Compassionate Climb

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/

Meet Lisa Duez, the owner of  Turning Point Counseling, a group practice in the Virginia Beach area. Recently Lisa organized her first conference, the Clinician Connection, alongside her clinical director. She shares what she learned along the way and is planning on this being a yearly event.

Key Takeaways: 

-Make sure you and the hotel are on the same page about everything

-Know your audience and what they’re looking for in a conference

-Take care of the CE information early on in the planning process

http://lisaduez.com/

https://www.turningpointva.com/

http://clinicianconnection.net/

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Meet Laura Hulleman, a small business owner and creator of the Endotype Personality System. Along her climb, Laura has started more than 5 successful small businesses. In her second to last business, a personal training studio, she started to weave in aspects of personal development, which soon opened the door to the life coaching industry. Since then, Laura has developed the Endotype Formula Personality Profiling System, which helps individuals to understand how we’ve been designed to operate.

Key Takeaways: 

-The endotype helps you to view brain function and how you think, along with your motivations 

-Recognizing who you are gives you permission to be who you are in your everyday life

https://www.endotypeformula.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Endotype/

https://www.instagram.com/endotype/
https://endotype.com/

Meet Layci Nelson, president of the Transcend Leadership Collective, a leadership and communication consultancy. One of the stops on her career climb was as a director of youth services for a major nonprofit; at the age of 26 she was leading a team of 18 plus and managing a multi-million dollar budget, but didn’t feel as though she had the leadership skills necessary for a healthy team. Layci was driven to become a better leader for her team, so she began to bury herself in leadership books and reach out to leaders she admired seeking insight and mentorship. That spark grew into where she is at today, helping others to expand their leadership abilities and step into greater depths of leadership.

Key Takeaways:

-If you need a sabbatical, take one

-Hire around core values 

-Be willing to be vulnerable 

-It is okay to not know how everything will turn out

https://www.transcendleadershipcollective.com/

https://www.instagram.com/transcendleadershipcollective/

https://www.facebook.com/LayciNMS

https://www.linkedin.com/in/layci-nelson/

https://www.transcendleadershipcollective.com/podcast