Joe Chapa on Moral Philosophy and Just War Theory in Military Trauma | PoP 395
Is war morally acceptable? How can we better prepare military people for war psychologically? How can therapists be of more value to their veteran clients?
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The Secret About Your Ideal Caseload
How Many Clients Should You See Per Day In Private Practice? Are you trying to figure out how many people you need to see…
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Starting Your Paperwork Off Right in Private Practice
Starting up a counseling practice isn’t actually that difficult- maybe you pick a name, get a business license and open a business bank account,…
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Cedric Bertelli Knows How the Brain Makes Wrong Predictions (and How to Change That) | PoP 387
Is your ideal client someone who has been through a trauma and is struggling to transform the negative emotional patterns that have been created?…
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How Training My German Shepherd Puppy Enhanced My Empathy Skills
I always wanted a dog as a child, though asthma and allergies prevented my family from owning anything furry. We had fish, hermit crabs,…
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How Starting A Private Practice Killed My Social Life, And What I’m Trying To Do About It
After 10 months as a solo practice owner, I decided to take the big leap of starting a group practice. I was on an…
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Where to Take Your Wild Child on Vacation | PoP 383
Do you have a strong-willed child and are planning a vacation but not quite sure where to start? What are some activities that are…
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Lori Gottlieb is a Current NYT Bestseller of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone | PoP 378
Have you ever thought about writing a book? Where would you even start? Keen to hear from someone who has done it all, from…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: May 2019
How is it possible that we are already halfway through the year?! Time sure does fly when you’re having fun. May was jam-packed with…
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Fay Brezel Launched a Website to Help Orthodox Jews Get Help with Mental Health | PoP 375
Have you ever wanted to work with the Jewish population? Are there certain things you need to know beforehand? Want to hear from a…
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Star Wars Intergalactical Counseling Edition Featuring a Stormtrooper
Our YouTube series this month is a Star Wars Intergalactial Counseling Edition. We talk to different Star Wars characters and identify their inner turmoil…
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Everybody Hurts, Sometimes aka How to Change the World
When you see it, you can’t unsee. It is literally everywhere. I’ll tell you what I’m talking about in a second. First, think back…
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Sarah Leitschuh Wants You To Do It All Without Doing It All | PoP 364
Are you feeling overwhelmed and wondering how you can do it all without burning out? Is it possible for you to get all the…
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Dancing and How It Helps Me With Counseling
We as therapists need to have a way to recharge our batteries on a regular basis. It can be the difference between burnout and…
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How to Stop Fighting
Want to stop fighting? Have you ever been in an “almost car accident?” You almost got sideswiped. Someone was in your blind spot and…
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Steven Griffith Wants You To Do A Time Cleanse | PoP 363
Are you managing your time wisely? Do you feel like the more you do, the more you have to get done? What is on…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: February 2019
2019 is showing no sign of slowing down! February was jam-packed and we covered some great topics such as how to create recurring revenue…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: January 2019
And just like that January is wrapped up! 2019 certainly started off with a bang. Some phenomenal guests were featured on the podcast and…
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Dr. Larry Beer & Joe Sanok Discuss How to Rebuild When Employees Leave
Dr. Larry Beer is The President of Child and Family Psychological Services which will be celebrating 30 years in 2019. They currently have 43…
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5 Activities to Help Treat Trauma
If you treat clients who suffer from trauma, you may wonder “What can I have them do outside of session to help?” Besides from…
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Mike Michalowicz Wants You To Focus on Profit First and Running Your Business Like Clockwork | PoP 350
What is your belief and understanding of profit within your business? Do you have systems set up so that your business can run on…
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Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman on Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love | PoP 349
Ever wondered how to go beyond clinical work? Wanting to delve deeper into couples therapy? Needing some advice for becoming a speaker or trainer?…
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Kelly Higdon Wants to Calibrate Your Year | PoP 348
Do you have clear visions for how you want your day, month and year to look like? What would you like to do more…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: December 2018
