Business, Birth Control + Fertility Tips w/ Functional Nutrition Therapist English Goldsborough

English Goldsborough is a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner who specializes in helping couples conceive through natural methods. She started her business with the assumption that if you just open your doors people will come - and quickly realized she’d have to market her services more effectively if she wanted to sign clients.

In this interview, English shares what worked - and what didn’t work - to get her business off the ground, and we also have a great conversation around birth control. As someone who recently got off the pill after 9 years, I was curious to hear her thoughts on hormonal contraceptives and how they affect our body and our fertility.

It’s your weekly dose of business inspo + fertility tips all in one!

Join us as we discuss:

(1) What went wrong & why English heard crickets when she first launched her business

(2) The “switch” that finally allowed her to sign on clients & see business growth

(3) How to stay motivated through the highs & lows of entrepreneurship, and constantly hearing “no”

(4) How to balance wanting to offer multiple programs in your business without confusing your audience

(5) What is Functional Nutrition Therapy & how different foods can affect your fertility

(6) My journey of getting off hormonal birth control + what to expect

(7) Does being on hormonal birth control affect your fertility?

(8) The lack of education we receive as women about our cycles and our fertility (spoiler alert: you can’t get pregnant every day of your cycle)

(9) What I’m now using for non-hormonal birth control after getting off the pill

Resources
Connect with English:
thenourishingtreelouisville.com
IG: @nourishingtreelou

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Chapters

• 4:05 English’s entrepreneurial journey / what made her jump into entrepreneurship
• 8:13 Our thoughts on starting your business as a side hustle
• 12:11 Why English chose to go into Functional Nutrition Therapy
• 13:57 The first steps she took to launch her business (and what DIDN’T work)
• 18:00 The marketing strategies that finally brought clients in & allowed her business to grow
• 21:01 How to stay motivated through the highs & lows of business
• 23:36 How to handle hearing “no” over and over (how to not take it personally)
• 24:08 How to balance wanting to offer multiple programs in your business without confusing your audience
• 25:59 What is Functional Nutrition Therapy & how English works with couples to help them conceive
• 28:13 My journey of getting off hormonal birth control + riffing on the lack of education & options we’re provided as women
• 29:31 Does being on hormonal birth control affect your fertility? And what to expect when getting off
• 33:11 Conspiracy theories / the pharmaceutical industry & money trail from birth control to infertility treatments
• 37:59 Lack of education about our cycles in school (spoiler alert: you can’t get pregnant every day of your cycle)
• 39:21 What I’m now using for non-hormonal birth control after getting off the pill (Natural Cycles App)
• 45:00 How hormonal birth control affects your attraction to your partner
• 46:18 English’s advice for the first few steps to take to get your business started + set yourself up for success from Day 1
• 47:16 Fertility resources + how to connect with English
• 48:24 Does hormonal birth control affect how you’re showing up in your business?