Episode #537: Creativity Is The Key, feat. Megan Walsh

Megan Walsh joins Allison in today's episode to discuss the issue of therapists feeling creatively disconnected and share strategies for therapists wanting to reconnect with their creativity. Together, they explore how therapists often lose their creative connection due to overthinking, comparison, and a lack of alignment with their unique selves. In this episode, Megan suggests different activities a therapist can do to evoke joy and thus gain some clarity about both personal and professional…

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Episode #475: Working On Overworking, feat. Ann Robinson

Guest Ann Robinson, LCSW joins Allison in today's episode to discuss how work/life balance has become weaponized, how to get your needs met without hustling, plus how to push through the discomfort of downtime.

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Episode #362: Are Therapists Only Allowed to Have 'Low Visibility' Hobbies?

Hobbies are so important to have in order to maintain work/life balance & prevent burnout. However, sometimes our hobbies as therapists result in us bumping into clients outside of session. In this week's Ask Allison episode of the podcast, Allison examines whether it is neccessary to have 'low visibility' hobbies only..

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Episode #360: Can I Take a Social Media Detox?

Is social media one of your marketing strategies but you find yourself needing a break from it? Allison shares whether it is ok to take a little detox every few months in this week's Ask Allison episode of the podcast.

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Episode #358: How Can I Shut Off My Work When Not Working?

Do you find yourself thinking about work 24/7? In this week's Ask Allison episode, Allison shares her advice on how to better maintain work/life balance.

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Episode #339: Finding Time & Being Seen with Carmen

In today's episode, Abundance Community member Carmen joins Allison to chat about balancing motherhood & growing a practice, outsourcing and setting clear intentions with your time, & shifting your mindset when feeling inferior. 

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Episode #313: Work/Life Balance with Anush Hansen

In today's episode, Allison talks with Anush Hansen, MA, MS, LPC, CCC, about getting clear on what aspects of your work &/or life aren’t working for you.

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About Anush Hansen, MA, MS, LPC, CCC

Anush Hansen is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Maine, a Certified
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Association, the owner of Kennebunk Career & Wellness Counseling
(kennebunkcounseling.com) and Balanced Card Sorts
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How to Walk Away from Your To-Do List

Sometimes we think that being busy is a badge of honor - that being busy makes us look successful when we don't always feel like we are. That the more stressed we are, the more valid we are because hey, we're working hard, right? But it's easy to forget that work is cyclical and that your last note for the week isn't your last note ever, and that our to-do list doesn't have to loom large in our minds. 

I see this as layered. One layer is systems-related, and the other is emotional. Let’s star…

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How I'm Getting a Life

In last week's blog I talked about how my business had started eating my life. In the last few weeks I’ve felt more like myself than I have in years. In case you need to re-find your non-work self, I’m sharing what’s helped me: A List of All Great Things:

  1. I’m almost to the point where I can leave at 4PM everyday instead of 5. I’ve tried all these hacks for meals (Blue Apron, Terra’s Kitchen, already made meal delivery) and it took me until a couple weeks ago before I was like “wait- why creat…

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Is Your Practice Eating Your Life?

I’ve blogged through miscarriages, and stockpiled enough blogs to last me through a maternity leave. I’ve blogged through sickness and varying degrees of anxiety. I’ve blogged through and about being sued. I’ve blogged through a lot of fear and not-enoughness. I’ve blogged through buying and moving into a new home and sick kids and sick family members. Consistency is one of the most accurate measures of whether or not a business prospers. I get an A+, good for me. And I’m also about to make a ca…

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