Uncommon Couch

If you've been thinking about writing a book, then you're in the right place! In this episode, I had a conversation with Dr. Rebecca Williams, an award-winning author, psychologist, and leader in the field of wellness and recovery.

She breaks down how to successfully co-write a book including everything you need to know about finding a book topic, searching for a publisher, putting together a book proposal and marketing your book.

What you'll find in this episode:

• How Rebecca got interested in wellness and recovery
• Why she wrote a book and co-authored it with one of her students
• How they landed on their book topic
• Her strategy for finding a publisher and creating a proposal
• Creative ways they marketed their book
• How she supports other authors in her industry

For full show notes, resources, and link, head to https://www.dralyssaadams.com/uncommon-couch-podcast

The Uncommon Couch is the place for therapists, coaches, and wellness entrepreneurs who want to take their practice on the road less traveled. If you enjoyed this show, make sure to follow the podcast so you'll never miss an episode. Want to get to know me more? Find out more about me on my website at https://www.dralyssaadams.com or by following along on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dralyssaadams!

Entrepreneurship can be hard! It often feels like a rollercoaster - celebrating successes one minute and panicking that it's going to fall apart in the next moment. In this episode, I'm sharing ways to manage the ups and downs of entrepreneurship - and how to change your perception of the inevitable highs and lows.

What you'll find in this episode:

• How to look at entrepreneurship differently
• What I did before transitioning into entrepreneurship
• The most common mistakes I see business owners make
• How to disentangle your business from yourself (especially if you're a solo business owner)
• 5 ways to navigate the emotional ups and downs in business

For full show notes, resources, and link, head to https://www.dralyssaadams.com/uncommon-couch-podcast

The Uncommon Couch is the place for therapists, coaches, and wellness entrepreneurs who want to take their practice on the road less traveled. If you enjoyed this show, make sure to subscribe to the podcast so you'll never miss an episode. Want to get to know me more? Find out more about me on my website at https://www.dralyssaadams.com or by following along on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dralyssaadams!

Looking for more approaches to integrate mental wellbeing into your practice? In this episode, I am joined by Alina Liao, Founder & CEO of Zenit. Zenit is a radical wellness company that creates custom journals and hosts journaling mini-retreats.

Alina started Zenit because she wanted to make mental health and wellness more accessible to everyone through the power of journaling. She shares how the daily practice of journaling can help your clients and yourself gain insights and make and process life's changes.

What you'll find in this episode:

• Why Alina wanted to make wellness more accessible through journaling
• How change happens and the insight journals give you on life's changes
• Her wellness retreats
• The resistance that can come up when journaling
• Alina's tips for getting into journaling
• How to integrate journaling with therapy clients
• How she landed in this industry of mental health and wellness

For full show notes, resources, and link, head to https://www.dralyssaadams.com/uncommon-couch-podcast

The Uncommon Couch is the place for therapists, coaches, and wellness entrepreneurs who want to take their practice on the road less traveled. If you enjoyed this show, make sure to follow the podcast so you'll never miss an episode. Want to get to know me more? Find out more about me on my website at https://www.dralyssaadams.com or by following along on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dralyssaadams!

Cultivating a holistic approach to building your business might be one of the best things you do for yourself and your company. In this episode, I walk you through three elements of holistic business building and the five core components of business strategy.

What you'll find in this episode:

What happens when you don't have a holistic approach to business building

The 3 elements of holistic business building

The 5 core components of your business strategy

How to know when you're overfocusing on business strategy

Why it's helpful to address your fears

How I've overcome my own fears

Why you need to examine your energy and relationships around you

Business Blindspots Quiz: https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/607d53334f96f20017049f45

For full show notes, resources, and link, head to https://www.dralyssaadams.com/uncommon-couch-podcast

The Uncommon Couch is the place for therapists, coaches, and wellness entrepreneurs who want to take their practice on the road less traveled. If you enjoyed this show, make sure to subscribe to the podcast so you'll never miss an episode. Want to get to know me more? Find out more about me on my website at https://www.dralyssaadams.com or by following along on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dralyssaadams!

We explore how she helps her clients through mediumship and psychic reading services and how she landed on this path. We also discussed how she opens the conversation about mental health support to her mediumship clients who are struggling with grief and loss and the synergy that is possible between uncommon therapists, coaches, and mediums, so that clients can get the support they need. We chatted about empathy and how it feels to be an empathic entrepreneur!

What you'll find in this episode:

• How Denise got into her career as a physic medium
• Why you have to stop trying to make things logical when they aren't
• How to push yourself to be vulnerable and trust your intuition
• Denises' typical sessions with clients and how she serves them
• The difficulty of being an empath
• Why the world needs more intuitive traditionally trained therapists and coaches
• The power of a network of helpers and healers
• The risk of being unconventional and why you should embrace it anyway

For full show notes, resources, and link, head to https://www.dralyssaadams.com/uncommon-couch-podcast

The Uncommon Couch is the place for therapists, coaches, and wellness entrepreneurs who want to take their practice on the road less traveled. If you enjoyed this show, make sure to subscribe to the podcast so you'll never miss an episode. Want to get to know me more? Find out more about me on my website at https://www.dralyssaadams.com or by following along on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dralyssaadams!

Have you considered leadership or executive coaching? In this episode, I talk about the steps you can take if you want to expand your work into leadership coaching and leverage your expertise to help other organizations, teams and leaders.

