Running a private practice teaches us all sorts of practical things. We learn about websites, marketing, SEO, blogging, Google Business Profiles... the list goes on. But what if some of the biggest lessons have nothing to do with marketing at all?

This week, I share something that happened during the recent UK heatwave that completely caught me by surprise. After missing a podcast episode for the first time in 255 weeks, I found myself asking why taking a break felt so uncomfortable - and the answer wasn't what I expected.

It led me to think about the way our businesses can reveal old beliefs, habits and patterns we've been carrying around for years without even realising it.

If you've ever struggled with guilt, boundaries, people-pleasing, procrastination, or simply feeling as though you should always be doing more, I think you'll find something to relate to in this episode.

In this episode, we explore:

• What a heatwave unexpectedly revealed about me.
• Why taking time off felt much harder than I thought it would.
• The little voice in my head that I'd somehow never questioned.
• What running a private practice can teach us about ourselves.
• One simple shift that can change the way we respond to the challenges in our business.

Why this matters

It's easy to think our biggest challenges in private practice are about marketing, confidence or finding more clients. Sometimes they are. But sometimes they're pointing us towards something much deeper. The more we understand ourselves, the easier it becomes to build a business that feels sustainable, authentic and genuinely works for us.

Links and resources

🌱 Read the accompanying blog: The Unexpected Personal Growth That Comes with Private Practice

🌱 Explore The Vault – my free library of resources for counsellors:

https://www.janetravis.co.uk/vault/

🌱 Find out more about how we can work together https://www.janetravis.co.uk/start-here