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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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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Podcast 60 | Pat Flynn business guru interview
Today’s Private Practice Podcast resource: Legendary Lion Traverse City website design is sponsoring this podcast interview Have a question for the show? Leave me…
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Podcast 58: Listener Questions about private practice, my love life, and how to rank higher in Google
Today’s Private Practice Podcast resource: Mental Wellness Counseling’s new Intensive Recovery Program, a 12 hour, 20 hour, or 36 hour intensive outpatient treatment program….
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Counselor wages: October 2014 Monthly Income Report
In a minute I will talk about the question: counselor wages and how much a counselor in part-time private practice can make. What happened…
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Increase Revenue: June 2014 Monthly Income Report
I always love doing my monthly income report about how to increase revenue, grow a client base, and have more fun! It’s a great…
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How to Become a Consultant on Sugar Daddies | An interview with Dr. Harrison Davis
Today’s Private Practice Resource: This is such a great interview from the American Counseling Association Conference. Dr. Harrison Davis took time out for this…
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How to talk about money with clients
How to talk about money with clients I recently was emailed a question, “I do have one question for you that has nothing to…
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Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok episode 023 | Caller Questions about SEO, Passive Income, and Raising Counseling Rates
www.PracticeofthePractice.com/episode23 Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok episode 023 | Caller Questions about SEO, Passive Income, and Raising Counseling Rates by Joseph R….
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November 2013 Monthly Income Report
www.PracticeofthePractice.com/november-2013-cash November | What I’ve been up to and what I’ve learned I’m so close to breaking the $50k mark for my part time…
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You’re not going to believe what this infographic says about parenting!
With so much parenting advice, here’s a parenting infographic that should get you started. www.MentalWellnessParenting.com/book …
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October 2013 Monthly Income Report
October | What I’ve been up to and what I’ve learned This month I broke the $40,000 mark for my part-time business! I’ve…
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Smid to the Gen with Joe
Smidgens are quick, short, inspiring thoughts done in a podcast format, without all the fluff. They’re a way for me to quickly express thoughts,…
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Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok 019 | Living your dream through travel and counseling, an interview with Tracee Persiko counselor, niche expert, and brilliant woman
by Joseph R. Sanok Practice of the Practice with Joe Sanok 019 | Living your dream through travel and counseling, an interview with Tracee…
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Here Comes Another Smidgen
Smidgens are quick, short, inspiring thoughts done in a podcast format, without all the fluff. They’re a way for me to quickly express thoughts,…
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September 2013 Monthly Income Report
September | What I’ve been up to and what I’ve learned So am about to break the $40,000 mark for my part-time business…
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16 Things You Must Have in Your Paperwork (hint: three you wouldn’t expect)
When I first launched my private practice in 2006 under an established private practice I didn’t understand just how important it is to steam-line…
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10 Things Counselors Need to Learn from Chipotle and a Scarecrow
Chipotle recently launched a hauntingly awesome video about a scarecrow that is part of the factory farm establishment and chooses to launch his…
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Yet another Smidgen with Joe
Smidgens are quick, short, inspiring thoughts done in a podcast format, without all the fluff. They’re a way for me to quickly express thoughts,…
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Just another Smidgen
Smidgens are quick, short, inspiring thoughts done in a podcast format, without all the fluff. They’re a way for me to quickly express thoughts,…
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August 2013 Monthly Income Report
August | What I’ve been up to August was a great month! I spent some time in North Carolina at a fun and inspiring…
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Practice of the Practice with Joe Sanok 017 | An interview with author and money guy Mark Scandrette
by Joseph R. Sanok Practice of the Practice with Joe Sanok 017 | An interview with author and money guy Mark Scandrette If…
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Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok Session 016 | Interview with Glennon Melton (and Chase) from www.momastery.com
by Joseph R. Sanok Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok Session 016 | Interview with Glennon Melton (and Chase) from www.momastery.com If…
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27 Ways to Save Time and Money
Add client’s emails to your schedule invite so it automatically reminds them Write blog posts all at once when you are inspired and schedule…
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What I just learned…the hard way
I have learned a lot lately. Most of it has been the hard way and actually probably helped me lose some money, connections with…
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FREE BOOKS!
