This week we talk about the combatting the fear of an empty diary.

We're four holistic therapists chatting about the highs and low's of running our businesses.  As always, drop us a line with any questions, queries or topic ideas!

Much love, Sarah, Nicky, Millie and Amanda

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We talk time management - making sure we have time for our clients, time for the admin involved in running and marketing a business, time for our families and friends and time for ourselves.

As always, we're just four holistic therapists having a chat about the ups and downs of our lives.  Drop us a line if you have any questions or topics you'd like to discuss!

Sarah, Nicky, Millie and Amanda 

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I normally end it with something like:

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You will then have to copy caption from here and:

1) Add hashtags

2) Change the ending: At the end I normally write something like:

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Much love, Sarah, Nicky, Millie and Amanda

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1) You just need to change the end bit, so something like:

Follow the links in linktr.ee/fourtherapistsandachitchat to listen on all your favourite platforms.

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1) Create a version for anyone who wants to post it on their individual Instagram accounts.  So the end bit should read something like:

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1) On WhatsApp send a message saying you're sending the information for the next episode with a reminder of what day people should be posting.

2) Send the image as a separate post

2) Send the Instagram caption for everyones individual accounts as a separate post

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANCHOR:

1) Enter the caption here - but without any hashtags.

I normally end it with something like:

Much love, Sarah, Nicky, Millie and Amanda

Four Therapists and a Chit Chat are: Sarah Woodhouse, Nicky Newton, Millie Turnbow and Amanda McGregor.

2) You will then need to scroll down below to customise the episode by uploading new episode art - this is over in Canva.

3) Click on the purple button just above this box and to the right that says 'Update episode'.  CLOSE AND IGNORE THE POP UP BOX THAT WILL APPEAR.

NOTE: I HAVE AUTOMATICALLY SET THIS EPISODE UP TO POST AT 7AM ON THE 2ND MONDAY OF THE MONTH

REMINDER: DON'T FORGET TO

A) SAVE THIS INFORMATION SOMEWHERE FOR NEXT TIME!

B) MAKE SURE ITS ALL DELETED FROM THIS CAPTION SPACE!

INSTRUCTIONS FOR 4T'S INSTAGRAM

You will then have to copy caption from here and:

1) Add hashtags

2) Change the ending: At the end I normally write something like:

Follow the link in our Bio to listen on all your favourite platforms.

Much love, Sarah, Nicky, Millie and Amanda

Four Therapists and a Chit Chat are: @sarahwoodhouse, @nickynewtonbowentherapist , @amandamilliestherapy and @amandamcgregorbowen

3) Add the image you've created

4) Post

INSTRUCTIONS FOR 4T'S FACEBOOK

1) You just need to change the end bit, so something like:

Follow the links in linktr.ee/fourtherapistsandachitchat to listen on all your favourite platforms.

Much love, Sarah, Nicky, Millie and Amanda

Four Therapists and a Chit Chat are: NOTE: YOU WILL HAVE TO INDIVIDUALLY LINK THE FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS.  MILLIE DOESN'T CURRENTLY HAVE A BUSINESS ACCOUNT

2) Add the image you've created

3) Post

4) Share the episode to any Facebook networks you are a member of, (including the Bowen Technique where I normally write an additional caption in the share post highlighting what it's about and reminding them we are all Bowen therapists).

INSTRUCTIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT

1) Create a version for anyone who wants to post it on their individual Instagram accounts.  So the end bit should read something like:

Head of over to fourtherapistsandachitchat and follow the link in the Bio to listen on all your favourite platforms. And then share:

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SHARING THIS WITH EVERYONE

1) On WhatsApp send a message saying you're sending the information for the next episode with a reminder of what day people should be posting.

2) Send the image as a separate post

2) Send the Instagram caption for everyones individual accounts as a separate post

Welcome back, it's great to be back as we have all missed you. This month we talk about challenges.  We all face challenges in our business, our working life, family life and sometimes it can feel totally overwhelming.  In this month's podcast Millie shares with us her challenges of working full-time in a demanding job that gives her no time to set up and get her business going.  We discuss how due to the challenges that the four of us are facing we have made a decision about the podcast. Amanda shares with us how she often works out the cost of something on how many treatments that will take and Sarah shares that reaching out to family, friends and other therapist can help that feeling of being overwhelmed.  

Just remember if you are facing challenges you are not on your own, reach out because there is always someone willing to listen, to help and to support.