In the month of December we looked at social media and blogging for your practice, how to handle sales negotiations and first steps to…
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Hal Elrod Has a Miracle Morning Routine | PoP 347
Do you have a morning routine? Could a morning routine be the answer to the start a of a great day? What if you…
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Overwhelmed! 10 Tips to Effective Scheduling
Feeling stressed and over scheduled?! What new business owner doesn’t feel this way??? Especially when just starting your practice, there are so many things…
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What I Do For Fun & How It Helps Me Grow
Most of us wear many hats, often leaving us to feel stretched thin, uninspired and exhausted. As a wife, mother, clinician and business owner,…
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3 Keys to Having Sexual Health Conversations with Clients
Ever wonder about your clients’ sexual health status? They may bring up sexual issues with you and depending on whether you are qualified to…
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Reflection and Growth
Where do you need to stretch? I was recently having a discussion with a group of people about what their “growth edge” was from…
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Are You a Happitalist? | PoP 341
What does happiness and well being mean to you? Are you making decisions daily that maximize your well being? Want to know what you…
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Boundaries With Clients Through EMDR
Sometimes we struggle to have good boundaries with clients and can be at risk for compassion-fatigue. In such cases it becomes all the more…
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Loneliness in Private Practice is Real
This article could be a fear-based narrative about how important staying connected with other professionals is for you in private practice. We could look…
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Greg Higdon Used to Teach Latin and Now Knows A Lot About Money | PoP 338
Do you know the in’s and out’s of your income statement? Are you too afraid to look at the numbers because they don’t make…
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Caring And Compassion Fatigue
There I was, having the same kinds of nightmares I ask my clients about. A week before, I had just witnessed my client in…
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It’s A Marathon, Not A Sprint: The Reason Why Energy Conservation Is Important
Making the decision to go into private practice is an anxiety inducing endeavor. In my experience consulting with a number of therapists over the…
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The Unseen Connection Between Shock And Dissociation
Shock and dissociation are connected. This is something not many clinicians think about. The relationship is rich and worthy of being explored. Dissociation is…
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How to Attract Adolescents as Your Ideal Client
Is your ideal client adolescents? Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video,…
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Julianna Raye Has Done Over 12,000 Hours Of Meditation | PoP 331
What do you think of when you hear the word ‘mindfulness’? Does being alone with your thoughts scare you? Have you ever wondered about…
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Angie Morgan Wrote a New York Times Best Seller, But That Wasn’t The End | PoP 327
Have you ever thought about writing a book but not sure where to start? Do you feel that managing is the same as leading…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: September 2018
In the month of September we had wonderful articles talking about everything from how to deal with no-show clients to how to get your office…
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Three Things You Can Do to Prevent Retraumatization
Do you have clients who when asked about traumatic experiences tend to get into a lot of detail and emotional activation when describing these…
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Cecilia Briseno Does Hardship Evaluations And Is Changing The World | PoP 325
Have you ever heard about hardship evaluation? Wondering whether this is a service you can offer in your own practice? Maybe you have thought…
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Empathizing With New Patients
Trying something new for the first time can cause quite a bit of anxiety. I felt pretty anxious before I went to my first…
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How to Stay Motivated When You Start Your Practice
You have put in hours setting up your private practice, creating marketing materials, networking with other professionals, researching the necessary business tools, setting up…
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How To Know When To Discuss Sex With Clients
This is a question I wrestled with for a number of years. Both in my private practice, as well as agency work. When is…
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Small Town Therapist
Carl plopped down in the chair across from me. “I’m so glad we have an appointment today! I had the worst day at work!…
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Dr. Richard Shuster Was In A Car Accident And Everything Changed | PoP 319
Have you ever thought about intentionally doing something good and wanting to bring about change? What influence does social media have on the way…
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Key to Happiness: Take Ownership of Your S#*!
