Today I’m back with another exciting guest episode! I’m thrilled to introduce you to Kristie Plantinga, the Founder of Therapie SEO and my only 1:1 client who is NOT a therapist. I have invited Kristie to share her entrepreneurship journey because it is truly impressive and offers lots of valuable lessons for everyone. 

In today’s podcast episode, we dive into Kristie’s life before she became a business owner, what it was like to start a business shortly before COVID, her transition from an employee to a CEO, the biggest challenges in the process, and how I helped her overcome them. Tune in as we discuss the importance and benefits of investing in your business, how it helped Kristie skyrocket her business, what she believes is the key to success and much more. You don't want to miss this episode!

More about Kristie Plantinga:

Kristie Plantinga is the founder of TherapieSEO, a marketing agency for therapists, coaches, and wellness practitioners. She is currently building a new kind of therapist directory called Best Therapists that vets therapists for quality, so therapy-seekers can focus on fit (coming summer 2023!).

Topics covered in this episode:

• Why therapists need a well built SEO-optimized website
• The dynamics in our work exchange relationship
• The benefits of holding multiple relationships
• What motivated Kristie to start her own business - Therapie SEO
• Kristie’s transition from an employee to a CEO
• Kristie shares the challenges she faced in stepping into her CEO identity
• The importance of celebrating your achievements 
• How transformative my CEO day experience was for Kristie
• The significance of having a supportive community as a business owner
• The value of making investments in yourself and your business
• If you want to succeed, you need to believe in yourself
• Embracing the mindset that everything in business is an experiment and a learning opportunity
• Where Kristie’s business is now

Connect with Felicia:

• Instagram: @the_bad_therapist
• Website: www.thebadtherapist.coach
• Membership: Liberated Business
• Facebook group: Healing Money

Connect with Kristie:

• Website: www.therapieseo.com

Resources from this episode:

• Smartcuts by Shane Snow
• The Bad Therapist Reading List
• Jessie Susannah Karnatz a.k.a The Money Witch

Quote:

“This is especially true for therapists where so much of our identity is wrapped around being the practitioner. And it's a whole journey to recognize that we're entrepreneurs and to choose to be entrepreneurs, and then to get to enjoy the unique journey and like weirdness that is being an entrepreneur.” - Felicia

“I’ll always pick the challenges of being a business owner versus the challenges of working for someone else.” - Kristie