Compassionate Climb

Meet Emily Whetstone, a therapist and a photographer, who is simultaneously managing both businesses while traveling the world. She describes her training as an art therapist and the evolution of her interest in photography that came from the Instagram account she created for her dog. She shares how she creatively weaves traveling into her work and the transferrable skills that help in all of her...

Meet Doug Parent, the CEO of Ring Rx, a HIPAA compliant telephone, text, and fax communication platform. He shares his start in the family business which was a call center for healthcare providers. He describes the start and growth of the company, what sets them apart, and upcoming enhancements. Try Ring Rx free for 14 days: https://ringrx.com/free-trial/ Enter the code CLIMB for 15% off for life....

Meet Donna Rustigian Mac, the founder of iVoice Communication, who helps people lead and speak confidently. She is the author of Guide to a Richer Life, Know Your Worth, Find Your Voice and Speak and the creator of The Six Pillars of Mindful Communication. She is also a certified mindfulness teacher and a habit change facilitator. She shares her experience in broadcasting and media and describes h...

Meet Dawn Gabriel, a licensed therapist, group practice owner, consultant, podcaster, and retreat host. She is the founder of Soul Care for Therapists where her mission is to prevent burnout and help clinicians build a sustainable life and practice. She explains that Soul Care is deeper than self-care and engages our spiritual side. She shares how she blocks out soul care days and plans retreats w...

Meet Michelle Kater, who is a licensed therapist with a private practice in Asheville, North Carolina. She is Arab American and her husband is from Kenya. She shares how her experience in a transracial family and biracial couple led her host a retreat to Africa this past June with 29 therapists. She explains her goal of giving back to the orphanage her husband grew up in and providing a life chang...

Meet Alesia Galati, who is the owner of the podcast management company Galati Media. Learn how she helps podcasters turn listeners into leads. She shares her three month launch strategy and how to play the long game and measure success. Key takeaways: -90% of podcasts do not get past episode 3. Of the remaining 10%, 90% do not make it to episode 20. -Before launch, conduct market research. -Ensure...

Meet Jason Jurado, the owner of One Path Coaching, who guides and supports people to live a life of purpose. He is trained in neurolinguistic programing, hypnosis, timeline therapy, and polyvagal theory. He discusses our connection self, others, and something beyond us and helps people when they are disconnected. Join him in celebrating National Belief Day the 1st Monday in April. Key takeaways: -...

In this solo episode I identify the benefits of travel, discuss my experiences this year, and share my ideas for future plans. The intention of this episode is to catalogue this point on my journey, reflect on what it took to get here, acknowledge those people who have helped to make it possible, and to show that if experiencing the world is your goal, it is possible. My hope is that this episode...

Meet Laura Bates, a psychiatric nurse practitioner who owns a solo practice in Louisiana. She describes her decision to go out on her own after she lost her job with a physical group. As a fellow enneagram 1, we weave our personality traits of perfectionism into the discussion and our overly idealistic views of business ownership at the outset versus the reality. She shares considerations for expa...

Meet April Lacey LICSW who is a clinical team lead at Compassionate Counseling Company. She shares how her interest in postpartum issues developed, her experience facilitating a postpartum stress support group, and the fundraising event she is co-leading for Postpartum Support International. https://www.compassionatecounselingcompany.com/april-lacey/ https://www.facebook.com/climboutteamsouthcoast...

Meet Danielle Peters LMFT who owns a counseling practice and a ghostwriter for solo and group practitioners. She shares how she developed her niche supporting parents of neurodivergent children and her interest in copywriting for other therapists. Key takeaway: -If you are a generalist you are writing your copy to nobody. -Describe how it feels to be in the room with you. -We do our best work when...

In this consulting episode we meet Faith Norton, LICSW who has a part-time virtual practice called Full Circle Counseling. She is planning to run groups and asks what intentional marketing strategies will be the most effective. Key takeaways: -Identify your audience, their pain point, and where you are most likely to find them. -Build your social media following and consistently provide valuable c...

