# Making A Difference: A holistic and wellness advocate who became motivated by her father's poor healthcare.

An episode of [Money Making Conversations Master Class](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1264705641), 16 Sep 2024, 26 min.

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Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Tonya Millions-Fitch. A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologist and founder of Astra Wellness in Macon, Georgia. This episode is a powerful blend of personal motivation, healthcare innovation, and entrepreneurial insight. 🌟 Guest Overview: Tonya Millions-Finch • Over 25 years in healthcare, including 12 years as a CRNA. • Founder of Astra Wellness, a holistic health and wellness clinic. • Inspired by her father’s struggles with PTSD and chronic pain after serving in the Vietnam War. 🏥 Astra Wellness: Mission & Services • Name Meaning: “Astra” means “star” in French, symbolizing guidance—just as stars guided people during slavery and exploration. • Services Offered: • IV hydration therapy • Medical weight loss • Functional medicine • Anti-aging treatments (e.g., ozone therapy, infrared sauna, Botox, fillers) • Skincare and body contouring • Mental health and cognitive support (e.g., for PTSD, depression, dementia) 💡 Business Growth & Strategy • Started in a 650 sq. ft. space in 2020. • Expanded to a 3,000+ sq. ft. commercial building within 3 years. • Initially self-funded but later secured a bank loan after learning the importance of: • A strong business plan • Financial projections and historical analysis • Showing business income (not writing off everything) • Building a relationship with a banker 🧠 Functional Medicine vs. Conventional Medicine • Conventional: Treats symptoms after problems arise. • Functional: Preventative, cellular-level care to address root causes before symptoms appear. 🧬 Why IV Therapy? • Oral supplements only absorb 30–40% due to gut health issues. • IV infusions deliver 100% absorption directly into the bloodstream. • Used for: • Nutrient deficiencies • Stress, insomnia, and depression • Cognitive enhancement (e.g., for students) • Skin, hair, and nail health 🏆 Achievements & Recognition • Voted Best Wellness Clinic in Macon for three consecutive years. • Featured on “Secrets to Success” and other platforms. • 📞 Contact Astra Wellness • Website: www.astrawellness.com • Phone: (478) 200-7575 • Instagram & Facebook: @AstraWellness #STRAW #SHMS Money Making Conversations Master Class with Rushion McDonald is America's premier entrepreneurship, business leadership, financial literacy, and wealth-building podcast featuring successful entrepreneurs, executives, founders, celebrities, and industry experts sharing actionable insights for professional and financial success. Business Podcast Entrepreneurship Small Business Business Growth Financial Literacy Wealth Building Black Entrepreneurs Minority Business Leadership Executive Leadership Business Funding Marketing Strategies Personal Development Startup Advice Sales Training CEO Interviews Founder Stories Professional Development Economic Empowerment Business Success Networking Brand Building Innovation How to start a business Small business funding Entrepreneur success stories Business leadership podcast Wealth building strategies Black entrepreneur podcast Minority business development Marketing for small businesses Business growth strategies Startup funding opportunities Executive leadership training Financial literacy education Success mindset podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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[0:52] Speaker 1: is a distinguished healthcare professional with over twenty five years
[0:55] Speaker 1: of experience, including twelve years as a certified registered nurse
[0:59] Speaker 1: and it diesiologists. Her vision is to empower individuals to
[1:03] Speaker 1: achieve optimal health, happiness and beauty. Please welcome to the
[1:07] Speaker 1: Money Making Conversation Masterclass. Tanya Millions Finch, how are you
[1:11] Speaker 1: doing Tanya.
[1:12] Speaker 2: Hey, mister McDonald, I'm doing well. How are you okay?
[1:15] Speaker 1: Tell us the name of your business.
[1:17] Speaker 2: So the name of my business is called Astra Wellness Astro.
[1:21] Speaker 1: Spelled astr and the meaning behind that.
[1:26] Speaker 2: Yeah, so Astra means star in French. And so if
[1:30] Speaker 2: you think about it, many years ago, like during the
[1:34] Speaker 2: during slavery, they didn't have GPS systems, they didn't have
[1:38] Speaker 2: a theory. There is no ways that they could navigate with,
[1:42] Speaker 2: so they had to use the stars. And so stars
[1:45] Speaker 2: guide people many years ago, including explorers, and so that
[1:49] Speaker 2: is my endeavor is to guide people to health and wellness.