Today only (August 13, 2013) you can get all of my books for free on Amazon! Today is my 9th anniversary and it’s my…
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Practice of the Practice with Joe Sanok Episode 015 | Seven Ways to Avoid Burnout in Private Practice
by Joseph R. Sanok Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok Session 015 | Seven Ways to Avoid Burnout in Your Private Practice…
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Practice of the Practice with Joe Sanok Episode 014 | Five Ways to Make More Money in Private Practice
by Joseph R. Sanok Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok Session 014 | Five Ways to Make More Money in Your Private Practice…
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June 2013 Monthly Income Report
Compared with last month this month’s income is a bit down, but looking at the months prior, I think I am gaining some momentum!…
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Seven Ways to Unlock Money in Your Private Practice
“Turn off the lights when you leave the room.” “Reuse that, don’t throw it away.” “Finish all the food on your plate.” These are…
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Time to grow your business?
Act now! Save yourself hours of frustration, learning, and tedious work. It took me so much time to figure out how to link…
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Five Ways to Know Your Business Will Be Successful This Year
There are five essential indicators as to whether your business will grow this year. I am sure there are more than five, but these…
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March 2013 Monthly Income Report
Why I do this As you probably know, I work a full time job and do a bunch of other things to build passive…
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Practice of the Practice Podcast 006 | Building your dream job and experiential approaches to therapy
by Joseph R. Sanok Summary Joseph R. Sanok: Counselor, Private Practice Owner, Marketing Expert, and Blogger The Practice of the Practice Podcast: Counseling |…
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Practice of the Practice Podcast 005 | How to build a passive income in a counseling private practice
by Joseph R. Sanok Summary Joseph R. Sanok: Counselor, Private Practice Owner, Marketing Expert, and Blogger The Practice of the Practice Podcast: Counseling |…
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I’m addicted to stats | turning the consultant brain off
I’m addicted to stats. I hated them in undergraduate and graduate school, but I really have fallen in love with them. Actually, it’s started…
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How to Name a Private Practice | 5 tips to build business quicker
What’s in a name? When we name a child, we buy books, debate, practice the sound, and then finally after often fighting with our…
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Practice of the Practice 004 | Increasing counseling private practice referrals from doctors, pastors, and the community
Summary Joseph R. Sanok: Counselor, Private Practice Owner, Marketing Expert, and Blogger The Practice of the Practice Podcast: Counseling | Private Practice | Blogging…
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January 2013 Monthly Income Report
Why I do this I’ve been doing these income reports since September 2012. If you are new to the website, I do this…
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Why haven’t you launched a podcast? Step One | How Blackberry, Alicia Keys, and iPhones are changing everything
Did I just type “Blackberry”? With iPhones and Droids having the primary market shares, the once leader, Blackberry, has moved to the backseat and maybe…
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Practice of the Practice 003 | Launching a counseling private practice website Part 2
Summary Joseph R. Sanok: Counselor, Private Practice Owner, Marketing Expert, and Blogger The Practice of the Practice Podcast: Counseling | Private Practice | Blogging…
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Practice of the Practice 002 | Launching a counseling private practice website Part 1
Summary Joseph R. Sanok: Counselor, Private Practice Owner, Marketing Expert, and Blogger The Practice of the Practice Podcast: Counseling | Private Practice | Blogging…
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Practice of the Practice Podcast 001 | Developing your niche in your counseling private practice
Summary There is so much that we did not learn in graduate school. This counseling private practice podcast seeks to help you continue to…
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Top Five Things I Wish I Knew before I Graduated
I occasionally have guest bloggers here on Practice of the Practice. I look for folks that can offer a point of view that is different…
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December 2012 Earnings
by joseph sanok Why I do this I’ve been doing these income reports for a number of months now. If…
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How to launch an e-book on Amazon
You may have recently noticed more e-book action from Practice of the Practice. If you have not, you may want to check out my…
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Using Pinterest to Build Your Practice
I participate on a great group on LinkedIn called “Mental Health and Private Practice Management,” if you need inspiration or have questions, it is…
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How to love your job
It all started when I was at a meeting with my mother-in-law. She was invited due to her background in sailing. There were four…
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Referral Essentials
I went to the eye doctor a few weeks ago. I go each year for a check up. Things are great, I found out…
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November 2012 Earnings Report
In an effort to be transparent and to inspire you, I want to start reporting my monthly earnings. But first, let me thank those…
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Adding 1099 Contractors to Your Practice
I received three emails today, it must be 1099 Friday: Re: 1099 discussion on LinkedIn “I saw the posting and am interested as well….
