Rebel Therapist

When you step into a big project or a big pivot, you've got to carve out some space, time and energy. Meet Sarah Buino who has been doing just that. Sarah had a very full time job as a group practice owner with 12 staff people, and knew there was something else she was meant to do with healers on a larger scale. She talked to me about how she set her group practice up to require much less of her s...

So why am I so sure your first step to creating a business beyond private practice is to create a pilot program? This podcast episode answers that question. First, here's what I mean when I say "pilot program": A high quality offer delivered live (usually online) to one person or a small group of people, which may or may not be offered at a lower price than it will be in the future. Some formats o...

As you get ready to move beyond private practice and create your signature program, you might believe you'll need to run many many programs in order to stay interested. I'm gonna tell you to start with one. Usually boredom is not what happens. If it does, you can add more! I'm on round twenty (!) of my core program right now, which had a few different names in the beginning. It's been called Creat...

Do you love the idea of running a retreat? This week's guest hosted her first retreat this year, and she's about to talk us through her process, from getting the idea during a meditation to planning it, filling it, running the retreat, and all the way to announcing her next retreat which happens this fall. Meet Christa Harrison, founder of Healing For Queer Healers Retreats, where she holds space...

This conversation might open up some new possibilities for you about what marketing looks like. Today's guest is going to tell you about how she uses a free monthly workshop as her main marketing activity. She'll explain how these monthly workshops accomplish a bunch of things at once: raising money for a different anti-racist organization every month selling her coaching program collaborating wit...

If you're a kind and gentle person, do you wonder if you can lean into those qualities AND grow your business? Or do you worry that you have to let those things go to be really successful? In other words, do you wonder if you have to be an asshole to have a really successful business? My guest today is committed to doing things gently and ethically. You'll hear some specific choices we've each mad...

Many of Rebel Therapist's program participants and listeners are brilliant folx who feel intimidated by the idea of consulting for organizations, and yet you're the ones who have the gifts those organizations need. It's part of my mission to help healers, especially those who have marginalized identities parachute into organizations, facilitate real change, make lots of money, and not lose themsel...

Many of Rebel Therapist's program participants and listeners are brilliant folx who feel intimidated by the idea of consulting for organizations, and yet they have the gifts those organizations need. I'm talking about you. It's part of my mission to help healers, especially those who are queer/trans and/or BIPOC to parachute into organizations, facilitate real change, make lots of money, and not l...

Let's go get that corporate money. Shall we? Many of Rebel Therapist's program participants and listeners are brilliant folx who feel intimidated by the idea of consulting with organizations, and yet they have the gifts those organizations need. Yeah, I'm talking about you. It's part of my mission to help healers, especially those who are queer/trans and/or BIPOC to parachute into organizations, f...

Thinking about making the flip to coaching? You might be excited about the liberation that comes with expanding beyond private: Working from anywhere. Working with folks from everywhere. Breaking free of the limits of your therapy license (if you've got one). Getting to create and serve in new ways. If you're going to make that transition, should you do it quickly? Or slowly? When I was making a t...

We're talking about building your team today. Have you experienced a nightmare with hiring or managing a team member? Or are you imagining a future nightmare because of what you've heard from your peers? Are you confused about what role you should be hiring for? Or whether it's time to hire? Our guest, Tara McMullin, leads 2 successful companies, and she's about to share her experiences building a...

I've been paying attention to my guest's work for probably about 10 years. As soon as I heard her talking about following energy in your life, I was intrigued. It felt deeply right to me. And I also felt like.....well.....I wasn't ready for it yet. I wasn't ready to fully take in her ideas because I was a bit more in push, hustle and suffer mode. I think part of me believed that "following energy"...

You're about to hear how EbonyJanice Moore has dreamed herself free in life and business. You'll be different after you hear from her. You'll hear the 80/20 rule that she lives by (and no, it's not the one you've probably heard of before). You'll also hear how she identifies her trusted collaborators, why making millions of dollars is where she's headed very quickly, and how she builds and manages...

How do you build a team within a joy centered and decolonized business? To answer this question, I've brought you none other than Thea Monyeé! I'm gonna ask listeners who haven't already discovered Thea Monyeé's work to go listen to the Shaping The Shift Podcast and explore MarleyAyo and The Blacker The Brain and the Free Joy Experience. So go do all that and then come back. The way Thea Monyeé ru...

How do you move towards healing and liberation while creating the business of your dreams? I wanted to explore this question with someone who centers these values in their work. Asher Pandjiris is a white, queer, non-binary psychotherapist, parent to a human and two rescue pups, group facilitator and host of the Living in this Queer Body podcast. They live and work on stolen Nipmuc and Pocomtuc la...

I invited someone who has created a sacred and beautiful business to share her journey with us. Get ready to slow down and listen to a thoughtful visionary who will help you think in new ways about your own business. You may decide to increase your joy and embodiment practices after you listen! I know I did. Introducing Dra. Rocío Rosales Meza, a Xicana/Mexicana muxer & mother. She is a Seer, ener...

Are you a therapist thinking about making the switch to coaching? Maybe you want to be known for something you care deeply about and get to help people all over the world with that thing. Switching to coaching can be part of making that possible. How do you start? What does that transition look and feel like? If you make that switch, what will people think? Don't people think coaches are flakey? W...

How do you create an incredibly valuable and thriving membership community? As you're about to hear, it takes planning, intention, care and the willingness to experiment. You're about to get a masterclass on creating a community from Erica Courdae, co-founder along with India Jackson of the Pause On the Play Community: a hub of entrepreneurs and change-makers connecting at the intersection of valu...

Are you giving yourself permission to create the biz you really want to run? Are you giving yourself permission to work in the ways you want to work? My guest today made a move that opened the floodgates and helped her give herself permission to get more creative, honest, and courageous in her work. That move was expanding from only having a therapy practice into also starting a coaching business....

Show Notes: What do you do to package yourself up and make yourself acceptable or popular? What would it be like to be more yourself in every single place you show up? How would it impact your business to move further in this direction? In this week's podcast episode, I dive into those questions with Michelle Markwart Deveaux. Michelle works with voice professionals to become the people they need...

It's just you and me again today. I've already talked to some of you about this episode. You've probably already seen the title. Burn your therapy license. Let me explain. Before you decide I've taken this all WAY too far. I'm talking about symbolically burning your therapy license. As an exercise. It may seem extreme, but over these years of helping therapists expand beyond private practice, I've...

It's just you and me for this episode. I've been watching you, and I see where you're getting stuck in your business. You start out wanting to make a bigger impact and wanting to work in more creative ways. You feel drawn to expanding. You're scared. And you're excited. You start taking action. Then you run into obstacles from outside and also inside. Here are a few of the places I see you getting...

What will YOUR signature program look like? How will you create it? One of the best ways for you to understand how you'll get there is to hear the stories of entrepreneurs who have taken their gifts and turned them into online programs. My guest this week shares how she created a successful online group program using a ton of intuition as well as experience. Meet Michelle Irving. She's best known...

This week I'm talking to Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, a biracial financial therapist, speaker, and author. In her clinical practice, she helps people get their mind and money in balance. She's also expanded her services to help private practice therapists grow sustainable practices from the inside out. Last time Lindsay was on Rebel Therapist Podcast was almost exactly a year ago. Check out Lindsay's epi...

I ran my first remote coaching group using email and google docs. Zoom wasn't really a big thing yet, so we used the phone. I'm so glad I didn't wait. I'm grateful to my former self for not automating or polishing the offer before jumping in. The 3 entrepreneurs who signed up will always be so special to me. I use more sophisticated tools in my programs now, and I like to geek out about choosing a...