How does PayPal report my sales to the IRS? Will I receive a tax Form 1099-K?
It’s that time of year again, when your accountant wants you to 1099 everyone you’ve given money to above $600 (for 2020 taxes). Unfortunately,…
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6 Signs You’re Suffering From Therapist Burnout (And 3 Things You Can Do About It)
Therapist Burnout Is A Reality For Many of Us – Especially Now Therapists are experts in helping people deal with stress, overwhelm, and burnout….
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How to Stay Connected and Beat Isolation In Private Practice
My Story: How to Stay Connected and Beat Isolation In Private Practice I left my position at a busy hospital after 15 years to…
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4 Mindset Shifts Moving from a Solo to Group Practice
Moving From a Solo to Group Practice in 2021? You May Need a Mindset Shift One thing that I did not anticipate when I…
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How Many Private Practice Clients Should I See in a Week?
I feel that this is a personal decision and the answer will be different for everyone. However, there are some things to consider when…
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One Essential Audit to do in January
January has so many feelings wrapped up in it. Thank goodness last year is over, maybe this year will be better, and a feeling…
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3 Ways to Monetize a Podcast
My Tried-and-Tested Tips to Monetize a Podcast When you first started your podcast, what was your motivation? Was it to make money, share a…
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Does a Therapist in Private Practice Need a Business Consultant?
“Do I Really Need a Business Consultant as a Private Practitioner?” When I started out in private practice as a Licensed Marriage and Family…
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Caring For Ourselves While Caring For Others
We Often Spend More Time Caring For Others, Than Caring For Ourselves Some days are so filled with grief and sadness and the losses…
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Don’t Settle When Hiring Clinicians
The Key to Hiring Clinicians to Your Group Practice Whether this is your very first interview or your 40th, always remember that you shouldn’t…
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Growing Your Business with Support Services and the Scale-Up Summit
As an Owner Growing Your Business Means Doing Less I’m convinced that a business grows when owners do less. Not less work or time,…
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Social Media: When Your Personal And Professional Life Collide
As a Psychologist in Private Practice, I am no stranger to social media. It is almost a given that at a minimum, anyone in…
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Five Ways to Structure a Podcast Series
Why You Should Structure a Podcast Series Professional podcasters often fall into a cycle of stagnation. You launch a podcast – maybe it takes…
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Mental Health Insurance Benefits: What is the Difference Between Out-of-Network vs. In-Network Providers?
What You Need to Know About Mental Health Insurance Benefits As a mental health provider, I am frequently asked by potential clients if I…
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3 Tips To Execute Ideas For Your Private Practice
Don’t Overthink Your Ideas for Private Practice Working on a new idea for your private practice can be the most exciting. Yet it can…
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How to Hire Right in the Beginning
As an experienced interviewing and hiring manager, I keep coming back to the concept that you need to spend more time and energy upfront…
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Virtual Reality: How to Manage Your Online Practice with Your Kids’ Online School
I have to be honest. I know this pandemic is awful. Just, truly awful. Nobody will debate that. For my practice, COVID could not…
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Transition to a Better Work-Life Balance in 3 Simple Steps
2020 | The Year of Finding a Work-Life Balance 2020 certainly had other plans for the world. For many, it gave us the reality…
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How to Monetize a Podcast
Pain and Transformation Before jumping into how to monetize a podcast, ask yourself, what is the last thing you bought? Think about it, what…
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I lost $1000s By Not Hiring 1099s
You know only a fool refuses to take good advice. At least at this point, I won’t be acknowledging myself as being a fool,…
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Hiring Your First Clinician, Part 3
You are in the home stretch of hiring a new clinician to your private practice, which is very exciting! If you haven’t read Hiring…
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DO WHAT YOU LOVE, LOVE WHAT YOU DO
What You Do For Fun and How That Motivates You to do Better at Work Have you ever had one of those workweeks where…
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Outsourcing is a Must: And Here is Why
Let’s face it. When you went to graduate school, you learned how to be a clinician. Which is fantastic, and probably why you thought…
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A Call to Return to the Basics of Counseling Amidst Chaos of 2020
Returning to the Basics of Counseling The world is on fire. There’s a public health crisis of the Coronavirus and there’s a public health…
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How To Start a Podcast: 4 Steps Every Podcast Owner Should Take
Thinking about starting a podcast to grow your private practice? Now is the time to do it. Podcasting is becoming the new ‘best practice’…
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I Think I Want To Blog, But…I’m Scared
There are so many fears that come to mind when we start to think about blogging. “What will I write about? Am I a…
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Do You Have Trouble Saying “No” to Yourself and Others as a Business Owner?
