The Weekly "Worth It" Episodes

My top three favorite business and practice-building episodes, curated for YOU

Hey Therapist Entrepreneurs,

The episodes today are really all about investing in areas that are worth it, whether it's in your own training, other people, or your own networking referrals. I hope you like it.

My 3 Favorite Episodes This Week

For becoming a speaker (and why it's worth it) … Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a paid speaker? I know that I have, but one thing that I've never actually thought about is what being trained as a speaker would do for the rest of my content. That's one of the things that made this episode of The Entrepreneurial Therapist so interesting. Most of these episodes about speaking talk mostly about how to negotiate your rates, but they do not talk as much about why becoming really good at speaking would up-level your social media, your podcast content, the presentations you give, and your consultation calls. Suddenly I'm wondering: do I need paid speaker training? Am I missing out on opportunities that just a little bit of training would open up? If you've been thinking about yourself and how you can express yourself more clearly out in the world, this episode of The Entrepreneurial Therapist is a must listen. Listen to the episode

For getting yourself less overwhelmed.… Many group practice owners are overwhelmed. Running a group practice means wearing a hundred different hats, and the learning curve is steep. Thankfully, that's no longer my day-to-day experience. Good systems and some incredibly competent people have made a huge difference. But that wasn't always true, which is probably why I found this episode of The Productive Therapist Podcast so interesting. One of the biggest themes throughout the episode is that practice owners often keep doing work that really should be delegated. I completely agree, although I think there's an important caveat: delegation only works if you're delegating to someone who is truly capable of owning the responsibility. If you've ever delegated something only to end up thinking, "I should have just done it myself," you know exactly what I mean. I was also fascinated by the discussion of hiring a COO. The idea of bringing in someone who can own so much of the operational side of the business while allowing the owner to focus on being the visionary is incredibly compelling. If you've been feeling overwhelmed in your practice, I think this episode is well worth a listen. Listen to the episode

For networking well with physicians… In Facebook groups and consultation groups, I see constant questions about how to network well with physician referral sources. It's also something consulting clients ask me about on a regular basis. That's why I decided to share my approach in this week's episode of the Worth It Practice podcast. I'll tell you exactly how I choose with whom to network, how I set up the networking meetings, what I bring (even the restaurant I use!), and what I hope to get out of those connections. With the right system, networking with physicians stops being overwhelming, and for me, it actually becomes fun. If you've been struggling with knowing the exact how-tos of meeting with physicians, I think that this episode will be worth a listen. Listen to the episode Watch on YouTube

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Leah's Personal Story Time:

A Failed Experiment Revisited

Do you remember when I tried an experiment at the beginning of 2026?

If you’ve been reading this newsletter for a long time, you’ll remember my attempt to do 100% of my work in 50% of the time.

Here’s a brief breakdown of the situation: My son needed intensive occupational therapy services that took up three mornings a week. Yes, the same three mornings a week where I normally work on my practice and my consulting business. But instead of decreasing my workload or hiring outside help, I tried an experiment. My hypothesis was that if I time blocked correctly and really dialed in my schedule, I could take my son to therapy three mornings a week and still get everything done that I normally would.

Well, unfortunately, the end result was that my experiment was a complete failure. Trying to do so much in so little time was starting to make me bad at everything and miserable to boot.

Why did it fail? The first part is probably related to being human or something 🙃. Mostly, I had not banked on the fact that taking my child to all of these services would completely diminish my capacity. Even when I had work time left, and even though that time was planned for, I was unable to execute as well as I normally would because I simply didn’t have the bandwidth. It was exhausting and, honestly, pretty unpleasant. It turns out that limited capacity is an even bigger barrier than limited time! Who knew?!

What did I do? I hired a full-time nanny/personal assistant so that driving my kids to appointments, making their lunches, doing their laundry, making dinner, and all of the really annoying things were off my list. I had the time and mental space to focus on the practice. That part of the experiment was a success!

Why am I telling you about this experiment from the beginning of the year, which, let’s face it, feels like 10 years ago?

Well, it turns out that my wonderful nanny needs knee surgery and will be out for two months, and I will be revisiting this experiment for eight weeks. Back to square one.

This time I have a new experiment: Can I learn to delegate out the things that are not really my job so that I can optimize my limited CEO time to do the things that are really important for the business without burning out or being miserable?

Here are some changes I’m making so far…

1. I am recording podcast content in advance so that there isn’t weekly pressure to get it done every single week. In the time I have now, I’m trying to be really productive about getting as much podcast work done ahead of schedule as possible.
2. I am working with my team to take all unnecessary work off my plate for eight weeks. The heavy delegation is happening right now. If I truly only have 16 hours a week of high-quality founder time, what should I be using that time to do? What are the things that I’m going to decide right now are no longer my responsibility? And if I’m not responsible, who is?

As a realistic optimist, my goals are:

1. To get through this time with my sanity intact.
2. To come out with even better systems than before.
3. To learn something about myself and the way my team works so that I can continue doing the most important things in my business instead of whatever I happen to have time to do.

Let’s see what happens.

Fingers crossed.

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Hope these resources help you grow your practice this week! Here's to your continued growth and success!

Warmly,

Leah

CEO of Thriving Child Center and PCIT Experts​

Host of Educated Parent Podcast

Host of The Worth It Practice Podcast

CEO of Worth It Practice Consulting