You’re full—or close to it. You’re managing. Paying the bills. Picking up your kid. Logging back on after dinner for that one “flexible” client.
It’s not suffering. But it’s sure as hell not success.
In this episode, Tiffany lays bare the trap so many therapists fall into: “good enough.”
The caseload is fine. The fee is okay. The marriage is stable. The roof mostly holds.
But when life hits—an aging parent, a sick child, a partner out of work—good enough becomes not even close.
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In this episode, Tiffany shares:
- Why “things are okay” is the most dangerous place to be in private practice;
- The slow death of your future under the weight of quiet resentment and canceled vacations;
- How systemic conditioning teaches therapists to endure instead of prepare;
- What Natasha (from a previous episode) realized when her dad had a stroke—and why she stopped waiting;
- How to treat business investment as protection, not risk.
If you’re waiting until things fall apart before building the business you deserve, stop.
Email Tiffany at tiffany@leaninmakebank.com with the subject line: “Ready.”
Let’s build the business that protects you.
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More about Tiffany
Tiffany McLain, LMFT is a clinical fee strategist for therapists in private practice. Her mantra is, “Full fees are the new black.” Via her program, The Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy, she helps therapists ethically earn 30 to 50% more per month while seeing fewer clients by showing them how to think about and directly address fees in a clinically appropriate manner.
The Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy is a program that addresses the underlying money mindset stories that keep therapists broke so they can become THAT therapist who charges premium fees, cash pay. With the LIMB 4-step framework to make BANK, regular coaching calls to help you go to the next level, a phenomenal community of funny and intelligent therapists, be ready to get real raw and real rich.
