From Freaked Out to Fired Up: Helping Clients Step into Healing with Confidence

ReInvent Healthcare

What if the biggest block to your client’s healing isn’t the protocol but their fear of change?

In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie sits down with mindset and motivation expert Toni St. Clair to uncover what really stops clients from moving forward, and how you can become the kind of practitioner who inspires lasting transformation.

You’ll discover Toni’s 3-part framework for turning fear into focus, overwhelm into action, and resistance into results. This conversation will equip you with the tools to create change that sticks.

What’s Inside This Episode?

• The surprising mindset trap that paralyzes even the most motivated clients
• How to uncover the hidden fears that sabotage follow-through
• The art of anchoring habit change to meaningful, personal goals
• What to say when a client “fails” and how to turn setbacks into momentum
• How to manage expectations (yours and theirs) for sustainable success
• Why small wins matter more than perfect plans and how to build on them
• The one thing you must create before any clinical strategy can work

Resources and Links:

• Download our FREE Metabolic Health Guide here.
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• Visit INEMethod.com for advanced health practitioner training and tools to elevate your clinical skills and grow your practice by getting life-changing results.
• Check out other podcast episodes here

Guest Resources and Links

• Check out Toni St Clair’s website at True Self Total Health
• Find Toni on LinkedIn at Toni St. Clair on LinkedIn
• Download Toni’s Free Gift: Kick Start Kit for Prompts and tools for applying Toni’s 3 C’s framework

Guest Bio

Toni is a passionate and results-driven National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach specializing in functional medicine, integrative health, and behavior change. As the founder and CEO of TrueSelf TotalHealth, she helps high-functioning, purpose-driven professionals and leaders reclaim their energy, balance, and joy through personalized lifestyle strategies rooted in functional medicine and mindfulness.

With over a decade of experience, Toni has supported individuals and groups through one-on-one coaching, group programs, and collaborative care in integrative and functional medicine practice settings.

She holds additional certifications from the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy in partnership with the Institute for Functional Medicine, as well as the Institute of Nutritional Endocrinology. Toni has also completed extensive coach training in Positive Intelligence (PQ), which allows her to blend cutting-edge science with mindset mastery. Whether she's guiding clients through sustainable habit change or co-creating wellness plans with healthcare teams, her “superpower” lies in inspiring lasting lifestyle transformation with compassion, clarity, and strategic support.

Toni's work is grounded in the belief that real healing goes beyond symptom relief—it’s about shifting beliefs, integrating simple (though not always easy), sustainable lifestyle practices, and tapping into your true self by identifying and leaning into your innate strengths.