Why people start
Most open a practice to help people live healthier lives: food, movement, herbs, qi, the body's own capacity to heal. That is the reason. That is the work that feels like life.
What actually drains it
Booking, forms, payments, inventory, follow-up. The extra layer that has nothing to do with why you opened the doors. Care does not drop because the owner stopped caring. It drops because the business side overwhelms the balance.