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Annie Schuessler
The Best Niches Beyond Private Practice

This week I shared my thoughts on niching beyond private practice and at the end I gave you a small list of niches I think we need more of you to create programs and services around.

The Best Niches Beyond Private Practice

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How I Cleared My Debt And Bought A House In One Year with Podge Thomas

How I Cleared My Debt And Bought A House In One Year with Podge Thomas

You ever wonder what's going on with the personal finances of entrepreneurs?

Like are they all just born wealthy?

How are they taking these risks and making these investments to grow these businesses?

My guest today is going to tell you how in a one year period she was able to clear $25,000 of credit card debt and save $55,000 for a house. She’s gonna really get into the nitty gritty of it.

And no, she didn't grow up wealthy.

Meet Podge Thomas, a Notion Consultant and People Ops Specialist. She works with small business owners to build operational infrastructure through the lens of liberation and justice.

One of the businesses she has helped a ton is Rebel Therapist and I am proud to call Podge a friend.

332K Of Revenue With Over 2 Months Off

Listen above or on your favorite podcast platform.

Show Notes:

This episode is all about my 2022 year in review in my business.

I needed a minute to reflect and prepare this for you, hence the March release date.

Some highlights.

My gross revenue for 2022 was just shy of 332,000

That’s my biggest year yet, 78,000 over 2021.

I took a 2 month sabbatical as well as several other weeks off throughout the year.

And my biggest highlight:

WAY less hypervigilance thanks to trauma healing!

It turns out I was living in hypervigilance while doing a decent impression of a calm person.

I didn’t know this because I didn’t have anything to compare my feeling state to. I just thought that was how I was.

I might talk more in upcoming episodes about the way trauma had been impacting my work and my business and how healing is changing my work and my business.

For now I’ll say, I’m in a really different spot!

Work feels easier and more joyful. I’m less worried about how everyone is doing every moment. And whether I’m disappointing anyone.

This is making my coaching better, more direct, super honest, and still very kind.

And also I’m more unapologetically confident about how phenomenal my programs are.

Also in this episode:

What Rebel Therapist spent the most money on and what we gave us the best ROI

My take-home pay

What I did to make our programs even better

My goals for the next few years

Which of our marketing activities have brought in the most participants

More from Annie:

Ask Annie: How Can I Build A Program? My Private Practice Is Full!

Ask Annie: How Can I Build A Program? My Private Practice Is Full!

Here’s the question I answered from a listener I’ll call Susan:

I pretty much constantly have a full caseload. I know that staying full and seeing this many people is burning me out. How do I find time to build a program with a full caseload? I'm really struggling on how to shift slowly out of private practice and into something more sustainable for my own mental health, while also being financially stable. I love my clients but it's exhausting. I hate telling people no, but I'm maxed out and turning multiple people away every week. I've spent the last couple weeks setting schedule boundaries of when I am and am not seeing clients.

Ask Annie: What if someone asks for a refund?

Ask Annie: What if someone asks for a refund?

So let’s say you’ve created a wonderful signature program, and people sign up. Fabulous!

Then someone asks for a refund.

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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.

Ask Annie: What Should I Charge For My Pilot Program?

Ask Annie: What Should I Charge For My Pilot Program?

What should I charge the very first time I offer my program beyond private practice?

Um, actually I get this question pretty much EVERY week. It’s one of the most common questions I hear and it’s one of my favorites to dig into.

I’m talking about pricing an offer beyond your therapy sessions...something like a workshop, coaching program, retreat or course.

From Therapist To Money Coach With Megan Hale

From Therapist To Money Coach With Megan Hale

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? Will they think that about you?

This week I'm talking to someone who did all that and built a profitable and joyful business over the past five years.

My guest is Megan Hale, Profit First®️ Business Strategist, Former Psychotherapist, and Money Mentor for equity driven entrepreneurs.

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Add Coaching To Your Practice with Pat Chambers

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Add Coaching To Your Practice with Pat Chambers

Have you ever considered adding coaching to your services? Pat is a licensed psychologist who works as a coach rather than a therapist. She shares why she loves coaching and how she built a coaching practice focused on helping people get on track with their finances.