[1:53] Speaker 1: Now, when you say you have twenty five years of
[1:55] Speaker 1: experience in the healthcare business, twelve years as a certified
[1:58] Speaker 1: registered nurse and the sesologists, that alone, I know, is
[2:02] Speaker 1: a well paid job. That's a way of paid job.
[2:03] Speaker 1: You can get a job as an aatgesiologist nurse. How
[2:09] Speaker 1: why are you an entrepreneur?
[2:12] Speaker 2: Well, I saw a need. As you mentioned before, I
[2:16] Speaker 2: was practicing full time anesthesia at a level one trauma
[2:21] Speaker 2: center here in Macon, Georgia. But my father got sick.
[2:25] Speaker 2: My father fought in the Vietnam War and was suffering
[2:28] Speaker 2: from PTSD and chronic pain, and so he was going
[2:33] Speaker 2: different places and he was just getting worse, to the
[2:36] Speaker 2: point where he was suicidal. And I went to see
[2:40] Speaker 2: him one day. I said, you know what, Dad, you're
[2:42] Speaker 2: just getting worse. I have to pull back from anesthesia
[2:45] Speaker 2: and I'm going to figure out how it is that
[2:47] Speaker 2: I can help you. And so I started doing a
[2:50] Speaker 2: ton of research, and in my research endeavors, I found
[2:54] Speaker 2: that dehydration and poor nutrition will contribute to things like
[2:59] Speaker 2: pead which he suffered severely from, and chronic pain, which
[3:03] Speaker 2: he suffered severely from. This was during the height of
[3:06] Speaker 2: COVID and there was not a place he could go
[3:09] Speaker 2: to get proper nutrition. The only place he could go
[3:12] Speaker 2: to get IB foods was that the emergency room, and
[3:15] Speaker 2: I didn't want him there with a bunch of COVID people.
[3:18] Speaker 2: The closest place was in Atlanta, and he wasn't going
[3:22] Speaker 2: to go there. And so I said, you know what, Dad,
[3:25] Speaker 2: if you need IB fluids nutrition, other people in the
[3:28] Speaker 2: community needed as well. And so I'm just going to
[3:32] Speaker 2: satisfy the need in the community and open a place
[3:34] Speaker 2: of my own. And so that's how Astra Wellness was born.
[3:38] Speaker 1: Wow, now, can you give us more detail exactly what
[3:41] Speaker 1: is PTSD. I know it stands for post dramatic stress disorder.
[3:45] Speaker 1: What exactly is that? And is it something that can
[3:49] Speaker 1: be calmed down other than and I think that was
[3:52] Speaker 1: your bottom line, trying to achieve that with your dad.
[3:55] Speaker 2: Correct, Yes, that's right. So yeah, So, as I mentioned before,
[3:59] Speaker 2: he fought in the v Vietnam War. He was having
[4:01] Speaker 2: severe flashbacks. The older my dad got, I would go
[4:05] Speaker 2: visit him. He would sit in his room in a
[4:08] Speaker 2: dart room, very anti social. His diet consisted of Coca
[4:13] Speaker 2: colas and cigarettes. He was taking a lot of pay
[4:17] Speaker 2: medicine at the time, and he was just getting worse
[4:21] Speaker 2: and worse and worse. And so all of those flashbacks
[4:24] Speaker 2: from the war were just causing him tremendous problems. Were
[4:28] Speaker 2: to the point where he couldn't function anymore. And so
[4:32] Speaker 2: that's what I in my studies, I found that simple
[4:35] Speaker 2: things you can do, like vitamin D three will help
[4:38] Speaker 2: prevent depression and help treat depression. Something as simple as
[4:42] Speaker 2: vitamin B six will help also to treat depression. And
[4:47] Speaker 2: one thing about taking things by mouth, if you have
[4:51] Speaker 2: a healthy gut, a healthy GI tract you're still only
[4:56] Speaker 2: going to absorb thirty to forty percent of what you're taking.
[5:00] Speaker 2: But if you have those things infused via ivy or
[5:04] Speaker 2: intraveniously through your veins, then you're going to absorb one
[5:07] Speaker 2: hundred percent of what your body is deficient in. And
[5:11] Speaker 2: that is why so many people feel better almost immediately
[5:15] Speaker 2: when they get infusions via ivy.
