What if you could add $7K/month without leaving your therapy practice? Peggy DeLong, a psychologist of 23 years, did just that—launching her coaching business and enrolling 5 women in 30 days. She found a way to protect her license while finally building the business she truly wanted.

Peggy shares how midlife worked in her favor, how she got over calling herself a coach, and the legal steps that made her feel safe. Even after losing her mom just days into the launch, she turned that grief into momentum. Her story is proof of what’s possible when you bet on yourself.

More about Peggy DeLong:

Dr. Peggy DeLong, is a psychologist, professional speaker, author, therapist, and Midlife Awakening Coach, she helps others with overwhelm to experience peace and joy in their lives through utilizing her framework of The 4 Ps for Mental Health (Prioritize, Plan, Practice, Prosper) and her research-backed, brain-based proprietary methodologies, The Grateful Day and The Prioritize P.E.A.C.E. Method.

Topics covered on Therapist to Coach:

• How Peggy protected her license while stepping into coaching.
• What helped her finally own the title “coach” after 23 years as a psychologist.
• Why she sees midlife as her coaching superpower.
• The reason traditional coaching programs didn’t work for her.
• The mindset shifts she needed after years of not self-disclosing.
• How losing her mom days into the launch fueled her success.
• The exact steps she took to enroll 5 women and earn $7K in her first month.

Resources from this episode:

• Therapist to Coach Accelerator program
• Enter The Podcast Giveaway for the chance to win one of Carly’s digital products: https://thethrivingtherapreneurpodcast.com/reviews

Connect with Peggy DeLong:

• Website: www. midlifeawakeningsisterhood.com
• Facebook Group: Midlife Awakening Sisterhood: Building Purpose, Meaning, Connection, & Joy

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"The right people will be attracted to what you have to offer when you are true to yourself and authentic and vulnerable." - Peggy DeLong

In this episode, I sit down with Danielle Swimm, “The Entrepreneurial Therapist,” for a no-fluff chat on scaling your group practice without burning out. As a new mom and business owner, Danielle dives into building multiple revenue streams minus the hustle culture, why she skips Instagram in favor of SEO, and the mindset shift from therapist to CEO. We unpack the real differences between hiring associates vs. licensed therapists, why tracking your energy trumps tracking your time, and her Monday productivity hack that transforms her week. If you’re done trading time for money and want a thriving practice and a life, you’ll want to hear this.

More about Danielle Swimm:

Danielle Swimm is a therapist in Annapolis, MD. She's a group practice owner and also runs The Entrepreneurial Therapist, a consulting company where she helps female therapists start and scale their private practices through courses, big ideas and group practice. She is passionate about helping female entrepreneurs push beyond their fears, and learn mindset, marketing and systems. She's a single mama of a 5 year old and in her free time hikes and reads.

Resources from this episode:

• The Gap and the Gain: The High Achievers' Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success by Dan Sullivan
• Enter The Podcast Giveaway for the chance to win one of Carly’s digital products: https://thethrivingtherapreneurpodcast.com/reviews

Connect with Danielle Swimm:

• Instagram: @entrepreneurialtherapist
• Podcast: The Entrepreneurial Therapist Podcast
• Free SEO Guide for Beginners

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"We often don't realize how incredibly powerful we are just as humans and entrepreneurs, like we have so much power and intelligence that we do not harness because we pile on all these nonsense tasks like admin work." - Danielle Swimm

Do you ever feel like there aren't enough hours in the day? The time management strategies I'm sharing today are for therapists building coaching businesses in the margins of life - while juggling kids, clients, home responsibilities, and trying to squeeze in self-care. No fluff theory or rigid systems that only work with six hours of childcare in a silent house (because who has that?). Instead, I'm breaking down what actually works when you're maxed out.

I'll show you why focusing on just one intentional action daily creates major momentum, how Parkinson's Law affects your productivity, and why energy-based time blocking beats traditional scheduling methods. Plus, you’ll learn how to leverage those precious 15-minute windows that pop up throughout your day.

My clients with full caseloads and families are making this happen, and you can too! You don't need more time. You need better boundaries, smarter constraints, and possibly a mindset shift about what's really possible in the time you already have!

Topics covered on Time Management Strategies:

• Why focusing on one big thing per day is a powerful time management strategy
• How Parkinson's Law affects your productivity, and what constraints you should set.
• What makes energy-based time blocking more effective than traditional scheduling.
• Why a weekly reset ritual is crucial for reclaiming your time.
• The mindset shifts you need to make about time to succeed as a therapist who is building a coaching business.

Resources from this episode:

• Therapreneur: A Therapist's Guide to 3x Your Therapy Income
• Therapist to Coach Accelerator program
• Enter The Podcast Giveaway for the chance to win one of Carly’s digital products: https://thethrivingtherapreneurpodcast.com/reviews

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"Your C minus work is probably A work, so just be okay with it being good enough and then we move on." - Carly Hill