing activities so if you would like to make an appointment please contact us at our new office phone number (952) 544-0838.
I cannot convey through this blog how excited I am to start this new adventure. I have been in school since I was 5 years old and for the first time in my life I am able to make my mark in this world. God has given my so many gifts in life, friends, family, a roof over my head and my most recent gift of being able to help people thrive physically. I can't wait to show you all the potentials Chiropractic has to offer. I can't wait to teach you all about it.
More to come!
Dr. Julie Beal
May 17, 2009
April 24, 2009
Accel and Be Well Opening
Come one, Come ALL!
You are all invited to a pre-opening open house of our brand spankin' new clinic Accel and Be Well Chiropractic.
Friday, May 1st from 4-7
10501 Wayzata Blvd STE 100
Minnetonka MN 55305
Hope all can come! We look forward to seeing!
Accel and Be Well
Dr. Julie Beal
You are all invited to a pre-opening open house of our brand spankin' new clinic Accel and Be Well Chiropractic.
Friday, May 1st from 4-7
10501 Wayzata Blvd STE 100
Minnetonka MN 55305
Hope all can come! We look forward to seeing!
Accel and Be Well
Dr. Julie Beal
April 20, 2009
Introducing Dr. Julie Beal
Here's some pictures from graduation. We are working hard to get our practice up and running by May 4th so I've been super busy but I wanted to share these pictures with those who weren't able to come to the graduation.
Keynote Speaker from U of M
Valedictorian (spelling?)
Chiropractic President Dr. Wiles
Northwestern Health Sciences University President
Auditorium and Doctors Present
Crossed the stage and got my diploma
Taking the Chiropractic Oath
Beal Family with the new Doctor
Peterson Family with the new Doctor
The man who helped me get through the whole thing. Thankyou my Jay, I love you.
Keynote Speaker from U of M
Valedictorian (spelling?)
Chiropractic President Dr. Wiles
Northwestern Health Sciences University President
Auditorium and Doctors Present
Crossed the stage and got my diploma
Taking the Chiropractic Oath
Beal Family with the new Doctor
Peterson Family with the new Doctor
The man who helped me get through the whole thing. Thankyou my Jay, I love you.
April 16, 2009
Ah, tomorrow is the day. THE DAY I GRADUATE from SCHOOL! I will never have to take another exam, practical, test, quiz, BOARDS EXAMS ...
Today is Thursday and I'm sitting in the 70 degree weather in the sunshine and reminiscing. I have been in school for 20 years! A little less than 8 years ago, I decided I was going to go to Chiropractic school and the thoughts running through my head were, "are you seriously going to go to school for eight more years? You're crazy! Don't you want to be done with school? You could just end after a bachelor's degree." But no, I pushed myself and made the decision and submitted my application less than 4 years ago and now here I am soon to be Dr. Julie Beal.
I've never been so proud of myself (I don't mean to sound pompus) because I've been through something that most people will never even get the chance to try to accomplish. So as I sit soaking in the rays and enjoying the moment ... it feels GOOD!
Today is Thursday and I'm sitting in the 70 degree weather in the sunshine and reminiscing. I have been in school for 20 years! A little less than 8 years ago, I decided I was going to go to Chiropractic school and the thoughts running through my head were, "are you seriously going to go to school for eight more years? You're crazy! Don't you want to be done with school? You could just end after a bachelor's degree." But no, I pushed myself and made the decision and submitted my application less than 4 years ago and now here I am soon to be Dr. Julie Beal.
I've never been so proud of myself (I don't mean to sound pompus) because I've been through something that most people will never even get the chance to try to accomplish. So as I sit soaking in the rays and enjoying the moment ... it feels GOOD!
April 7, 2009
INSANITY!
I haven't posted much recently about my exercise and weight loss goals and I will tell you why.
I am GRADUATING SOON!!!! And I'm honestly going to put myself in the crazy house with everything I have to accomplish within the upcoming 3 weeks.
Here's a list of things we've completed within the last week.
1) We got an A on our business plan which means that we can be granted a business loan.
2) WE GOT OUR LOAN!!! Sweet! Thanks to Chippewa Valley Bank in Wisconsin, they're helping us to make our dreams come true (at a price).
3) We have a space and are slowly moving stuff into the space.
4) We purchased some additional equipment
5) went to seminars about opening business
6) found a lawyer we want to work with.
7) found an accountant we want to work with.
Here's a list of things we have to accomplish within the next 3 weeks.
1) graduate (walk across the stage) EASY
2) exit counseling so we don't "forget" to pay back the school our $120,000 in student loans
3) Take the jurisprudence exam for the state
4) sit down with a lawyer to go over the lease agreement
5) sit down with a lawyer to draw up an entity for the company
6) get a tax ID number
7) file info for our business entity
8) file info for insurance company networks
BUT, until we graduate, we can't do ANY of the above things. Everything depends on that diploma.
