Tiffany McLain
The Money Sessions
Deep, thoughtful, raw conversations with real therapists who are in the midst of leaning into raising fees and making bank – all while working with the clients they are passionate about serving.
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Tiffany McLain
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Jul 6, 2026
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Episodes
How Long Does a Life-First Practice Actually Take? 12.01.2026 17:34
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 leaninmakebank.com/free Every therapist wants to know: "Okay, but how long will it actually take for me to get to a Life First Fee?" You want to know how long until you can stop drowning in insurance, stop resenting your caseload, stop working like hell for bread-crumb money… and finally...
Doubled Her Income in 4 Months & Bought Her First House — with Sara Rader, LPCC 05.01.2026 50:43
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. 🎁 Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free In this episode, Tiffany talks with Sara Rader, LPCC, a maternal mental health and trauma specialist who transformed her practice — and her entire life — in just four months inside LIMB Academy. Sara didn't hustle. She didn't add more clients. She d...
This Is How AI Replaces You in 2026 29.12.2025 17:35
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 leaninmakebank.com/free If your marketing stopped working… If your phone stopped ringing… If you're on insurance panels and still can't fill your practice… You are not imagining it. And you are not doing anything wrong. The ground has shifted under our industry — and almost no one is tel...
Single Mom. Brain Aneurysm. $350/Sessions. With Emma Summers 22.12.2025 46:30
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. 🎁 Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free When Emma Summer realized the system was never going to reward her for overgiving, she stopped waiting for permission and built a premium-fee, cash-pay practice on her own terms. Emma shares what it took to confront the fears around leaving agency w...
The Myth of the Black Box — The Exclusive Marketing Cabal (and How to Get Access) 15.12.2025 26:07
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 leaninmakebank.com/free You've seen the posts. Therapists charging $300, $350, $400 per session—booked out, spacious schedules, fully off insurance—and you're wondering: "What the hell are they doing that I'm not?" It feels like there's a secret marketing cabal that no one told you about...
From Agency Leadership to $320 Freedom – Amanda Starfield on Leaving the System to Serve with Integrity 08.12.2025 47:00
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. 🎁 Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free In this episode, Tiffany sits down with Amanda Starfield, a Massachusetts-based therapist and former clinical director who walked away from 15 years in agency leadership to build a sustainable, premium-fee private practice. Amanda gets real about th...
Scammed?! How Do I Know If a Business Program Is Legit? — Stop Asking About Success Rates (You're Not Average) 01.12.2025 17:32
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 leaninmakebank.com/free You've seen the posts. The ads. The "six-figure coach" promises. And you're thinking: "Is this legit… or am I about to get scammed?" You're not alone. Every week, Tiffany talks to therapists who are terrified of wasting money on a business program that doesn't del...
Breaking the Chains – How Sara Champie Went from 24 Clients on Medi-Cal to $250 Sessions and Peace 23.11.2025 58:54
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. 🎁 Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free From seeing 24 clients a week on Medi-Cal to working 12-14 hours at $250 per session — Sara Champie's story is the revolution therapists need to hear. As a primary breadwinner, Sara used to believe she had to grind herself to dust to prove she cared...
Why You Keep Yourself Broke — Being Broke Is Not Your Problem (It's Your Solution) 17.11.2025 19:21
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 leaninmakebank.com/free You say you want to make more money. You say you want freedom. You say you want to stop taking insurance and finally charge what you're worth. But you don't. You keep yourself broke. In this raw and deeply honest episode, Tiffany unpacks the truth most therapists...
Committing to $185 – Peer Counselor Jessica Scalzo is Creating a Movement 10.11.2025 1:00:08
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. 🎁 Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free What happens when someone without a therapy license decides to build a premium-fee practice anyway? Meet Jessica Scalzo, a professional Peer Counselor and retired competitive runner who turned her lived experience with overtraining and eating disord...
Your Low Fees Are Out of Integrity — Why You Can't Build an Honest Practice on a Lie 03.11.2025 17:51
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 leaninmakebank.com/free This is your unpopular opinion alert—but someone needs to say it. If you're taking insurance or charging low fees that don't allow you to pay your bills, take care of your kids, and save for retirement, your practice is out of integrity. You're modeling a lie—both...
From Nonprofit Burnout to $275 Sessions – Angelina Miceli on Finally Choosing Herself 27.10.2025 48:26
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. 🎁 Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free After helping build a 12-clinician nonprofit from the ground up, Angelina Miceli, LCSW, realized she'd built everything — except her own joy. She was burnt out, resentful, and quietly crumbling. In 2024, she joined LIMB, left her director role, an...
