The Money Sessions

The Internal Conflict of Life First Fees


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There's a part of you that wants more.

More ease. More freedom. More money. More spaciousness. More time with your kids. More creativity. More life.

And there's another part of you that is absolutely terrified of what it would mean to actually have it.

In this deeply personal and psychologically rich episode, Tiffany unpacks the internal war therapists experience when they begin stepping toward Life First Fees, authority, freedom, and real financial expansion.

Because wanting more is actually not the hard part.

The hard part is surviving the voices inside you that say:

  • "You're greedy."

  • "What about the clients who need help?"

  • "Who do you think you are?"

  • "Good therapists don't want this."

  • "You're becoming unethical."

  • "You're hurting people."

This episode explores what happens when one part of you longs for growth while another part is still deeply loyal to fear, conditioning, scarcity, and self-protection.

And if you've ever listened to this podcast feeling simultaneously inspired and activated… Tiffany explains exactly why.

In this episode, Tiffany breaks down:

  • Why therapists often feel both captivated and threatened by the idea of charging Life First Fees

  • The unconscious "committee" inside therapists that fights against change and expansion

  • How childhood conditioning, family systems, and cultural beliefs become internalized voices about money and success

  • Why many therapists intellectually want freedom while emotionally defending against it

  • The difference between therapists who step into change—and therapists who stay stuck arguing with possibility

  • Why being surrounded by people who share the same fear keeps you trapped in financial paralysis

  • The importance of having both:

    • a clear system for building a Life First Practice

    • and a container that supports new ways of thinking

  • How therapists in Lean In. MAKE BANK. move from fear and ambivalence into authority, clarity, and real financial growth

  • Why your fees have nothing to do with your goodness, worthiness, or ethics

  • The mindset shift that changes everything: "Yes… and more please."

This episode is not just about money.

It's about whether you are willing to become the version of yourself that can actually receive the life you say you want.

Because for many therapists, the greatest obstacle isn't strategy.

It's permission.

Permission to want more. Permission to stop martyring yourself. Permission to build a business that fully supports your life.

And permission to believe that wanting more does not make you bad.

It makes you honest.

If you're ready to step into a different way of thinking, living, and building your practice, apply to Lean In. MAKE BANK. through the link in the show notes.

Or email Tiffany at [email protected] with the subject line: "Yes and More Please."

Because the version of you on the other side of this work?

You haven't even met them yet.

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The Money SessionsBy Tiffany McLain

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