EPISODE 021 | An OT's Approach to Trauma-Informed Care with Jess Hill

🎙️ Exciting news! I'm back with a brand new episode of the podcast! 🎉

In this episode I dive deep into the past 6 months of rapid business growth, sharing my experiences and lessons learned along the way including: 

1️⃣ Doubling gross revenue: I discuss how I managed to double my business's gross revenue over a 9-month period and the strategic decisions I made to achieve this impressive growth. 

2️⃣ Embracing the CEO role: I reflect on the challenges I faced and the sacrifices I made in order to step into my role as the CEO of my business. I share my journey and the mindset shifts that allowed me to fully own my achievements.

3️⃣ Workflow optimization and systems implementation: I share more on the work I’m continuing to do around improving my workflow, tracking essential metrics, and implementing systems to ensure smoother operations and better outcomes for my clients. 

If you're a therapist looking to level up your business and make a bigger impact while building a fulfilling life, this episode is for you! Tune in to gain valuable insights and learn practical strategies to flex your entrepreneurial muscles. 

Welcome to the third episode in our Clinician to Coach Series! 

In this six-part series, I'm sharing resources and strategies to help you start and grow your coaching business to consistent $5K and even $10K months without overwhelm or burnout.

In today's episode, you're going to hear me talk about: 

• The steps you need to take to actually start that coaching business
• How to get clear on your numbers, including your baseline revenue and how to know what to pay yourself
• Why validating your idea is one of the most important steps to starting a business
• Questions to ask when talking to your prospective clients 
• How to fine tune your elevator pitch
• Resources to help support you on this journey

And remember, it's my mission to get this series into the ears of as many OTs as possible! Meaning if you enjoyed today's episode, please help me to spread the word. Better yet, take a screen shot, post it to Instagram or Facebook and tag our @otsgonerogue account.

If you want to connect with me directly, you can reach out via DM on Instagram @otsgonerogue or by email (simply hit reply to one of our weekly email newsletters).

You can also connect with me through our Facebook page  @otsgonerogue or by going to our contact form, https://www.otsgonerogue.com/podcast-contact.

For the latest show notes and full episodes, make sure you head over to otsgonerogue.com/podcast. 

If you don't want to miss any future episodes including the upcoming episodes in the series, make sure you're subscribed to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever else you listen to podcasts. And thanks so much for listening to this week's episode of the OTs Gone Rogue podcast! 

Welcome to the second episode in our Clinician to Coach Series! 

In this six-part series, I'm sharing resources and strategies to help you start and grow your coaching business to consistent $5K and even $10K months without overwhelm or burnout.

In today's episode, you're going to hear me talk about: 

• The key differences between consulting, coaching and therapy
• Why you want to clearly articulate what service you're providing and what your client can expect in terms of the coaching relationship
• The gold standard for positioning your coaching services alongside your work as a therapist
• Common scenarios for therapists navigating the coaching space

If you enjoy today's episode -- and if you're excited about the rest of this series -- I would love to hear from you! You can reach out via DM on Instagram @otsgonerogue or by email (simply hit reply to one of our weekly email newsletters).

You can also connect with me through our Facebook page  @otsgonerogue or by going to our contact form, https://www.otsgonerogue.com/podcast-contact.

For the latest show notes and full episodes, make sure you head over to otsgonerogue.com/podcast. 

If you don't want to miss any future episodes including the upcoming episodes in the series, make sure you're subscribed to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever else you listen to podcasts. And thanks so much for listening to this week's episode of the OTs Gone Rogue podcast! 

Welcome to our Clinician to Coach Series! 

In this six-part series, I'm sharing resources and strategies to help you start and grow your coaching business to consistent $5K and even $10K months without overwhelm or burnout.

And we're kicking things off by pulling back the curtain on the dark side of coaching! 