Much love, Sarah, Nicky, Millie and Amanda

Four Therapists and a Chit Chat are: Sarah Woodhouse, Nicky Newton, Millie Turnbow and Amanda McGregor.

Are business cards, leaflets and PR a waste of time, money and resources when it comes to promoting your complementary and holistic therapy business?

Spoiler alert - No!!!

In the last episode of the series we look at how these stalwarts of promotion can be used to promote your small business in a really personal way just by giving them a bit of a modern twist.

Other than social media, what marketing tools have you used to promote your business? What ones worked for you, and what didn’t work so well? As always we’d LOVE to hear!

And finally, as this is the final episode of this series just a reminder of how much we love talking to people on the podcast, so if you have any suggestions about what you’d like us to talk about, or if you want to come on the show - either to pick our brains or to share something you think other complementary and holistic therapists might be interested in - get in touch!

Don't forget to follow us @fourtherapistsandachitchat on Instagram and on Facebook @fourtsandachitchat

Much love, Sarah, Nicky , Millie and Amanda

You can find us as individuals on Instagram at @sarahwoodhousetherapy, @nickynewtonbowentherapist, @amandamilliestherapy and @amandamcgregorbowen. Between us we have over 20 years experience as complementary and holistic therapists, practising Bowen therapy, Reflexology, Reiki, Ear Candling, Bach Flower Remedies and holistic facials.

This weeks special guest is the wonderful Vicky Plum, a small business branding photographer and the face behind #proudlyeastanglia , a hashtag that encourages and supports small businesses in East Anglia.

A picture speaks a thousand words and Vicky is passionate about photography and what it can do for small business owners like us - because that is what we are - small business owners! In this podcast she shares her wonderful enthusiasm, tips and advice on how you can start taking better photographs, and better content, right now…well, listen to the podcast first!

Speaking to Vicky has left us all feeling fired up about photography and we hope it does the same for you.

Don't forget to follow us on @fourtherapistsandachitchat on Instagram and Facebook, and to find out more about Vicky and her work you can follow her at @vickyplumphotography.

Much love, Sarah, Nicky, Millie and Amanda

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As complementary and holistic therapists it’s in our nature to look after others, but do you look after yourself as much as you encourage your clients to look after themselves?

This week on Four Therapists and a Chit Chat we’re talking about the importance of self-care, and how easy it is to forget to look after ourselves and instead focus on others, using every other spare moment we have on our businesses.

We look at little ways you can adapt self-care habits you already have, such as sleeping or having haircuts, into moments of joy, moments to breathe, and moments to just be. We also explore how the simple act of diarising activities that have nothing to do with your business but everything to do with your health and well-being, and writing them in pen can help you step away from your business and create some much needed ‘me-time’.

Bonus material this week include tips from Amanda and Nicky about how to deal with ulcers and how to keep your mattress fresh!

So have a listen and see if you’re as guilty as we are of using haircuts as a chance to catch up with emails, or pretending an afternoon at the beach is a chance to relax when really all we’re thinking about are inspirational pictures we can take for our social media!

Much love, Sarah, Nicky, Millie and Amanda

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This week we're delighted to be joined by Natasha De Grundwald to talk about her 30 years in complementary and holistic health and her journey from Thai Yoga Massage teacher, to Bowen therapist, to author, coach, trainer, and podcaster.

We also explore the idea of mixing therapies, helping clients to understand what they need as oppose to what they want, and the importance in investing in ourselves in order to help our businesses grow.

We're just four holistic therapists talking about the highs and lows of the life, laughing and learning along the way.  And remember, if you'd like to be a guest speaker then just drop us a line!

Sarah, Nicky, Millie and Amanda

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Welcome to 2022 - and welcome back to Series 6 of the Four Therapists and a Chit Chat podcast!

In this episode we catch up after the Christmas lull and like many people at the beginning of a New Year talk about what our intentions are for 2022.

The key thing we find is all of us our struggling with balancing our businesses, our home lives and a need to find some time for ourselves. We want 2022 to be the year we actually work towards achieving a better balance through setting targets, intentions, structuring our working week and making sure - on the advice on Nicky and Millie - that we don’t overwhelm ourselves with massive ‘to do’ lists with vague dates.

How about you? Have you set any intentions for the year ahead and how have you done it - is it single intention or have you got several things you want to do? Have you drawn up a list with dates and times, or have you, like Sarah, created a vision board to inspire you to achieve?

As always we’d love to hear what you’re doing.

Love, as always, Sarah, Nicky, Millie and Amanda

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