[5:17] Speaker 1: Wow, Now your clinic is located in Making, Georgia. You know,
[5:21] Speaker 1: I'm a big city guy. I always feel that. You know,
[5:24] Speaker 1: when you're in a big city, Miss Millions, you will
[5:28] Speaker 1: have more options for customers, more options for clients. And
[5:32] Speaker 1: so did that run through your mind or you felt, hey,
[5:36] Speaker 1: this is a need in this community. Let me feel
[5:39] Speaker 1: the need that you feel isn't available, because, like you said,
[5:41] Speaker 1: for your dad, you had to go to Atlanta for treatment.
[5:44] Speaker 1: Tell us where you started and then where are you
[5:48] Speaker 1: headed with your business as far as the success that
[5:51] Speaker 1: you've been having in the making area with astra wellness.
[5:56] Speaker 2: Okay, sure, so yes, I've always been affirmed belief in
[6:01] Speaker 2: that movie, if you build it, they will come. So
[6:04] Speaker 2: that is the thing that happened here. Like I said,
[6:08] Speaker 2: there was a big need for it, and I believe
[6:11] Speaker 2: that if you can satisfy a need, give the people
[6:14] Speaker 2: what they want, then they will come and support you.
[6:17] Speaker 2: So when I started off, I only had My current
[6:22] Speaker 2: location is six hundred and fifty square feet. I have
[6:24] Speaker 2: been so well received in the area where I and
[6:27] Speaker 2: within three years of opening my business, I was able
[6:31] Speaker 2: to purchase my own commercial building. And so next month
[6:35] Speaker 2: we will be expanding into a three thousand square feet building.
[6:40] Speaker 1: Come on that, Come on that, see you. That's what
[6:45] Speaker 1: you know if you boxing somebody as a knockout, that
[6:47] Speaker 1: was a knockout to my course. Okay, mister McDonald, I
[6:50] Speaker 1: won't tell you something that I started at six hundred
[6:52] Speaker 1: and fifty square feet. I went out on faith. I
[6:55] Speaker 1: went out to save my dad. Three years, I'm going
[6:58] Speaker 1: into a three thousand square fol which is three two
[7:00] Speaker 1: Come on now, five times nearly five times the space
[7:04] Speaker 1: you have. Now, now let's talk about that business plan
[7:07] Speaker 1: when you start making these decisions. Now, is this self
[7:11] Speaker 1: funded or you have to go to a bank to
[7:13] Speaker 1: make this decision to grow like this?
[7:16] Speaker 2: No, it is definitely not so fun, dude. I did
[7:20] Speaker 2: have to go to a bank. And a business plan
[7:23] Speaker 2: is so vitally important and I had no idea to
[7:28] Speaker 2: let me be very transparent for a moment. I originally
[7:31] Speaker 2: when I knew I wanted to expand, I felt like,
[7:34] Speaker 2: oh my god, my credit score is really good. That's
[7:36] Speaker 2: all I need. I was sadly mistaken. You need so
[7:40] Speaker 2: much more. Yes, things like a business plan, knowing your
[7:44] Speaker 2: debt to credit ratio, having an adequate down payment because
[7:48] Speaker 2: you know you're gonna have to put some money down
[7:50] Speaker 2: and show people that you're serious about this investment, right
[7:53] Speaker 2: and you want them to put their trust in you,
[7:56] Speaker 2: so you have to have some skin in the game,
[7:59] Speaker 2: and so all those things. When I first went, I
[8:02] Speaker 2: was so embarrassed. I didn't know what I was doing.
[8:04] Speaker 2: Like I said, my credit explorer is really good, and
[8:06] Speaker 2: I felt like that was all I needed. But something else.
[8:10] Speaker 2: As business owners, I feel like we make mistakes and
[8:13] Speaker 2: is trying to write everything off that will decrease your taxes. Yes,
[8:19] Speaker 2: but you need to show that your business is thriving,
[8:22] Speaker 2: and so you're going to need to show income as
[8:24] Speaker 2: a result of that. And so that was a lesson
[8:27] Speaker 2: that I had to learn when I got my first
[8:29] Speaker 2: note from the bank. Go back, this is what you
[8:33] Speaker 2: need to work on and come back later. That's when
[8:35] Speaker 2: I was able to have all my ducks in a row,
[8:37] Speaker 2: present the business plan, have a good debt to credit ratio,
[8:42] Speaker 2: have my down payment, all those things, and that was
[8:45] Speaker 2: when I was able to get the loan. It took
[8:47] Speaker 2: me about a year to work on that.
