In this special two-part episode of Beyond the Session with Aisha, learn the secrets to staying focused on your business goals without crumbling under the pressures of perfectionism, analysis paralysis, & decision-making fatigue. 

Discover how Aisha begins her Refresh Routine™ within her premium mental health business and walk away feeling inspired to take action.

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Copyright 2025 Aisha R. Shabazz

For some therapists, the beginning of the year is hectic.

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The pressure of new year, new you

hovering over like the heavy burden of

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perfectionism can become so burdensome

that it activates analysis paralysis.

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So instead of falling into society's

trap of reinventing yourself for the

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superficial stats and vanity metrics

of like shares and subscribes, let's

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start the new year with a new view.

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What do you need to embrace a new vision

for your career, business, and lifestyle?

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Well, one thing is for sure, there is more

to building a sustainable mental health

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business than purchasing a new planner.

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You're listening to Beyond the Session

with Ayesha, the business podcast that

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teaches you how to create a premium mental

health business and ethically blend your

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clinical skills with entrepreneurship.

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I'm your host, Aisha, a licensed

mental health therapist and strategic

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consultant for mental health industry

leaders who are ready to compassionately

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disrupt the mental health industry,

making it more accessible for clients

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and more sustainable for clinicians.

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Last time on the podcast, you learned

about the four areas of your private

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practice that you need to refresh ASAP.

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And now it's time to prioritize so

that you can figure out where to

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start your private practice refresh.

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But in order to do that, you have to know

what worked well and what needs to go.

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This week on the podcast, I'm

going to lead by example and

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a special two part episode.

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I'm taking you behind the scenes of

my mental health business and sharing

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with you what I'm keeping the same

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Before we dive into today's

episode, I want to give a warm

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welcome to the winter cohort of the

blissful booking accelerator today.

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We had our kickoff call and

they took goal setting to a

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whole new level for 90 minutes.

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They dove into the milestone mapping

curriculum call and walked away

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with a clear pathway to accomplish

their business and lifestyle goals.

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If you are eager to streamline your

strategy to reach your unique goals, add

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your name to the waitlist for your chance

to join the spring cohort of the Blissful

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Booking 90 Day Accelerator this April.

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Now back to the show.

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Now that you're familiar with the

four areas of your private practice.

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That need to be refreshed ASAP.

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Let's look at these four areas

within my mental health business.

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And if you haven't had a chance to listen

to the last episode, go back and listen

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to it now and then come back to this one.

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As you recall, the first area

to refresh is your schedule.

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What is currently working for

me is chunking my schedule or

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creating themes on my calendar that

are time specific or time bound.

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This technique actually works

really well for my coaching clients

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that identify as neurodivergent.

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Because it is a beautiful balance of

flexibility and structure flexibility

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because you're not scheduling every

minute of every day and structure

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because it gives a boundary around

what to do within a specific timeframe.

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An example of how I chunk my schedule is I

have specific days that I schedule therapy

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appointments within my private practice

and specific days that I schedule coaching

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sessions within my consulting firm.

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By theming or chunking your schedule,

it also reduces decision making fatigue,

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which is vital for you as the founder

of a mental health business because you

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are using your brain in unique ways.

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And the less you context switch or

toggle from one unique task to the

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next, the more energy you will have

when your workday is officially over.

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The second area is support.

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I want you to really think about

support in two different arenas.

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One that's going to support

you in your business, like

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taking things off your plate

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I have hired many people over the years

to help support me in my business.

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And the business support that I will

maintain this year is the support that I

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received from my virtual assistant, the

support that I received from my attorney,

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And her legal team and the support that

I receive through business mentorship,

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And then the other element of support

is having a community of support you

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may feel support from friends or

family, but you may also want to have

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support from a professional community.

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many values driven therapists have

expressed feeling lonely throughout their

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entrepreneurial journey and actually

rely on networking to fill this void.

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However, I define networking as a

way to build and nurture professional

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relationships that support your clients

and you as a business owner and clinician.

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If you are seeking to build community

that supports you as a person, I

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recommend a different approach.

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Yes, you can make work friends,

but at some point, wouldn't it be

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nice to not talk about work all

the time and talk about life, your

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hobbies, things that you enjoy?

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Outside of all of the passion that

you have in helping your clients.

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This is the reason why I will continue

to host social events for mental health

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professionals local to Philadelphia.

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So if you are a hop, skip, and a jump

away from South Philly, West Philly,

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Rittenhouse Square, or Fairmount

Park, I would love to hang out with

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you in person this year during one

of my four seasonal social events.

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The first social event of the

year will be the Spring Fling

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Mixer on Thursday, March 21st.

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You can grab your tickets

starting on Tuesday, January 23rd.

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Now, this may come as no surprise,

but when it comes to strategies, the

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third area of your business that you

need to refresh for me and my mental

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health business, online marketing

strategies are here to stay because

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the internet is not going away.

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And marketing any business online is

the most efficient way to introduce

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yourself to thousands of potential

reliable referral sources and potential

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clients without burning yourself out.

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Well, let me rephrase that.

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If you approach online marketing,

the way that I teach it, you

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will not burn yourself out.

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In fact, once you know how to effectively

use online marketing strategies to

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book clients, you will actually burn

out proof your mental health business.

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And who doesn't want that

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when it comes to online marketing

strategies, you have many options

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available to you and deciding

which one is right for you and your

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business depends on two things.

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Your unique goals, not somebody

else's, but your unique goals and

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your overall vision for your business.

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If you're stuck on which online marketing

strategies to use, And the idea of

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picking just one is overwhelming to you.

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Remember what I said in last

week's episode, it is not one

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strategy that is going to get

you the results that you want.

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It is an accumulation of strategies.

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And where you could start is by making

a list of the goals that you want to

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accomplish within the next six months.

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Once you have your list created, your

ideal online marketing strategies

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might magically manifest itself to you.

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But if it doesn't, you can schedule a

discovery call with me and you and I

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will dive into the details of your vision

and discuss which of my proven methods

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realistically aligned with your goals.

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Now, the last area to refresh

in your mental health business.

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Is your satisfaction.

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You know what they say, Rome

wasn't built in a day and the

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same applies for my home office.

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I have worked very diligently to have a

home office that is not only comfortable

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because I host my telehealth sessions here

as well as my virtual coaching sessions.

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. I also need my office to be a space

that supports both my creative

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process and the implementation

phase of my unique refresh routine.

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My home office isn't the only space

that I feel creative, but it does give

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me the necessary physical boundary

between my work and my home life.

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So there you have it.

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Those are the four areas of my mental

health business that I am keeping the

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same in 2024 and part two of this behind

the scenes look at my refresh routine.

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I will share with you what I

am changing within my mental

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health business this year.

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And some of my decisions may surprise you,

but I can promise you that each change

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is intentionally anchored to my values.

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Until then, if you've enjoyed this

episode of beyond the session with

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Either way, I appreciate

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Take care, talk soon, and keep thriving.