Stay ConnectedHealers are often drawn to this work because of their own histories and emotional pain. the only way to thrive and avoid burnout while we help others heal is to do our own healing.
On this podcast, Annie Schuessler-Zam talks to all kinds of healers as they share vulnerable stories about pain, healing and growth.
This is part 5 in a podcast mini series featuring rebellious entrepreneurs.
This is a treat. I've roped these four wonderful entrepreneurs into showing up and sharing their stories with you. You're about to hear about the programs beyond private practice they've each created, and one lesson each person learned in the process of creating and marketing their program.
These lessons cover everything from mindset to marketing strategy.
Introducing Alice Huff, Dr. Vanessa Freeman, Melissa Susman, and MereAnn Reid.
Alice Huff is a holistic healer and creator of the integrative Mind-Body-Space Method. She combines her training and experience as a psychotherapist, yoga instructor and interior decorator to help women restore balance and create calm in their mind, body and physical and energetic spaces.
https://www.mindbodyspacemethod.com
Dr. Vanessa Freeman is a licensed psychologist with a passion for supporting Black women in learning to access ease, joy, and pleasure. She is excited about creating a group coaching program that fosters community and teaches Black women that a different way of being in the world is possible.
https://www.coachingwithvanessa.org
Melissa Susman is a psychotherapist, art therapist and mindfulness practitioner specializing in somatic therapies for the resolution of trauma. JoyWork, her online training course, is her life work--an online training program for people with chronic illness that helps folks to discover how to find meaning, purpose and joy in the presence of suffering.
MereAnn Reid has been running parent groups for 6 years and loves mentoring families to figure out new strategies for easing BIG behaviors. She works with preschool and elementary parents to create more connection with their kids and listen to their gut, especially when typical parenting books don't match their experience.
Show notes at http://rebeltherapist.me/podcast/183
This week on the podcast, we're hearing from four entrepreneurs who have created phenomenal programs beyond private practice. This is part four in a pod mini series featuring cameo appearances (or a-hear-ances?) from folks who have been through Rebel Therapist programs this year. You'll hear what they created and the biggest lesson they each learned in the process.
Here are the rebellious entrepreneurs in this week's episode:
Mara Gutierrez is a highly sensitive and inquisitive human. She's also a therapist, a guide, and a coach working with highly sensitive folks. Her work explores the use of entheogenic and somatic practices for personal growth and collective liberation.
https://thehealingexhale.com/program/
Danika Maddocks is a parent coach who's passionate about supporting parents of gifted and twice-exceptional kids. She's been partnering with bright kids and their families for over a dozen years as a teacher and therapist. She lives in Minneapolis, where she spends a lot of time exploring parks and libraries with her partner and toddler.
https://www.giftedlearninglab.com
Nick Venegoni is a holistic psychotherapist and spiritual coach based in San Francisco, CA. He primarily supports the LGBTQ+ communities to overcome the wounds of trauma and homophobia to live more joyful and authentic lives. Nick is also the host of The Queer Spirit podcast, where he has conversations with other queer artists, healers and activists who support their communities to thrive.
https://queerhealingjourneys.com/
Katie Nasherson is a licensed clinical social worker and coach based out of the Hudson Valley in New York. Outside of running her private therapy practice, she has developed Rebuild & Grow- a coaching program for folks who's worlds have flipped upside down following a sudden catastrophe or trauma. When not working, she is most likely outside- gardening, hiking, kayaking, running, or just hanging out in her backyard with her two dogs.
https://www.rebuildandgrow.com
Show notes at http://rebeltherapist.me/podcast/182
Here's part three in a series within Rebel Therapist Podcast sharing the voices of people who have been through Rebel Therapist programs recently. They have created some phenomenal offerings.
I want you to hear from them because
They're sharing all about the programs they've created and the lessons they've learned so far in leveling up beyond private practice.
Here are the rebellious entrepreneurs in this week's episode:
Staci Boden is a somatic energy healer, facilitator, ceremonialist and author who teaches people to turn dead ends into doorways through following energy. After 20 years of designing and leading countless groups, retreats and trainings in-person and online, Staci currently sees clients, coaches online, holds ceremony and mentors leaders and change makers to realize potential in life and work.