Are you a business owner who has a hard time saying “no” to anyone let alone yourself? If you are, then fear no more. …
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Specialization: Is it Necessary?
I remember the first time I saw the letters ABPP after the Ph.D. of one of my supervisor’s names in graduate school. When I…
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Hiring Your First Clinician, Part 2
This is the second blog in the Hiring Your First Clinician series, for Part 1 Click Here. By now you’ve set up a timeline…
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How To Be More Productive By Working Less
So you want to be more productive and work fewer hours. That’s awesome! Let’s figure out how to do this. I’m going to share…
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How to Tell Your Boss You Want to Work Less Hours
So how do you tell your boss you want to work less hours? Well, it might just be that you want to work less…
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Why We Should Work Less
When you are working hard, maybe getting into a flow state, or even under stress many of these feel good chemicals are released. So…
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How to Work From Home
Do you ever wonder how people successfully work from home? Whether it’s a pandemic or you just want to work from home. How do…
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Why Haven’t You Started Your Private Practice?
There are some of you who have held close the dream of one day having your own private practice. For some, the dream has…
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How to Use Intentional Transitioning to Balance Between Online Work and Home Life
As a crisis management consultant and mental health professional, I have led at least 20 groups virtually for various schools, companies, and non-profit organizations…
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The Toll COVID is Taking on Therapists: 5 Self Care Tips
I know I am not stating anything other than the obvious when I say that our country is facing a mental health crisis. In…
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Hiring Your First Clinician, Part 1
All right! You’re ready to get moving on hiring your first clinician! But, how do you start? If you’ve never hired anyone before, this…
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3 Friday Myths, Debunked in 3 Minutes
I’m going to get down to it right away, there are some myths about Friday that we have to undo. To save you time,…
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The Podcast Network Monthly Roundup: July 2020
Did you know that we have a podcast network? This is a family of podcasts that will change the world! We’ve round up our…
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Monthly Roundup Of Posts: July 2020
The summer months are nearing an end and it seems states are beginning to reopen. Sadly, Slow Down School was canceled, but we hope…
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7 Quick & Long-Term Streams of Income – Part 4
I have created some helpful tips to create passive income for your practice. In this article, I will be going over steps 6 and…
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7 Quick & Long-Term Streams of Income – Part 3
I have created some helpful tips to create passive income for your practice. In this article, I will be going over steps 4 and…
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“What Is Required To Call Myself a Christian Counselor?”
“What is required to call myself a Christian counselor?” is one of the most common questions I hear as a consultant. People often wonder…
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Top 6 Products In My Office
Sitting at the office all day can be a challenge for me, so I want to be as comfortable as possible. Not only are…
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How to Decorate An Online Office
One thing we do know for sure, the pandemic is not going to be going away anytime soon. Since it’s not leaving, it the…
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3 Reasons Why Your Private Practice May Not Be Growing
Do Your Friends Know What You Do? I remember shortly before I decided to go into private practice full-time. I was lead to take…
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Self-Disclosure As A Therapist: Maybe The Best Thing I Never Learned in Grad School Yet
I recall hearing over and over again during my graduate school studies that when it came to therapy, self-disclosure was not allowed. There was…
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Systems to Create for Your Group Practice
Before you even hire someone for your group practice, you want to make sure that you have all your systems and processes in place….
