You've created an incredible program. You have valuable insights to share. You know your work could help so many people.

But every time you go to hit 'publish' on that post about your offer, you freeze.

What if someone reports me? What if I say the wrong thing? What if this puts my registration at risk?

If this sounds familiar, you're not alone. Almost every therapist I work with struggles with visibility fear — especially when they're moving beyond traditional therapy into coaching, online programs, or digital offerings.

Today, I'm sharing the exact 3-step framework I use with therapists to help them stay visible online without compromising their safety, values, or professional registration.

This isn't about throwing caution to the wind. It's about building clarity and courage so you can show up authentically while staying compliant and confident.

In this episode, I share:

• Why visibility fear is actually your nervous system trying to protect you (and why hiding doesn't serve anyone)
• The Visibility Safety Ladder Framework: 3 simple steps to post with confidence
• How to ground your intention before writing any content
• The hierarchy of safety in content types (stories vs. advice, experience vs. instruction)
• Visibility anchors: how to help your audience know which professional hat you're wearing
• Real examples of safe vs. risky language when promoting your work online
• Why ambiguity breeds anxiety (for you and your readers)
• One simple action step to practice safer visibility this week

Bottom Line: Your voice matters, your work matters, and there are people who need to hear exactly what you have to say. Don't let fear keep them from finding you.

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🔗 Links & Mentions

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A 19-year-old client sits on his couch staring at a wall for 8 hours a day. He's been in therapy for two years. He's planned his suicide for his 20th birthday. Traditional therapy isn't working.

Three ketamine sessions later, he's dating someone, has a job, and is learning to snowboard.

This isn't a miracle story. It's Tuesday for Dori Lewis.

In this eye-opening conversation, I sit down with Dori Lewis — licensed professional counselor, clinical supervisor, and co-founder of Elemental Psychedelics, one of Colorado's first DORA-approved psychedelic training programs.

Dori's journey began with her own psychedelic trauma — being given DMT without consent, then spending four months in Asia integrating the experience. That traumatic weekend forged her into one of the most ethically-grounded voices in psychedelic medicine.

From facilitating nearly 100 ketamine sessions to training psilocybin facilitators, Dori lives at the intersection of ancient wisdom and modern therapy. She's not here to sell you on psychedelics — she's here to give you the unfiltered truth about what this work really entails.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The client case that changed everything: 2 years of stalled therapy to breakthrough in 3 ketamine sessions
• Dori's trauma story: DMT without consent and the Asia integration journey that birthed her practice
• What happens in an 8-hour psilocybin session (the real, unfiltered process)
• Why mushrooms "amplify everything in the unseen realm" and what that means for training
• Cultural appropriation: how to honor spirituality without crossing ethical lines
• Australia vs. America: $25,000 psychiatrist-only model vs. Colorado's $800-2000 sliding scale
• Screening criteria: who should (and shouldn't) do psychedelic therapy
• The dark side: narcissism amplification and harm from unskilled facilitators
• Colorado's personal use model: grow, gift, and consume mushrooms legally

Bottom Line: Psychedelic therapy isn't replacing traditional therapy — it's amplifying it. But only with proper training, ethical foundations, and deep respect for holding altered states.

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🔗 Links & Mentions

🍄 Connect with Dori Lewis:
Website: reflectivehealing.com
Training: elementalpsychedelics.com
FREE Webinar: "Myths and Misconceptions About Psilocybin" — July 7th, Register here.

📲 Follow me: @dr.hayleykelly
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The system you dedicated your career to was designed wrong from the beginning. Not broken — designed wrong.

970 million people globally need mental health support. We have approximately 1 million mental health professionals. The math isn't just broken — it reveals a system that was never built to serve the people who need it most.

In this paradigm-shifting episode, I expose the uncomfortable truth: Mental Health 1.0 was designed for social control. Mental Health 2.0 was designed for good intentions. But Mental Health 3.0 — what I'm describing today — is the first paradigm being designed for actual results.

While mental health professionals burn out trying to fix unfixable systems, tech companies are building Mental Health 3.0 solutions without us. The question isn't whether this transformation will happen. It's whether you'll help build it... or watch someone else do it.