Sonya Brewer is a trauma specialist and relationship expert who specializes in creative life and relationship design for overachieving trauma survivors and their partners. She loves helping trauma survivors feel more alive, connected and authentic so they can create the lives and relationships they truly want.
https://becomingunstoppable.net
Sarah Dobkin is a therapist and parenting consultant. After working with parents of young children aged 0-5 for over a decade, she has created a program designed to support high-achieving parents of toddlers and preschoolers feel more confident, even when they feel like they're failing.
https://www.parenthoodpuzzle.com
Samantha Fox is a Sexuality Coach and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in New York City. She has been in private practice since 2012, working with individuals and couples struggling with sexuality, sexual issues, coming out later in life and intimacy. Samantha is sought out by women coming out later in life who need help processing feelings of internalized homophobia, guilt and shame, and struggling to embrace and embody their authentic selves. To give women a safe space to explore, find and live their truth, and to create an embracing community for women around the globe that are questioning their sexuality or coming out later in life, she has built the Curious, Questioning and Coming Out Programs.
www.curiousquestioningandcomingout.com
Show notes at http://rebeltherapist.me/podcast/181
This is part 2 in a series sharing the voices of people who have been through Rebel Therapist programs recently. They have created some phenomenal offerings.
I want you to hear from them because
So for this series, you'll be hearing from these incredible folks.
Introducing:
Heidi Savell, (she/her) is a therapist, coach, and educator who has been working with polyamorous people for almost a decade. She believes that polyamory can be a satisfying and empowering relationship model, and is passionate about helping folks find confidence and joy in their relationships.
https://www.shelovesradically.com/
J Carlin has over 32 years of experience providing training, workshops, and coaching for leaders of all levels in diverse organizations; been a psychotherapist for over 29 years specializing in trauma recovery; and over 20 years as a tenured college psychology professor and now serves as the department chair of the Behavioral Sciences Department.
https://www.jennifercarlinmft.com/leading-with-insight
Jesse Kauffman is a therapist in private practice helping adults with ADHD find integration and alignment in their life. He is also the owner and host of See a Therapist, a video marketing service empowering therapists in private practice to prioritize authenticity over perfection in marketing.
Valerie DiLuggo is a Marriage and Family Therapist and a Dating and Relationship coach. She is passionate about helping people love and be loved. She helps women date in the patriarchy and helps couples learn practical & actionable relationship skills so their relationships flourish. She describes herself as the 'dating doula' or the 'fairy godmother you meet along the and Valerie's talks and teachings are all colored with humor and vulnerability. She is the founder of the "So this is love" Club, an online community which features Valerie's "Find Love Programs" such as "Reset yourself for love" and "mastering the dating game."
Show notes at http://rebeltherapist.me/podcast/180
Show Notes:
I briefly mentioned some really incredible entrepreneurs in episode 164: The Best Niches Beyond Private Practice. My friend Podge listened and then said something like: Are we going to have a chance to hear more about all of these people? I want to hire ALL of them!
That is a fantastic idea. Even better, I want you to get to hear FROM a lot of these people.
This is a series sharing the voices of people who have been through Rebel Therapist programs recently. They have created some phenomenal programs.
I want you to hear from them because
So for this series, you'll be hearing from these incredible folks.
They are giving us such a gift and I can't thank them enough.
Hear about the programs each of these entrepreneurs has created and the lessons they've learned so far in leveling up.
Judy Hu is a trauma informed therapist in Cambridge, MA. She does not want to help you just cope in this dysfunctional world, but to thrive in it by actively unlearning toxic belief systems that you learned in your childhood. She created Boundaries For BIPOC: Breaking Free From Oppression.
Dr. Jen Blanchette is the host of the TBI Therapist podcast. She is a licensed psychologist and coach for people who have experienced a concussion or TBI.
Liz Dube, a Certified Sex Therapist, Coach and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, loves working with people who want to better understand themselves sexually and feel sexually empowered. She's helped thousands of men, women, and couples feeling stuck sexually and is working her ass off to save the world one bedroom at a time.