Your 2026 Income Will Be Decided Today 20.10.2025 12:17
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 leaninmakebank.com/free Therapists love to tell themselves: "I'll figure it out in January." Raise my fees in January. Do my marketing in January. Finally get serious about my business in January. Here's the truth: by January, it's already too late. In this urgent episode, Tiffany disman...
I Was Spinning, Not Marketing: Katie Gilbertson on Mental Hustle, Sliding Scales & Financial Wake-Up Calls. 13.10.2025 54:14
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free In this episode, we're speaking with Katie Gilbertson, a Washington-based therapist who was working three days a week—but still couldn't take a vacation or contribute to retirement. She thought she had created a dream schedule. What she hadn't...
Can You Really Fill a Practice at $350 Per Session? 06.10.2025 19:46
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 leaninmakebank.com/free "Sure, Tiffany—that all sounds great. But is it actually possible? Can any therapist really charge $350 a session and stay full?" That's the question Tiffany hears over and over again from therapists who are burned out, underpaid, and deeply skeptical that freedom...
From 30 Clients at $30 to Premium Cash Pay: Maggie Evans' Journey as a Sensitive Single Mom. 29.09.2025 51:35
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free In this episode, we're speaking with Maggie Evans, an art therapist, highly sensitive person, and single mom who broke free from the burnout of BetterHelp and built a premium-fee private practice that supports both her nervous system and her chi...
Good Enough Is Where Practices Go To Die 22.09.2025 14:27
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free You're full—or close to it. You're managing. Paying the bills. Picking up your kid. Logging back on after dinner for that one "flexible" client. It's not suffering. But it's sure as hell not success. In this episode, Tiffany lays bare the trap so man...
This Can't Be My Life: Natasha Deen on Raising Her Fee & Reclaiming Her Future. 15.09.2025 1:02:46
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free In this episode, we're speaking with Natasha Deen—a DC-area therapist specialized in working with Muslim daughters of immigrants—who went from "okay enough" to powerful, unapologetic fee ownership. Natasha joined LIMB thinking she might raise h...
Insurance Isn't Saving You Anymore—Now What? 08.09.2025 17:21
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free Five years ago, insurance filled your caseload. It wasn't ideal—but it worked. You weren't thriving, but you were surviving. You told yourself: "One day I'll do something different." That day is here. And the game has changed. In this urgent episode, T...
$1.5 Million in Insurance Clawbacks: Dr. Anna DiNoto 's Story 01.09.2025 45:39
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free In this episode, we're speaking with Dr. Anna Dinoto, a neurodivergent psychologist with a decades-long career spanning clinical, forensic, and neurodiverse care—and the courage to break free from outdated industry models. Anna built a group pra...
Stability or Survival? The Lie That's Costing You Everything. 25.08.2025 13:15
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free Working two jobs. Seeing 20 clients. Pulling overnights just to make rent. You're surviving—but barely. In this raw and unflinching solo episode, Tiffany offers a love letter—and a wake-up call—for the therapist telling themself: "This is just what I...
No More Fun Money: Debbie Nichols on Getting Off Insurance, Reclaiming Her Health & Owning Her Worth. 18.08.2025 51:48
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free In this episode, we're speaking with Debbie Nichols, a veteran therapist and mom who finally got honest about the limitations of her "fun money" practice. After years of using insurance to avoid marketing, and pushing through chronic health iss...
Clinically Bored? Why Raising Your Fees Might Save Your Practice. 11.08.2025 15:16
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free You didn't sign up to be a friend with a license. But here you are—bored in session, drained after notes, wondering where the depth went. In this fierce and refreshing episode, Tiffany takes on the epidemic no one is naming: clinical boredom. And she...
The $300 Breakthrough: How Vicky Truong Raised Her Fee Without Selling Out Her Culture. 04.08.2025 41:40
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free In this episode, we're speaking with Vicky Truong, a trauma and couples therapist who now charges $300/session and specializes in adult children of immigrants. From full-time legal work to burnout in a group practice to thriving in her own prem...
Escape Plan or Entrepreneurial Trap? Why Your Passive Income Dream is Costing You. 28.07.2025 18:56
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free You're burnt out and underpaid. And that shiny new coaching program or online course feels like freedom. But in this episode, Tiffany sounds the alarm: if your core business is broken, no second revenue stream will save you. Learn from Dylan's $17,000...
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