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41. Connection, Creativity & Building a Practice That Feels True with Tess Neates
What does it really look like to build a practice that reflects both your values and your humanity — instead of just following the well-worn path?
In today’s episode I’m joined by the wonderful Tess Neates, a...
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40. Messaging Before Marketing: Why Therapists Struggle With Referrals (And What To Do First)
If your practice has ever felt quiet, you know the spiral. You start tweaking your website, Googling “SEO for therapists,” or posting more on Instagram — but still, no new referrals. And when you do get engagement,...
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39. How Therapists Can Navigate NDIS Changes Without Burning Out
This week’s episode is one I recorded on the fly, after a real conversation reminded me of just how heavy things have felt for so many therapists right now.
Between constant NDIS changes, shifting ballparks, and the...
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38. Why Therapists & Allied Health Practitioners Can’t Stick to Their Calendar - And How to Plan With Your Nervous System
So many therapists, health professionals & allied heath practitioners tell me the same story: “I mapped out my whole week, and by Wednesday it was chaos again.”
If you’ve ever felt like your calendar just doesn’t...
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37. Therapist Marketing & Content Mindset: Share What Matters
If content keeps slipping off your to-do list — it’s probably not just about time or “sticking to a plan.”
In this episode, I’m unpacking why showing up online as a therapist can feel so uncomfortable (and no, it’s...
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36. How to Balance Client Work & Business Growth as a Private Practice Therapist
In this episode, we’re talking about the constant tug-of-war therapists feel between working in the business (client sessions, admin, the to-do list) and working on the business (planning, strategy, sustainable...
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35. Is Private Practice Still Worth It? Why I’m Choosing to Stay
Is Private Practice Still Worth It? Why I’m Choosing to Stay
For the therapist on the edge of burnout, change, or walking away — a reminder of what’s still possible
There’s Still So Much Goodness in Private...
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34. Why Great Therapists Deserve to Make Great Money — And How to Start
You love this work. You care deeply. You hold the emotional weight of your clients, your team, and your community and yet, you’re still afraid to talk about making really great money.
In today’s episode, we’re saying...
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33. How to Start an OT Private Practice Without Burning Out (Emma’s Story of Building Palm Tree OT While Raising Two Under Three)
In this warm, honest, and emotionally rich episode, Mia sits down with Darwin-based occupational therapist and founder of Palm Tree OT, Emma Podsiadly to unpack the deeply personal story behind her heart-led private...
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32: Does Scaling Your Therapy Private Practice Mean You're Selling Out?
You finally start creating a business that feels good in your body.
A group program that works.
A bit more breathing space in your calendar.
Profit that doesn’t rely on you being constantly available.
And then the...
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31. The Real Cost of Staying Affordable — A BTS Client Story
You think you’re just being generous.
You think you’re just making your service more accessible.
But what if staying affordable is quietly costing you far more than you realise?
In this episode, I take you behind the...
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30. What If Success Didn’t Mean Doing More? Rethinking Growth for Therapists in Private Practice
You started your business for more space, more autonomy, more alignment.
But what happens when you’ve built the thing… and it still doesn’t feel like yours?
In this episode of The Freedom Therapist Podcast, I speak to...
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