Kelly Guthrie, Ph.D. is a therapist and coach who has been helping people strengthen their partner relationships for the past 20 years. Her specialty is working with couples who feel more like roommates than soulmates since children came into their lives; she is especially fond of working with these couples because she vividly remembers just how tough those early years of parenting were on her own marriage.
https://www.childproofyourrelationship.com/program
Show notes at http://rebeltherapist.me/podcast/179
I've craved this sabbatical for years. My sister is a public school teacher and sometimes she takes several weeks off during the summer.
I've always envied her weeks off. As my sister went on long road trips with her family or just slowed down at home, I'd find myself thinking…"must be nice."
Then immediately I'd feel ashamed about my envy.
My sis overworks all year long. As educators, she and her colleagues are expected to pick up the slack of a ridiculously underfunded educational system. They've clearly gone beyond earning many many weeks off. And often they spend some of those weeks cleaning their classrooms and prepping for the next year.
I just heard that about 60% of teachers are thinking about or wishing they could leave the classroom.
And then there's everyone I know who's an overworked therapist. I know a lot of therapists working too many hours for not enough pay, either in private practice or in agencies.
Me on the other hand...
I make good money. As a micro business owner I create my own hours, wages and working conditions. Regardless of my envy, I never thought I should or even could take two months off.
Of course sometimes I'm stressed. Of course sometimes I create ridiculous working conditions for myself...but I also have the freedom to get back out of those situations.
I'm taking these two months off because I want to, not because I need to.
Are you thinking "must be nice"?
Yes, I believe it will be.
Let's plan your sabbatical too, whether you are overworked or burned out or just because you want one.
In this episode I share what I've done well in prepping for this time off as well as what I've messed up so far.
Show notes at http://rebeltherapist.me/podcast/178
We're gonna take a very honest look at what it's like to run a robust, successful online program. Bari Tessler has been running the Art Of Money for over 10 years now. It's a fabulous program, which I've been through myself.
Here's a little more about her:
Bari Tessler, M.A., is a Financial Therapist and the Founder of The Art of Money, a year-long money school. She's a pioneer in the Financial Therapy field and the Author of The Art of Money: A Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness.
In this episode, she shares the journey she's been through with the marketing of this course over the last two years, including some really tough moments. You'll hear about the financial decisions, the marketing strategy, and the emotional side of this journey.
Here's some of what we talked about:
Show notes at http://rebeltherapist.me/podcast/177
So let's say you've created a wonderful signature program, and people sign up. Fabulous!
Then someone asks for a refund.
😕
What should you do?
That's the question I answer in this week's episode.
I walk you through how to get through the initial moment, then to make a decision, create a solid refund policy moving forward, and finally to make moves that will help you have less refund requests and more happy participants.
Here's some of what I talk about:
Show notes at http://rebeltherapist.me/podcast/176
In this episode you're going to hear how my guest wrote a book that matters. For a full year, she sat herself down and focused in on this project which is now a significant part of her legacy. If you're considering writing a book or taking on any big and important project, you'll want to hear this.
Laura Mae Northrup is an author, educator, somatic psychotherapist, and podcaster. Her book Radical Healership which came out in February is a spiritually-informed and anticapitalist guide for healing practitioners who seek to build a values-driven healing practice. She is the host and creator of the podcast Inside Eyes, an audio series about people using entheogens and psychedelics to heal from sexual trauma. Her work focuses on defining sexual violence through a spiritual and politicized lens, mentoring healing practitioners in creating a meaningful path, and supporting the spiritual integrity of our collective humanity.
Here's some of what we talked about:
Show notes at http://rebeltherapist.me/podcast/175
Lots of my clients are afraid to do webinars. Like I can't think about anything else, I just want to cancel it kind of afraid. Like I'm convinced I will make a total fool of myself kind of afraid. Like can I just get under the covers instead kind of afraid. Like sweaty-as-hell-armpits kind of afraid.
I used to be afraid to do webinars too. In this episode I talk about why it might be worth it to move through that fear, and I share 23 ways to make webinars go better for you and your attendees.
The short answer to the question "Do I have to do a webinar?" is, of course, no. You are the boss of you.
Here's why I think you should try it even if you're as uncomfortable with the idea as I used to be:
Here's some of what I talked about in the episode:
Show notes at http://rebeltherapist.me/podcast/174
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