I brought in the branding goddess who's helped me with Rebel Therapist, Jenny Ambrose of Puree Fantastico. She's here to tell you that branding is not what you think it is. Branding is a way to express who you are, what you do, and even what it FEELS like to work with you. Yep, good branding goes deep. Good branding integrates everything in your business. In this conversation, we talk about my experience working with Jenny and how my own ideas about branding evolved with her help. She also gives...
Jun 18, 2019•43 min
This is episode 100! I wanted to do something special and different this week. The theme today is lessons learned in expanding your business. I’ve been focusing more and more on my own lessons learned as I’m sharing on social media and especially with my email list. I’ve been talking about how as entrepreneurs, we find ourselves learning in public. We can either acknowledge what we’re learning, or we can try to seem as if we know everything. I’m much more interested in telling you what I’m learn...
Jun 04, 2019•23 min
This week I’m talking to Jessica Jones, a registered dietician and co-founder of the very popular podcast Food Heaven Made Easy. Listen as we talk about how Jessica and Wendy Lopez developed their podcast, exactly how they plan and create each episode, and how they maintain a healthy business partnership and close friendship. I’m really into bringing you amazing people like Jessica. It’s helpful to hear from people in our field, but it’s also SO helpful to hear from people in adjacent fields. So...
May 21, 2019•44 min
Do you have a healthy relationship with your business? Or is it sometimes toxic and abusive? Have you recreated old unhealthy patterns into your business? Nicole Lewis-Keeber is an expert on how trauma impacts business and how to heal it. When I looked at my own business through this lens, I realized I had been unconsciously setting up some damaging habits. For example, I was sometimes setting myself up to try to please everyone. Even though I would never tell others to do this. I was sometimes ...
May 07, 2019•37 min
How do you sell a program? Make a dream list. Make a list of the people you’d love to work with and invite them. Meet Maddi Rundle, a master yoga instructor, therapist, and entrepreneur in Ontario, Canada. In this conversation, we talk about how Maddi co-created a training program for yoga instructors and a year-long online course. You’ll hear how Maddi has grown her programs without doing all the stuff she saw other people doing online. She has pushed past fear and other people’s rules to creat...
Apr 23, 2019•37 min
Ali Shapiro is the host of the podcast Insatiable and the founder of the program Truce with Food. She created a unique framework for helping people transform their relationships with food and life. Listen to Ali developed her framework and built her thriving business. You’ll hear that Ali is committed to helping her clients achieve radical and lasting change and that the decisions she makes in her business are all aimed in that direction. Topics Discussed In This Episode: The far-reaching positi...
Apr 16, 2019•1 hr
Apr 16, 2019•4 min
This week I’m talking to Lisa Danylchuk, founder of The Center for Yoga and Trauma Recovery. She’s an author, psychotherapist, yoga teacher trainer and entrepreneur. You’re gonna hear how Lisa’s business has developed organically from her drive to help more people with the Yoga for Trauma movement. We can learn a lot from listening to how she went from leading in-person trainings to creating her online training program. She’ll also talk about why she created in-person retreats around the world. ...
Mar 26, 2019•46 min
Today we are talking about in-person retreats. If you’ve ever run an in-person retreat or considered adding in-person retreats to your business, you’re going to love this conversation. Rebecca talks about why in-person retreats are such an important part of her business, some mistakes she and others have made in running retreats, and some things she does to make her retreats such life-changing experiences. We’ll also talk about the retreat Rebecca and I are co-leading at the end of April 2019, S...
Mar 12, 2019•45 min
Joe has discovered a new, more introverted way to be an activist within his business, therapy sessions, and teaching work. He finds that the more open he is about his identities and his experience, the more helpful he is to others. Listen as Joe talks about the gender journey he’s experienced in the past couple of years and how his personal experiences have expanded his leadership as a therapist and an educator. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Finding a new kind of introverted activism Self-ex...
