Mind Money Balance

Niching, narrowing down and specializing who you work with, and being clear about it in your marketing, helps therapists aid potential clients instead of selling to potential clients. Jane Travis is the founder of Grow Your Private Practice Show in the U.K. Jane joins me to talk about niching and visibility and covers her “seedling niche” method to create a niche over time. www.mindmoneybalance.co...

Profitability in private practice is the leftover money that allows business owners to take care of themselves. In this episode, I’m covering changes I’ve made to my relationship with social media, how I filled my practice with 1 email (and zero ads or TikTok dancing), and how therapists get stuck when they internalize that all business is bad. It’s time to start looking at our businesses as a sou...

This special episode is an audio version of my webpage that talks about my small group coaching program for therapists in social justice or of marginalized identities: Grow Your Profitable Practice From the Inside Out. This five-month program is designed to help you stop feeling icky about money, and start setting and sticking to sustainable rates that allow you to grow your practice in alignment...

You need to show up and be seen to grow your private practice. And that means? Marketing and getting visible. In this episode, I’m breaking down what’s underneath all of those “what ifs” that keep you from being your authentic therapeutic self. PLUS I share some new freebies! Show notes: www.mindmoneybalance.com/podcast1/fear-of-being-vulnerable-marketing

I see a cycle of private practice therapists experiencing imposter syndrome and trying to cope with it by consuming more content. The problem? It only perpetuates a cycle of feeling like you don’t know enough. Listen in for info on imposter syndrome, how I see it show up, and how to take steps toward building self-trust and growing past the feelings of discomfort.   www.mindmoneybalance.com/podcas...

Staying on theme with burnout prevention, I’m covering how setting boundaries in your private practice can benefit not only you as the therapist but your clients too. Listen as I cover setting and adhering to financial, availability, and other types of boundaries. www.mindmoneybalance.com/podcast1/Setting-Boundaries-in-Therapy-Private-Practice  

Practicing what we preach is HARD. And I was creeping up to burnout (again) and instead made a decision to build more spaciousness into my business. Tune in to learn about 5 things I do to prevent burnout, 4 things that help my clients who are private practice owners, and why burnout on social media is so chronic. Shownotes www.mindmoneybalance.com/mental-health-professional-creator-burnout

The foundation of having a financial plan is having a spending plan or a budget. If you’re in a relationship, this episode will help you understand the ins and outs of budgeting, why I prefer spending plans, and share different methods for creating a spending plan. www.mindmoneybalance.com/podcast1/spending-plan-vs-budget-for-couples  

This is an accessible version of my webpage “Clarify Your Money: For Couples.”  

When you are in your 30s and 40s, it's important to set financial goals that create a safety net for the present while taking steps to prepare for financial safety in your future. Listen for 9 financial goals to work toward when you are in your 30s and 40s. www.mindmoneybalance.com/podcast1/financial-goals-in-your-30s-40s

If you were born between 1980 and 1994 and in a relationship, you know that a lot of financial advice just doesn’t work for us. In this episode, I’ll cover what makes our generation different than our predecessors, 4 things that keep us from creating a spending plan (and how to get unstuck), and how leading with our values can help us financially. www.mindmoneybalance.com/podcast1/millennial-coupl...

How do you manage your finances when you are newly married? And what if you identify as “practical” but your partner is a self-proclaimed “dreamer?” In this on-air couples coaching session, I chat with Jasmia and Matthew about their next financial steps. PLUS learn more about how to work with me if you and your partner are looking for some emotionally focused financial guidance. www.mindmoneybalan...

Therapists in private practice have a lot on their plates, and so many decisions to make. But making them can be difficult, especially when therapists don’t trust themselves. In this episode, I’ll cover why therapists struggle to trust themselves, how it shows up in the business side of their practices, and self-trust exercises to try out to help therapists build confidence. Shownotes: www.mindmon...

The world of online business is bleeding into the world of therapy. Today I’m covering why you are seeing so many free summits in your inbox and on your feed, offering suggestions on how to make these summits more equitable and justice-oriented, and sharing some things I do to ensure my marketing is ethical. Shownotes www.mindmoneybalance.com/podcast1/problem-with-free-therapy-summits

People LOVE talking about passive income for therapists. But what they don’t talk about is that you need an audience, leverage, and more than a bit of grit to get a leveraged offer off the ground. I’ll talk about passive, active, and leveraged income in this episode, and how therapists can best position themselves to have multiple streams of income. www.mindmoneybalance.com/podcast1/passive-income...

In episode 92, I covered why a person might choose the profession of coaching or therapy based on their potential earnings. This week, I’m flipping that question and dissecting who you should work with if you’re in need of some help from a third party. Shownotes and transcript: www.mindmoneybalance.com/podcast1/therapy-or-life-coach

Listen to this quick message from Lindsay at Mind Money Balance about this week’s podcast pause.

A question about whether or not a therapist can make as much money as a coach landed in my inbox and it had my wheels turning! In this episode, I’m going to break down the differences between therapy and coaching, the type of coaching that gives me the heebie-jeebies, and why people are so convinced that coaching is the only way to make money (and hopefully debunk that too). www.mindmoneybalance.c...

A couple's money date is carving out a dedicated time and space to talk about anything money-related in your partnership. When couples have regular money dates, I've seen that they feel more aligned with one another, and they tend to be more capable of talking about other uncomfortable topics. Tune in for tips on what to talk about, how to set them up, and more! www.mindmoneybalance.com/podcast1/m...

In today’s podcast, I’m talking about therapist burnout and how to prevent it. Burnout is physical or emotional exhaustion that impacts your identity and makes it feel like you can’t accomplish tasks or prevents you from acknowledging accomplishment. You’ll hear: ways to complete the stress cycle, the five anecdotal ways I practice burnout prevention, and 7 questions to ask yourself to assess if y...

You’ve got a good problem as a small business owner. You’re booked and busy. Too busy, in fact. The things you used to be able to juggle suddenly feel impossible. Outsourcing is a key strategy when growing or maintaining a business. It can feel tough to know when to outsource, and what tasks are worth having someone else do. I’ll cover six things I’ve invested in that have made my life easier as a...

Teletherapy has been around and studied since the 1960s. With the pandemic, there’s been a sharp increase in demand for teletherapy services. In this episode, I’ll cover the effectiveness of teletherapy, who can be a telehealth therapist, special considerations on deciding if having, starting, or transitioning to a teletherapy practice is right for you. Show Notes: https://www.mindmoneybalance.com...

Scarcity mindset is more nuanced than feeling like there’s not enough. And in business, any problem seemed to be blamed on a “scarcity mindset.” Instead of scarcity vs. abundance, I’m going to talk about what’s usually underneath “scarcity.” And that, my friends? Is usually fear. I’ll cover five common fears that keep people from investing financially or energetically in their businesses. Shownote...

So many people worry about saving money, but not too many people talk about the joy of spending money intentionally.   In this episode, we’ll cover the questions “Am I cheap? Is this financial anxiety? How can I stop worrying about money and spend intentionally?” Shownotes: https://www.mindmoneybalance.com/podcast1/am-i-too-frugal

This special episode is an audio version of my webpage www.mindmoneybalance.com/profitablepractice . Grow a Profitable Practice From the Inside Out is my small group coaching program for therapists and allied service-based small business owners ready to rewrite their money story, set a fee that supports their lifestyle needs, and learn the foundations of marketing so they can have a sustainable an...