{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F88ea5d45-1da6-4d96-8c78-2642ca7d3a6e","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 45: Giving Yourself Permission to \"Do ALL The Things\" [featuring Marquita Johnson]","description":"It's easy to minimize what we do as therapists and look at all the years of schooling, experience, and skills as something anyone can do, but there is so much value in what you offer to the world (and what you can offer to yourself if you just give yourself permission to create and live the life you want).\nIn this episode, I talk with Marquita Johnson, therapist, dating coach, motivational speaker, business speaker, author, and amazing single mom, about her experiences building a business, caring for and conserving energy as an entrepreneur, and giving permission to herself to create and seize life-changing opportunities.\nWe talk about:\n\nhow Marquita brought dreams to reality by giving herself permission to break the mold and take the leap to follow passions and ideas\n\nhow boundaries and roadblocks are things that you often set for yourself because of impostor syndrome, but you can tear them down\n\nhow the question, \"can I do it?\" is often a sign for Marquita that she probably should\n\nhow doing something first (or new) can be a catalyst for change and people to follow\n\nhow each therapist has uniqueness and value in the way they do therapy (and that's their secret sauce and superpower)\n\nMarquita's passion for working with millennials\n\nbalancing mommyhood as a single parent with entrepreneurship\n\n\nMore about Marquita:\nMarquita Johnson is a graduate of Mercer University with a Master of Science in Community Counseling and Master of Divinity. Marquita received her undergraduate degree from Georgia State University in Psychology & Sociology. She is a licensed professional counselor in Georgia, nationally certified counselor, board certified tele-mental health counselor, and certified professional counselor supervisor. Marquita is also a brainspotting practitioner. Her specialties include women issues, dating, divorce, spirituality, and step-families. Currently, Marquita enjoys private practice work and supporting the Faculty & Staff Assistance Program at Emory University. She is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision at Walden University.\n-------------------------------------------------------\n\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f Listen to more episodes of the All Things Private Practice Podcast here: www.allthingspractice.com/all-things-private-practice-podcast\n\ud83c\udf99\ufe0fSpotify: atppod.com/spotify\n\ud83c\udf99\ufe0fApple Podcasts: atppod.com/apple\n\ud83c\udf99\ufe0fGoogle Podcasts: atppod.com/google\n\ud83d\udde8\ufe0f Join the All Things Private Practice FB Community: www.facebook.com/groups/privatepracticebuilding\n----------------------------\nA Thanks to Our Sponsor!\nI would also like to thank Hushmail for sponsoring this episode.\nGo to try.hushmail.com/allthings and enjoy the first month of your plan for free.\nMentioned in this episode:\nA Thanks to Our Sponsor, The Receptionist for iPad!\nVisit the website for The Receptionist for iPad here!","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/d0fdc3e9-26c4-45ab-9cd4-61c9a803649d/8a9k1-uujcm-i1uvvvdzcw4.jpg"}