So, recently, we've been working our butts off at clinic as well as trying to make everything as easy as possible for when the flood gates open after graduation.
I better hold on, it's going to be quite the ride.
Dr. (almost) Mama Beal :)
I am GRADUATING SOON!!!! And I'm honestly going to put myself in the crazy house with everything I have to accomplish within the upcoming 3 weeks.
Here's a list of things we've completed within the last week.
1) We got an A on our business plan which means that we can be granted a business loan.
2) WE GOT OUR LOAN!!! Sweet! Thanks to Chippewa Valley Bank in Wisconsin, they're helping us to make our dreams come true (at a price).
3) We have a space and are slowly moving stuff into the space.
4) We purchased some additional equipment
5) went to seminars about opening business
6) found a lawyer we want to work with.
7) found an accountant we want to work with.
Here's a list of things we have to accomplish within the next 3 weeks.
1) graduate (walk across the stage) EASY
2) exit counseling so we don't "forget" to pay back the school our $120,000 in student loans
3) Take the jurisprudence exam for the state
4) sit down with a lawyer to go over the lease agreement
5) sit down with a lawyer to draw up an entity for the company
6) get a tax ID number
7) file info for our business entity
8) file info for insurance company networks
BUT, until we graduate, we can't do ANY of the above things. Everything depends on that diploma.
So, recently, we've been working our butts off at clinic as well as trying to make everything as easy as possible for when the flood gates open after graduation.
I better hold on, it's going to be quite the ride.
Dr. (almost) Mama Beal :)
April 2, 2009
San Diego, German for ... (fill in the blank)
So, this post is not about working out, it's not about daycare problems, it's not about school or starting my practice because this post is all about VACATION! And when you're on vacation, it's important to not let your everyday life interfere.
First day, we went DIRECT to SEA WORLD (literally from airport to sea world.)
Ashley at this guy for dinner a few days later.
These guys were LOUD! There's a video, below, of one of them trying to get our attention while we were feeding them.
Jen and I in front of the Manatee area.
Did you know that Flamingo's have TEETH? Well, at least these ones did. Weird.
Ohungry's! Best little hole in the wall food joint in Old Mexico San Diego.
The Beach was the perfect weather. Check out the lady in the pink, she just about knocked me over while she was running. She must have been practicing for Bay Watch.
Julie, Emily, Meghan, Jen (where's Miss Montana?)
We went down to eat by the Marina (this is where Ashley ate Sebastian from The Little Mermaid).
We went inland to a small vineyard which was lots of fun and delicious at the same time.
Here's a close up of a bud, (no, not Meghan's Bud).
Inside where the barrels are kept. Just wait, the pictures start to get artsy fartsy after I've had a few samples :)
Merlot!
First day, we went DIRECT to SEA WORLD (literally from airport to sea world.)
Shamu
Ashley at this guy for dinner a few days later.
These guys were LOUD! There's a video, below, of one of them trying to get our attention while we were feeding them.
Jen and I in front of the Manatee area.
Did you know that Flamingo's have TEETH? Well, at least these ones did. Weird.
Ohungry's! Best little hole in the wall food joint in Old Mexico San Diego.
The Beach was the perfect weather. Check out the lady in the pink, she just about knocked me over while she was running. She must have been practicing for Bay Watch.
Julie, Emily, Meghan, Jen (where's Miss Montana?)
We went down to eat by the Marina (this is where Ashley ate Sebastian from The Little Mermaid).
We went inland to a small vineyard which was lots of fun and delicious at the same time.
Here's a close up of a bud, (no, not Meghan's Bud).
Inside where the barrels are kept. Just wait, the pictures start to get artsy fartsy after I've had a few samples :)
Merlot!
Yep, those are all the bottles we sampled. And ... Artsy Fartsy ... too bad the wine glass is backwards and you can't read the name of the vineyard. :P
The scenery at the vineyard.
It was so nice not to think about all the stuff going on at home and hang out with my girl friends. But in the end, we all went our separate ways. I can't wait for next year. :)
March 5, 2009
Motherly Instinct
In my past posts, I'm sure some of you readers remember when Jason and I had to change daycares for Abby because our daycare provider was going to be closing her business. Well, after a few months of stressfully looking into other providers, we came across Susie. We interviewed her and all seemed well except for when we walked through her kitchen, my "Mommy Super-powers" were in overdrive and I thought I smelt a hint of cigarette smoke in the kitchen. So, during the interview, I definately made sure to ask her if anyone in the house uses tobacco products or smokes and she gave me a flat "No" for her answer ... except, those "mommy super-powers" were screaming, "SHE'S LYING, SHE'S LYING!"