In this episode, we unpack:

• The Design Flaw Revelation — Why Mental Health 1.0 (asylums) and 2.0 (community care) created invisible problems while solving visible ones
• The Current Collapse — Real data on 100+ day wait times, provider exodus, and technology filling gaps while professionals burn out
• Mental Health 3.0 Framework — The educational revolution training therapeutic innovators who design community solutions, not just individual therapy
• The Training Gap Crisis — Why medical schools teach healthcare entrepreneurship while psychology programs still train for Mental Health 2.0
• The Narrow Window — Why early movers will have massive advantages in the coming transformation

The Five Mental Health 3.0 Principles:

1. Proactive, not reactive — Identify community needs before crises emerge
2. Population-scale, not individual-focused — Design interventions reaching thousands simultaneously
3. Technology-enabled, not technology-resistant — Use digital tools to amplify human expertise
4. Prevention-based, not crisis-driven — Invest in keeping people well
5. Economically sustainable — Create models that scale efficiently

Bottom Line: Early movers will have massive advantages. Late adopters will be following someone else's vision of the future you could have helped create.

🎧 Ready to be part of the Mental Health 3.0 revolution?

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Keywords: Mental Health 3.0, therapeutic innovation, mental health workforce crisis, therapy system transformation, community mental health innovation, therapeutic innovator, mental health revolution, therapy practice evolution

You were trained to stay quiet. To follow rules written for a world that no longer exists. To accept that your expertise should be sanitized into beige compliance.

But what if everything you've been told about "staying safe" is actually keeping you small?

In this raw, unfiltered episode, I pull back the curtain on what happened after my viral LinkedIn post broke the internet — and more importantly, what it revealed about the quiet revolution already happening in mental health.

When therapists get investigated for posting anxiety tips while unqualified influencers sell $2,000 "trauma healing" courses, something is deeply broken. But buried in the 1,000+ shares and hundreds of comments was proof that change isn't coming, it's already here.

If you've ever felt like the system is working against you instead of for you, this episode will show you exactly how to be part of the solution.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The 3am truth that sparked a viral movement (and what 1,000 shares really revealed)
• Why therapists are uniquely positioned to lead the mental health revolution
• The three types of quiet revolutionaries already changing the system from within
• Pattern #1: The Permission-Takers — how to stop asking "am I allowed?" and start asking "how do I do this safely?"
• Pattern #2: The System Hackers — reframing your expertise to work within (and around) outdated regulations
• Pattern #3: The Bridge-Builders — creating solutions for communities the system has forgotten
• Three small actions you can take TODAY to join the revolution (no committee approval required)

The Three Revolutionary Actions:

1. Ask Better Supervision Questions — Transform compliance theater into collaborative courage labs
2. Rewrite One Tiny Policy — Reclaim your authority to create policies that actually serve humans
3. Break the Silence — Name system failures when they harm your clients (it's not unprofessional, it's honest)

Bottom Line: The revolution isn't happening in boardrooms or policy committees. It's happening with practitioners who care more about impact than approval. Who choose to be first, not perfect.

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✅ Rate & Review the Show Scroll down on Apple Podcasts here and tap to leave a 5-star rating Click "Write a Review" and tell me which revolutionary action you're committing to this week

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🔗 Links & Mentions

📱 Connect with me: Instagram: @dr.hayleykelly LinkedIn: Dr. Hayley Kelly

📚 Mentioned in this episode:

• The viral LinkedIn post that started it all

Keywords: mental health revolution, therapist revolution, mental health system broken, mental health innovation, therapy system change, therapist leadership, therapy supervision questions, therapist policy changes, mental health system failures, therapist courage, mental health reform, therapist empowerment, therapy practice innovation, therapist authenticity

You were trained to think psychology equals therapy chair. To believe "business skills" are something other people have. To accept that your expertise stops at the consulting room door.

But what if everything you've been told about your limitations is wrong?

In this game-changing conversation, I sit down with Carly Fisher — registered psychologist, government executive, board director, and living proof that therapists possess the exact skills businesses pay consultants millions for.

Carly went from a 190-person therapy waitlist in rural Australia to making strategic decisions for million-dollar organisations. She didn't get an MBA to "fix" her psychology background — she got it to amplify the superpowers she already had.

If you've ever thought "I'm just a therapist — I don't have business skills" — this conversation will shatter every limiting belief you've been carrying.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why a 190-person waitlist became a strategic career pivot instead of overwhelming pressure
• The MBA decision: building credibility to sit at tables where million-dollar decisions get made
• The 4 superpowers every therapist has that businesses desperately need (but don't know how to ask for)
• Why case formulation is strategic planning in disguise
• The ethical line between therapy and executive coaching
• Step-by-step pathway from therapy practice to organisational consulting
• The biggest mistakes therapists make when transitioning to business work

The Four Therapist Superpowers:

1. Analytical skills and objectivity — evidence-based decisions under pressure
2. Adapting to change — constant pivoting and resilience
3. Influencing and persuading — reading humans and adjusting in real-time
4. Risk assessment and control — identifying problems before they explode

Bottom Line: You don't need to learn new skills. You need to learn how to translate the ones you already have.