[8:49] Speaker 3: Please don't go anywhere. We'll be right back with more
[8:53] Speaker 3: Money Making Conversations Masterclass. Welcome back to the Money Making
[9:03] Speaker 3: Conversations Masterclass hosted by Rashan McDonald.
[9:06] Speaker 1: And I'm working with a lot of young entrepreneurs about this,
[9:10] Speaker 1: you know, trying to set them up with bank mentors.
[9:13] Speaker 1: Because don't be embarrassed if you're not ready now, because
[9:18] Speaker 1: that's what you're saying. Rashana went in. I thought I
[9:20] Speaker 1: had I had great credit, you know, I've been in
[9:22] Speaker 1: business for a while. And then I walked in and
[9:24] Speaker 1: I got smacked upside the head saying your business plan
[9:27] Speaker 1: is inadequate, is ill conceived, but we're going to work
[9:32] Speaker 1: with you. I think that really needs to be expounded
[9:35] Speaker 1: more because that's where a lot of people could get
[9:38] Speaker 1: pushed out the door saying, you know, they don't want
[9:40] Speaker 1: to do business with me, They don't want to do
[9:42] Speaker 1: they just making it difficult for me to do business. Yes,
[9:45] Speaker 1: they are. I'm just so that's how it works. But
[9:48] Speaker 1: that doesn't mean you should stop pursuing your dreams. Talk
[9:50] Speaker 1: about that process a little bit more in detail there, Tanya.
[9:54] Speaker 2: Yeah, sure, Yeah, that doesn't mean just because they tell
[9:57] Speaker 2: you no. I mean that's not going to last for
[10:00] Speaker 2: racious and not right now. So my best advice what
[10:03] Speaker 2: I did was I established a relationship with a banker.
[10:07] Speaker 2: So what do I mean by a relationship? Will you
[10:09] Speaker 2: go in, you open up an account, You befriend whoever
[10:12] Speaker 2: the person is that helped you open your account up,
[10:15] Speaker 2: and then you start putting your money in there, and
[10:18] Speaker 2: that is how you start establishing a really good foundation
[10:21] Speaker 2: at a bank. Go back and ask them what do
[10:24] Speaker 2: I need to do to get to where I need
[10:26] Speaker 2: to be, and they'll be more than happy to help
[10:29] Speaker 2: you to do that. And that's exactly what I did.
[10:31] Speaker 2: Establish a relationship. I needed to show my financial projections
[10:36] Speaker 2: where I wanted to see my business in the next
[10:38] Speaker 2: three to five years. I had to do like a
[10:40] Speaker 2: financial analysis or I'm sorry, a financial historical analysis, and
[10:45] Speaker 2: they were so gracious they helped me to do that.
[10:47] Speaker 2: I didn't know anything about it. But because I was
[10:49] Speaker 2: starting to establish that relationship with a banker, they helped
[10:54] Speaker 2: me to navigate this whole thing to get to everything
[10:57] Speaker 2: that I needed. And that's how I was able to get.
[10:59] Speaker 1: Secure the well I'm telling you you got the right
[11:02] Speaker 1: voice full Wellness Center. You know, it's not screachy, it's
[11:06] Speaker 1: very calming. You know, it's very soothing. Like that you
[11:09] Speaker 1: walk into her studio, she has that soothing music, water
[11:13] Speaker 1: running in the back world. It's almost like you walk
[11:15] Speaker 1: in and fall asleep immediately. That is the purpose is
[11:17] Speaker 1: to really bring the stress level down when they come
[11:21] Speaker 1: into astro wellness, correct, Tanya, that is.
[11:24] Speaker 2: Correct, Yes, absolutely when people and I tell my people
[11:27] Speaker 2: all the time, when you come across the threshold, I
[11:30] Speaker 2: want you to leave all your tears and concerns outside
[11:33] Speaker 2: the door. I want you to be able to feel
[11:35] Speaker 2: the relaxation, the energy in here so that you can
[11:39] Speaker 2: be stress. Come in, just have a seat, close your eyes,
[11:42] Speaker 2: relax a little bit. Because in the world today, everyone
[11:46] Speaker 2: is rushing, rushing, rushing, right, and so we need to
[11:50] Speaker 2: have a safe place that we can go to and relax,
[11:55] Speaker 2: calm down a little bit, because believe it or not
[11:58] Speaker 2: stress will also affect your mental health, your well being
[12:02] Speaker 2: as well in your physical health.
