Uncommon Couch

As an uncommon therapist with unique ideas, you might find that you create a brand new service that fills an important need! That's exactly what my amazing client, Kara Ghassabeh did. Kara is a bridal coach that helps brides navigate the stressful engagement period, build strong relationships with those that matter most, and manage wedding drama with grace.

She talks about how she recognized the need for this service throughout her own experience as a bride. Kara and I discuss some of the big changes that occur for brides after they get engaged and what challenges this can bring up for a lot of people.

What you'll find in this episode:

• How she got into bridal coaching
• When people should consider bridal coaching
• The big changes that come after you start your engagement
• How a bridal coach can help you in ways beyond wedding planning
• Common struggles that people come to her with
• Her experience with stepping into a new field
• The myth of where bridezilla comes from
• How she's had to support brides during the pandemic

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 ready to explore different ways of expanding your income beyond seeing one on one clients? Then I've got quite the episode for you!

In this episode, we'll be talking about how you can expand the services you offer in your uncommon practice. Many therapists, coaches, and holistic providers enjoy individual work AND they'd also love to offer services that leverage their time and energy better, so they can grow their practice without spending more time in 1:1 sessions.

You'll find out about what resistance tends to show up when you decide to make this expansion and the biggest factor that goes into creating an uncommon practice with a suite of services!

What you'll find in this episode:

• How to explore why you want to expand beyond 1:1 work
• Options for expanding your services
• The most insidious type of resistance that shows up when you expand services
• The biggest factor that goes into creating an uncommon practice
• 3 ways to engage beyond 1:1 work

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!

Do you want to live in a better world and impact your life in a positive way? In this episode, I was joined by serial entrepreneur, facilitator, and expert in nonordinary skills and states of consciousness, Trish Blain.

Trish and I explore the four forces that impact your clinical work, life and business. We dive deep into connection and cultivating connection with others even when we have differences.

What you'll find in this episode:

• How Trish got into the career she has now
• The 4 forces that can impact your life and create a better world
• The biggest myths about connection
• How you can find a connection with people even when they're different
• The paradigm shift our world needs
• How you can start learning about the nonordinary
• Her learning journey as an entrepreneur

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

The Uncommon Couch is the place for therapists and coaches 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!

It's time to be exactly who you are! You don't have to fit into this one-size-fits-all box of what society or your professional colleagues think you should be doing.

In this episode, we're exploring why you should carve your own path and do what feels right for you. I give you a glimpse into my own journey and how I carved my uncommon path from a psychologist to coach to entrepreneur.

What you'll find in this episode:

• What career paths interested me as an adolescent
• My traditional path in health and neuropsychology
• How the universe and a health issue changed my journey
• My experience of creating my own healing team
• How I always had the idea of working for myself
• How entrepreneurship confronts your fears
• My tips for entrepreneurship
• What I do now to help people
• Why you should do what feels right for you

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

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The Uncommon Couch is the place for therapists and coaches 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!

As creative entrepreneurs and healers, there is a beautiful balance between darkness and light. When we begin to accept and embrace that, there's so much greatness that can show up.

In this episode, I had Jessica Carson on to talk about this balance and how it all comes down to how we're wired as humans.

What you'll find in this episode:

• How Jessica got interested in the work she does now
• How what we struggle with is due to the resistance of how we're wired
• The masculine and feminine and how this correlates to your work
• How ignoring your sensitivities will show up in other ways
• How embracing her sensitivity changed her life
• What to do if you have a multi-dimensional wiring
• How to acknowledge the light and the dark
• Why you should stand grounded in your truth

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

The Uncommon Couch is the place for therapists and coaches 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!

As a healer entrepreneur, becoming aware of your archetypes can set you up on the path to success and get you in tune with the real you.

In this episode, I am digging into archetypes and shadow work. You'll hear about how these come to play in your business as an uncommon therapist, coach, or holistic practitioner.

I'll also walk you through 6 of the archetypes and the shadow work that is associated with each archetype.

What you'll find in this episode:

• 6 various archetypes of healer entrepreneurs
• What these archetypes mean and how they can show up for you
• Shadow work for each of the archetypes
• Why it's important to know your archetypes

Links:Archetypes: Who Are You?

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The Uncommon Couch is the place for entrepreneurial therapists and coaches 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 or by following along on Instagram!

Are you showing up as your most authentic self? It can be hard to fully embrace your uniqueness, share your ideas confidently, and create a business that is an authentic representation of who you really are. Uncommon practice owners know that it can be tough to step outside of convention to follow their own path and create a practice on their own terms.

In this episode, I was joined by Holly Higgins. Holly has worked through her own inner struggles, which lead her down a path from patient to practitioner. She walks us through this journey and how it fueled her passion for her work today.