Often times, whether it’s my clinical work or my consulting work, I see that people are having a hard time taking ownership of the…
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How to Get the Most Out of Vacation
I was so frustrated with Christina for not putting something back somewhere that I now don’t remember. I said, “I need to go for…
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Bumping Into Ego-States In Working With Trauma
Ever worked with a client and suddenly gotten a strange reaction from them? Was it almost as if you are seeing a totally different…
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Pitfalls and Tips to Succeed in Small Business
There are many perks of being self-employed which is what inspired us to take our first steps of faith in starting our business in…
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The Filter of Fatherhood
Father’s Day can bring up a variety of emotions. For some, fathers have passed away so it’s a time of remembrance. For others, their…
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How to Start a Million Dollar Practice with Kasey Compton: How to Make a Profit 4 of 5 | PoP 304
Do you want to grow your practice into a million-dollar practice? Do you know what financial formulas you need to be focusing on? Do…
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Marketing and Networking Play Therapy Services: 7 Top Tips
I remember when the economy was in a serious slump. One of my colleagues, who sees only adult clients, commented on how his phones…
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Where to Spend or Save When Starting a New Practice
Starting out in private practice, there are many things to consider. Most of which mental health practitioners did not learn when in graduate school….
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Five Money Mindsets to Master
I want to talk about five money mindsets that to me are essential for you to master. 1. Know What’s Happening With Your Money…
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Dr. Taunya Lowe is a Riot Starter | PoP 283
Are you wanting to start a private practice, but are fearful to take the leap? Do you want to leave a legacy, but don’t…
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Feeling Exhausted? Here Are 10 Tips to Identify First Signs of Mental Illness
Mental illness comes in degrees. The obvious illnesses that have observable and extreme behaviors are actually a small percentage of the entire spectrum. The…
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Live Consulting with Joe and Melissa Dohse Series 3 of 5 Five Fierce Females | PoP 280
Have you ever wondered what consulting with Joe Sanok is like? Do you wonder whether or not it would be beneficial to your business?…
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Anna Lindberg Cedar has Dealt with Some Trauma Series 2 of 5 Five Fierce Females | PoP 279
Are you on the verge of burnout? Do you know what steps you can take to avoid burnout? Do you suffer from ‘survivor’s guilt’?…
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Selling Play Therapy Services to Parents in Private Practice
If you are a therapist in private practice providing play therapy to child clients, you probably are quite familiar with how important it is…
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Why You Need to Clean Up Your Money Issues
You and money are in a long-term relationship. The courtship started years ago. Perhaps you have early memories of begging for arcade coins, or…
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Steps To Get To The Next Level
We’ve covered a lot! In Part 1 | The Low-Hanging Fruit, we hit on how to determine your lifestyle goals, looking at the numbers,…
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Expectations and Flexibility
After returning from winter break, our kids had some issues waking up in the morning for school. If you are a parent or work…
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Three Differences Between Six-Figure and Multi-Six Figure Practices
In the last article, we discussed playing bigger and how to keep leveling up. Wasn’t that interview with Christopher awesome?! When I was first…
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How To Think Bigger
In the last post, we looked at the blueprint to create “aha” moments, slow down to spark innovation, and then how to actually plan,…
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6 Must-Haves for a Child and Family Therapist
As a therapist who works with kids, teens, and parents, having a bag of tricks is essential. Clients come to a stranger and, almost immediately,…
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The Blueprint For Achieving (Almost) Every Goal
In the last article, I asked you to reflect and take action where you had missed spots. I hope you went back through so…
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The Systems to Get to the Next Level
In the last post, we covered how to get way more done using the 3E approach I use every day. Is your mind spinning?…
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How To Stay Focused On The Big Goals
If you didn’t get the paperwork packet, make sure you take some action to get your contracts in order. I know my paperwork has…
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Adding Clinicians To Your Practice
In the last post, we discussed how to add a virtual assistant (VA) and that you were going to make a list with three…
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Substance Abuse is Related to Mental Health: 3 Things Therapists Should Know
I am going to make a really bold claim; substance abuse issues are mental health issues. What does this mean you might ask? Often, substance…
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How to Go Private Pay | PoP 265
In this episode, Joe Sanok speaks about how to go private pay when starting a private practice. Podcast Sponsor Confused by all the advice on…
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Multiplying Your Time and Money
In the last post, we discussed playing with numbers to add clinicians, raise your rates, and work the same, or less, but still make…
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The Art of Moving Leaves
Yesterday I was blowing leaves in my backyard. I have one of those ridiculously large backpack blowers. As the leaves were dancing across the…
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This One Mindset Will…
In the last post we discussed looking at your numbers to see where you are spending time, money, and energy. How’d it go? Mindset…
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Don’t Let This Happen To You
In the last article, your action was to block off time for something outside of your business. I hope you’re already finding some interesting…
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Creating Headspace for the Next Big Thing: Finding a Supervisor
Graduation day had finally arrived – after 18 straight semesters with no breaks. Taking semesters off just wasn’t an option for me. I wanted to…
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Imagine You Could Go On Vacation
Come the weekend, I turn off my phone on Friday at noon. No more email, text, or business planning. I keep it on for…
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Why Most Practices Can’t Level Up
Last week, I spoke all about how to understand the competition. Did you do the quick five minute exercise? Where We’re Headed In the…
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One Five Minute Exercise To Level Up Your Practice
In the coming weeks, I’m going to be posting some steps that will walk you through getting to the next level of private practice….