[12:05] Speaker 1: Now Astra Wellerness has been voted best wellness clinic three
[12:09] Speaker 1: years and low. That's in the city of Making correct.
[12:13] Speaker 2: That is correct, yes and uh.
[12:15] Speaker 1: And so now six hundred and fifty square feet just
[12:18] Speaker 1: is not enough for Astra Wellness. She is moving into
[12:22] Speaker 1: over three thousand square feets when we could put the
[12:25] Speaker 1: square three thousand square feet her building. She's purchased it,
[12:28] Speaker 1: sat down with a creative relationship with a banker and
[12:31] Speaker 1: they approved her loan. She put down a down payment
[12:34] Speaker 1: that's always had the great credit score, but she realized
[12:37] Speaker 1: that was not enough. Now when we get back, we're
[12:40] Speaker 1: gonna find out exactly what they do at Astra Wellness
[12:43] Speaker 1: when you're walking in the well all are they poking
[12:45] Speaker 1: on you? Are they taking your blood pressure? What are
[12:48] Speaker 1: they doing? The details which makes Astra Wellderness so successful.
[12:53] Speaker 1: When we come back, we'll be talking to the owner,
[12:55] Speaker 1: Tanya Millions Finch. Don't go no well, I'm here to
[12:59] Speaker 1: help you reach your American dream. I'm interviewing the owner
[13:03] Speaker 1: and founder of Astral Wildness. It's based in Atlanta and
[13:06] Speaker 1: Making Georgia excuse me, making Georgia and twelve years as
[13:10] Speaker 1: a certified registered nurse anesthesiologist. That's what she was doing,
[13:13] Speaker 1: making good money now, but she has a dream, had
[13:16] Speaker 1: a vision, and now her six hundred and fifty square
[13:19] Speaker 1: feet location that she's currently in is not enough. She
[13:23] Speaker 1: has expanded and has purchased a building over three thousand
[13:27] Speaker 1: square feet and now she's moving in well, as we
[13:30] Speaker 1: moved to this next direction. What are you so proud
[13:33] Speaker 1: of most about your company?
[13:35] Speaker 2: Tell ya, The thing that I'm most proud of is
[13:39] Speaker 2: the response that I have received from the community. I
[13:44] Speaker 2: had the backing of a lot of my colleagues from
[13:47] Speaker 2: the hospital, a lot of my physician colleagues, to the
[13:50] Speaker 2: point where they will start referring their patients here because
[13:55] Speaker 2: there's a big difference. So one of the reasons, let
[13:57] Speaker 2: me just back up a moment that I am expanding,
[14:00] Speaker 2: is because now I send my clients out to different
[14:04] Speaker 2: places for the services that they need, and so in
[14:07] Speaker 2: my head, I wanted to create a place where they
[14:10] Speaker 2: can just come and get everything they need, like a
[14:13] Speaker 2: one stop shop kind of place. And so that's why
[14:16] Speaker 2: I need it somewhere larger. Currently I'm doing ivhydration. I
[14:21] Speaker 2: have a medical weight loss program. I also have an
[14:26] Speaker 2: esthetition that does facial black services. She does chemical pills,
[14:31] Speaker 2: body contouring, those types of things. At my new location,
[14:36] Speaker 2: I'm going to be focusing in on overall health and wellness,
[14:41] Speaker 2: anything that's anti aging, anti inflammatory, teaching people proper lifestyle changes,
[14:47] Speaker 2: because it's my belief we don't have to just exists
[14:51] Speaker 2: that we can thrive in life. We don't just have
[14:53] Speaker 2: to feel good, but we want to feel our optimum.
[14:56] Speaker 2: And so so many people come in with different problems
[14:59] Speaker 2: that are not being prot really addressed, and so as
[15:02] Speaker 2: a result of that, I'll start offering what's called functional medicine.
[15:06] Speaker 2: Functional medicine is very different from conventional medicine. Conventional medicine
[15:11] Speaker 2: is you go to your doctor, you get lab work,
[15:15] Speaker 2: everything is fine, and they won't treat you until things
[15:19] Speaker 2: go awright. But with functional medicine, my job is to
[15:22] Speaker 2: prevent things from going awright, so we treat you on
[15:26] Speaker 2: a cellular level. The goal is to find out the
[15:30] Speaker 2: root cause of what is going on with you, address
[15:34] Speaker 2: the root cause, fix that, and not just put a
[15:36] Speaker 2: band aid on the symptoms. Does that make sense absolutely? Now?
