Podcast

If you’ve ever headed into a break thinking “I’ll finally catch up on everything,” only to feel guilty the entire time—this episode is for you. Dr. Hayley Kelly breaks down why the pressure to be productive over holidays backfires, and gives you a practical framework to actually rest (or maintain minimal momentum) without the guilt.…

If you’ve ever felt unsafe speaking up, shrunk your practice to avoid regulatory scrutiny, or wondered if the system designed to protect you is actually harming you—this conversation will validate everything you’ve been feeling but haven’t said out loud. I’m speaking with Dr. Julie Sladden, a medical doctor, writer, and advocate who walked away from…

If you’ve ever ended the year thinking, “Why didn’t I get to my program?” or “How am I still drowning in clients?”, this episode is basically a loving intervention. Therapists don’t miss their goals because they’re unmotivated — they miss them because the system trains them to prioritise everyone else first. So their dream project becomes the…

If you’ve ever thought “scaling means selling out” or “growing a team means burning out,” Dr. Catherine Hart is about to prove you wrong. She’s built a 35-person psychology practice across five sites with a salaried employment model that actually retains clinicians—and she did it by breaking every rule. In this episode, I’m talking with…

If your business feels like it’s draining you instead of filling you up, you’re probably recreating the same patterns from therapy practice that burned you out in the first place. The endless availability, saying yes to everyone, undercharging out of guilt, and the resentment that builds when you’re trying to be generous but running on…

“You just need more self-care.” That’s what I kept hearing when I was burnt out, seeing 30+ clients a week, barely breaking even. I tried bath bombs, meditation apps, yoga breaks. None of it worked. Because the problem wasn’t my self-care routine. It was the business model. In this episode, I’m dismantling the 7 lies…

For 12 months, I’ve been sober, and until a recent doctor’s appointment, I’d completely forgotten. No countdown. No recovery story. No before-and-after moment. Just life, without alcohol. When my doctor asked, “None? Not even socially?” and looked at me like I’d just confessed a crime, something clicked. His disbelief wasn’t about alcohol — it was about the…

In this episode, I’m tackling one of the biggest fears holding therapists back from building sustainable online practices: the terror of being “too salesy.” If you’ve ever frozen at the end of a webinar, mumbled through your offer, or avoided pitching your program altogether because you’re worried about pressuring people who’ve already been through so…

After losing her teenage son Ethan to T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, psychologist Kimberly Stevens faced the unthinkable — and chose to transform her grief into something that would help thousands of others. In this conversation, Kimberly shares the story behind Kids Connecting Parents, an app she created to help bereaved parents find local, peer-based connection and…

For 230 episodes, I’ve referenced my “kitchen floor moment” without telling you the full story. After interviewing psychologist Kimberly Stevens about transforming her grief into purpose, I realized: if I’m asking therapists to be brave enough to step outside broken systems, I need to be brave enough to tell you why it matters so much…