Feb 26, 2019•33 min
Mercedes was tired of seeing a lack of diversity at professional conferences. She had respect for the celebrated leaders in the field, but she also saw a need for new voices. She decided she needed to do something about it, and in just a few months, Mercedes founded the Diversity In Parenting Conference. Listen to the incredible growth she’s had during this process. You might not be putting on a conference, but you’ve got your own brave moves to make. Where is YOUR voice needed? Listening to Mer...
Feb 12, 2019•38 min
When you embrace your role of entrepreneur, you can open up to ideas that may bring you much more money, freedom, and fulfillment. Listen as I go over my favorite three concepts that empowered entrepreneurs use to create and run their businesses. If you own your own business, you already ARE an entrepreneur, but you may not think of yourself that way. Here are 3 concepts to integrate into your ways of doing business. Concept One: Rock Your Business Model What it means: Your Business Model is the...
Jan 29, 2019•24 min
Do you want to create an online coaching program? Bianca Hughes has done it. Listen as we talk about her journey. You’ll hear how she narrowed her niche to Black Christian Women, why she created her program, and the toughest parts of making it happen. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Creating an online coaching program Creating her offer to fill a need The challenge of writing her sales page Tips to help with writing Setting scary-big goals Balancing her therapy practice with new endeavors Work...
Jan 22, 2019•37 min
We all face moments when we see an opportunity to do something new, and we either take action, or we don’t. Ellie took action and created Bay Area Immigration Evaluation Center, a company providing evaluations all around the Bay. Listen as we talk about how and why she did this when she already had a therapy practice. You’ll hear how she grew her skillset and her mindset as she grew her business. If you’re thinking of adding ANY offer to your practice or creating a second business, you’ll want t...
Jan 15, 2019•36 min
April Harter has built an anti-racism coaching program, and she’s doing things in a totally new way. If you haven’t heard the first half of our conversation, go back to Part 1, where we talked about the business she’s built. This week we delve further into her mindset shifts, self-care, and boundaries. You’ll hear April’s advice for her former self, and you might find that a lot of it applies to you. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Being a Black Woman and a Highly Sensitive Person How her busi...
Jan 08, 2019•30 min
In this conversation, we talk about how April has built an anti-racism coaching program and how that work is becoming a movement. April is a true Rebel Therapist, leader, and innovator. You’ll hear one half of our conversation today, and the other half in part two. Topics Discussed In This Episode: How this program is different from other anti-racism programs Using Instagram to grow and nurture her audience Stepping into leadership Filling a need for white people who are stuck at the awareness s...
Jan 01, 2019•29 min
This week it’s just you and me. I’m taking this podcast and my company in a new direction, and I want to tell you about it. This has been percolating under the surface for quite a while. There’s been this part of me, which started as kind of a whisper and then became more of a shout. And now I’m ready to share it and I think you’re ready to hear about it. Show notes at http://coachingwithannie.com/podcast /86...
Dec 04, 2018•11 min
This is a special conversation about making a pivot in your business in order to get closer to what you’re meant to do. Rebecca and I each get personal about the pivots we’re each moving through and we talk about the retreat we’re hosting in 2019 for YOU. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Owning the work you’re best at Revisioning your business Thinking about your body of work and what legacy you’re creating Mindset issues that come up when you push the boundaries of your business The Signature ...
Nov 27, 2018•40 min
Focusing on meeting the needs of your right-fit clients may take you beyond the therapy room. Danielle Matthews is devoted to helping kids who are dealing with bullying. This work led her to write a book, give presentations, and create a 10-week program to help kids, their parents and their schools to address bullying. Find out how Danielle accomplished all of this in less than two years and what it takes to make a bigger impact on your business. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Writing and pub...
Nov 20, 2018•28 min
If you believe being of service or being spiritual doesn’t go with making money, this conversation is for you. Isa Gucciardi, the creator of Depth Hypnosis and founder of The Sacred Stream, believes that money and life energy can be in alignment. When you reject money, she believes you limit how much help you can give. Listen as she describes how she has developed her services far beyond the therapy room over the last 30 plus years. You’ll hear both the tactical stuff and the theories behind her...
