Episode #646: Navigating The Journey As Parent & Helping Professional, feat. Lauren Gourley
Lauren Gourley, MSW, LSCW, IMH-E®, PMH-C joins me to explore the unique challenges and rewards of balancing life as a professional helper/practice builder with the ongoing journey of parenting. She highlights how our professional experiences can influence our parenting—both positively and negatively—and how our roles as parents can impact our work. She also shares the importance of creating spaces for support and reflection to help us navigate, understand, and integrate these interconnected identities. This episode is also available to stream on our YouTube channel!
Attention Abundance Community members: Lauren is our Abundance Community trainer for May 2025. For details on the live training via Zoom, email the HelpDesk or check out the event listing in our private Abundance Community Facebook group.
Sponsored by TherapyNotes®: Use promo code Abundant for 2 months free
Sponsored by Paubox: Use code ABUNDANT to get $250 off your first year
To check out our free resources, including weekly worksheets & our Tasky Checklist, visit https://www.abundancepracticebuilding.com/links. Learn how to fill your practice with the Abundance Party! Join today & get 75% off your first month with promo code PODCAST: https://www.abundancepracticebuilding.com/abundanceparty
About Lauren Gourley, MSW, LSCW, IMH-E®, PMH-C:
Lauren is a psychotherapist and reflective consultant with extensive training in infant and perinatal mental health. Lauren is passionate about supporting professional helpers - including therapists, medical providers, teachers, birth workers, and home visitors explore how our work affects us as humans and parents. Lauren recently published a reflective workbook titled Confluence: Navigating The Journey as Parent and Helping Professional which is a compassionate exploration of the intersection between professional and personal identities, specifically focusing on how our roles as both parents and helping professionals shape the way we approach our work, connect with clients, and view ourselves.
Lauren's website is www.mapletreewellness.com and her book, Confluence: Navigating the Journey as Parent and Helping Professional is for sale on Amazon - https://amzn.to/4hhsBfs.
Categories
- Mindset (148)
- Self-care (44)
- Blogging (9)
- Marketing (102)
- Getting Started (64)
- Referrals (29)
- Websites (25)
- Insurance (13)
- SEO (13)
- Work-Life Balance (41)
- Business (41)
- Social Media (25)
- Group Practice (15)
- Podcast (2)
- Financial (28)
- Niche (41)
- Clients (22)
- Rates (23)
- Private Pay (19)
- Networking (20)
- Policy (16)
- Office (6)
- Virtual (10)
- Parenthood (14)
- Trauma (4)
- Ideal Client (12)
- Supervision (10)
- Agency (11)
- Resources (2)
- Modality (6)
- Building Your Empire (22)
- Ethics (4)
- Schedule (5)
- Moving (5)
- Sex (4)
- Consultation (3)
- Legal (6)
- Coaching (4)
- Technology (4)
- Converting Client Calls (7)
- Community & Inclusivity (13)
0 comments
Leave a comment
Please log in or register to post a comment