In this episode of Beyond the Session with Aisha R. Shabazz, we'll be discussing the importance of building a values-driven private practice, and how it can lead to long-term success and sustainability.

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Mission and vision statements.

Ugh, whenever I hear those words, I think back to my days in corporate America

where there were random words plastered on the hallway walls and spouted off

during orientations and staff retreats.

None of those words meant anything to me because there was no

evidence that the organizations actually meant a single word.

They said, well, wouldn't it be nice if the business that

you built wasn't like that?

What are the values you outlined for yourself?

Were intentionally selected and actually embodied who you were and what you

stood for, not only in your day to day, but throughout your practice.

Do you think it would make a difference?

Welcome to Beyond the Session with Aisha Shaba.

In this episode of Beyond the Session, I'm not going to teach you how to draft

a mission and vision statement, but I'm going to share with you how creating

a value-driven practice can contribute to the longevity of your career.

Placing your values at the center of your practice can help you

remain focused on your priorities.

And what I mean by that is your values are really an intrinsic aspect of

who you are as a person, and it's essentially what you stand for.

So if you're entering into private practice because you're feeling

overwhelmed and burnt out, wouldn't it be nice to build a business on

something that supports your wellness?

That is where you could start with establishing where your values are,

especially if you don't know what your values are or how you want

them to show up in your practice.

The other thing to consider is that knowing your values will

help you as you build the various components of your practice.

One aspect of that is in your policies and protocols.

So if you have the value of consistency and you're thinking

to yourself, I wanna show up consistently for my clients, maybe.

A value could show up as the days of the week that you offer to your clients.

Maybe you wanna show your clients.

I value consistency, so I'm gonna offer you appointments

at the same time every week.

Another way that you can show your values throughout your practice is you could

ask yourself, well, what do I need?

If consistency is what you need, And you weren't able to find that when

you were working for somebody else, then maybe you need to consistently

have the same number of days off per week, per month, per quarter.

It's not always all about your clients, and I think that's the biggest

difference between working for somebody else and working in private practice.

You really have an opportunity to focus on your.

and you have an opportunity to focus on what the client needs.

Both of them can coexist.

One shouldn't overshadow the other, and I don't like using the word should, but

you'll hear me say that on occasion.

And the reason why is because when you are shoulding yourself, you're really putting

yourself in a position to not think about things in a yes and perspective.

When you should yourself.

It really is forcing yourself to look at things from an either or perspective.

And for any of you that have heard me during a decolonization workshop and

training, you know how I feel about either or thinking according to many

scholars, they consider either or thinking as a characteristic of white supremacy.

So I really.

Going towards the shoulds and the absolutes.

I really do encourage people to consider yes, and one because it's more freeing and

there isn't one right way to do things.

There are multiple ways to find solutions to the challenges that you're experiencing

and multiple ways to find that liberation freedom and flexibility that.

Private practice promised you in the first place