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🔗 Links & Mentions

📱 Connect with Carly Fisher:
Instagram: @thebusinessstrategist
Website: thebusinessstrategist.org

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💬 DM me — tell me which superpower you're ready to claim. I read every message.
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Keywords: therapist business skills, psychology to business transition, therapist career change, case formulation strategic planning, therapist superpowers, psychology business consulting, therapist executive roles, therapy skills transferable, psychologist board director, rural business strategy, therapist MBA, psychology organizational development, mental health business opportunities, therapist entrepreneur, therapy to consulting pathway

You were trained to be ethical. To follow the rules. To keep yourself out of the spotlight and let the system guide the way.

But what happens when the system itself is no longer fit for purpose?

In this milestone episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on a truth I’ve been sitting with for a long time — and the reckoning that finally made me say, “I can’t keep pretending this is working.” This isn’t a celebration. It’s a confession. A call to those of us who’ve felt the discomfort of playing small while the field we love becomes harder to recognize.

You’ll hear the story behind my 2016 keynote that went silent, the inner war between staying beloved and speaking what’s true, and the unignorable patterns I’ve witnessed after mentoring hundreds of therapists trying to do business ethically — but innovatively — in a profession that resists both.

If you've ever wondered:

• Is it just me, or is the system actually broken?
• Why does it feel like there’s no room for nuance or newness anymore?
• Can I still be a therapist if I want to burn the rulebook?

…this one’s for you.

In this episode, I discuss:

• The therapist identity crisis: why staying safe often means staying silent
• How outdated ethical codes are strangling innovation and visibility
• The story of a therapist being investigated for a Mental Health Week post — and why it’s not an outlier
• What happened after my 2016 keynote — and why I buried the leadership part of me for years
• The psychic split between scaling a beloved brand and stepping into disruptive truth
• Why the future of mental health is being built outside our profession — and why that terrifies me
• The real patterns I can’t unsee anymore: watered-down offers, clinician burnout, unethical wellness gurus going unchecked
• A soft reveal of the Mental Health 3.0 Compass — not a product, but a new lens to see what’s next
• A call to those who feel “too much to be seen, but too big to stay small”

If you’ve ever felt like you’re breaking some invisible contract just by wanting more — more impact, more honesty, more space to grow — this is the episode that will name what you’ve been carrying.

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Keywords: therapist business evolution, mental health system broken, fear of visibility therapy, ethical marketing for therapists, scaling therapy business, therapist identity crisis, therapy innovation, Mental Health 3.0, therapy ethics vs visibility, burnout in private practice, alternative therapist business models

Ever find yourself sabotaging your own success the moment things start working? Yeah, I see you there - saying no to opportunities that could expand your reach, undercharging like it's a badge of honor, or suddenly deciding your perfectly good program needs to be "better" before you can launch it.

Here's the thing nobody talks about in our field: you're not afraid of failing. You're terrified of succeeding. And after working with hundreds of therapists trying to break free from the traditional one-to-one model, I can tell you this fear is keeping some of the most talented, ethical practitioners I know playing impossibly small.

In this episode, I'm getting real about fear of success - the hidden saboteur that's probably running way more of your business decisions than you realize. I share my own story about watching my dad's version of "success" (spoiler: it involved never being home and a stressed-out family), and why I unconsciously decided I wanted nothing to do with that life.

Whether you're stuck in pricing guilt, marketing resistance, or that voice saying "who am I to charge premium rates," this episode gives you the psychological insights and practical tools to rewrite your success story without becoming someone you hate.

Today, I discuss:

• Why fear of success hits therapists harder than other entrepreneurs (and why our helper identity makes scaling feel like betrayal)
• The unconscious "success contracts" you inherited from childhood that are limiting your growth right now
• How I realized my terror of becoming my workaholic father was keeping me from building the impact-driven business I actually wanted
• The real cost of staying small - and why your success fear is literally hurting the people you're meant to serve
• How success anxiety shows up: endless program tweaking, "opportunity amnesia," and that mysterious tech failure right before launches
• Why attachment styles, trauma, and neurodivergence can make success feel genuinely dangerous
• The difference between fear-driven success (hello, burnout culture) and purpose-driven success (sustainable impact that doesn't destroy your life)
• Practical reframes to shift from "I'm being salesy" to "I'm making it easier for my ideal clients to find me"
• Small experiments to build your success tolerance without overwhelming your nervous system

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Links mentioned in this episode:

• Ready to heal your relationship with success and build a practice that serves you AND your mission? Learn more about the Therapists Rising Incubator here
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Keywords: fear of success, therapist entrepreneur, scaling therapy practice, diversifying income, pricing guilt, marketing resistance, sustainable success, therapy business growth, imposter syndrome, breaking traditional therapy models