Healers Get Vulnerable

Dr. Laura Louis has a successful business as a therapist, consultant, and public speaker. I discovered a few unexpected things during this conversation: 1. She's an introvert. 2. Public speaking didn't come easily to her at first. 3. She still gets nervous before she gives a talk. Listen as she shares some of the mindset work it took to get to where she is now, and lots of nitty-gritty tips about how to get started with speaking and how to up your game if you're already speaking.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• How to negotiate your fee for paid speaking gigs
• How to find places to speak and make a pitch
• Working through imposter syndrome, fear of rejection, and fear of asking for money
• How to protect your energy during a speaking engagement
• Hiring her team and what your very first hire should be
• Building an online presence to promote yourself as a speaker
• How she balances her many roles

Show notes at http://coachingwithannie.com/podcast/laura-louis

Have you ever considered walk and talk therapy? Jeni shares the special opportunities of working outside and also the pitfalls to avoid. Listen as she dives into setting up her therapy practice without an office.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• How being homeschooled as a kid gave her a sense of outside the box possibilities
• How she navigates informed consent and holds the frame with walk and talk therapy
• Choosing the places to have walk and talk therapy
• How her directory listings help her clients find her
• Pros and Cons of NOT having an office
• Her fees (actual numbers as usual)
• Our discussion about "worth" and setting fees
• Quitting her day job
• Jeni's advice for a therapist who wants to try walk and talk therapy

Show notes at http://coachingwithannie.com/podcast/jeni-yarbrough

Does your life make room for creativity? Adriana Marchione is an expressive arts therapist and an indie filmmaker. In our conversation, she talks about the tension between finding stability and following her passions. If you've ever wondered how to make room for projects outside of therapy, this is for you.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• Retreating from art when she got sober and then creating a new and healthier relationship with art
• Her journey to becoming an artist in recovery and an expressive arts therapist
• Making 2 indie films in the last several years
• The fine line between altered states and addictive behavior for some artists
• How she balances being an artist and a therapist
• The 3 prongs of her work: artist, therapist, and educator
• Why our businesses go through seasons and don't stay static
• Her workshop, Story In Motion, that helps participants use art to heal
• Providing workshops and other offerings around the world
• Her fees (real numbers as usual!)
• Her tension around charging her fees
• The financial stress of being a filmmaker and getting through low times

Show notes at http://coachingwithannie.com/podcast/adriana-marchione

Ernesto's life changed when he made peace with his old money story and started creating a new one. In our conversation, he shares the profound changes he experienced when he was able to work through his money blocks. We also delve into Ernesto's advice for therapists creating videos. Find out the keys to a powerful welcome video and common mistakes to avoid. You'll walk away from this episode less afraid and more inspired to create a video.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• His current fees and his history with setting fees
• Making peace with his money story
• How his relationships with his clients changed when he raised his fees
• Why he's skeptical of business owners who don't have ups and downs
• Advice Ernesto would give his younger self
• Avoiding the comparison trap
• How video helped him attract way more clients than ever before
• How he's taken a leadership role with video in the therapist community
• How he creates videos to highlight both personality and content
• Tips for creating a video blog
• How to not get weird on video
• Mistakes therapists make with their videos
• How to create a DIY welcome video
• Using Facebook Live effectively

Show notes at http://coachingwithannie.com/podcast/ernesto-segismundo

What if managing your money could feel like a self-care ritual, like eating nourishing food or going to a yoga class? Bari Tessler created a methodology to help us make peace with money, incorporating all parts of ourselves: emotions, body, and spirit. In our conversation, she dives into her own journey to creating the unique business she has now. She shares how things changed drastically 9 years ago when she became a parent. What she learned will help you navigate your own business and life.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• How she integrates the two fields of money and therapy
• Realizing she would never work for anyone else again
• How dancing led her to somatic therapy
• Why the common tough love money method didn't work for her
• Creating her own money methodology incorporating all parts of ourselves, including emotions and the body
• A few examples of using her own money tools in her life
• Moving through big crossroads, stuck places and questions we need to resolve around money
• Changing her business model in a big way 9 years ago when her son was born
• Why growth isn't always right at every moment of your business
• Walking us through how she changed her business into its current form with her year-long program
• Our answer to a therapist who wants to serve a caseload that doesn't only reflect privilege.