When we left the house, I asked Jason if he smelled the smoke and he said he couldn't remember what it smelled like in the house and that he hadn't noticed anything suspicious. So, I tried to control my mommy super-powers and supress them saying, "she's not lying, why would she lie to me?"
After a somewhat difficult transition for Abby in the beginning, you would never know it these days as Abby runs into the house and heads staight for Susie's arms. Susie greets her every morning with a warm embrace so the loving feelings between Susie and Abby are mutual. And this is the exact reason why I am so furious with her.
A few days ago, I just happened to pick Abby up when another parent was picking his two sons up. As we left together, he asked me if I had ever noticed that Abby smelled loke cigarette smoke when I picked her up. I know that every once in a while I had noticed a faint smell of smoke but just thought it was maybe the way her house smelled or maybe her husband smoked etc (that's me trying to calm my mommy super-powers again.) He explained that his wife had noticed it as well as some of his friends making comments on the fact that his kids smelled like cigarette smoke. He also explained that some of the other parents had noticed it as well but they hadn't confronted Susie about it. This other parent said he HAD confronted her and she continues to deny it but she seems to deny it half heartedly because she realizes that if she admits it, she could lose her license.
I am sick to my stomach with anger about this whole situation. First of all because I can't believe she'd lie to me especially if it's something SO important to me that I asked it during an interview. Second of all, Abby is a developing child who can be detrimentally affected by second hand smoke and it's not like Abby can speak up for herself to defend herself. Thirdly, I am beating myself up because I can't believe I suppressed my mommy super-powers and ignored them. I KNEW I shouldn't have left her there. I KNEW it smelled like smoke. I KNEW she was lying. I knew, I knew, I knew ... and I STILL left her there. If only I had listened to my gut. I tell new mom's that all the time that if they don't feel something is right with there baby, they are probably correct and they need to listen to their instincts ... and I didn't listen to my own advice. I am furious at the whole situation.
Either way, if we prove Susie has been smoking, Abby needs to go somewhere else for daycare. If we can't prove Susie has been smoking, Abby still needs to go somewhere else for daycare because we can't disprove that she's been smoking.
Now when I drop Abby off, it's frustrating because I want her to love Abby and care for her but if she smokes, she is putting my child in harms way and I honestly could slap her for it. It makes me sick to think about.
Looking for support and advice
~Mama Beal
When we left the house, I asked Jason if he smelled the smoke and he said he couldn't remember what it smelled like in the house and that he hadn't noticed anything suspicious. So, I tried to control my mommy super-powers and supress them saying, "she's not lying, why would she lie to me?"
After a somewhat difficult transition for Abby in the beginning, you would never know it these days as Abby runs into the house and heads staight for Susie's arms. Susie greets her every morning with a warm embrace so the loving feelings between Susie and Abby are mutual. And this is the exact reason why I am so furious with her.
A few days ago, I just happened to pick Abby up when another parent was picking his two sons up. As we left together, he asked me if I had ever noticed that Abby smelled loke cigarette smoke when I picked her up. I know that every once in a while I had noticed a faint smell of smoke but just thought it was maybe the way her house smelled or maybe her husband smoked etc (that's me trying to calm my mommy super-powers again.) He explained that his wife had noticed it as well as some of his friends making comments on the fact that his kids smelled like cigarette smoke. He also explained that some of the other parents had noticed it as well but they hadn't confronted Susie about it. This other parent said he HAD confronted her and she continues to deny it but she seems to deny it half heartedly because she realizes that if she admits it, she could lose her license.
I am sick to my stomach with anger about this whole situation. First of all because I can't believe she'd lie to me especially if it's something SO important to me that I asked it during an interview. Second of all, Abby is a developing child who can be detrimentally affected by second hand smoke and it's not like Abby can speak up for herself to defend herself. Thirdly, I am beating myself up because I can't believe I suppressed my mommy super-powers and ignored them. I KNEW I shouldn't have left her there. I KNEW it smelled like smoke. I KNEW she was lying. I knew, I knew, I knew ... and I STILL left her there. If only I had listened to my gut. I tell new mom's that all the time that if they don't feel something is right with there baby, they are probably correct and they need to listen to their instincts ... and I didn't listen to my own advice. I am furious at the whole situation.
Either way, if we prove Susie has been smoking, Abby needs to go somewhere else for daycare. If we can't prove Susie has been smoking, Abby still needs to go somewhere else for daycare because we can't disprove that she's been smoking.
Now when I drop Abby off, it's frustrating because I want her to love Abby and care for her but if she smokes, she is putting my child in harms way and I honestly could slap her for it. It makes me sick to think about.
Looking for support and advice
~Mama Beal
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