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The Podcast Network Monthly Roundup: June 2020
Did you know that we have a podcast network? This is a family of podcasts that will change the world! We’ve round up our…
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Monthly Roundup Of Posts: June 2020
There is so much going on in the world right now and we are hopeful that wherever you are, you are safe, healthy, and…
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Why is Curiosity Essential in Business?
When we were kids we were curious about everything. Everything was new, flowers, the seasons, new sports, we lived in a constant state of…
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Why Boundaries Help You Get More Done
Imagine on Monday you have a list of 20 things to get done this week. You get 10 done and 15 more get added…
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BLM Resources Round Up
In this blog post, we are aiming to promote resources, consultants, and tips around racial justice, BLM, and privilege. All links are directly from…
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A Call to My White Therapist Friends for Humanity, Connection, and Leadership
Our nation is enduring a double pandemic. We went from a global health pandemic, COVID-19 to a racial pandemic which is taking a toll…
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Make More Money By Diversifying Your Practice
Private practice is great, but not everybody wants to spend their entire day counseling clients. As much as I love providing interventions that change…
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When Do I Work Best?
Have you ever asked yourself when do I work best? Take a moment and think about it. When do you get into a flow, …
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An Open Office
This year has continued to horrify, with each month bringing more tragedy and heartbreak. Every morning I read posts saying therapists will be busier…
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How Much Do Therapists Make?
Private practice therapist salary To earn six figures in private practice, your gross revenue should be at least 30% more than your goal. Divide…
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How to Find Keywords
We’re going to talk about some things that can be done to optimize a blog post differently. We’re going to focus on improving the…
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Outsourcing When Starting a Group Practice: Part 2
In my prior blog, I discussed why you should outsource tasks when starting a group practice, the cost-benefit of outsourcing, and the different things…
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Monthly Roundup Of Posts: May 2020
And just like that, we have hit the halfway mark to 2020! Its definitely been the most unpredictable, life-changing year and we have had…
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The Podcast Network Monthly Roundup: May 2020
Did you know that we have a podcast network? This is a family of podcasts that will change the world! We’ve round up our…
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Dr. Marie Fang is Helping You Build Private Practice Skills
These are snippets from a podcast with Dr.Marie Fang – listen to the full episode here. Are you just starting a practice and have…
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[A Summary] Of Getting Things Done with David Allen
These are snippets taken from a podcast episode with David Allen. Listen to the full episode here. Do you have a long to-do list…
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Lori Gottlieb is a Current NYT Bestseller of ‘Maybe You Should Talk to Someone’
These are snippets from a podcast with Lori Gottlieb – listen to the full episode here. Have you ever thought about writing a book?…
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Dressing Up Teletherapy
Its May and you’re starting to realize that quarantine is the new way of life. You’re finally familiar with your teletherapy tech, found just…
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5 Ways I Have Kept A Full Caseload During The COVID-19 Pandemic
The idea of maintaining a practice during a pandemic may seem like an oxymoron right? COVID-19 has been a deathblow to many businesses, but…
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Outsourcing When Starting a Group Practice: Part 1
You’re thinking about starting a group practice, and you’re wondering how you are going to do all of the start-up tasks to get the…
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Rock Thomas Wants You To Redefine Your Life
These are snippets from a podcast with Rock Thomas – listen to the full episode here. Are you comfortable with the path you are…
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Monthly Roundup Of Posts: April 2020
The world as we know it has changed and with that, so have our businesses. We hope that you are finding some inspiration during…
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The Podcast Network Monthly Roundup: April 2020
Did you know that we have a podcast network? This is a family of podcasts that will change the world! We’ve round up our…
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Building High-Quality Backlinks: Four Places to Start
Backlinks are when other websites link back to your website and this is very important in SEO as it basically tells search engines that…
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6 Ways To Thrive When Working From Home
By now most of us have had to make the shift from daily commutes and traffic jams, to coordinating schedules with spouses and getting…
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Three Metrics to Watch as You Work on SEO
Here we will discuss how to know if you’re getting a good return on investment for your SEO efforts whether you’re optimizing your site…
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Three Powerful SEO Tips
Here we will cover 3 very powerful things you can do to optimize your website for search engines. 1. Specify a meta description…
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Search Engine Optimization: The First 3 Steps
Here we will cover the first 3 steps that you should be taking if you want to get your website found by more potential…
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Why You Need to Enhance your Executive Functioning Skills Now
You wake up determined to be more productive than you were yesterday. After all, it’s Tuesday and you haven’t done much of anything—including the…
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Monthly Roundup Of Posts: March 2020
There is a lot going on in the world right now and at the best of times, it has been difficult to remain optimistic….
