The Money Sessions

You're Still the Identified Patient. Own It.


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Therapists are the identified patients of our culture.

You were the one who noticed when something wasn't right. You named what everyone else refused to see. You felt the emotional temperature of the room before anyone else had words for it.

And because of that, you were often told to be quiet. To stop making things uncomfortable. To sit down, calm down, tone it down.

This episode is Tiffany naming what has always been true about you — and why it matters more now than ever.

In a world addicted to black-and-white thinking, hot takes, and algorithmic "answers," you are the one built to hold nuance, depth, and complexity. And that makes you powerful. It also makes you inconvenient.

In this episode, Tiffany unpacks:

  • Why therapists have always been the identified patients — in our families and in society

  • How early punishment for naming truth trained you to silence yourself

  • Why being sensitive, perceptive, and attuned is not a liability but a leadership trait

  • What it means to be "on the vanguard" — and why it often comes with initial rejection

  • How culture's push toward flattening complexity (AI, algorithms, binaries) directly threatens therapy

  • Why therapists must claim authority in 2026 — or big tech will do it for us

  • The direct link between owning your authority and charging your Life First Fee

  • Why you cannot be an empowered change agent while overworked, underpaid, and trapped in insurance systems

  • What becomes possible when you charge enough to have time, space, rest, and creative freedom

  • Why the work of cultural change has to start in your own practice

This episode is not about marketing. It's not about mindset. It's about agency.

If therapists do not step into authority — intellectually, clinically, financially — we will be replaced by systems that cannot hold human complexity.

And the first place to reclaim your power is your fee.

If you're tired of being exhausted, underpaid, and pushed around — by systems or by your own fear — email Tiffany at [email protected] with the word "Impact."

She'll know exactly what you mean.

It's time to stop shrinking. It's time to stop apologizing. It's time to take your place.

And yes — it starts with you owning your Life First Fee.

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The Money SessionsBy Tiffany McLain

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