You'll hear about Holly's personal evolution, her background in nutrition and hypnotherapy, why you need to make it a daily practice to be authentically you, how to embrace your unconventional spirit, and what she currently offers in her practice.

What you'll find in this episode:

• How Holly got into the work she does now
• The breakthrough she had when she changed her nutritional diet
• How her own story brought her to this work
• Why she didn't want to pursue a traditional education path
• Her research on the subconscious mind and how she got into hypnotherapy
• The gift of physical healing
• What she helps her clients with inside her practice
• Her own mindset struggles of getting started with her practice
• The practice of being authentically you
• How social media has tainted relationships

About Holly:Holly Higgins is a hypnotherapist and Nutritional Therapy Practitioner whose work focuses on holistic mental wellness and the mind-body connection. In addition to serving international clients in 1-1 and group settings, she is passionate about sharing knowledge through her top-rated podcast, Mindspeak. She is also an avid homesteader and hiker, and lives with her husband Sean in Knoxville, TN.

Connect with Holly:Website | Facebook | Instagram

Links mentioned:Free Clearing Meditation Mindspeak Podcast

Learn more:The Uncommon Couch is the place for therapists and coaches 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 or by following along on Instagram!

I am inviting you to a new way of bringing your therapy, coaching, or healing practice to the world. As many of you know, especially for those of us who are uncommon in our approach, there's no cut and dry path to helping your clients.

In this episode, I am talking about six areas that I dream of evolving in the healing and helping fields. You'll hear some of my desires and ideas that were shaped out of my own practice plus how you can further your practice growth through rethinking and changing the way you run your business.

What you'll find in this episode:

• The 6 areas that I dream about evolving related to the in-the-room practice of helping and healing⁠
• The pattern I found myself slipping into early on in my career
• Ideas for how you might integrate multiple modalities together
• Why I love the balance between healing and growth
• Why you need to be intentional
• How my desire for flexibility and freedom of thought has shaped my practice

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The Uncommon Couch is the place for therapists and coaches 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 or by following along on Instagram!

Do you want a deeper understanding of your money mindset? So many of us entrepreneurial therapists, coaches, holistic practitioners, and healers struggle with our thoughts and feelings around money. That is exactly why financial therapist, Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, joined us on the podcast this week!

Lindsay is the owner and founder of Mind Money Balance. As a financial therapist, she combines financial literacy with the emotional and psychological side of money. If you have an uncommon practice, you absolutely need to hear her advice.

She shares insight into how you can create a money mindset practice and how capitalistic societies can hinder the way we feel about money. You'll learn about mindset shifts you need to have when you have your own practice and the importance of knowing your "why number."

What you'll find in this episode:

• How Lindsay got into being a financial therapist
• How she educates people about her work of financial therapy
• What most of her clients actually struggle with
• Mindset shifts that are important when transitioning to working for yourself
• Why you need to know your "why number"
• How you can cultivate a practice of money mindset
• The tangle around working hard and getting paid
• Her advice for setting up a practice that keeps you energized
• What Lindsay does to help her clients

About Lindsay:

Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, owner and founder of Mind Money Balance, is a financial therapist who started her career in the field of mental health treatment and advocacy. As the first financial therapist in Michigan, she combines financial literacy with the emotional and psychological side of money. She always had an interest in mental health and found an even greater love working at the intersection of mental health and money, especially when it comes to romantic relationships. In addition to being a published author of the book "The Financial Anxiety Solution," she has a degree in sociology from Michigan State University, and her Master's in Social Work from the University of Michigan. She lives with her partner and their dog in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Connect with Lindsay:

Website | Instagram | YouTube

Links mentioned:

The Mind Money Balance Podcast

Learn more:

The Uncommon Couch is the place for therapists and coaches 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 or by following along on Instagram!

Are you ready to manifest your business goals? We're kicking off season two of the podcast by talking about the practice of manifestation and how coaches, therapists, and healers can use it to reach your big goals!

You'll hear a breakdown of the exact steps I do when manifesting and some tips I have for making manifestation a successful (and fun) practice for you. I share one of my favorite stories that helped me to understand what manifesting can do. I also talk about why it's important to embrace your intuition and to learn to listen to the universe.

What you'll find in this episode:

• How manifesting is often misunderstood
• The 3 levels of business building
• My steps to manifesting big goals
• Why you can only focus on manifesting for yourself
• My ritual for manifesting
• A story to anchor manifesting in your mind
• Why it's important to listen to the universe

Links:

Intuitive Business Reading

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The Uncommon Couch is the place for therapists and coaches 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 or by following along on Instagram!