[15:39] Speaker 1: I'm going to move something that you talked about anti agent. Okay,
[15:43] Speaker 1: bore over here at that anti agent stage. I'm trying
[15:47] Speaker 1: to fight off the time. I'm trying to I'm trying
[15:50] Speaker 1: to get a wrinkled look straight. I'm trying to move
[15:53] Speaker 1: a bag and make it bagless. I'm trying to do
[15:55] Speaker 1: anything in my face to give me an up.
[15:58] Speaker 3: You know.
[15:59] Speaker 1: So somebody you look do for your age, you shout,
[16:01] Speaker 1: that's a couple of moments I want in my life
[16:03] Speaker 1: right now. Okay, how does the anti aging process work
[16:06] Speaker 1: at your that you provide we're at astra wellness.
[16:10] Speaker 2: Okay, so yeah, one of the things that my goal
[16:12] Speaker 2: is to treat you from the inside out. I believe
[16:15] Speaker 2: that if you treat the inside, the outside will show.
[16:18] Speaker 2: And so the main thing is to de curious inflammation.
[16:22] Speaker 2: What that means is whether it's with your diet, mighty fluids,
[16:28] Speaker 2: proper vitamins, proper nutrition, all of those things, if they
[16:34] Speaker 2: are not where they should be, they're going to cause inflammation.
[16:37] Speaker 2: And inflammation is what contributes to wrinkles, hyper pigmentation bags
[16:43] Speaker 2: underneath your eyes. If your lymphatic system is not flowing,
[16:46] Speaker 2: it's going to be backed up and that's what's going
[16:48] Speaker 2: to cause the swelling or those bags. So that's one thing.
[16:51] Speaker 2: Another thing is I have a skin care line, a
[16:54] Speaker 2: medical grade skin care line too, and so all of
[16:58] Speaker 2: that is anti aging. I will also have at my
[17:01] Speaker 2: new location a hyperari ozone chamber. Ozone therapy is very
[17:06] Speaker 2: anti agent, and infrared saana you'll detox, you detox all
[17:11] Speaker 2: the toxins from your body. Then all of those things
[17:13] Speaker 2: will be anti agent. A massage therapist, and then we'll
[17:17] Speaker 2: also do things like botox to prevent wrinkles or help
[17:20] Speaker 2: treat wrinkles. And fillers because the older you get, the
[17:25] Speaker 2: more fat loss you will have in your face. And
[17:27] Speaker 2: so with a filler you can build that up, rebuild
[17:30] Speaker 2: a matrix of your space back up to give you
[17:32] Speaker 2: that youthful book.
[17:34] Speaker 1: Oh you know what you're saying now, and got me
[17:36] Speaker 1: ready to register and call in some reservations and things
[17:39] Speaker 1: like that make it. But you know when you thank
[17:42] Speaker 1: you for that detail, because I think it's important to
[17:44] Speaker 1: people understand. You know, your move was just not to
[17:47] Speaker 1: get a bigger space. It will supervide more opportunities to
[17:51] Speaker 1: create cash flow within your business model, which is the
[17:54] Speaker 1: key and I think that was one of the things
[17:56] Speaker 1: you pitched to the bank as well.
[17:57] Speaker 2: Correct, Yes, that is correct. Yes, I was very clear
[18:01] Speaker 2: on the people that I wanted to service in the area.
[18:05] Speaker 2: Because when you go to the bank, you have to
[18:07] Speaker 2: know what you who your target audience is, who you are,
[18:10] Speaker 2: your avatar, whatever you want to call them. You have
[18:13] Speaker 2: to know who those people are going to be because
[18:16] Speaker 2: they're going to want to know. Okay, so you have
[18:18] Speaker 2: this great idea, but how are you going to fund it?
[18:20] Speaker 2: Where you have to have the income coming in, so
[18:23] Speaker 2: you have to be crystal clear on who your target
[18:26] Speaker 2: audience is.
[18:28] Speaker 1: Wow, what is your biggest accomps from complishment so far?
[18:31] Speaker 1: You will feel, you know, because I know that you
[18:33] Speaker 1: told an incredible story about your father really motivated you
[18:36] Speaker 1: to moving this direction and walk away from a full
[18:40] Speaker 1: time successful job. But what do you feel is your
[18:43] Speaker 1: biggest acc accomplishment so far?