Nov 13, 2018•28 min
Moving your therapy practice to a new town can be scary. Kaitlin walks us through how she moved her business from San Francisco to Livermore, a smaller town an hour away. In our conversation, she talks about everything from finding new office space to creating a new network of colleagues to working through the mindset issues came up during this transition. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Networking to establish yourself in a new location How SEO helped with the online transition Using Mindfuln...
Nov 06, 2018•27 min
Show Notes: What if you need to BE different in order to accomplish your next goals? What if the missing link is not working harder or investing more money in your business, but rather making your SELF more resilient and strong? This week it’s just you and me. I’m gonna talk about something that’s been on my mind. You know how you keep hearing a theme over and over again and it finally sinks in? I’ve been going through that about how self-care and fitness connect to being an entrepreneur. I resi...
Oct 30, 2018•9 min
Listen as Maureen talks about how she keeps her practice full and what she’s doing to leverage her skills beyond her therapy room. You’ll hear some solid ideas about marketing online and creating high-quality referral partnerships. You’ll want to implement some of these right away. Maureen has used two different business models to expand her income. You’ll hear what worked, what didn’t, and what she might do next. Topics Discussed In This Episode: How she fills her practice now and why it’s diff...
Oct 23, 2018•31 min
Are you tapping into your creativity to run your business and your life? Loretta Staples is a private practice entrepreneur as her 5th career. She’s proudly 64, and she’s learned quite a lot about how to follow your intuition and take action to get yourself unstuck. If you’re heading for burnout in your life or business or if you feel like there’s a lack of YOU in your business, listen up. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Being in her 5th career at age 64 Her journey from working for a corporat...
Oct 16, 2018•39 min
Starting a private practice can be hard. Raising your fees can be hard. Putting yourself out there to grow your practice can be hard. This week I talked to Montoyia McGowan, and we talked about how she pushed through a low moment. Six months in, her practice was extremely low, and she was considering letting it go. A friend told her to give it another six months. She did. She challenged herself to network, market her business, and really put herself out there. She came through the other side wit...
Oct 09, 2018•31 min
Want to be profitable and ethical in your business? Do you wonder how to do both well? Listen as we dive into how Jeff is growing profitable and ethical businesses and how he responds to (and grows from) challenging feedback. Topics Discussed In This Episode: What he’s learned this year about running multiple businesses Learning from mistakes Prioritizing ethics and social justice Welcoming and incorporating feedback from clients and customers Managing his time and energy Acknowledging his privi...
Oct 02, 2018•36 min
When your business is growing fast, how do you manage it? Dr. Joy Harden-Bradford has grown Therapy For Black Girls in a big way over the past year. Her podcast reaches a big audience, and it keeps growing because she listens carefully, delivers high-quality content, and focuses on serving. I talked to Dr. Joy about what she’s learned over the past year and what she’s still learning. Topics Discussed In This Episode: How she started hiring her team Time management tactics that help her get some ...
Sep 25, 2018•27 min
Are you intimidated by SEO? But you want to make it work for you? Enter Cathy Hanville. Cathy consistently comes up as #1 on Google in her keywords in her area. She’s been helping other therapists use SEO to build their practices for years. Now she’s teaching a lesson in my program, The Superpower Method For Therapists®. In our conversation, Cathy shares how she’s kept her business full for 17 years and how she’s keeping her own life balanced as an entrepreneur, therapist, and human. Topics Disc...
Sep 18, 2018•32 min
Making big changes in your business is both liberating and scary! Sarah got off of insurance panels, clarified her message, honed her niche, raised her fees, and overhauled her website. Her advice for therapists ready to make a big move? Nurture yourself, and don’t punish yourself for your past mistakes. Listen to the steps she’s taking to grow her private pay practice while also prioritizing her work-life balance. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Coming up with her (brilliant) headline on her ...
Sep 11, 2018•30 min
Nick has created a workshop for Queer folks to go through a profound spiritual process, and he helps his clients make use of spiritual tools every day in his office. Now he’s expanding his work and has created a podcast to help more people. If you’ve ever felt like your work is too edgy, you’ll want to hear how Nick has stepped further and further into what he does best. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Allowing for spirituality into the therapy room Creating the podcast The Queer Spirit Being ...
Sep 04, 2018•37 min