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Intro to Websites | Bluehost and WordPress step-by-step
On Practice of the Practice, I usually make totally unique and original content. But, I am not too proud to tell you about things…
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You aren’t charging enough!
“You aren’t charging enough!” is what I told the lady on the phone. We were chatting about her practice and the subject of fees…
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EIN, SSN, CAQH, NPI, and ABCDEFG?!
I recently received an email from someone starting a private practice in the coming months. They were wondering about all the acronyms in the…
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Purple Poop
My poop was purple. I’m not talking specks, I’m talking “Did I just poop kool-aid?!”-purple. Many of you know that I just had surgery…
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How to make money on a blog
It’s not easy to make money on a blog. On the front end, it is a ton of work. Sometimes it is difficult to…
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October 2012 Earnings Report
In an effort to be transparent and to inspire you, I want to start reporting my monthly earnings. But first, let me thank…
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52-week Private Practice Creation
I often get people asking me about consulting and how to launch their private practice. Also, I often have discussions with counselors in private…
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Genuine Virtual Networking
I am a people person. I like talking with people. That is one of the main reasons I went into counseling. I like talking…
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Website Consultation
We counselors often miss immense opportunities because of our lack of business skills. Our websites often look crappy and we need help with design….
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September 2012 Earnings Report
In an effort to be transparent and to inspire you, I want to start reporting my monthly earnings. But first, let me thank…
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Customer Service is Killing People
In a previous post and in my e-newsletter I let you know about how I was diagnosed with cancer in July. As I…
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The Bartender Counselor
I participate in a few online communities on Facebook and LinkedIn. Doing so has a number of benefits. You can see what…
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Business Advice and The Beatles
Are you part of the MAYA group or not? If you don’t know, than you are not in the group. MAYA stands for…
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The Teen Brain
“All teenagers are risk-takers, moody, and get embarrassed by their parents.” “They are angry and hate adults.” “They only listen to their friends.” Are these statements…
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Why I don’t take insurance
Someone just asked me: “I saw your comment on LinkedIn about how you no longer take insurance. I’m curious about that. What made…
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A Successful Guide to Friends with Benefits
There are plethora blog posts about how to network and make those you are networking with feel connected to you. You can use…
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Three things anyone can do to prevent suicide
Appearing in the Record Eagle on 9-8-12 In 9th grade, the school counselor brought me and several other students into her office. She informed…
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The Cancer Effect
In July I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Fairly soon I will be having a bunch of additional tests and have a treatment…
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Doctor Referrals in 4 quick steps
Attached is my intro letter that I use for physicians. I have found it to be most useful as something they plan to hand…
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Websites 101: linking hosting, domain, and wordpress
Updated March 2013 The more that I talk with counselors, the more I see that they are scared of setting up their own websites….
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Clinical Resources
Clinical Resources I have used these treatment planners since my first year out of counseling graduate school. Especially when…
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Selecting a counseling private practice name
How to name a counseling private practice What’s in a name? EVERYTHING! The name of your practice should be something that reflects who you…
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A Step-by-Step Guide to “Dinner and a Counseling Session”
If you are not familiar with the”Dinner and a Counseling Session” service that I offered starting in May, you can check out the site…
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Helicopter Parents Gone Wild
A “helicopter parent” is a parent who hovers over their child, waiting to catch them before they skin their knee. “Helicopter Parents” schedule, plan,…
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More ways to help angry kids
In my last article “How to Help Angry Kids” I talked about a number of treatment approaches to help kids that have anger issues….