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: October 2017
This month, we interview four private practice owners who are running multi-six figure practices. They reveal how they got to where they are today…
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How To Confidently Build a Private Practice
Today, I’m going to share with you a little bit about how to confidently grow your business. This is mostly aimed at people that…
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9 Advantages To Using QuickBooks
QuickBooks is the world’s biggest selling accounting software. The platform has over 42 million users throughout the globe and offers the most comprehensive audit…
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S. Frances Robbins Joined the Air Force at Age 42 | PoP 239
In this episode, Joe Sanok speaks with S. Frances Robbins on how to she joined the air force at age 42. Podcast Sponsor Confused by…
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Motherhood, Money, And Private Practice
How did I start? Like the lyrics of a famous Frank Sinatra song, “I did it my way”. I started my solo private practice,…
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Get Doctor Referrals: Three Tips
Mental Health Counseling is one of the most important, yet possibly one of the most underutilized, resources in primary care patient treatment. As a…
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PoP 237 | Perry Rosenbloom Wants to Know How to Go Private Pay
In this episode, Joe Sanok speaks with Perry Rosenbloom, from Brighter Vision, in a reverse podcast about how to go private pay. Podcast Sponsor Confused…
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My Experience(s) With Burnout
Note: This is a personal account, and should not be seen as reflective of each individual in the field. The first things conjured when…
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4 Misconceptions People Have When Going To a Therapist
The majority of people in our society have several misconceptions about therapy and the benefits that it can offer. These can potentially lead to…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: July 2017
Below are the top stories, podcasts, and other blog posts from the month of July 2017. From comprehensive guides on how to use social…
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PoP 233 | My Wife And I Almost Separated
This episode is a reverse podcast with Matt Wells and the Slacking Ambition podcast. Podcast Sponsor Confused by all the advice on starting a private…
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How To Improve Productivity, 25 Comprehensive Tips
There are two, somewhat obvious, ways to improve your output. One, increase the number of hours you spend working or, two, work smarter. Productivity…
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PoP 230 | 17.76 Ideas To Grow Independence In Private Practice
In this episode, Joe talks about ideas to grow independence in private practice. Podcast Sponsor In This Podcast Summary Happy 4th of July! Today we…
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Five Things I’ve Learned In My Fifth Month Of Private Practice
Happy summer!!! Hope all your private practices are doing well… though this is the time of the year when, for most, it slows down…
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7 Guided Meditation Videos Under 30 Minutes
Let’s be honest, the stresses, busyness, and general pressures of life can often get the best of us. No matter how strongly we may think…
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PoP 229 | Student Loan Debt
In this episode, Joe talks all about student loan debt, debt forgiveness, and how to get out of debt. Also, should you invest in…
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Investing And Reinvesting In Your Private Practice
You know, there is so much I have learned since I went into private practice over 10 years ago. For me, I can truly…
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PoP 227 | 5 Common Issues With Growing a Private Practice
Today, Joe Sanok speaks about five common issues with growing a private practice. Podcast Sponsor In the beginning, Jaime was building websites himself, but then…
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PoP 220 | Bryan Teare Knows a Ton About Twentysomethings
Today, Joe Sanok speaks with Bryan Teare who knows a ton about Twentysomethings. Podcast Sponsor Brighter Vision is a turnkey website solution designed to help…
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