In today's episode, you're going to hear me talk about: 

• Why healthcare professionals are burning out with the current state of healthcare
• The growing trends and opportunities in the coaching industry
• The concerns with the wild, wild West of the coaching world and the lack of industry regulation
• Potential issues with coaching certification programs and the importance of consumer awareness
• What we need to consider as health professionals navigating the coaching space

If you enjoy today's episode -- and if you're excited about the rest of this series -- I would love to hear from you! You can reach out via DM on Instagram @otsgonerogue or by email (simply hit reply to one of our weekly email newsletters).

You can also connect with me through our Facebook page  @otsgonerogue or by going to our contact form, https://www.otsgonerogue.com/podcast-contact.

For the latest show notes and full episodes, make sure you head over to otsgonerogue.com/podcast. 

If you don't want to miss any future episodes including the upcoming episodes in the series, make sure you're subscribed to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever else you listen to podcasts. And thanks so much for listening to this week's episode of the OTs Gone Rogue podcast! 

And we're back, pulling back the curtain on yet another area of business that often has some shady things going on... Today we’re going to be talking about sales tactics and pricing strategies that more of us should be questioning as both entrepreneurs AND consumers.  

In this episode you’re going to hear me talk about (and question): 

• The importance of using our critical thinking skills when it comes to applying what's being taught in the online space
• How income claim marketing can be problematic
• The pros and cons for hiding your pricing
• High pressure sales tactics and discovery calls
• When the friend request on Facebook turns into an unwanted sales pitch
• The penalty tax that often comes with a payment plan

If you're enjoying my "pulling back the curtain" episodes, I would love to hear from you! I think these are important conversations to have, as uncomfortable as they can be... 

As always, I'm happy to continue the conversation via DM on Instagram @otsgonerogue or by email (simply hit reply to one of our weekly email newsletters). If you resonated with parts of this episode, take a quick screenshot, share it to your IG stories and tag me,  @otsgonerogue.

You can also connect with me through our Facebook page  @otsgonerogue or by going to our contact form, https://www.otsgonerogue.com/podcast-contact. 

Today we’re rolling out another Rogue Spotlight Interview where we’re featuring an OT who’s thinking outside the box and doing things differently in terms of how they’re using their education and experience to serve their audience.

Clarice Grote is an occupational therapist, medicare specialist and health policy consultant based in the United States. She’s also the Founder and CEO of Amplify OT, a company dedicated to educating and encouraging occupational therapy practitioners and students to engage with Medicare policy and advocacy.

Now if you’re thinking this episode doesn’t apply to you because you’re not working with medicare or you’re not American, think again.

During my interview with Clarice, we’re talking more about her journey as an entrepreneur, her experience with pivoting from an online course to a membership model and the work she’s doing behind the scenes on building out a stronger infrastructure for her business so that it’s more profitable AND sustainable.

If you have any feedback or thoughts that you want to share with me OR with Clarice, take a quick screenshot and share with us on IG, tag us @otsgonerogue.com and @amplify_ot.

To access Clarice's OT Reimbursement Podcast Playlist and Guide, go to:  amplifyot.com/playlist 

To find out more about her membership, go to: amplifyot.com/membership

For the latest show notes and full episodes, make sure you head over to otsgonerogue.com/podcast.

If you don’t want to miss any future episodes including upcoming episodes in this series, make sure you are subscribed to the OTs Gone Rogue podcast on apple, spotify or stitcher or wherever else you listen to podcasts. 

Today’s episode is an important one because we’re kicking off a series of tough conversations where I’m pulling back the curtain on some of the things I’ve been learning on this journey into the dark side of the online business world.

My goal with these types of episodes is two-fold: 

1. I want to lead by example in being a service-based online business owner that’s practicing with integrity, helping more OT entrepreneurs to follow suit.
2. I want to help more OTs who are navigating the online space to use their critical thinking when signing up for programs, products and services. 

Leading to the focus of today's episode, ascension models. 

BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU’LL DISCOVER: 

• What exactly is an ascension model and how it's commonly referenced as THE way of positioning your various offers 
• Why it's important to think critically about the business advice you're going to follow
• The challenge with low ticket offers being resource intensive
• How to reconnect to your reason for helping people as a business owner

As always, I'm happy to continue the conversation via DM or email! If you have any feedback or thoughts that you want to share with me, take a quick screenshot and share with me on IG, tag me @otsgonerogue.com. You can also connect with me through our Facebook page  @otsgonerogue or by going to our contact form, https://www.otsgonerogue.com/podcast-contact. 

Have you ever been in a situation where a colleague shares one of their wins -- and while you want to feel happy for them, you instead there's a part of you that cringes on the inside? Or maybe you've had a peer share their successes and instead of feeling inspired, their announcement made you feel bad, like you weren't enough.

My friend, you are not alone. Which is why on today's episode, we're doing a deep dive into this idea of comparing ourselves to others, especially in the OT space.
 
In this episode you’re going to hear me talk about: 

• How comparing ourselves to others can sometimes lead to inspired action -- but it can also stop us in our tracks
• Common scenarios where comparisonitis may rear it's ugly head
• Tricks + tools to help you stop comparing yourself to others
• How we all have our own unique contributions to make in the world

I hope you resonate with parts of this episode and that you're excited for all the great things to come, whether that's our individual achievements or our collective accomplishments as a profession! 

If you have any feedback or thoughts that you want to share with me, take a quick screenshot and share with me on IG, tag me @otsgonerogue.com. You can also connect with me through our Facebook page  @otsgonerogue or by going to our contact form, https://www.otsgonerogue.com/podcast-contact. 

Today’s episode is particularly exciting because we’re getting back into the groove with spotlighting other amazing OTs who are on this journey of going rogue. And we're kicking things off with none other than Sarah Lyon. 

In 2011, Sarah launched OT potential because she realized the incredible need for a reliable source of quality occupational therapy-related content and resources. 

As you’re going to hear in this interview, Sarah is on a mission. Through her OT Potential platform, she now has a blog, a podcast and a membership-based journal club -- all geared towards helping OT practitioners from around the globe to make a habit of regularly exploring new OT-related research. 

Later this month, she’s also launching an OT directory, which we talk more about and let me tell you, I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited to get my name on an OT directory before!

Tune into the full episode and you’ll hear us talk about: 

• How she navigates work-life balance when working from home AND partnering with her husband 
• Her decision to be a generalist and intentionally NOT niche down
• The importance of having a platform that shines a spotlight on other OTs
• How she manages the pressure of having so many eyes on her work
• Her long term vision for OT potential

You can check out Sarah's work by going to https://otpotential.com/ -- and you can use the coupon code ROGUE to get an additional $5 off any of her plans, including the directory that goes live on February 20th. This coupon is valid until the end of April!

If you have any feedback, thoughts or questions or if you resonate with anything we shared in today's episode, you can find me on Instagram at  @otsgonerogue, through our Facebook page @otsgonerogue or by going to our contact form, https://www.otsgonerogue.com/podcast-contact. 

See you next week!

Have you ever thought about being an affiliate for another entrepreneur, where you're promoting their offer in exchange for a commission payment? Or maybe you've thought about taking on affiliate partners for one of your programs or offers? 

Well, before you take this idea much further, I want you to tune into this episode where I break down eight things to consider before entering into an affiliate relationship. 

In this episode you’re going to hear me talk about: 

• The importance of getting clarity on the fundamentals of your offer before expecting someone else to market and sell it
• How your offer goes through stages of development -- and why this matters for affiliate marketing
• Things to consider when deciding on the commission payment
• Understanding what your affiliates need in order to be successful

If you need any help in setting up a successful affiliate system for your offer -- or if you want help in further developing your offer so that you're ready for affiliates, please reach out!

And if you have any questions or if you resonate with any of my shares in today’s episode, I would love to hear from you. You can find me on Instagram @otsgonerogue, through our Facebook page @otsgonerogue or by going to our contact form, https://www.otsgonerogue.com/podcast-contact.