LeiLani is truly a giving entrepreneur. She tells her story of how she developed her business after working in the film industry as a makeup artist. Her experience led her to develop her eco and cruelty-free cosmetic business and her volunteer program offering paramedical makeup and tattooing to people who have suffered from medical conditions such as major burns and cancer. Get the show notes at http://www.julietaustin.com/bb9

Laurie specializes in child to parent violence. She has set up an arrangement working with her local county in Florida to be the therapist who provides this service. She has also set up a non-profit to help her clients pay for her services. Laurie’s business model, as well as her niche, are unique for a therapist. It shows her creativity in creating the business that she wants. You can get the show notes for this episode at http://julietaustin.com/bb10

Shushann Movsessian's story illustrates the highs and lows of being in business. In spite of achieving early success in her private practice, she describes a low point where she focused a lot on developing retreats for women and neglected her therapy practice. As a result, she lost a lot of clients and had to be very vulnerable as she got help to build things back up again. She learned the hard way to put consistent effort into her practice to keep it going.

On the flip side, Shushann has had tremendous success with her Facebook page. She has over 1.5 million followers and explains how she achieved this. You can get the show notes at http://www.julietaustin.com/bb8

Jacqueline talks about how she got started working with expats who experienced a lot of stress and anxiety. She saw early on the challenges of not having a niche and, therefore, decided to focus on stress and anxiety. She talked about her 2 websites - one for her therapy practice and another, which is a blog focused on managing stress. She is about to launch an online course on stress through this second website. You can access the show notes for the interview here: http://julietaustin.com/bb7

Kaela talked about building her practice in her 20's and worked very hard to build it in the first 2 years until she had a full caseload. She understood that having two niches - one focused on relationships and one focused on eating disorders would be more challenging than having only one. However, Kaela didn't want to focus solely on an eating disorder niche as she felt that her work would be more balanced if she had two. Kaela talks in detail about how she built her practice, how she surrounded herself with mentors, and didn't always have a balanced life in the early years when she was building her practice.  You can access the show notes for the interview here: http://julietaustin.com/bb6

Women’s Therapist, Esther Kane decided she wanted to be a therapist after seeing psychologists herself as a child. She describes her childhood as being traumatic and shares that she developed an eating disorder in her early years. Esther is a passionate writer and discusses how she has acquired writing gigs for other blogs and magazines. She has written several books as a way to increase her exposure and add a revenue stream to her practice. Esther describes herself as a maverick and talks about how she believes this has helped her attract clients. Access the show notes for the interview here: http://julietaustin.com/bb5

It is obvious that Jessica is passionate about her work when you hear her in this interview. She built her practice quite fast through Facebook and her blog, quickly becoming known for her specialty in homebirths and her advocacy work. She is well-known in the birth community in Vancouver for her advocacy work on women's choices in birth and for the resources she provides on her website. Access the show notes for the interview here: http://julietaustin.com/bb4

Men’s Therapist, Jason Fierstein has a busy therapy practice seeing 30-35 clients per week. After leaving a corporate job, Jason studied to become a therapist and then worked diligently to build a therapy practice seeing men primarily around relationship problems. He has sought advice and invested time and money in educating himself about marketing and it has paid off.  Access the show notes for the interview here: http://julietaustin.com/bb3

Mary Johnston from WaterMatters considers herself a late bloomer because she started her business at the age of 52. In her earlier years she had lacked direction. Mary began her water filtration and health business in her 1 bedroom apartment and worked at a $12/hour job while she built it. Today she runs a retail store in Vancouver and has 3 employees as her business continues to grow. Access the show notes for the interview here: http://julietaustin.com/bb2

Addictions Therapist, Candace Plattor refers to herself as being an “accidental success story” because she never thought she would achieve the level of success she’s had. After suffering from an addiction to prescription painkillers due to a diagnosis of Crohn’s disease, Candace has been clean for over 20 years. Candace turned her personal experience into a therapy practice focused on addiction. Candace also works with family members of those who have an addiction. She speaks publicly on the topic of addiction and has published a book called, Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself.  Access the show notes for the interview here: http://julietaustin.com/BB1

Juliet Austin introduces the Businesses in Bloom Podcast and explains that the show is about the stories of "successful" therapists, wellness and natural health businesses. You can find all the episodes of the podcast at http://julietaustin.com/BBPodcast