20/08/2026
From a very young age I loved being around children – even when I still was one!
Here's a pretty embarrassing photo of me at my childminder’s house…
After qualifying as a Chiropractor I dreamed of working in a pregnancy and paediatric focussed family practice where I was surrounded by kids I could help live happier, healthier lives every day, but I felt massively under-confident with the minimal exposure I’d received in my undergraduate training.
Nowadays, I hear this ALL the time, but back then I felt like I was the only one...
The practice I joined as an associate didn’t specialise in this area, so if a baby or child was booked in I felt nervous and ill-equipped to give the care I knew they needed with no-one to answer my many questions.
Resonate at all??
I found it really challenging, to the point that I thought I might give up on this dream.
I knew I had to take action....
So for the next 10 years I sought out the best mentors and teachers I could find so they could teach me everything they knew about helping children. And there are LOADS of amazing people out there!
But I still didn't find myself with a list full of children and a thriving family practice...
The key was - I WASN'T CONFIDENT
Anyone else been in this situation?? Book-smart, but not so practice-confident.
I had to figure out how to apply all my knowledge and skills and so 'The Paediatric Toolbox' was born. It worked for me, it worked for my associates and it's worked for other Chiropractors who aren't directly working in my practice - they've used the step-by-step strategies to build they're own dream family-based practice!
If you have found yourself feeling the way I did working with kids:
👎 Under-confident
👎 Frustrated
👎 Stressed
👎 Unfulfilled
👎 Ready to quit
Send me a DM with a 👍 if you've felt the same - let's turn this around 😁
Francesca xx