What no one tells you about private practice is that there's a deeply ingrained, patriarchal culture of overworking. I was once super proud of my ability to see 9 clients a day - diagnosing, assessing, treating & drowning in mental health care plans. Until I started getting migraines and had a small stroke.

A few years later, I became a mother. With both my daughters, I experienced hyperemesis gravidarum (severe morning sickness) and random pregnancy-related hearing loss. In between vomiting 20 times a day and not being able to hear, I simply couldn’t function to see clients. Add in the "blessing" of two daughters who hate sleeping, and I was a vomiting, sleep-deprived mess. My idea of 'work' simply had to change. 



In the first year of my PhD I had a small stroke (TIA). I cut right back, I quit taking the contraceptive pill (that's a whole other story!) and thought I learned my lesson. 

Slow, sustainable growth means strong roots. I teach women to reject everything we’ve been taught about rushing, hustling and being too available. I LOVE my work, but I love it more when I'm not wishing I  was in the garden with my kids and my animals. 

I’ve learned that time management really is a core spiritual practice. By doing less, I actually give my clients and my family MORE. 

I encourage women to consider that you have ONE life. Is your business + life a reflection of what you value most or simply a reaction to what you think you should want? 

My happy places: hanging with my chooks & dogs, & picking flowers with my babies