[18:46] Speaker 2: I'm going to tell you. So let me back up
[18:50] Speaker 2: with my dad just a moment. So I found my
[18:53] Speaker 2: location in October of twenty twenty. December fifth, teen of
[19:00] Speaker 2: twenty twenty, I had just put my patient to sleep
[19:04] Speaker 2: under anesthesia and my phone rang and it was a
[19:08] Speaker 2: family member and my family. They know when I'm at
[19:10] Speaker 2: the hospital, you know, don't call her, she's busy. And
[19:14] Speaker 2: so it was my dad's sister and she said, Tanya,
[19:18] Speaker 2: has anybody called you? And I was like, oh my god,
[19:20] Speaker 2: if my dad isn't it. She said yes, My father
[19:24] Speaker 2: dropped dead that morning, about thirty minutes prior to the
[19:27] Speaker 2: phone call from a rupture a order aneurism. That put
[19:32] Speaker 2: me into such a deep depression. Okay, I stopped doing everything.
[19:39] Speaker 2: I could only go home, go to sleep, go to
[19:43] Speaker 2: the hospital. Go home, go to sleep, go to the hospital.
[19:46] Speaker 2: But I had to remember my wife and I said, Tanya,
[19:49] Speaker 2: what are you doing? You promised your dad you would
[19:51] Speaker 2: help him and other people. So I had to just
[19:56] Speaker 2: snap myself out of that depression. Right. So other was
[20:00] Speaker 2: the catalyst to get my business started. But it's the
[20:03] Speaker 2: people in my community who are helping me to keep
[20:06] Speaker 2: that going. And so that is my biggest accomplishment, the
[20:10] Speaker 2: fact that I can offer people in my community a
[20:14] Speaker 2: service that is bodily needed. And people know when you're genuine.
[20:18] Speaker 2: They know when you're genuine, and so that is what
[20:21] Speaker 2: keeps them coming back. And I will have to say,
[20:23] Speaker 2: just myself being able to rise above that depression, remember
[20:28] Speaker 2: my why, and to be a successful business owner to
[20:31] Speaker 2: the point where I can purchase a commercial space. That's
[20:34] Speaker 2: my biggest accomplishment in my business.
[20:36] Speaker 1: Congratulations. I'm gonna turn this little bit on Raushan here.
[20:40] Speaker 1: You know, because I've I've had a lot of high
[20:44] Speaker 1: profile celebrity guys in my life and over the years, friends, strangers,
[20:50] Speaker 1: and they have always went to these wellness centers like
[20:55] Speaker 1: you've created, and I never saw a need for that.
[20:58] Speaker 1: I mean, they would get the vitamins, like you said,
[21:01] Speaker 1: injected directly into them. You kind of talked about the
[21:06] Speaker 1: value of that as we close out the show, talk
[21:09] Speaker 1: about the value again of what Astra wellness brings and
[21:13] Speaker 1: why the importance of receiving certain types of vitamins that
[21:18] Speaker 1: way versus like I traditionally do two pills a day
[21:22] Speaker 1: or pill a day when I wake up in the morning.
[21:25] Speaker 2: Sure. Yeah, So normally we are supposed to get vitamins, minerals,
[21:31] Speaker 2: nutrition from our food right right, as we all know
[21:35] Speaker 2: the food industry, the food is contaminated, everything is genetically modified,
[21:40] Speaker 2: the soil is depleted of nutrients, and so now as
[21:46] Speaker 2: a result, we're not getting what we need from food.
