Allied Health Business Brilliance

In this week’s episode, Founding Director of Nacre Consulting, Cathy Love shares a comprehensive business flight plan for young Allied Health Businesses who have recently ventured into the entrepreneurial path. Starting and growing a business can be challenging but you do not have to do it alone!  Cathy discusses the importance of setting the foundations right for your business as early...

The wonderfully bubbly and bright Ariella Lew joins the podcast for an episode packed with learnings and insights. Ariella is the Founder and Director of Kids on Track Consultancy, and she jumps right into how it works being child development experts, daily routines, and what she learns from her team. You’ll also hear Ariella chat about elements that she finds crucial in recruitment, how she navig...

Tune in for this rerun episode with Carly Macleay – Team Leader, Occupational Therapist, and Rehab Case Manager at Wise OT Solutions. In this episode, you’ll hear Carly discuss her role and learnings. She shares the story of taking the leap with Liz Brownlee (Director at Wise OT Solutions), as well as trends she’s noticed about the landscape of the Allied Health industry across the years.  Wh...

The wonderfully bubbly and bright Ariella Lew joins the podcast for an episode packed with learnings and insights. Ariella is the Founder and Director of Kids on Track Consultancy, and she jumps right into how it works being child development experts, daily routines, and what she learns from her team. You’ll also hear Ariella chat about elements that she finds crucial in recruitment, how she navig...

In this episode, Cathy and Chantelle cover the newly launched ICT system by the NDIA, PACE. Though the meaning behind the acronym remains unclear, Cathy and Chantelle discussed what this software means for disability service providers. Introduced on 31st October 2023, PACE has taken over the service booking role and placed budget tracking responsibilities onto the providers.    As t...

In this episode we’re keeping it in the family as Marcus Jean-Francois, Process Documentation Officer at Nacre Consulting, joins the podcast to discuss what Allied Health Business Owners should be looking out for when it comes to Artificial Intelligence. He discusses how to know when a platform is powered by AI, he gets into the nitty-gritty details on ChatGPT, and he reveals the types of tasks th...

Kellie Puxty, the Co-Founder and Director of One Community Pty Ltd, joins the podcast to share her thoughts on the importance of Allied Health Business Owners connecting more and networking with other providers. You’ll also hear some valuable insights into how she maintains a healthy and fun team culture, including regular informal video catch-ups to chat and bond.  Topics covered on connecti...

When you first embarked on your venture as an Allied Health Business Owner, what can you look back on and realised you underestimated about the process?   There’s nothing better than getting a glimpse into fellow business owner’s worlds, and getting insight into their journey, and in this rerun episode with Louise Whitton from Focus on Function, you get just that.   We can lear...

Principle Occupational Therapist and Owner of Verve OT, Sarah Collison, brings a little  verve  to the podcast in this rerun episode, where she delves into a range of topics surrounding being a leader, balancing clinical and business duties, and the important role of graduate therapists in the allied health industry as a whole.  You’ll hear Sarah discuss making the leap to owning a...

Karen Anderson is the Founding Director of Foundation 96, which provides supportive care to people transitioning from cancer treatment to everyday life.  She joins Cathy in this episode to discuss her journey as a trailblazer in the cancer care and patient care space, including an insight into her career and how she got to where she is today, why cancer care is difficult to initiate, and work...

Tune in for this fireside afternoon chat with Chantelle Robards. Chantelle has recently joined the Nacre Consulting team as a Specialist Coach, and what an immense pleasure it is to have her with us. Cathy and Chantelle discuss Chantelle’s first-time experience at the Quarterly Accelerator Conference, what she loves about what Nacre Consulting offers, and what it’s like working with the team. Othe...

Worried about your clinic’s cybersecurity? Make sure you tune into this jam-packed episode with Martin Haak – the Founding Director of Infinite Edge. To put it simply, Infinite Edge helps their clients elevate their cyber intelligence.  Listen as Marty discusses how Allied Health business owners use technology and the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats associated with it. He di...

Listen in as Cathy shares her personal experience at the James Clear LIVE event with  Atomic Habits  author, James Clear. You’ll hear as Cathy discusses her biggest learnings, including what she resonated most with during the event. These learnings are wonderfully insightful for everyone looking to improve many aspects of their life, but especially Allied Health Business Owners who want...

