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The show
Lean Towards Joy with Michael Whyte
Conversations about leaning towards joy, following your passion, and shining your light, wherever you are on your path as an entrepreneur. I sit down with people who turned what they love into their life's work, from building a private practice to starting a movement, and talk about the hurdles along the way.
Episodes
All episodes
- Turning a Passion into a Farm Sanctuary Movement With Gene Baur
- Clearing the Blocks to Your Successful Practice Michael, solo
- Shift Your Paradigm and Build a Profitable, Sustainable, and Enriching Practice With Dawn Delgado
- Building a Group Practice Around Culture, Inclusion, and Social Justice With Dr. Bedford Palmer
- Knowing When It's Time to Leave Your Agency With Katie Lobel
- Building a Remote Online Practice With Janet Weber
- When Do You Know It's Time to Act? A short clip from Season 1
- Follow Your Passion: Why You're Scared of Hurdles but Shouldn't Be Michael, solo
Guest appearance
Business structures for therapists, with Allison Puryear
I had so much fun sitting down with Allison Puryear of Abundance Practice Building to talk about one of the first hurdles every therapist faces when starting a private practice: how to set up the business. I share a simplified explanation of the different business structures available to an entrepreneur just starting out, and why the decision is more manageable than it feels.
In this episode we talk about
- Zooming out when you first start your private practice
- Why it's overwhelming, but manageable
- The dark and murky world of LLC, C corp, and PLLC
- Lawyers, accountants, and landlords… oh my!
Allison is an LCSW with what she calls a nearly diagnosable obsession with business development. She has started practices in three different cities and has spent years helping therapists build theirs.
Want to go deeper? The Business Structures guide covers everything we talked about and more.
Abundance Practice Building
Business structures and the hurdles of starting out
Originally aired on the Abundance Practice Building podcast.
Invite me on your show
I love a good conversation!
If you host a podcast for entrepreneurs, small business owners, or wellness professionals, I would be happy to join you. Topics I love to talk about:
- Leaving a W2 job to start your own business
- Business structures, taxes, and the money side of a calling
- Practical HIPAA for small health and wellness practices
- AI in small business: what's safe, what's not, and where it saves time
- Leaning towards joy when life gets heavy