Meet Amanda Hunter, the CEO and founder of Everlasting Wellness. She shares that she made the decision to start the practice after her own traumatic birth and postpartum issues and it has grown to over 30 clinicians that specialize in pregnancy and postpartum. She discusses her internship program, leadership team, and hiring process. Key takeaways: -You will never feel like you are working if you...

In this consulting episode episode we meet Anna Berin, LMHC PsyD who is expanding her private practice. She discusses her transition from non-profit to her own practice after the birth of her children and her desire to scale down while training the next generation of clinicians. She identifies recruitment as a challenge and asks "how do I market myself to find like-minded clinicians?" Sh...

Meet Ronisa Clark, an accountant with an MBA who works for a community mental health agency and started her own bookkeeping practice Dream Joy Consulting. Her focus is working with healthcare providers and clinicians in solo practice. She shares how she fell in love with accounting during an elective while in school to become a doctor. She shares her process working with new clients and her typica...

Meet Colleen Wenner, licensed clinical mental health counselor, who owns the group practice New Heights Counseling and Consulting which specializes in trauma and addiction. She describes her career climb and how she pivoted to private practice after being diagnosed with cancer and the process of getting licensed in a new state. She shares how her love for teaching and challenge of finding a licens...

In this consulting episode we meet Nicole DaSilva LICSW who recently started her own virtual counseling practice, Motivational Healing and Wellness. She describes her experience in the field of social work, particularly crisis intervention during the pandemic and how it led her to consider how she could make a greater impact. She shares her experience with imposter syndrome providing therapy and t...

Meet Zac Stucki, a customer-centric operations expert who helps businesses understand the reasons their customers are buying so they can design their business strategy and operations around it which fixes quality, profitability, and scaling problems. He describes his process of disconnecting "no" from his value as an entrepreneur and building credibility and authority. He shares his effo...

Meet Josh Frias, a physician assistant who works in head and neck surgery and a realtor who owns Josh Frias properties. He shares his career climb in medicine and his decision to pursue his interests in architecture and realty when he decided to start a business. He identifies the skills that were transferrable as well as the challenges of developing trust in business as opposed to healthcare. He...

In this consulting episode we meet Venita Qualls, licensed mental health counselor and licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor who is expanding her counseling practice, Soulful Essentials. She describes her career climb from the trial court system, to obtaining two master's degrees, to becoming a business owner. She is trained in brain-spotting, EMDR, and IFS and shares her decision to build...

Meet Carolyn Wallace, a therapist, spiritual director, and certified archetypal consultant who helps women determine which archetypes resonate with them to transform their relationship to fear so they can make decisions from a place of empowerment rather than self-sabotage. She shares how her identification with the victim archetype helped her change the trajectory of her life and find her way out...

Meet Michelle Salazar, a licensed social worker and chemical dependency counselor who owns a counseling practice and is a relationship consultant. She describes the 27 years she spent at an agency in multiple roles and her decision to start her practice 6 years ago. She discusses her role as a leader and the team she has built, her work with couples, and her experience as a retreat participant tha...

In this consulting episode we meet Nicole Campbell, an LICSW who recently started her own practice Next Chapter Collaborative and is concerned about the potential for a scarcity mindset. She describes her career climb working in agencies and in group practice and her ultimate decision to transition to clinical work full-time. She inquires about knowing when you have taken on "enough" cli...

Meet Natalia Hernandez, a certified Enneagram and relationship coach who helps couples heal, mend, or end their relationships. She shares that she discovered the Enneagram after multiple failed relationships and it helped her understand her tendency to end things when she experienced intense emotion. We provide an overview of this personality model and how it expedites the process of getting to kn...

Meet Laura Long, a licensed marriage and family therapist and business consultant who helps clinicians overcome their inner critic to start their practices and side hustles through Your Badass Therapy Practice. She shares that she knew from a very young age that she wanted to be at therapist and started her own practice not long after graduating but this led her to experience a crisis of sorts. Sh...