What you'll find in this episode:

• What leadership or executive coaching is
• A common question I get asked about leadership or executive coaching
• The steps to getting started with leadership coaching
• What sparked my interest in leadership coaching

For full show notes, resources, and link, head to https://www.dralyssaadams.com/uncommon-couch-podcast

The Uncommon Couch is the place for therapists, coaches, and wellness entrepreneurs who want to take their practice on the road less traveled. If you enjoyed this show, make sure to subscribe to the podcast so you'll never miss an episode. Want to get to know me more? Find out more about me on my website at https://www.dralyssaadams.com or by following along on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dralyssaadams!

Are you interested in coaching executives? If you're interested in what it's like to coach leaders and executives, check out this week's episode with founder and CEO of Team Performance Institute (TPI), Jon Sanchez.

In this episode, Jon and I discuss his coaching firm and how he ended up in this field. He discusses his own journey from military leader to executive coach. He shares his realization about needing his own coach on his leadership journey and he offers insights on the struggles of the modern leader.

What you'll find in this episode:

• How Jon got into his career as a coach and entrepreneur
• The passion and calling that kept him moving forward
• How he defines executive leadership coaching
• Why Jon got a coach to help with his own leadership
• The main concerns that bring people to executive coaching
• How coaching helps you bring out what you already have
• Myths that come up around coaching
• The landscape of coaching and how it's changing

For full show notes, resources, and link, head to https://www.dralyssaadams.com/uncommon-couch-podcast

The Uncommon Couch is the place for therapists, coaches, and wellness entrepreneurs who want to take their practice on the road less traveled. If you enjoyed this show, make sure to subscribe to the podcast so you'll never miss an episode. Want to get to know me more? Find out more about me on my website at https://www.dralyssaadams.com or by following along on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dralyssaadams!

Do you struggle with standing behind your ideas? Maybe you worry what others will think if you share your unique perspective or step outside of tradition in your work.

In this episode, I am talking about what it means to stand behind your ideas. You'll hear my advice on why you should be an advocate for your ideas and how to reframe the way you think about sharing your ideas.

You'll also get some tips from me on the 6 different ways you can stand behind your ideas and start implementing them in your business!

What you'll find in this episode:

• What standing behind your ideas boils down to
• Why you have to remember who you are
• 6 different ways to stand behind your ideas
• How you can step into the role of idea promoter

For full show notes, resources, and link, head to https://www.dralyssaadams.com/uncommon-couch-podcast

Ready to create your signature program and expand beyond 1:1 services? Sign up for the free webinar on April 7th to learn how: Grow Your Practice with a Signature Program https://alyssa-4841.mykajabi.com/signature-program-webinar

The Uncommon Couch is the place for therapists, coaches, and wellness entrepreneurs who want to take their practice on the road less traveled. If you enjoyed this show, make sure to subscribe to the podcast so you'll never miss an episode. Want to get to know me more? Find out more about me on my website at https://www.dralyssaadams.com or by following along on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dralyssaadams!

Have you thought about integrating Tarot with your clinical work? That's exactly what our guest, Kristen Leigh, offers to her clients. Kristen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Tarot reader who is on the cutting edge of clinical practice. She brings Tarot to her work with therapy clients and she brings therapeutic methods to her Tarot sessions.

In this episode, Kristen shares how she created this unique style of clinical practice and why she would encourage other therapists to incorporate Tarot into their work.

What you'll find in this episode:

• How Kristen offers this unique work in her practice
• Why therapists are interested in Tarot
• The process she went through to advertise her Tarot readings
• What got her interested in Tarot
• What her sessions with clients typically look like
• The synchronicity between Tarot readings and her clients' situations
• Her hopes for where she will take this and how she can expand this work in the future

For full show notes, resources, and link, head to https://www.dralyssaadams.com/uncommon-couch-podcast

The Uncommon Couch is the place for therapists, coaches, and wellness entrepreneurs who want to take their practice on the road less traveled. If you enjoyed this show, make sure to subscribe to the podcast so you'll never miss an episode. Want to get to know me more? Find out more about me on my website at https://www.dralyssaadams.com or by following along on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dralyssaadams!

Have you been toying with the idea of creating a signature program? It could be exactly what you need to set your business apart, get in front of the right clients for you and start scaling.

In this episode, I share what a signature program is and how it can fit into your business model. I touch on building a business around your expertise and the benefits of having a signature program.

You'll learn a few ideas for a signature program business model you may have not considered and a few steps you can take if you're curious about exploring the idea of a signature program.

What you'll find in this episode:

What a signature program is

Why you should build a business around your expertise

How a signature program can fit into your business model

The benefits of a signature program

Steps to get curious about a signature program

Ideas for signature program business models

For full show notes, resources, and link, head to https://www.dralyssaadams.com/uncommon-couch-podcast

Ready to create your signature program and expand beyond 1:1 services? Sign up for the waitlist for the Program Potion: Creating Your Signature Program and be the first to get notified when we open the doors! https://www.dralyssaadams.com/waitlist-for-uncommon-program

The Uncommon Couch is the place for therapists, coaches, and wellness entrepreneurs who want to take their practice on the road less traveled. If you enjoyed this show, make sure to subscribe to the podcast so you'll never miss an episode. Want to get to know me more? Find out more about me on my website at https://www.dralyssaadams.com or by following along on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dralyssaadams!