Kelly Covert discusses the life coaching business she started with her partner, Maggie Quinn calledStrong Body Whole Heart. We spent a large part of the interview discussing how Kelly and Maggie decided to go into business together and the pros and cons of having a partner. Kelly then describes her business and the services she offers. Towards the latter part of the interview, Kelly shares the challenges she and her partner have encountered and their long-term goals for their business. To get the show notes for this episode go to http://www.julietaustin.com/bb30

Nutritional therapist, Amy Love has an online business offering coaching and online programs to people who want to live a healthier lifestyle. She has been travelling around North America in an RV with her husband as they run their business. Amy's passion for health stems from her struggles with chronic illnesses from a young age. Eventually, she was able to improve her health substantially with alternative healing methods and diet changes. Amy has a popular blog and a community of over 200,000 followers. You can get the show notes for this episode here: http://www.julietaustin.com/bb29

Dr. Janet Sasson Edgette has 30 years experience as a psychologist. She is the author of 6 books - 3 focused on adolescents. One is directed towards therapists and the other two are geared towards parents. Dr. Edgette began her work in a treatment center for teens and found that the manner in which many professionals were working with teens was not effective. She finds that teens respond best using a personalized approach where the therapist uses their humanity. Listen to the interview to find out more. To get the show notes for this episode go to http://www.julietaustin.com/bb28

Dr. Alain Desaulniers is a chiropractic doctor in Vancouver, BC. He comes from a family of more than 43 chiropractors spread over 2 generations! Chiropractic work has become a lifestyle for his family. Alain didn't originally decide to be a chiropractor, but he does remember being told by his parents as he was growing up to make sure that whatever he did, it served a bigger idea than just himself.

Dr. Desaulniers candidly discusses the mistakes he made when he first began his private practice and how it led to him doubting his self-worth. Fortunately, he stuck with it and now runs a busy office with an associate. To get the show notes for this episode go to http://julietaustin.com/bb27

Dr. Jonathan Prousky is a naturopathic doctor in Toronto, Canada whose passion is helping people with mental health issues. He utilizes a range of natural treatments to help his clients. Dr. Prousky's philosophy is that his patients need to take an active role in their health as opposed to being passive and expecting a pill to fix their problems. Dr. Prousky has recently completed a Masters degree in counselling. He will soon be offering counselling services as well as naturopathic services. To get the show notes for this episode go http://julietaustin.com/bb32

Dr. Ellyn Bader has been practicing couples therapy for over 30 years. In this interview, she describes the evolution of her work as a couples therapist. She also discusses how she and her therapist husband, Dr. Peter Pearson, founded the Couples Institute and the Developmental Model of Couples Therapy. Dr. Bader discusses the challenges and rewards of building a private practice with associates as well as her online training programs for therapists. To get the show notes for this episode go to: http://www.julietaustin.com/bb26

This interview is with naturopathic doctor and psychotherapist, Dr. Ameet Aggarwal who has a private practice in Kenya, Africa. In his practice, he uses natural medicines to help heal his patients' emotional issues. He also runs mobile clinics in rural communities in Kenya providing basic medicines to those who are physically ill. To get the show notes for this episode go to http://www.julietaustin.com/bb25

Dr. Vanessa Lapointe story of building her private therapy practice with 10 associates is a textbook example of how to build a business. She knew from the beginning that she did not have business and marketing skills and therefore hired a business coach to help her start off with a strong foundation with a clear message. From there, she started offering workshops to organizations and built strong relationships with other professionals in her community.

Dr. Lapointe offers 80 workshops a year and one of her therapists now works as a community manager maintaining relationships with referral sources. If you want to know how to build a business do exactly what she has done - have a "dogged determination" and genuinely build strong relationships with others. To get the show notes for this episode to go http://www.julietaustin.com/24

Dr. Joe Kort works with clients who have a wide range of sexual issues - sexuality issues for straight, gay, and lesbian people, sexual abuse, out of control sexual behaviors, fetishes, kinks, sexual dysfunctions, issues around the use of pornography, etc. His clients are primarily men and couples, but he also works with women helping them understand their male partners.

Dr. Kort has a unique perspective on out of control sexual behaviors and does not use the term "sexual addiction" because he finds it to be "sex negative" and pathologizing. Instead, he focuses on the sexual health of his clients helping them understand their relationship to their sexual behavior.

Dr. Kort also trains therapists in working with clients around issues sexuality and offers groups on sexuality and relationship success for the public. He has several associates in his practice and is the author of several books.

You can get the show notes for this episode at http://www.julietaustin.com/bb23

In this interview, Alison Crowley talks about being a dancer and an actress.  Due to a series of injuries she eventually discovered yoga as a way to help her heal.  She eventually completed several yoga and yoga therapy trainings.