[21:49] Speaker 2: Couple that with poor eating habits, high sugar diet, high
[21:53] Speaker 2: processed foods, not drinking enough water. So all of that
[21:58] Speaker 2: stuff destroys our gut, all right, and so the majority
[22:01] Speaker 2: of people don't have a healthy gut. So as a result,
[22:05] Speaker 2: when you take a pill by mouth or you think
[22:08] Speaker 2: you're eating a healthy diet, if your gut biome is off,
[22:11] Speaker 2: the gut environment is off, you're not going to absorb
[22:14] Speaker 2: what you need. So that's why so many people can
[22:17] Speaker 2: take pills or you know, vitamins and still not feel
[22:20] Speaker 2: the effects of that. When you start an IV, you
[22:23] Speaker 2: bypass the whole digestive tract. Those nutrients are going to
[22:27] Speaker 2: go directly into your veins, where your body is going
[22:31] Speaker 2: to absorb one hundred percent of what you need. And
[22:33] Speaker 2: that's why people feel so much better so quickly. Like here,
[22:37] Speaker 2: I have a whole COVID protocol. I treat people who
[22:40] Speaker 2: are overweight. I treat people who are depressed, who are
[22:43] Speaker 2: stressed out, who suffer from insomnia. I have people who
[22:47] Speaker 2: have hair, skin and nail issues that I treat. I
[22:50] Speaker 2: have college students who come in and they just need
[22:53] Speaker 2: an infusion to help them think better for their exam
[22:57] Speaker 2: or I have a lot of people that I'm treating
[22:59] Speaker 2: with dementia, and so I do all of that by
[23:01] Speaker 2: bypassing the digestive tract, giving them exactly what they need
[23:05] Speaker 2: through my customized infusions, and in that way they're going
[23:08] Speaker 2: to absorb it and feel defects of it. Ninety six
[23:11] Speaker 2: percent of my clients feel better almost immediately.
[23:14] Speaker 1: So, so how do we go about contacting you? I
[23:18] Speaker 1: know you're in Macon, Georgia your ods of operation and
[23:21] Speaker 1: also do you can one go online? And if so,
[23:25] Speaker 1: tell us how to go online if we want to
[23:27] Speaker 1: find out more information about Astra Wellness or setting an appointment.
[23:31] Speaker 2: Sure, so, yes, you can book an appointment online. My
[23:34] Speaker 2: website is www dot Astra Wellness dot com and let
[23:39] Speaker 2: me spell that as and Adam s Is and Sam
[23:42] Speaker 2: Tias and Tom Ris and Richard i As and Edward
[23:46] Speaker 2: Astra Wellness dot com. And then our phone number here
[23:51] Speaker 2: is four seven eight two zero zero seven five seven five,
[23:56] Speaker 2: And then I can I have social media on Instagram
[24:00] Speaker 2: it's Astra Wellness as Tri Wellness, and then also on Facebook,
[24:06] Speaker 2: we're also Astra Wellness on Facebook as well as.
[24:09] Speaker 1: We close When is your new location opening up.
[24:12] Speaker 2: October twenty first, twenty twenty four.
[24:16] Speaker 1: Okay, it's a free food down there fanfare. You know
[24:20] Speaker 1: you both always like a little snack or two to
[24:23] Speaker 1: make that drive because I have congratulations, congratulations, just having
[24:27] Speaker 1: fun with you because I've been down there at the
[24:29] Speaker 1: original location. She was one of the featured people on
[24:33] Speaker 1: a six to suct seekers to success that Walmart Business
[24:37] Speaker 1: Plus featured her on and because of her incredible business
[24:43] Speaker 1: knowledge and the information you're willing to share with the
[24:45] Speaker 1: general public look and everyday entrepreneurs. Thank you for coming
[24:48] Speaker 1: on Money Making Conversation and I wish you much success
[24:52] Speaker 1: in congratulations on opening October twenty first.
[24:55] Speaker 2: Okay, thank you, mister McDonald. Thank you so much for
[24:57] Speaker 2: this wonderful privilege to have to speak to you, you
[25:00] Speaker 2: and your audience. I'm greatly appreciated.
[25:03] Speaker 1: Oh you were fantastic and we'll talk soon too, Okay talk.
[25:08] Speaker 1: This has been another edition of Money Making Conversation Masterclass
[25:11] Speaker 1: hosted by me Rashan McDonald. Thank you to our guests
[25:14] Speaker 1: on the show today and thank you our listening audience. Now,
[25:17] Speaker 1: if you want to listen to any question ef you me.
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[25:29] Speaker 1: week and remember to always lead with your gifts. Keep winning.
[25:33] Speaker 1: The American Dream is available to you, just keep listening.
[25:37] Speaker 1: This has been another edition of Money Making Conversation Masterclass
[25:40] Speaker 1: hosted by me Rashawn McDonald. Thank you to our guests
[25:43] Speaker 1: on the show today and thank you our listening to
[25:46] Speaker 1: audience now. If you want to listen to any episode
[25:48] Speaker 1: or want to be a guest on the show, visit
[25:51] Speaker 1: Moneymakingconversations dot com. Our social media handle is money Making Conversation.
[25:56] Speaker 1: Join us next week and remember to always leave with
[25:58] Speaker 1: your gifts.
[25:59] Speaker 2: Keep me

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