Sabrina Trobak is a counselor who works with clients to get to the bottom of their core beliefs to help them challenge and manage their anxiety. As a child, Sabrina always wanted to be a teacher, and ending up doing this for 20 years. When she was suddenly put into an administrative position, she had to attend graduate school to continue in that role. While she had no interest in administrative work, she did have an interest in helping people, so she got her master’s degree in counseling psychology. 

After working as a school counselor for a year, she attended a three day workshop focusing on suicide. The modality that was used in the workshop was about people’s core beliefs. This inspired her to learn more about this modality and take it on herself. The model of therapy she learned focused on people’s core beliefs that contribute to anxiety which is common in people who have also experienced trauma. For many people, this core belief is “not good enough, not important, not valued”. Sabrina believed in this modality so much that she took a huge leap of faith and left her job to pursue private practice. This decision paid off and within six months she had a wait list which has continued today.

Listen to the full episode to hear more about this modality, how she developed her book, and how she works with clients to challenge their core beliefs and replace them with more positive ones.

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Sabrina’s links:

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Meet Jenny Cheifetz, a life and breathwork coach at Jentle Coaching who went from running a food truck to finding herself in a dark mental space during the pandemic. Finding that with nothing to keep her as busy, she was forced to deal with her internal demons led to her being deeply unhappy. She found spiritual life coaching through Kismet and the positive impact on her inspired her to do the same thing. Not only did she become a certified life coach, but she also became certified in breathwork!

For Jenny, there have been many benefits in her life to breathwork. She found that she has experienced improved sleep, a calmer system, more clarity, creativity, and an easier time working. It has helped her in her relationship with her son (helps her respond to him better and more effectively calm down in times of stress) and with better mood shifting as a result of breathwork she has also found she has been better able to manifest good fortune in her life.

She also describes how her podcast Sideline Sisters went from sports to talking to real women about relatable topics, life lessons, and overcoming challenges.

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Jenny’s links:

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Meet Dedee Cai, an entrepreneur who has found success in coaching and business development. She did all of the things expected of a first-generation immigrant: do well in school and get a great job, but it didn’t make her happy. Running a restaurant with her mother helped her find community, but it was also burning her out. Her wake up call came when she was on vacation in Venice and found herself more focused on her phone because she was so used to having “to put fires out” than she was on relaxing and enjoying her vacation!

She stepped away from the restaurant and became a certified holistic health coach, something that came from her original desire to become a therapist and help people.  She found clients were coming to her for help with business and this is how she became a business coach. She found success in this industry by finding her self-worth and helping other women do the same and it inspired her to start Fit to Profit. 

She is planning to relaunch her podcast, The Fear Factor, next year. She is also launching a program called Mindset Mastery that is aimed at helping women have the confidence and self-worth to charge what they are worth in their business. She’s also written a book, The Overcomer: How to Conquer Your Fear to Achieve Your Goals, about using fear as a catalyst for success.

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Dedee’s links:

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Meet Laura Rippeon, a licensed clinical social worker and self-identified introvert who also runs a coaching business, Aspire Coaching and Consulting. After graduating with her master’s degree, she worked in community mental health, for non-profit organizations, and even worked with insurance companies for a time. Eventually, she found herself in a group private practice where she was able to observe and learn about running a private practice. 

In 2019, Laura moved from Maryland to North Carolina and decided to open her own private practice. After some time, she realized that she didn’t love doing clinical work as much as she loved being a business owner and consulting other business owners. While she loves her clients, being a full-time clinician wasn’t making her happy and she found joy and fulfillment in business coaching other introverted women. 

By using self-reflection on what she had once needed when starting a business and realizing that a lot of business advice is aimed at extraverts, Laura was able to focus her business on the types of clients and coaching she wanted to work with. Through SEO work on her website and blogging, she was able to drive referrals to her site entirely through Google. No social media required! Laura found that marketing is not a one size fits all solution and that there is a place for introverts in the business ownership and marketing world.

