Vibrant Health
Vibrant Health is a real NEIS success story – three times over!
Chris Soo came into the NEIS program at Mission Australia Adelaide with his unique business idea of combining the specialist disciplines of manipulative physiotherapy, meridian style acupuncture and pilates to improve the results his patients could enjoy in the clinical setting and into the rest of their lives.
Stephanie Vaughan’s business idea was to combine her background in medical and research science, tertiary lecturing with traditional Chinese medicine to add an extra dimension to gynaecological and general health care as well as introducing specialist skills in cosmetic facial rejuvenation acupuncture to Adelaide.
Although initially these two businesses appeared quite different, they shared a common focus – delivering exceptional care by utilizing the best of both Eastern and Western treatment principles to provide effective strategies to significantly improve health, well being and the enjoyment of life!
It was by chance that Chris and Stephanie met during the NEIS program business training. The thorough examination of objectives and goals that is part of the business course showed that they both wanted to run businesses with the same philosophy and goals. The tutors in the program highlighted the potential for Chris and Stephanie to open not only their own individual businesses, but to also create a third business – Vibrant Health – a new and vibrant health centre where they could provider the opportunity to share this philosophy with other practitioners and a greater number of people.
“The NEIS training program taught us everything we needed to know about running/expanding a business,” said Stephanie. “As we had no prior business training, we found the whole experience of planning for, then implementing a business plan to be invaluable.”
“The NEIS mentoring program was also crucial,” added Chris. “We were aware of a multitude of potential problems involved in entering a partnership. The world of health care centres can be fraught with personal incompatibilities and competing businesses. Our mentor helped us avoid these many pitfalls, guiding our ongoing mutual success, while directing our individual businesses into a position for growth.”
Since its inception, Vibrant Health has flourished. It is the venue for both Stephanie and Chris’s businesses as well as hosting a psychologist, and audiologist and a massage therapist. They describe it as “a place with happy staff, funky, warm rooms – an outlet for our passion for preventative, holistic health.”