Show notes at http://coachingwithannie.com/podcast/bari-tessler

Jennie Steinberg has always had an entrepreneurial streak, but it took some time to find the optimal way to run her practice. Listen as she talks about blogging consistently and creating a therapy center with a social justice focus. As you hear about her risks, you may want to take some bold steps of your own.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• Starting a group practice in the past year
• How she knows when it's time to bring in another therapist
• Identifying her niche and the niches of the other therapists in her practice
• Maintaining a philosophy of social justice
• Going from hustling in her marketing to scaling back and simplifying
• Why her blog articles have gotten bolder and less teach-y
• What it's like when she posts daring articles
• How many sessions she likes to have each week now that she's a center owner
• Her fees and the fees of the center's therapists (real numbers as usual)
• Her story of how she got through a difficult cross-country relocation
• Our about when you know you're ready to expand to a group practice

Show notes at http://coachingwithannie.com/podcast/jennie-steinberg

Mercedes Samudio didn't know that writing a book would be such a profound process. She had already carved out a space helping parents and families, and the writing process helped her clarify it even further. In our conversation, she delved into her entrepreneurial journey and got real about the emotional and financial ups and downs of being a private practice entrepreneur.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• How she decided to write the book Shame Proof Parenting
• Working with a book coach
• Opening up and being vulnerable as an author
• Finding her message and mission
• How she transitioned into parent coaching
• Why she stopped offering packages and went to a session by session model
• How her website content and book draw in the right clients
• Her fees (actual numbers as usual!)
• Working from home over video and phone
• Experiencing feelings of self-doubt when she doesn't meet her own expectations
• Dealing with the financial ups and downs of private practice
• Learning to reach out rather than hiding or isolating
• Integrating her identities of business owner and person
• Advice about finding venues and pitching for speaking engagements

Show notes at http://coachingwithannie.com/podcast/mercedes-samudio

It's time to talk about letting your freak flag fly. Emily Swanson believes we each have a medicine for this world. By embracing her nature-based work, she's growing her business, standing out from the crowd, and feeling more balance in her life. Listen as she talks about letting go of what she thought other people wanted her to be.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• How she healed and came back to life with eco-therapy as a client
• Working with highly sensitive people, trauma, and substance issues
• Why sensitivity is a gift that's needed in our world
• Her business growing in directions she didn't anticipate
• Her ideal work week
• Her fees (real numbers as usual!)
• Balancing business with life
• The difference between urgent and important
• Sleep as a priority for taking care of yourself and your business
• When your work is seen as "woo"
• Running nature-based and drum-journey groups for women

Show notes at http://coachingwithannie.com/podcast/emily-swanson

John says that when he started out in private practice, he had a clinical entity, but not a business entity. He has embraced being a business owner AND serving many clients who have limited resources. John shares his experiences negotiating with insurance companies, becoming a Gottman Method Certified Therapist, and creating an online presence that brings in plenty of clients who are a good fit for him.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• Starting out as a generalist and getting more focused over time
• Working with chaotic clients who are stressed on many levels
• Offering a workshop that didn't get any enrollments, and what he learned from it
• Being a black gay therapist and the dearth of therapists who share those identities
• Becoming a Gottman Method Certified Therapist
• The cost of living in the Bay Area and how it impacts therapists and clients
• Holding his ground with insurance companies when asking for more money
• Getting clear on who his right fit client is
• Niching within the niche of couples therapy
• 2 ways to market to couples

Show notes at http://coachingwithannie.com/podcast/john-edwards

Amy has learned over the past couple of years that being in control is over-rated, and she's gotten more comfortable living in the messy middle. She talks about making a big pivot in her business away from the group practice she started and towards a solo practice. Listen as she talks about how to avoid the mindset traps of "too much" and "never enough."

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• Helping entrepreneurial moms
• Getting used to moving forward while things are in chaos
• Voices of too much and never enough.
• Money mindset work around self-doubt
• Impatience as both a strength and weakness as an entrepreneur
• Learning how to distinguish her wiser self from her other voices
• Deciding to stop running her group practice and go solo
• Her advice about how to build a group practice with a business mindset
• How to get on the right insurance panels and how to get off of them
• Test marketing concierge services
• Sitting with uncomfortable feedback
• When you know it's time to expand to a group practice

Show notes at http://coachingwithannie.com/podcast/amy-lasseter