Key takeaways:

-with regard to marketing you don't have to do everything, but you have to do something

-batch content and seize moments when you feel inspired

-find business besties that support and encourage you

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As we continue this series of consulting episodes with practice owners considering expanding to group, we are joined by Irene Faioes, a therapist in Rhode Island who owns All Family Wellness. She asks how to determine whether to hire contractors or employees, how to ensure clinicians are fulfilling the expectation, and how to achieve her income goals.

Learn more about Irene:

https://allfamilywelllnesscounseling.clientsecure.me/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/irene-faioes-lmhc-woonsocket-ri/84020

Meet Amy Sanders, a serial entrepreneur who currently owns 5 businesses, one of which is a coaching business where she helps women inspire, transform, and thrive. She self-identifies as a recovering people-pleaser who married a man after 3 weeks because she did not want him to feel bad. She shares her process for helping women thrive and the factors that contribute to her own ability to thrive.

Key Takeaways:

-we betray ourselves when we do not turn into what we truly want

-God loves us and would not want us to be treated badly

-No matter who you are or where you come from, you can choose where you want to be

-We all have unique gifts to offer the world

-Pour into you first

-Put everything in the calendar including the time you want for yourself and your family

https://amysanders.co/clientsonrepeat/course-sales-page 
https://amysanders.co/thrivers-club 
https://www.instagram.com/coachamysanders/

Today we are kicking off a series of consulting episodes with solo practice owners who are considering what it might look like to expand to a group practice. For more conversations like these, join Julia this summer for Master Your CEO Mindset starting this July 11th! It is a 6 month program with weekly meetings covering all aspects of successfully transitioning to group practice, with focus on leadership.

Meet Alyssa, a trauma therapist in St. Louis, Missouri working to support parents to be their best in spite of everything they may be bringing from their own childhoods. Having recently become a licensure supervisor, Alyssa feels a responsibility to help clinicians grow and be the therapists that their communities need. She asks Julia where to start with regard to practice expansion. They discuss ensuring all processes can be duplicated, determining if the practice will specialize or be multi-disciplinary, and considering mission and values to help with marketing and marketing.

Learn more about Alyssa:

https://threecirclesofhealing.com/

Learn more about Master Your CEO Mindset:

https://compassionateconsultingcompany.com/faq/

Meet Libby Murdoch, a therapist and trainer. While focusing on her own mental health with an EMDR therapist, Libby jumped straight into private practice. Just a year later, when her husband was relocated for work, she set the private practice to the side and joined a group practice where she not only learned the ins and outs of owning a practice, but also became an EMDR Basic Trainer. She has since moved back to Cincinnati, built up her private practice, started offering EMDR intensives, and created a trauma responsive, resilience focused EMDR basic training curriculum. 

Key Takeaways: 

-Good trauma work isn’t just trauma processing; it’s also helping clients learn to be comfortable in their bodies

-As an entrepreneur, give yourself permission to outsource because time is your least renewable resource

-Find a community where you can show up and be authentic

-Don’t decide for your clients what they are or are not going to be willing to pay for your services

https://www.brainbasedemdr.com/

https://www.brainbasedcounseling.com/

https://www.facebook.com/brainbasedcounseling

https://www.instagram.com/brainbasedcounseling/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/libby-marlatt-86783276/

Meet Lisa Desforges, co-founder and chief operating officer of Echodify, a tech startup that she and her brother created. Lisa had many stops along her career climb, but the time she spent at the Four Seasons had the greatest impact on the core values that she holds today. As you interact with Echodify, you’ll see their values in play; service is a joy, integrity is absolute, privacy is their duty, providing choice is critical, and giving is expected.

Key Takeaways: 

-When you’re starting a business, invest the time to do things right from the start

-The foundation of everything you do should come from your values

-Treat your team like a corporate family; do things that make them feel known and special

www.echodify.com

https://www.facebook.com/echodify/

https://www.instagram.com/echodify/

https://www.youtube.com/@echodify

https://twitter.com/echodify/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/echodify-com/

https://discord.gg/ykeb5f44AZ/