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The Podcast Network Monthly Roundup: March 2020
Did you know that we have a podcast network? This is a family of podcasts that will change the world, and right now with…
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7 Questions to Ask when Starting a Group Practice
Starting a group practice is not for the faint of heart. I know, because I went through this process last year. I transitioned my…
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How The Coronavirus Is Impacting Changes In Telehealth
What is Telehealth, and how are we as clinical professionals to use this lawfully in our practice? These questions have become more of a…
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How To Handle Grief And Loss From Social Distancing During Covid-19
Social distancing by definition means a lot of loss and with a loss we have grief. When we stay away from the life we’ve…
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A Guide to Training Your Virtual Assistant
Once you’ve hired your virtual assistant you will now need to train them and in order to do this you need to ensure that…
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Color Palettes for Your Practice
So you’re starting your new practice and are trying to figure out how to decorate. Picking out a comfortable couch, a desk, and a…
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Viral Opportunity
With the current Coronavirus Pandemic upon us I wanted to share some thoughts on the opportunities this creates for healing within. I don’t want…
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How to Create a Wellness Room to Relieve Anxiety, Stress and Fear
With the effects of coronavirus directly or indirectly impacting our lives, it appears that many of us will be spending more time at home…
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Anxiety And The Coronavirus: 3 Tips For A Better Pandemic
If you weren’t already anxious, it seems like maybe the coronavirus could’ve given you a solid push into the anxiety department of your life….
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Transforming an Office Space For Your Group Practice
Finding an office space for a private practice can be a challenge, especially for a growing group practice. In today’s business world, one of…
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How to Hire a Virtual Assistant
Whether you want to hire a virtual assistant from a company, find someone on Upwork or hire someone local to you, these are all…
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How To Talk To Your Kids About Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Here are some quick tips on how to talk to your kids about coronavirus (COVID-19). There are more in-depth thoughts following these tips. This…
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Handing Over Duties to Your Virtual Assistant
There are many different tasks a virtual assistant can provide for you and it’s important to keep in mind that these will probably not…
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4 Benefits of Virtual Assistants
A virtual assistant can help free up time in your day to day so that you can focus on growing your business. Here is…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: February 2020
We hope you are working hard towards achieving your goals but also taking some time out to breathe and gather your thoughts so that…
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What If I Can’t Sell My Small Business?
These are the options you have if for some reason you can’t sell your small business, and we have five of them! 1. Optimize…
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How to Be Social on Social Media: 4 Expert Tips
Before I began to develop a surefire social media strategy, I found myself posting anything and everything to “test the waters” of the #abyss…
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How to Find a Buyer for your Business: 5 Ways to Find a Buyer
I’m going to help you with five ways to find the right buyer for your small business! 1. Look for natural buyers inside your…
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How to Scale a Group Practice
If you’re ready to go from being a small group practice to a mega group practice this is exactly what you have to do….
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How to Value a Small Business in 5 Steps: #5 Will Surprise You
I’m going to be sharing with you exactly how to value your company before you sell it and trust me, number five is gonna…
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Preparing to Sell Your Business: 5 Steps You Have to Nail
We are talking all about what you need to do to prepare your small business in order to sell it. These are 5 steps…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: January 2020
It’s 2020, welcome! Can you believe that we are already at the end of the first month of the year! We hope that your…
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