Have you ever had that thought — can I really charge for this? Like, why would someone pay money for this from me? Is it really something people will want?

If you have, you are absolutely not alone. And the reason that thought feels so sticky isn't random - it's deeply embedded in the systems and training that shaped us as therapists. In this episode, we're naming it, getting curious about it, and doing the real work of figuring out where it came from. Because that's the work before the work AND it matters more than any strategy I could give you.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Why so many therapists feel genuinely icky about charging for their expertise — and why that feeling makes complete sense given how we were trained
• How the systems we've worked in have wired us to separate the helping from the money — and what that looks like in our everyday situations.
• Why imposter syndrome hits so differently in the therapy profession, and how our evidence-based training can actually keep us stuck in a loop of tweaking and never launching
• The reframe that has shifted everything for me and why it's not about becoming greedy, it's about sustainability
• Why burnt out, underpaid therapists don't help more people…and what financial stability actually makes possible
• The practical exercise you NEED to do this week on your money beliefs— and why the this matters the most if you want to grow

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Charging for your expertise is not at odds with your values — it's what keeps you in the profession long enough to actually change lives.
• The work before the work is the mindset work — you can have the best digital product in the world sitting in a folder, but if your nervous system is still wired to give it away for free, it stays there.
• Really good therapists making really good money do really good things with it — financial stability means capacity for complex clients, supervision, growth, and staying in love with this work.

RESOURCES + LINKS:

• Listen to last week's episode (Ep. 68 68. Exactly Where to Start With Passive Income as a Therapist (And Why You're Already Closer Than You Think) - we chatted about it in this one!
• Find Mia: @miapoko
• Email: hello@thefreedomtherapist.com.au

CALL TO ACTION:

If this one stirred something up for you — good. That means it landed. I'd love to know what belief came up for you when you did the exercise, so slide into my DMs over on Instagram at @miapoko or shoot me an email at hello@thefreedomtherapist.com.au. And if you're loving this series, please screenshot this episode and share it on your stories, or leave us a review — it genuinely helps this podcast reach more therapists who need to hear exactly this. See ya next week. xx

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There is a visual schedule sitting in your downloads folder right now. A social story from three months ago. A parent handout you typed from scratch because nothing that existed felt like the right fit. A home program template you've made seventeen versions of. And I want you to know — that is a business. That is already a business. You just haven't looked at it that way yet. Because income beyond the one-to-one doesn't have to be this massive overwhelming mountain you build from scratch. It's already here. And today we're going to find it together.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Why so many therapists are already sitting on sellable resources and don't even realise it
• The three income streams available to every therapist business — direct work, expertise, and journey — and why knowing where you're starting from changes everything
• Why financial diversification isn't just a nice business strategy — it's how we stop scrambling when clients cancel, when we're sick, when the landscape shifts
• The resource audit to do this week — how to open your folders, sort what you find, and start seeing your existing work completely differently
• Why curiosity (not judgment) is the whole point of this exercise — and how to stay out of shame while you do it
• What I want you to spend the week ideating on before next episode

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We're told that growth means doing more. More content, more strategies, more visibility, more of ALL the things.

But some of the biggest shifts in my business — in income, in capacity, in how I actually feel day to day — came from stopping things. Not adding more. Subtracting.

In this episode, I'm sharing the five things I stopped doing urgently that changed how my business runs and how my nervous system feels inside it.

You'll learn:

• Why checking your email every day might be costing you more than you realise
• How working reactively keeps you stuck — and what working ahead actually looks like in practice
• Why one protected week per month with no clients or calls can grow your business faster than filling every slot
• How to stop starting from scratch every time you create content
• What it actually means to switch off — and why half-availability doesn't count

If you've been feeling like your business is running you instead of the other way around, this episode will give you five practical places to start taking it back.

Connect with Mia:

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