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Mental Wellness: Opposite-sex friends
Originally featured in the Record Eagle July 14, 2012. Available at: http://record-eagle.com/features/x748660390/Mental-Wellness-Opposite-sex-friends I have seen many a friendship and marriage fail because of opposite…
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Mental Wellness: More than beauty rest
Originally appeared in the Record Eagle, June 16, 2012 available at: http://record-eagle.com/bodysoul/x1350020161/Mental-Wellness-More-than-beauty-rest/print My grandma had a sleep mask. You know the kind that blocks out light?…
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How I almost lost 5,000 customers
I became more active on counseling private practice discussions on LinkedIn a few months ago. In Pat Flynn’s e-newsletter (Smart Passive Income) he had…
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E-book is now on Amazon!
Joseph Sanok’s new e-book! Practice of the Practice | A Start-up Guide to Launching a Counseling Private Practice A straight-forward guide to making private…
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Parenting and stepping back
There are so many factors that go into parenting. It seems that every friend, website, magazine, and blog is telling you how to…
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How to get referrals from doctors
I have received so many questions from counselors in private practice about how to market to doctors. I decided that rather than email…
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When do you need a practice consultant?
For most counselors, a practice consultant is a waste of time and money. It is really important to know yourself well enough to ask…
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What I wish I had known in graduate school
As I made my way through my graduate degrees in Counseling Psychology and Community Counseling, I did a lot right: I had a job…
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Part-time practice with a Full-Time Job | Four Tips
I have had a part-time counseling private practice since 2007. This was while maintaining a full-time job. My situation was such where my wife…
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Bus Monitor Bullied
Bus Monitor Bullied About a week ago, my wife was changing my daughter’s diaper. She was parked outside a pharmacy in Traverse City…
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The case against a business plan
I was recently asked by a reader, “What software did you use for your business plan? Do you have one?” I also just had…
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Is “real time” counseling dead?
I had a Practice of the Practice reader email me this: It has finally just hit me that since it is just ME sitting…
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Questions from Readers about Marketing
Here are some marketing questions I have received from Practice of the Practice folks How did you get on Radio? For me it was…
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How I Got On The Front Page of Google in 6 weeks
How did I get on the front page of Google for the terms “counseling” and “Traverse City”? I often get this question. People will…
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The Art of the Thank You Note
I am terrible at writing thank you notes. Some people are amazing at writing them, I don’t understand those people. I have had to…
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LLPC License: Step-by-Step
SOM LLPC License Paperwork So you have completed your Masters degree in counseling, probably from a CACREP accredited school, and you’re ready to begin…
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Five Ways to Market on the Cheap
When I launched my counseling private practice several years ago, I was brand new to the Traverse City area. I was coming from another…
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Socializing Toward Extinction | Integrating Your Social Media
My time almost became extinct. For the first three years of my private practice, I had only a Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/mentalwellnesscounseling I only had…
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Set Up a Business Facebook Page in 5 minutes
Many people want to get a Facebook page for their counseling private practice. For many clinicians, the whole process can be overwhelming. Recently, I…
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How to help angry kids
A clinician I consult with asked me a question. I asked him if I could post his question and my reply (without confidential information)….
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Save on Rent: Share Google Calendars in Two Minutes
In an effort to reduce rent, at Mental Wellness Counseling we share offices when possible. Since it is rare to have every hour utilized, I…
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Four Tips to Make Billing Less Awkward
I have had several questions about how to make the payment piece of counseling easier. Before I explain what I do, I want to…
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Use your website email with Gmail in 3 minutes
Ever wonder how to set up your email to look like mine, where I have my website instead og gmail? Up until 2 weeks…
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What do graduate students want to know?
I know that when I was a graduate student, I had no idea what I didn’t know. But there are so many things that…
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