David Jenyns is back in your ears in this latest episode! It was wonderful having David back, where once again he shares the shiniest golden nuggets about systems that every Allied Health business owner should know. You’ll hear David walk you through the seven steps of SYSTEMology, what makes it so unique, how to recruit in a systems culture, and his use of AI. One of the juiciest parts of the epi...

Ever come out of a therapy session or meeting, only to check your phone and be met with 20 new emails? It’s a stressful feeling, but the good news is that there’s a solution, and it’s admin support.  Revisit all-things admin in this rerun episode with the Founding Director of Pro-Assist Virtual Administration, Karina Follent. For Karina, Pro-Assist isn’t just about the admin – it’s about fost...

Let’s rewind it back to another popular episode for this week’s Rerun – Shifting from Clinician to Business Owner: Recruitment, Core Values & More with Kelly Ketchell. In this episode, you’re reminded to sit back and think about what has made the biggest change in your journey as an Allied Health Business Owner. And for Kelly Ketchell, Business Owner at Active Life Therapies, it was when she s...

Noura Tashakor tunes in this week to share her incredible story on how she went from Pharmacist to Allied Health Business Owner. Noura is the Founding Director of Tashacare Australia. You’ll first hear Noura chat about her hands-on approach to being a leader, before sharing her journey towards finding herself and her sense of purpose. She also discusses the concept of modifying roles to meet const...

Marie Vakakis joins the Private Practice Made Perfect podcast to share her journey of developing and diversifying her businesses. Marie is a Therapist, Clinical Supervisor, Relationship & Wellbeing Educator, and Mental Health First Aid Instructor.  Listen as Marie and Cathy discuss the pandemic and its repercussions, how Marie finds motivation, and her future plans including where she see...

Dive into the latest solo episode with Cathy Love as she shares some exciting news: you can join in on the latest program, the Clinical Leaders Collective! After doing a whole lot of data research and getting industry intel on the role of clinical and team leaders, Nacre Consulting is bringing you the Clinical Leaders Collective Program where Allied Health Business Owners can learn how to upskill...

ChatGPT is taking over the world! Or is it…? What a pleasure it is to have Donna McGeorge – Keynote Speaker, Facilitator, Trainer and Productivity Coach – back on the podcast so soon. In this episode, you’ll hear us discuss her latest book,  The ChatGPT Revolution: How to Simplify Your Work and Life Admin with AI .  Donna shares her journey writing the book, which demystifies how to use...

Grab a drink and get comfortable as you tune in to the latest solo episode with Cathy Love, where this time she shares an exciting new program called  Thrive90: Business Growth Activator. This 90-day program is designed for new business owners and startups to give industry insights and build confidence at the beginning stages of their wonderful business journey. We’re bringing together a comm...

Unsure how to optimise your website? Or simply looking for some expert insights on the ins-and-outs of marketing your clinic online? This episode with Michael Colman has everything you need. Michael is the Founding Director of Local Health Marketing, which specialises in growing Allied Health practices using proven digital marketing strategies. You’ll hear Michael chat about what it’s like for All...

In this episode of the PPMP Podcast, Dave Jereb, the Founding Director of MoveAbout, joins the conversation to share his journey and insights as an Allied Health business owner. You’ll hear Dave paint a picture of MoveAbout, including his shift to the Central Coast, and the importance of knowing what he wanted his legacy to be. Dave then discusses the idea of creating pathways to establish flexibi...

Tune into this rerun episode to hear Ben Turnbull discuss the secret resource that many Allied Health professionals don’t know about. Ben is the Founding CEO and Board Director of AHANA Ltd (Allied Health Assistants’ National Association Ltd). The AHANA is a national network for Allied Health Assistants (AHAs). It’s designed to support them to improve the output, quality, and efficiency of Allied...

What is your relationship with LinkedIn? How do you utilise the platform? This rerun episode is an exciting one as Cathy speaks with Adam Houlahan – LinkedIn Expert at Prominence Global and Author of three Amazon best-selling books on the subject. Prominence Global is one of the world’s leading LinkedIn personal branding agencies, supporting the world’s scaling entrepreneurs to become prominent an...