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An interview with Dr. Veronica by Dina Morrone – Part 5
When a new patient comes into your practice, are you the first person with whom they visit?
Not necessarily. We have different options for patients. They can book directly with a specialist consultant, a nurse, or a therapist. Although I love to know all the patients who register with us, I still see most patients first myself.
Once I have seen a patient, I send an email for them to ponder, outlining my thoughts on the day. The patient is then invited to reply and see what they think and how they would like to proceed.
How do you balance motherhood, a successful practice, traveling, and finding time for yourself?
It can be tricky, especially when my two boys were young, but they are grown up now. They are wonderful young men. One is 20 years old and is at university, and the other is 22 and traveling the world after graduation. Over the years, I have enjoyed taking them around the world and showing them different things. I taught them the importance of connection to themselves and to others to make friends wherever they go because we are all just one big family in this world of ours.
I also have two dogs. Roxie Hart is a fifteen-year-old rescue cocker Spaniel. The other dog is five. He's a shaggy brown Springer doodle called Hugo Bear. He looks like a shaggy brown teddy bear. They are both just beautiful beings. Work Life balance becomes easier when you love what you do because then it no longer feels like work.
I practice meditation daily, which keeps me alive and thriving.
Where are some places you wish to travel and possibly open a practice or partner up with another medical practice?
I would love to partner with like-minded people around the world. I have a great affiliation with the United States, both West and East Coast. I have friends in New York, and one of them is a nurse with whom I worked. She now runs two hospitals in New York and loves the model that we have in my practice. We've talked about whether we could open something over there. I don't know Los Angeles well, but I have many clients from there, so it would be nice to do a clinic there.
I would like to have another clinic in Europe and one in London. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time to decompress?
I love walking my dogs, singing, being with friends, and cooking lovely food. I love cold water swimming. It's one of my passions. Swimming in the ice, swimming in the snow. It's so good for you. I love going on meditation retreats. I love swimming in the sea. I love being warm. I love traveling, meeting new people, and experiencing brand-new things I've never done before.
Is there something you do privately that few people know and that you would be willing to share?
I love to sing opera in the kitchen while cooking, but I don't do that when anyone's in the house and try to spare the neighbors!
Would you like to share any closing words or address something we have not covered?
I am so excited to see what the future of healthcare can be. If physicians accept that a healer doesn't have to be someone in a yurt smoking a pipe and that the simple act of accompanying someone on their healing journey with an open heart and a genuine desire to support and nurture using all the tools they have in the box is enough.
As Physicians, it continues to be a privilege to have anyone come to us to seek help and advice, and it is our duty to honor and respect that at all times.
Approaching each new day from a place of gratitude and wonder is a great start for a happy, healthy existence.
Thank you so much for asking me to share our story with your readers.
