Mind Your OT Business

When it comes to raising your prices, remember this: it's not about the dollar amount, it's about the service that you're offering people. In this episode, we're exploring how to get more comfortable talking about money with your clients and how to shift your mindset about raising your prices.

I discuss:

• My 3 tips for changing your mindset about raising your prices

• A practical idea for how you can get comfortable increasing prices

Resources from this episode: Business Bedrocks Group Coaching Program

Transparency as a leader and entrepreneur is something that's very important to me. In this episode, I reveal some of the lessons I've learned this year as I've faced some personal upheaval in my business and personal life. As you know, I am a big believer in holistic entrepreneurship so I also share some of the wins I am proud to have accomplished within my business.

I discuss:

• My take on holistic entrepreneurship

• What I am learning from the upheaval happening in my life and business

• Why I believe in transparency

• How doing the right thing isn't always easy

• Lessons I've learned around delegating to my team

• What I'm owning and the wins I'm celebrating as a leader

Resources from this episode:Episode 43: Accept Challenges & Commit to Action with Carlyn Neek Enneagram Business Bedrocks Group Coaching Program OT Entrepreneur Summit Waitlist Episode 44: Release Limiting Beliefs & Follow Your Intuition with Landy Peek

All of us have limiting beliefs about ourselves, businesses and our lives. Limiting beliefs are part of being human. However, if we can tap into our intuition and shift our mindset, we can embrace the role of CEO in our businesses.

My guest on this episode, Landy Peek of Best Birth Healing. Landy is a women's health practitioner and also specializes in mindset coaching for health professionals and birth workers.

In this episode, we talk about how you can tap into your intuition, releasing limiting beliefs and how it can help guide your business and life.

Landy and I discuss:

• How Landy's business progressed when she tapped into her intuition

• Why the skill of asking good questions is so important

• The limiting belief most entrepreneurs have

• What imposter syndrome is

• Where limiting beliefs originate

• External factors that shape our limiting beliefs

• A visualization exercise to help release limiting beliefs

• How intuition is related to our limiting beliefs

• The concept of light vs. heavy

• Why you should be curious about your feelings

• The shift that took Landy's business forward

• Stepping into your authentic self

Resources from this episode:

OT Entrepreneurs Summit Landy's Website Landy's Favorite Meditation Landy's Instagram OT Entrepreneurs Facebook Group My Instagram

Do you struggle with negative thoughts about yourself? With anxiety, fear or insecurity about your work as an OT entrepreneur? My guess is that you probably answered yes to those questions because the truth is: we all face this.

My guest on this episode, Carlyn Neek brought so many helpful tips. Carlyn is an OT and personal development coach who was trained in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

In this episode, we talk about the 6 principles of ACT to help you accept the challenging thoughts and emotions that come up as you're building your business and help you take action in a way that's aligned with your values.

Carlyn and I discuss:

• What Carlyn does in her practice as an OT who does personal development coaching

• How she got her first coaching clients

• Why you want to have a niche market

• The 6 core processes of ACT

• How you have the power to change your thinking by changing your doing

• Why you have to be clear about your why and your direction

• How values can be different in different roles

• How to own the challenges you face and build resilience

Resources from this episode:

Self TherapyStart with WhyActivate Vitality: Rise and Live Fully Carlyn's Website Carlyn's Instagram Carlyn's Facebook OT Entrepreneurs Facebook Group My Instagram

Do fears ever hold you back in your business? If so, you HAVE to listen to this episode where I am sharing my 5 tips for overcoming your fears as an OT entrepreneur. You'll also hear a personal story about a time when I got stuck by fear and why you shouldn't let fear hold you back.

I discuss:

• A story about when I was afraid to put myself out there
• My 5 tips for overcoming your fears
• Why you shouldn't let fear get in your way

Resources from this episode:Business Bedrocks Group Coaching Program

Do you know one of the best-kept secrets for scaling businesses? Systems! If you've been struggling with systematizing your OT business then you'll want to hear the tips shared in this episode. I talk about the 3 things you need to systematize in your business and the benefits of creating systems.

I discuss:

• Why I love creating systems
• The 3 things you need to systematize as an OT entrepreneur
• How systems free you up to enjoy your business and life

Resources from this episode:Business Bedrocks Group Coaching Program

Have you been hesitant to begin delegating tasks in your business?

Courtney Smith is a dual PT/OT, turned copywriter who is passionate about helping private practices thrive with effective direct marketing to clients, in a referral-dominant healthcare system. She is also somewhat of a matchmaker in that she matches up healthcare entrepreneurs with virtual assistants (VA).

In this episode, we talk about how delegating can help you, what you need to know about hiring the right VA and advice for people just getting started with outsourcing.

Courtney and I discuss:

• How she got started in doing non-clinical work
• The services her business offers and her vision for her business
• What email marketing and copywriting is (and how it can help your business)
• How she's building a network of virtual assistants for healthcare entrepreneurs
• Why a lot of VAs don't post their prices
• How you can find the right person when hiring a VA
• Advice for people who are hesitant to outsource
• The best ways to communicate with VAs
• Her biggest fail learns in her own business
• What's going really well for in her business

Resources from this episode:The Office On Call Courtney's Instagram Courtney's LinkedIn Courtney's Facebook [email protected] Trello Voxer ClickUp Systems Saved Me Business Bedrocks Group Coaching Program [email protected]

Have you found yourself wondering what YOU can do to take your business to the next level this year? Most of the accomplished entrepreneurs I know have coaches. Someone who helps them improve their chances of success in business. Listen as I break down the ins and outs of what a business coach does and how to know if you need one. You'll also get my best advice on what to look for when finding the right coach for you!

I discuss:

• What business coaching is (and how it improves chances for success)
• How coaching and consulting differs
• The 4 things you need to look for in a coach
• Why you need to be clear on what you need help on

Resources from this episode:Business Bedrocks Group Coaching Program

We can all collectively agree that 2020 was not quite what we thought it'd be. In this episode, I am breaking down the goals I set for 2020 and how they panned out in my business. I also talk about some of the pivots and online product launches I made last year. You'll get a look at what I hope to learn in 2021 and an honest and transparent outlook on my business finances for 2020.

I discuss:

• My initial goals for 2020
• The online products I've launched in my business in 2020
• Lessons learned from times of crisis
• What I want to learn this coming year
• My financial numbers for 2020 compared to 2019
• My word of the year for 2021

Resources from this episode:

My Instagram

Nature-Based Therapy Treatment Plans Pack & Camp Kit

ConTiGO Approach Online Course

Business Bedrocks Group Coaching Program

Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine

Making good decisions while you're stuck in an in-between part of life can be downright challenging. But it's not impossible, in fact I believe a lot of us are struggling with this right now. In this episode, I am sharing my own struggle of being stuck in the in-between and a little encouragement from what I've learned about living in an in-between moment.

I discuss:

• Why I want to talk about this topic
• How I have been struggling in the in-between
• What I am learning about living in the in-between
• How not all decisions can be boiled down to pros vs. cons
• Why you shouldn't make huge life decisions during a pandemic

Resources from this episode:Enneagram Institute Rainbow OT's Instagram Post