Alison has been able to convince several hospitals in Los Angeles to offer yoga classes for women cancer survivors. She also sees clients privately for yoga therapy. Alison talks about how important these yoga classes are for the women and how they facilitate a strong sense of community.  Alison’s business goes to show how you can be a trail blazer and be successful at a business that is desperately needed, but no one else is doing. I hope you are as inspired by Alison’s work as I am. To get the show notes for this show go to http://julietaustin.com/bb22

Dr. Jacqueline Peters combines her experience and training as anexecutive, team and relationship coach into a model for creatingpositive relationships in her book, “High PerformanceRelationships”. In the interview she talks about the similaritiesbetween healthy relationships in the workplace and in couples. Shehas a variety of experiences that she has brought together to formher model of high performance relationships presented in her book.To get the show notes for this show go tohttp://julietaustin.com/bb21

Sue Diamond Potts is a couples therapist in Vancouver, BC. She focuses on seeing clients who have suffered trauma and addiction. Sue talked about coming from a violent and alcoholic family, which led to her developing an addiction. Sue has been in recovery for over 30 years now and is passionate about her work with couples. Sue has taken on several associates, and teaches and supervises therapists in couples therapy using the Developmental Model. She is also in the process of writing a book about her work. To get the show notes for this show go to http://www.julietaustin.com/bb20

Dr. Laurie Hollmanis a Psychoanalyst and Author in New York. In the interview, she talked about the importance of being a mother and a Psychoanalyst for over 30 years. Balancing both of these roles are the reasons she focuses on working with people across the lifespan - from infants to adults.

After 30 years, Dr. Hollman is well-known in her area and therefore has a consistent stream of referrals from doctors, pediatricians, and other colleagues. We discussed how she reached out to these referral sources initially by sending them papers describing the various problems and advising them how to make a referral to her. She attributes her success to being an optimist and a hard worker. To get the show notes for this show go to http://julietaustin.com/bb19

One could say that therapist, Courtney Armstrong, became an accidental author and speaker. In this interview, Courtney shares how she didn’t plan for these things, but when the opportunities arose, she grabbed them. She explains how her business has evolved for her and the challenges inherent in finding the balance between work and leisure time when you are a therapist, author, and public speaker. To get the show notes for this episode go to: http://julietaustin.com/bb18

Dr. George Baxter-Holder has battled drug addiction, a criminal conviction, obesity, the IRS, and a Mexican drug cartel. After being released from prison, he committed fully to his recovery and found his passion in nursing. He then completed a Ph.D. and wrote a book about his experience. An inspiring story that I am sure you will enjoy. To get the show notes for this episode go to http://julietaustin.com/bb17

Retired therapist, Christy Monson, had a successful counseling practice in Las Vegas, Nevada as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Since her retirement, Christy has built a business writing books - both fiction and non-fiction. Christy talked about her passion for writing and described her writing process.To get the show notes for this show go to http://www.julietaustin.com/bb16

Hilary has a local therapy practice In Denver, Colorado focused on relationship therapy. She shared that she has one associate therapist who also sees clients. Hilary also talked about her online work coaching and mentoring clients from other areas of the USA. She has had great success using Periscope to expand her business and talks about having interesting titles for her Periscope broadcasts, which increases attendance. Hilary shares that she is currently developing an online program on relationships and mentions that this is a costly and time-consuming process. To get the show notes for this episode go to http://www.julietaustin.com/bb15

Naturopathic Doctor, Jillian Finker, wanted to become a medical professional since she was a child due to some medical issues she had that were resolved via natural medicine. She built her naturopathic practice within a few years via referral marketing, speaking, the naturopathic association. Jillian has a full practice with a waiting list and currently does minimal marketing. Get the show notes at http://wwww.julietaustin.com/bb14

Tammy has an interesting perspective on couples and sex therapy that she developed after doing a lot of couples therapy training. She felt the couples therapy training she did, did not have an adequate understanding of the nature of sexual relationships in couples.

Tammy talks about her busy life seeing clients as well as writing and speaking. She has built her business through referrals and has gotten a great deal of publicity due to her books.

Tammy says she works a lot and does her writing in the evenings, but that she makes time for and self-care. She also spoke about the importance of having assistants to help her in her business. You can get the show notes for the episode here: http://www.julietaustin.com/bb13

Kathy started out in an acting career, but after losing her mother at 18 years of age, she was inspired to enter into the healing professions. Kathy’s primary work is as a massage therapist, but she also incorporates hypnotherapy and health consultations into her sessions with clients. In the interview, Kathy also talks about several books she has written and how she speaks at conferences around the USA. You can access the show notes at http://julietaustin.com/bb12

Chloe is a lively young woman who suffered from an eating disorder in her late teens and early adulthood. She describes a critical time, where after being critical of the field of holistic nutrition, she suddenly decided to sign up for a course studying this field. Her work in this field was the beginning of her personal healing journey.

Chloe has had great success with public speaking and using Instagram to build her business. Her loyal following on Instagram has lead to several speaking opportunities. Get the show notes at http://www.julietaustin.com/bb11

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

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

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